Guide to the Charles A. Blodgett Business Records 1900-1941
Cage 24

Summary Information

Repository
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Creator
Blodgett, Charles A.
Title
Charles A. Blodgett Business Records
ID
Cage 24
Date [inclusive]
1900-1941
General Physical Description note
57 6 linear feet of shelf space.
Language
English
Abstract
Ledgers containing accounts, inventories, and miscellaneous notes, chiefly for Blodgett Mercantile Company.

Preferred Citation note

[Item Description]. Cage 24, Charles A. Blodgett Business Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Scope and Contents note

The business records of Charles A. Blodgett, storekeeper, are comprised of 57 ledger books containing accounts, inventories and miscellaneous notes regarding the operation of general merchandise stores in Victor and Kalispel, Montana (1900-1902) and in Spokane, Washington (1902-1941). The Spokane business was generally known as the Blodgett Mercantile Company.

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Arrangement note

The ledger books are arranged in two series: Ledgers and Oversize Ledgers. Each series is arranged chronologically.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries © 1972

http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

The collection was donated to the Washington State University Library by L. T. Blodgett.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Blodgett Mercantile Company. --Archives

Personal Name(s)

  • Blodgett, Charles A. --Archives

Subject(s)

  • Business, Industry, and Labor
  • Merchants -- Washington (State)--Spokane
  • Washington (State)

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Collection Inventory

Series 1: Ledgers 
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 1900-1914   20.0 items.

 1

 1914-1915   3.0 items.

 2

 1916-1920   2.0 items.

 3

 1920-1925   3.0 items.

 4

 1925-1926   2.0 items.

 5

 1927-1929   3.0 items.

 6

 1931-1938   4.0 items.

 7

 1939-1941   3.0 items.

 8

Undated volumes 1914-1918   7.0 items.

 9

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Series 2: Oversize Ledgers 
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 1918 

 10

 1921 

 11

 1923 

 12

 1924 

 13

 1925 

 14

 1926 

 15

 1928 

 16

 1929 

 17

 1932 

 18

 1934-1937 

 19

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