Caird Engineering Works records, 1895-1985
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Caird Engineering Works
- Title
- Caird Engineering Works records
- Dates
- 1895-1985 (inclusive)18951985
- Quantity
- 80 linear feet
- Collection Number
- No collection number; partially processed
- Summary
- Caird Engineering Works was a metal works firm in Helena, Montana. This collection (1895-1985) consists primarily of pattern and order records (1896-1985). The orders, which include itemized order sheets and in many cases engineering drawings, are in numerical order. Access is provided by the customer order ledgers and by the job/pattern/price books. In addition, there are correspondence, financial records, subject files, and miscellany including orders and pattern sketches.
- Repository
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Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Please note this collection is only partially processed.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into five series: 1) Pattern Records, 2) General Correspondence, 3) Employment Records, 4) Financial Records, and 5) Miscellany.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Pattern Records
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Description: Customer order ledger (these ledgers serve as a customer index to the order books)Dates: 1896-1900Container: Volume 1
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Description: Customer order ledgerDates: 1900-1902Container: Volume 2
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Description: Customer order ledgers, A-D, E-L, M, N-ZDates: 1903-1953Container: Volume 3-6
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Description: Customer order ledgerDates: circa 1933-1936Container: Volume 7
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Description: Customer order ledgerDates: circa 1945-1960Container: Volume 8
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Description: Customer order ledgerDates: circa 1947-1960Container: Volume 9
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Description: Order books (16) #1-4877Dates: 1895-1903Container: Box 1-2
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Description: Sketch sheet indexDates: 1927Container: Box 2a
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Description: Orders #1-4400 [scattered: include itemized order and in many cases engineering drawings]Dates: 1896-1900Container: Box 3-3a
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Description: Orders #4401-67,154 [include itemized order and in many cases engineering drawings]Dates: 1896-1900Container: Box 4-42
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Description: Job book [organized by type of piece] [the job book and pattern book serve as a subject index to order books]Dates: circa 1900-1930Container: Volume 10
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Description: Pattern book [organized by type of piece]Dates: circa 1896-1930Container: Volume 11
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Description: Price book [organized by type of piece]Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Volume 11a
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General Correspondence
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Description: Alphabetically arranged correspondence and subject filesDates: circa 1970-1985Container: Box 43-45
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Employment Records
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Description: Employee earning recordDates: circa 1941-1960Container: Volume 12
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Description: PayrollDates: 1942, 1950-1971Container: Volume 13-15
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Description: PayrollDates: 1942, 1950-1971Container: Box 46
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Description: Payroll: officeDates: 1950-1959Container: Volume 16
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Financial Records
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Description: Cash book/journalsDates: 1903-1926Container: Box 47
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Description: Cash booksDates: 1941-1960Container: Volume 17-18
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Description: Check distribution registersDates: 1941-1980Container: Volume 19-22
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Description: General journalsDates: 1924-1934, 1941-1980Container: Volume 23-25
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Description: General journalsDates: 1903-1970Container: Box 48-49
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Description: Purchase journals/invoice registersDates: 1941-1980Container: Volume 27-28
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Description: Purchase journals/invoice registersDates: 1941-1980Container: Box 50
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Description: Purchase ledger [supplies bought from others]Dates: circa 1940-1960Container: Volume 29
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Description: Recapitulation of invoices [purchase journals?]Dates: 1903-1941Container: Volume 30-31
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Description: Sales journalsDates: 1941-1960Container: Volume 32-35
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Description: Sales journalsDates: 1941-1960Container: Box 51
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Description: TaxesDates: 1978-1986Container: Box 52-53
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Description: Miscellaneous (includes insurance record, inventories, machine shop time cards, notes payable)Dates: 1912-1940Container: Box 54
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Miscellany
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Description: Miscellaneous (includes union contracts, stockholder ledger, files on customers and suppliers, etc.)Dates: circa 1960s-1980sContainer: Box 55-57
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Foundries--Montana--History.
Corporate Names
- Caird Engineering Works
Geographical Names
- Helena (Mont.)--Commerce.
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