Curtis Companies Inc. Records
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Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of financial ledgers, cashbooks, stock books, and similar detailed financial records. The following inventory of the ledgers is as they are arranged on the shelf. They are not in chronological or alphabetical order. The relatively small number of more general documents
Dates
- Creation: 1869-1948
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Extent
72.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1938, the Curtis Companies were a conglomerate of associated sash, door, and millwork companies that eventually consolidated into a single corporation. Includes correspondence, ledgers, journals, cashbooks, stockbooks, and minute books, with correspondence of U.S. Representative George M. Curtis.
This collection consists almost entirely of financial ledgers for a Clinton, IA company founded in 1886 that specialized in architectural woodworking. Over the years it absorbed many other, smaller companies.
Apart from financial records, there appears to be six indexed letter press books dating 1900-1904; one annual report with some text from the 1930s; an 1893 printed volume describing the company's products; and ditto drafts (the longest about 60 pages) of "The Evolution of Woodwork: A History of the Curtis Companies from Founding in 1886 to the 75th Anniversary in 1941."
Arrangement
Companies
Method of Acquisition
These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by George Curtis in 1959.
Other Descriptive Information
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/ToMsC600/MsC551/curtiscpomanies.html
Subject
- Curtis Companies (Organization)
- Curtis, George Martin, 1844-1921 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Archives (groupings)
- Cashbooks
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Ledgers (Account books)
- Merchandise inventories
- Minute books
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu