Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Summary Information

Repository

Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections

Creator

McGregor Land and Livestock Company

Title

McGregor Land and Livestock Company Records

ID

Cage 16

Date [inclusive]

1887-1949

Extent

126 Linear feet of shelf space, 288 Boxes

Language

Collection materials are in English.

Abstract

Business correspondence, ledgers, account books, payrolls, insurance records, title abstracts, tax records and all types of daily business records of the McGregor Land and Livestock Company, an Eastern Washington company involved in wool growing, land, agriculture and mercantile enterprises.

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Biography/History

The grandsons of Scottish immigrants to Ontario, Canada in the 1840s, Peter and Archie McGregor moved to Washington Territory in the United States in 1882. Settling in the Palouse region of the Columbia Plateau, Peter and Archie began to operate a business in the open range sheep trade in the mid-1880s and owned 22,000 sheep by 1890. Peter and Archie were joined by brother John McGregor in 1886 and another brother, Alex McGregor, in 1900.

In 1905, the four McGregor brothers established the McGregor Land and Livestock Company. Through this corporation, the McGregors leased, cultivated, and pastured tens of thousands of acres of grazing land and created a general merchandising business through which they could buy and sell cattle, sheep, hogs, wheat, apples, and farm equipment. In 1908, the McGregors purchased the Bar U cattle ranch and created the Taylor Land and Livestock Company to manage it, and in 1917, they purchased the Palouse Irrigation and Power Company and incorporated it as the Hooper Realty Company. To house and supply employees, the McGregors bought up property in the town of Hooper, including a hotel, general store, blacksmith shop, and lumberyards.

In 1956, the McGregor Company was created as a separate company to operate the McGregor fertilizer and farm equipment ventures. As of 2018, the McGregor Company remains in operation and serves over 35 Pacific Northwest communities, with McGregor descendants serving as chairman and president of the company.

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Scope and Content

The McGregor papers are a large collection of the early business records of the McGregor Land and Livestock Company, one of the oldest sheep ranches in the Palouse region. Both the historians and the economists at WSC are enthusiastic about the potential use which the collection has as source material for the history of the livestock industry in eastern Washington; wage and price studies for the cattle business at a given time; and general economic conditions. The collection is extensive enough to permit studies of this kind since the ledgers, account books, business correspondence, payrolls, insurance records, abstracts of title, and many other types of daily business documents were preserved.

One unusual part of the collection is material concerning the Palouse Irrigation and Power Company, a private irrigation company formed in 1912. The articles of incorporation and some financial accounts have been kept, and since records are extant for very few of the private irrigation companies, these represent a unique feature which has added importance because of its scarcity.

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Arrangement

The collection is ordered into two main series by type of material. Series one, papers, is ordered chronologically, and then alphabetically by subject matter within each year. Series two, bound journals, seems to have been maintained in their original order.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2022

https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Acquisition Information

In 1959, Mr. John McGregor of Hooper, Washington, presented to the WSC Library the McGregor papers.

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Related Materials

Related Material

McGregor Land and Livestock Company and McGregor Family Records, circa 1886-1968 (Cage 902)

Preliminary Guide to the McGregor Land and Livestock Company Records, 1962-1976 (MS 1982.04)

Unprocessed accessions MS. 1980.12, MS. 1982.39

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :

• McGregor Land and Livestock Company -- Records and correspondence
• Palouse Irrigation and Power Company -- Records and correspondence

Subject(s)

• Cattle -- Washington (State), Eastern
• Sheep -- Washington (State), Eastern
• Agriculture -- Washington (State), Eastern
• Real estate business -- Washington (State), Eastern
• Agriculture
• Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1: Papers
1887-1888
Ledger of International Warehouse Co. of Hooper			box 1	folder 1
1918
			box	folder
A			1	2
Allen & Lewis			1	3
D.H. Anderson			1	4
Armour & Co.			1	5
B			1	6
M. Born & Co.			1	7
C			1	8
Colfax National Bank			1	9
D			1	10
E			1	11
Elevator			1	12
Exchange National Bank			1	13
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.			2	14
F			2	15
Futures			2	16
G			2	17
H			2	18
Idaho lands			3	19
Industrial Insurance Co.			3	20
I-J			3	21
K-L			3	22
Land leases			3	23
Liberty bonds			3	24
McClintock-Trunkey Co.			3	25
Mc			3	26
M-Sh			4	27
O-WRR & Co.			4	28
Photographs, McGregor Land & Livestock Co.			4	29
N-P			4	30
Pacific Grain Co.			4	31
Portland Wool Warehouse Co.			4	32
R			4	33
S			4	34
Sheep			4	35
Spokane Drug Co.			5	36
Spokane Dry Goods Co.			5	37
Standard Oil			5	38
S-V			5	39
United States Food Administration			5	40
United States Fuel Administration			5	41
W			5	42
Wyman Partridge and Co.			5	43
1919
			box	folder
A			6	44
Applications for work			6	45
B			6	46
C			6	47
Colfax National Bank			6	48
D-E			7	49
F			7	50
G			7	51
H			7	52
Highways, hogs, hotel			7	53
I, Idaho lands			7	54
J-M			8	55
McClintock-Turnkey Co.			8	56
McGregor			8	57
N-O			9	58
P-Q			9	59
R-S			9	60
School dist. 1-2, Sheep			9	61
Si-Sz			10	62
T-V			10	63
W			10	64
1920
			box	folder
A			11	65
Applications			11	66
B			11	67
C			11	68
Colfax National Bank			11	69
D			12	70
E			12	71
Exchange National Bank			12	72
F			12	73
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.			12	74
freight bills			12	75
G			13	76
H			13	77
Holley, Mason Hardware Co.			13	78
Hooper Realty			13	79
hotel			13	80
I			14	81
J-L			14	82
M			14	83
Mc			15	84
N-P			15	85
R			15	86
S			16	87
Sp			16	88
T-Z			17	89
1921
			box	folder
A			18	90
B			18	91
C			18	92
D-E			18	93
F			19	94
G			19	95
H			19	96
Holley-Mason Hardware Co.			19	97
I			20	98
J-L			20	99
M			20	100
McClintock-Trunkey Co.			20	101
N-O			21	103
P			21	104
R			21	105
S			22	106
School dist. 102, Sheep			22	107
Sp			22	108
T-U			23	109
V-Z			23	110
1922
			box	folder
A			24	111
B-C			24	112
D-E			24	113
F			25	114
G			25	115
H			25	116
Holley-Mason Hardware Co.			25	117
I-L (Ku-Klux-Klan literature)			26	118
M			26	119
McClintock-Trunkey Co.			26	120
McGregor			26	121
N-Q			27	122
R			27	123
S-Sh			27	124
Sp-Sz			28	125
T-U			28	126
V-Z			28	127
1923
			box	folder
A			29	128
B			29	129
C			29	130
D			29	131
E			30	132
F			30	133
G			30	134
Grote Deal, Baker-Boyer Bank matter (mortgage)			30	135
Grote Deal, bills, invoices, etc.			30	136
Grote Deal, 110,000 mortgage			30	137
Grote Deal, Special matter with Theodore			30	138
Grote Deal, harvest, sale of wheat			30	139
Grote Deal, correspondence			30	140
Grote Deal, Kerr & Lloyd, statements, correspondence, etc.			30	141
Grote Deal, miscelaneous on ranch operation			31	142
Grote Deal, payrolls			31	143
Grote Deal, Oscar Shearer			31	144
H			31	145
I			31	146
J			31	147
K-L			32	148
M			32	149
McClintock-Turnkey Co.			32	150
McGregor			32	151
Md-Mz			33	152
N-O			33	153
P-Q			33	154
R			33	155
S-Sh			34	156
Sp			34	157
Sp-Sz			35	158
Taylor			35	159
T			35	160
U			36	161
V			36	162
W			36	163
1925
			box	folder
A			37	165
B			37	166
C			37	167
D			37	168
E			37	169
F			38	170
G			38	171
H			38	172
Holley-Mason Hardware			38	173
I-J			39	174
K-L			39	175
M			39	176
McClintock-Turnkey Co.			39	177
Mc			39	178
N-R			40	179
R-Sc			40	180
Sc-So			40	181
Sp			41	182
Sq-Sz			41	183
T-V			41	184
W-Z			41	185
1926
			box	folder
A			42	186
B-C			42	187
D			42	188
E			42	189
F			43	190
G			43	191
H			43	192
I			44	193
J-K			44	194
L			44	195
M			44	196
Ma-Mi			45	197
Mc			45	198
N-Q			45	199
R			45	200
S			46	201
Sa-Se			46	202
Sh			46	203
Sp			46	204
Sp			46	205
Sp			46	206
St			47	207
St			47	208
T			47	209
U			47	210
V-W			47	211
W-Wh			47	212
Wo-Z			47	213
1927
			box	folder
A-Al			48	214
Ap-Au			48	215
B-Bl			48	216
Bu-C			48	217
C-Ca			48	218
Ca-Co			48	219
D			49	220
E			49	221
En			49	222
Ex			49	223
F-Fa			49	224
Fi			49	225
Fr			49	226
G-Gr			50	227
Gra			50	228
H-Hog			50	229
Hog-Hz			50	230
I			50	231
Ind			50	232
Int			50	233
J-K			50	234
L			51	235
M			51	236
MC			51	237
McGregor			51	238
N-O			52	239
P			52	240
R			52	241
S-Sa			52	242
Se-Sh			52	243
Sp			53	244
St-Sw			53	245
T			54	246
U-V			54	247
W			54	248
1928
			box	folder
A			55	249
B			55	250
C			55	251
D			55	252
E			56	253
F			56	254
G			56	255
H			57	256
Holley-Mason Hardware Co.			57	257
I-J			57	258
K-L			58	259
M			58	260
Me			58	261
N-P			59	262
R			59	263
S-Sh			59	264
Sp			60	265
St-Sw			60	266
T			60	267
U-V			60	268
W-Y			60	269
1929
			box	folder
A			61	270
B			61	271
C			61	272
D-E			61	273
F			62	274
G			62	275
H			62	276
I			63	277
J-L			63	278
M			63	279
Mc			64	280
N-P			64	281
R			64	282
S-Sh			65	283
Sh-St			65	284
St-Sw			65	285
T-V			66	286
V-Z			66	287
1930
			box	folder
A			67	288
B			67	289
C			67	290
D			67	291
E			68	292
F			68	292a
G			68	292b
H			68	292c
I-J			69	293
K-L			69	294
M			69	295
Mc			70	296
N-0			70	297
P			70	298
R			70	299
S-Sh			71	300
Sp			71	301
St-Sw			71	302
T			72	303
U-W			72	304
1931
			box	folder
A			73	305
B			73	306
C			74	307
D-F			74	308
G			74	309
H-Hog			75	310
Hol-J			75	311
L			76	312
M			76	313
Mc			76	314
N-P			76	315
R			77	316
S-Sh			77	317
Sp-Sw			77	318
T			78	319
U-Z			78	320
1933
			box	folder
A			79	321
B			79	322
C			79	323
D-F			80	324
G-H			80	325
I-J			80	326
K-L			81	327
M			81	328
Mc			81	329
N-R			82	330
Sh			83	331
Si-Sp			83	332
Sp-St			83	333
T-U			84	334
W-Z			84	335
1934
			box	folder
A			85	336
B			85	337
C			85	338
D			85	339
E			85	340
F			86	341
H			86	342
H			86	343
I			86	344
J			87	345
K			87	346
L			87	347
M			87	348
Mc			88	349
Mc			88	350
N-P			88	351
R			89	352
S			89	353
T			90	354
T			90	355
U			90	356
W-Z			90	357
1935
			box	folder
A-B			91	358
B			91	359
C			91	360
D			91	361
E			92	362
F			92	363
G			92	364
H			93	365
I-J			93	366
K			93	367
L			94	368
M			94	369
Mc			94	370
N-Q			95	371
R			95	372
S-Sh			95	373
Sp			95	374
St			96	375
T			96	376
U			96	377
V-Z			96	378
1936
			box	folder
A			97	379
B			97	380
C			97	381
D-E			97	382
F			98	383
G			98	384
H-I			98	385
J			99	386
K-L			99	387
M			100	388
Mc			100	389
N-P			100	390
R			101	391
S			101	392
S			101	393
T			102	394
U-V			102	395
W-Wa			102	396
Wh-Z			102	397
1937
			box	folder
A			103	398
B			103	399
C			103	400
D			103	401
E			104	402
F			104	403
G			104	404
H			104	405
I			105	406
J			105	407
K			105	408
L			105	409
M			106	410
Mc			106	411
N-P			106	412
R			107	413
S-Sp			107	414
St-T			108	415
U-V			108	416
W-Z			108	417
1938
			box	folder
A			109	418
B			109	419
C			109	420
D-E			110	421
F			110	422
G			110	423
H			110	424
I			111	425
J			111	426
K			111	427
L			111	428
M			112	429
Mc			112	430
N-Q			112	431
R			113	432
Roundup Grocery Co.			113	433
S-Sp			113	434
St			114	435
T			114	436
U			114	437
W			114	438
1939
			box	folder
A			115	439
B			115	440
C			115	444
D-E			116	442
F			116	443
G			116	444
H			117	445
I			117	446
J			117	447
K-L			117	448
M			118	449
Mc-O			118	45O
P-Z			118	451
R			119	452
S-Sn			119	453
So-Sp			120	454
St-Sz			120	455
T-Tax			121	456
Tay-U			121	457
W			122	458
Wheat			122	459
Wheat			122	460
X-Z			123	461
Wheat Loans			123	462
Northwest Livestock Production Credit Assoc.			123	463
Regional Agricultural Credit Corp. 1934			123	464
Northwest Livestock Production Credit Assoc.			124	465
Regional Agriculture Credit Corp.			124	466
Bills of lading, Wheat shipments. 1939			124	467
1940
			box	folder
A			125	468
B			125	469
C			125	470
D-E			125	471
F			126	472
G			126	473
H			126	474
I			126	475
J			127	476
K			127	477
L			127	478
M			128	479
Mc			128	480
N-O			128	481
P			128	482
R			129	483
S-Sn			129	484
Sp			129	488
St			130	486
T-U			130	487
W-Z			130	488
1941
			box	folder
A			131	489
B			131	490
C			131	491
D			131	492
E-F			132	493
G-H			132	494
I			132	495
J			133	496
K			133	497
L			133	498
M			133	499
Mc			134	500
N-O			134	501
P			134	502
Q-R			135	503
S-Ss			135	504
St			136	505
T-U			136	506
V-Z			136	507
1941 continued
			box	folder
A-G			137	508
H-L			137	509
M-R			137	510
S			138	511
T			138	512
V-W			139	513
miscellaneous			139	514
1942
			box	folder
A			140	515
B			140	516
C			140	517
D-E			140	516
F			141	519
G-H			141	520
I			141	521
J			142	522
K-L			142	523
M			142	524
N-P			143	525
R			143	526
S-So			144	527
Sp			144	528
St			144	529
T			145	530
U-V			145	531
W-Z			145	532
1943
			box	folder
A			146	533
B			146	534
C			146	535
D-F			146	536
G-H			147	537
I-J			147	538
K-L			147	539
M			148	540
Id-P			148	541
R			149	542
S-Sn			149	543
Sp			149	544
T			150	545
U-Z			150	546
1944
			box	folder
A			151	547
B			151	548
C			151	549
D-E			151	550
F-G			152	551
H-I			152	552
J-K			152	553
L-M			153	554
N-P			153	555
R-Sp			154	556
Sp-St			154	557
T			155	558
U-Z			155	559
1945
			box	folder
A-B			156	560
C-D			156	561
E-F			157	562
G-H			157	563
I-J			157	564
K-M			157	565
Mc			158	566
Mc			158	567
N-O			158	568
P-R			158	569
S-Sp			159	570
St			159	571
T-U			160	572
V-Z			160	573
1946
			box	folder
A-B			161	574
C			161	575
D-E			161	576
F			161	577
G-H			162	578
I-J			162	579
K-L			162	580
M			163	581
N-P			163	r82
R-S			163	583
So-St			164	584
T			164	585
U-Z			165	586
V-Z			165	587
1947
			box	folder
A-B			166	588
C			166	589
D			166	590
E			167	591
F			167	592
G			167	593
H			168	594
I			168	595
J			168	596
K-M			169	597
Mc			169	598
N-P			169	599
Q-R			170	60O
S			170	601
St			170	602
T			171	603
U			171	6O4
V-Z			171	605
1948
			box	folder
A-B			172	6O6
C			172	607
D-E			172	6O8
F			173	609
G			173	610
H-I			173	611
J-K			174	612
K			174	613
L			174	614
M			175	615
Mc			175	616
N-P			175	617
Q-R			175	618
S			176	619
Sp			176	620
St-T			177	621
U			177	622
V-W			177	623
1949
			box	folder
A			178	624
B			178	625
Ca			178	626
Ce-Cu			178	627
D-E			179	628
F			179	629
G			179	630
H			179	631
I			180	632
J			180	633
K			180	634
L			181	635
M			181	636
Mc			181	637
N-Q			181	638
R			182	639
S			182	640
Sh			182	641
Sp			182	642
St-Su			183	643
T			box 183	folder 644
1918-1927; undated
			box	folder
A-G			184	645
G-R			184	646
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Series 2: Volumes
				box
Palouse irrigation and Power Co. Land and water contracts				185
Palouse Irrigation and Power Co. Legal records				186
Abstract of titles and deeds				187
Fourth class postmasters accounts and cash books				188
Date book and one memo book				189
Checks and loans				190
Record of pouches rec'd and dispatched				191
Property Inventory				192
Miscellaneous ledgers and journals. Company accounts, bills payable and receivable. 1928				193
Company accounts 1919				194
Company accounts 1914-1918				195
Company accounts 1925				196
Company accounts 1920				197
Company accounts 1926				198
Company accounts 1929-36				199
Company accounts 1937				200
Company accounts 1942-44				201
Company accounts 1938-1949				202
Miscellaneous, journal Dec., 1910-Dec., 1923.				203
Sales journal 1930-1949				204
Journal May, 1934-May, 1938.				205
Journal March, 1929-Sept., 1931				206
Journal Oct., 1925-Apr., 1927				207
Journal Nov., 1921-Dec., 1922.				208
Journal Dec., 1935-Dec., 1949.				209
Journal May, 1927-Mar. 1929.				210
Journal				211
Journal Oct., 1932-Feb., 1939				212
Checks issued Feb., 1930-Oct., 1932.				213
Checks issued Nov., 1929-Dec., 1933				214
Checks issued Feb., 1928-Feb., 1930.				215
Checks issued Aug., 1927-Dec., 1929.				216
Checks issued Jan., 1926-Feb, 1928				217
Checks issued July, 1921-June 1924.				218
Checks issued July 1921-June 1924				218
Oct, 1923-Feb., 1926				219
Sept. 1922-Oct. 1929				220
Aug, 1917-Nov., 1919				221
Dec., 1916-1921				222
Feb., 1915-Sept., 1922.				223
Day book				224
May, 1938-Dec., 1949				225
May, 1935-March 1938				226
Jan. 1935-April, 1937				227
May, 1936-May, 1937				228
Jan 1934-March 1935				229
March 1935-May 1936				230
Jan. 1928-June 1934				231
Sept. 1932-April 1985				232
Nov., 1930-Sept. 1932				233
March 1929-Oct. 1930				234
Sept. 1927-Feb. 1929.				235
Closing Mr. Kelleher as receiver Sept 28, 1911-Jan. 1, 1914				236
Trial balance				237
Trial balance				238
Labor-saving--trial balance Jan. 1940-Dec., 1945				239
Trial balance 1945-1950				240
Payroll				241
Payroll				242
Trial balance Jan. 1915-April 1923				243
Payroll 1926				244
Payroll Jan. 1927-Sept. 1927				245
Payroll Dec. 1928-Dec. 1939				246
Payroll 1929-1944				247
Payroll 1929-1944				248
Cash book 1937				249
Transfer ledger 1938-1949				250
Cash book Oct, 1929-Nov., 1933				251
Cash book Oct. 1924-Sept. 1929				252
Cash book May 1 1924-Oct. 20, 1924				253
Wheat				254
Wheat				255
Cash journal July 1, 1910				256
Cash book Jan, 1914-1923				257
Cash book May 24, 1916-May 23, 1919				258
Cash book Jan 1, 1915-May 3, 1916				259
Sheep and wheat				260
Record book, Hooper Realty co.				261
Sheep				262
Inventory 1915-1923				263
Accounts record, general ledger July, 1944-Sept., 1947.				264
Accounts record, general ledger Sept., 1941-June, 1944				265
Accounts record, general leger July, 1938-Aug., 1941				266
Insurance, Royal Insurance Co. Ltd.				267
Real Estate tax statements 1917-1936				268
Taxes				269
Land taxes 1914-1933				270
Plan book				271
Wheat recoreds July 4, 1915-March 3, 1927				272
Correspondence carbons to Dec. 1947				273
Legal documents				274
Farming record, animals and crops				275
Miscellaneous				276
Vouchers March 14, 1907-May 1908				277
Fire insurance agents ledger				278
Miscellaneous				279
Transfer journal, cash disbursements, cash receipts, accounts payable 1938-1949				280
McGregor--(Transfer journal) Payroll 1940-1949				281
McGregor--(Transfer journal) Hotel, meals 1940 1949				281
Miscellaneous journal				282
Miscellaneous ledger journal				283
Detail list of personal property, invoices				284
Ledger				285
Ledger (misc.) 1907-1909				286
Accounts				287
Journal ledger 1948				288
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