International Harvester Company Business Records, 1883-1998

Container Title
McCormick Mss 1Z
Part 1 (McCormick Mss 1Z): Original Collection, 1883-1885, 1893, 1902-1967
Physical Description: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Business records of the International Harvester Company consisting of charter and by-laws, 1902, 1904, 1918; minutes, 1902; incorporation documents, 1907; annual reports for 1907 through 1966; a history of the company, 1902-1913, by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor, and its anti-trust committee reports for 1913; a confidential statement of the company for the 1920 season; sales and collection organization charts, 1926-1929; an accountant's report, 1927; arbitration decisions on labor relations, 1943-1955; telegraphic code, 1947; quarterly reports, 1965-1967; and for varying years, reports of the president, meetings of shareholders, and employee pension benefits. Included also are miscellaneous papers of D.M. Osborne and Company, 1883-1885, and its sale agreement, 1902; and miscellaneous papers of the Deering Harvester Company, 1893, and a Deering appraisal, 1903.
Box   1
Miscellaneous papers of D.M. Osborne and Company, 1883-1885
Box   1
Miscellaneous papers of William Deering and Company, 1893
Box   1
D.M. Osborne and Company Sale Agreement, 1902
Box   1
Deering appraisal, 1903
Physical Description: Manuscript 
Note: All documents in Box 1 are printed except the Deering appraisal.
International Harvester Company
Box   1
Charter and by-laws, 1902
Box   1
Minutes, 1902
Box   1
Charter and by-laws, 1904
Box   1
Incorporation documents, 1907
Box   1
Annual reports, 1907-1912
Box   2
History of International Harvester Company by Department of Commerce and Labor, 1902-1913
Box   2
Litigation, 1905
Box   2
Commerce Committee reports, 1913
Box   2
Annual reports, 1913-1930
Box   2
Annual sales and collection organization charts, 1926-1929
Box   2
Long-Allstatter and Company, accountant's report, 1927
Physical Description: Manuscript 
Note: All documents in Box 2 are printed except the report of Long-Allstatter and Company, accountants.
Box   2
Charter and by-laws, 1918
Box   2
Confidential statement for season, 1920
Box   2
Pension and employee benefits for various years
Box   2
Statements by president for various years
Box   3
Annual reports for each year, 1931-1966
Box   3
Telegraphic code, 1947
Box   3
President's report, 1936, 1950
Box   3
Reports of meetings of shareholders, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1962
Box   3
Quarterly reports, 1965-1967
Labor relations, arbitration decisions
Box   4
1943-1944
Box   5
1945-1951
Box   6
1951-1953
Box   7
1954-1955