Standard Dairy Company Records

Standard Dairy Company Records, 1886-1938

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Standard Dairy Company, Wallace, Idaho
Title: Standard Dairy Company Records
Dates: 1886-1938 (inclusive)
18861938
Quantity: 4.5 cubic feet
Collection Number: MG066 (collection)
Summary: Minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings, correspondence and financial records.
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: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Standard Dairy Company of Wallace, Idaho, was incorporated under the laws of the State of Idaho on December 27, 1920. In addition to the obvious purpose of producing and selling dairy products, the first purpose stated in the by-laws is the acquisition and disposition of land.

The company began with $100,000 in capital stock of which only 75 shares were subscribed, 25 shares each to Charles R. Mowery, Robert M. Jones, and Edward F. Gentry. Most of the remaining shares were traded to Edward Gentry, Eleanor Day Boyce, and Eugene Day for land and dairy stock, particularly Eugene Day's Osborn ranch which formed the nucleus of the dairy.

At the first stockholder's meeting in January 1921, Eugene Day was elected president, Edward Gentry vice president and manager, and P.J. Maggy, secretary-treasurer. After Eugene's death in 1923 Gentry became president and Henry Day the vice president.

By December 1938 the Day family, which owned 58% of the stock, decided they wanted to quit the dairy business while Gentry, the remaining shareholder wanted to continue. It was decided to liquidate the company and divide the property among the shareholders in proportion to their interest in the corporation. Gentry was given the diary farm, equipment, and livestock, while the Days received the land not connected with the dairy business.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records of the Standard Dairy span the years 1886 to 1938, with the bulk of the papers covering the years the dairy was in operation, 1921 to 1938. The earlier records are those of the Osborn Ranch.

The papers include records of stockholders and directors meetings, correspondence, income tax returns, financial statements, ledgers, dairy route journals, a payroll ledger, check stub books, and voucher registers.

This is one of several record groups in the University of Idaho Special Collections Department which documents the business involvements of the Day family of Wallace.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The material in this record group follows the original arrangement of the material with one exception, the financial statements and balance sheets were transferred from the alphabetical file to the financial file. All of the original folder headings were retained.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Standard Dairy Company were donated to the University of Idaho Library by Henry L. Day in September 1971.

Processing Note

Additional materials were added during the processing of the Day Mines group of records, 1988-1992.

Duplicate carbon copies of typed material, e.g. minutes and financial statements, were discarded. In cases where ledgers and journals contained the same information the journal was discarded. In all about 0.5 cubic feet of material was removed.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Organizational Records , 1886-1938Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Osborn Ranch - Abstract of Title 1 item	1886-1913
1/2	By-laws - Standard Dairy Company 1 item	1921
1/3-19	Records of Stockholders and Directors meetings 287 items	1921-1938
1/20	Bound book of minutes 1 item	1921-1938

Series II. Alphabetical Office Files , 1921-1938Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/21	Annual licenses 76 items	1920/1921-1938/1939
1/22	Appraisement of Standard Dairy Co. by General Appraisal Company 1 item	1937
1/23	Attachments, Writs of 6 items	1922-1928
1/24-25	A-B Correspondence 29 items	1921-1938
1/26	Canyon Creek Dairy 3 items	1923-1924
1/27	Contracts - Sale of land 36 items	1935-1938
1/28	C Correspondence 110 items	1921-1938
1/29	Dead accounts 1 item	undated
1/30	Department of Agriculture 10 items	1921-1931
1/31	Description of property owned 4 items	undated
1/32-33	D-E Correspondence 80 items	1921-1938
1/34	Forms 3 items	undated
1/35	F Correspondence 46 items	1921-1938
1/36	Gale McNett Purchase 3 items	1923
1/37	Gentry spur 1 item	1928
1/38	G Correspondence 17 items	1921-1930
1/39	Hartford Accident & Indemnity 22 items	1925-1931
1/40	Holstein Friesian Association 27 items	1921-1927
1/41	H Correspondence 86 items	1921-1934
1/42	Industrial Accident Board 5 items	1921-1923
1/43	Inventory book 1 item	1921-1938
1/44-49	I-N Correspondence 196 items	1921-1938
1/50	Orangeade contract 1 item	1936
1/51	O Correspondence 14 items	1925-1937
2/52	Photographs 8 items	undated
2/53	Press Times Publishing Company 3 items	undated
2/54	Printing blocks 2 items	undated
2/55	P Correspondence 38 items	1925-1938
2/56	Reems fire loss 23 items	1926
2/57	R Correspondence 38 items	1921-1937
2/58	Social Securities legislation 16 items	1937
2/59	Solicitation & collection letters 11 items	1930-1936
2/60	State milk law 6 items	1926-1932
2/61	State of Idaho 16 items	1921-1930
2/62	Stock certificate book 1 item	1921-1938
2/63	Stock journal and ledger 1 item	1921-1932
2/64	S Correspondence 145 items	1921-1936
2/65	Trucks - certificates of title 3 items	1928-1936
2/66	T Correspondence 24 items	1921-1930
2/67	University of Idaho 2 items	1929-1930
2/68-69	U-V Correspondence 24 items	1921-1938
2/70	Washington Water Power rights of way 2 items	1925
2/71-72	W-Z Correspondence 99 items	1922-1938

Series III. Financial Records , 1911-1938Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2/73	Income tax - Employees 13 items	1921-1934
2/74-77	Corporate income tax returns 58 items	1921-1938
2/78	Capital stock returns 5 items	1922-1926
2/79-81	Financial statements and balance sheets 150 items	1921-1938
2.5/82	Check stub books 15 items	1921-1932
3/83-84	General ledgers 2 items	1921-1938
3/85-87	Dairy route journals 3 items	1932-1938
os/88	Payroll ledger 1 item	1911-1938
os/89-93	Voucher registers 5 items	1921-1938

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