MsC
81
Manuscript Register
PAPERS
OF DAVENPORT
BESLER CORPORATION
Collection Dates: 1909 -- 1955
80 linear ft.
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Acquisition
Note: Donated to the
University of Iowa Libraries in 1962 by H.A. Arzberger, Former Secretary.
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for research.
Photographs: Boxes 1, 2, 3,
78, 110
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History
In
1901, the W. W. Whitehead Company started manufacturing locomotives in Davenport,
Iowa. In 1902 they began manufacturing light locomotives. In 1904, the name
was changed to the Davenport Locomotive Works. In 1933, the company was reorganized
and it became the Davenport-Besler Corporation. During this time the company
developed to the point that it was shipping its products around the world.
By now, they were also manufacturing snow plows, and had an extensive outside
business in grey iron casting, drop forging, and steel hammer forging, as
well as steel tank and structural steel work.
In
order to handle all this work, the company had on its own premises approximately
a mile of standard gauge railroad tracks, doing all of its switching between
the various departments with its own locomotive and cars. In the nineteen
twenties and thirties, Davenport-Besler developed a diesel locomotive, which
enjoyed a wide market in America and abroad.
During
World War II, Davenport-Besler manufactured locomotives for the war effort
and in November 1943 they were awarded the Army-black "E" Production
Award for Excellence in War Production.
An
investment group headed by a Davenport businessman, Glenn L Seydel, acquired
the company in May 1955. On May 17, 1956, the plant closed down, citing a
"highly competitive situation" and the five and one-half month Westinghouse
strike which slowed the delivery of parts needed in the factory.
Scope
and Contents
These
papers detail the business operations of the company, rather than the technical
side of the business. There are minutes of the board of directors meetings
1927 -- 1952, advertising materials, price lists, patent information, catalogs,
letters and telegrams, tax information, employee records, job classification
details, financial records, and other such matters that pertain to the operation
of the business. There are scrapbooks with newspaper clippings about the plant
and the people involved with it and there are some photographs.
Related Materials
The Historical Construction Equipment Association has a collection on Davenport Bessler Company. See a finding aid for it at:
http://archives.hcea.net/?p=collections/controlcard&id=188
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
Box
List:
Box 1
Three scrapbooks containing clippings of articles, advertisements, and other
miscellany of importance to the company are found here for the following years:
1909 -- 1934 (included here are photographs of the aftermath of a fire that
destroyed a warehouse in January 1933); 1934 -- 1943; 1943 -- 1955.
Photographs
of products
and plant equipment. Products
include machine tools, snow plows, and locomotives.
Box
2
Photographs
of products and plant equipment, continued
(There is no Box
3)
Box
4
Miscellaneous personnel
loose-leaf notebook
Detroit Ordnance Papers
Miscellaneous locomotive
correspondence
Westinghouse Electric Int'l., 1955
Rock Island Bank & Trust Co., 1954
Rock Island Bank & Trust, 1955
Lane & Waterman re: Bonds Issued and Stock
Box
5
R.F.C. Loan Data
Transportation Corps., 1951, Dept. of the Army
Inventory of items shipped to Canadian Locomotive Company
Box
6
Inventory of items
shipped to Canadian Locomotive Company
Box
7
Gray box with the
following contents
Inventory
of items shipped to Canadian Locomotive Company
Miscellaneous correspondence
Miscellaneous Snow Plow Correspondence
No. 2 R.F.C. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Box
8
General Service
Administration, 1954
The Renegotiation Board, 1954
United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Census, 1954
United States Miscellaneous, 1954
Fort Eustis, Virginia
U.S. Senate Representatives, 1954
Engineering Research & Development Lab., Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, 1954
Picatinny Arsenal, 1954
Transportation Department, Marietta, Pa., 1954
Department of Army, Marietta, Pennsylvania
US Corps of Engineers, 1954
Blue Brass Ordnance Depot, 1954
Utah General Depot, Ogden, Utah, 1954
Box
9
United States Miscellaneous,
1955
Reconstruction Finance Corp., 1954
United States black, 1954
Transportation Research and Development Laboratory, Fort Eustis, Virginia,
1954
80 Ton Govt.
Unmarked folder with erased title "Material inventory"
US Army 80 ton
US Dept. Army M-1002 DA-44-009 Eng. 625 (Mine Exploder), Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Cost Work Sheets
80 ton Army
War Powers Act Letters
Box
10
U.S.A. 7927 57226
USA 8499 US Govt. 57227
Mt. Washington Project. Smith, Hinchman & Graylls, Inc.
Rock Island Arsenal, 1955
Dept. of Commerce. Bureau of Census. Survey of Manufacturers
United States (Misc.), 1956 and to date
US Representative,
1955
Transportation
Res. & Development Lab., Ft. Eustis, Virginia, 1955
Chicago Procurement
Office, 1955
Transportation
Dept., 1955. Marietta, Pennsylvania
NPA-Ry. Eq. Div.
44 & 80 T DE, etc.
Box
11
Marietta TC Depot,
Marietta, Pa., 1952
US Government Security File
US Dept. of Interior, 1955, "Fish and Wildlife Service"
Wilkins Air Force
Depot, 1955, Shelby, Ohio
United States black,
1955
R.F.C. Requests
for new tools; report of money received and invoice amounts billed
Reconstruction
Finance Corp., 1955
Walter E. Heller
& Company
Ralph Heninger,
1955
Ralph Heninger,
1954
HOL HOP HOR HOY
30
J. Imbrie, Jr.
(Misc. Memoranda from his desk 6-2-55)
J. Imbrie, Jr.,
1955
JE JI JO JU 33:
Correspondence
Jim Imbrie, Jr.,
1954
Box
12
Industrial
Gear Mfg. Co., 1955
Industrial Mutual Insurance, 1955
Industrial Mutual Insurance, 1954
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
International
(misc.), 1955
News
Story about the closing of the plant
Iowa
(state of), 1955
I
J 32
USA
8514 57258 USA 8526 US Govt.
Caterpillar
Tractor Co., 1956, January -- June
Caterpillar Tractor Co., 1955, July -- December
Caterpillar
Tractor Co., 1955, January -- June
Caterpillar
Tractor Co., 1954
Canadian
Locomotive Co.
Cecil
Cook Agency, 1955
Box
13
Cecil Cook Agency,
1954
Corporation Trust Co., 1955
Davenport Besler
Stock Bonds, 1955
Donations, 1954 & 1955
Dun & Bradstreet,
Inc., 1955
Arthur J. Feicht,
1955
First Trust &
Savings Bank, 1955
Barnett H. Fischer
FO FU FY 22: Correspondence
Frink Sno-Plows,
1955
Frink Sno-Plows,
1954
Walter E. Heller
& Co., 1955
W. G. Besler, 143 Libert St., NYC
Gledhill Road Machinery Co.
Box
14
George Besler,
1955
William Besler, 1955
Brown & Sites
Co., Inc. New York, N.Y.
LO-2031 52 a 19,
980-G Brown and Sites 3425 etc.
55SX 24942 (8-1164)
8313
Boeing Airplane
Co., 1954
Boeing Airplane
Co., 1955
Gas Turbine Locomotive
Boeing Airplane Co.
Boeing Airplane
Co. Spec 8002-A3437, etc.
Betty, Betty, Neuman,
Heninger & Van Der Kamp, 1955
Box
15
Betty, Betty, Neuman,
Heninger & Van Der Kamp
George Bernstein
B3: Correspondence
Apprentices Kepp Current
Arthur Anderson
Co., 1954
Arthur Anderson
& Co. ,1955
Am. Appraisal Co.,
1955
Donald Accole,
1955
Summary of letters
-- 1956, January 1st to July 31st
BE 4: Summary of
Letters, January 1 through July 31, 1956
George Besler,
1954
Geo. Besler, 1955,
Cuban Survey and Report
Geo. D. Besler
Geo. & Wm.
Besler, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
Box
16
Monthly Statements,
1904 to 1919
1956 Balance Sheet
Statements; Profit & Loss Statements
Notebook with the following sections: Direct Labor, Indirect Labor, Office,
Misc., Supplies, Office, Misc., Airplane
Board of Directors Minutes, 1942 -- 1946
Box
17
Board of Directors
Minutes, 1933 -- 1942
Board of Directors Minutes, 1927 -- 1933
Box
18
Board of Directors
Minutes, 1946 -- 1949
Board of Directors
Minutes, 1949 -- 1952
Annual Reports: 1952, 1953, 1954
Trans. Research
& Develop. Sta., Fort Eustis, Virginia
Lieut. Col. W.
C. Rogers Trans Office Research Div.
Miscellany, 1951
-- 1952
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Box
19
Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, 1953
Department of Commerce, National Production Authority, 1952
Inspector of Naval Material, 1952
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1949 -- 1951
US. Government Security File, 1951
Indenture of Conveyance, dated December 29, 1933, by and between Davenport
Locomotive and Manufacturing Corporation Davenport-Besler Corporation
Offer of Davenport-Besler Corporation to purchase properties and assets of
Davenport Locomotive and Manufacturing Corporation
Davenport Besler Corporation Inventory, Volume 2
Notebook with defense
materials allotment documents
Box
20
Payroll Recapitulation
and Expenses notebook, 1951 -- 1954
Shop Expense Notebook, 1954 -- 1956
Box
21
Notebook: Davenport
Locomotive and Manufacturing Corporation Proxy and Consent for meetings of
Stockholders
Office of International Trade Washington 25, D.C.
Obstacles and Demolitions, 1951, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
US Government (misc.), 1951
Davenport-Besler
Corporation
Box
22
Corporate Documents
Corporate Documents
Corporate Documents
Corporate Documents
Box
23
Corporate Documents
Monthly Statement
Reports
Labor Turnover,
1952 -- 1953
Security Contractor's File
Plant Security
US Government --
Security File
Employer Mutual
Report -- January
Employer Mutual Report -- February
Employer Mutual
Report -- March
Employers Mutual
Report -- April
Employers Mutual
Report -- May
Employer Mutual
Report -- 1955
Employer Mutual
Report -- 1954
Employer Mutual
Report -- 1953
Employer Mutual
Report -- 1952
Fiscal Year Ending
August 31, 1934
Fiscal Year Ending
August 31, 1935
Fiscal Year Ending
August 31, 1935
Fiscal Year Ending
August 31, 1936
State of Iowa --
Gas Tax Refund
Iowa State of Gasoline
Tax
Box
24
Notebook with advertising
material and price lists on products
State of Iowa -- Sales Tax 1949 -- 1950 -- 1951 -- 1952 -- 1953
State of Iowa -- Use Tax 1949 -- 1950 -- 1951 -- 1952 -- 1953
Iowa (State of)
Used Tax 1944 -- 1945 -- 1946 -- 1947 -- 1948
Flow Sheets
Reports from various
Attorneys on Athey and Moore Patents
Wagon Copyright
Papers
Euclid Patents
File Wrapper Athey
& Western Wheeled Scraper
Box
25
Patent 1,706,099,
List of our Claims
Miscellaneous Wagon Correspondence
Wagon Manufacturers
-- Letters & Circulars
Opinion In Case of Athey Truss Wheel Co. vs Moore & Moore, No. 4119
Die Vise Patent Application
Bills House &
Senate
Martin and Farr Patents
Agreement Papers
With Creeper Wheel Company (contemplated)
Stock Ledger Davenport
Locomotive Works
Real Estate
Securities &
Exchange Commission Questionnaire and Answers
Fordson Gasoline
Locomotive Investigation
Rotary Scraper
Euclid Wagon Patents
Box
26
Wagon Patent Applications
File Patent Papers, LeTourneau, Frink, etc.
Blue Cross
Blue Cross Correspondence (To)
Blue Cross Correspondence
(From)
Blue Cross -- Current Billing
Insurance Forms
for Bureau of Labor & Iowa Industrial Comm.
Iowa State Employment Service Monthly Reports
US Dept. of Labor
Work Injuries
Labor Turnover
Report
Union Contract
Accident Insurance
Forms to be made out (4 copies), etc.; Snow Plow Material
Box
27
Appraisals
Appraisals. A.D.T. System
Delaware (state
of)
Delaware Corporations
Iowa State Employment
Dept. Insurance Report
US& State Annual
Information Return
Box
28
State of Iowa Foreign
Corporation Permit
Iowa, State of, Gasoline Tax
State of Iowa -- Sales Tax -- 1946
Iowa Sales Tax
-- 1948
State of Iowa --
Sales -- 1947
378 US Government
Capital Stock Tax
Federal Trade Commission
Financial Reports
Application for
Necessity Certificates
Box
29
Renegotiation --
1955 -- 1956
Renegotiation -- 1954
Renegotiation --
1953
Renegotiation --
1952
Renegotiation --1951
Renegotiation --1946
Renegotiation --1945
Revolving Credit
Agreement, March 29, 1951
Salary Ranges,
July 1, 1954
Assessor
Mutual Boiler &
Machine Ins. 1954
American Appraisal Company
American Appraisal Company
American Appraisal
Company
American Appraisal Company
Cotton & Woolen Mfg., Use and Occupancy Report
Cotton & Woolen
Mfg. Ins. Co., Forms -- values of Property
Box
30
Cotton & Woolen
Mfg. Ins. Co., Factory Mutual Engr.
Iowa Insurance Service Bureau, Medical Cost of Injuries
Financial Statements
Gov't. Contract
DA-36-o22-TC-etc.
Gov't. Contract DA-36-022-TC-etc.
Gov't. Contract DA-44-177-TC-61-etc.
Operating Statements
Inventory Year
Ending August 31, 1952
Inventory Year
Ending August 31, 1951
1955 Balance Sheet
Statements & Profit & Loss Statements
1954 Balance Sheet
Statements & Profit & Loss Statements
Box
31
Charity Fund
1953 Balance Sheet Statements & Profit & Loss Statements
1952 Balance Sheet
Statements & Profit & Loss Statements
1951 Balance Sheet Statements & Profit & Loss Statements
1950 Balance Sheet Statements & Profit & Loss Statements
1949 Balance Sheet Statements & Profit & Loss Statements
1948 Balance Sheet
Statements & Profit & Loss Statements
1947 Balance Sheet Statements & Profit & Loss Statements
1946 Balance Sheet
Statements & profit & Loss Statements
1945 Balance Sheet
Statements & Profit & Loss Statements
Excess Profits
Tax
Box
32
Tax Papers
County Taxes
City Taxes
1950 Income Taxes
1949 Income Taxes
1948 Income Taxes
1947 Income Taxes
Income Taxes, August 31, 1946
Form for Stock
Certificates Receipts
Order Report Blanks
Government Billings
and Progress Payments
Audit Forms, etc.
Misc. Notices
Box
33
Long, John Charles
Lamb, Mrs. Phyllis
LaClaw, Helen Patricia
Leabo, Dorwin N.
Lepley, Norma Pauline
Lonsky, Hugo M.
Lord, James Vernon
Lorenz, William
Herbert
Lotspiech, Darlene
Fay
Love, Charles Harold
Louck, Clarence
Louck, Evertte
M.
Lowry, Glen Arthur
Luckstead, Wesley
G.
Long, James F.
Lund, Arlene Ray
Macomber, John
Macomber, William Ch.
Malles, George
Manatt, Alfred
Price
Mangels, Bill
Mangels, Richard
Mangels, Robert
Henry
Manning, Jim D.
Manning, Charles
Joseph
Markham, Truman M.
Marquette, Virgil
H.
Marshall, Frank
Robert
Martin, Joseph
Alvin
Martin, Bob Leroy
Martin, Chester
Leroy
Martin, William
DeWayne
March, Gordon L.
Matheny, Alvin
A.
Mathews, Leroy
Earl
Matthys, Ernest
Mattie, Lorraine
Mary
Mayfield, Albert
R.
Mayne, James W.
McCallister, Harlan
R.
McCann, John
Box
34
McCollam, Stephen
Alfred
McGuire, James E. Sr.
McDonough, Everett
McGill, Richard
Kenneth
McNamara, Robert
U.
McNeal, John Thornton
Meincke, John William
Meier, Clemens
Meir, George Gus
Meier, Howard G.
Meinert, Milo G.
Metzger, Ernest Calvin
Menes, Julius
Myers, Eileen Louise
Duykers, Walter
A.
Durry, Walter F.
Dudra, Raymond
F.
Drenter, Ann
Doyle, Charles
F.
Duffy, Margaret
Krause
Dougherty, Henry
Doss, Darrell O.
Dooley, Charles
Dohrn, Eugene Herbert
Dodd, Leo
Dirck, Donald L.
Dickensen, Roderick
E.
Diamond, Jim Ronald
Dhaemers, Edward
Harold
Diewold, Albert
A.
Devorak, Lester
C.
Deporter, Cyriel
Denison, Gilbert
G.
Delzell, William
A.
Delong, Samuel Dwight
Dekeyral, Fred
C.
Deaver, Eldon Clark
Dearver, Beatrice
D.
Day, Gerald Norman
Davis, Forest Edwin
Davis, David Francis
Chas, H. Davis
Box
35
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
36
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
37
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
38
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
39
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
40
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950'3)
Box
41
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
42
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
43
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
44
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's )
Box
45
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
46
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
47
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
48
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
49
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
50
Personnel
records for the latest period of operation (1550's)
Box
51
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
52
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
53
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
54
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
55
Personnel records
for the latest period of operation (1950's)
Box
56
Letters and telegrams
April
27, 1955
February 14, 13, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 3, 2, 1, 1956
February 23, 1955
January 31, 30, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 13, 12, 11, 10, 5,
4, 3, 1956
December 29, 30, 28, 27, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 9, 7, 6,
5, 2, 1, 1955
November 30, 29, 28, 23, 22, 21, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 11, 10, 1955
August 17, 16, 15, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1955
July 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 22, 21, 1955
Box
57
Letters
and telegrams (cont.):
July
19, 20, 18, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 8, 7, 6, 1955
June 29, 28, 27, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 16, 15, 14, 1955
September 13, 12, 9, 8, 7, 6, 2, 1, 1955
August 31, 30, 29, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 19, 18, 1955
August 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19, 1956
April 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19, 1956
May 31, 1956
April 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 1956
May 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 28, 29,1956
March 22, 21, 20, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 9, 1956
Box
58
Letters
and telegrams (cont.):
March
8, 7, 6, 5, 2, 1, 1956
February 29, 27, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 17, 16, 15, 1956
July 16, 13, 10, 9, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1956
June 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 8, 7, 6,
5, 4, 1, 1956
March 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 23, 1956
April 2, 3, 4, 5, 1956
March 19, 1956, February 26, 1957
September 15, 14, 12, 11, 10, 7, 6, 5, 4, 1956
August 30, 29, 28, 27, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 10, 7, 6, 3,
1, 1956
July 30, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 20, 19, 18, 17, 1956
October 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1955
September 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 1955
October 28, 27, 26, 1955
March 15, 14 ,11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1955
September 15, 16,14, 1955
Box
59
Letters
and telegrams (cont.)
February
25, 28, 24, 1955
May 31, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 20, 18, 17, 16, 13 ,12, 11, 10, 9, 6, 5, 4, 3,
2, 1955
April 29, 28, June 1, November 9, 8, 7, 4, 3, 1955
November 3, 2, 1,June 13,10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 1955
December 9, February 22, 21, 18, 17, 16, 15, 1955
February 14, 15, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1955
Box
60
Letters and telegrams
(cont.)
Jan. 31, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 21, 20, 19, 18, 1955
Jan.17, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1955
Apr. 26, 25, 22, 15, 21, 20, 21, 20, 19, 18, 14, 12, 1955
Apr. 12, 13, 11, 8, 7, 6, 5, 1, March 31, 1955
Mar. 30, 29, 28, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 18, 17, 16, 1955
Box
61
Letters
and telegrams (cont.)
April
3, 7, 8, 1953
Dec. 22, 21, 18, 17, 16, 15, 1953
Dec. 14, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1953
July 10, 29, 1953
July 28, 27, 24, 23, 22, 21, 31, 30, 1953
Nov. 30, 27, 1953
Nov. 27, 25, 24, 23, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 13, 12, 1953
Nov. 12, 11, 10, 9, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1953
Dec. 31, 1953
Dec. 29, 28, 23, 1953
June 17, 23, 22, 19, 26, 25, 24, 1953
June 24, 30, 1953
Box
62
Letters
and telegrams (cont.)
June
29,1953
July 2, 1, 3, 7, 6, 9, 8, 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 1953
March 20, 31, 30, 27, 26, 1953
June 2, 1, 4, 3, 8, 5, 16, 15, 12, 11, 10, 9, 18, 1953
May 8, 7, 15, 14, 22, 21, 20, 26, 25, 1953
Feb. 3, 2, 1953
March 3, 2, 1953
Feb. 27, 1953
March 6, 5, 4, 11, 10, 9, 6, 13, 12, 20, 19, 1953
Box
63
Letters and telegrams
(cont.)
March
18, 17, 16, 26, 25, 24, 23, 1953
May 6, 1953
April 23, 24, 27, 28, 15, 16, 17, 8, 6, 3, 1953
Aug. 21, 20, 28, 27, 26, 31, 28, 1953
Oct. 1, 6, 5, 2, 8, 7, 13, 12, 9, 19, 16, 15, 14, 26, 23, 1953
Oct. 22, 21, 20, 30, 29, 28, 27, 1953
Box
64
Letters and telegrams
May 1953; February 1953; September 1953
Box
65
Letters and telegrams
August 1953; April 1953; January, 1953
Box
66
Folder, penciled
label, DBC January 1956 (Yellow order sheets)
Folder, Supplies -- January 1956
Folder, Supplies -- February 1956
Folder, Supplies -- March 1956
Folder, Supplies -- September 1955; October 1955; November 1955; December
1955
Folder, Supplies -- May 1956; April 1956
Folder, penciled label "CLC -- Invoices -- January 1956"
Folder, Income Taxes -- 1956 and final ending
Folder, Iowa Sales Tax Certificates Auction Sales June 5 -- June 7, 1956
Box
67
Folder, Income
taxes, 1955
Folder, Income taxes, 1954
Folder, Income taxes, 1953
Folder, Income taxes, 1952
Folder, Income taxes, 1951
1955 sheets showing profit and loss
Unknown accounting worksheets
Box
68
Duplicate Vouchers
1-1500; 6001-7500
Box
69
Duplicate Vouchers
1501-3000; 3001-4500
Box
70
Accounts Receivable
1954 -- 1956
Tax Withholding; Statements 1952 -- 1956
Earning Statements --
Box
71
Employee Earnings
Records, 1954 -- 1956
Box
72
Employee Earnings
Records, 1954 -- 1956
Box
73
Weekly Earnings
Records January -- February 1953
General Ledger
Cash
Assets
Inventory
Financial Assets
Deficit Charges
Liability
Reserves
Capital
Sales
Sales Costs
Manufacture Expenses
Engineering Expenses
Selling Expenses
Administration Expenses
Income Charges and Credit
Box
74
Employees Earnings
Records, 1953, Incomplete
Box
75
Employees Earnings
Records, 1952, Incomplete
Box
76
Employees Earnings
Records, 1951, Incomplete
Material Requested blanks February 1956
Canceled Contract -- Brown and Sites Co., 30 Church St., New York, NY
Box
77
Personnel File
Cards
Financial sheets for yearly basis
Box
78
Photographs of
products (Many duplicates)
Invoices (May 1956, March 1956, February 1956, April 1956)
Bank Statements, 1956
Order Blanks (New and Used)
Box
79
Duplicate Invoices: January 1956; December, March 1955
Box
80
Duplicate Invoices:
February, July, April 1953
Box
81
Duplicate Invoices:
June, October, November, December 1953
Box
82
Duplicate Invoices:
September, January, March 1953
Box
83
Duplicate Invoices:
January, July 1954; May, August 1953
Box
84
Duplicate Invoices:
June, September, August, May 1954
Box
85
Duplicate Invoices:
November, October, December, April, March 1954
Box
86
Duplicate Invoices:
May, April, January, June 1955
Box
87
Duplicate Invoices:
October, September, November, February, August 1955
Box
88
Mail
Siamese Calculations
Miscellaneous
Stenco
Siam
55Sx 24846 - M (Filee 6-1841) 8262
Box
89
55SX 25155 (8-1174)
8483
A.E. STALEY PO H - 2 9107 Inv. #7970
CLC
55SX 25258 File 10-2139 8596
8287 Russell Fork [?] Coal Company
Legal Correspondence (Siam)
Inspection and Testing
Legal (Siam)
Photoduplications
Box
90
Siamese Cables
and Telephone Calls
Fehr Trip October 26, 1951
R. C. Sidney
Proposals for the Resumption of Production
Siamese Specifications
Stenco
Box
91
Siamese File to
November 1, 1951
Siamese Miscellaneous
Important Siamese Papers pertaining to financing, Westinghouse, Inc.
Siamese Spare Parts Data
Siamese Inventory Special Siamese Situation
Box
92
1000 H.P. Siamese
Locomotive
3294
3293
3292
3291
3290
3295
3289
3288
3287
3286
3285
3284
3283
3282
3281
Box
93
Certificates of
Delivery of imported merchandise
Shop Orders, etc.
Siamese Folder, Misc.
List of Tools furnished with each engine by Caterpillar Tractor Co.
List of Prints of 1000 H.P. Locomotive 3281-95
Shipping Diagram for Siamese Locomotives
30 53-Ton, DE, C-4-40, 39 - 3/8 Gauge, Shop Nos. 3251-3280
Estimated Engineering Time, Automatic Couplers -- 500 H.P. Locomotive
Brown and Sites 3281-3295
Special Shop Orders for Siamese
Box
94
Financial Statements
as of August 31, 1948
Financial Statements as of August 31, 1949
Financial Statements as of August 31, 1940
Financial Statements as of August 31, 1941
Special Report 1929 -- 1942
Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 1936 Report
Report. August 31, 1938
Report. August 31, 1939
Report. August 31, 1937
Report of Examination of Federal Tax Returns for the Calendar Year 1917, 1918,
1919
Report August 31, 1942
Report August 31, 1943
Report August 31, 1944
Financial Statements as of August 31, 1945
Financial Statements as of August 31, 1946
Financial Statements as of August 31, 1947
Box
95
Siam 3281-95 Steel
CSTG Bolts -- Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous Receipts
Automatic Coupler -- Multiple Control
Siam Lumber and Paint
Siam Electric
Siamese Spare Parts January 1953
Box 96
B. & S. (Siamese)
1747 2 - 80 ton DE 1 - 88 Ton DE
Siamese Spare Parts
Siamese Specifications January 1953
Brown & Sites Siamese File 1953, 1954
Box
97
Blank Certificates
of Inspection
Tools Check List
Parking Lists
Certificate of Manufacture
2 -- Assembly Pictures
Box
98
Yellow Sheets of
daily letters and telegrams, 1954
January 4 -- 15; 16 -- 31
February 1 -- 15 ; 16 -- 28
March 1 -- 15 ; 16 -- 31
Box
99
Yellow
Sheets of daily letters and telegrams, 1954 (cont.):
April
1 -- 15; 16 -- 30
May 3 -- 14; 17 -- 28
June 1 -- 15
Box
100
Yellow
Sheets of daily letters and telegrams, 1954 (cont.)
June
16 -- 30; July 1 -- 15; 16 -- 30
Aug. 2 -- 13; 16 -- 31
Box
101
Yellow
Sheets of daily letters and telegrams, 1954 (cont.)
Sept.
1 -- 15; 16 -- 30
Oct. 1 -- 15; 16 -- 31
Box
102
Yellow
Sheets of daily letters and telegrams, 1954 (cont.)
Nov.1
-- 15; 16 -- 30
Dec. l -- 15; 16 -- 31
Box
103
Brown
& Sites Company Receivables
July
1954
June 1954
May 1954
April 1954
March 1954
February 1954
January 1954
December 1953
November 1953
October 1953
September 1953
August 1953
Box
104
Brown & Sites
Company Receivables (cont.):
July
1953
June 1953
May 1953
April 1953
March 1953
Feb. 1953
Jan. 1953
Dec. 1952
Box
105
Brown
& Sites Company Receivables (cont.):
November
1952
October 1952
September 1952
August 1952
July 1952
June 1952
May 1952
August 1952
July 1952
June 1952
May 1952
Box
106
Brown
& Sites Company Receivables (cont.):
April
1952
March 1952
Feb. 1952
Jan. 1952
Dec. 1951
Nov. 1951
Box
107
Brown
& Sites Company Receivables (cont.):
September
-- January 1951
Box
108
US Internal Revenue
Department:
1952
SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1951 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1950 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1949 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1948 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1947 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1946 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1945 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1944 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1943 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1942 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
1941 SS -- 1A & 1B Reports
Box
109
US Internal Revenue
Dept. Form SS 1 & 1A & 1B 1940 Reports
US Internal Revenue Dept. Form SS 1 & 1A & 1B 1939 Reports
US Internal Revenue Dept. Form SS 1 & 1A & 1B 1938 Reports
US Internal Revenue Dept. Form SS 1 & 1A & 1B 1937 Reports
Siam
Work in Progress Daily Follow-up
Sterling Engine Company
Mario Fernandez
Standard Specification Diesel Mechanical Copy
Box
110
Siamese Cost Estimates
General Motors Corporation
Second Page for T. C. Letter
Inter-Office Data
Government
Carbon back Government
Photographs
Honduras File
Don Accola -- Honduras
Siamese Contracts
Inter-office Correspondence
Box
111
Tools and Spares
Locomotive 3360
Rhodesian File
Iowa State Employment Department Insurance Report 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950,
1949,
1948, 1947, 1946, 1945.
Box
112
Iowa State Employment
Department Insurance Report 1945, 1944, 1943, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1939, 1938,
1937.
Davenport Besler Corp. Stocks and Bonds.
-Proxy-
Box
113
Twin Disc Clutch
Company
Westinghouse Electric Corp
13584 -- 15200, 15201 -- 17000 , 17001 -- 19800, 19801 --
Info. GMB
Miscellaneous
Box
114
Miscellaneous
Finance Report
Order Reports
Telephone
Quotations
Snow Plow
Letters
Vacation
Honduras
Form IT-5 State of Iowa Annual Return Summary Income Tax
US Internal Revenue Dept. SS lA & LB Report
Form -- NR-5 State of Iowa Annual Income Tax. Nonresident
US Internal Revenue Dept. Reports and Corr. Form #940
20 0/0 Withholding Data
US Gov. -- Corr. re: Social Security Numbers of Individuals
Box
115
State of Iowa 1937
-- 1942 Employment Security Commission
Westinghouse Electric (Supply) Corp.
Westinghouse Electric (Supply) Corp.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Box
116
Westinghouse Electric
Corp.
Box
117
Freight Vouchers
Bank Slips
Fiscal Year September 1, 1953 -- August 31, 1954: Posting Slips for monthly
and Year
End entries made in standard entries and non-recurring entries in the general
journal.
Box
118
May 1942
Daily Report to the Treasurer January -- August 1956
Summary of Semi-Monthly Payroll, September 1937 through August 1953
Airplane
Contract and permission for track
Locomotive Orders 1946 to Date Loco. numbers 2982 --
Ft. Holabird, Baltimore, Maryland Comm. Off. Maryland
Miscellaneous
Box
119
Detail Cards; C.
Assets; Pur. Matl; P.M. Frt.;
Inventory; Def. Charges; Liable; Reserves; sales;
Sales cost; Mfg. Exp; Eng. Exp; Sell Exp; Adm. Exp; Discount
Box
120
Income Charges
and Credit; SalesTax; Credit; Other; Advances; Vouchers
Union Agreements
Box
121
Shipping Receipt
Job Cost Records
Box
122
Job Cost Records
Material Requests
Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificates
Box
123
Insurance Policies
and Papers, Lease
Sale Agreements
Vouchers
Box
124
Vouchers
Petty Cash Slips
Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate
Employee Leaving Payoff Slip
Box
125
Outside Correspondence
Files
Box
126
General or Outside
Correspondence K -- WA
Box
127
General or Outside
Correspondence West -- Z
Canadian Shipping Papers
Siam Tool Receipts
US Government Correspondence
Box
128
Government Correspondence
Box
129
Government Correspondence
Box
130
Government Correspondence
Box
131
Government Correspondence
Accounts Payable 1955 to Date
Box
132
Accounts Payable
1955 to Date
Box
133
Accounts Payable
1955 to Date
Box
134
Accounts Payable
1955 to Date
Box
135
Accounts Payable
1955 to Date
Box
136
Accounts Payable
1955 to Date
Box
137
Accounts Payable
1955 to Date
Box
138
Accounts Payable
1955 to Date
Box
139
Accounts Receivable
1955 to Date
Box
140
Accounts Receivable
1955 to Date
Box
141
Accounts Receivable
1955 to Date
Box
142
Accounts Receivable
1955 to Date
Box
143
Accounts Receivable
1955 to Date
Box
144
Accounts Receivable
1955 to Date
Box
145
Accounts Receivable
1955 to Date
Operating statement 9 -- 1 -- 1954 to 2 -- 28 -- 1955 and miscellaneous bills
Forge shop bender press
Small die vise
Die Vise, large
Die Vise, small
Die Vise drawings
3 small die vise DV200
Die Vise Small
Winchell roller attachment
Lathe 435
Lathes 419 -- 420
Lathes to 432 inc.
Lathe 433
Lathe 434
Bill Mat.
Dav. Winchell Road roller
Dav. Winchell Road roller
Winchell Roller
Winchell Roller
Roller #422
Winchell Road Roller 412
Winchell Road Roller 413
Winchell Roller 414
Box
146
Freight bills 1955
Box
147
Plant facilities
and equipment
Report from Trundle Engineering Co. 1944
Manuscript of "Plant facilities and equipment"
Purchasers of locomotives, 1902 -- 1955
Insurance Material
Road Roller 415
Fordson roller 416
Winchell roller 417
Winchell roller 418
Winchell roller 419
Winchell roller attach. 421
Dav.-Winchell road roller 404
Dav. Road Roller. 405
Dav. Road Roller. 406
Winchell Road Rollers 409, 410, 411
Lathes 473
Lathes 473 -- 462
Lathes 450 -- 452
Lathes 438 -- 449
Lathes 436 -- 437
Lathes memorandum of order
Box
148
D.L.W. Engine lathes
Lathe schedule
24" lathe
Memorandum
Between the rails [company paper] June, 1954
Advertisement for machine tools, locomotives
Distributor -- dealer organization G.M. diesel
Miscellaneous papers
Payroll sheets [1955]
Insurance notebook
Workbook of Secretary of Corporation
Iowa State Highway Commission
42" disc double drum roller
Deposit receipts
Box
149
Miscellaneous folder
Petty cash receipts
Journal entries
Bookkeeping work book
(Inventory numbers 150 --
200 are a combination of boxes and ledger books)
Inventory 150
Minutes, Advisory Board
Inventory 151
Minutes, Board of Directors
Inventory 152
Ledger book, September 1946 -- February 1953
Inventory 153
Ledger book, September 1953 -- December 1956
Inventory 154
Ledger book, September 1953 -- February 1958
Inventory 155
Accounts receivable, 1950 --1953
Inventory 156
Accounts with businesses, arranged alphabetically
Inventory 157
Accounts payable, 1950 -- 1953, part 1
Inventory 158
Accounts payable, 1950 -- 1953, part 2
Inventory 159
Payments? To Office Employees, To Shop Employees, To Businesses
Inventory 160
Cost and Inventory
Inventory 161
Ledger book, 1934 -- 1953
Inventory
162
Vouchers
Inventory
163
Vouchers
Inventory
164
Vouchers
Inventory
165
Stock book
Inventory
166
Stock book
Inventory
167
Stock book
Inventory
168
Labor turnover
book
Inventory
169
Stock book
Inventory
170
Stock book
Inventory
171
Stock book
Inventory
172
Stock book
Inventory
173
Stock book
Inventory
174
Stock book
Inventory
175
Stock holders ledger
Inventory
176
Payroll record
Inventory
177
Payroll record
Inventory
178
Journal 1953 --
1955
Inventory
179
Payroll journals
Inventory
180
Payroll journals. On third floor Oversized shelves
Inventory
181
Inventory book
1954
Inventory
182
Stock record
Inventory
183
Stock record
Inventory
184
Sales journal,
1949 -- 1953
Inventory
185
Journal, 1953 --
1954
Inventory
186
Check register
1954 -- 1956
Inventory
187
Purchase journal
1949 -- 1951
Inventory
188
Purchase journal
1951 -- 1952
Inventory
189
Accounts P -- Z
Inventory
190
Journal 1934 --
1945(?)
Inventory
191
Supply orders 1955
-- 1956
Inventory
192
Purchase journal
1953 -- 1954
Inventory
193
Stock book
Inventory
194
General journal
1951 -- 1952
Inventory
195
General journal
1952 -- 1953
Inventory
196
Insurance record
book
Inventory
197
Stock record book
Inventory
198
Drawings
Davenport Winchell roller
Die devise assembly
Die devise assembly (large)
Winchell roller frame
Steering wheel support Winchell roller
Worm gear and blank, Winchell roller
Winchell roller assem. for I.H.C. Model 30
Davenport Winchell Roller -- Fordson
Davenport Winchell Roller -- Assembly
Davenport Winchell Roller -- Sector bracket W 20
Davenport Winchell Roller -- Elevation W-59, W-60
Inventory 199
Triple Section
Sheepsfoot roller
Sheepsfoot roller
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Sheepsfoot roller
Sheepsfoot roller
Double drum roller
42" double drum
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Keeley Bros. Contracting Co.
42" Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
42" double drum sheepsfoot roller
Double drum Sheepsfoot roller
Sheepsfoot -- rollers
Sheepsfoot roller
Double drum
Double drum roller
Sheepsfoot roller
42" Dia. Double drum Sheepsfoot roller
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Double drum sheepsfoot roller
Scott County highway department
Sheepsfoot roller
Sheepfoot roller
Sheepfoot roller
Sheepfoot roller
Special roller drum
One double drum sheepsfoot roller
Historical
Trust mortgage
Inventory
200
Labor contracts
Union Rate Ranges
Job Classification Details, 1942
Job Classification Details, 1946
Apprentices
Bank business papers
Insurance, business agreements (including Siam contract and purchase papers
of H.K. Porter)
Important corporation papers covering reorganizations
