ORU_Bx097.xml Guide to the Allen and Lewis Company records 1897-1942 Allen and Lewis Company records Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Tanya Parlet. Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2012
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-22. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
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Allen and Lewis Company records Allen & Lewis (Grocers) Bx 097 3 linear feet 2 containers 2 record storage boxes 1897-1942 Allen and Lewis company was a firm of wholesale grocers that was incorporated in 1897 by John C. Lewis, L. A. Lewis, and F. A. Spencer. The collection contains corporate records including meeting minutes and stock ledgers, as well as stock books and ledgers of subsidiary companies including Glafke-Dixon Co., Douglas Food Stores, Inc., and Consolidated Stores, Inc. English . 1 2

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 Lewis, John Couch Lewis, L. A. Spencer, F. A. Lewis Investment Company (Portland, Or.) Business enterprises--Oregon--Portland Grocery trade--Oregon--Portland Grocers--Oregon--Portland Businesses and Corporations Ledgers (account books) Financial records

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Allen and Lewis company was a firm of wholesale grocers. The company was incorporated in 1897 by John C. Lewis, L. A. Lewis, and F. A. Spencer.

The collection contains corporate records including meeting minutes and stock ledgers, as well as stock books and ledgers of subsidiary companies including Glafke-Dixon Co., Douglas Food Stores, Inc., and Consolidated Stores, Inc.

Meeting minutes include five volumes of Board of Director's and stockholder's minutes, 1897-1942, and one volume of stockholder's minutes of each the subsidiary companies Douglas Food stores, Inc (1927-1935) and one volume of consolidated Stores, Inc (1926-1930).

There are 4 volumes of Allen and Lewis company stock books, one stock ledger, and one ledger (1908-1942).

There are also one stock book each of the subsidiary companies Glafke-Dixon Co., Douglas Food Stores, Inc., and Consolidated Stores, Inc.

There is also one ledger of branches and subsidiary companies, 1913-1931.

Guide to the Allen and Lewis Company records

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