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NTE2cg16.xml Guide to the McGregor Land and Livestock Company Records 1887-1949 McGregor Land and Livestock Company Records Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2022 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 16 McGregor Land and Livestock Company McGregor Land and Livestock Company Records 1887-1949 126 Linear feet of shelf space 288 Boxes Business correspondence, ledgers, account books, payrolls, insurance records, title abstracts, tax records and all types of daily business records of the McGregor Land and Livestock Company, an Eastern Washington company involved in wool growing, land, agriculture and mercantile enterprises. Collection materials are in English

The grandsons of Scottish immigrants to Ontario, Canada in the 1840s, Peter and Archie McGregor moved to Washington Territory in the United States in 1882. Settling in the Palouse region of the Columbia Plateau, Peter and Archie began to operate a business in the open range sheep trade in the mid-1880s and owned 22,000 sheep by 1890. Peter and Archie were joined by brother John McGregor in 1886 and another brother, Alex McGregor, in 1900.

In 1905, the four McGregor brothers established the McGregor Land and Livestock Company. Through this corporation, the McGregors leased, cultivated, and pastured tens of thousands of acres of grazing land and created a general merchandising business through which they could buy and sell cattle, sheep, hogs, wheat, apples, and farm equipment. In 1908, the McGregors purchased the Bar U cattle ranch and created the Taylor Land and Livestock Company to manage it, and in 1917, they purchased the Palouse Irrigation and Power Company and incorporated it as the Hooper Realty Company. To house and supply employees, the McGregors bought up property in the town of Hooper, including a hotel, general store, blacksmith shop, and lumberyards.

In 1956, the McGregor Company was created as a separate company to operate the McGregor fertilizer and farm equipment ventures. As of 2018, the McGregor Company remains in operation and serves over 35 Pacific Northwest communities, with McGregor descendants serving as chairman and president of the company.

The McGregor papers are a large collection of the early business records of the McGregor Land and Livestock Company, one of the oldest sheep ranches in the Palouse region. Both the historians and the economists at WSC are enthusiastic about the potential use which the collection has as source material for the history of the livestock industry in eastern Washington; wage and price studies for the cattle business at a given time; and general economic conditions. The collection is extensive enough to permit studies of this kind since the ledgers, account books, business correspondence, payrolls, insurance records, abstracts of title, and many other types of daily business documents were preserved.

One unusual part of the collection is material concerning the Palouse Irrigation and Power Company, a private irrigation company formed in 1912. The articles of incorporation and some financial accounts have been kept, and since records are extant for very few of the private irrigation companies, these represent a unique feature which has added importance because of its scarcity.

The collection is ordered into two main series by type of material. Series one, papers, is ordered chronologically, and then alphabetically by subject matter within each year. Series two, bound journals, seems to have been maintained in their original order.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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McGregor Land and Livestock Company Records, 1887-1949 (Cage 16)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

In 1959, Mr. John McGregor of Hooper, Washington, presented to the WSC Library the McGregor papers.

McGregor Land and Livestock Company and McGregor Family Records, circa 1886-1968 (Cage 902)

Preliminary Guide to the McGregor Land and Livestock Company Records, 1962-1976 (MS 1982.04)

Unprocessed accessions MS. 1980.12, MS. 1982.39

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

McGregor Land and Livestock Company -- Records and correspondence Palouse Irrigation and Power Company -- Records and correspondence Cattle -- Washington (State), Eastern Sheep -- Washington (State), Eastern Agriculture -- Washington (State), Eastern Real estate business -- Washington (State), Eastern Agriculture Washington (State) Series 1: Papers 1887-1888 1 1 Ledger of International Warehouse Co. of Hooper 1918 1 2 A 1 3 Allen & Lewis 1 4 D.H. Anderson 1 5 Armour & Co. 1 6 B 1 7 M. Born & Co. 1 8 C 1 9 Colfax National Bank 1 10 D 1 11 E 1 12 Elevator 1 13 Exchange National Bank 2 14 Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. 2 15 F 2 16 Futures 2 17 G 2 18 H 3 19 Idaho lands 3 20 Industrial Insurance Co. 3 21 I-J 3 22 K-L 3 23 Land leases 3 24 Liberty bonds 3 25 McClintock-Trunkey Co. 3 26 Mc 4 27 M-Sh 4 28 O-WRR & Co. 4 29 Photographs, McGregor Land & Livestock Co. 4 30 N-P 4 31 Pacific Grain Co. 4 32 Portland Wool Warehouse Co. 4 33 R 4 34 S 4 35 Sheep 5 36 Spokane Drug Co. 5 37 Spokane Dry Goods Co. 5 38 Standard Oil 5 39 S-V 5 40 United States Food Administration 5 41 United States Fuel Administration 5 42 W 5 43 Wyman Partridge and Co. 1919 6 44 A 6 45 Applications for work 6 46 B 6 47 C 6 48 Colfax National Bank 7 49 D-E 7 50 F 7 51 G 7 52 H 7 53 Highways, hogs, hotel 7 54 I, Idaho lands 8 55 J-M 8 56 McClintock-Turnkey Co. 8 57 McGregor 9 58 N-O 9 59 P-Q 9 60 R-S 9 61 School dist. 1-2, Sheep 10 62 Si-Sz 10 63 T-V 10 64 W 1920 11 65 A 11 66 Applications 11 67 B 11 68 C 11 69 Colfax National Bank 12 70 D 12 71 E 12 72 Exchange National Bank 12 73 F 12 74 Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. 12 75 freight bills 13 76 G 13 77 H 13 78 Holley, Mason Hardware Co. 13 79 Hooper Realty 13 80 hotel 14 81 I 14 82 J-L 14 83 M 15 84 Mc 15 85 N-P 15 86 R 16 87 S 16 88 Sp 17 89 T-Z 1921 18 90 A 18 91 B 18 92 C 18 93 D-E 19 94 F 19 95 G 19 96 H 19 97 Holley-Mason Hardware Co. 20 98 I 20 99 J-L 20 100 M 20 101 McClintock-Trunkey Co. 21 103 N-O 21 104 P 21 105 R 22 106 S 22 107 School dist. 102, Sheep 22 108 Sp 23 109 T-U 23 110 V-Z 1922 24 111 A 24 112 B-C 24 113 D-E 25 114 F 25 115 G 25 116 H 25 117 Holley-Mason Hardware Co. 26 118 I-L (Ku-Klux-Klan literature) 26 119 M 26 120 McClintock-Trunkey Co. 26 121 McGregor 27 122 N-Q 27 123 R 27 124 S-Sh 28 125 Sp-Sz 28 126 T-U 28 127 V-Z 1923 29 128 A 29 129 B 29 130 C 29 131 D 30 132 E 30 133 F 30 134 G 30 135 Grote Deal, Baker-Boyer Bank matter (mortgage) 30 136 Grote Deal, bills, invoices, etc. 30 137 Grote Deal, 110,000 mortgage 30 138 Grote Deal, Special matter with Theodore 30 139 Grote Deal, harvest, sale of wheat 30 140 Grote Deal, correspondence 30 141 Grote Deal, Kerr & Lloyd, statements, correspondence, etc. 31 142 Grote Deal, miscelaneous on ranch operation 31 143 Grote Deal, payrolls 31 144 Grote Deal, Oscar Shearer 31 145 H 31 146 I 31 147 J 32 148 K-L 32 149 M 32 150 McClintock-Turnkey Co. 32 151 McGregor 33 152 Md-Mz 33 153 N-O 33 154 P-Q 33 155 R 34 156 S-Sh 34 157 Sp 35 158 Sp-Sz 35 159 Taylor 35 160 T 36 161 U 36 162 V 36 163 W 1925 37 165 A 37 166 B 37 167 C 37 168 D 37 169 E 38 170 F 38 171 G 38 172 H 38 173 Holley-Mason Hardware 39 174 I-J 39 175 K-L 39 176 M 39 177 McClintock-Turnkey Co. 39 178 Mc 40 179 N-R 40 180 R-Sc 40 181 Sc-So 41 182 Sp 41 183 Sq-Sz 41 184 T-V 41 185 W-Z 1926 42 186 A 42 187 B-C 42 188 D 42 189 E 43 190 F 43 191 G 43 192 H 44 193 I 44 194 J-K 44 195 L 44 196 M 45 197 Ma-Mi 45 198 Mc 45 199 N-Q 45 200 R 46 201 S 46 202 Sa-Se 46 203 Sh 46 204 Sp 46 205 Sp 46 206 Sp 47 207 St 47 208 St 47 209 T 47 210 U 47 211 V-W 47 212 W-Wh 47 213 Wo-Z 1927 48 214 A-Al 48 215 Ap-Au 48 216 B-Bl 48 217 Bu-C 48 218 C-Ca 48 219 Ca-Co 49 220 D 49 221 E 49 222 En 49 223 Ex 49 224 F-Fa 49 225 Fi 49 226 Fr 50 227 G-Gr 50 228 Gra 50 229 H-Hog 50 230 Hog-Hz 50 231 I 50 232 Ind 50 233 Int 50 234 J-K 51 235 L 51 236 M 51 237 MC 51 238 McGregor 52 239 N-O 52 240 P 52 241 R 52 242 S-Sa 52 243 Se-Sh 53 244 Sp 53 245 St-Sw 54 246 T 54 247 U-V 54 248 W 1928 55 249 A 55 250 B 55 251 C 55 252 D 56 253 E 56 254 F 56 255 G 57 256 H 57 257 Holley-Mason Hardware Co. 57 258 I-J 58 259 K-L 58 260 M 58 261 Me 59 262 N-P 59 263 R 59 264 S-Sh 60 265 Sp 60 266 St-Sw 60 267 T 60 268 U-V 60 269 W-Y 1929 61 270 A 61 271 B 61 272 C 61 273 D-E 62 274 F 62 275 G 62 276 H 63 277 I 63 278 J-L 63 279 M 64 280 Mc 64 281 N-P 64 282 R 65 283 S-Sh 65 284 Sh-St 65 285 St-Sw 66 286 T-V 66 287 V-Z 1930 67 288 A 67 289 B 67 290 C 67 291 D 68 292 E 68 292a F 68 292b G 68 292c H 69 293 I-J 69 294 K-L 69 295 M 70 296 Mc 70 297 N-0 70 298 P 70 299 R 71 300 S-Sh 71 301 Sp 71 302 St-Sw 72 303 T 72 304 U-W 1931 73 305 A 73 306 B 74 307 C 74 308 D-F 74 309 G 75 310 H-Hog 75 311 Hol-J 76 312 L 76 313 M 76 314 Mc 76 315 N-P 77 316 R 77 317 S-Sh 77 318 Sp-Sw 78 319 T 78 320 U-Z 1933 79 321 A 79 322 B 79 323 C 80 324 D-F 80 325 G-H 80 326 I-J 81 327 K-L 81 328 M 81 329 Mc 82 330 N-R 83 331 Sh 83 332 Si-Sp 83 333 Sp-St 84 334 T-U 84 335 W-Z 1934 85 336 A 85 337 B 85 338 C 85 339 D 85 340 E 86 341 F 86 342 H 86 343 H 86 344 I 87 345 J 87 346 K 87 347 L 87 348 M 88 349 Mc 88 350 Mc 88 351 N-P 89 352 R 89 353 S 90 354 T 90 355 T 90 356 U 90 357 W-Z 1935 91 358 A-B 91 359 B 91 360 C 91 361 D 92 362 E 92 363 F 92 364 G 93 365 H 93 366 I-J 93 367 K 94 368 L 94 369 M 94 370 Mc 95 371 N-Q 95 372 R 95 373 S-Sh 95 374 Sp 96 375 St 96 376 T 96 377 U 96 378 V-Z 1936 97 379 A 97 380 B 97 381 C 97 382 D-E 98 383 F 98 384 G 98 385 H-I 99 386 J 99 387 K-L 100 388 M 100 389 Mc 100 390 N-P 101 391 R 101 392 S 101 393 S 102 394 T 102 395 U-V 102 396 W-Wa 102 397 Wh-Z 1937 103 398 A 103 399 B 103 400 C 103 401 D 104 402 E 104 403 F 104 404 G 104 405 H 105 406 I 105 407 J 105 408 K 105 409 L 106 410 M 106 411 Mc 106 412 N-P 107 413 R 107 414 S-Sp 108 415 St-T 108 416 U-V 108 417 W-Z 1938 109 418 A 109 419 B 109 420 C 110 421 D-E 110 422 F 110 423 G 110 424 H 111 425 I 111 426 J 111 427 K 111 428 L 112 429 M 112 430 Mc 112 431 N-Q 113 432 R 113 433 Roundup Grocery Co. 113 434 S-Sp 114 435 St 114 436 T 114 437 U 114 438 W 1939 115 439 A 115 440 B 115 444 C 116 442 D-E 116 443 F 116 444 G 117 445 H 117 446 I 117 447 J 117 448 K-L 118 449 M 118 45O Mc-O 118 451 P-Z 119 452 R 119 453 S-Sn 120 454 So-Sp 120 455 St-Sz 121 456 T-Tax 121 457 Tay-U 122 458 W 122 459 Wheat 122 460 Wheat 123 461 X-Z 123 462 Wheat Loans 123 463 Northwest Livestock Production Credit Assoc. 123 464 Regional Agricultural Credit Corp. 1934 124 465 Northwest Livestock Production Credit Assoc. 124 466 Regional Agriculture Credit Corp. 124 467 Bills of lading, Wheat shipments. 1939 1940 125 468 A 125 469 B 125 470 C 125 471 D-E 126 472 F 126 473 G 126 474 H 126 475 I 127 476 J 127 477 K 127 478 L 128 479 M 128 480 Mc 128 481 N-O 128 482 P 129 483 R 129 484 S-Sn 129 488 Sp 130 486 St 130 487 T-U 130 488 W-Z 1941 131 489 A 131 490 B 131 491 C 131 492 D 132 493 E-F 132 494 G-H 132 495 I 133 496 J 133 497 K 133 498 L 133 499 M 134 500 Mc 134 501 N-O 134 502 P 135 503 Q-R 135 504 S-Ss 136 505 St 136 506 T-U 136 507 V-Z 1941 continued 137 508 A-G 137 509 H-L 137 510 M-R 138 511 S 138 512 T 139 513 V-W 139 514 miscellaneous 1942 140 515 A 140 516 B 140 517 C 140 516 D-E 141 519 F 141 520 G-H 141 521 I 142 522 J 142 523 K-L 142 524 M 143 525 N-P 143 526 R 144 527 S-So 144 528 Sp 144 529 St 145 530 T 145 531 U-V 145 532 W-Z 1943 146 533 A 146 534 B 146 535 C 146 536 D-F 147 537 G-H 147 538 I-J 147 539 K-L 148 540 M 148 541 Id-P 149 542 R 149 543 S-Sn 149 544 Sp 150 545 T 150 546 U-Z 1944 151 547 A 151 548 B 151 549 C 151 550 D-E 152 551 F-G 152 552 H-I 152 553 J-K 153 554 L-M 153 555 N-P 154 556 R-Sp 154 557 Sp-St 155 558 T 155 559 U-Z 1945 156 560 A-B 156 561 C-D 157 562 E-F 157 563 G-H 157 564 I-J 157 565 K-M 158 566 Mc 158 567 Mc 158 568 N-O 158 569 P-R 159 570 S-Sp 159 571 St 160 572 T-U 160 573 V-Z 1946 161 574 A-B 161 575 C 161 576 D-E 161 577 F 162 578 G-H 162 579 I-J 162 580 K-L 163 581 M 163 r82 N-P 163 583 R-S 164 584 So-St 164 585 T 165 586 U-Z 165 587 V-Z 1947 166 588 A-B 166 589 C 166 590 D 167 591 E 167 592 F 167 593 G 168 594 H 168 595 I 168 596 J 169 597 K-M 169 598 Mc 169 599 N-P 170 60O Q-R 170 601 S 170 602 St 171 603 T 171 6O4 U 171 605 V-Z 1948 172 6O6 A-B 172 607 C 172 6O8 D-E 173 609 F 173 610 G 173 611 H-I 174 612 J-K 174 613 K 174 614 L 175 615 M 175 616 Mc 175 617 N-P 175 618 Q-R 176 619 S 176 620 Sp 177 621 St-T 177 622 U 177 623 V-W 1949 178 624 A 178 625 B 178 626 Ca 178 627 Ce-Cu 179 628 D-E 179 629 F 179 630 G 179 631 H 180 632 I 180 633 J 180 634 K 181 635 L 181 636 M 181 637 Mc 181 638 N-Q 182 639 R 182 640 S 182 641 Sh 182 642 Sp 183 643 St-Su 183 644 T 1918-1927; undated 184 645 A-G 184 646 G-R Series 2: Volumes 185 Palouse irrigation and Power Co. Land and water contracts 186 Palouse Irrigation and Power Co. Legal records 187 Abstract of titles and deeds 188 Fourth class postmasters accounts and cash books 189 Date book and one memo book 190 Checks and loans 191 Record of pouches rec'd and dispatched 192 Property Inventory 193 Miscellaneous ledgers and journals. Company accounts, bills payable and receivable. 1928 194 Company accounts 1919 195 Company accounts 1914-1918 196 Company accounts 1925 197 Company accounts 1920 198 Company accounts 1926 199 Company accounts 1929-36 200 Company accounts 1937 201 Company accounts 1942-44 202 Company accounts 1938-1949 203 Miscellaneous, journal Dec., 1910-Dec., 1923. 204 Sales journal 1930-1949 205 Journal May, 1934-May, 1938. 206 Journal March, 1929-Sept., 1931 207 Journal Oct., 1925-Apr., 1927 208 Journal Nov., 1921-Dec., 1922. 209 Journal Dec., 1935-Dec., 1949. 210 Journal May, 1927-Mar. 1929. 211 Journal 212 Journal Oct., 1932-Feb., 1939 213 Checks issued Feb., 1930-Oct., 1932. 214 Checks issued Nov., 1929-Dec., 1933 215 Checks issued Feb., 1928-Feb., 1930. 216 Checks issued Aug., 1927-Dec., 1929. 217 Checks issued Jan., 1926-Feb, 1928 218 Checks issued July, 1921-June 1924. 218 Checks issued July 1921-June 1924 219 Oct, 1923-Feb., 1926 220 Sept. 1922-Oct. 1929 221 Aug, 1917-Nov., 1919 222 Dec., 1916-1921 223 Feb., 1915-Sept., 1922. 224 Day book 225 May, 1938-Dec., 1949 226 May, 1935-March 1938 227 Jan. 1935-April, 1937 228 May, 1936-May, 1937 229 Jan 1934-March 1935 230 March 1935-May 1936 231 Jan. 1928-June 1934 232 Sept. 1932-April 1985 233 Nov., 1930-Sept. 1932 234 March 1929-Oct. 1930 235 Sept. 1927-Feb. 1929. 236 Closing Mr. Kelleher as receiver Sept 28, 1911-Jan. 1, 1914 237 Trial balance 238 Trial balance 239 Labor-saving--trial balance Jan. 1940-Dec., 1945 240 Trial balance 1945-1950 241 Payroll 242 Payroll 243 Trial balance Jan. 1915-April 1923 244 Payroll 1926 245 Payroll Jan. 1927-Sept. 1927 246 Payroll Dec. 1928-Dec. 1939 247 Payroll 1929-1944 248 Payroll 1929-1944 249 Cash book 1937 250 Transfer ledger 1938-1949 251 Cash book Oct, 1929-Nov., 1933 252 Cash book Oct. 1924-Sept. 1929 253 Cash book May 1 1924-Oct. 20, 1924 254 Wheat 255 Wheat 256 Cash journal July 1, 1910 257 Cash book Jan, 1914-1923 258 Cash book May 24, 1916-May 23, 1919 259 Cash book Jan 1, 1915-May 3, 1916 260 Sheep and wheat 261 Record book, Hooper Realty co. 262 Sheep 263 Inventory 1915-1923 264 Accounts record, general ledger July, 1944-Sept., 1947. 265 Accounts record, general ledger Sept., 1941-June, 1944 266 Accounts record, general leger July, 1938-Aug., 1941 267 Insurance, Royal Insurance Co. Ltd. 268 Real Estate tax statements 1917-1936 269 Taxes 270 Land taxes 1914-1933 271 Plan book 272 Wheat recoreds July 4, 1915-March 3, 1927 273 Correspondence carbons to Dec. 1947 274 Legal documents 275 Farming record, animals and crops 276 Miscellaneous 277 Vouchers March 14, 1907-May 1908 278 Fire insurance agents ledger 279 Miscellaneous 280 Transfer journal, cash disbursements, cash receipts, accounts payable 1938-1949 281 McGregor--(Transfer journal) Payroll 1940-1949 281 McGregor--(Transfer journal) Hotel, meals 1940 1949 282 Miscellaneous journal 283 Miscellaneous ledger journal 284 Detail list of personal property, invoices 285 Ledger 286 Ledger (misc.) 1907-1909 287 Accounts 288 Journal ledger 1948