ORU_Bx195.xml Guide to the G. Heitkemper Company Records 1874-1924 G. Heitkemper Company records Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team 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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G. Heitkemper Company records G. Heitkemper Company (Portland, Or.) Heitkemper, Gerhard Heitkemper, Frank Bx 195 4 linear feet 4 containers 2 record storage boxes, 2 flat boxes 1874-1924 The G. Heitkemper Company was a wholesale and retail jeweler in Portland, Oregon, incorporated by Gerhard Heitkemper, Frank A. Heitkemper, and Edward Cookingham in 1896. The records include thirteen ledgers that contain pre-corporation records as well as post-corporation minutes, correspondence, financial records and other communications from 1874-1924. English .

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 Heitkemper, Gerhard Heitkemper, Frank Jewelry stores--Oregon--Portland Business enterprises--Oregon--Portland Jewelry trade--Oregon--Portland Businesses and Corporations Correspondence Financial records Ledgers (account books)

Gerhard Heitkemper, Frank A. Heitkemper, and Edward Cookingham incorporated the G. Heitkemper Co., wholesale and retail jewelers, in Portland, Oregon on Feburary 15, 1896. The firm was dissolved December 15, 1909, and immediately reformed as a partnership by Gerhard and Frank A. Heitkemper. Before coming to Oregon, Gerhard Heitkemper operated jewelry stores in Ohio and Iowa.

The records include fourteen ledgers that contain pre-corporation records as well as corporation minutes, correspondence, financial records and other communications from 1874-1924.

 Guide to the G. Heitkemper Company Records

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