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Leopold Hotel records, 1901-1984
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Leopold Hotel (Bellingham, Wash.)
- Title
- Leopold Hotel records
- Dates
- 1901-1984 (inclusive)19011984
- Quantity
- 9 linear ft.
- Collection Number
- XOE_CPNWS0182LeopoldRecords (collection)
- Summary
- The collection comprises the corporate, financial, and personnel records from the Leopold Hotel (formerly the Byron Hotel), dating from the early-1900s to the 1980s. There are materials related to early bond- and stockholders, as well as a wealth of information about two of the hotels' managers: John C. Pierce (1936-1960) and George Knowles (1960-1979).
- Repository
-
Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
808 25th St.
Bellingham, WA
98225
Telephone: (360) 650-7534
cpnws@wwu.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Some restrictions apply - contact repository for details.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Leopold Hotel in Bellingham, Washington, was originally called the Byron Hotel but was renamed in honor of Leopold Schmidt, financial backer and heaviest stockholder in the Byron Hotel.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Leopold Hotel records include corporate, financial, personnel records, architectural drawing and photographs dating between 1902-1984. There is early bondholder and stockholder information for the 1920s, as well as a wealth of information about two of the hotels managers: John C. Pierce (1936-1960) and George Knowles (1960-1979).
Unfortunately, the records are fragmented and in no way cover the long life of the hotel.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Leopold Hotel records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The Leopold Hotel records are organized according to the following series arrangment:
- Series I. Corporate Records 1902-1980
- Series II. Financial Records 1909-1984
- Series III. Personnel Records 1950-1983
- Series IV. Architectural Drawings undated
- Series V. Photographs circa 1901-1978
Acquisition Information
Materials donated by George Knowles, date unknown.
Processing Note
Photographs were initially separate and then merged with the collection during processing in April 2011.
Processing Note
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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series I : Corporate Records , 1902-1980 Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Articles of
Incorporation
|
1902 ; 1952 ; 1979 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Bylaws of the Byron
Hotel |
1902 |
1/2 | Name change from Byron Hotel to
Leopold Hotel |
1952 |
1/3 | Articles and Papers of
Dissolution |
1979 |
Board of
Trustees
|
1902-1929 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/4 | Oath of Office |
1902 |
1/5 | First Meeting |
1902 |
1/6 | Meeting Minutes (including
By-laws) |
1903; 1912; 1918; 1920 |
1/7 | Ledger – Important Papers of
the Byron hotel (original copy) |
1902-1929 |
1/8 | Ledger – Important Papers of
the Byron Hotel (not original) |
1902-1929 |
Stock/Share
Holders
|
1904-1978 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/9 | Meeting Minutes (includes
information on name change) |
1950-1952 |
1/10 | Meeting Minutes |
1952-1960 |
1/11 | Meeting Minutes |
1961-1962 |
1/12 | Meeting Minutes |
1963-1964 |
1/13 | Annual Stockholders Meeting
Minutes |
1967-1970 |
1/14 | Meeting Minutes |
1975-1978 |
1/15 | Proxy Notices (regarding
shareholders meetings) |
1958-1959; 1962-1964; 1967-1968; 1970-1971; 1975; 1977 |
1/16 | Correspondence |
1904; 1912-1966 |
Directors
Meeting Minutes
|
1949-1978 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/17 | Minutes |
1949; 1951-1960 |
1/18 | Minutes |
1961-1964 |
1/19 | Minutes |
1967-1969 |
1/20 | Minutes |
1970; 1971; 1975-1978 |
Manager's
General Information
|
1936-1980 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/21 | General
Correspondence |
1936-1980 |
1/22 | Western Hotels International
Managers Meetings |
1955; 1957; 1960-1961; 1964-1965 |
1/23 | Western Hotels International –
Management Agreement Termination |
1966-1975 |
Series II : Financial Records , 1909-1984 Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Financial
Statements
|
1939-1979 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/24 | Statements |
1939-1959 |
1/25 | Statements |
1960-1973 |
1/26 | Statements |
1974 |
1/27 | Statements |
1975 |
1/28 | Statements |
1976 |
1/29 | Statements |
1977 |
1/30 | Statements |
1978 |
1/31 | Statements |
1979 |
Box | ||
2 | General Journal |
1967-1971 |
3 | General Journal |
1973-1977; 1979 |
General
Ledger
Folders 4/1 - 4/12 are parts of a
general ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1928-1956 | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/1 | A File – Accounts Payable,
Accounts Receivable, Accrued Interest Payable/Receivable, Accrued Payroll,
Accrued Sub-rents, Accrued Taxes, Accrued Telephone, Administrative Expense,
Advertising, Auto Club of Washington |
|
4/2 | B File – Bad Checks/Debts,
Baggage Bank (General Payroll), Bellingham Bay Improvement Co. (BBIC), Beer
Expense/ Services/ Sales/Wages, Bellingham Hotel, Beverage Issues/ Sales,
Building Alterations and Improvements/ Finances, Building Tulip Room
|
|
4/3 | C File – Café (Alterations and
Improvements/ Advertising and Printing/ Employee Meals/ Equipment/ Purchases/
Food Cost/ Entertainment/ General Expenses/ Heat/ Laundry/ Light and Power/
Maintenance/ Receipts/ Wages/ Water), Capital/ Common Stock, Carr Insurance
Co., Sabine L. Case, Cash Over and Short, Cigar Counter Purchases/ Receipts,
Commissions, Contract Payable, Coal, Custom Cleaners. |
|
4/4 | D File – Deferred Expenses,
Discount and Commission on Bonds, Dividends Payable, Donations, Due Stock
Subscriptions |
|
4/5 | E, F, G, and H Files – Employee
Meals/ Rooms, Estimated Income, Exchange, Ferndale Power Association Bond,
First National Bank, Foundation Salary, Furniture and Texture/ Laundry
Operations, General Unapportioned Expense, E.A. Grant Co., Grill Expense, Group
Life Insurance, Guest Charges, Heat/ Light/ Power and Refrigeration
|
|
4/6 | I File – Imprest Funds,
Insurance, Interest, Inventory |
|
4/7 | J, K, and L Files – C.C.
Jerstedt, J.M. Kenney, Kitchen Equipment, Lamps, Laundry, Legal Expenses, Light
and Power, Linen Store Rooms, Liquor, Lowery and Miscellaneous Garage
|
|
4/8 | M and N Files – Maintenance,
Malta Thurston Hotels Inc., Malted Milk Shop, Misc. Income, Mitchell Hotel,
Mortgage, Mount Baker Development, Mt. Vernon Hotel Co., New Building, New
Governor Hotel, New Washington Hotel, Notes Payable, Mable Armstrong, W.G.
Melne |
|
4/9 | O, P, and Q Files –
Occupational Disease Tax, Officers Salaries, Old Age Employee Benefits,
Olympian Hotel, Organization Expense, Pacific Coast Investment Co., Pacific
Coast Paper Mills Stock, Pacific Telephone and Telegraphy Co., Payroll
Distribution, Pay Collections, George Pierce Barber Shop, Pierce Bros. Inc.,
Porters, Preferred Stock Subscription, Prepaid Insurance, Prepaid License,
Prepaid Mortgage Expense, Prepaid Sign Rent, Prepaid Taxes, Profit and Loss
|
|
4/10 | R File – Real Estate, Rent,
Reserve for Taxes, Restaurant Expenses, Restaurant Receipts, Returned Checks,
Rodmans, Room Earnings and Expenses |
|
4/11 | S and T Files – Salaries,
Sample Room Expense/ Earnings, San Juan Pulp and Paper Mill Stock, Sanitarium
Baths, Peter G. Schmidt/ Schmidt Estate Inc., Henry Schupp, Seattle First
National Bank, Stationary and Printing, N.J. Stevens and Co., Store and Other
Rentals, Storeroom, Sublease Deposit/ Rents, Sundry Assets, Supervision,
Surplus, Special Suspense, Taxes, Tacoma Hotel Stock, Telephone and Telegraph,
S.W. Thruston, Paul F. Tiffany, Traveling Expense, Tulip Room Rentals
|
|
4/12 | U, V, X, W, Y, and Z Files –
Unclaimed Dividend, Unemployment Insurance, U.S. Collector Internal Revenue,
Victory Tax, War Bonds, Washington Hotel Co. Stock, Washington Mutual Savings,
Washington State Sales Tax, Washington State Unemployment Insurance, Water,
Western Hotels International, Western Union, With-holding Tax, Wood Fuel,
Yellow Cat Company |
|
General
Ledger
Folders 4/13 - 4/19 are parts of a
general ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1931-1962 | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/13 | Liabilities |
1931-1962 |
4/14 | Accounts Payable |
1947-1961 |
4/15 | Rooms, Food, Beverage, and
Telephone Departments |
1961 |
4/16 | Administrative and General,
Advertisement and Business Promotion, Payroll Taxes and Employee Relations,
Heating Lighting and Power, Repairs and Maintenance, Rent, Taxes and Insurance,
Misc. Income, Store Rentals, Federal Income Tax, Depreciations Interest,
Payroll Distribution |
1961 |
4/17 | Current Assets, Fixed Assets,
Prepayments, and Other Assets |
1962 |
4/18 | Liabilities, Capital, and
Income |
1962 |
4/19 | Operating Costs and
Expenses |
1962 |
General
Ledger
Folder 4/20 was originally a bound
volume.
|
1953-1955 | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/20 | Profit and Loss |
1953-1955 |
General
Ledger
Folders 4/21 - 4/24 are parts of a
general ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1954-1959 | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/21 | Profit and Loss |
|
4/22 | Rooms Department, Food
Department, Beverage Department, Telephone Department, Administrative and
General, Advertising and Promotion |
|
4/23 | Payroll Taxes and Employee
Relations, Heating Lights and Power, Repairs and Maintenance, Rent Municipal
Taxes and Insurance, Store Rentals |
|
4/24 | Depreciation and Payroll
Distribution |
|
General
Ledger
Folder 4/25 was originally a bound
volume.
|
1960 | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/25 | Profit and Loss |
|
General
Ledger
Folders 5/1 - 5/5 are parts of a general
ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1964-1965 | |
Box/Folder | ||
5/1 | Assets |
|
5/2 | Liabilities |
|
5/3 | Operating |
|
5/4 | Food and Beverage Combined and
Overhead |
|
5/5 | Payroll Taxes, Employee
Relations, and Total Labor Cost |
|
General
Ledger
Folders 5/6 - 5/10 are parts of a
general ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1966 | |
Box/Folder | ||
5/6 | Assets – Cash, Accounts
Receivable, Inventories, Prepaid Expenses, Other Current Assets, Investments,
Deposits, Furniture Fixtures and Equipment, Reserve for Duplication and
Amortization, Land, Other Assets |
|
5/7 | Liabilities – Accounts Payable,
Accrued Expenditures, Accounts Payable, Western International Hotels, Federal
Taxes on Income, Other, Notes Contracts and Mortgages Non-Affiliates, Net
Worth, Profit and Loss |
|
5/8 | Operating – Rooms, Food
Department, Beverage Department, Telephone, Cigar Stand, Other |
|
5/9 | Overhead – Administrative and
General, Advertising and Promotion, Heat Light and Power, Repair and
Maintenance, Payroll Taxes and Employee Relations |
|
5/10 | Payroll Taxes and Total Labor
Costs – Sub-Rental Income, Local Taxes and Insurance, Interest Expense,
Depreciation Amortization, Federal and State Income Tax Expenses |
|
General
Ledger
Folders 5/11 - 5/16 are parts of a
general ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1967-1978 | |
Box/Folder | ||
5/11 | Assets - Cash, Accounts
Receivable, Inventories, Paid Expenses, Other, Investments, Deposits
|
|
5/12 | Work in Progress and
Liabilities |
|
5/13 | Operating – Rooms, Food and
Beverage Depts |
|
5/14 | Food and Beverage
Combined |
|
5/15 | Overhead |
|
5/16 | Payroll Taxes, Employee
Relations Exhibit, and Total Labor Costs Exhibit |
|
General
Ledger
Folders 5/17 - 5/19 are parts of a
general ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1969 | |
Box/Folder | ||
5/17 | Assets and Liabilities
|
|
5/18 | Operating |
|
5/19 | Food and Beverage Combined,
Overhead, Payroll Taxes, Employee Relations Exhibit, and Total Labor Costs
Exhibit |
|
General
Ledger
Folders 6/1 - 6/3 are parts of a general
ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1970 | |
Box/Folder | ||
6/1 | Assets and
Liabilities |
|
6/2 | Operating – Rooms, Food,
Beverage, Telephone, and Other |
|
6/3 | Overhead, Payroll
Taxes/Employee Relations Exhibit |
|
General
Ledger
Folders 6/4 - 6/6 are parts of a general
ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1971 | |
Box/Folder | ||
6/4 | Assets and
Liabilities |
|
6/5 | Operating - Rooms, Food,
Beverage, Telephone, and Other |
|
6/6 | Overhead, Payroll Taxes/
Employee Relations Exhibit |
|
General
Ledger
Folders 6/7 - 6/9 are parts of a general
ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1972 | |
Box/Folder | ||
6/7 | Assets and
Liabilities |
|
6/8 | Assets and
Liabilities |
|
6/9 | Overhead and Payroll Taxes/
Employee Relations Exhibit |
|
General
Ledger
Folders 6/10 - 6/14 are parts of a
general ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1973-1975 | |
Box/Folder | ||
6/10 | Assets and Liabilities
|
|
6/11 | Operating – Food |
|
6/12 | Operating – Beverage, Food, and
Other |
|
6/13 | Overhead |
|
6/14 | Payroll Taxes and Employee
Relations Charged to Departments |
|
General
Ledger
Folders 6/15 - 6/16 are parts of a
general ledger that was originally a bound volume.
|
1976-1978 | |
Box/Folder | ||
6/15 | Assets and
Liabilities |
|
6/16 | Operations and Overhead
|
|
6/17 | General Ledger |
1977 |
6/18 | General Ledger |
1978 |
Stock
|
1928-1979 | |
Box/Folder | ||
7/1 | Stockholder’s
Ledger |
1928-1979 |
7/2 | Preferred Stock Certificates
#1-99 |
1928-1940 |
7/3 | Preferred Stock Certificates
#101-168 (missing 152 and 157) |
1941-1971 |
7/4 | Common Stock Certificates
#1-100 |
1912-1964 |
7/5 | Common Stock Certificates
#101-139 |
1964-1979 |
7/6 | Correspondence Governor,
Capital and Olympian Hotels (includes financial statements and
reports) |
1949-1951 |
7/7 | Option Agreements between
Byron/Leopold Hotel and Pacific Coast Investment Company or Maltby Thurston
Company or Western Hotels International (details purchase of Capital and
Olympian Hotel Stock by John C. Pierce) |
1947-1953 |
7/8 | Voting Trust
Certificates |
1949 |
Agreements
|
1910-1984 | |
Box/Folder | ||
7/9 | Property Agreements and
Warranty Deeds |
1910; 1912; 1915; 1925; 1928; 1947; 1958-1960 |
7/10 | Mortgages |
1915; 1920; 1930; 1947; 1954; 1955; 1960 |
7/11 | Insurance Contracts |
1949 |
7/12 | Corporate Licenses |
1952; 1953; 1955; 1956; 1975-1979 |
7/13 | Management Agreement with
Western Hotels International (includes mortgage information) |
1960 |
7/14 | Legal (Pacific Northwest Bell
litigation about termination charges) |
1982-1984 |
7/15 | Loans with Seattle First
National Bank |
1954-1978 |
Appraisals
|
1935 ; 1972 ; 1977 | |
Box/Folder | ||
7/16 | Appraisals (includes photos and
blue prints) |
1935 |
7/17 | Appraisals |
1972 |
7/18 | Appraisals |
1977 |
Taxes
|
1909-1979 | |
Box/Folder | ||
7/19 | Personal Property and Real
Estate |
1959-1963 |
7/20 | Personal Property and Real
Estate |
1971-1979 |
7/21 | Excise |
1975-1977 |
7/22 | Income Tax Returns |
1943-1949 |
7/23 | Income Tax Returns |
1950-1955 |
7/24 | Income Tax Returns |
1956-1957 |
8/1 | Income Tax Returns |
1958-1960 |
8/2 | Income Tax Returns |
1972-1976 |
8/3 | Income Tax Returns |
1977 |
8/4 | Income Tax Returns |
1978 |
8/5 | Income Tax Returns |
1979 |
8/6 | FICA Quarterly
Reports |
1974 |
8/7 | FICA Quarterly
Reports |
1978 |
8/8 | FICA Quarterly
Reports |
1979 |
8/9 | Miscellaneous Finance and
Expense File |
1909-1928 |
8/10 | Accounts Payable on
Loans |
1947-1957 |
8/11 | Miscellaneous Financial
Papers |
1955-1978 |
Series III : Personnel Records , 1950-1983 Return to Top
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Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
9 | Employee Information Index Cards |
1950s-1970s |
Box/Folder | ||
10/1 | Labor Distribution |
Undated |
10/2 | Corporate Pension
Plan |
1976-1983 |
10/3 | Culinary Workers &
Bartenders Local No. 451 Contract |
1974-1976; 1976-1979 |
10/4 | Culinary Workers &
Bartenders Local No. 451 Benefit Programs |
1969; 1972; 1977; 1978 |
Box | ||
11 | Payroll Journal |
1975 |
12 | Payroll Journal |
1976 |
13 | Payroll Journal |
1977 |
14 | Payroll Journal |
1978 |
Box/Folder | ||
15/1 | Payroll Journal |
January, 1979-June 1979 |
15/2 | Payroll Account
35102-011(closed) |
1979 |
Series IV : Architectural Drawings , Undated Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
15 | Rolled Copy of Leopold Hotel Blue Prints |
Undated |
Series V : Photographs , 1901-1978 Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Volume | ||
Volume 1 | Photographs of the Leopold Hotel and its
Employees |
circa 1913-1977 |
Box | ||
Volume 2 | Photographs of the Leopold Hotel and its
Employees |
circa 1901-1978 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Business enterprises--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources
- Hotels--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources
Corporate Names
- Leopold Hotel (Bellingham, Wash.)
- Byron Hotel (Bellingham, Wash.)
Geographical Names
- Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources