XOE_CPNWS0072unionprintingco Guide to the Union Printing Company records 1909-1966 Union Printing Company records Finding aid prepared by Alison Costanza Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies © 2003
Goltz-Murray Building 808 25th St Bellingham, WA 98225-9123 Phone: 360 650 7534 Email: cpnws@wwu.edu
Finding aid encoded by Joshua Zimmerman 2007 January 17 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). 2006 The finding aid and records were re-engineered by Rainbow Koehl Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Building 808 25th St Bellingham, WA 98225-9123 Phone: 360 650 7534 Email: cpnws@wwu.edu
XOE_CPNWS0072unionprintingco Union Printing Company Union Printing Company records 1909-1966 15 linear feet The collection includes the business records of the Union Printing Company. Collection materials are in English.

The Union Printing Company was established in 1898, incorporated in 1902, and operated until 1996 as a printing, binding and stationary business in present-day Bellingham, Washington. In 1910 the company merged with three other local printers and expanded its operations considerably. Most of its clients were local businesses and individuals, although some business was generated from Seattle, Spokane, and San Francisco. Throughout its history the Union Printing Company acquired land and assets from its clients to pay debts they owed, including those of the La Conner Mail newspaper. The Union Printing Company closed in 1996.

The Union Printing Company records document the establishment and growth of this printing and binding operation based in present-day Bellingham, Washington. Company records span the period 1871 to 1971, with the bulk dated from 1924 to 1954. The collection comprises administrative, financial, personnel and property records. Administrative records include articles of incorporation, while financial records document the company's business interactions with local individuals and companies. Personnel records include names of the individuals employed by the Union Printing Company. Property records reflect the company's acquisition of land and assets in Whatcom and Skagit Counties, including those of the La Conner Mail newspaper.

The Union Printing Company records are organized in accordance with the following series and subseries arrangement:

Series I: Administrative Records, 1910-1971 Incorporation Records, 1910-1929 Correspondence, 1926, 1960 Series II: Financial Records, 1923-1954 Series III: Personnel, 1924-1953 Series IV: Property Records, 1871-1940 Series V: Publications, 1939-1948, undated

The collection is open to the public.

Union Printing Company records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

Donated by Kenneth R. Nuckolls of the Union Printing Company.

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Union Printing Company Whatcom County (Wash.) -- History -- Sources -- Maps. Whatcom County (Wash.) -- Economic conditions -- History -- Sources. Printing -- Bellingham (Wash.) -- History -- Sources. Printing machinery and supplies -- Bellingham (Wash.) -- History -- Sources. Bookbinding -- Bellingham (Wash.) -- History -- Sources. Business enterprises -- Washington (State) -- Bellingham -- History -- Sources. Retail trade -- Washington (State) -- Bellingham -- History -- Sources. Depressions -- 1929 -- Washington (State) -- Whatcom County -- History -- Sources. Publishers and Publishing Bellingham

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series I Administrative Records 1910-1971 Subseries 1 Incorporation Records 1910-1929 1/1 Articles of Incorporation and Amendments 1910, 1917, 1926, 1929 1/2 Trademark Application 1924 Subseries 2 Correspondence 1926, 1960 1/3 Standard Oil 1926, 1960 Series 2 Financial Records 1923-1954 1/4 Balance Sheets (annual summary) 1925-1931 1/5 Balance Sheets (annual summary) 1932-1938 1/6 Bank Books 1926-1950 Volume 1 Cash Book 1925 February 2 - 1927 March 16 Volume 2 Cash Book 1927 March 1 - 1929 January 31 Volume 3 Cash Book 1929 February 1 - 1930 September 30 Volume 4 Cash Book 1930 Octobter 1 - 1932 April 30 Volume 5 Cash Book 1932 May 2 - 1934 March 31 Volume 6 Cash Book 1934 April 2 - 1935 April 30 Volume 7 Cash Book 1935 May 1 - 1936 September 8 Volume 8 Cash Book 1936 September 18 - 1937 December 24 Volume 9 Cash Book 1937 Dec. 24 - 1939 April 28 Volume 10 Cash Book 1939 April 28 - 1940 September 12 Volume 11 Cash Book 1940 Sept 12 - 1942 January 31 Volume 12 Cash Book 1942 February 3 - 1943 August 10 Volume 13 Cash Book 1943 August 11- 1944 December 29 Volume 14 Cash Book 1944 December 29 - 1946 April 5 Volume 15 Cash Book 1946 April 5 - 1947 July 31 Volume 16 Cash Book 1947 August 7 - 1949 December 30 Volume 17 Cash Book 1950 January 6 - 1952 June 25 Volume 18 Cash Book 1952 July 3 - 1954 January 29 1/7 Closing Papers 1924-1925 1/8 Closing Papers 1925-1926 1/9 Closing Papers 1926-1927 1/10 Contract & Bill of Sale of Printing Equipment 1947-1948 1/11 Income Tax Returns 1923-1926, 1931 1/12 Inventory of Materials 1925 Volume 19 Ledger Book(including Cash Printing Jobs) 1924 September 2 - 1925 January 31 Volume 20 Ledger Book 1925 February 9 - 1930 November 18 Volume 21 Ledger Book 1930 November 12 - 1939 January 31 Volume 22 Ledger Book 1939 February 28 - 1947 April 15 1/13 Mortgage of Equipment 1967 1/14 Notice of Attachment of Stock 1934 Volume 22 Purchase Record 1925 January 31 - 1930 September 30 Series II Personnel 1924-1953 Volume 24 Time Book 1924 July 26 - 1927 June 18 Volume 25 Time Book 1927 June 25 - 1930 April 12 Volume 26 Time Book 1930 April 19 - 1933 March 10 Volume 27 Time Book 1933 March 16 - 1935 December 26 Volume 28 Time Book 1936 January 2 - 1941August 21 1/15 Pay Roll/Expense notes 1938 Volume 29 Time Book 1941 August 28 - 1943 August 26 Volume 30 Time Book 1943 September 2 - 1945 November 29 1/16 Pay Roll purchase of War Bonds, Withholding Tables 1945 Volume 31 Time Book 1945 December 6 - 1946 June 13 Volume 32 Time Book 1946 June 13 - 1947 August 7 Volume 33 Time Book 1947 August 7 - 1948 December 30 1/17 Withholding tax notes 1945-1946 Volume 34 Time Book 1949 January 6 - 1950 April 27 Volume 35 Time Book 1950 May 4 - 1951 September 27 1/18 Salary Chart 1950 1/19 Tax Handbook, Withholding Table, 1951 Volume 36 Time Book 1951 October 2 - 1953 January 29 Volume 37 Time Book 1953 February 5 - 1953 March 27 Series VI Property Records 1871-1940 1/20 Lots 14 and 16, Block 22 (Magnolia and Champion), Deed & Transfer, 1930 1/21 Mortgages to Ada C. Morse, regarding Block 22 1922-1940 1/22 Lots 1-24, Block 35, Deed & Transfer from June and Farrar Burn 1929, 1935, 1936 1/23 Lots 11 and 12, Block 1 (Unity St), Deed & Transfer 1937 1/24 Lots 11 and 12, Block 1, Central Whatcom, Abstract of Title 1871-1937 1/25 Lots 8 and 9 in Alfs’ Grove Addition to Bellingham, Deeds and Transfers 1909-1939 1/26 Transfer of LaConner Mail & Printing Plant, 1937-1940 Volume 38 Metsker’s Atlas of Whatcom County May 1971 Series V Publications 1939-1948, undated 1/27 The Em Quad Company newsletter 1939-1948 1/28 Latham Machine Company Catalog undated