The American Brewing Company opened in Great Falls, Montana, in 1895. It was known as the American Brewing and Malting Company for a portion of its existence. It produced beer and malt for Great Falls and surrounding areas. It discontinued operations in 1919 with the advent of Prohibition.
The collection contains the financial records of the American Brewing Company, including journals, ledgers, cash books, records of invoices, sales books, day books, and two blank checkbooks. The records detail the amount of brewed beer and malt shipped and sold, and products purchased by the company for its production.
The materials are arranged chronologically.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana.
[Name of document or photograph number], American Brewing Company (Great Falls, Mont.) Records, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Gift of Wallace Clark through the Friends of the Library, 1966.
The original processor arranged the records and produced a finding aid. In 2004, that finding aid was minimally revised and encoded.
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