Title: Thomas J. Bailey Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1842-1844
Inclusive Dates: 1852-1918

Creator:

• Bailey, Thomas J., d. 1891

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 21

Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 archives box and 2 flat boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Two ledgers and twelve combination personal and shop diaries kept by Thomas Bailey and his son Henry, tool and cabinetmakers at Fort Howard, Green Bay, and De Pere, Wis. The entries from 1853 to about 1890 illustrate the variety of output from one local shop in Wisconsin before the development of the factory system. Entries from 1842 to 1845 record the establishment of the First Baptist Home Missionary Society in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gb0021

Ledgers and combination personal and shop diaries kept by Thomas Bailey and his son, Henry J. Bailey (1853 - ?), who operated machine- and wood-turning shops at Fort Howard and De Pere. Both Baileys specialized in production of wood turnings (table and chair legs, bedsteads, etc.) for cabinet makers, and in manufacture of machine parts. The entries from 1852 to about 1890 illustrate the variety of output from local shops in Wisconsin before the development of the factory system. Both Baileys were also active in Baptist Church affairs, and there are frequent entries concerning church activities and members. Also noted is Henry Bailey's trip to Massachusetts in May 1860.

Entries from 1842 to 1845 record the establishment of the First Pittsburgh Baptist Church Donation Missionary Society in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and include a list of officers, a constitution, minutes, and other notations set down by the elder Bailey, recording secretary for the association.

Processing Information

Processed by David J. Delgado, Oct. 31, 1967.

	Ledgers
Box   1 Volume   1	Ledger of T. J. Bailey's accounts in De Pere, 1862-1866 Scope and Content Note: Also contains Henry Bailey's ledger, 1896-1907.
Box   1 Volume   2	Ledger of T. J. Bailey's accounts in Fort Howard, 1852-1869, 1873-1874
Box   1 Volume   3	Diary of Thomas J. Bailey concerning personal and business activities, 1857-1863 Scope and Content Note: Also contains: Constitution and minutes of the First Pittsburgh Baptist Church Donation Missionary Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (December 17, 1842-January 13, 1845); two ledger accounts of T. J. Bailey (1862-1863); and “rules for calculating speed of drums and pullies” and for “finding working power of steam engines.”
	Diaries of Henry J. Bailey, concerning personal and business activities
Box   1 Volume   4	1857-1863
Box   1 Volume   5	1866-1876
Box   2 Volume   6	1876-1881
Box   2 Volume   7	1881-1888
Box   2 Volume   8	1889-1895
Box   3 Volume   9	1896-1901
Box   3 Volume   10	1901-1904
Box   3 Volume   11	1904-1909
Box   3 Volume   12	1909-1914
Box   3 Volume   13	1914-1917
Box   3 Volume   14	1917-1918