Cage 24 Guide to the Charles A. Blodgett Business Records 1900-1941 Blodgett (Charles A.) Business Records Finding aid prepared by Lawrence R. Stark Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
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Finding aid encoded by Mark O'English 2003 Finding aid written in English. Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA (509) 335-6691 http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/ mascref@wsu.edu
Cage 24 Blodgett, Charles A. Charles A. Blodgett Business Records 1900-1941 57 6 linear feet of shelf space. Ledgers containing accounts, inventories, and miscellaneous notes, chiefly for Blodgett Mercantile Company. Collection materials are in English

The business records of Charles A. Blodgett, storekeeper, are comprised of 57 ledger books containing accounts, inventories and miscellaneous notes regarding the operation of general merchandise stores in Victor and Kalispel, Montana (1900-1902) and in Spokane, Washington (1902-1941). The Spokane business was generally known as the Blodgett Mercantile Company.

The ledger books are arranged in two series: Ledgers and Oversize Ledgers. Each series is arranged chronologically.

This collection is open for research use.

[Item Description]. Cage 24, Charles A. Blodgett Business Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The collection was donated to the Washington State University Library by L. T. Blodgett.

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.

Blodgett, Charles A. --Archives Blodgett Mercantile Company. --Archives Merchants -- Washington (State)--Spokane Business, Industry, and Labor Washington (State)

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

Series 1: Ledgers 1 1900-1914 20 items. 2 1914-1915 3 items. 3 1916-1920 2 items. 4 1920-1925 3 items. 5 1925-1926 2 items. 6 1927-1929 3 items. 7 1931-1938 4 items. 8 1939-1941 3 items. 9 Money order sales 1914-1918 Undated volumes 7 items. Series 2: Oversize Ledgers 10 1918 11 1921 12 1923 13 1924 14 1925 15 1926 16 1928 17 1929 18 1932 19 1934-1937