Title: Johnson's Tavern Records
Inclusive Dates: 1927-1960

Creator:

• Johnson's Tavern (River Falls, Wis.)

Call Number: River Falls Mss BE

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, ; 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-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Partial records of family-run businesses, principally Johnson's Tavern of River Falls, Wisconsin. Stanley and Emma Johnson opened the tavern with the repeal of prohibition in 1934. Previously, Mr. Johnson had hauled gasoline and, with his brother, operated a meat market. Mrs. Johnson retired in 1973 and in 1986, the business was known as Emma's Bar. The collection is composed almost entirely of financial records, primarily ledgers covering the operation of the tavern. Also present are a few family papers, 1936-1952.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-rf00be

Acquisition Information

Presented by Emma Johnson, River Falls, Wisconsin, 1974. Accession Number: M74-409

Processing Information

Processed by Matthew Alexander and Joanne Hohler, June 1983.

	Financial Records
	Ledgers
Box   1 Folder   1	Gasoline Hauling, Meat Market, and Restaurant, 1927-1928, 1933-1934
Box   1 Folder   2-3	Restaurant and Bar, 1934 July-1938 December
	Bar
Box   1 Folder   4-13	1939-1948
Box   2 Folder   1-12	1949-1960
Box   2 Folder   13	Census of Business Places and Miscellaneous Tax Forms, 1941, 1943, 1958-1959
Box   2 Folder   14	Contracts, Licenses, and Policies, 1933, 1941-1957
Box   2 Folder   15	Correspondence, 1937-1959
Box   2 Folder   16	Inventories, 1942, 1946, 1953, undated
Box   2 Folder   17	Price Lists, 1941, 1952, 1954, undated
Box   2 Folder   18	Purchase Orders and Receipts, 1932-1943, 1961
Box   2 Folder   19	Reports of Import Tax Paid on Beer, 1940-1947
Box   2 Folder   20	Miscellany, 1934-1955
Box   2 Folder   21	Personal Papers, 1936-1952