Title: Internation Harvester Company Legal and Patent Records
Inclusive Dates: 1901-1947

Creator:

• International Harvester Company

Call Number: McCormick Mss 3Z; M2001-144; M2002-050

Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (36 volumes); plus additions of 7.0 c.f.

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Legal and patent records of the International Harvester Company composed of court briefs, opinions, and exhibits, several patent suits, and many legal volumes of records from hearings and proceedings concerning the federal government's anti-trust suit against the company. Also included is a history of the litigation, and a catalog of volumes relating to the International Harvester Company vs. the United States in anti-trust suits. Additions include bound volumes of legal briefs, and transcripts of hearings, reports produced for anti-trust and political corruption cases involving the International Harvester Company.

Language: English

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This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 3 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

• Part 1 (McCormick Mss 3Z): Original collection, 1907-1922
• Part 2 (M2001-144): Additions, 1907-1947
• Part 3 (M2002-050): Additions, 1901-1942

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: M90-048, M2001-144, M2002-050

McCormick Mss 3Z	Part 1 (McCormick Mss 3Z): Original Collection, 1907-1922 Physical Description: 6.0 c.f. (36 volumes)  Scope and Content Note: Legal and patent records of the International Harvester Company composed of court briefs, opinions, and exhibits, 1907-1911, concerning several patent suits, plus many legal volumes of records from hearings and proceedings, 1912-1922, concerning the federal government's anti-trust suit against the company. These include a history of the litigation, and a catalog of volumes relating to the International Harvester Company vs. the United States in anti-trust suits.
	The International Harvester Company vs. the Richardson Manufacturing Company, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Volume   1	Record evidence, 1909 Note: Originally numbered volume 1.
Volume   2	Exhibits, 1909 Note: Originally numbered volume 2.
Volume   3	Catalog of International Harvester Company vs. U.S. Books (C.H. McCormick), 1925
	United States vs. International Harvester Company, Briefs in U.S. District Court
Volume   4	Petition, answer, briefs, and oral arguments, circa 1913 Note: Originally numbered volume 1.
Volume   5	Appendix to defendant's brief and general index Note: Originally numbered volume 2.
	United States vs. International Harvester, et al., 1907-1920
Volume   6-8	Testimony for petitioner Note: Originally numbered volumes 1-3 of 18.
Volume   9	Government exhibits Note: Originally numbered volume 4 of 18.
Volume   10-19	Testimony of witnesses for the defendants Note: Originally numbered volumes 5-14 of 18.
Volume   20	General index and testimony for defendants Note: Originally numbered volume 15 of 18.
Volume   21-22	Recapitulation, defendants' exhibits Note: Originally numbered volume 16-17 of 18.
Volume   23	Index to recapitulations Note: Originally numbered volume 18 of 18.
	International Harvester Company vs. United States
	Record in U.S. Supreme Court
Volume   24	Government's evidence, circa 1915
Volume   25	Defendants' evidence, circa 1915
Volume   26	Briefs in U.S. Supreme Court, briefs and oral arguments, circa 1914-1916
	United States vs. International Harvester Company, et al.
	Supplemental proceedings in U.S. District Court
Volume   27	Pleadings and briefs
Volume   28	Briefs, arguments, and opinion of court, circa 1927
Volume   29	A compilation, 1907 May 20-1920 May 28
	United States of America vs. The International Harvester Company
Volume   30	Petitions, briefs, and arguments Note: Originally numbered volume 1 of 2.
Volume   31	Appendix to defendant's brief and general index to record Note: Originally numbered volume 2 of 2.
	State of Missouri vs. International Harvester Company of America
Volume   32	Abstract of record and transcripts of evidence, 1907
Volume   33	Briefs, 1910 Note: Found in catalog (volume 47) and in this volume: “This contains what is contained in Vol. 2 and part of Vol. 3 in the Company's set. Vol. 1 of company set on Mo. Case entirely lacking. D. Congli May 1925.”
Volume   34	Missouri Supreme Court Opinions State vs. The International Harvester Company of America, 1911
Volume   35	History of anti-trust litigation against International Harvester, government case, Texas case (A Compilation, May 20, 1907-May 28, 1920)
Volume   36	International Harvester case, opinions, facts, etc.
M2001-144	Part 2 (M2001-144): Additions, 1907-1947 Physical Description: 6.0 c.f. (16 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note: Bound volumes of legal briefs, transcripts of hearings, and reports produced for anti-trust and political corruption cases involving the International Harvester Company. Includes cases heard before the United States Senate, Supreme Court, District Court (Minnesota), House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of Missouri. Prominent subjects include alleged corruption in the election of Illinois Senator William Lorimer; the Farm Machinery Trade Association; the Townsend report; the “Ouster” case in Kansas and Missouri; Standard Oil and Tobacco; international steel cartels; the manufacture and distribution of farm implements; and monopolies in the agricultural equipment industry.	⇧
	Lorimer case, Committee Hearings before U.S. Senate, 1911
Box   1	Volume 1-2
Box   2	Volume 3-4
Box   3	Volume 5-6
Box   4	Volume 7-8
Box   5 Volume   1-2	Regarding Sherman Law, hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1911
Box   6 Volume   1	Department of Commerce, trust laws and unfair competition, 1915 March 15
Box   6 Volume   2	Report on farm machinery trade associations, 1915 March 15
Box   7 Volume   1	Townsend report, 1911-1914
Box   7 Volume   2	Missouri and Kansas Ouster case briefs, 1911
	Federal Trade Commission
Box   8 Volume   1	Report on distribution methods and costs, present trend of corporation, mergers and acquisitions, international steel cartels, manufacture and distribution of farm implements, concentration of productive facilities, 1944-1947 Note: Includes a 1948 summary on manufacture and distribution of farm implements.
Box   8 Volume   2	Report on the agricultural implement and machinery industry, part 1: concentration and competitive methods; part 2: costs, prices and profits, 1938 June 6
Box   8 Volume   3	Report on the causes of high prices of farm implements, 1920 May 4
Box   8 Volume   4	House of Representatives, report of the Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry, 1921 October 15
	United States District Court of Minnesota vs. International Harvester Company, cause number 624
Box   7 Volume   3	Briefs and oral arguments, volume 1
Box   9 Volume   1	Supplemental petition, defendant's statement, appendix to statement of the case
Box   10 Volume   1	Petition, answer, briefs, and oral arguments, 1913
Box   10 Volume   2	Appendix to defendant's brief
Box   11 Volume   1	Appendix to defendant's brief-evidence as to certain points abstracted and topically arranged
Box   12 Volume   1	Defendant's statement of the case
Box   13 Volume   1	Supplemental petition, pleading, and briefs, 1923
Box   10 Volume   3	The International Harvester case, a company book: a compilation of public statements and court documents in connection with the government's investigation of the International Harvester Company and its anti-trust suit during the period of May 20, 1907 to May 28, 1920
	International Harvester vs. the United States, Supreme Court of the United States, cause number 757
Box   14 Volume   1-2	Transcript of record, 1914
Box   14 Volume   3	Brief for appellants, 1914
	United States District Court vs. The International Harvester Company, Supreme Court of the United States, cause number 843 and/or 254
Box   15 Volume   1	Transcript of record, 1925 December 15
Box   15 Volume   2	Cause number 843, brief and argument for appellees, 1925 October
Box   15 Volume   3	Cause number 254, brief on behalf of the United States, 1926 October
	State of Missouri vs. International Harvester Company of America, Supreme Court of Missouri
Box   16 Volume   1	Respondent's abstract of record; relator's statement, brief argument on respondent's exceptions to the report, 1911 April
Box   16 Volume   2	Quo warranto, abstract of record and transcript of evidence taken before a special commissioner, 1907 October
M2002-050	Part 3 (M2002-050): Additions, 1901-1942 Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note: International Harvester Law Department records (1929-1942) of federal price fixing investigations, including correspondence, internal memoranda, clippings, statistical reports, and price lists. Also included are a small number of patent documents (1901-1917) for fertilizer distributors, ensilage cutters, harvesting machinery, wagons, automobiles, motor trucks, tractors, and fluid pressure engines.	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1-3	Law department, 1929
	Law department, Canadian price investigation
Box   2 Folder   1	Part 1, 1934-1935
Box   2 Folder   2-3	Part 2, 1936
Box   2 Folder   4-5	Part 3, 1936-1938
Box   2 Folder   6	Clippings, 1937-1938
Box   2 Folder   7	Correspondence, 1935-1938
Box   2 Folder   8	Statistical reports, 1936-1941
	Law Department, documents to Department of Justice
Box   3 Folder   1	Branch house and interoffice correspondence and memos, 1929-1940
Box   3 Folder   2	Dealer contracts and relations, volume and quantity discounts, 1927-1941
Box   3 Folder   3	Dealers' organization, 1928-1941
Box   3 Folder   4	List of documents received from International Harvester, 1936-1941
Box   3 Folder   5	Exchange of price lists, correspondence with competitors, 1938-1942
Box   3 Folder   6	Department of Justice, 1935-1942
Box   3 Folder   7	Pacific coast prices, dealer price lists, 1931-1942
Box   3 Folder   8	Price complaints, 1927-1942
Box   3 Folder   9	Revisions of American prices, instructions to Harvester Press, 1940-1941
Box   3 Folder   10	Terms, 1929-1941
Box   3 Folder   11	Twine prices and contracts and complaints, 1932-1942
	Patents
Box   3 Folder   12	Fertilizer distributors, fodder, stalk and ensilage cutters, etc., 1913-1915
Box   3 Folder   13	“McCormick” (for harvesting machines), 1901
Box   3 Folder   14	“McCormick Harvesting Machines,” 1903
Box   3 Folder   15	Tractors and fluid pressure engines and parts, 1917
Box   3 Folder   16	Wagons, automobiles, and motor trucks and parts thereof, 1914