Sidney Stevens Implement Company records, 1890-1915

Overview of the Collection

Title
Sidney Stevens Implement Company records
Dates
1890-1915 (inclusive)
Quantity
52 boxes and 30 volumes, (26 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_COLL MSS 007
Summary
Records include all types of correspondence, invoices, receipts, credit and debit memoranda, stock orders, freight bills, shipping orders, employee time reports, journal daybooks, etc. Much of the material relates to other branch stores in Montpelier and Preston, Idaho, and Ogden. Includes letters from company agents who canvassed Utah and Idaho, including E. T. Dobson, Wilford Chatterton, James Meikle, William A. Norton, and George H. Fisher.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to public research.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Located in Logan, Utah from 1891 to 1915, the store's main business was the sale of agricultural implements and the sale and resale of farm commodities.The Sidney Stevens Implement Company was founded in Ogden, Utah, in 1865 as a hardware store. It grew with Ogden and Weber County and came, by the mid-1880s, to concentrate on the sale of agricultural implements and the purchase and resale of farm commodities.

In 1890, a branch store was opened in Logan at 65 West Center Street with E. Farley as first local manager. Incorporated under Utah Laws in 1896, the company eventually established branch houses in Preston, Montpelier and Downey, Idaho, and in Garland, Utah, as well as in smaller surrounding communities. About 1920, the entire chain was purchased by Ogden-based Eccles family interest and the name changed to Mountain States Implement Company, a company which continued in operation until 1969.

The papers of the Sidney Stevens Implement Company in the holdings of the Special Collections and Archives department of the USU Library are those of the Logan Branch from 1891 to 1915, virtually the entire life of the branch. While Logan operated directly under Ogden headquarters, it would seem that the two other main branches of the company, those at Montpelier and Preston, Idaho, were subordinate to the Logan Office.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection has been divided into two parts: Manuscript boxes and Bound Ledgers and Journals.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Sidney Stevens Implement Company records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.

Preferred Citation

Sidney Stevens Implement Company records, 1890-1915 (COLL MSS 007). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The collection was presented to Utah State University in 1967 by Mrs. Nettie Anderson of Logan through the good office of Dr. S. George Ellsworth.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Part I:  Manuscript boxesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
General Correspondence
boxes 1 through 8 contain "General Correspondence. Includes inquires, carbons of collection notes, correspondence with wholesale houses, letters to and from the branch houses.
Jan. 1892-July 16, 1895
2
General Correspondence
 1895-1897
3
General Correspondence
 1898-1902
4
General Correspondence
 1902-1903
5
General Correspondence
(1904 missing)
1905
6
General Correspondence
 1906-1907
7
General Correspondence
 1908-1909
8
General Correspondence
 1910-1911
9
Collection letters
Includes carbons of letters asking payment and replies from purchasers regarding payment of debts to the Company. Similiar correspondence was earlier filed under the heading "General Correspondence."
1896-1901
10
Invoices and Receipts
boxes 10 through 14 contain "Invoices and Receipts." As the designation implies these are invoices and receipts for purchases by the Logan Branch directly from wholesale suppliers and to and from the Ogden Office and the various branch stores. Also included are receipts for payments of local bills--electricity, telephone, etc.
1890 February 13-1895
11
Invoices and Receipts
 1895 December-1897
12
Invoices and Receipts
 1898-1899
13
Invoices and Receipts
 1903 September - 1911 September
14
Invoices and Receipts
 1912 March 30-1914 December 31
15
Ogden Letters
boxes 15 through 26 contain "Ogden Letters." These are usually letters of instruction or inquiry from the main office to the manager of the Logan Branch (and less often carbons of letters from Logan to Ogden). The early letters also contain shipping lists of material sent from Ogden to Logan, a form later called "Ogden Transfer Invoices" (see also Book 25).
1890-1891
16
Ogden Letters
 1892-1895
17
Ogden Letters
(incl. Transfer Invoices)
1895-1898
18
Ogden Letters
(incl. Transfer Invoices)
1898 January-November
19
Ogden Letters
(incl. llransfer Invoices)
1898-1899
20
Ogden Letters
 1899-1900
21
Ogden Letters
(1902 missing)
1901-1903
22
Ogden Letters
 1904-1905
23
Ogden Letters
 1906-1908 March
24
Ogden Letters
 1908 April-1909
25
Ogden Letters
 1910 January-1911 June
26
Ogden Letters
(incl. 1914 correspondence with branches)
1911 January-1914 December
27
Note Receipts
boxes 27 and 28 contain "Note Receipts." Receipts indicate Ogden numbers given to the Notes when forwarded to the Main Office by the Logan branch.
1908 April-December
28
Note Receipts, Ogden: Jan. 1, 1909-April 1, 1912, Preston:
 1904-1908
29
Preston Letters
boxes 29 through 33 contain "Preston Letters, including letters from agents E. T. Dobson (1892), Wilford Chatterton (1892-98), James Meikle (1895-1902), letters from the Preston Branch to Logan, including Preston Transfer Invoices. Also included are letters from company agents who canvassed northern Cache Valley, Malad Valley, Marsh Valley, and Gentile Valley for Sidney Stevens Implement Company.
1896-1898
30
Preston Letters
 1899-1900
31
Preston Letters
 190l-1904
32
Preston Letters
 1904-1911
33
Preston Letters
(incl. 1912 correspondence wtih Sidney Stevens Branches at Montpelier, Garland and Downey)
1911-1912
34
Montpelier Letters
box 34 contains "Montpelier Letters," correspondence from the Montpelier Branch with Logan. Also included are letters of William A. Norton (1898), resident agent at McCammon, and George H. Fisher (1905-1906), traveling agent in the Bear Lake, Bear River, and Cache Valleys.
1896-1911
35
Ogden Transfer Invoices
boxes 35 through 43 contains "Ogden Transfer Invoices," shipping lists with prices and serial numbers of stock forwarded from Ogden headquarters to the Logan Branch (see also Book 25).
1892 January-1895 February 13
36
Ogden Transfer Invoices
 1895 February-1898 February
37
Ogden Transfer Invoices
 1898 December-1900 December
38
Ogden Transfer Invoices
 l901 January-July 29, 1902
39
Ogden Transfer Invoices
 1903 April 30-1905 February 01
40
Ogden Transfer Invoices
 1905 February 01-1907 February 01
41
Ogden Transfer Invoices
 1907 February 01-1908 February 01
42
Ogden Transfer Invoices
(also incl. Preston and Montpelier Transfer Invoices)
1909 February 01-1911 February 01
43
Ogden Transfer Invoices
 1911 February 01-1915 February 01
44
(a) "Credit and Debit Momoranda" (a book showing of the profit and loss of the Logan Branch and its "accounts" at Ogden headquarters) and (b) "Ogden and Branch Collection Reports."
 1891-1915
45
Stock Orders
box 45 contains "Stock Orders," orders for material from the warehouses at the Ogden headquarters.
1900-1912 October
46
Logan Transfer Invoices
boxes 46 and 47 contain "Logan Transfer Invoices," stock shipped from Logan to the other branches.
l911 February 09-1913 Jaunary 03
47
Logan Transfer Invoices
(also incl. "Miscellaneous Inventories and Memoranda," 1911-1912).
1913 August 01-1915 February 01
48
Freight Bills
(incl. "Bills of Lading," Feb. 5, 1897 - April 8, 1898). boxes 48 throuqh 50 contain "Freight Bills," OSLRR charges on shipments sent from the Logan Branch.
1894 -1889 April 08
49
Freight Bills
 1899 January 18-1906 February 01.
50
Freight Bills
(inc. "Cashier's Memo - Freight Bill," June 9, 1908-Aug. 11, 1913)
1906 February 01-1911 August 11
51
Shipping Orders, #100 L
 1914 April 08- 1914 August 11
52
(a) employees' "Time Reports" and branch office "Deposit Slips" and (b) a blank checkbook of Sidney Stevens Implement Company, Logan Branch --
 (a) 1907 September 12-1913 March 1.
53
Examples of original filing
 undated

Part II:  Ledgers, 1891-1915Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box book
54 0
Book 0: Letterbooks
(largely Logan to Ogden office, see also Book 22). Books 0 through 10 are "Letterbooks" containing copies of letters sent by the Logan Branch.
1891 February 17- 1892 January 22
54 1
Book 1: Letterbooks
 1891 February 1- 1892 January 22.
54 2
Book 2: Letterbooks
 1893 July 1-1895 February 2
55 3
Book 3: Letterbooks
 1895 February 4- 1896 April 26
Book 4: does not exist
 1891-1915
Box book
55 5
Book 5: Letterbooks
 1897 December 18- 1898 October 28
56 6
Book 6: Letterbooks
 1898 October 29-1899 Auguat 2
56 7
Book 7: Letterbooks
 1899 August 2 - 1900 March 16
57 8
Book 8: Letterbooks
 1900 March 17- 1900 June 9
58 9
Book 9: Letterbooks
 1900 June 11-1900 July 7
58 10
Book 10: Letterbooks
 1901 July 22 - 1902 October 7
59 11
Book 11: Invoices
(see also Book 25). Books 11 throuqh 16 contain "Invoices" for items sold by the Logan Branch including transfers to other branches.
1892 February 28-1893 June 23
59 12
Book 12: Invoices
 1898 November 14-1900 May 28
60 13
Book 13: Invoices
(Invoices, June 8, 1900 to March 16, 1901 in Book 8)
1901 March 18-1902 June 20
60 14
Book 14: Invoices
 1902 June 21-1903 August 14
61 15
Book 15: Invoices
 1903 August 15-1906 October 16
61 16
Book 16: Invoices
 1906 October 22-1906 July 22
61 17
Book 17: Transfer Invoices
Books 17 and 18 contain "Transfer Invoices": Stock shipped from the Logan Branch to the other branches or to Ogden.
1905 March 2-1908 January 31
62 18
Book 18: Transfer Invoices
 1908 January 11-1911 February 28
62 19
Book 19: Journal Daybooks
Books 19 through 21 are "Journal Daybooks," daily income and expenses of the Logan Branch.
April 1890-1890 July 16
62 19a
Book 19a: Journal Daybooks
 1891 October- 1892 November 10
63 20
Book 20: Journal Daybooks
 1892 November 19-1894 October 9
63 21
Book 21: Journal Daybooks
(incl. letters, June 23-24, 1896)
1894 October 10-1895 May 31
64 22
Book 22: Remittance Books
(largely letters from Farley, manager at Logan, to Sidney Stevens in Ogden). Books 22 and 23 are labeled "Remittance Books," but they seem to have combined the functions of daybooks and letterbooks. The designation seems to come from the fact that they contain account totals forwarded from Logan to Ogden.
1891 February 09-1892 November 22
65 23
Book 23: Remittance Books
 1896 June 25-1898 November 14
book
24
Book 24: Journal (Daybook),
(posted to Ledger "B"). Books 24 throuqh 29 are "Ledgers" or in "Ledger" format.
1891 January 1-1895 May 31
25
Book 25: Invoices
(largely original Ogden Transfer Invoices tipped in, see box 35ff.)
1890 August 5-1891 November 12
Box book
66 26
Book 26: Ledger "A"
 1890
book
27
Book 27: Ledger "B"
(with index in pocket)
1891-1898
28
Book 28: Ledger "C"
 1893-1904
Box book
67 28a
Book 28a: Index to Ledger "C"
 undated
67 29
Book 29: Trial Balance
(incl. annual statements, Logan Branch 1903ff.)
undated
67 30
Book 30: Index
 Undated

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2008

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