UUS_mss007.xml Guide to the Sidney Stevens Implement Company records 1890-1915 Sidney Stevens Implement Company records 1890-1915 Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives 2008
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-06. Finding guide is in English in Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Sidney Stevens Implement Company records UUS_COLL MSS 007 52 boxes and 30 volumes 26 linear feet 1890-1915 Records include all types of correspondence, invoices, receipts, credit and debit memoranda, stock orders, freight bills, shipping orders, employee time reports, journal daybooks, etc. Much of the material relates to other branch stores in Montpelier and Preston, Idaho, and Ogden. Includes letters from company agents who canvassed Utah and Idaho, including E. T. Dobson, Wilford Chatterton, James Meikle, William A. Norton, and George H. Fisher. Collection materials are in English.

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The collection was presented to Utah State University in 1967 by Mrs. Nettie Anderson of Logan through the good office of Dr. S. George Ellsworth.

Sidney Stevens Implement Company records, 1890-1915 (COLL MSS 007). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Located in Logan, Utah from 1891 to 1915, the store's main business was the sale of agricultural implements and the sale and resale of farm commodities.The Sidney Stevens Implement Company was founded in Ogden, Utah, in 1865 as a hardware store. It grew with Ogden and Weber County and came, by the mid-1880s, to concentrate on the sale of agricultural implements and the purchase and resale of farm commodities.

In 1890, a branch store was opened in Logan at 65 West Center Street with E. Farley as first local manager. Incorporated under Utah Laws in 1896, the company eventually established branch houses in Preston, Montpelier and Downey, Idaho, and in Garland, Utah, as well as in smaller surrounding communities. About 1920, the entire chain was purchased by Ogden-based Eccles family interest and the name changed to Mountain States Implement Company, a company which continued in operation until 1969.

The papers of the Sidney Stevens Implement Company in the holdings of the Special Collections and Archives department of the USU Library are those of the Logan Branch from 1891 to 1915, virtually the entire life of the branch. While Logan operated directly under Ogden headquarters, it would seem that the two other main branches of the company, those at Montpelier and Preston, Idaho, were subordinate to the Logan Office.

The collection has been divided into two parts: Manuscript boxes and Bound Ledgers and Journals.

 Logan (Utah)--History. Agriculture Agricultural implement industry--Utah--Logan--History. Agricultural implement industry--Utah--History. Correspondence Manuscript boxes Part I General Correspondence Jan. 1892-July 16, 1895 1

boxes 1 through 8 contain "General Correspondence. Includes inquires, carbons of collection notes, correspondence with wholesale houses, letters to and from the branch houses.

 General Correspondence 1895-1897 2 General Correspondence 1898-1902 3 General Correspondence 1902-1903 4 General Correspondence 1905 5

(1904 missing)

 General Correspondence 1906-1907 6 General Correspondence 1908-1909 7 General Correspondence 1910-1911 8 Collection letters 1896-1901 9

Includes carbons of letters asking payment and replies from purchasers regarding payment of debts to the Company. Similiar correspondence was earlier filed under the heading "General Correspondence."

 Invoices and Receipts 1890 February 13-1895 10

boxes 10 through 14 contain "Invoices and Receipts." As the designation implies these are invoices and receipts for purchases by the Logan Branch directly from wholesale suppliers and to and from the Ogden Office and the various branch stores. Also included are receipts for payments of local bills--electricity, telephone, etc.

 Invoices and Receipts 1895 December-1897 11 Invoices and Receipts 1898-1899 12 Invoices and Receipts 1903 September - 1911 September 13 Invoices and Receipts 1912 March 30-1914 December 31 14 Ogden Letters 1890-1891 15

boxes 15 through 26 contain "Ogden Letters." These are usually letters of instruction or inquiry from the main office to the manager of the Logan Branch (and less often carbons of letters from Logan to Ogden). The early letters also contain shipping lists of material sent from Ogden to Logan, a form later called "Ogden Transfer Invoices" (see also Book 25).

 Ogden Letters 1892-1895 16 Ogden Letters 1895-1898 17

(incl. Transfer Invoices)

 Ogden Letters 1898 January-November 18

(incl. Transfer Invoices)

 Ogden Letters 1898-1899 19

(incl. llransfer Invoices)

 Ogden Letters 1899-1900 20 Ogden Letters 1901-1903 21

(1902 missing)

 Ogden Letters 1904-1905 22 Ogden Letters 1906-1908 March 23 Ogden Letters 1908 April-1909 24 Ogden Letters 1910 January-1911 June 25 Ogden Letters 1911 January-1914 December 26

(incl. 1914 correspondence with branches)

 Note Receipts 1908 April-December 27

boxes 27 and 28 contain "Note Receipts." Receipts indicate Ogden numbers given to the Notes when forwarded to the Main Office by the Logan branch.

 Note Receipts, Ogden: Jan. 1, 1909-April 1, 1912, Preston: 1904-1908 28 Preston Letters 1896-1898 29

boxes 29 through 33 contain "Preston Letters, including letters from agents E. T. Dobson (1892), Wilford Chatterton (1892-98), James Meikle (1895-1902), letters from the Preston Branch to Logan, including Preston Transfer Invoices. Also included are letters from company agents who canvassed northern Cache Valley, Malad Valley, Marsh Valley, and Gentile Valley for Sidney Stevens Implement Company.

 Preston Letters 1899-1900 30 Preston Letters 190l-1904 31 Preston Letters 1904-1911 32 Preston Letters 1911-1912 33

(incl. 1912 correspondence wtih Sidney Stevens Branches at Montpelier, Garland and Downey)

 Montpelier Letters 1896-1911 34

box 34 contains "Montpelier Letters," correspondence from the Montpelier Branch with Logan. Also included are letters of William A. Norton (1898), resident agent at McCammon, and George H. Fisher (1905-1906), traveling agent in the Bear Lake, Bear River, and Cache Valleys.

 Ogden Transfer Invoices 1892 January-1895 February 13 35

boxes 35 through 43 contains "Ogden Transfer Invoices," shipping lists with prices and serial numbers of stock forwarded from Ogden headquarters to the Logan Branch (see also Book 25).

 Ogden Transfer Invoices 1895 February-1898 February 36 Ogden Transfer Invoices 1898 December-1900 December 37 Ogden Transfer Invoices l901 January-July 29, 1902 38 Ogden Transfer Invoices 1903 April 30-1905 February 01 39 Ogden Transfer Invoices 1905 February 01-1907 February 01 40 Ogden Transfer Invoices 1907 February 01-1908 February 01 41 Ogden Transfer Invoices 1909 February 01-1911 February 01 42

(also incl. Preston and Montpelier Transfer Invoices)

 Ogden Transfer Invoices 1911 February 01-1915 February 01 43 (a) "Credit and Debit Momoranda" (a book showing of the profit and loss of the Logan Branch and its "accounts" at Ogden headquarters) and (b) "Ogden and Branch Collection Reports." 1891-1915 44 Stock Orders 1900-1912 October 45

box 45 contains "Stock Orders," orders for material from the warehouses at the Ogden headquarters.

 Logan Transfer Invoices l911 February 09-1913 Jaunary 03 46

boxes 46 and 47 contain "Logan Transfer Invoices," stock shipped from Logan to the other branches.

 Logan Transfer Invoices 1913 August 01-1915 February 01 47

(also incl. "Miscellaneous Inventories and Memoranda," 1911-1912).

 Freight Bills 1894 -1889 April 08 48

(incl. "Bills of Lading," Feb. 5, 1897 - April 8, 1898). boxes 48 throuqh 50 contain "Freight Bills," OSLRR charges on shipments sent from the Logan Branch.

 Freight Bills 1899 January 18-1906 February 01. 49 Freight Bills 1906 February 01-1911 August 11 50

(inc. "Cashier's Memo - Freight Bill," June 9, 1908-Aug. 11, 1913)

 Shipping Orders, #100 L 1914 April 08- 1914 August 11 51 (a) employees' "Time Reports" and branch office "Deposit Slips" and (b) a blank checkbook of Sidney Stevens Implement Company, Logan Branch -- (a) 1907 September 12-1913 March 1. 52 Examples of original filing undated 53 Ledgers Part II 1891-1915 Letterbooks Book 0 1891 February 17- 1892 January 22 54 0

(largely Logan to Ogden office, see also Book 22). Books 0 through 10 are "Letterbooks" containing copies of letters sent by the Logan Branch.

 Letterbooks Book 1 1891 February 1- 1892 January 22. 54 1 Letterbooks Book 2 1893 July 1-1895 February 2 54 2 Letterbooks Book 3 1895 February 4- 1896 April 26 55 3 does not exist Book 4 1891-1915 Letterbooks Book 5 1897 December 18- 1898 October 28 55 5 Letterbooks Book 6 1898 October 29-1899 Auguat 2 56 6 Letterbooks Book 7 1899 August 2 - 1900 March 16 56 7 Letterbooks Book 8 1900 March 17- 1900 June 9 57 8 Letterbooks Book 9 1900 June 11-1900 July 7 58 9 Letterbooks Book 10 1901 July 22 - 1902 October 7 58 10 Invoices Book 11 1892 February 28-1893 June 23 59 11

(see also Book 25). Books 11 throuqh 16 contain "Invoices" for items sold by the Logan Branch including transfers to other branches.

 Invoices Book 12 1898 November 14-1900 May 28 59 12 Invoices Book 13 1901 March 18-1902 June 20 60 13

(Invoices, June 8, 1900 to March 16, 1901 in Book 8)

 Invoices Book 14 1902 June 21-1903 August 14 60 14 Invoices Book 15 1903 August 15-1906 October 16 61 15 Invoices Book 16 1906 October 22-1906 July 22 61 16 Transfer Invoices Book 17 1905 March 2-1908 January 31 61 17

Books 17 and 18 contain "Transfer Invoices": Stock shipped from the Logan Branch to the other branches or to Ogden.

 Transfer Invoices Book 18 1908 January 11-1911 February 28 62 18 Journal Daybooks Book 19 April 1890-1890 July 16 62 19

Books 19 through 21 are "Journal Daybooks," daily income and expenses of the Logan Branch.

 Journal Daybooks Book 19a 1891 October- 1892 November 10 62 19a Journal Daybooks Book 20 1892 November 19-1894 October 9 63 20 Journal Daybooks Book 21 1894 October 10-1895 May 31 63 21

(incl. letters, June 23-24, 1896)

 Remittance Books Book 22 1891 February 09-1892 November 22 64 22

(largely letters from Farley, manager at Logan, to Sidney Stevens in Ogden). Books 22 and 23 are labeled "Remittance Books," but they seem to have combined the functions of daybooks and letterbooks. The designation seems to come from the fact that they contain account totals forwarded from Logan to Ogden.

 Remittance Books Book 23 1896 June 25-1898 November 14 65 23 Journal (Daybook), Book 24 1891 January 1-1895 May 31 24

(posted to Ledger "B"). Books 24 throuqh 29 are "Ledgers" or in "Ledger" format.

 Invoices Book 25 1890 August 5-1891 November 12 25

(largely original Ogden Transfer Invoices tipped in, see box 35ff.)

 Ledger "A" Book 26 1890 66 26 Ledger "B" Book 27 1891-1898 27

(with index in pocket)

 Ledger "C" Book 28 1893-1904 28 Index to Ledger "C" Book 28a undated 67 28a Trial Balance Book 29 undated 67 29

(incl. annual statements, Logan Branch 1903ff.)

 Index Book 30 Undated 67 30