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Greenhood, Bohm and Company records, 1875-1893
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Greenhood, Bohm and Company (Helena, Mont.)
- Title
- Greenhood, Bohm and Company records
- Dates
- 1875-1893 (inclusive)18751893
- Quantity
- 14 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 130 (collection)
- Summary
- This collection contains the records of Greenhood, Bohm and Company, including correspondence (1876-1891), daybooks (1880-1890), cash books, journals, ledgers, freighting records, and legal documents. The Helena-based firm wholesaled clothing and liquor throughout southwestern Montana. There are also some records of William Muth's receivership of the company (1892-1893) in a separate subgroup.
- Repository
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Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Access Restrictions
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Collection open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Isaac Greenhood was born in Regensburg, Bavaria, on May 11, 1842. At the age of sixteen he immigrated to Ohio where he worked as a clerk. Four years later in 1862, he moved to California and established a match factory. In 1866, Greenhood moved to Helena, Montana Territory. He worked as a clerk in several stores, including Gans and Klein, where he learned the clothing business. In 1877, Greenhood and Ferdinand Bohm of New York established Greenhood, Bohm and Company. Greenhood ran the firm's Helena clothing and liquor business, while Bohm ran the company's associated firm of Greenhood and Bohm in New York City. In February 1892, Greenhood, Bohm and Company declared bankruptcy. William Muth took over operation of the business as receiver from 1892 to 1893. After the failure of the company, Greenhood worked for Bach, Cory and Company as a traveling agent for a few years. In 1898, Isaac Greenhood and his son, Benjamin, founded Benn Greenhood Company, which dealt in men's furnishings and the manufacture of shirts and overalls. While on a buying trip in New York, Isaac Greenhood died of a heart attack on September 1, 1902.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Greenhood, Bohm and Company was a Helena, Montana, clothing and liquor wholesaler with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Virginia City, Montana. Records include incoming, outgoing, and interoffice correspondence (1876-1891); miscellaneous financial records (1876-1893) including cash books, journals, daybooks, invoices (incoming/outgoing), orders, ledgers, and freighting records; court papers (1875-1888); legal documents (1878-1888) The Interoffice Correspondence (1877-1891) provides information about the business of wholesale merchandising in nineteenth century Montana through the owners, Frederick Bohm and Isaac Greenhood, and their salesmen, Leo Guiterman, John Hugl, and J.G. Hammer. The Financial Records (1876-1893) follow the company's activities from its earliest days to its bankruptcy in 1892, documenting fluctuations in the Montana business cycle. There is a subgroup for William Muth's receivership of the company, which includes financial records (1877-1893), entitled, Receivership (William Muth).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged by subgroup and series. Some material housed in Manuscript Volumes. See inventory below for more information.
Location of Collection
7:1-3Acquisition Information
Acquisition information available upon request
Processing Note
A collection of Greenhood, Bohm and Company records was separated from the Helena Banking Group and processed in September 1980. A large volume of correspondence and additional financial records were included in the collection acquired from Ford Bovey in 1994. These were separated and added to the Greenhood, Bohm and Company collection. The original provenance of these records had been destroyed by the Boveys, with the correspondence arranged by town of origin. The staff of the Montana Historical Society has attempted to restore the presumed original order by arranging alphabetically by correspondent (company/individual).
Related Materials
Records of the reciever of Greenhood, Bohm and Company can be found in MC 133, William Muth papers.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Greenhood, Bohm and Company Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Incoming Correspondence |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 1 | A (correspondents include J. Abascol and Co., L. B.
Adams and Co., Alta Montana Company, Samuel Anderson, Averbach, Finch and Van Slyck) |
1879-1891 |
| 1 / 2 | B-Bar (correspondents include Bach, Cory, and Co.,
I. G. Baker and Co., and Co., P. Bandini, Bank of Miles City, Banner Brothers, James
Barker) |
1879-1891 |
| 1 / 3 | Barn-Bay (correspondents include Herman Barnett, T.
M. Barrett, E. and A. H. Batcheller and Co., Bay and Mahony) |
1879-1891 |
| 1 / 4 | Be-Bi (correspondents include Belmont Mining Co.,
Peter Benson, Berry Bros., J. R. Bill, C. G. Birdseye) |
1879-1891 |
| 1 / 5 | Bi-Bo (correspondents include Blackman and Bumby,
Henry N. Blake, Chas. Blum, C. Boipomeault) |
1879-1888 |
| 1 / 6 | Br-Brou(correspondents include W. R. Bramble,
Richard Brennan, E. G. Brooke, D. H. Brooks) |
1879-1891 |
| 1 / 7 | Brow-By (correspondents include Oliver Brodack,
George Bruffey, Amos Buck and Co., C. A. Bull, W. M. Bullard) |
1879-1888 |
| 1 / 8 | Ca-Ce (correspondents include W. H. Capinus,
Caplice and Smith, W. C. Carey, J. G. Carmody, John K. Castner, Cattin and Slocum,
Alfred Cave) |
1879-1891 |
| 1 / 9 | Ch-Cl (correspondents include J. T. Chase, G. D.
Chenoweth, J. D. Chesnut, Geo. Clendenin, Jr.) |
1878-1888 |
| 1 / 10 | R.H. Clendenin |
1879-1888 |
| 1 / 11 | Coc-Cow (correspondents include David H. Cohen, S.
Cohen and Bros., W. H. Cole, C. T. Collier and Co., T. E. Collins, W. S. Collins,
Cowan Bros. |
1879-1892 |
| 2 / 1 | Wm. Coleman and Co. |
1879-1882 |
| 2 / 2 | Collins, Duer and Co. (Bank of Northern Montana) |
1881-1883 |
| 2 / 3 | F. W. Combs and Co. |
1887-1888 |
| 2 / 4 | N. Connolly |
1879-1882 |
| 2 / 5 | Conrad and Muth |
1881-1882 |
| 2 / 6 | Cr-Cu (correspondents include Geo. W. Crane, C. T.
Cross Co.) |
1879-1881 |
| 2 / 7 | Da-De (correspondents include Father Damians, N. E.
Davis, T. J. Dawes, E. R. Dean, T. J. Demers, John Devine, Byron Dewitt) |
1879-1891 |
| 2 / 8 | Di-Dy (correspondents include W. H. Dickinson,
Donnell, Clark and Larabie, E. G. Dougherty, Driscoll and Goaffo, Dennis Driscoll,
Dunn, Lee and Co., Matt Dunn) |
1879-1891 |
| 2 / 9 | J. E. Dougherty |
1879-1888 |
| 2 / 10 | Ea-En (correspondents include C. M. Easterday,
Allen M. Easterly, Alex J. Elden, B. Elliott, J. Ellis and Co., William Ennis) |
1879-1891 |
| 2 / 11 | Er-Ey (correspondents include S. H. Erwin and
Bros., A. M. Esler, J. H. Evans, R. Jean Ewing, Eyl and Co.) |
1879-1891 |
| 2 / 12 | A. B. Elfelt and Co. |
1877-1887 |
| 2 / 13 | Fa-Fo (correspondents include Brown Ferrell, Henry
Florin, Fowlie Bros., George W. Fox) |
1879-1888 |
| 2 / 14 | J. A. Featherman |
1879-1888 |
| 2 / 15 | Fr-Fy (correspondents include Henry Frank, H. M.
Freeman, E. French and Co., Casper Freyler, Theodore Fuhrken, Lewis Fullhart) |
1876-1888 |
| 3 / 1 | Ga (correspondents include E. R. Gage, Minnie
Gallagher, J. J. Gaughn) |
1881-1891 |
| 3 / 2 | William Gaddis |
1879-1883 |
| 3 / 3 | Lee Goetschius |
1881-1882 |
| 3 / 4 | Ge-Go (correspondents include E. Girard, Henry
Girard, Chas. Glass and Co., Goodyear Rubber Co.) |
1875-1891 |
| 3 / 5 | Gr-Gu (correspondents include A. F. Graeter, Graham
Bros., Walter Grammis, Greenbaum, Sachs, and Freeman, C. Griswold) |
1879-1891 |
| 3 / 6 | To Isaac Greenhood (personal) |
1876-1879 |
| 3 / 7 | Ha (correspondents include Hamilton and Hazlett, W.
F. Hamilton, Paul M. Hanley, J. C. Hanrahan, L. A. Harkness, A. G. Hatch) |
1878-1888 |
| 3 / 8 | He (correspondents include Hensley Bros., L. A.
Hershfield) |
1879-1882 |
| 3 / 9 | Hi (correspondents include W. C. Hickey, Wm. Jonas
Higgins, Joseph Hirshberg) |
1879-1888 |
| 3 / 10 | Ho-Hu (correspondents include T. Hopkins, J. J.
Hopper, P. Hoyt, J. O. Hussey) |
1879-1888 |
| 3 / 11 | I-J (correspondents include N. J. Isdell, Henry
Jacobs, S. Jacobs, R. W. Jefferis, Chas. A. Johnson, P. J. Jordan) |
1878-1891 |
| 3 / 12 | Ka-Ke (correspondents include H. M. Keene, Horace
R. Kelly and Co., H. C. Kennedy) |
1878-1888 |
| 3 / 13 | Ki-Ku (correspondents include F. J. Kiesel and Co.,
A. W. Kimberland, Kissepaugh and Carter, Peter Koch, Conrad Kohrs, J. W. Koyess) |
1878-1888 |
| 3 / 14 | Kim Chong Tung Co. (includes one letter in Chinese) |
1877-1881 |
| 4 / 1 | La (correspondents include Kate Laherty, M. Lane,
Fred Langerman, S. W. Langhorne, Peter Lansing, S. E. Larabie, P. A. Largey) |
1879-1891 |
| 4 / 2 | M. Lane |
1881-1882 |
| 4 / 3 | Le (correspondents include James Lee, Leighton and
Jordan, J. S. Leiser, Al Lester) |
1878-1888 |
| 4 / 4 | Li-Ly (correspondents include John C. Lilly, O.
Links and Co., Walter H. Little, Lockey Brothers, Joseph V. Long) |
1876-1891 |
| 4 / 5 | Ma (correspondents include B. F. Mahan, P. H.
Mahoney, G. K. Malcolm, L. Manheim, Martin and Page) |
1878-1891 |
| 4 / 6 | E. L. Martin and Co. |
1881-1883 |
| 4 / 7 | Mc (correspondents include P. W. McAdow, H. A.
McAllister and Co., John McClure, McCormick and Co., A. McGregor, J. H. McKnight and
Co., Wm. McKnight, M. McLaughlin, McMillin and Co., Thomas J. McNamara) |
1878-1891 |
| 4 / 8 | Me-Mi (correspondents include Z. F. Meloche, W. J.
Minar, Missoula National Bank, Mart Mitchell) |
1879-1891 |
| 4 / 9 | H. A. Milot |
1879-1887 |
| 4 / 10 | Mo-My (correspondents include B. Morse, Wm. Muller,
Thos. F. Murray) |
1876-1888 |
| 4 / 11 | Na-Ne (correspondents include A. Nathan, Neustadter
Bros.) |
1879-1888 |
| 4 / 12 | Ni-Nu (correspondents include Louis Neitman, George
Noah, Northern Pacific Railroad Co.) |
1878-1888 |
| 4 / 13 | O (correspondents include James O'Grady, John
O'Neill, Oberfelder Bros. and Co.) |
1879-1888 |
| 5 / 1 | Pa-Pi (correspondents include I.T. Parkinson, Paul
and Hanley, Phelps, Dodge and Palmer, Pictorial Printing Co., Benjamin Pizer) |
1878-1882 |
| 5 / 2 | Po-Pu (correspondents include Pomona Co-operative
Association, J.F. Porter, John Potter, A.S. Pound, T.C. and Co., Isom Preuitt, R.S.
Price, Purdum and Shannon) |
1876-1882 |
| 5 / 3 | Q-Ri (correspondents include John R. Quigley, J.C.
Reinhart) |
1878-1891 |
| 5 / 4 | George Richards |
1878-1881 |
| 5 / 5 | Ro-Ry (correspondents include L. Roswith, Ryan
Brothers) |
1877-1891 |
| 5 / 6 | Daniel P. Robins |
1879-1882 |
| 5 / 7 | Sa-Se (correspondents include Sachs, Heller and
Co., Chas. H. Schnall, A.W. Schneiber, John Schwartz, Scofield and Donahone,
Alexander Scott, Selz, Schwab and Co., John Sexton) |
1876-1891 |
| 5 / 8 | Sebree, Ferris, and White |
1881-1882 |
| 5 / 9 | Sh-Sl (correspondents include H.H. Sharman, Philip
Shenon, Alec Sheperd, Jacob Sieben) |
1877-1888 |
| 5 / 10 | Sm-Sp (correspondents include Burns Smith, James S.
Smith, C. Soullier, Capt. F. Sparrestrem, Spencer Bros., E. Sperling) |
1878-1891 |
| 5 / 11 | Sr-Sw (correspondents include W. and I. Steinhart
and Co., Stephens Bros., R.M. Stickney and Co., Nelson Story, Strasburger and
Sperling, R.N. Sutherlin) |
1876-1891 |
| 5 / 12 | George S. Steell |
1879-1882 |
| 6 / 1 | Ta-Tu (correspondents include Talbert and Co., A.W.
Tanner, Tanner and Tilton, Wm. E. Tierney, Wm. H. Todd, Trask and Graves) |
1878-1891 |
| 6 / 2 | U-V (correspondents include Union Pacific Railway
Company, Alfred J. Urlin, Ursuline Nuns) |
1877-1888 |
| 6 / 3 | Vawter and Wickes |
1881 |
| 6 / 4 | Wa-We (correspondents include F.F. Walrath, A.C.
Warner, Charles A. Warren, Leopold Weil, Wm. Weinstein, Daniel J. Welch, John Wells,
W.S. Wetzel and Co.) |
1876-1888 |
| 6 / 5 | Frank Wells |
1879-1888 |
| 6 / 6 | T. A. Wickes |
1881-1887 |
| 6 / 7 | Wh-Z (correspondents include Wm. Whetstone, A.G.
Wilhelm, John B. Williams, Davis Willson, C.L. Wolten, Emil Wommelsdorf, Wm.
Woodward, Worden and Co., A.F. Wright, Frank E. Wright) |
1876-1891 |
Interoffice Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 8-11 | F. Bohm (New York) |
1878-1891 |
| 7 / 1-2 | L. M. Cohn (San Francisco) |
1877-1879 |
| 7 / 3 | Isaac Greenhood |
1879-1891 |
| 7 / 4-6 | Leo Guiterman (salesman) |
1879-1888 |
| 7 / 7 | J. G. Hammer (salesman) |
1878-1882 |
| 7 / 8-9 | R. O. Hickman (salesman) |
1877-1882 |
| 7 / 10-11 | John Hugl (salesman) |
1879-1882 |
| 7 / 12 | F. Oppenheimer/ S. G. Rosenbaum/ W. H. Schreiber
(salesmen) |
1878-1891 |
| 7 / 13 | Theodore Shed (salesman) |
1879-1882 |
| 8 / 1-2 | Virginia City office |
1879-1882 |
| 8 / 3 | Ignatz Weil (salesman) |
1885-1888 |
Outgoing Correspondence |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 8 / 4 | Helena Office |
1878-1887 |
| 8 / 5 | Letterpress book |
1889 February-June |
Miscellaneous Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8 / 6 | Montana merchants (including W. M. Alward, Talbert
and Co.) |
1877-1887 |
Court Papers |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8 / 7 | Isaac Greenhood v. Joseph Gans (Lewis and Clark
County District Court) |
1875-1888 |
Diaries |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 8 / 8 | Diary [scattered entries describing weather and
daily business presumably kept by Ike Greenhood] |
1878 |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9 / 1 | Account book [includes monthly list of collections] |
1878 |
| 9 / 2 | Attorney's collection register |
1882-1884 |
| 9 / 3 | Bank books |
1878-1891 |
| 9 / 4 | Bills of lading |
1880-1886 |
| 9 / 5 | Bills of lading (Gilmer, Salisbury and Co. Stage) |
1879-1880 |
| 9 / 6 | Bills of lading (Kirkendall and Brown) |
1887 January |
| 9 / 7 | Bills of lading (Wells Fargo) |
1878-1879 |
| 9 / 8 | Bills of lading (Great Northern Railway: mostly
shipped by Greenhood and Bohm, New York) |
1890-1891 |
| 9 / 9 | Bills of lading (Northern Pacific Railroad Fast
Freight Line) |
1886-1891 |
| 9 / 10 | Bills of lading (St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba
Railway: mostly shipped by Greenhood and Bohm, New York) |
1888-1889 |
| 9a / 1 | Bills of lading (Pennsylvania Railroad, Union Line:
mostly cigars shipped by Deutsch Brothers, New York) |
1888-1891 |
| 9a / 2 | Bills of lading (Union Pacific Railway) |
1880 |
| Volume | ||
| 1 | Bills of lading |
1882 October- 1883 December |
| 2 | Bills payable |
1882 April- 1885 January |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9a / 3-4 | Checkstubs |
1882-1890 |
| 9 / 10-11 | Checkstubs |
1889-1891 |
| Volume | ||
| 3-7 | Cash books |
1877-1890 |
| 9 | Credit reports |
1887 February- 1891 February |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9 / 12 | Credit slips |
1877-1879 |
| 10 / 1-6 | Day books (includes D-I) |
1880 November- 1881 December |
| 11 / 1-5 | Day books (includes J-N) |
1881 December- 1883 April |
| 12 / 1-5 | Day books (includes O-T) |
1883 April- 1887 October |
| 13 / 1-5 | Day books |
1881 November- 1889 January |
| 14 / 1 | Day book |
1889 March - 1890 January |
| 14 / 2-4 | Freight bills (includes H. C. Kennedy, Montana
Freight Line, E. G. Maclay and Co., etc.) |
1879-1882 |
| 14 / 5 | Index [alphabetical listing of goods sold including
description of items, size or style options, and prices per unit] |
1878 |
| 14 / 6 | Inventory |
1881 |
| 14 / 7-10 | Invoices: incoming |
1876-1881 |
| Volume | ||
| 10 | Invoices: incoming |
1881 February-September |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 1-4 | Invoices: incoming |
1882-1891 |
| 15 / 5-6 | Invoices: outgoing (includes letterpress book) |
1877-1890 |
| 16 / 1-2 | Invoice books |
1891-1892 |
| Volume | ||
| 11-14 | Journal |
1880-1888 |
| 15 | Ledger |
1877 May- 1879 October |
| 16 | Ledger B |
1879 October- 1882 January |
| 17 | Ledger C |
1882 February- 1885 July |
| 18 | Ledger D |
1885 July- 1889 December |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 16 / 3 | Ledger (general) |
1887 January- 1889 December |
| Volume | ||
| 19 | Ledger (purchases) |
1885 August- 1890 April |
| 20-21 | Ledger C [Greenhood and Bohm] and index |
1888 September- 1891 December |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 16 / 4 | List of retail ledger accounts |
1879-1886 |
| 16 / 5-6 | Orders |
1878-1882 |
| 17 / 1 | Orders |
1889 August - 1890 September |
| 17 / 2 | Orders (liquor and cigars) |
1889 October- 1891 December |
| 17 / 3 | Receipts: general |
1876-1891 |
| 17 / 4 | Receipts: Ike Greenhood (personal) |
1887-1888 |
| 17 / 5 | Sales book |
October 1889 - 1890 March |
| 18 / 1 | Shipments |
1887-1891 |
| 18 / 2 | Statements |
1877-1883 |
| 18 / 3-6 | Trial balances |
1876-1889 |
| 18 / 7 | Miscellaneous |
1879 |
Legal Documents |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 1 | Agreements |
1878-1888 |
| 19 / 2 | Licenses |
1878-1888 |
Miscellany |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 3 | Lists, forms (tailoring measurements) |
undated |
Printed Material |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 4 | Advertisements, price lists |
1878-1882 |
Receivership (William Muth) Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 5 | Cancelled checks |
1892-1893 |
| 19 / 6 | Cash book |
1892 April- 1893 February |
| 19 / 7 | Collections by receivers Max Kahn and William Muth |
circa 1893 |
| 19 / 8 | Ledger |
1892 May- 1893 February |
| 19 / 9 | Transcripts of books by Muth |
1877-1892 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Clothing trade
- Freight and freightage
- Liquor industry
- Wholesale trade
Personal Names
- Greenhood, Bohm and Company (Helena, Mont.) (creator)
Geographical Names
- Helena (Mont.)--commerce
- Virginia City (Mont.)--commerce--clothing and dry goods
Finding aid prepared by Ellie Arguimbau
2005
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