Collection Guide

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Administrative Information

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Biographical Note

The pioneer law firm Carr and Carr was located in Manchester Iowa. Several firm members were active in state and local politics and in the founding and administration of the Manchester and Oneida Railroad. The donor of the collection, Hubert Carr, was a graduate of the University of Iowa and received his law degree from Drake University in Des Moines. He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and succeeded his father, E. M. Carr, as president of the Manchester and Oneida Railroad until its dissolution in 1956. Hubert Carr died in 1967.

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Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the complete office records of the Carr and Carr firm, and of its several predecessors. Included are incoming and outgoing correspondence, account books, ledgers, cases, journals and receipts. Members of the firm who are represented in the collection include Ray B. Griffin, Charles E. Bronson, Millard F. LeRoy, Hubert Carr, Edward M. Carr and Amos S. Blair. The records of the Manchester and Oneida Railroad, which E. M. Carr founded, are also included.

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Acquisition and Processing Information

These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Hubert Carr in 1959 and 1960.

Guide posted to Internet: June 2004

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Box Contents List

Handwritten index to the papers

Box 1
Folders No. 1 – 3, Items No. 1 – 555, Correspondence

Box 2
Folders No. 4 – 6, Items No. 556 – 1099, Correspondence

Box 3
Folders No. 7 – 10, Items No. 1100 – 1720, Correspondence

Box 4
Folders No. 11 – 14, Items No. 1100 – 1720, Correspondence

Box 5
Hubert Carr Correspondence, 1900 – 1918, M & O Railroad

Box 6
Personal Correspondence

Box 7
Personal Correspondence, 1939 – 1942

Box 8
Personal Correspondence, 1944 – 1947

Box 9
Publishers, Subscriptions

Box 10
Personal Correspondence, 1942 – 1944

Box 11
Personal Correspondence, 1936 – 1939

Box 12
Family and Personal, Correspondence

Box 13
Correspondence, Personal

Box 14
Family and Personal

Box 15
Family and Personal, Correspondence, etc.

Box 16
Hubert Carr, Legal Papers, Real Estate Papers, Printing Press Letters, Printers and Stationers, Manchester Democrat

Box 17
Business (Miscellany)

Box 18
Manchester Democrat, Correspondence

Box 19
Publishers, Subscribers

Box 20
E.M. Carr, M & O Railway Co., 1900 – 1921

Box 21
E.M. Carr, M & O Railway Co., 1925 – 1946

Boxes 22 - 23
Bonds and Insurance

Box 24
Utility Bills, 1917 – 1925

Box 25
Utility Bills, 1925 – 1945

Box 26
Insurance Cos., Receipts, 1915-1944

Box 27
Tax Receipts, 1916 – 1949, Law Firm Receipts, 1916 – 1943

Box 28
Manchester Democrat, Receipts, 1916 – 1917

Box 29
Manchester Democrat, Receipts, 1916 – 1948

Box 30
Book Sellers Receipts, 1915 – 1918

Box 31
Misc. Receipts, 1917 – 1918

Box 32
Misc. Receipts, 1914 – 1919

Box 33
Misc. Receipts, 1919 – 1921

Box 34
Misc. Receipts, 1920 – 1923

Box 35
Misc. Receipts, 1923 – 1926

Box 36
Misc. Receipts, 1926 – 1933

Box 37
Misc. Receipts, 1927 – 1935

Box 38
Misc. Receipts, 1926 – 1931

Box 39
Misc. Receipts, 1931 – 1937

Box 40
Misc. Receipts, 1937 – 1939

Box 41
Misc. Receipts, 1939…

Box 42
Misc. Receipts, 1943 – 1948

Box 43
Receipts, n.d.

Boxes 44 - 48
Law Firm Correspondence, n.d.

Box 49
Law Correspondence, 1935 – 1942

Box 50
Law Firm Correspondence, 1943 – 1947, Insurance, Bonds, 1935 – 1947

Boxes 51 - 52
Law Firm Correspondence, n.d.

Boxes 53
Legal Cases, Correspondence

Boxes 54 -- 63
Hubert Carr, Legal Papers

Box 64
Cases, A – E

Box 65
Cases, F – J

Box 66
Cases, K – O

Box 67
Cases, Y – Z, 4H – 4K

Box 68
Cases, AA – 402 EE

Box 69
Cases, 403 EE – HH

Box 70
Cases, II – NN

Box 71
Cases, OO – SS

Box 72
Cases, TT – ZZ

Box 73
Cases, “Single Box,” 3A – 3E

Box 74
Cases, 3F – 3K

Box 75
Cases, 3L – 3Q

Box 76
Cases, 3R – 3V

Box 77
Cases, 3W – 4A

Box 78
Cases, 4B – 4G

Box 79
Cases, 252T – 262T, 266U – 274U, 265V – 284V, 287W – 303W, 305X – 314X

Box 80
Cases, 217S – 2505, 996 – 4L – 1016 – 4L

Box 81
Cases, 1017 – 4M – 1065 – 4Q

Box 82
Cases, 1066 – 4Q – 1109 ½ - 4V

Box 83
Cases, 1110 – 1127, 1655 – 1646

Box 84
Cases, 1128 – 1168

Box 85
Cases, 1170 – 1207

Box 86
Cases, 1209 – 1240

Box 87
Cases, 1242 – 1267, 1350 – 1353

Box 88
Cases, 1268 – 1292

Box 89
Cases, 1293 – 1319

Box 90
Cases, 1320 – 1339

Box 91
Cases, 1340 – 1351, 1446 – 1458

Box 92
Cases, 1354 – 1396

Box 93
Cases, 1397 – 1417

Box 94
Cases, 1418 – 1438

Box 95
Cases, 1439 – 1444, 1942 – 1953

Box 96
Cases, 1459 – 1492

Box 97
Cases, 1493 – 1524

Box 98
Cases, 1525 – 1552

Box 99
Cases, P – R, 1553 – 1560

Box 100
Cases 1561 – 1579

Box 101
Cases 1580 – 1612

Box 102
Cases, 1613 – 1634

Box 103
Cases, 1647 – 1667

Box 104
Cases, 1668 – 1697

Box 105
Cases, 1698 – 1720, 1722 – 1723

Box 106
Cases, 1721, 1724 – 1733

Box 107
Cases, 1734 – 1763

Box 108
Cases, 1763 – 1764

Box 109
Cases, 1764 – 1771

Box 110
Cases, 1772 – 1789

Box 111
Cases, 1790 – 1810

Box 112
Cases, 1811 – 1825

Box 113
Cases, 1826 – 1844

Box 114
Cases, 1845 – 1859

Box 115
Cases, 1860 – 1870

Box 116
Cases, 1871 – 1880

Box 117
Cases, 1880 – 1888

Box 118
Cases, 1889 – 1902

Box 119
Cases, 1903 – 1925

Box 120
Cases, 1926 – 1941

 

Ledger Books

Item 110
March 10, 1876 to May 25, 1876, Outgoing Letters

Item 111
March 31, 1876 to Jan. 16, 1879, Outgoing Letters

Item 112
May 20, 1877 to Jan. 18, 1879, Bronson and LeRoy, Outgoing Letters

Item 104
Jan. 31, 1867 to Dec. 11, 1868, Blair and Bronson Letters

Item 105
Dec. 16, 1868 to Sept. 26, 1870, Blair and Bronson, Letters

Item 106
Aug. 19, 1870 to Aug. 8, 1871, Outgoing Letters

Item 107
Aug. 9, 1871 to Aug. 2, 1872, Carr and Carr, Outgoing Letters

Item 108
March 12, 1873 to Oct. 7, 1874, Bronson and LeRoy, Outgoing Letters

Item 109
Oct. 10, 1874 to March 9, 1876, Bronson and LeRoy, Outgoing Letters

Item 113
Jan. 29, 1879 to July 24, 1880, Outgoing Letters

Item 115
Jan. 13, 1881 to Oct. 14, 1881, Carr and Dooley, Outgoing Letters

Item 114
Aug. 11, 1880 to May 24, 1883, Outgoing Letters

Item 117
July 24, 1884 to Dec. 31, 1887, Bronson, Carr and LeRoy, Outgoing Letters

Item 118
June 28, 1898 to Jan. 14, 1899, Bronson and Carr, Outgoing Letters

Item 119
Jun. 11, 1899 to Jan. 14, 1899, Bronson and Carr, Outgoing Letters

Item 120
Mar. 29, 1900 to Dec. 22, 1900, Outgoing Letters

Item 121
Dec. 24, 1900 to Oct. 16, 1901, Outgoing Letters

Item 122
Oct. 19, 1901 to March 26, 1902, Bronson and Carr, Outgoing Letters

Item 123
Jan. 20, 1901 to Jan. 19, 1904, Outgoing Letters

Item 124
March 26, 1902 to Jan. 27, 1903, Outgoing Letters

Item 125
Jan. 28, 1903 to Jan. 30, 1904, Outgoing Letters

Item 126
Jan. 30, 1904 to June 27, 1904, Outgoing Letters

Item 127
June 30, 1904 to March 4, 1905, Carr and Carr, Outgoing Letters

Item 128
Mar. 3, 1905 to Oct. 24, 1905, Outgoing Letters

Item 129
Oct. 26, 1905 to Apr. 26, 1906, Outgoing Letters

Item 103
Feb. 3, 1867 to Feb. 27, 1873, Charles and Bronson

Item 130
April 28, 1906 to Oct. 23, 1906, Outgoing Letters

Item 131
Oct. 24, 1906 to Mar. 29, 1907, Outgoing Letters

Item 132
Sept. 20, 1907 to July 20, 1908, Outgoing Letters

Item 133
Feb. 29, 1908 to July 29, 1908, Bronson, Carr and Sons, Outgoing Letters

Item 134
July 30, 1908 to Feb. 17, 1909, Bronson, Carr and Sons, Outgoing Letters

Item 135
Feb. 18, 1909 to Aug. 28, 1909, Outgoing Letters

Item 136
Aug. 28, 1908 to Jan. 6, 1910, Carr, Bronson and Carr, Outgoing Letters

Item 137
March 20, 1907 to Sept. 1907, Bronson Carr and Sons, Outgoing Letters

Item 138
Jan. 7, 1910 to May 28, 1910, Outgoing Letters

Item 139
May 28, 1910 to Oct. 29, 1910, Outgoing Letters

Item 140
Oct. 20, 1910 to May 3, 1912, Carr, Bronson and Carr, Outgoing Letters

Item 141
Dec. 2, 1910 to July 26, 1911, Outgoing Letters

Item 142
Mar. 4, 1911 to Aug. 30, 1911, Carr, Bronson and Carr, Outgoing Letters

Item 143
Aug. 30, 1911 to Feb. 14, 1912, Carr, Bronson and Carr, Outgoing Letters

Item 144
Feb. 15, 1912 to July 15, 1918, Outgoing Letters

Item 145
July 16, 1912 to Nov. 9, 1912, Carr, Bronson and Carr, Outgoing Letters

Item 146
Oct. 28, 1912 to Aug. 20, 1913, Carr and Carr #1, Outgoing Letters

Item 147
Mar. 20, 1913 to Aug. 20, 1913, Carr and Carr #2, Outgoing Letters

Item 148
Aug. 21, 1913 to Jan. 12, 1914, Carr and Carr #3, Outgoing Letters

Item 149
Jan. 13, 1914 to May 2, 1914, Carr and Carr #4, Outgoing Letters

Item 150
May 4, 1914 to Sept. 16, 1914, Carr and Carr #5, Outgoing Letters

Item 151
Sept. 16, 1914 to Jan. 26, 1915, Carr and Carr #6, Outgoing Letters

Item 152
Jan. 27, 1915 to May 26, 1915, Carr and Carr #7, Outgoing Letters

Item 153
Feb. 15, 1915 to June 26, 1915, Carr and Carr #8, Outgoing Letters

Item 154
June 25, 1915 to Nov. 9, 1915, Carr and Carr #9, Outgoing Letters

Item 155
Nov. 9, 1915 to March 2, 1916, Carr and Carr #10, Outgoing Letters

Item 156
Mar. 3, 1916 to Aug. 9, 1916, Carr and Carr #11, Outgoing Letters

Item 157
Aug. 8, 1916 to Dec. 16, 1916, Carr and Carr #12, Outgoing Letters

Item 158
Dec. 18, 1916 to Aug. 11, 1917, Carr and Carr #13, Outgoing Letters

Item 159
April 11, 1917 to Sept. 5, 1917, Carr and Carr #14, Outgoing Letters

Item 160
Sept. 5, 1917 to March 7, 1918, Carr and Carr #15, Outgoing Letters

Item 161
Mar. 7, 1918 to Sept. 13, 1918, Carr and Carr #16, Outgoing Letters

Item 162
Sept. 16, 1918 to Feb. 25, 1919, Carr and Carr #17, Outgoing Letters

Item 163
Feb. 25, 1919 to Aug. 2, 1919, Carr and Carr #18, Outgoing Letters

Item 164
Aug. 3, 1919 to Dec. 22, 1919, Carr and Carr #19, Outgoing Letters

Item 165
Dec. 23, 1919 to May 15, 1920, Carr and Carr #20, Outgoing Letters

Item 166
May 16, 1920 to Oct. 19, 1920, Carr and Carr #21, Outgoing Letters

Item 167
Oct. 19, 1920 to May 4, 1922, Carr and Carr #22, Outgoing Letters

Item 168
Dec. 4, 1918 to Mar. 31, 1921, The Manchester Democrat, Outgoing Letters

Item 169
Mar. 18, 1916 to Nov. 4, 1918, The Manchester Democrat, Outgoing Letters

Item 170
June 3, 1914 to March 17, 1916, The Manchester Democrat, Outgoing Letters

Item 171
Oct. 28, 1912 to May 28, 1914, The Manchester Democrat, Outgoing Letters

Item 172
Jan. 26, 1916 to March 15, 1920, Journal

Item 174
Jan. 4, 1909 to Nov. 23, 1914, Carr and Carr, Journal

Item 173
Oct. 30, 1912 to Jan. 24, ?, Carr and Carr, Journal

Item 175
Jan. 4, 1909 to Feb. 14, 1917, Carr, Bronson and Carr, Journal

Item 176
Mar. 26, 1907 to July 14, 1913, Bronson, Carr and Sons, Journal

Item 177
Mar. 1, 1905 to Mar. 26, 1907, Bronson, Carr and Sons, Journal

Item 180
Aug. 26, 1901 to Mar. 20, 1920, Bronson and Carr, Ledger

Item 179
Aug. 12, 1901 to Jan. 19, 1912, Hubert Carr, Journal

Item 178
Mar. 10, 1903 to Nov. 17, 1908, Bronson and Carr, Journal

Item 181
Oct. 22, 1901 to Aug. 2, 1935, Herbert Carr, Ledger

Item 182
May 18, 1905 to Sept. 18, 1909, Bronson, Carr and Sons, Ledger

Item 183
1909 – 1914, Bronson, Carr and Carr, Ledger

Item 184
Dec. 31, 1912 to Jan. 19, 1913, Carr and Carr, Ledger

Item 185
Dec. 17, 1912 to Oct. 10, 1918, Hubert and Carr, Ledger

Item 187
July 6, 1901 to Feb. 27, 1902, Land Register, Delaware, Clayton

Item 188
Dec. 15, 1915 to Dec. 5, 1925, Collection Register

Item 189
Mar. 21, 1905 to Dec. 13, 1915, Collection Register

Item 190
Mar. 1, 1905 to Feb. 16, 1917, Bronson, Carr and Sons, Cash Book

Item 191
March 18, 1899 to Dec. 31, 1919, Bronson and Carr, Cash Book

Item 192
District Court of Iowa, County of Delaware, in the Matter of the Estate of A. Livingston, March term, 1913

Item 186
Apr. 10, 1913 to Apr. 14, 1930, Customer Ledger

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