UAKMs52 Guide to the Finch Investment Company Records 1906-1958 Finch Investment Company Records Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture © 1987
2316 W. First Avenue Spokane, WA 99201
Finding aid encoded by Rose Krause 2011 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). November 2023 Finding aid edited and updated by Jack Gassen September 2023 Finding aid edited and updated by G. Mandarino Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
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Ms 52 Finch Investment Company (Spokane, Wash.) Finch Investment Company Records 1906-1958 4.5 ft. Founded by John A. Finch in 1906. Scattered correspondence (1907-1958, chiefly 1920-1948), fragmentary real estate records, and completed income tax forms for the various companies held by the firm. Materials are in English Historical Note

John A. Finch emigrated to the United States from England with his parents in 1862. He came to Spokane Falls in 1887 and joined with Amasa B. Campbell in the firm of Finch & Campbell, which concentrated in mining investments. In 1906 Finch formed his own firm, Finch Investment Company. Upon his death in 1915, 40% of his estate continued to be administered by the company for “civic betterment and charity.” Finch believed that “a man who made his money in an area should show his appreciation by leaving it some legacy.”

The collection consists of fragmentary real estate records, completed income tax forms for the various companies held for the firm, and odd bits and pieces of correspondence, 1907-1958 (bulk, 1920-1948).

The collection is arranged into 11 series: Series 1, Bell Mining Company Series 2, Corey, Wm. A. Series 3, El Dorado Mining Company Series 4, Finch Investment Company Series 5, Greenwood Cemetery Association Series 6, Milwaukee Mining Company Series 7, Real Estate Series 8, Riverside Park Cemetery Series 9, Riverside Park Cemetery Series 10, Smith, Charlotte Finch Series 11, Standard Silver-Lead Mining Co.

Collection is not restricted.

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Copyright has not been assigned to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Museum Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Eastern Washington State Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher

Finch Investment Company Records (Ms 52), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.

Donated by Fairmont Memorial Park and Greenwood Memorial Terrace Board of Trustees.

Processed to the file folder level.

Nolan, Edward W. A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1987).

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search WorldCat using these headings.

Finch, John A., d. 1915 Finch Investment Company (Spokane, Wash.)--Archives Investments Real property--Washington (State) Spokane (Wash.)--Business, industries, and trades--Investments Washington (State)--Business, industries, and trades--Investments Washington (State)--Land records Washington (State) Spokane Introduction and Inventory 1 1 Series 1 Bell Mining Company Annual Statement 1912-1958 1 2 Tax Information 1928-1939 1 3 Tax Information 1940-1954 1 4 Big Bump Gold Mining Company 1928-1938 1 5 Blalock Fruit Company 1929 1 6 Couer d'Alene Mining and Concentrating Company 1912-1919 1 7 Corey-Prather Co.: Tax Returns 1948-1949 1 8 Corey-Prather Co.: Tax Returns 1950-1954 1 9 Series 2 Corey, Wm. A. Tax Information - Corporation 1928-1929 1 10 Tax Information - Employee Refund 1940-1951 1 11 Tax Information - Employer's Contribution 1942-1954 1 12 Tax Information - Employer's Return 1942-1955 1 13 Tax Information - Miscellaneous 1 14 Tax Information - Unemployment Compensation 1 15 Series 3 El Dorado Mining Company 1934-1936 1 16 Tax Returns 1936-1938 1 17 Income Tax 1939-1941 1 18 Income Tax 1942-1944 1 19 Federal and California Tax Returns 1944-1947 1 20 Tax Returns 1948-1954 1 21 Finch and Campbell Co.: Ledger 1897-1899 1 22 Series 4 Finch Investment Company Correspondence - Tax Commission - Washington State 1929 1 23 Washington State Taxes 1929-1930 1 24 1928-1938 1 25 Income Taxes #1 1939-1941 1 26 Income Taxes #2 1939-1941 1 27 Tax Returns 1942-1944 1 28 Tax Returns 1945-1948 1 29 Tax Returns 1946-1950 1 30 Tax Returns 1950-1954 1 31 Formosa Lead Mine: Annual Reports 1912-1923, 1925-1927, 1929-1940 1 32 Formosa Lead Mining Co.: Tax Returns 1928-1938 1 33 Series 5 Greenwood Cemetery Association 1932-1935 1 34 1936-1939 1 35 Corporation License, Officers and Directors 1939-1941 1 36 Federal - Tax Return, Capital Stock Ta, Annual Information Return 1939-1941 1 37 Excise Tax Return - Washington and Federal 1939-1941 1 38 Reports to Unemployment Compensation 1939-1941 1 39 Tax Returns 1930-1944 1 40 Report of Taxable Wages Paid 1939-1941 2 1 Perpetual Care Fund Trust - Income Tax 1939-1941 2 2 Perpetual Care Fund Trust 1942-1954 2 3 Stock Certificates 1888-1920 2 4 Tax Returns 1944-1948 2 5 Tax Returns 1948-1951 2 6 Tax Returns 1952-1954 2 7 Hussey, Charles and Susan 1928-1938 2 8 Jack Rabbit Mine 2 9 Land Investment Company 1928-1937 2 10 Series 6 Milwaukee Mining Company Annual Statements 1912-1921 2 11 Daily Cash Statement February 1903-July 1903 2 12 Ledgers (See Oversize Flat) 2 13 Ledger 1895-1900 2 14 Stock Certificates 1888-1892 2 15 Powell, Helen Campbell: Tax Returns 1929-1930 2 16 Series 7 Real Estate Abernethy Addition: Abstract of Title 2 17 Abernethy Addition (Garden Springs) 2 18 Alphonse Addition 2 19 Cannon Hill Park Addition, Clifton Highland, and Jerome Additions 2 20 Cook and Byers Addition; KKC 2 21 Cook's First Addition Cowan Tract 2 22 Downriver Park Deal 1907-1912 2 23 Hangman Creek Tract 2 24 Kaiser to Charlotte Finch 2 25 Koon and Martins Sup. of Queen Anne Keystone (2) Addition 2 26 Legal Papers; Miscellaneous 2 27 Montesano Addition 2 28 Moores Addition 2 29 Portland and Seattle Railroad Right-of-Way 2 30 Queen Anne Addition 2 31 Queen Anne Addition: Abstract of Title 2 32 Spokane, Portland and Seattle Right-of-Way 2 33 Summit Blvd. Area: Abstract of Title 2 34 N1/2 B.14 2nd to 3rd to RR. Addition: Various Papers 2 35 Winona and Woodland Addition 1908-1911 2 36 Woodland Addition - Washington Water Power Co.: Certificate of Title 3 1 Rex Mining Company: Annual Statements 1912-1918 3 2 Series 8 Riverside Park Cemetery Excise Tax Returns - Federal and Washington State Tax Returns 1939-1941 3 3 Legal, Miscellaneous 1939-1941 3 4 Report to Unemployment Compensation 1939-1941 3 5 Report of Taxable Wages Paid, Federal 1939-1941 3 6 Excise Tax Returns: Federal and Washington State 1942-1944 3 7 Report of Taxable Wages Paid, Federal 1942-1944 3 8 Tax Returns 1928-1939 3 9 Report to Unemployment Compensation 1942-1944 3 10 Tax Returns 1945-1948 3 11 Tax Returns 1948-1950 3 12 Tax Returns 1951-1954 3 13 Perpetual Care Trust Fund: Tax Records 1943-1954 3 14 Series 9 Riverside Park Company 1930-1939 3 15 Income Tax 1931-1938 3 16 Income Tax 1939-1941 3 17 Income Tax 1942-1944 3 18 Income Tax 1944-1948 3 19 Income Tax 1948-1950 3 20 Income Tax 1951-1954 3 21 Salmon River Gold Mining Company 1928-1935 3 22 Series 10 Smith, Charlotte Finch 1929-1935 3 23 Tax Returns 1936-1938; 1944-1945; 1948 3 24 Income Tax 1939-1941 3 25 Income Tax 1942-1944 3 26 Trustees of Will: A. W. Witherspoon and W. A. Corey [1948-1950] 3 27 Estate 3 28 Standard Ely Copper Company 1928-1930 3 29 Series 11 Standard Silver-Lead Mining Co. 1928-1935 3 30 1936-1938 3 31 Explosives 3 32 Income Tax: Montana and New Mexico, #1 1939-1941 3 33 Income Tax: Montana and New Mexico, #2 1939-1941 3 34 Income Tax: Montana and New Mexico, #3 1939-1941 3 35 Income Tax: Montana and New Mexico, #4; Unemployment 1939-1941 3 36 Miscellaneous 3 37 Motor Vehicles 1943-1944 3 38 Office of Price Administration - Affadavit of Producer 1944-1945 3 39 Tax Returns 1942-1944 3 40 Tax Returns 1944-1947 3 41 1948-1950 3 42 Snowshoe Mine: Economic Report 3 43 Tax Returns 1952-1954 3 44 War Manpower Commission, War Production Board 1943-1944 3 45 Star Mining Company: Annual Statement and Income Tax Return 1912-1928 3 46