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Research Library
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Mss
1102
Seufert Brothers
Seufert Brothers records
1861-1984
55 cubic feet
54 document cases, 2 card file boxes, 45
flat boxes, 1 oversize folder
Records of the principal salmon and fruit
cannery in The Dalles, Oregon, on the Columbia River. Includes extensive
correspondence, production records, financial and personnel records, samples of
can labels, data on fish caught, information on fish wheel legislation, and
materials relating to the construction on the Dalles Dam.
Materials in the collection are inEnglish
Historical Note
The Seufert Brothers Company was founded in 1884 at The Dalles, Oregon,
by brothers Francis A. and Theodore J. Seufert, natives of New York City and
sons of German immigrant John Seufert. Francis A. Seufert travelled west to San
Francisco via Panama in 1872 and then to the Dalles in 1881. His younger
brother Theodore joined him there in 1882, and the following year, upon
completion of the transcontinental railroad, the Seuferts shipped the first
Oregon salmon east by rail. In 1886 they purchased the Whitcomb Fishery
interests near The Dalles, including a small salmon cannery, to which they
added a fish house and ice house. From these beginnings, they developed a
business which dominated the fish canning and packing business on the Columbia
River for many years, until construction of The Dalles Dam terminated the
company's operations in 1954.
During its prosperous years, the Seufert Company encountered continuing
legal difficulties from local Indians who claimed fishing rights on Seufert
property. Opposition also came from labor and Grange interests over the
company's employment of Chinese laborers and its use of fish wheels on the
Columbia River during the salmon runs.
Francis A. Seufert purchased his brother Theodore's interests in the
company in 1909. He served as president and general manager until his death in
December, 1929, and also served as mayor of The Dalles for a brief period
around 1904. After his death his four sons (Arthur, Francis Anthony, Jr.,
William, and Edward) served as officials of the company until its liquidation
on June 1, 1954. A successor firm called Francis A. Seufert and Company was
then operated by Francis A. Seufert, Jr.
The collection contains a substantial portion of the company's records
from its early days in the 1880s until its dissolution in the 1950s. Of
particular interest are extensive correspondence files, including letterpress
copybooks of Francis A. Seufert, Sr. Included is much material relating to
opposition to fish wheel legislation in the 1920s (including photographs of
wheels) and opposition to the construction of the Dalles Dam in 1950s.
Producion records include a near-complete set of reports to the state of
Oregon with data on daily fish catches, dating from the 1920s through the
1950s, with additional reports for the State of Washington. Employment records
include details on Chinese Americans (so-called "China Crews") hired by the
firm.
The most extensvie series contains the firm's financial records. These
include detailed ledgers of purchases and income. Among these are records of
fish caught and purchased from individuals, including Indian fishermen.
Appended to one of the ledgers in this series are the reminiscences of Francis
A. Seufert, Jr., probably written in the 1950s. Additional historical
background on the company can be found in the series "General materials," along
with a number of scrapbooks.
In some cases box numbers are not listed in numerical order due to the
need to store various sized volumes in appropriate containers.
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series A: Correspondence, 1889-1975
- Series B: Legal materials, 1861-1975
- Series C: Production materials, 1924-1955, undated
- Series D: Financial records, 1880-1963
- Series E: General materials, 1889-1984
Personnel records in boxes 43, 44, 45, and 56/7 are RESTRICTED from use
until 2033. Individuals represented in the records and their immediate family
members may request access to their own records, in writing, from the Oregon
Historical Society Research Library.
The remainder of the collection is open to the public.
The Oregon 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
prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold
copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the
copyright holders.
Seufert Brothers records, Mss 1102, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library.
The records were collected and maintained by Francis A. Seufert, Jr.,
before being transferred to the Oregon Historical Society.
Acquired 1960-1980, Library Accessions 8582, 8680, 10233, 12526, 14395,
14833, 15186, 15190, 14525.
The collection was reprocessed and re-boxed in November 2008.
History of Oregon (Chicago and Portland :
The Pioneer Historical Publishing Company, 1922), Vol. III, p. 434.
An oral history with Francis A. Seufert, Jr., titled "History and
discussion of Seufert cannery, fishwheels and marketing operations," 1971, is
designated SR 9257 in the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Photographs of the Seufert family and its enterprises are designated
Org. Lot 413 in the photograph collections, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library.
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.
Seufert,
Francis--Archives.
Seufert,
Frank A.--Archives.
Seufert family.
Seufert
Bros. Company--Archives.
Francis A.
Seufert and Company (The Dalles, Oregon)
Dalles
(Or.)--History.
Columbia
River--Fisheries.
Canned
fruit--Oregon--Dalles--Labeling.
Canned
salmon--Oregon--Dalles--Labeling.
Canned
vegetables--Oregon--Dalles--Labeling.
Canneries--Oregon--Dalles.
Chinese
Americans--Oregon--Wasco County.
Dalles Dam (Or. and
Wash.)--History.
Indians of North
America--Oregon--Wasco County.
Fishery
processing--Oregon--Dalles.
Fishing--Oregon--Dalles.
Fishwheels--Columbia
River.
Labels--Oregon--Dalles.
Salmon canning
industry--Oregon--Dalles.
Chinese Americans
Fisheries and Wildlife
Labor
History
Native Americans
Oregon
Photographs
Washington (State)
Accounts
Labels.
Ledgers
Letterpress
Copybooks
Letters
(correspondence)
Photographs
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series A
Correspondence
1889-1975
Letterpress Copybooks
There are two sets of letterpress books, the first contains
primarily copies of outgoing letters; the second contains copies of outgoing
letters mixed with copies of invoices, purchase letters, orders, and accident
reports.
General letters
57/1
1899 November 6-1900 November 6
57/2
1900 September 6-1901 September 11
58/1
1901 September 14-1902 August 13
1/1
1902 August 14-1903 August 28
1/2
1903 August 28-1904 February 23
1/3
1904 February 24-October 4
2/1
1904 October 7-1905 July 1
2/2
1905 July 10-1906 May 28
2/3
1905 July 2-9
Small number of pages only
2/4
1906 May 30-1907 May 25
58/2
1907 May 24-1908 August 3
3/1
1908 August 5-1909 August 31
59/1
1909 September 1-1911 May 10
59/2
1911 May 11-1912 July 10
60/1
1912 July 11-1913 September 13
60/2
1913 September 4-1914 July 27
61/1
1914 July 29-1915 July 23
61/2
1915 July 27-1917 July 26
3/2
1917 July 27-1918 October 15
3/3
1918 October 19-1920 May 11
4/1
1920 May 13-1921 September 18
4/2
1921 September 20-1922 August 26
4/3
1922 August 19-1923 September 9
5/1
1923 September 8-1924 May 21
5/2
1924 June 30-1925 June 27
5/3
1925 May 28-September 22
6/1
1925 September 23-1926-September
22
6/2
1926 September 23-1928 June 24
6/3
1928 June 25-1929 August 26
Also contains Accident Reports, 1928 October 27-1939
June 7.
Letters mixed with other documents
7/1
1889 May 4
1892
1893 April 28
1907 March 5-June 18
7/2
1899 May
1900 April 30-September 4
1908 May 31-November 12
7/3
1902 January 6-1905 July 19
Primarily invoce copies
7/4
1905 June 23-1907 June 15
8/1
1893
1896
1906 March 22-1907 March 5
8/2
1907 June 19-October 27
8/3
1907 October 27-1908 April 4
A6/1
1908 March 16-August 10
9/1
1908 August 10-1909 February 7
62/2
1909 February 8-October 31
9/2
1909 December 15
circa 1915
9/3
1913 August 5-1920 June 16
Primarily invoice copies
Outgoing correspondence (carbon copies of
typescripts)
10/1
1928 May 15-November 25
10/2
1929 January 7-August 31
10/3
1929 September 2-December 31
10/4
1930 January-February
10/5
1930 March-April
10/6
1930 May-June
10/7
1930 July
10/8
1930 August-December
10/9
1934 September-October
10/10
1934 November-December
10/11
1935 January
10/12
1935 February-March
10/13
1935 April-May
10/14
1935 June-July
10/15
1935 August-October
10/16
1936 January-February
10/17
1936 March-May
11/1
1936 June-July
11/2
1936 August
11/3
1936 September
11/4
1936 October
11/5
1936 November
11/6
1936 December
11/7
1937 January
11/8
1937 Feburary
11/9
1937 March
11/10
1937 April
11/11
1937 May
11/12
1937 June-August
11/13
1937 September
11/14
1937 October
11/15
1937 November-December
11/16
1938 January-February
11/17
1938 March-April
11/18
1938 May-June
11/19
1938 July
12/1
1938 August
12/2
1938 September
12/3
1939 January-May
12/4
1939 June 1-10
12/5
1939 June-July
12/6
1939 August 1-18, October 10
12/7
1944
12/8
1947
12/9
Undated
Personal and general correspondence
Contains primarily incoming letters. Later years contain
correspondence of Francis A. Seufert and Co.
12/10
1887-1899
12/11
1900-1902
12/12
1903-1907
12/13
1908
12/14
1909-1912
12/15
1913-1918
12/16
1919-1921
12/17
1922-1925
12/18
1926
12/19
1927-1929
12/20
1930-1934
12/21
1935-1938
13/1
1939-1943
13/2
1944-1947
13/3
1948-1952
13/4
1953
13/5
1954
13/6
1955-1958
13/7
1959-1963
13/8
1964-1973
13/9
1974-1975
Francis A. Seufert, Jr., personal correspondence
file
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, primarily on personal
matters, including the history of the company and the canning industry in
Oregon. Letters are filed alphabetically by correspondent.
13/10
A-B
1941-1971
13/11
C
1946-1971
13/12
D
1942-1968
13/13
E-G
1940-1954
13/14
H-J
1942-1960
13/15
K-M
1946-1954
13/16
N-R
1943-1958
13/17
S-T
1941-1952
Includes speech by Francis A. Seufert, Jr., 1948,
regarding his opposition to the Dalles Dam and his vision for the economic
development of The Dalles.
13/18
U-Z
1940-1965
Correspondence by subject
American Can Company
13/19-20
Correspondence and contracts
1926-1932
14/1-3
Correspondence and contracts
1935-1949
Dalles Dam--Correspondence and
litigation
14/4
1945 January-August
14/5
1945 September
14/6
1945 September
14/7
1945 October
14/8
1945 November-December
14/9
1946 January-March
14/10
1946 April
14/11
1946 May-December
14/12
1947 February-April
14/13
1947 May-December
14/14
1948-1953
14/15
1953-1954
undated
Includes materials relating to land options
14/16-18
Dalles Dam Construction
1953-1956
Oversize folder
Dalles Dam and Bridge blueprints (4
sheets)
circa 1953-1956
15/1
Felicitations upon Francis A. Seufert's election
as mayor of The Dalles
1904
Fish legislation--Materials found together in a
letter box
15/2
Photographs of fish wheels
undated
15/3
Copies of legislative bills
1907
15/4
Federal hatcheries
issue--correspondence
1908
15/5
General correspondence on fish
legislation
1907-1908
15/6
Salmon protection bill and related
materials
1908
15/7
Proposed legislation
1908
15/8
Clippings
1907-1908
15/9
Ephemera and envelopes
circa 1907-1908
15/10
"Democratic papers" (found together in an
envelope)
1906
Fish wheel bills correspondence
16/1
1926 February 11
16/2
1926 October
16/3
1926 October 23-30
16/4
1926 October 28-November 12
16/5
1926 November 17-1927 February 5
16/6
1927 February 14
16/7
1927 February 17-June 25
16/8
1929
16/9
Indian matters
1934
Legislative correspondence
16/10
1908-1920
16/11
1921
16/12
1922-1924
16/13
1925-1926
16/14
1927
16/15
1929
16/16
Liquidation of company--correspondence
about
1953-1957
16/17
Liquidation of company--correspondence
about
1958-1968
16/18
Missouri-Arkansas Railroad
correspondence
1945-1950
Series B
Legal Materials
1861-1875
17/1
Minutes of stockholders and board of directors'
meetings
1891-1924
17/2
Minutes of stockholders and board of directors'
meetings
1925-1954
17/3
Corporation licenses
1915-1950
Fishing licenses
17/4
1923
17/5
1924
17/6
1925
17/7
1926
17/8
1927
17/9
1928
17/10
1929
17/11
1930
17/12
1931
18/1
1932
18/2
1933
18/3
1934
18/4
1935
18/5
1936
18/6
1937
18/7
1938
18/8
1939
18/9
1940
18/10
1941
18/11
1942-1943
18/12
1944-1945
18/13
1946-1947
18/14
1948-1949
18/15-17
1924-1948
Envelopes only, with summary statistics on outside
Labor-related documents
Does not include personnel records, which are filed in
Series D, Financial Records.
"Indigenous" labor contracts
18/18
1898-1913
18/19
1914-1926
18/20
1927-1932
18/21
1933-1939
18/22
1940-1952
18/23
"White and Indian labor"
(statistics)
1928-1934
18/24
Accident reports
1938-1942
Land transaction records
Includes deeds, mortgage documents, title abstracts, and
related correspondence.
19/1
1861-1875
19/2
1879-1884
19/3
1885-1887
19/4
1888-1891 August 3
19/5
1891 August 8-1893 May 18
19/6
1874 June 18-1897 March 27
19/7
1898 March 7-1905 January 13
19/8
1907 February 25-1909 November 12
19/9
1910 June 6
19/10
1910 January 2-December 1
19/11
1911
19/12
1912 January 19-1915 July 19
19/13
1916 May 24-1920 May 1
19/14
1921-1952
19/15
1934-1938
19/16
1939-1945
20/1
1944-1950
20/2
1951-1958
20/3
undated
20/4
Easements
1937-1957
General legal files
20/5
Accident case
1917 April 3
20/6
Blank forms
undated
20/7
Bridge agreements and options
1932-1941
20/8
Corporation book--Francis A. Seufert &
Co.
1954-1975
20/9
Fishing contracts
1891-1928
20/10
Fishing contracts
1929-1934
20/11-13
Francis A. Seufert estate
1924-1932
20/14
Fuel oil contracts
1929-1946
20/15
Olin v. Kitzmiller
1920-1922
undated
20/16-18
Sam Williams case
1913-1920
21/1
Tax appeal case
1929
21/2-4
Trade mark and patents
1896-1926
21/5
Trademarks--Correspondence and
records
1945-1959
21/6
Water rights
1956
21/7
Wheat allotment contract
1933-1934
21/8
Whiz Fish Products Company
1978-1855
Includes land documents
21/9
Miscellaneous legal documents
1871-1916
Includes materials relating to Indian fishing cases
21/10
Miscellaneous legal documents
1920-1953
undated
Series C
Production materials
1924-1955
undated
Can labels
Seufert Brothers labels
21/11
Fish labels
undated
21/12
Fruit and vegetable labels
undated
Non-Seufert labels--Fish
22/1
Alaska canneries
undated
22/2
California canneries
undated
22/3
Oregon canneries, general
undated
22/4
Oregon canneries: Cleary and Hillman Packing
Co.
undated
22/5
Oregon canneries: Paulus
Brothers
undated
22/6
Oregon canneries: Producer's
Cooperative
undated
22/7
Washington (state) canneries
undated
22/8
Non-Pacific Northwest canneries
undated
79/1-2
Scrapbook of labels for fish
undated
102/2
Scrapbook of labels for fish (with some
fruits and vegetables)
undated
Non-Seufert Labels--Fruit and
vegetable
Fruit and vegetable labels, general
(non-Seufert)
undated
67/1
Haas Brothers "Trupak" (San
Francisco)
undated
67/2
Apples, pears, and prunes
undated
67/3
Beans, peas, and tomatoes
undated
67/4
Cherries and berries
undated
67/5
Peaches and apricots
undated
67/6
Fruits and vegetables, misc.
undated
79/3
Scrapbook of labels for fruits and
vegetables
undated
22/9
Sample labels
undated
22/10
Label inventory ledger
1950-1953
Loading manifests
22/11-12
1952 January-July
23/1-2
1952 August-December
23/3-4
1953 January 1-June 27
23/5-6
1953 June 28-December 31
24/1
1953 June 28-December 31
24/2-8
1954
56/1
Cans purchased and minor operating expenses; fruit
purchases
1918
1925-1934
Daily reports of fish receipts (official state
reports)
See also records of fish purchases in series "Financial
Records" below
Oregon state report books
80/1-9
1924-1938 August 21
81/1-10
1938 August 22-1939 August 9
82/1-10
1938 August 10-1940 July 28
83/1-10
1940 July 28-1941 July 11
84/1-10
1941 July 11-1943 May 5
85/1-10
1943 May 5-1945 May 17
86/1-10
1945 May 18-1947 October 23
87/1-10
1948 April 4-1949 October 6
88/1-10
1949 October 7-1951 September 18
89/1-10
1951 September 18-1954 May 31
Washington state report books
90/1-7
1929-1940 August 18
91/1-6
1940 August 18-1942 July 20
92/1-5
1942 July 21-1949 May 29
24/9
Production record book
1926-1933
Contains:
- Cost price, freight rates, and cannery notes,
1926-1933
- Seid Fong overtime, 1932-1933
25/1
Production record book
1934-1939
Contains:
- Cans and cases record, 1934-1939
- China crew record, 1934
- Seid Fong overtime, 1934-1937
Salmon and fruit canned
97/1
Canned salmon and packed fruits (old volume
1)
1916-1931
97/2
Canned salmon
1932-1941
97/3
Canned salmon
1942-1949
97/4
Record of salmon pack
1899-1921
Series D
Financial records
1880-1963
25/3
Day book and cash accounts (old volume
1)
1884 August 19-1885 July 22
Day books and blotters (accounts)
93/1
Daily blotter
1887 April-1891 April
93/2
Daily blotter
1891 April-1898 October
25/4
Old volume 2
1891 July 5-1893 December 22
25/5
Old volume 3
1894 December 1-1896 December 31
25/6
Old volume 4
1897 January-1899 December 26
25/7
Old volume 5
1900 January 1-1902 December 31
25/8
Old volume 6
1903 January 1-1905 February 8
25/9
Old volume 7
1906 February 14-1907 October 30
26/1
Old volume 8
1910 January 14-1912 June 4
26/2
Old volume 8A
1913 February 28-1916 January 1
26/3
Old volume 9A
1920 January 3-1923 December 24
26/4
Old volume 9B
1924 January 11-1926 November 24
26/5
Old volume 9C
1927 January 6-1928 December 1
26/6
Old volume 9D
1929 January-1930 January 2
26/7
Old volume 9E
1930 January 2-December 29
26/8
Old volume 10A
1931 January 2-1932 December 17
26/9
Old volume 10B
1932 December 19-1933 December 30
27/1
Old volume 10C
1934-1935
27/2
Old volume 10D
1936
27/3
Old volume 10E
1937
27/4
Old volume 11A
1938
27/5
Old volume 11B
1939
27/6
Old volume 11C
1940
28/1
Old volume 11D
1941
28/2
1942 January 2-1944 December 21
28/3
1945 January 11-1947 December 22
28/4
1948 January 2-1949 May 12
28/5
1949 May 11-1950 December 13
28/6
1951 January 5-December 19
28/7
1952 January 3-1954 May 31
Cash books
29/1
Old volume 1
1885 June 1-1886 May 31
29/2
Old volume 2
1886 April 1-1887 March 31
29/3
Old volume 3
1887 April 1-1889 December 14
29/4
Old volume 4
1897 November 1-1909April 30
30/1
Old volume 5
1909-1918
99/1
Old volume 6
1947 July 14-1949 September 30
99/2
Old volume 7
1949 October 1-1952 November 17
99/3
Old volume 8
152 November 17-1954 May 31
100/1
Old volume 9--Combined cash and journal
(final)
1954 January-June 1
Ledgers
30/2
Old volume 1 (including Ranch
records)
1880 January 1-1884 August 31
1884 November 19-1885 May 22
30/3
Old volume 2--Customers, fish season
1884 January 1-1885 May 31
1890
31/1
Old volume 3
1885 June 1-1886 March 31
31/2
Old volume 4
1886 April 1887 March 31
F1/1
Old volume 5
1887 April 1-1889 December 20
70/1
Old volume 6
1891-1893
71/1
Old volume 7
1894-1899
72/1
Old volume 8
1899-1907
73/1
Old volume 9
1908-1913
74/1
Old volume 10
1914-1919
Books of original entry
75/1
Old volume 1--Including check
register
18911 July 1-1893 December 31
76/1
Old volume 2--Including check
register
1894-1898
77/1
Old volume 3--Including check
register
1899 February-1907 November
78/1
Old volume 4
1907 December 1-1915 September 30
31/3
Old volume 6 or 7--Check register
1892-1910
93/3
Book of original entry and check register (old
volume 5?)
1915 October-1920 December
Journal entries
94/1
Old volume 1
1884 November 19-1920 January 31
100/2
Old volume 2
1911-1921
General ledgers
32/1-5
Sheets 1111-1324
1920-1951
33/1-4
Sheets 1325-27158
1920-1951
34/1
Sheets 27159-27449 and miscellaneous
accounts
1920-1951
Accounts receivable
34/2-3
Accounts receivable journal
1931-1939
34/4
Accounts receivable journal, part 1
1931-1948
35/1
Accounts receivable journal, part 2
1931-1948
35/2-3
Accounts receivable journal
1942-1953
35/4
Accounts receivable for employees, and accounts
payable
circa 1951-1952
Invoices (letterpress copybooks)
63/1
1905 July 29-1908 October 8
63/2
1908-1911
63/3
1911 May 24-1913 August 2
63/4
1906 August 31-1908 May 31
Sales journals
36/1
Old volume 1
1885 January 2-July 16
36/2
Old volume 2
1886 April 1-December 31
95/1
Old volume 3 (?)
1887 April 1-1889 October 23
36/3
Old volume 4
1888-1889
Accounts payable
37/1
Accounts payable journal
1928-1940
37/2-3
Accounts payable journal
1932-1954
Fish purchases
Purchases from and accounts with individual
fishermen
56/2
Indians--Salmon purchases
1923
38/1
Indians and gill netters
1925
38/2
Indians and gill netters (2
volumes)
1926
38/3
Indians and gill netters
1927
56/3
Indians and seiners
1924
38/4-7
Individuals (4 volumes)
1929-1932
39/1-7
Individuals (7 volumes)
1933-1937
Fish caught and purchased--general
40/1
Old volume 1
1885-1895
1928
1953
40/2
Old volume 2--Salmon caught
1893-1928
40/3
Old volume 3
1893-1896
1905-1908
40/4
Old volume 4
1896
40/5
Old volume 5
1896-1904
40/6
Old volume 6
1897-1910
41/1
Old volume 7--Payments for fish caught (some
fruit payments also)
1904-1920
41/2
Old volume 8--Fish catches, tool
issues
1907-1910
41/3
Old volume 9--Fish caught, and Number 5
Wheel Catch
1895-1915
41/4
Old volume 10--Fish caught and
purchased
1911-1928
41/5
Old volume 11--Fish catches and cherry
crop
1915-1922
1913-1918
64/1
Old volume 12--Fish caught and
purchased
1923-1928
64/2
Old volume 13--Fish caught and
purchased
1929-1933
64/3
Old volume 14--Fish caught and purchased,
and reminiscences of Francis A. Seufert
1934-1955
Personnel records
Chinese crew
41/6
Old volume 1--Accounts
1901
41/7
Old volume 2--Overtime
1940 May-1941 September
Monthly time books
42/1
Old volume 1
1896-1903
42/2
Old volume 2
1904-1914
42/3
Old volume 4
1919-1924 October
42/4
Old volume 5
1924 November-1930 December
42/5
Old volume 6
1914-1916 January
1931-1937 July
Payroll records
The following materials (in boxes 43, 44, 45, and 56/7)
are RESTRICTED from use until 2033. Individuals represented in the records and
their immediate family members may request access to their own records in
writing.
43/1
Payroll control account--Employees salary
and deduction records
1943 July-December
43/2
Payroll control account--Salaries and
deductions
1944
43/3
Payroll control account
1946
43/4-5
Payroll control
account--Salaries
1947-1948
43/6
Payroll
1948
43/7
Casual labor control book, names
A-L
1949
44/1
Casual labor control book, names
M-Z
1949
44/2
Salaries, casual
1949
44/3-6
Payroll control accounts
1950-1953
45/1-3
Casual labor control books
1953-1954
45/4
Accident reports
1943-1950
45/5
Separation reports
1944
45/6-8
Unemployment compensation reports for
employees
1948-1955
56/7
China crew time cards
1939-1950
96/1
Payroll journal
1954 January-May
Time books
56/4
1915-1916
56/5
1932-1937
56/6
1937 July 10-October 9
Capital accounts
46/1
Appraisment of cannery, with
photographs
1914
46/2-3
Appraisment of cannery
1920
96/2
Stock and inventory
1896-1913
Contains:
- Cannery stock, 1905-1913
- Fish pack, 1896-1912
- Inventory, 1910-1913
46/4
Capital account journal
1920-1954
Balance sheets
65/1
1917 January 1-1933 December 33
65/2
1934 January 31-1944 January 31
66/1
1945 January 31-1954 May 31
96/3-4
Trial balances (old volume 4 &
5)
1891-1914
Check books
56/7
Brooks & Company (old volume 1)
1916
66/2
Irving Trust
1938-1954
101/1
United States National Bank, The Dalles (old
volume 4)
1953 August 23-1954 May 29
101/2
First National Bank of Portland (old volume
6)
1953 May 9-1956 July 10
Shipments
Railroad cars received and shipped
47/1
Old volume 1
1896-1898
101/3
Old volume 2
1897-1907
102/1
Old volume 3
1897-1910
47/2
Old volume 4
1915-1946
Miscellaneous journals
47/3
Old volume 1, prior to incorporation
1886 June 8-1887 March 31
47/4
Old volume 2
1887 April 1-1889 December 20
48/1
Old volume 3--Stock
1896-1898
48/2
Old volume 4--Day book: stock and spring
pack
1897-1905
48/3
Old volume 5--Cannery stock, insurance report to
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, fruit packed
1913-1923
66/3
Old volume 6
1943-1949
68/1
Old volume 7
1950-1954
Insurance records
48/5-12
Insurance policies and
correspondence
1935-1954
49/1
Cash book relating to insurance
1939-1952
49/2
Papers found in above cash book
1939-1952
49/3
Cash book, possibly relating to
insurance
1948-1953
49/4-5
Papers found in above cash book
1948-1953
49/6
General insurance records
1951-1954
Tax records
49/7-8
Klickitat County (Washington), property
tax
1920-1948
49/9-12
Wasco County, Oregon
1921-1954
1956
49/13-14
Oregon Corporation Excise Tax
1929-1948
49/15
Tax-related correspondence with
attorney
1914-1948
50/1-3
Oregon poundage fees
1926-1954
50/4
Washington state business taxes
1933-1939
50/5
Washington state catch tax
1927-1950
50/6
Washington state privilege tax and landing
tax
1950-1953
50/7-11
U.S. Federal taxes
1909-1954
General financial records
50/12
Can and box inventory (1 volume)
1945-1953
50/13
Check register, miscellaneous accounts, accounts
payable (1 volume)
1892 August 2-1902 October 20
97/5
Check register and miscellaneous records,
including Francis Seufert Estate records
1924-1935
50/14
Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co.
shipping receipt book
1897
50/15
Federal Trade Commission financial reports;
canned salmon specifications, food rationing registration
1943-1952
50/16-17
Freight bills
1953-1954
50/18
French & Company account book
1903 October 1-1909 February 23
50/19
"Fruit" (account book)
1953
51/1
Irving Trust Co. invoices
1952-1953
51/2
Label inventory
1959-1968
51/3
Ledger (primarily investments)
1919-1944
51/4
Ledger--Papers found inside above
volume
1938-1944
51/5-8
Loose accounting sheets and business
records
1883-1963
51/9
Miscellaneous expenses
1913-1919
51/10
Record of sales by invoice number
1948-1953
52/1-2
Record of stock and bonds owned (1 volume and 1
folder of papers)
1918-1935
52/3
Stock book, Francis A. Seufert and
Co.
1954
52/4
Stock certificates
1891-1929
Series E
General materials
1889-1984
52/5
American Can Company research reports
1935
undated
52/6
Apple Growers Association canning notes
1936
52/7
Association of Pacific Fisheries--Correspondence and
brochure
1916
1919
Oversize folder
Atkinson Ostrander Company blueprints (3
sheets)
1955-1956
52/8
Can specifications and weights
1914-1915
undated
52/9
Canning records, costs, procedures
1930-1936
undated
55/1
Corporate seal tool, Francis A. Seufert &
Co.
undated
Fish Statistics Database Project (conducted by the
Oregon Historical Society)
52/10
General information
circa 1983-1984
52/11-13
Computer printouts
circa 1983-1984
53/1-2
Computer printouts
circa 1983-1984
53/3
"Fish wheels"--Reports and photographs
undated
53/4
Fish wheel plans
1914
53/5
Food Machinery Corporation brochures and
blueprints
1939
undated
53/6
Food processing equipment brochures
1946
undated
53/7
Food processing procedures--Bulletins and
brochures
1931-1939
undated
53/8
Francis Seufert & Co.--Stationary and
correspondence
1954
53/9
Historical background of the company, by Francis A.
Seufert, Jr.
undated
53/10
List of customers
circa 1889
53/11
Memorabilia/ephemera
1928-1966
53/12
Miscellaneous records (bound volume), including
fishwheel catches, Francis A. Seufert & Co.
1954-1973
54/1
Miscellaneous records, salmon pack records (1
volume)
1896-1952
Includes information on court cases involving Indian fishing
rights
54/2
"Modern labels for canned foods," National Canners
Association
1950 October
54/3
National Canners Association--Bulletins and
brochures
1915-1949
54/4
Northwest Canners--Brochures, specifications,
prices
1925
1935
undated
Oversize folder
Poster, "Give the fish a chance" (proposition
332X)
undated
54/5
Produce and fish price quotations
circa 1915
54/6
Reprint of editorial published in The Dalles
Optimist
circa 1918
55/2-9
Printing plates for Seufert labels
undated
Oversize folder
Royal Exchange Assurance certificate for Arthur
Seufert
1899 November 15
68/2
Scrapbook
1914-1920
98/1-2
Scrapbooks
1919-1931
54/7
"A short history of Seufert Brothers Co.," by
Francis A. Seufert
1954
54/8
Statement of catch by Fish Commission
1944-1945
54/9
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture--Standards, services,
regulatory announcements
1936-1938
54/10
Washington Packers Association,
Inc.--Brochures
1937-1938