Melville Mercantile Company records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains financial records for Melville Mercantile Company, including daybooks (1893-1902), account ledgers (1893-1901), and a general ledger (1899).
Dates
- Creation: 1893-1902
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Biographical / Historical
The Melville Mercantile Company was organized on June 30, 1892, by H.O. Hickox and Frank E. Taylor at Melville, Montana, in Park County. The firm was involved in the wholesale and retail sale of merchandise and agricultural equipment and had outlets in Melville and Big Timber. The company charter was dissolved on June 30, 1902.
Extent
3.75 linear feet
Abstract
The Melville Mercantile Company was a wholesale and retail general merchandise and agricultural equipment store in Melville, Montana. Records (1893-1902) include account ledgers, day books, and a general journal.
Arrangement
Arranged by account ledgers and daybooks, chronologically.
Physical Location
Manuscript Volumes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request
- Title
- Guide to the Melville Mercantile Company records 1893-1902
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Gordon Brown, 1980.
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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