Title: Fairview Cheese Factory Records
Inclusive Dates: 1908
Inclusive Dates: 1916-1949

Creator:

• Fairview Cheese Factory (Cedar Grove, Wis.)

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss ET

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee 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-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of a Cedar Grove, Wisconsin cheese factory operated by Ernest H. Fisher, including production and sales records for cream, butter, and cheese; payroll ledgers which also contain accounts with area dairy farmers; personal and corporate tax returns; and miscellaneous records.

Language: English

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The Fairview Cheese Factory, owned and operated by Ernest H. Fischer, was located near Cedar Grove, Town of Holland, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Fischer was licensed to operate a cheese factory in 1908, after taking a course in dairying at the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture. In 1916 he was licensed as a cheesemaker. At the factory, Fischer made whey cream, butter, and cheddar and American cheese. After his death on June 10, 1948, Fairview was operated for the next year by his widow, Amy.

The collection contains personal financial and business records of Fischer and the cheese factory. Included are the factory's production and sales records, such as daily and monthly churn reports, total amounts of milk received and of butter and cheese made and sold, and amounts made for each milk producer. Payroll ledgers list the following production and financial data: pounds of milk received; and for each farmer, test results, such as average weight of butter fat, his total credit, and the amount of cheese, butter, and cream he purchased; final prices and totals; and a monthly balance. The financial records are both personal and corporate in nature, including state and federal individual and farm income tax returns, miscellaneous records, and Fischer's daybook listing names and purchases from what appears to be a general store or similar operation. The file of miscellany contains certificates, farm animal pedigrees, and licenses.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Leona Fischer Schnicke, Madison, Wisconsin, 1975. Accession Number: M75-140

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd, March 16, 1979.

Box   1 Folder   1-2	Production and Sales Records, monthly, 1924-1938, 1944-1949
Box   1 Folder   3	Production Records, daily, 1936-1949
Box   1 Folder   4	Production Records - Government Reports, 1939-1946
	Payroll Ledgers
Box   1 Folder   5-9	1920-1939
Box   3 Folder   1-3	1940-1949
	Financial Records
	Income Tax Returns
Box   1 Folder   10	1918-1939
Box   2 Folder   1	1940-1955
Box   2 Folder   2	Miscellaneous, 1912-1948
Box   2 Folder   3	Daybook, 1934-1940
	Miscellany
Box   3 Folder   4	1908
Box   2 Folder   4	1908, 1916, 1922, 1940, 1947-1948