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Morse Hardware Company records, 1891-1999
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Morse Hardware Company
- Title
- Morse Hardware Company records
- Dates
- 1891-1999 (inclusive)18911999
- Quantity
- 87 Linear Ft., (24 Boxes ), (271 Volumes)
- Collection Number
- XOE_CPNWS0020morsehardware (collection)
- Summary
- The Morse Hardware Company records reflect the activities of this multi-generational Bellingham, Washington based company from 1891 to 1999. Also included in the collection are Morse family materials which document the history of the Morse Hardware Company and the history of the local community which underscore the important role that this family-owned business served in the local community and the regional economy.
- 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
-
Collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding the finding aid was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Morse Hardware Company is one of the oldest mercantile businesses in the Northwest region and is also one of the oldest, continually operating family owned businesses in the area. The company was founded by Robert I. Morse, who sold his property in San Francisco and used the proceeds to purchase $3000 worth of hardware, paints, glass and other supplies and sailed for Bellingham Bay in 1884, determined to find a role in the booming economy of the Pacific Northwest .
Morse located his store near the waterfront at 1039 Elk St. and established his personal residence on the second floor. Initially, the store operated solely as a retail operation, but the success of the Morse merchandizing slogan "Sell 'em Low, Send and Get More" generated a loyal and growing customer base. As the business expanded Morse entered the wholesale trade as a supplier to the burgeoning number of crossroad establishments that served the growing population in the region.
The expansion of the railroad in the 1890's facilitated the shipment of supplies and merchandise and promoted additional growth in the business. The advent of World War I generated a demand for lumber and hardware for ship-building. The company supplied this endeavor and used the proceeds to expand into the Alaska cannery business, eventually becoming the dominant supplier of hardware and other supplies to this industry.
Upon the death of Robert I. Morse in 1920, his eldest son, Cecil A. Morse, assumed the duties of the president and general manager of Morse Hardware. Cecil held the company together during the Great Depression and although most employees accepted wage and salary reductions, the company managed to avoid any layoffs. Cecil's presidency also oversaw expansion in sales and marketing with sales territories and staff growing farther afield. World War II spurred an expansion of the industrial supply division of Morse Hardware as the company furnished shipyards with the supplies necessary to sustain the war effort. The company also purchased several new buildings adjacent to the original store to house a growing inventory.
After fifty-seven years in the business, Cecil Morse died in 1958 and David C. Morse, the youngest son of the founder, became president. David continued to expand distribution markets by making new inroads in Alaska and Oregon. In 1960, the store closed its individual retail outlet and focused operations on wholesale distribution to retail stores and heavy industry. The primary customer base became lumber yards, retail outlets, and home centers in western Washington, northern Oregon and Alaska. Industrial supply sales were complimented by the movement of the Mobil Oil Company refinery and the Intalco Aluminum Corporation in Whatcom County. Georgia Pacific and the Atlantic Richfield Co. also became Morse customers. In 1963, the company became a member of PRO Hardware, Inc. PRO was a voluntary international organization of wholesalers with several distributors located in the United States. The organization assisted wholesalers in developing and distributing merchandizing, marketing and promotional programs. Morse hardware successfully implemented the program through 50 of its dealers throughout western Washington and Alaska.
In 1975, Bob Morse, grandson of the original founder assumed the presidency. The final decades of the 20th Century witnessed significant change in business focus. In 1994, Morse Hardware Co. announced that it would cease supplying wholesale hardware goods to retailer stores and lay off 25 workers. And, in November of 1998, the company announced that it would sell its industrial supply division with operations in Bellingham and Tacoma to Stellar Industrial and Construction Supply. Stellar leased the original Morse Hardware site in Bellingham and Morse operations in Tacoma changed its name to Stellar. Prior to the sale, the Morse industrial division distributed nearly 12,000 items, including hand and power tools, cutting tools and abrasives, and mill and construction supplies. The sale allowed the company to focus on its core business, Morse Steel Service, which continues in successful operation in Bellingham. The warehouse building is a large tilt up concrete structure with two 55 foot bays served by seven overhead five and ten ton bridge cranes. The operation requires specialized machinery including a 5/8 inch shear, acetylene and plasma computerized cutting equipment, automatic saws, rebar bending machine, and an iron monger to fulfill diverse customer requirements. The product base is carbon steel, cut to all shapes and sizes, and utilized by fabricators, building constructors, and heavy industry.
The original building on State Street, houses the offices of the steel business. Morse Steel service also operates a similar, but smaller steel warehouse in Wenatchee.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Morse Hardware Company records consist of three specific series spanning the years 1891-1999. These series are: 1) The records of the Morse Hardware Company, 2) Morse Family Materials, and 3) Bellingham and Whatcom County Historical Materials. The first series, the company records, comprise the bulk of the collection. This series includes Board of Directors meeting minutes, stockholder minutes, extensive financial material including ledgers and account books, sales records, invoices, daybooks, cash books, shipping and freight records, taxes, leases and other property records which document growth and change in business activity. The records also include extensive material documenting employees and employee functions. Marketing, merchandise and customer relations played an increasingly important role as the company grew and flourished. A large section of the collection documents this activity and includes a number of sales catalogs generated by Morse Hardware and other companies. These catalogs were used by the Morse sales staff as they canvassed their respective territories. Finally, the Morse company records include subject files maintained in the main office which document the humor, general interests, and business philosophy of the Morse family. The final two series were created by members of Morse family and include pamphlets, maps, photographs and manuscript material, which document the history of Morse Hardware and the history of the local community and which underscore the important role that this family-owned business served in the local community and the regional economy.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Morse Hardware Company records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is organized in accordance with the following series and subseries arrangement:
- Series I: Morse Hardware Company, 1885-1994
- Subseries 1: Stockholders and Board of Directors Records, 1897-1935
- Subseries 2: Correspondence, 1890-1901
- Subseries 3: Financial Records, 1884-1979
- Subseries 4: Employees and Employee Functions, 1893-1991
- Subseries 5: Merchandise, Advertising and Customer Relations, 1892-1994
- Subseries 6: Subject Files (as organized by the Morse Family), 1890-1994
- Series II: Morse Family Materials, 1886-1999
- Series III: Bellingham and Whatcom County History, 1887-1990
Custodial History
Arrangements were conducted via David C. Morse who formally donated the records on August 26, 1996.
Acquisition Information
In 1996, staff from the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies surveyed the records of Morse Hardware on the site of the original business in Bellingham. Materials deemed to have archival value were inventoried for future transfer to CPNWS.
Processing Note
The original Board of Directors minutes have been retained by the company, but the records were microfilmed and are available for research use. The financial records and incoming correspondence were well organized and many of these records were previously bound in leather volumes. Several duplicate copies of city directories were donated to Wilson Library and the Whatcom Museum of Art. In 2000, Megan Sibbert, assistant archivist, organized the remaining series into a coherent system, organized the bound volumes by activity, and generated a comprehensive finding aid to the collection. In 2004, Amber Raney re-engineered the collection and its finding aid.
Processing Note
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Bibliography
Heller, Ramon, Sell 'em low--send and get more : a centennial history of Morse Hardware Company, R. Heller, 1984.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series I: Morse Hardware Company , 1884-1994Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Sub-series
1
:
Stockholders
and Board of Directors Records
|
1897-1935 | |
Microfilm
|
||
Box | ||
1 | Minutes of meetings of the Board of
Directors |
1897-1964 |
1 | Stockholders Minute Book |
1901-1935 |
Sub-series
2
:
Correspondence
|
1890-1901 | |
Letters Received (“General
Correspondence”)
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
2/1 | “General Correspondence” |
November 1893 |
2/2 | A-B |
1894 |
2/3 | C |
1894 |
2/4 | D-E |
1894 |
2/5 | F-G |
1894 |
2/6 | H-J |
1894 |
2/7 | K-L |
1894 |
2/8 | M |
1894 |
2/9 | N-Q |
1894 |
2/10 | R |
1894 |
2/10 | S |
January-February 1894 |
2/11 | S |
March-September 1894 |
2/12 | T-Z |
1894 |
Letters Received (“Foreign
Letters”)
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
2/13 | "Foreign Letters" |
Undated; July-December 1891 |
2/14 | "Foreign Letters" |
January 1892 |
2/15 | "Foreign Letters" |
February 1892 |
2/16 | "Foreign Letters" |
March 1892 |
2/17 | "Foreign Letters" |
April 1892 |
2/18 | "Foreign Letters" |
May 1892 |
2/19 | "Foreign Letters" |
June 1892 |
2/20 | "Foreign Letters" |
July 1-15, 1892 |
2/21 | "Foreign Letters" |
July 16-31, 1892 |
2/22 | "Foreign Letters" |
August 1892 |
2/23 | "Foreign Letters" |
September 1892 |
2/24 | "Foreign Letters" |
October 1892 |
2/25 | "Foreign Letters" |
November 1892 |
2/26 | "Foreign Letters" |
December 1892 |
2/27 | "Foreign Letters" |
(Unspecified month) 1893; January 1893 |
2/28 | "Foreign Letters" |
February 1893 |
2/29 | "Foreign Letters" |
March 1893 |
2/30 | "Foreign Letters" |
April 1893 |
2/31 | "Foreign Letters" |
May 1893 |
2/32 | "Foreign Letters" |
June 1893 |
2/33 | "Foreign Letters" |
July 1-15, 1893 |
2/34 | "Foreign Letters" |
July 16-31, 1893 |
2/35 | "Foreign Letters" |
August 1893 |
2/36 | "Foreign Letters" |
September 1893 |
2/37 | "Foreign Letters" |
October 1893 |
2/38 | "Foreign Letters" |
November 1893 |
2/39 | "Foreign Letters" |
December 1893 |
Letters Received (“Local
Correspondence”)
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
2/40 | A-B |
1896 |
2/41 | C |
1896 |
2/42 | D-E |
1896 |
2/43 | F-G |
1896 |
2/44 | H |
1896 |
2/45 | I-L |
1896 |
2/46 | M-N |
1896 |
2/47 | O-R |
1896 |
2/48 | S |
1896 |
2/49 | T-Z |
1896 |
Letters Received (“Shingle
Correspondence”)
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
2/50 | “Shingle Correspondence” |
1894 |
2/51 | A-E |
1895 |
2/52 | F-M |
1895 |
2/53 | N-X |
1895 |
2/54 | Y |
January-February 1895 |
2/55 | Y |
March-April 1895 |
2/56 | Y |
May-June 1895 |
2/57 | Y |
July-September 1895 |
2/58 | Y |
October-December 1895 |
Letter Press
Books
|
||
Volume | ||
1 | "collection letters" |
March 11, 1890 to December 26, 1893 |
2 | Letter Press Book |
January 8 to August 4, 1894 |
3 | Letter Press Book |
September 3, 1894 to June 11, 1895 |
4 | Letter Press Book |
1895-1897 |
5 | Letter Press Book |
May 22, 1896 to December 29, 1897 |
6 | Letter Press Book |
January 20, 1897 to February 8, 1898 |
7 | Letter Press Book |
December 24, 1897 to May 21, 1898 |
8 | Letter Press Book |
May 26-November 1, 1898 |
9 | Letter Press Book |
August 28, 1899 to January 20, 1900 |
10 | Letter Press Book |
January 20-June 1, 1900 |
11 | Letter Press Book |
June 4-October 14, 1900 |
12 | Letter Press Book |
October 16, 1900 - March 21, 1901 |
Sub-series
3
:
Financial
Records
|
1884-1979 | |
Country Ledgers
|
||
Volume | ||
13 | “Transfer Country Ledger” (expenses, assets and
liabilities) |
1903-1931 |
14 | “Country Ledger” (A-Z) |
1923-1931 |
15 | “Country Ledger” (A-Z) |
1931-1962 |
16 | “Country Ledger” (A-Z) |
1931-1962 |
17 | “Country Ledger” (A-Z) |
1931-1962 |
General Financial
Ledgers
|
||
Ledgers (monthly finances) |
||
Volume | ||
18 | General Financial Ledgers |
May 1897 to April 1898 |
19 | General Financial Ledgers |
May 1898 to April 1899 |
20 | General Financial Ledgers |
May 1899 to April 1900 |
21 | General Financial Ledgers |
May 1900 to April 1901 |
22 | General Financial Ledgers |
May 1901 to April 1902 |
23 | General Financial Ledgers |
May 1902 to April 1903 |
Ledgers with entries organized
by day:
|
||
Volume | ||
24 | Ledger |
October 1, 1892 to April 30, 1894 |
25 | Ledger |
September 1889 (?) to December 1890 |
26 | Ledger |
October 16-November 30, 1899 |
27 | Ledger |
April 1, 1890 to January 28, 1891 |
28 | Ledger |
November 1, 1905 to May 31, 1906 |
29 | Ledger |
June 1, 1906 to April 30, 1907 |
30 | Ledger |
April 26, 1907 to February 29, 1908 |
31 | Ledger |
February - December 1908 |
32 | Ledger |
December 1 to 31, 1909 |
33 | Ledger |
January 1-December 31, 1912 |
34 | Ledger |
January 1-December 31, 1913 |
Ledgers (non-chronological
entries organized by subject)
|
||
Volume | ||
35 | Ledger |
1887-1888 |
36 | Ledger |
1889-1890 |
37 | Ledger |
1891-1893 |
38 | Ledger |
1893-1895 |
39 | Ledger |
1896-1897 |
40 | Ledger |
1896-1897 |
Other General Financial
Ledgers
|
||
Volume | ||
41 | Financial Information ( Ledger pages torn from
volume) |
1957-1962 |
42 | Gasoline Inventory |
1959-1962 |
42 | Vouchers Payable |
1960-1962 |
42 | “Federal retail dealer’s excise tax payable"
|
1957-1962 |
42 | “City business tax payable" |
1958-1961 |
42 | “Accrued life insurance payable" (Ledger pages torn
from volume) |
1959-1962 |
43 | "General Ledger" |
1971 |
Invoices, organized
chronologically
|
||
Volume | ||
44 | Invoices |
April 2, 1884 to June 11, 1887 |
45 | Invoices |
December 31, 1887 to April 20, 1889 |
46 | Invoices |
March to September 1889 |
47 | Invoices |
1889-1890 |
Invoices and Credit Memoranda
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/1 | A-G |
1890 |
3/2 | H-P |
1890 |
3/3 | R-Z |
1890 |
3/4 | A-C |
1891 |
3/5 | D-E |
1891 |
3/6 | F |
1891 |
3/7 | G |
January-June 1891 |
3/8 | G |
July-December 1891 |
3/9 | H-L |
1891 |
3/10 | M-R |
1891 |
3/11 | S |
January-March 1891 |
3/12 | S |
April-June 1891 |
3/13 | S |
July-September 1891 |
3/14 | S |
October 1891 |
3/15 | S |
November 1891 |
3/16 | S |
December 1891 |
3/17 | T |
1891 |
3/17 | W |
January-June 1891 |
3/18 | W |
July-December 1891 |
3/19 | A-C |
1892 |
3/20 | D |
1892 |
3/21 | E-G |
1892 |
3/22 | H-M |
1892 |
3/23 | N-R |
1892 |
3/24 | S |
January-July 1892 |
3/25 | S |
August 1892 |
3/26 | S |
September-October 1892 |
3/27 | S |
November-December 1892 |
3/28 | T-Z |
1892 |
4/1 | A-C |
1893 |
4/2 | D-E |
1893 |
4/3 | F-G |
1893 |
4/4 | H |
January-June 1893 |
4/5 | H |
July-December 1893 |
4/6 | I-L |
1893 |
4/7 | M |
January-June 1893 |
4/8 | M |
July-December 1893 |
4/9 | N-R |
1893 |
4/10 | S |
January-February 1893 |
4/11 | S |
March 1893 |
4/12 | S |
April 1893 |
4/13 | S |
May 1893 |
4/14 | S |
June 1893 |
4/15 | S |
July-August 1893 |
4/16 | S |
September 1893 |
4/17 | S |
October-December 1893 |
4/18 | T |
1893 |
4/18 | W |
January-March 1893 |
4/19 | W |
April-December 1893 |
4/19 | Z |
1893 |
4/20 | A-C |
1894 |
4/21 | D |
1894 |
4/22 | E-F |
1894 |
4/23 | G |
1894 |
4/24 | H |
1894 |
4/25 | J-L |
1894 |
4/26 | M |
January-February 1894 |
4/27 | M |
March-April 1894 |
4/28 | M |
May-July 1894 |
4/29 | M |
August-September 1894 |
4/30 | M |
October-December 1894 |
4/31 | N-R |
1894 |
4/32 | S |
January-February 1894 |
4/33 | S |
March-April 1894 |
4/34 | S |
May-June 1894 |
4/35 | S |
July-August 1894 |
4/36 | S |
September 1894 |
4/37 | S |
October 1894 |
4/38 | S |
November-December 1894 |
4/39 | T-Z |
1894 |
5/1 | A-C |
1895 |
5/2 | D-F |
1895 |
5/3 | G |
1895 |
5/4 | H |
January-July 1895 |
5/5 | H |
August-December 1895 |
5/6 | I-L |
1895 |
5/7 | M |
January-June 1895 |
5/8 | M |
July-December 1895 |
5/9 | N-R |
1895 |
5/10 | S |
January-March 1895 |
5/11 | S |
April-May 1895 |
5/12 | S |
June 1895 |
5/13 | S |
July 1895 |
5/14 | S |
August 1895 |
5/15 | S |
September-October 1895 |
5/16 | S |
November-December 1895 |
5/17 | T-Z |
1895 |
Sales Books (contain general
financial information)
|
||
Volume | ||
48 | Sales Book Ledger |
December 7, 1889 to January 31, 1890 |
49 | Sales Book Ledger |
February 20 to September 30, 1890 |
50 | Sales Book Ledger |
April 1 to June 11, 1890 |
51 | Sales Book Ledger |
June 16, 1890 to March 1891 |
52 | Sales Book Ledger |
September 1, 1890 to March 10, 1891 |
53 | Sales Book Ledger |
October 1, 1891 to May 1892 |
54 | Sales Book Ledger |
June 1 to December 31, 1892 |
55 | Sales Book Ledger |
January 3 to August 1893 |
56 | Sales Book Ledger |
August 1894 to May 1895 |
57 | Sales Book Ledger |
May 1 to November 22, 1895 |
58 | Sales Book Ledger |
November 1895 to July 1896 |
59 | Sales Book Ledger |
April 1, 1897 to April 1, 1898 |
60 | Sales Book Ledger |
May 20, 1897 to January 31, 1898 |
61 | Sales Book Ledger |
August 1 to March 31, 1897 |
62 | Sales Book Ledger |
June 1 to November 1898 |
63 | Sales Book Ledger |
September 1 to April 28 (years not specified, 1902-1903 ?) |
64 | Blank “Sales Book” |
|
Accounting Sales Books
|
||
Volume | ||
65 | Accounting Sales Book |
1917-1931 |
66 | Accounting Sales Book |
1932 |
67 | Accounting Sales Book |
1933 |
68 | Accounting Sales Book |
1934 |
69 | Accounting Sales Book |
1935 |
70 | Accounting Sales Book |
1936 |
71 | Accounting Sales Book |
1937 |
72 | Accounting Sales Book |
1938 |
73 | Accounting Sales Book |
1939 |
74 | Accounting Sales Book |
1940 |
75 | Accounting Sales Book |
1941 |
76 | Accounting Sales Book |
1942 |
77 | Accounting Sales Book |
1943 |
78 | Accounting Sales Book |
1944 |
79 | Accounting Sales Book |
1945 |
80 | Accounting Sales Book |
1946 |
81 | Accounting Sales Book |
1947 |
82 | Accounting Sales Book |
1948 |
83 | Accounting Sales Book |
1949 |
84 | Accounting Sales Book |
1950 |
85 | Accounting Sales Book |
1951 |
86 | Accounting Sales Book |
1952 |
87 | Accounting Sales Book |
1953 |
88 | Accounting Sales Book |
1954 |
89 | Accounting Sales Book |
1955 |
90 | Accounting Sales Book |
1956 |
91 | Accounting Sales Book |
1957 |
92 | Accounting Sales Book |
1958 |
93 | Accounting Sales Book |
1959 |
94 | Accounting Sales Book |
1960 |
95 | Accounting Sales Book |
1961 |
96 | Accounting Sales Book |
1962 |
97 | Accounting Sales Book |
1963 |
98 | Accounting Sales Book |
1964 |
99 | Accounting Sales Book |
1965 |
100 | Accounting Sales Book |
1966 |
101 | Accounting Sales Book |
1967 |
Cash Journals
|
||
Volume | ||
102 | Cash Journal |
January 1890 to May 1894 |
103 | Cash Journal |
April 30, 1894 to December 31, 1895 |
104 | Cash Journal |
May 1, 1894 to July 6, 1895 |
105 | Cash Journal |
May 20, 1897 to August 31, 1898 |
106 | Cash Journal |
September 3, 1898 to January 31, 1900 |
107 | Cash Journal |
February 1, 1900 to January 1, 1901 |
108 | Cash Journal |
February 1, 1901 to August 30, 1902 |
109 | Cash Journal |
December 2, 1901 to August 30, 1902 |
110 | Cash Journal |
September 1, 1902 to April 30, 1903 |
111 | Cash Journal |
July 1, 1904 to March 31, 1905 |
112 | Cash Journal |
April 1 to October 1, 1905 |
113 | Cash Journal (Organized by name) |
1905-1906 |
114 | Cash Journal |
March 1 to December 31, 1908 |
115 | Cash Journal |
January 2 to November 30, 1909 |
116 | Cash Journal |
January 1 to December 31, 1910 |
117 | Cash Journal |
January 3 to December 31, 1911 |
118 | Cash Journal |
April 1, 1932 to April 30, 1935 |
119 | Cash Journal |
May 14, 1935 to April 30, 1937 |
120 | Cash Journal (Organized by month) |
1961-1965 |
Daybooks
(Blotters)
|
||
Volume | ||
121 | Daybook |
February 5, 1886- April 7, 1887 |
122 | Daybook |
January 13, 1887- June 18, 1888 |
123 | Daybook |
August 18 to November 30, 1887 |
124 | Daybook |
April to July 1888 |
125 | Daybook |
May to December 1888 |
126 | Daybook |
June 1 to July 31, 1888 |
127 | Daybook |
August 1 to October 4, 1888 |
128 | Daybook |
October to November 1888 |
129 | Daybook |
November 1888 to January 1889 |
130 | Daybook |
December 1888 to March 1889 |
131 | Daybook |
December 1888 to September 1889 |
132 | Daybook |
February 8 to March 6, 1889 |
133 | Daybook |
March to April 1889 |
134 | Daybook |
March 30 to April 1889 |
135 | Daybook |
April 22 to May 1889 (MWF) |
136 | Daybook |
April to June 1889 (TTHS) |
137 | Daybook |
June to July 1889 (TTHS) |
138 | Daybook |
July 15 to September 10, 1889 |
139 | Daybook |
September 1 to December 19, 1889 |
140 | Daybook |
September 11 to November 5, 1889 |
141 | Daybook |
October 7, 1889 to March 1, 1890 |
142 | Daybook |
December 1889 to January 1891 |
143 | Daybook |
March 10 to August 28, 1890 |
144 | Daybook |
April 19 to October 21, 1890 |
145 | Daybook |
April 24 to October 11, 1890 |
146 | Daybook |
September 1, 1890 to February 14, 1891 |
147 | Daybook |
October 25, 1890 to March 21, 1891 |
148 | Daybook |
March to October 1891 |
149 | Daybook |
March to October 1891 |
150 | Daybook |
March 1891 to May 1892 |
151 | Daybook |
October 1891 to April 1892 |
152 | Daybook |
October 12, 1891 to May 17, 1892 |
153 | Daybook |
May 18, 1892 to January 25, 1893 |
154 | Daybook |
May 19, 1892 to February 13, 1893 (TTHS) |
155 | Daybook |
May 1892 to May 1893 |
156 | Daybook |
February 13 to August 11, 1893 (MWF) |
157 | Daybook |
February 14 to August 21, 1893 (TTHS) |
158 | Daybook |
June 1, 1893 to September 14, 1894 |
159 | Daybook |
August 22, 1893 to June 16, 1894 (TTHS) |
160 | Daybook |
August 23, 1893 to June 13, 1894 (MWF) |
161 | Daybook |
June to December 1894 (MWF) |
162 | Daybook |
June 19 to December 18, 1894 (TTHS) |
163 | Daybook |
September 1894 to December 1895 |
164 | Daybook |
December 22 to December 31, 1894 |
165 | Daybook |
January to September 1895 (TTHS) |
166 | Daybook |
January to September 1895 (MWF) |
167 | Daybook |
October 1 to August 6, 1895 (MWF) |
168 | Daybook |
October to July 1895 (TTHS) |
169 | Daybook (Labeled “cash sales”) |
January 1, 1896 to January 30, 1897 |
170 | Daybook |
August 6, 1896 to January 9, 1897 |
171 | Daybook |
January 11 to May 20, 1897 |
172 | Daybook |
November 15, 1897 to May 16, 1898 (MWF) |
173 | Daybook |
November 16, 1897 to May 17, 1898 (TTHS) |
174 | Daybook |
May 19 to October 22, 1898 (TTHS) |
175 | Daybook |
October 24 to April 17, 1898 (MWF) |
176 | Daybook |
October 25 to April 18, 1898 (TTHS) |
177 | Daybook |
April 18 to August 17, 1899 (TTHS) |
178 | Daybook |
August to December 1899 (MWF) |
179 | Daybook |
August 19 to December 1899 (TTHS) |
180 | Daybook |
January 1 to April 13, 1900 (MWF) |
181 | Daybook |
January 2 to April 14, 1900 (TTHS) |
182 | Daybook |
April 16 to July 6, 1900 (MWF) |
183 | Daybook |
April 17 to July 5, 1900 (TTHS) |
184 | Daybook |
July 7 to October 16, 1900 (TTHS) |
185 | Daybook |
July 9 to October 17, 1900 (MWF) |
Traveling Men's Sales Reports:
Customer Calls by Salesmen
|
||
Volume | ||
186 | Sales Reports |
October 1910- June 1911 |
187 | Sales Reports |
November 1910- April 1912 |
188 | Sales Reports |
May 1912- June 1913 |
189 | Sales Reports |
June 1913- May 1914 |
190 | Sales Reports |
May 1914- April 1915 |
191 | Sales Reports |
April 1915- April 1916 |
192 | Sales Reports |
April 1916- May 1917 |
193 | Sales Reports |
May 1917- January 1918 |
Trial Balance
Ledgers
|
||
Volume | ||
194 | Ledger |
1895-1897 |
195 | Ledger |
1897-1918 |
196 | Ledger |
1919-1932 |
197 | Ledger |
1933-1937 |
198 | Ledger |
1938-1947 |
Other Financial
Records
|
||
Volume | ||
199 | “Gross Margin Calculations” (Alphabetical by company
name) |
1954-1956 |
200 | Ledger of accounts of raw and boiled linseed oil
|
1933-1943 |
201 | “Payable Commercial Paper” |
1937-1938 |
202 | “Notes and Bills Payable” |
1890 |
203 | “Shop Book” |
October 1889 to January 1890 |
204 | “Estimate Book” |
1894 |
205 | “Floor Cash Book” |
1887 |
206 | “Freight Book” |
1885 |
207 | “Shipping Register” |
1889 |
Financial Records Re: Bellingham
Bay and British Columbia Railroad
|
||
Volume | ||
208 | “Sales Book” |
1886-1887 |
209 | “Wharf Book” |
1886 |
210 | “Shipping Receipts” |
1892 |
211 | “Shipping Receipts” |
1893 |
Financial Records Re: Great
Northern Railroad
|
||
Volume | ||
212 | “Shipping Receipts” |
August 1892- May 1894 |
213 | “Shipping Receipts” |
January to November 1894 |
214 | “Shipping Receipts” |
November to December 1894 |
Volume | ||
215 | Shipping Receipts |
1887-1889 |
216 | Shipping Receipts |
1889 |
217 | Shipping Receipts |
1890 |
Morse Hardware Check
Registers
|
||
Volume | ||
218 | Check Registers |
1889-1890 |
219 | Check Registers |
1891 |
Volume | ||
220 | Inventories |
1890 |
221 | Inventories |
1892 |
222 | Inventories |
1893 |
223 | Inventories |
1895 |
224 | “Charged Off Accounts Received” (boxed) |
1921-1937 |
Box/Folder | ||
5/18 | Old Charged Off Notes Receivable |
circa 1900-1935 |
5/19 | Old Charged Off Notes Receivable |
circa 1900-1935 |
Box/Folder | ||
5/20 | Charges Offs |
1915 |
5/21 | Notes, Collections and Charge Offs |
Undated |
5/22 | Financial Forms and Receipts |
1890-1917 |
5/23 | Expenses |
1920-1970 |
5/24 | Clients and Charges |
1920-1933 |
5/25 | Product Order Book |
undated |
5/26 | Vehicle Information Book |
circa. 1927 |
City Bills
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/1 | A-B |
1891 |
6/2 | C-H |
1891 |
6/3 | I-O |
1891 |
6/4 | P |
January 1891 ; July to September 1891 |
6/5 | P |
October to December 1891 |
6/6 | Q-Z |
1891 |
6/7 | A |
1892 |
6/7 | B |
January to May 1892 |
6/8 | B |
June to September 1892 |
6/9 | B |
October to December 1892 |
6/10 | C-E |
1892 |
6/11 | F-G |
1892 |
6/12 | H-K |
1892 |
6/13 | L-O |
1892 |
6/14 | P |
January to May 1892 |
6/15 | P |
June to December 1892 |
6/16 | R |
1892 |
6/16 | S |
January to May 1892 |
6/17 | S |
June to December 1892 |
6/18 | T-Z |
1892 |
6/19 | general |
January 1893 |
6/20 | general |
1895 |
6/21 | A |
1896 |
6/21 | B |
January to August 1896 |
6/22 | B |
September to December 1896 |
6/23 | C-E |
1896 |
6/24 | F-H |
1896 |
6/25 | I-S |
1896 |
6/26 | T-Z |
1896 |
6/27 | A-C |
1897 |
6/28 | D-Q |
1897 |
6/29 | R-Z |
1897 |
Box/Folder | ||
6/30 | Freight Bills |
December 1891-March 1892 |
6/31 | Freight Bills |
April 1892 |
6/32 | Freight Bills |
May 1892 |
6/33 | Freight Bills |
June 1892 |
6/34 | Freight Bills |
July 1-19, 1892 |
6/35 | Freight Bills |
July 20-31, 1892 |
6/36 | Freight Bills |
August 1-15 |
6/37 | Freight Bills |
August 16-31, 1892 |
6/38 | Freight Bills |
September 1-15, 1892 |
6/39 | Freight Bills |
September 16-31, 1892 |
6/40 | Freight Bills |
October 1-15, 1892 |
6/41 | Freight Bills |
October 16-31, 1892 |
6/42 | Freight Bills |
November 1892 |
6/43 | Freight Bills |
December 1-15, 1892 |
6/44 | Freight Bills |
December 16-31, 1892 |
Valuable
Receipts
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/45 | Valuable Receipts |
January to December 1891 |
6/46 | Valuable Receipts |
January 1892 |
6/47 | Valuable Receipts |
February 1892 |
6/48 | Valuable Receipts |
March 1892 |
6/49 | Valuable Receipts |
April 1892 |
6/50 | Valuable Receipts |
May 1892 |
6/51 | Valuable Receipts |
June 1892 |
6/52 | Valuable Receipts |
July 1892 |
6/53 | Valuable Receipts |
August 1892 |
6/54 | Valuable Receipts |
September 1892 |
6/55 | Valuable Receipts |
October 1892 |
6/56 | Valuable Receipts |
November 1892 |
6/57 | Valuable Receipts |
December 1892-January 1893 |
6/58 | A-B |
1895 |
6/59 | C-D |
1895 |
6/60 | E-G |
1895 |
6/61 | H-K |
1895 |
6/62 | L-M |
1895 |
6/63 | N-R |
1895 |
6/64 | S |
1895 |
6/65 | T-Z |
1895 |
Bills of Lading,
Shingles
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/1 | Bills of Lading |
February to April 1894 |
7/2 | Bills of Lading |
September 1894 |
7/3 | Bills of Lading |
October 1894 |
7/4 | Bills of Lading |
November 1894 |
7/5 | Bills of Lading |
December 1894 |
7/6 | Bills of Lading |
January 1895 |
7/7 | Bills of Lading |
February 1895 |
7/8 | Bills of Lading |
March 1895 |
7/9 | Bills of Lading |
April 1895 |
7/10 | Bills of Lading |
May 1895 |
7/11 | Bills of Lading |
June 1895 |
7/12 | Bills of Lading |
July 1895 |
7/13 | Bills of Lading |
August 1895 |
7/14 | Bills of Lading |
September 1895 |
7/15 | Bills of Lading |
October 1895 |
7/16 | Bills of Lading |
November 1895 |
7/17 | Bills of Lading |
December 1895 |
Taxes
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/18 | Personal Property Assessments |
1960-1973 |
7/19 | Personal Property Assessments |
1963-1971 |
7/20 | Real Estate |
1963-1979 |
7/21 | Statements Made to County Assessor |
1920-1959 |
Box/Folder | ||
7/22 | Financial Records labeled “Monthly
Records" |
1931-1960 |
Powder Price Lists and
Correspondence Re: Blasting
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/23 | Price Lists and Correspondence |
1940-1954 |
7/24 | Price Lists and Correspondence |
1946-1957 |
Altas Powder Company
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/25 | Leases and cancellations |
1920-1955 |
7/26 | Agreement and Prices |
1935-1952 |
Materials regarding the building
of Powder House
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/27 | Bakerview Road (Includes photos) |
1929-1956 |
7/28 | Construction |
1940 |
7/29 | Canfield Addition |
1931-1941 |
7/30 | Meridian and city limits |
1893-1920 |
7/31 | Powder and blasting information |
Undated |
Box/Folder | ||
7/32 | Wenatchee Steel Business (puchased by Morse Hardware
in 1989) |
|
7/33 | Tacoma Industrial Steel |
Undated |
Roche Harbor Lime and Cement
Company
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/34 | Letters and Harvest Festival invitations |
1921-1932 |
7/35 | Pamphlets |
1921-1935 |
Box/Folder | ||
7/36 | Special Insurance Information |
Undated |
Sub-series
4
:
Employees and Employee Functions
|
1893-1991 | |
Box/Folder | ||
7/37 | Employees |
1923-1991 |
7/38 | Employee Lists |
1937-1958 |
7/39 | Employee Rating Forms A-Z |
1944-1945 |
8/1 | Operational Procedures and Bulletins for
employees |
1959-1966 |
Invitations to Christmas Parties
and other Special Events held for employees
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
8/2 | Invitations |
1934-1988 |
8/3 | Invitations |
1980-1993 |
Box/Folder | ||
8/4 | Job Descriptions & Objections |
1974-1975 |
8/5 | Retirement party for Pearl Brogden |
November 1991 |
Bound Volumes, Relating to
Employees and their functions
|
||
Volume | ||
225 | Time Books |
October 1893 to April 1905 |
226 | Time Books |
May 1905 to December 1906 |
227 | Time Books |
August 1907 to November 1911 |
228 | Time Books |
December 1909 to February 1912 |
229 | Time Books |
March 1912 to May 1914 |
230 | Time Books |
June 1914 to September 1916 |
231 | Time Books |
October 1916 to December 1918 |
232 | Time Books |
January 1919 to December 1920 |
233 | Application Office Employees Wage Schedule
|
1943 |
234 | Employee Record |
1909 |
Sub-series
5:
:
Merchandise, Advertising and
Customer Relations
|
1892-1994 | |
Box/Folder | ||
8/6 | Marketing Calendar |
1989 |
8/7 | Booklets for Customer Promotion |
circa 1970-1990 |
8/8 | “Morse Matters” Newsletters for customers |
1988-1994 |
8/9 | Customer Relations for Morse Hardware's early
history |
Undated |
8/10 | Sentry-Distribution America |
1992 |
8/11 | Report- “The Wholesale Hardware Catalog: A Report by
the Catalog Committee of the National Wholesale Hardware Association”
|
September 1967 |
8/12 | Small Hardware Catalogs |
Undated |
Catalogs
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
8/13 | American Window Glass |
1916 ; 1924 |
8/13 | Art Metal Construction Co. “Modulars”- work
stations |
Undated |
8/13 | CC Belknap Glass Co. |
1914 ; 1931 |
8/13 | Columbia Steel Company |
1935 |
8/13 | Great Majestic Ranges |
Undated |
8/13 | Morse Hardware “Marine Hardware Boat Equipment”
|
1948 |
8/14 | M.R. Campbell Inc. |
1918 |
8/14 | Pacific Northwest Millwork Catalogue |
1927 |
8/14 | Pacific Universal Catalog |
1916 ; 1920 ; 1923 |
8/14 | W.P. Fuller and Company |
1903 |
8/14 | Seaside Industries |
1968 ; 1969 |
8/14 | Stock Millwork Catalog |
1939 |
Box/Folder | ||
8/15 | Merchandise Shows |
1983-1990 |
8/16 | Want Books (8 varying in size) |
Undated |
8/17 | Advertising- Merchandise Fliers |
Undated |
8/18 | Hungerford Genuine Bronze Screen Cloth |
Undated |
8/19 | “The Great Majestic Range Cookbook,” |
circa 1920's-1930's |
8/20 | Horse Whips and Buggies available from Morse
Hardware |
Undated |
8/21 | Johnson “Sea Horse 5 1/2” Model CD (Outboard
Motor) |
Undated |
8/22 | Yardsticks-Invoices and Advertising |
1921-1949 |
8/23 | Newpaper Advertisement for the First Baptist Church
Ladies Sale held at Morse Hardware |
December 15, 1910 |
8/24 | List of Customer Accounts |
1920's |
8/25 | Order Form (sample) |
Undated |
Orders
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
8/26 | Morrison Mill |
1914-1935 |
8/27 | Pacific American Fisheries |
1901 |
8/28 | Fish Trap Netting orders and List of Cannery
Companies |
1958 ; pre-1916 |
Box/Folder | ||
8/29 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
March 1892 ; Undated |
8/30 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
April 1892 |
8/31 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
May to June 1892 |
8/32 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
July to August 1892 |
8/33 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
September to October 1892 |
8/34 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
November to December 1892 |
8/35 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
January to February 1893 ; Undated |
8/36 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
March to May 1893 |
8/37 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
June to August 1893 |
8/38 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
September to October 1893 |
8/39 | Customer Requisitions and Orders |
November to December 1893 |
Box/Folder | ||
9/1 | Pamphlet- “Hardware Selling Kinks” by Roy F.
Soule |
1913 |
Pamphlets- Relating to individual
companies
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
9/2 | Clear Lake Lumber Company “A Timber and Sawmill
Travelog” |
Undated |
9/2 | Jensen Byrd Company “100th Anniversary Special
Edition” |
1983 |
9/2 | Ketchikan Pulp Company “…Our First 20 Years”
|
1974 |
9/2 | Orcas Power and Light Company “Northeaster '89”
|
1989 |
9/2 | San Juan County Bank “85 Years of Service”
|
1978 |
9/2 | Skagit Corporation “Pictoral” |
1962 |
9/2 | Snoqualamie Falls Lumber Company “Snoqualamie Falls
Lumber Company” |
1925 |
Pamphlets- Relating to Concrete
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
9/3 | “Building Re-enforced Concrete Silos” |
1914 |
9/3 | “Concrete Highway Magazine” |
1917 |
9/3 | “Concrete in Home Sanitation” |
Undated |
9/3 | “Foundation Walls and Basements of Concrete”
|
Undated |
9/3 | “Permanent Construction Around the House and on the
Farm” |
1914 |
Periodicals
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
9/4 | “Do It Yourself Retailing,” |
June 1986 ; July 1987 ; December 1988 ; October 1989 |
9/5 | “Hardware World” |
November 1954 ; November 1956 ; July 1959 |
Books
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
9/6 | Business Ideas Handbook by the Editorial Staff of
Prentice-Hall |
1949 |
9/7 | Hardware Window Advertising by Roy F.
Soule |
1914 |
9/8 | How to Evaluate Hardware Store Locations by Dwayne
Laws |
1971 |
9/9 | How to Sell Hardware by Roy F. Soule |
1912 |
9/10 | Letters that Land Orders by John Horace
Lytle |
1911 |
9/11 | Making Him Pay: Exemplifying the Evolution of
Conciliation by Henry C. Lawrence |
1908 |
9/12 | Merchandise Rating Register: Hardware Merchants of
the World 1922 Compiled by Hardware Dealers Magazine |
1922 |
9/13 | The Modern Hardware Store ed. by Carl W.
Dipman |
1929 |
9/14 | New Collection Methods: A Systematic Treatment of
the Place of Collections in Marketing by Edward Hall Gardner |
1919 |
9/15 | Price Maintenance by Thomas A Fernley |
1912 |
9/16 | Retail and Wholesale Trade by Domestic Distribution
Department, Chamber of Commerce of the United States |
1928 |
9/17 | Survey of Retailing Practices: Practical Plans and
Methods for Meeting the New Competition: Volume I, by the Dartnell
Corporation |
1931 |
9/18 | Survey of Retailing Practices: Practical Plans and
Methods for Meeting the New Competition: Volume II, by the Dartnell
Corporation |
1931 |
Bound Volumes, Merchandise,
Advertising and Customer Relations
|
||
Volume | ||
235 | Catalog (Labeled as the first catalog) |
1898 |
236 | Catalog |
1920 |
237 | Catalog |
1920 |
238 | Catalog (Salesman's copy) |
1937 |
239 | Catalog |
1937 |
240 | Catalog |
1937 |
241 | Catalog (Salesman's copy) |
1938 |
242 | Catalog (Salesman's copy) |
1943 |
243 | Catalog |
1955 |
244 | Catalog |
1955 |
245 | Catalog |
1960-1962 |
246 | Catalog (With monthly dividers) |
1963 |
247 | Catalog |
1964-1966 |
248 | Catalog |
1967-1969 |
249 | Catalog |
1970-1971 |
250 | Catalog |
1971-1972 |
251 | Catalog (Labelled as "frozen") |
1973 |
252 | Catalog |
1986 |
253 | Catalog |
1994 |
Volume | ||
254 | Price List Book |
1899 |
255 | Price List Book |
1904 |
256 | Price List Book |
1984 |
Volume | ||
257 | Order Checking Sheets |
1942-1944 |
258 | Order Checking Sheets |
1945-1948 |
259 | Order Checking Sheets |
1956-1958 |
Lists of Recipients of Morse
Hardware Catalogs
|
||
Volume | ||
260 | Catalog Recipient List (Alphabetical
listing) |
1920-1921 |
261 | Catalog Recipient List (Numerical
listing) |
1920-1921 |
262 | Catalog Recipient List (Alphabetical
listing) |
1939 |
263 | Catalog Recipient List (Numerical
listing) |
1939 |
264 | Catalog Recipient List (Numerical
listing) |
February 1953- March 1966 |
265 | Catalog Recipient List (Numbers
5000-5075) |
August 1966- November 1972 |
266 | Catalog Recipient List (Numbers 1816-2479)
|
August 1966- December 1974 |
267 | Catalog Recipient List (Numbers 1-892)
|
January 1973- August 1993 |
268 | Catalog Recipient List (Numbers
1000-3470) |
January 1973- January 1994 |
269 | Catalog Recipient List (A-Z) |
Undated |
270 | Bound volume of Majestic Range Company
advertisements |
Undated |
271 | Blank book titled “Records” |
Undated |
Sub-series
6
:
Subject Files
As generated by the Morse
Family
|
1890-1994 | |
Box/Folder | ||
10/1 | Alaska |
circa 1960-1988 |
10/2 | Alaska- Brochures and Pamphlets |
Undated |
10/3 | Alaska- Earthquake (Includes photographs) |
1964 |
10/4 | Alaska Purchase Centennial |
1967 |
10/5 | Alaska: Tongass National Forest |
1978 |
10/6 | Business Pulse Award- Awarded to David
Morse |
1991 |
10/7 | Classified Directories of Whatcom County Manufacturing
Business and Professional Interest, published by the Bellingham
American |
1923 |
10/7 | Classified Directories of Whatcom County Manufacturing
Business and Professional Interest, by the Bellingham Herald |
1934 |
10/8 | Colt Firearms Historic Prints |
undated |
10/9 | Corporate Seal Label - Morse Hardware Company Ink
Blotter |
Undated |
10/10 | State of Washington Supreme Court Cases: A.J. James,
et.al. v. J.B. McMillian, et.al. (all are Whatcom Co. officials) |
1920 |
10/10 | Union Machinery & Supply Co. v. William McCush of
Kendall Lumber & Shingle Co., |
1918 |
10/10 | Dan Erickson, Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills, Morse
Hardware Co., Clift Motor Co., and Sherwin-Williams Co. v. Dick
Perica |
1920 |
10/11 | Design of 100 Year Anniversary of Morse Hardware
Company Plaque |
1984 |
10/12 | Land Titles |
1924 ; 1947 |
10/13 | Letters of Interest |
1959-1984 |
10/14 | Letters- Humorous from Alaska and Others |
1971-1994 |
10/15 | Letterheads- Local Businesses |
1894-1938 |
10/16 | Letterheads- Vendors |
1893-1925 |
10/17 | Letterheads and Invoices- Morse Hardware |
1890-1946 |
10/18 | National Wholesale Hardware Association- Bob
Morse |
1986-1991 |
10/19 | News Clippings- Morse Hardware Company |
1905-1979 |
10/20 | News Clippings- Morse Hardware Company |
1937-1984 |
10/21 | News Clippings- from Cecil Morse Files |
1901-1962 |
10/22 | Newspaper- Puget Sound Mail |
Thursday October 29, 1942 |
10/23 | Photographs and Pictures |
Pre-1950 |
10/24 | Photographs and Pictures |
Post-1950 |
10/25 | Postcards and Salesmen Call Cards |
1895-1948 |
10/26 | Press Kit- Boise Cascade |
1968 |
10/27 | Press Kit- Pechiney Enterprises (Franco-American
Aluminum Mill, Bellingham) |
1965 |
10/28 | PRO Hardware Incorporated (Includes
photographs) |
1966-1988 |
11/1 | San Juan Islands |
1925-1929 |
11/2 | Scrapbook |
1903-1918 |
11/3 | Shipping Labels |
Undated |
11/4 | Stock Certificates- County Fair |
1919-1928 |
11/5 | Stock Certificates- Mining Companies |
Undated |
11/6 | Vouchers- Bellingham Bay Gas Company |
1899-1900 |
11/7 | Washington State Register of Historic Places- Morse
Hardware Company Building- Plaque Design |
1984 |
Series II: Morse Family Materials, 1886-1999 Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
11/8 | Cecil A. Morse files |
1906-1959 |
11/9 | Cecil A. Morse files |
1916-1952 |
11/10 | Cecil A. Morse Genealogy Material |
1943 |
11/11 | Cecil A. Morse – Mining Interest |
1928-1941 |
Cecil A. Morse- Stock
Certificates
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
11/12 | Stock Certificates |
1903-1942 |
11/13 | Stock Certificates |
1907-1960 |
11/14 | Stock Certificates |
1920-1930 |
11/15 | Stock Certificates |
1920-1936 |
Box/Folder | ||
11/16 | David C. Morse files |
1928-1992 |
11/17 | David C. Morse- Chi Psi Fraternity-“The Purple and Gold”
|
Spring 1970 |
11/18 | David C. Morse- Stamp and Envelope
Collection |
1933-1981 |
11/19 | R.I. Morse- Company History and Biographical
Information |
1887-1989 |
11/20 | R.I. Morse- Condolence Letters |
1920 |
11/21 | R.I. Morse- Obituary |
April 1920 |
11/22 | R.I. Morse- National Register of Historic Houses- 1014
Garden Street Residence (includes original deed) |
1886-1971 |
11/23 | Robert (Bob) Morse |
1980-1994 |
Series III: Bellingham and Whatcom County History, 1883-1992 Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
12/1 | Blueprints: Hannegan's Tide corner of West Holly and E
Streets |
undated |
12/2 | Chamber of Commerce- Ferry Committee |
1937-1958 |
12/3 | Chamber of Commerce- Misc. |
|
12/4 | Chamber of Commerce- Special Committees |
1919-1955 |
Events and
Activities
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
12/5 | Lincoln Assassination - reported in the New York
Herald |
April 15, 1965 |
12/6 | Mt. Baker Lodge brochure |
Undated |
12/6 | Mt. Baker Theatre Opening Program |
1927 |
12/6 | Tulip Festival |
1923 |
12/7 | Manuscript: “I Found It! A History of Early Whatcom
County Bottles” Revised Edition by David Bethman |
1988 |
12/8 | Manuscript: “Whatcom County Post Offices and
Postmasters 1857-1985” |
1986 |
12/9 | News Clippings- Local History |
1889-1990 |
12/10 | The Northwest Magazine: Bellingham Bay
(Incomplete) |
September 1889 |
Box/Folder | ||
12/11 | Pacific American Fisheries |
1901-1965 |
12/12 | Pamphlets Relating to Bellingham and Whatcom County:
“History of Bellingham Y.M.C.A. 1890-1962” |
1962 |
12/12 | “An Introduction to the Economy of Whatcom County”
|
1977 |
12/12 | “Mt. Baker Ski Area- A Pictorial History” |
1980 |
12/12 | “Bellingham: The Town of the Month” |
April 1929 |
12/12 | “Whatcom Museum, An Official Guide” |
1992 |
Periodicals
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
12/13 | “Business Pulse” |
September 1989 |
12/14 | “Pacific Fisherman Handbook" |
May 1944 |
12/15 | “Pacific Fisherman's Salmon Canners Directory”
|
1917 ; 1918 |
12/16 | “Salmon Packers Directory” published by Pacific
Fisherman |
1919 |
12/17 | “Salmon Packers Register” published by Pacific
Fisherman |
1920 ; 1922 ; 1923 ; 1929 ; 1931 ; 1934-1935 ; 1937 ; 1945 ; 1948-1949 ; 1953 ; 1956 ; 1959 |
Box/Folder | ||
12/18 | Port of Bellingham- Agreements, Information, and
Statistics |
1929-1948 |
12/19 | Port of Bellingham- “Port Reports” |
October and December 1988 ; October and November 1989 |
12/20 | Salmon Can Labels |
Undated |
12/21 | Talks- Historical by David C. Morse |
1984-1990 |
12/22 | Telephone subscribers |
1890 |
12/23 | Reunions |
1925-1931 |
12/23 | Thank-you letters from Parkview School for Playground
Equipment Donation |
1972 |
12/24 | Whatcom County School Directory |
1922 |
Oversize Maps of Bellingham and
Surrounding Area
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
13/1 | Aeroview of Whatcom County Washington |
1930 |
13/2 | Baker View Addition plat map |
1938 |
13/3 | Baker View Addition showing Morse Hardware
tracts |
Undated |
13/4 | Bellingham Bay Coal Company property with the town of
Sehome and the adjoining towns of Whatcom and Bellingham in the County of
Whatcom |
July 1883 |
13/5 | Commercial map of Bellingham, Washington |
1926 |
13/6 | Enlarged portion of plat of portion of Sehome –
Laurell St. and Railroad Avenue |
Undated |
13/7 | Map & Elevations: Morse Hardware Tract |
February 15, 1940 |
13/8 | Plat of Bellingham Bay Coal Company’s Properties in
Sehome |
1883 |
Polk Directories
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Box/Folder | ||
14/1 | Puget Sound Directory |
1887 |
14/2 | New Whatcom |
1891 |
14/3 | Oregon, Washington, Idaho Gazetteer |
1892 |
Box/Folder | ||
15/1 | Oregon, Washington, and Alaska |
1901 |
15/2 | Oregon, Washington, and Alaska |
1902 |
Box/Folder | ||
15/3 | Oregon and Washington Gazetteer |
1903 |
15/4 | Oregon and Washington Gazetteer |
1904 |
15/5 | Oregon and Washington Gazetteer |
1905 |
15/6 | Oregon and Washington Gazetteer |
1906 |
Box/Folder | ||
15/7 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1917 |
15/8 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1925 |
15/9 | Bellingham and Whatcom County (2nd Copy) |
1925 |
15/10 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1926 |
15/11 | Bellingham and Whatcom County (2nd Copy) |
1926 |
15/12 | Bellingham and Whatcom County (3rd Copy) |
1926 |
15/13 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1927 |
15/14 | Bellingham and Whatcom County (2nd Copy) |
1927 |
16/1 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1928 |
16/2 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1929 |
16/3 | Bellingham and Whatcom County (2nd Copy) |
1929 |
16/4 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1930 |
16/5 | Bellingham and Whatcom County (2nd Copy) |
1930 |
16/6 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1931 |
16/7 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1932 |
16/8 | Bellingham and Whatcom County (2nd Copy) |
1932 |
16/9 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1933 |
16/10 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1934 |
16/11 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1935 |
16/12 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1936 |
16/13 | Bellingham and Whatcom County (2nd Copy) |
1936 |
16/14 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
1937 |
Box/Folder | ||
17/1 | Bellingham City Directories |
1939 |
17/2 | Bellingham City Directories |
1940 |
17/3 | Bellingham City Directories |
1941 |
17/4 | Bellingham City Directories |
1942 |
17/5 | Bellingham City Directories |
1945 |
17/6 | Bellingham City Directories (2nd Copy) |
1945 |
17/7 | Bellingham City Directories |
1947 |
17/8 | Bellingham City Directories |
1948 |
17/9 | Bellingham City Directories |
1950 |
17/10 | Bellingham City Directories |
1952 |
18/1 | Bellingham City Directories |
1954 |
18/2 | Bellingham City Directories |
1955 |
18/3 | Bellingham City Directories |
1956 |
18/4 | Bellingham City Directories (2nd Copy) |
1956 |
18/5 | Bellingham City Directories |
1957 |
18/6 | Bellingham City Directories (2nd Copy) |
1957 |
18/7 | Bellingham City Directories |
1959 |
18/8 | Bellingham City Directories |
1960 |
18/9 | Bellingham City Directories |
1961 |
18/10 | Bellingham City Directories |
1964 |
19/1 | Bellingham City Directories |
1966 |
19/2 | Bellingham City Directories |
1967 |
19/3 | Bellingham City Directories |
1968 |
19/4 | Bellingham City Directories |
1969 |
19/5 | Bellingham City Directories |
1970 |
19/6 | Bellingham City Directories |
1971 |
19/7 | Bellingham City Directories |
1972 |
19/8 | Bellingham City Directories |
1973 |
19/9 | Bellingham City Directories |
1974 |
20/1 | Bellingham City Directories |
1975 |
20/2 | Bellingham City Directories |
1976 |
20/3 | Bellingham City Directories |
1977 |
20/4 | Bellingham City Directories |
1978 |
20/5 | Bellingham City Directories |
1979 |
20/6 | Bellingham City Directories |
1980 |
Artifacts from Cecil Morse's Desk
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Box/Folder | ||
21/1 | Address Book |
1945 |
21/2 | Diaries |
1900-1955 |
Maps and Travel
Guides
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Box/Folder | ||
21/3 | Bellingham and Whatcom County |
circa 1920-1950 |
21/4 | Europe |
1925-1949 |
21/5 | North America |
circa 1929-1940 |
21/6 | North America |
circa 1920-1940 |
21/7 | North America |
circa 1920-1960 |
22/1 | North America |
circa 1920-1960 |
22/2 | North America |
circa 1920-1960 |
22/3 | Washington State |
1925 |
22/4 | Washington State |
circa 1920-1960 |
22/5 | Washington State |
circa 1920-1960 |
Box/Folder | ||
22/6 | Time Book – personal employees |
1938-1939 |
Box | ||
23 | Ready reference materials (tool and equipment guides,
business practices, conversion tables) |
1899-1950s |
23 | The Great American Hardware Story Vol. 212 No. 7 Morse
Hardware Advertisement |
July 4, 1975 |
23 | Hardware Merchandiser |
October 1987 |
23 | Hardware Merchandiser, “Hardware Merchandisers of the
Year: David C. Morse” + Extra Copies of the Cover |
October 1969 |
23 | Morse Hardware Advertisement |
undated |
24 | Tickets and fliers for social events |
circa 1920-1960 |
24 | Stamps (Morse Hardware and Cecil Morse) |
Undated |
24 | Desk items – letter opener, pencil lead, paperweight
|
Undated |
24 | “Coolidge and Dawes” campaign buttons |
Undated |
24 | Labeled keys to various areas of the Hardware Store
|
Undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Business enterprises --Washington (State)--Bellingham.
- Hardware industry--United States--History.
- Hardware stores--Washington (State)--Bellingham
- Retail trade -- Washington (State) -- Bellingham
- Sales promotion --Washington (State) -- Bellingham.
Personal Names
- Morse, Cecil A.--Archives.
- Morse, David C.--Archives.
- Morse, Robert I. --Archives.
Corporate Names
- Morse Hardware Company
- Morse Steel Service
- Stellar Industrial and Construction Supply
Family Names
- Morse
Geographical Names
- Bellingham--Washington (State)--History.