Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
The Fair Store records
UUS_COLL MSS 402
2 boxes
3.5 linear feet
1922-1968
This collection contains the ledgers and expense records of the Fair Store in Montpelier, Idaho.
Material in English
Processed in May of 2013.
These materials were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Paul Daines in 1994.
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from The Fair Store records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Initial Citation: The Fair Store records USU_COLL MSS 402, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 402, USUSCA.
Samuel Lewis, brother of Simon and Hyman Lewis of the Lewis Bros. company, founded the Fair Store in the late nineteenth century. Located on Washington Street in downtown Montpelier, Idaho, the Fair Store sold textiles, food, hats, animal hides and other hardware and supplies. Samuel owned the store for many years, until he sold it to his daughter, Lillian Lewis, when he moved to Chicago, Illinois.
This collection contains several business ledgers from the Fair Store of Montpelier, Idaho, dating from 1922 to 1968, though the bulk of the information is in the years 1927-1944. The content is divided between two boxes chronologically, by ledger type. This collection is beneficial to anyone researching the details of economic and business history of Montpelier, particularly during the Depression era.
The collection is ordered by size for ease of storage: the larger books are in the first box. Within each box the ledgers are organized chronologically.
Arranged by the type of ledger, size of book, and chronologically.
"Out of the Past", The News-Examiner. Montpelier, Idaho. 15 Feb. 2011. Web. 16 May 2013.
Montpelier (Idaho)--Commerce--History.
Stores, Retail--Idaho--Montpelier--History.
Retail Trade
Account books--Idaho.
The Fair Store ledgers
18 books
1922-1968
Fair Store ledger, cash paid out
1922-1927
1
1
Expense accounts ledger
1923-1926
1
2
Expense accounts ledger
1927-1929
1
3
Expense accounts ledger
1942-1948
1
4
Record of invoices
1929-1968
1
5
Day book ledger
1926 December - 1928 January
1
6
Day book ledger
1928 March - 1929 June
1
7
Inventory Records
1934-1939
1
8
Inventory Records
1940-1945
1
9
Cash book entries
1929 August - 1930 March
2
10
Cash day book entries
1928-1936
2
11
Cash day book entries
1936-1947
2
12
Single entry ledger
1936 February - 1936 December
2
13
Day book ledger
1937 May - 1938 May
2
14
Day book ledger
1937 June - 1938 May
2
15
Day book ledger
1938 May - 1938 December
2
16
Day book ledger
1939 March - 1940 August
2
17
Cotton inventory (incomplete)
1933
2
18