Part 1 (McCormick Mss 2Z, Micro 701, Micro 705-713): Original Collection, 1881-1938
Physical Description: 15.0 c.f. (138 volumes) and 72 reels of microfilm (35 mm) 

Series: Records Available in Original Hard Copy

Subseries: Deering Harvester Company

Roadmen - name, salary, contacts, sales, 1892-1902 (#28 on Jallings inventory)
Physical Description: 14 volumes 
Scope and Content Note: Recording monthly salary; employee name and address; position (including general agent, office, warehouseman, collector, salesman, collector salesman, expert, or blockman); date, terms, and expiration of contract; notice to be given; transfer information; and remarks. Roadmen generally worked for the general agents who in turn worked for Deering. Parts of the records are alphabetical by employee and parts alphabetical by location of general agent.

Employee Records, 1896? (#12 on Jallings inventory)
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Scope and Content Note: Alphabetical employee records consisting of name and address, salary, and position of office and clerical employees, apparently compiled in 1896 but including information such as names of previous employers going back to 1877.

Deering Works Payroll Records, 1935-1938 (#86 on Jallings inventory)
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Scope and Content Note: In these sections: fire and watch, repairs and maintenance, stores, and vacation.

Subseries: Milwaukee Harvester Company

Agents-locations, contracts, salaries, 1898-1901 (#73 on Jallings inventory)
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Scope and Content Note: Provides information by agent's location and year such as name of employee, occupation, salary per month, dates of contract, time of employment, and remarks.

Subseries: Champion Division, IHC

Agencies and sales - foreign, domestic, 1903 (#30 on Jallings inventory)
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Scope and Content Note: Labeled jobbing and foreign, the volume documents sales to agents in foreign countries and a few in New York City and west coast cities, giving the following information: contract record and term, name of machine and/or attachments sold, physical quantities and dollar values, total sales in 1901 and 1902, consignee and destination, dates, and debits and credits to the agent's account. It includes alphabetical indexes by name of agent and by name of city.

Subseries: International Harvester Company

Annual settlement with agents, 1904-1913 (#68 on Jallings inventory)
Physical Description: 106 volumes 
Scope and Content Note: Records comprise 7 very large binders for 1904-1910 and 99 eleven-page paper-covered reports for 1911-1913. Extremely detailed and comprehensive yearly reports of sales of machines and equipment (in approximately 125 classifications), physical volume, averages, expenses, percentages, cost of goods sold, cash receipts, collections, worthless accounts, outstanding balances, and other details are recorded. Of the 7 large volumes, one is a recapitulation of domestic and foreign totals, domestic totals, and district totals; one is a recapitulation of transfer agencies, including warehouses; four are each devoted to a single district, giving the figures for each general agent in the district; and one is organized by general agents and includes district recapitulations for 1904-1906. Of the 99 reports for 1911-1913, each is for an individual general agent, arranged by city, as well as one for each district (total) and one for domestic summaries.

Subseries: Plano Division, IHC

Time and payroll records, 1903-1908 (#75 on Jallings inventory)
Physical Description: 9 volumes 
Scope and Content Note: Give employee name and number, occupation, day worked, total hours worked, rate, amount, allowance, total inspection, gross wages, benefit fund, time advances, net wages, and remarks.

Subseries: McCormick Division, IHC

Payrolls - clerks, foremen, assistants, 1899-1919 (#80 on Jallings inventory)
Physical Description: 5 volumes 
Scope and Content Note: Arranged alphabetically by first letter of employee name, show dates and rates of pay.

Series: Microfilmed Payroll Records

Subseries: Deering Companies

Deering Time Record, Office Employees, 1896-1901 (Deering Office Time books, , 1896-1901)

Volume 1, 1896

Volume 2, 1897 January-September

Volume 3, 1897 October-1898 June

Volume 4, 1898 July-1899 February

Volume 5, 1900

Volume 6, 1901

Deering Office Payroll Books

Volume 1, 1883 April-1889 March

Volume 2, April 1889-January 1892

Volume 3, 1892 February-1894 March

Volume 4, 1894 April-1896 September

Volume 5, 1896 October-1898 July

Volume 6, 1898 July-1900 January

Volume 7, 1900 February-1901 September

Deering Office Time Book, 1899 March 15-December 30

Deering Factory Time and Payroll Books

Volume 1, 1881 March-July

Volume 2, 1881 August-1882 January

Volume 3, 1882 February-April

Volume 4, 1882 May-August

Volume 5, 1882 September-1883 April

Volume 6, 1883 May-November

Volume 7, 1883 December-1884 May

Volume 8, 1884 June-December

Volume 9, 1885 January-September

Volume 10, 1885 October-1886 May

Volume 11, 1886 June-December

Volume 12, 1887 January-June

Volume 13, 1887 July-December

Volume 14, 1888 January-June

Volume 15, 1888 July-1889 January

Volume 16, 1889 February-July

Volume 17, 1889 August-1890 February

Volume 18, 1890 March-July

Volume 19, 1890 August-December

Volume 20, 1891 January-April

Volume 21, 1891 May-August

Volume 22, 1891 September-1892 January

Volume 23, 1892 February-July

Volume 24, 1892 August-1893 January

Volume 25, 1893 February-July

Volume 26, 1893 August-1894 January

Volume 27, 1895 January-June

Volume 28, 1895 July-December

Volume 29, 1896 January-May

Volume 30, 1896 June-August

Volume 31, 1896 September-December

Volume 32, 1897 January-April

Volume 33, 1897 May-August

Volume 34, 1897 September-December

Volume 35, 1898 January-March

Volume 36, 1898 April-June

Volume 37, 1898 July-September

Volume 38, 1898 October-December

Volume 39, 1899 January-March

Volume 40, 1899 April-June

Volume 41, 1899 July-September

Volume 42, 1899 October-December

Volume 43, 1900 January-March

Volume 44, 1900 April-June

Volume 45, 1900 July-September

Volume 46, 1900 October-December

Volume 47, 1901 January-March

Volume 48, 1901 April-June

Volume 49, 1901 July-September

Volume 50, 1901 October-December

Volume 51, 1902 January-February

Volume 52, 1902 March-April

Volume 53, 1902 May-June

Volume 54, 1902 July-August

Deering Foundries Time and Payroll Books

Volume 1, 1889 February-1890 February

Volume 2, 1890 February-1891 March

Volume 3, 1891 April-1892 March

Volume 4, 1892 March-1893 February

Volume 5, 1893 March-1894 March

Volume 6, 1894 April-1895 March

Volume 7, 1895 April-September

Volume 8, 1895 October-1896 May

Volume 9, 1896 June-December

Volume 10, 1897

Volume 11, 1898

Volume 12, 1899 January-June

Volume 13, 1899 July-December

Volume 14, 1900 January-June

Volume 15, 1900 July-December

Volume 16, 1901 January-June

Volume 17, 1901 July-December

Volume 18, 1902 January-April

Volume 19, 1902 May-August

Volume 20, 1902 September-December

Deering Harvester Company Twine Time and Payroll

Volume 1, 1895 October-December

Volume 2, 1896 January-June

Volume 3, 1896 July-December

Volume 4, 1897 January-April

Volume 5, 1897 April-June

Volume 6, 1897 July-December

Volume 7, 1898 January-April

Volume 8, 1898 May-June

Volume 9, 1898 July-August

Volume 10, 1898 September-December

Volume 11, 1899 January-March

Volume 12, 1899 April-July

Volume 13, 1899 August-December

Volume 14, 1900 January-April

Volume 15, 1900 May-December

Volume 16, 1901 January-April

Volume 17, 1901 May-June

Volume 18, 1901 July-August

Volume 19, 1901 September-December

Volume 20, 1902 January-May

Volume 21, 1902 May-July

Subseries: Milwaukee Harvester Company

Milwaukee Harvester Company Time Book

Volume 1, 1899 September-1900 June

Volume 2, 1900 September-1901 August

Volume 3, 1901 September-1902 August

Subseries: Plano Manufacturing Company

Plano Manufacturing Company Twine Mill Time and Payroll Book

Volume 1, 1899 July-1900 January

Volume 2, 1900 January-November

Plano Manufacturing Company Time Book, 1891 August-1894 May

Plano Manufacturing Company Time Book (West Pullman Plant)

Volume 1, 1881 August-1884 April

Volume 2, 1884 May-1885 December

Volume 3, 1886 January-1887 August

Volume 4, 1887 September-1889 March

Volume 5, 1889 April-1889 December

Volume 6, 1890 January-1891 August

Volume 7, 1891 September-1892 December

Volume 8, 1893 January-1894 March

Volume 9, 1894 April-1895 March

Volume 10, 1895 April-1896 June

Volume 11, 1896 July-1897 December

Volume 12, 1898 January-June

Volume 13, 1898 July-1899 February

Volume 14, 1899 February-July

Volume 15, 1899 July-December

Volume 16, 1899 December-1900 April

Volume 17, 1900 May-September

Volume 18
Note: Duplicate of Volume 17.

Volume 19, 1900 October-1901 August

Volume 20, 1901 August-1902 January

Volume 21, 1902 February-September