Sunset Mercantile Company Records

Sunset Mercantile Company Records, 1935-1945

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Sunset Mercantile Company
Title: Sunset Mercantile Company Records
Dates: 1935-1945 (inclusive)
19351945
Quantity: 0.20 cubic feet
Collection Number: MG327 (collection)
Summary: Minutes and other records of annual meetings of directors and stockholders, 1938-1944; financial statements, 1935-1943; and correspondence of a Wallace, Idaho, brewery.
Repository: University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Languages: English
Sponsor: Processing of this finding aid was funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Sunset Mercantile Company, with offices in the Day Building, Wallace, was a reorganization of the Sunset Brewery. The new beer produced for the first time in 1938 was called "Gem State." The directors in 1938 were Joseph Reubens, president; O.L. Jones, vice president; S.E. Heitfeld, secretary; Theodore Galland, and Philip Bitner. In 1940 Reubens died and Bitner was not re-elected; they were replaced by Edwin Schiller and Henry L. Day. In 1941 Schiller was replaced by Wray Farmin.

In 1943 the company was in serious financial difficulties and the directors were authorized by the shareholders to sell the property if a fair price could be obtained. The contract between Sunset Mercantile and Mutual Brewing Co., Inc., dated July 7, 1943, was cancelled a year later because of Mutual's failure to comply with the terms, and its failure to make agreed upon payments. The Sunset company then borrowed money to protect the property until it could be sold.

The year 1949 brought several board changes; Galland, Farmin, and Heitfeld resigned and were replaced by William D. Bryan, Paul B. Jessup, and Gertrude A. Bryan. The officers of the company were then empowered to make necessary arrangements for securing abstract of title to the premises on which the company's brewery was located.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records of the Sunset Mercantile Company consist of minutes and other records of annual meetings of directors and stockholders, 1938-1944; financial statements, 1935-1943; and a small amount of correspondence.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The records of the Sunset Mercantile Company are part of the records of the Day Mines, Inc., donated to the University of Idaho by Henry L. Day in 1984 and 1985.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Records , 1935-1945Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Annual meeting of stockholders and directors, January 17, 1938
1/2	Annual meeting of stockholders and directors, January 16, 1939
1/3	Special meetings of directors, May 3 & 22, 1939
1/4	Annual meeting of stockholders and directors, January 15, 1940
1/5	Annual meeting of stockholders and directors, January 20, 1941
1/6	Annual meeting of stockholders and directors, January 19, 1942
1/7	Annual meeting of stockholders and directors, January 18, 1943
1/8	Annual meeting of stockholders, January 17, 1944
1/9	Special meeting of directors	1944-1945
1/10	Financial statements	1935-1936
1/11	Financial statements	1937
1/12	Financial statements	1938
1/13	Financial statements	1939
1/14	Financial statements	1942-1943
1/15	Correspondence	1935-1937

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