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Ogle Hardware Company (Roundup, Mont.)
Ogle Hardware Company
Records
1915-1926
4 linear feet of shelf
space
The Ogle Hardware Company was a
Roundup, Montana, hardware company that opened its doors in 1915. The
collection includes correspondence and financial records (1915-1925) for the
Roundup firm; and subgroups of financial records (1918-1926) for the Ogle
Mercantile Company of Gage, Montana and a subgroup of personal correspondence
and financial records for Walter M. Ogle, founder and owner of Ogle Hardware.
English
The Ogle Hardware Company, owned and operated by Walter M. Ogle,
opened its doors in 1915 in Roundup, Montana. The company provided building,
farming, and ranching equipment to residents of the Musselshell Valley. Walter
Ogle also made bids on building contracts for the city and local residents. In
1918 Ogle expanded his operations to include the Ogle Mercantile Company in
Gage, Montana. Walter M. Ogle was born in Carlyle, Illinois, August 7, 1880. He
came to Montana around the turn of the century, probably with one of his
brothers, Leo Ogle. The latter worked as a teamster in Roundup and later with
Walter in the hardware store. In his first few years in Montana, Walter Ogle
worked as a traveling salesman for farming and general merchandise supply
businesses. By 1909 he gained a permanant position as the manager of H.E.
Marshall Mercantile in Martinsdale, Montana. By the following year he was
serving as vice-president of the Citizen's Bank of Roundup. Between 1913 and
1915 he was vice-president and treasurer of the Newton Hardware and Implement
Company, Roundup. In 1915 he opened his own store with his brother serving as
partner. Ogle Hardware closed in the early 1930s. Walter Maurice Ogle married Pearl Gertrude Ogle. They had two sons, Walter J and Willard, and a daughter, Edna, who died at a young age.
Content Description:
This collection contains three subgroups. The records of the Ogle
Hardware Company form the bulk of the collection. The records include general
correspondence (1916-1924) primarily from various national supply companies;
finanical records (1915-1926) including bills, cash books, check registers and
inventories; scattered legal records (1921-1926) including sales contracts and
promisory notes; and miscellaneous advertisements, forms, and price lists for
supply companies. The records for the Ogle Mercantile Company consist primarily
of accounts (1918-1920) filed by the customer's last name. The records also
include check books, a check register, and ledgers (1918-1920). The papers of
Walter M. Ogle consist of scattered incoming correspondence (1908-1920) from
business associates, family, and friends; financial records (1909-1923)
including account statements for contracted labor, bills and receipts, check
stubs, scattered insurance statements, and tax receipts; and miscellany
(1909-1917) including a certificate of membership in the Lange National
Detective Bureau and a Roundup city ordinance regarding licensing of plumbers.
Arrangement:
by series
Acquisition Information:
available upon request
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the
Montana Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials
about related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.
Retail trade
Gage
(Mont.)--Commerce
Roundup
(Mont.)--Commerce
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection
Ogle Mercantile Company Records
General Correspondence
1 / 1
A (primarily from suppliers
includes Aeromotor Company, Arcadian Malleable Range Company, Associated
Manufacturers Company)
1916
1 / 2
B (includes Bankers Reserve
Life Company, Billings Hardware Company, Burnham Manufacturing Company)
1915-1916
1 / 3
C-D (includes L.J. Caffrey,
Chambers Hardware Company, Continental Oil Company, Dodd & Struthers
Company)
1915-1916
1 / 4
E-F (includes Elgin Wind,
Power and Pump Company, Flint & Walling Manufacturing Company)
1915-1916
1 / 5
G-H (includes Great Western
Stove Repair Company, Helena Hardware Company A.M. Holter Hardware Company,
R.R. Howell & Company)
1915-1916
1 / 6
I-K (includes The Icy Hot
Bottle Company; Wm. J. Jameson; Janney, Semple, Hill & Company; Kokomo
Steel and Wire Company; Korsmeyer Company)
1915-1916
1 / 7
L (includes The John Lauson
Manufacturing Company, The Lennox Furnace Company, The Louden Machinery
Company)
1916
1 / 8
M (includes Madden Glass
Company, Montana Electric Company, Montana Industrial Accident Board, Montana
Oil Company, Montana State Board of Examiners, Montana State Game & Fish
Warden)
1915-1916
1 / 9
N-P (includes National Cash
Register Company, G.E. O'Neil, Power Mercantile Company, Pratt & Lambert
Company)
1915-1916
1 / 10
R (includes Red Jacket
Manufacturing Company, Roundup Coal Mining Company, Ryegate Mercantile)
1915-1916
1 / 11
S (includes Savage Arms
Company, W.R. Swank Atty.)
1915-1916
1 / 12
Simmons Hardware Company
1916
1 / 13
T (includes Mrs. H. Talbot,
State Bank of Townsend, Frank Wilson)
1916
1 / 14
A-B (includes O.L. Armstrong,
The Beckwith Company, Butte Electric Supply Company)
1918
1 / 15
C (includes L.R. Carroll,
Citizens State Bank of Roundup, Geo. A. Clark & Son, Crescent Manufacturing
Company)
1917-1918
1 / 16
D (includes Dempster Mill
Manufacturing Company, Dodd & Struthers, E.I. DuPont Company)
1917-1918
1 / 17
E (includes Edison Lamp Works,
Employers Association of Montana, Excelsior Powder Manufacturing Company)
1917
1 / 18
F-J (includes Franklin Garage;
Gary Hay Grain Company; Glendive Chamber of Commerce; F.M. Guthrie; Frank
Haskins; Hutchinson Lumber Company; Janney, Semple, Hill & Company)
1918
2 / 1
K-M (includes J. Fred Kiesel,
Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, Montana Oil Company)
1918
2 / 2
N-P (includes National Rubber
Filler Company, Charles H. Parizek Store, Platner-Yale Manufacturing Company
Pratt & Lambert Inc.)
1917-1918
2 / 3
R (includes Red Wing Sewer
Pipe Company, Retail Credit Company, Roberts-Hamilton Company, K. Rozencrantz,
Ryegate Mercantile Company, Ryniker-Winter Hardware Company)
1917-1918
2 / 4
S (includes F.P. Savage, D.F.
Schodeck, Simmons Hardware Company, Geo. A. Sloan, St. Paul Roofing, Cornice
& Ornament Company, State Implement Company)
1918
2 / 5
T-Y (includes Thompson
Company, State Bank of Townsend, U.S. Land Office, Mrs. M.C. White, Yellowstone
National Bank)
1917-1918
2 / 6
A-B (includes Aeromotor
Company, Allied Mining and Milling Company, The Beckwith Company, I.Q. Bennett,
Black Dome Oil Company Howard Boylan, H.S. Brigg, Butte Association of Credit
Men)
1919-1924
2 / 7
C-D (includes J.I. Case
Threshing Machine Company, Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company, Devils Dome Oil
and Gas Company, Fred W. Dralle)
1919-1923
2 / 8
G-M (includes Olaf Garden
Hardware; Mutual Casualty Company; Jameson & Desenberry; Janney, Semple,
Hill and Company; W.S. Johnson; Montana Master Plumbers Assoc.; J.M. Morgan;
Musselshell Mercantile Company)
1919-1923
2 / 9
N-P (includes National Rubber
Filler Company, H.P. Nelson, Northwestern Hardware and Steel Company,
Northwestern Auto Supply Company, Oakland Motor Car Company, C.D. Osborne,
Charles H. Parizek, Public Motor Company)
1919-1923
2 / 10
R (includes Ragen &
Timmerman, Roberts-Hamilton Company, W.A. Ross, B.C. Roy)
1919-1922
2 / 11
Sa-Si (includes Saint Paul
Trust and Savings Bank, Simmons Hardware Company)
1919-1922
2 / 12
Sk-Sw (includes Skinner &
Smith, Wm. C. Smith Rubber Company, Spokane Federal Land Bank, M.G. Swingle)
1919-1924
2 / 13
T-Y (includes Alfred J. Teler,
Tri-State Adjustment Company, U.S. Treasury Dept., F.M. Wall, H.M. Wallace,
Perle H. Wilkin, Walt Williams, Peter Yegen Jr.)
1919-1922
Financial Records
3 / 1
Bills: A-B (includes
Advance-Rumely Thresher Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Auto Electric
Machine Company, E.T. Baron, Billings Hardware Company, J.B. and R.L. Brant,
Broadwater County Creamery Company, Burnham Manufacturing Company)
1915-1916
3 / 2
Bills: C-D (includes Capewell
Horse Nail Company, Carpenter Paper Company, Charles Comstock, Continental Oil
Company, Dodd & Struthers Company)
1915-1917
3 / 3
Bills: E-J (includes Ellis
Paint Company, M.R. Forster, The Glidden Varnish Company, Handel Brothers
Company. Helena Hardware Company, Helena Stamp Works, Hudson & Thurber,
Jones and Dillingham)
1915-1916
3 / 4
Bills: Janney, Semple, Hill
& Company
1916-1917
3 / 5
Bills: K-M (includes The
Kellogg-Mackay Company, Knapp & Spencer Company, Kokomo Steel and Wire
Company, I.G. Madden, The Malleable Steel Range Manufacturing Company, Midland
Coal and Lumber Company, Minnesota Harness Factory Inc., The Montana Electric
Company, Montana Hardware Company, Montana Lumber Company, Montana Oil Company)
1915-1916
3 / 6
Bills: N-O (includes National
Cash Register Company Newton Lumber Company; Nicols, Dean & Gregg; Northern
Electric Company; Northern School Supply Company; North-Western School Supply
Company; Orpheum Theatre; Outcault Advertising Company)
1915-1916
3 / 7
Bills: P-R (includes Pacific
Manifolding Book Company, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Plant Rubber Company,
Geo. R. Powers, Power Mercantile Company, Pratt & Lambert, Roberts-Hamilton
Company, J.D. Robinson, Roundup Cabinet Works, Roundup Coal Mining Company,
Roundup Garage, The Roundup Record, The Roundup Tribune)
1915-1917
3 / 8
Bills: S-Y (includes A. Shaw
& Company, G. Sommers & Company, Wm. N. Taylor's Garage and Livery,
C.P. Tillman Plumbing, United Brass Manufacturing Company, United States Rubber
Company, U.S. Stove Repair Company, The Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company)
1915-1916
3 / 9
Bills: A-B (includes
Advance-Rumely Thresher Company, American Steam Laundry, Battreall Shoe
Company, The Beckwith Company, Billings Hardware Company, Britton Lumber
Company, Butte Electric Supply Company)
1919-1923
3 / 10
Bills: C (includes Citizen's
Loan & Insurance Company Geo. A. Clark & Son, John Clark Saddlery
Company, The Continental Oil Company, Crandall Packing Company, Crescent Paint
& Manufacturing Company)
1919-1923
3 / 11
Bills: D-F (includes Dean
& Skeie Jewelers; Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company; The Detroit Vapor
Stove Company; Jones and Dickingham; Dinsmore-Graves Drug Company; Duplex
Manufacturing Company; Elso Dairy; The Fad Shoe & Clothing Company;
Foreman, Ford & Company)
1918-1923
3 / 12
Bills: G-K (includes M.M.
Geboski Sales Company, Glidden Varnish Company, Great Western Smelting &
Refining Company, A.M. Holter Hardware Company, Howard Stove & Furnace
Company, The Inland Seed Company, Knights of Columbus)
1918-1925
3 / 13
Bills: L-W (includes Lisk
Manufacturing Company, T.F. McLaughlin, Mutual Oil Company, Newton Market, Red
Wing Union Stoneware Company, Roberts-Hamilton Company, Wolverine Brass Works)
1920-1923
3 / 14
Bills: B-L (includes J.M.
Bailey; Billings Hardware Company; Geo. A. Clark & Son; John Clark Saddlery
Company Coleman Lamp Company; F.B. Connelly Company; Continental Oil Company;
Cownie Tanning Company; Crescent Manufacturing; Dempster Mill Manufacturing
Company; Devoe & Raynolds Company; The Dexter Company; F.L. Dye Plumbing
and Plumbing Supplies; Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Company, Hardsocg (?)
Manufacturing Company; E.U. Logan Glass & Paint Company)
1926
3 / 15
Bills: M-Y (includes A.Y.
McDonald Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, Montana
Hardware Company, Montana Leather Company, J.A. Morrow Lumber, Lath and
Shingles, Powers' Transfer Company, Roundup Buick Company, The Roundup Tribune,
Ryniker-Winter Hardware Company, United States Rubber Company, U.S. Stove
Repair Company, Winchester-Simmons Company, The Yale & Towne Manufacturing
Company)
1926
4 / 1-2
Cash books
1915-1920
4 / 3
Checkbook: Citizen's State
Bank (Roundup)
1924-1925
4 / 4
Checkbook: Roundup National
Bank
1923
4 / 5
Checkbook: Yellowstone
National Bank (Billings)
1923
Vol. 1
Check register
1918-1920
OVFD /
Check register
1923
4 / 6
Collection book: United
Creditor's Association
1918-1923
4 / 7
Credit reports
1916-1923
4 / 8
Inventories [3 books]
1916-1917
5 / 1
Inventories [2 books]
1918
5 / 2
Inventories [2 books]
1919
5 / 3
Inventories [2 books]
1920
5 / 4
Inventories [2 books]
1921
5 / 5
Inventories [2 books]
1922
5 / 6
Inventories [2 books]
1923
5 / 7
Inventories [3 books]
1925-1926
5 / 8
Order book (lists contract
jobs, materials used and time spent)
1916-1917
6 / 1
Payroll (includes monthly
statements)
1916-1917
6 / 2
Promisory notes
1915,
1919-1920
Legal Documents
6 / 3
Contracts (includes sales
contracts with Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, Westinghouse Lamp
Company)
1921-1926
6 / 4
Explosives license
1917
Miscellany
6 / 5
Advertisements: Ogle Hardware
Company
1916
6 / 6
Advertisements: various
national supply companies
1917-1919
6 / 7
Forms (includes sample invoice
formats)
n.d.
6 / 8
Price lists: various national
suppliers
1916-1923
Ogle Mercantile Company Records
Financial Records
6 / 9
Accounts: A (by customers last
name) [materials removed from deteriorating account books]
1918-1919
6 / 10
Accounts: B
1918-1919
6 / 11
Accounts: C
1918-1919
6 / 12
Accounts: D
1918-1919
6 / 13
Accounts: E
1918-1919
6 / 14
Accounts: F
1918-1919
6 / 15
Accounts: G
1918-1919
6 / 16
Accounts: H
1918-1919
6 / 17
Accounts: J
1918-1919
6 / 18
Accounts: K
1918-1919
6 / 19
Accounts: L
1918-1919
6 / 20
Accounts: M
1918-1919
6 / 21
Accounts: Mc
1918-1919
6 / 22
Accounts: N
1918-1919
6 / 23
Accounts: O
1918-1919
7 / 1
Accounts: P
1918-1919
7 / 2
Accounts: R
1918-1919
7 / 3
Accounts: S
1918-1919
7 / 4
Accounts: T
1918-1919
7 / 5
Accounts: W
1918-1919
7 / 6
Accounts: A
1920
7 / 7
Accounts: B
1920
7 / 8
Accounts: C
1920
7 / 9
Accounts: D
1920
7 / 10
Accounts: F
1920
7 / 11
Accounts: G
1920
7 / 12
Accounts: H
1920
7 / 13
Accounts: J
1920
7 / 14
Accounts: K
1920
7 / 15
Accounts: L
1920
7 / 16
Accounts: M
1920
7 / 17
Accounts: N
1920
7 / 18
Accounts: O
1920
7 / 19
Accounts: P
1920
7 / 20
Accounts: Q
1920
7 / 21
Accounts: R
1920
7 / 22
Accounts: S
1920
7 / 23
Accounts: T
1920
7 / 24
Accounts: W
1920
7 / 25
Checkbooks
1920-1921
Vol. 2
Check register
1919-1923
7 / 26-27
Ledgers
1918-1920,
1926
Vol. 3
Transfer book (includes
information transferred from account books)
1919
Walter M. Ogle Papers
Incoming Correspondence
8 / 1-2
A-W (includes Julius Berg,
Byron Cates, G.H. Erson (?), W.B. Folsom, Sam Glenn, P.W. Hughes, W. Kobelt,
H.E. Marshall, Moneyweight Scale Co., National Packing Co., Florence Ogle, Leo
Ogle, R.C. & Reid (for estate of J.B. Ogle), R.A. Smith, Alex Thompson Jr.,
F.M. Wall Co.,)
1908-1920
Miscellaneous Correspondence
8 / 3
Mrs. Guy G. Pender to Sam
Glenn re sale of horse
1916
Financial Records
8 / 4
Account statements (includes
statements for materials and sub-contracted labor used by Walter Ogle in his
private contracting jobs)
1905-1915
8 / 5
Bills and receipts
1909-1915
8 / 6-7
Cancelled checks
1911-1923
8 / 8
Insurance (includes scattered
statements and policy information)
1910-1923
8 / 9
Tax receipts (scattered)
1911-1922
Legal Documents
8 / 10
Deeds
1909-1917
Miscellany
8 / 11
Certificate of membership in
the Lange National Detective Bureau
1917
8 / 12
Documents and letters relating
to unidentified court case in Musselshell County
1912-1915
8 / 13
Political literature
1917
8 / 14
Roundup city ordinance (copy)
re licensing of plumbers
n.d.
Clippings
8 / 15
Obituaries (Joseph Ogle
(uncle), Agnes Pierce)
1909