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R         Grant-Davis Lumber Company.

109                  Records, 1882-1949.

                                    Twenty-nine volumes and nine folders.

 

 

 

These are business records of a lumber company based in Cabool, Missouri, which oper­ated in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.  The collection includes ledgers, cash books, trial bal­ances, inventories, and correspondence with the St.  Louis and San Francisco (“Frisco”) Rail­road Company regarding freight claims.  Russelle Grant Simonsen, daughter of Paul S. Grant, the last president of the firm, donated the records of the Grant-Davis Lumber Com­pany.  Mrs. Simonsen also provided background information on the company and the individuals who oper­ated it.  This information has been filed in the Information Folder.

 

Volumes 1-11:       Daybook and ledgers, 1882-1938.

 

        Vol. 1:  Daybook, C. R. Hughes, 1882-1884.

        Vol. 2:  Ledger, 1899-1900.

        Vol. 3:  Ledger, 1900-1902.

        Vol. 4:  Ledger, 1902-1904.

        Vol. 5:  Ledger, 1904-1905.

        Vol. 6:  Ledger, 1905-1907.

        Vol. 7:  Ledger, 1907-1909.

        Vol. 8:  “Transfer Ledger,” 1906-1907.

        Vol. 9:  Ledger, S. W. Grant, 1907-1912.

        Vol. 10: Ledger, 1913-1914 (OVERSIZE).

        Vol. 11: Ledger, 1925-1938 (OVERSIZE).

 

Volumes 12-20:     Cash books, 1904-1942.

 

        Vol. 12: Cash book, P. S. Grant, 1904-1908.

        Vol. 13: Cash book, 1914-1916.

        Vol. 14: Cash book, 1916-1918.

        Vol. 15: Cash book, 1918-1921.

        Vol. 16: Cash book, 1921-1924 (OVERSIZE).

        Vol. 17: Cash book, 1924-1942 (OVERSIZE).

        Vol. 18: Cash book (checks), 1915-1919.

        Vol. 19: Cash book (checks), 1919-1924 (OVERSIZE).

        Vol. 20: Cash book (checks), 1923-1931 (OVERSIZE).

 

Volumes 21-22:     Trial balances, 1915-1935.

 

        Vol. 21: Trial balance, 1915-1921.

        Vol. 22: Trial balance, 1921-1935 (OVERSIZE).

 

Volumes 23-26:     Records of inventory and sales, 1910-1939.

 

        Vol. 23: Shipping record, 1910-1938 (OVERSIZE).

        Vol. 24: Lumber orders, 1912-1919.

        Vol. 25: Inventory ledger, 1915-1918 (OVERSIZE).

       

Vol. 26: Inventory ledger, 1922-1939, foldered in two parts:

                                Part 1: 1922-1929.

                                Part 2: 1930-1939.

 

Volumes 27-29:     Stock ledgers and minute book, 1905-1939.

 

        Vol. 27: Stock ledger, St. Louis, Cabool and Little Rock Railway Company, 1905.

        Vol. 28: Stock ledger, Grant-Davis Lumber Company, 1931-1933.

        Vol. 29: Minute book, Grant-Davis Lumber Company, 1931-1939.

 

Folders 1-3:           Journal pages, 1918-1921.

 

        Folder 1: Journal, 1918-1919 (Pages 1843-2123).

        Folder 2: Journal, 1919-1920 (Pages 2124-2462).

        Folder 3: Journal, 1920-1921 (Pages 2463-2756).

 

Folders 4-6:           Freight claims and related correspondence with the Frisco railroad,                                            1904-1915.

 

        Folder 4: Claims, 1904-1915.

        Folder 5: Claims, 1912-1913.

        Folder 6: Claims, 1913-1918.

 

Folders 7-9:           Correspondence and miscellaneous items, 1900-1949.

 

        Folder 7: Enclosures from volumes 2-26 (1900-1917).

        Folder 8: Enclosures from Volume 29 (minute book), 1931-1935.

        Folder 9: Miscellaneous, 1931-1949.

 

 

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