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Series I: Morse Hardware Company,
1884-1994
Sub-series 1: Stockholders and Board of Directors
Records, 1897-1935
Box 1
Microfilm
Minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, 1897-1964
Stockholders Minute Book, 1901-1935
Sub-series 2: Correspondence, 1890-1901
Box 2
Letters Received (“General Correspondence”)
2/1 November 1893
2/2 A-B, 1894
2/3 C, 1894
2/4 D-E, 1894
2/5 F-G, 1894
2/6 H-J, 1894
2/7 K-L, 1894
2/8 M, 1894
2/9 N-Q, 1894
2/10 R, 1894; S, January
1894-February 1894
2/11 S, March 1894-September 1894
2/12 T-Z, 1894
Letters Received (“Foreign Letters”)
2/13 undated; July 1891-December
1891
2/14 January 1892
2/15 February 1892
2/16 March 1892
2/17 April 1892
2/18 May 1892
2/19 June 1892
2/20 July 1, 1892-July 15, 1892
2/21 July 16, 1892-July 31, 1892
2/22 August 1892
2/23 September 1892
2/24 October 1892
2/25 November 1892
2/26 December 1892
2/27 undated 1893; January 1893
2/28 February 1893
2/29 March 1893
2/30 April 1893
2/31 May 1893
2/32 June 1893
2/33 July 1, 1893-July 15, 1893
2/34 July 16, 1893-July 31, 1893
2/35 August 1893
2/36 September 1893
2/37 October 1893
2/38 November 1893
2/39 December 1893
Letters Received (“Local Correspondence”)
2/40 A-B, 1896
2/41 C, 1896
2/42 D-E, 1896
2/43 F-G, 1896
2/44 H, 1896
2/45 I-L, 1896
2/46 M-N, 1896
2/47 O-R, 1896
2/48 S, 1896
2/49 T-Z, 1896
Letters Received (“Shingle Correspondence”)
2/50 1894
2/51 A-E, 1895
2/52 F-M, 1895
2/53 N-X, 1895
2/54 Y, January 1895-February 1895
2/55 Y, March 1895-April 1895
2/56 Y, May 1895-June 1895
2/57 Y, July 1895-September 1895
2/58 Y, October 1895-December 1895
Letter Press Books
Volume 1: March 11, 1890 to December 26, 1893 Labeled “collection
letters”
Volume 2: January 8, 1894 to August 4, 1894
Volume 3: September 3, 1894 to June 11, 1895
Volume 4: 1895-1897
Volume 5: May 22, 1896 to December 29, 1897
Volume 6: January 20, 1897 to February 8,
1898
Volume 7: December 24, 1897 to May 21, 1898
Volume 8: May 26, 1898 to November 1, 1898
Volume 9: August 28, 1899 to January 20,
1900
Volume 10: January 20, 1900 to June 1, 1900
Volume 11: June 4, 1900 to October 13, 1900
Volume 12: October 16, 1900 to March 21,
1901
Sub-series 3: Financial Records, 1884-1979
Country Ledgers:
Volume 13: “Transfer Country Ledger” divided into three main sections “expenses,
assets, and liabilities” with
accounting information including entries such as fire insurance, local taxes,
profit and loss, merchandise,
postage, etc. Covering the years 1903-1931
Volume 14:
“Country Ledger” with alphabetically organized list of clients and their
charges, 1923-1931
Volume 15: “Country Ledger” with alphabetically organized list of clients and
their charges, 1931-1962
Volume 16: “Country Ledger” with alphabetically organized list of clients and
their charges, 1931-1962
Volume 17: “Country Ledger” with alphabetically organized list of clients and
their charges, 1931-1962
General Financial Ledgers
Ledgers (monthly finances)
Volume 18: May 1897 to April 1898
Volume 19: May 1898 to April 1899
Volume 20: May 1899 to April 1900
Volume 21: May 1900 to April 1901
Volume 22: May 1901 to April 1902
Volume 23: May 1902 to April 1903
Ledgers with entries organized by day:
Volume 24: October 1, 1892 to April 30,
1894
Volume 25: September 1889 (?) to December
1890
Volume 26: October 16, 1889 to November 30, 1889
Volume 27: April 1, 1890 to January 28,
1891
Volume 28: November 1, 1905 to May 31, 1906
Volume 29: June 1, 1906 to April 30, 1907
Volume 30: April 26, 1907 to February 29,
1908
Volume 31: February - December 1908
Volume 32: December 1 to 31, 1909
Volume 33: January 1, 1912 to December 31,
1912
Volume 34: January 1, 1913 to December 31,
1913
Ledgers with non-chronological entries
organized by subject:
Volume 35: 1887-1888
Volume 36: 1889-1890
Volume 37: 1891-1893
Volume 38: 1893-1895
Volume 39: 1896-1897
Volume 40: 1896-1897
Other General Financial Ledgers
Volume 41: (boxed) Ledger pages torn from volume, Financial Information,
1957-1962
Volume 42: (boxed) Ledger pages torn from volume, with various entries:
Gasoline inventory, 1959-1962; Vouchers payable, 1960-1962; “federal
retail dealer’s excise tax payable 1957-1962”, “city business tax payable
1958-1961,” and “accrued life insurance payable 1959-1962”
Volume 43: (boxed) Unbound Ledger pages
“General Ledger”
1971
Invoices, organized chronologically
Volume 44: April 2, 1884 to June 11, 1887
Volume 45: December 31, 1887 to April 20,
1889
Volume 46: March to September 1889
Volume 47: 1889-1890
Box 3
Invoices and Credit Memoranda
3/1 A-G, 1890
3/2 H-P, 1890
3/3 R-Z, 1890
3/4 A-C, 1891
3/5 D-E, 1891
3/6 F, 1891
3/7 G, January 1891-June 1891
3/8 G, July 1891-December 1891
3/9 H-L, 1891
3/10 M-R, 1891
3/11 S, January 1891-March 1891
3/12 S, April 1891-June 1891
3/13 S, July 1891-September 1891
3/14 S, October 1891
3/15 S, November 1891
3/16 S, December 1891
3/17 T, 1891; W, January 1891-June 1891
3/18 W, July-December 1891
3/19 A-C, 1892
3/20 D, 1892
3/21 E-G, 1892
3/22 H-M, 1892
3/23 N-R, 1892
3/24 S, January 1892-July 1892
3/25 S, August 1892
3/26 S, September 1892-October 1892
3/27 S, November 1892-December 1892
3/28 T-Z, 1892
Box 4
4/1 A-C, 1893
4/2 D-E, 1893
4/3 F-G, 1893
4/4 H, January 1893-June 1893
4/5 H, July 1893-December 1893
4/6 I-L, 1893
4/7 M, January 1893-June 1893
4/8 M, July 1893-December 1893
4/9 N-R, 1893
4/10 S, January 1893-February 1893
4/11 S, March 1893
4/12 S, April 1893
4/13 S, May 1893
4/14 S, June 1893
4/15 S, July 1893-August 1893
4/16 S, September 1893
4/17 S, October 1893-December 1893
4/18 T, 1893; W, January 1893-March 1893
4/19 W, April 1893-December 1893; Z, 1893
4/20 A-C, 1894
4/21 D, 1894
4/22 E-F, 1894
4/23 G, 1894
4/24 H, 1894
4/25 J-L, 1894
4/26 M, January 1894-February 1894
4/27 M, March 1894-April 1894
4/28 M, May 1894-July 1894
4/29 M, August 1894-September 1894
4/30 M, October 1894-December 1894
4/31 N-R, 1894
4/32 S, January 1894-February1894
4/33 S, March 1894-April 1894
4/34 S, May 1894-June 1894
4/35 S, July 1894-August 1894
4/36 S, September 1894
4/37 S, October 1894
4/38 S, November 1894-December 1894
4/39 T-Z, 1894
Box 5
5/1 A-C, 1895
5/2 D-F, 1895
5/3 G, 1895
5/4 H, January 1895-July 1895
5/5 H, August 1895-December 1895
5/6 I-L, 1895
5/7 M, January 1895-June 1895
5/8 M, July 1895-December 1895
5/9 N-R, 1895
5/10 S, January 1895-March 1895
5/11 S, April 1895-May 1895
5/12 S, June 1895
5/13 S, July 1895
5/14 S, August, 1895
5/15 S, September 1895-October 1895
5/16 S, November 1895-December 1895
5/17 T-Z, 1895
Sales Books (general financial information)
Volume 48: December 7, 1889 to January 31,
1890
Volume 49: February 20, 1890 to September
30, 1890
Volume 50: April 1, 1890 to June 11, 1890
Volume 51: June 16, 1890 to March 1891
Volume 52: September 1, 1890 to March 10,
1891
Volume 53: October 1, 1891 to May 1892
Volume 54: June 1, 1892 to December 31,
1892
Volume 55: January 3, 1893 to August 1893
Volume 56: August 1894 to May 1895
Volume 57: May 1 to November 22, 1895
Volume 58: November 1895 to July 1896
Volume 59: April 1, 1897 to April 1, 1898
Volume 60: May 20, 1897 to January 31, 1898
Volume 61: August 1, 1897 to March 31, 1897
Volume 62: June 1, 1898 to November 1898
Volume 63: September 1 to April 28 (years
not specified, 1902-1903 ?)
Volume 64: Blank “Sales Book”
Accounting
Sales Books
Volume 65: 1917-1931
Volume 66: 1932
Volume 67: 1933
Volume 68: 1934
Volume 69: 1935
Volume 70: 1936
Volume 71: 1937
Volume 72: 1938
Volume 73: 1939
Volume 74: 1940
Volume 75: 1941
Volume 76: 1942
Volume 77: 1943
Volume 78: 1944
Volume 79: 1945
Volume 80: 1946
Volume 81: 1947
Volume 82: 1948
Volume 83: 1949
Volume 84: 1950
Volume 85: 1951
Volume 86: 1952
Volume 87: 1953
Volume 88: 1954
Volume 89: 1955
Volume 90: 1956
Volume 91: 1957
Volume 92: 1958
Volume 93: 1959
Volume 94: 1960
Volume 95: 1961
Volume 96: 1962
Volume 97: 1963
Volume 98: 1964
Volume 99: 1965
Volume 100: 1966
Volume 101: 1967
Cash Journals
Volume 102: January 1890 to May 1894
Volume 103: April 30, 1894 to December 31,
1895
Volume 104: May 1, 1894 to July 6, 1895
Volume 105: May 20, 1897 to August 31, 1898
Volume 106: September 3, 1898 to January
31, 1900
Volume 107: February 1, 1900 to January 1,
1901
Volume 108: February 1, 1901 to August 30,
1902
Volume 109: December 2, 1901 to August 30,
1902
Volume 110: September 1, 1902 to April 30,
1903
Volume 111: July 1, 1904 to March 31, 1905
Volume 112: April 1, 1905 to October 1,
1905
Volume 113: 1905-1906 (organized by name
rather than date)
Volume 114: March 1, 1908 to December 31,
1908
Volume 115: January 2, 1909 to November 30,
1909
Volume 116: January 1, 1910 to December 31,
1910
Volume 117: January 3, 1911 to December 31,
1911
Volume 118: April 1, 1932 to April 30, 1935
Volume 119: May 14, 1935 to April 30, 1937
Volume 120: 1961-1965 (organized by month)
Daybooks (Blotters)
Volume 121: February 5, 1886- April 7, 1887
Volume 122: January 13, 1887- June 18, 1888
Volume 123: August 18, 1887- November 30,
1887
Volume 124: April to July 1888
Volume 125: May to December 1888
Volume 126: June 1, 1888 to July 31, 1888
Volume 127: August 1, 1888 to October 4,
1888
Volume 128: October to November 1888
Volume 129: November 1888 to January 1889
Volume 130: December 1888 to March 1889
Volume 131: December 1888 to September 1889
Volume 132: February 8, 1889 to March 6,
1889
Volume 133: March to April 1889
Volume 134: March 30, 1889 to April 1889
Volume 135: April 22, 1889 to May 1889 (MWF)
Volume 136: April to June 1889 (TTHS)
Volume 137: June to July 1889 (TTHS)
Volume 138: July 15, 1889 to September 10,
1889
Volume 139: September 1, 1889 to December
19, 1889
Volume 140: September 11, 1889 to November
5, 1889
Volume 141: October 7, 1889 to March 1,
1890
Volume 142: December 1889 to January 1891
Volume 143: March 10, 1890 to August 28,
1890
Volume 144: April 19, 1890 to October 21,
1890
Volume 145: April 24, 1890 to October 11,
1890
Volume 146: September 1, 1890 to February
14, 1891
Volume 147: October 25, 1890 to March 21,
1891
Volume 148: March 1891 to October 1891
Volume 149: March 1891 to October 1891
Volume 150: March 1891 to May 1892
Volume 151: October 1891 to April 1892
Volume 152: October 12, 1891 to May 17,
1892
Volume 153: May 18, 1892 to January 25,
1893
Volume 154: May 19, 1892 to February 13,
1893 (TTHS)
Volume 155: May 1892 to May 1893
Volume 156: February 13, 1893 to August 11,
1893 (MWF)
Volume 157: February 14, 1893 to August 21,
1893 (TTHS)
Volume 158: June 1, 1893 to September 14,
1894
Volume 159: August 22, 1893 to June 16,
1894 (TTHS)
Volume 160: August 23, 1893 to June 13,
1894 (MWF)
Volume 161: June 1894 to December 1894 (MWF)
Volume 162: June 19, 1894 to December 18,
1894 (TTHS)
Volume 163: September 1894 to December 1895
Volume 164: December 22, 1894 to December
31, 1894
Volume 165: January 1895 to September 1895
(TTHS)
Volume 166: January 1895 to September 1895
(MWF)
Volume 167: October 1, 1895 to August 6,
1895 (MWF)
Volume 168: October 1895 to July 1895 (TTHS)
Volume 169: January 1, 1896 to January 30,
1897 (labeled “cash sales”)
Volume 170: August 6, 1896 to January 9,
1897
Volume 171: January 11, 1897 to May 20,
1897
Volume 172: November 15, 1897 to May 16,
1898 (MWF)
Volume 173: November 16, 1897 to May 17,
1898 (TTHS)
Volume 174: May 19, 1898 to October 22,
1898 (TTHS)
Volume 175: October 24, 1898 to April 17,
1898 (MWF)
Volume 176: October 25, 1898 to April 18,
1898 (TTHS)
Volume 177: April 18, 1899 to August 17,
1899 (TTHS)
Volume 178: August 1899 to December 1899 (MWF)
Volume 179: August 19, 1899 to December
1899 (TTHS)
Volume 180: January 1, 1900 to April 13,
1900 (MWF)
Volume 181: January 2, 1900 to April 14,
1900 (TTHS)
Volume 182: April 16, 1900 to July 6, 1900
(MWF)
Volume 183: April 17, 1900 to July 5, 1900
(TTHS)
Volume 184: July 7, 1900 to October 16,
1900 (TTHS)
Volume 185: July 9, 1900 to October 17,
1900 (MWF)
Traveling Men's Sales Reports: Customer Calls by
Salesmen
Volume 186: October 1910- June 1911
Volume 187: November 1910- April 1912
Volume 188: May 1912- June 1913
Volume 189: June 1913- May 1914
Volume 190: May 1914- April 1915
Volume 191: April 1915- April 1916
Volume 192: April 1916- May 1917
Volume 193: May 1917- January 1918
Trial Balance Ledgers
Volume 194: 1895-1897
Volume 195: 1897-1918
Volume 196: 1919-1932
Volume 197: 1933-1937
Volume 198: 1938-1947
Other Financial Records
Volume 199: “Gross Margin Calculations” alphabetical by company
name 1954-1956
Volume 200: Ledger of accounts of raw and
boiled linseed oil 1933-1943
Volume 201: “Payable
Commercial Paper” 1937-1938
Volume 202: “Notes and Bills
Payable” 1890
Volume 203: “Shop Book” Orders made from October
1889- January 1890
Volume 204: “Estimate Book”
1894
Volume 205: “Floor Cash
Book” 1887
Volume 206: “Freight Book”
1885
Volume 207: “Shipping
Register” 1889
Financial Records Relating to the Bellingham Bay and
British Columbia Railroad
Volume 208: “Sales Book” 1886-1887
Volume 209: “Wharf Book” 1886
Volume 210: “Shipping Receipts”
1892
Volume 211: “Shipping Receipts”
1893
Financial Records Relating to the Great Northern
Railroad
Volume 212: “Shipping
Receipts” August 1892- May 1894
Volume 213: “Shipping Receipts” January 1894- November 1894
Volume 214: “Shipping Receipts” November 1894- December 1894
Shipping Receipts
Volume 215: 1887-1889
Volume 216: 1889
Volume 217: 1890
Morse Hardware Check Registers
Volume 218: 1889-1890
Volume 219: 1891
Inventories
Volume 220: 1890
Volume 221: 1892
Volume 222: 1893
Volume 223: 1895
Volume 224: “Charged Off Accounts Received” (boxed), 1921-1937
Box 5 continued
Old Charged Off Notes Receivable
5/18 ca. 1900-1935
5/19 ca. 1900-1935
5/20 Charge Offs, 1915
5/21 Notes, Collections and Charge Offs, undated
5/22 Financial Forms and Receipts, 1890-1917
5/23 Expenses, 1920-1970
5/24 Clients and Charges, 1920-1933
5/25 Product Order Book, undated
5/26 Vehicle Information Book, ca. 1927
Box 6
City Bills
6/1 A-B, 1891
6/2 C-H, 1891
6/3 I-O, 1891
6/4 P, January 1891; July 1891-September
1891
6/5 P, October 1891-December 1891
6/6 Q-Z, 1891
6/7 A, 1892; B, January 1892-May 1892
6/8 B, June 1892-September 1892
6/9 B, October 1892-December 1892
6/10 C-E, 1892
6/11 F-G, 1892
6/12 H-K, 1892
6/13 L-O, 1892
6/14 P, January 1892-May 1892
6/15 P, June 1892-December 1892
6/16 R, 1892; S, January 1892-May 1892
6/17 S, June 1892-December 1892
6/18 T-Z, 1892
6/19 January 1893
6/20 1895
6/21 A, 1896; B, January 1896-August 1896
6/22 B, September 1896-December 1896
6/23 C-E, 1896
6/24 F-H, 1896
6/25 I-S, 1896
6/26 T-Z, 1896
6/27 A-C, 1897
6/28 D-Q, 1897
6/29 R-Z, 1897
Freight Bills
6/30 December 1891-March 1892
6/31 April 1892
6/32 May 1892
6/33 June 1892
6/34 July 1, 1892-July 19, 1892
6/35 July 20, 1892-July 31, 1892
6/36 August 1, 1892-August 15, 1892
6/37 August 16, 1892-August 31, 1892
6/38 September 1, 1892-September 15, 1892
6/39 September 16, 1892-September 30, 1892
6/40 October 1, 1892-October 15, 1892
6/41 October 16, 1892-October 31, 1892
6/42 November 1892
6/43 December 1, 1892-December 15, 1892
6/44 December 16, 1892-December 31, 1892
Valuable Receipts
6/45 January 1891-December 1891
6/46 January 1892
6/47 February 1892
6/48 March 1892
6/49 April 1892
6/50 May 1892
6/51 June 1892
6/52 July 1892
6/53 August 1892
6/54 September 1892
6/55 October 1892
6/56 November 1892
6/57 December 1892-January 1893
6/58 A-B, 1895
6/59 C-D, 1895
6/60 E-G, 1895
6/61 H-K, 1895
6/62 L-M, 1895
6/63 N-R, 1895
6/64 S, 1895
6/65 T-Z, 1895
Box 7
Bills of Lading, Shingles
7/1 February 1894-April 1894
7/2 September 1894
7/3 October 1894
7/4 November 1894
7/5 December 1894
7/6 January 1895
7/7 February 1895
7/8 March 1895
7/9 April 1895
7/10 May 1895
7/11 June 1895
7/12 July 1895
7/13 August 1895
7/14 September 1895
7/15 October 1895
7/16 November 1895
7/17 December 1895
Taxes
7/18
Personal Property Assessments, 1960-1973
7/19
Personal Property Assessments, 1963-1971
7/20 Real Estate, 1963-1979
7/21 Statements Made to County Assessor,
1920-1959
7/22 Financial Records labeled “Monthly Records,”
1931-1960
Powder Price Lists and Correspondence Re: Blasting
7/23 1940-1954
7/24 1946-1957
Altas Powder Company
7/25 Leases and cancellations,
1920-1955
7/26 Agreement and Prices, 1935-1952
Materials re. building of Powder House
7/27 Bakerview Road (including photos),
1929-1956
7/28 Construction, 1940
7/29 Canfield Addition, 1931-1941
7/30 Meridian and city limits, 1893-1920
7/31 Powder and blasting information,
undated
7/32 Wenatchee Steel Business (puchased by Morse
Hardware in 1989)
7/33 Tacoma Industrial Steel, undated
Roche Harbor Lime and Cement Company
7/34 Letters and Harvest Festival
invitations, 1921-1932
7/35 Pamphlets, 1921-1935
7/36 Special Insurance Information
Sub-series 4: Employees and Employee Functions,
1893-1991
Box 7 continued
7/37 Employees, 1923-1991
7/38 Employee Lists, 1937-1958
7/39 Employee Rating Forms A-Z, 1944-1945
Box 8
8/1 Operational Procedures and Bulletins for employees,
1959-1966
Invitations to Christmas Parties and other Special
Events held for employees
8/2 1934-1988
8/3 1980-1993
8/4 Job Descriptions & Objections, 1974-1975
8/5 Retirement party for Pearl Brogden November, 1991
Bound Volumes, Relating to Employees and their
functions
Time Books
Volume 225: October 1893- April 1905
Volume 226: May 1905- December 1906
Volume 227: August 1907- November 1911
Volume 228: December 1909- February 1912
Volume 229: March 1912- May 1914
Volume 230: June 1914- September 1916
Volume 231: October 1916- December 1918
Volume 232: January 1919- December 1920
Volume 233: Application Office Employees
Wage Schedule 1943
Volume 234: Employee Record 1909
Sub-series 5: Merchandise, Advertising and Customer
Relations, 1892-1994
Box 8 continued
8/6 Marketing Calendar, 1989
8/7 Booklets for Customer Promotion, ca. 1970-1990
8/8 “Morse Matters” Newsletters for customers,
1988-1994
8/9 Customer Relations for Morse Hardware's early
history, undated
8/10 Sentry-Distribution America, 1992
8/11 Report- “The Wholesale Hardware Catalog: A Report
by the Catalog Committee
of the National Wholesale Hardware Association,”
September 1967
8/12 Small Hardware Catalogs, undated
Catalogs
8/13 American Window Glass, 1916;
1924
Art Metal Construction Co. “Modulars”- work stations, undated
CC Belknap Glass Co., 1914; 1931
Columbia Steel Company, 1935
Great Majestic Ranges, undated
Morse Hardware “Marine Hardware Boat Equipment,” 1948
8/14 M.R. Campbell Inc., 1918
Pacific Northwest Millwork
Catalogue, 1927
Pacific Universal Catalog, 1916; 1920; 1923
W.P. Fuller and Company, 1903
Seaside Industries, 1968; 1969
Stock Millwork Catalog, 1939
8/15 Merchandise Shows, 1983-1990
8/16 Want Books (8 varying in size), undated
8/17 Advertising- Merchandise Fliers, undated
8/18 Hungerford Genuine Bronze Screen Cloth, undated
8/19 “The Great Majestic Range Cookbook,” undated (ca.
1920s- 1930s)
8/20 Horse Whips and Buggies available from Morse
Hardware, undated
8/21 Johnson “Sea Horse 5 1/2” Model CD (Outboard
Motor), undated
8/22 Yardsticks-Invoices and Advertising, 1921-1949
8/23 Newpaper Advertisement for the First Baptist
Church Ladies Sale held at Morse Hardware (10% of sales went to the church),
December 15, 1910
8/24 List of Customer Accounts, 1920s
8/25 Order Form (sample), undated
Orders
8/26 Morrison Mill, 1914-1935
8/27 Pacific American Fisheries,
1901
8/28 Fish Trap Netting orders and List of Cannery Companies, 1958 and prior to
1916
Customer Requisitions and Orders
8/29 undated; March 1892
8/30 April 1892
8/31 May 1892-June 1892
8/32 July 1892-August 1892
8/33 September 1892-October 1892
8/34 November 1892-December 1892
8/35 undated; January 1893-February
1893
8/36 March 1893-May 1893
8/37 June 1893-August 1893
8/38 September 1893-October 1893
8/39 November 1893-December 1893
Box 9
9/1 Pamphlet- “Hardware Selling Kinks” by Roy F.
Soule,
1913; “What’s In It For You” Nationwide Association of Retailers—Irha Independent Home Owned Hardware Store, undated
9/2 Pamphlets- Relating to individual companies
Clear Lake Lumber Company “A Timber
and Sawmill Travelog,” undated
Jensen Byrd Company “100th
Anniversary Special Edition,” 1983
Ketchikan Pulp Company “…Our First
20 Years,” 1974
Orcas Power and Light Company
“Northeaster '89,” 1989
San Juan County Bank “85 Years of
Service,” 1978
Skagit Corporation “Pictoral,” 1962
Snoqualamie Falls Lumber Company “Snoqualamie Falls Lumber Company,” 1925
9/3 Pamphlets- Relating to Concrete
“Building Re-enforced Concrete
Silos,” 1914
“Concrete Highway Magazine,” 1917
“Concrete in Home Sanitation,”
undated
“Foundation Walls and Basements of
Concrete,” undated
“Permanent Construction Around the
House and on the Farm,” 1914
Periodicals
9/4 “Do It Yourself Retailing,” June
1986; July 1987; December 1988;
October 1989
9/5 “Hardware World,” November 1954;
November 1956; July 1959
Books
9/6 Business Ideas Handbook
by the Editorial Staff of Prentice-Hall, 1949
9/7 Hardware Window Advertising
by Roy F. Soule, 1914
9/8 How to Evaluate Hardware
Store Locations by Dwayne Laws, 1971
9/9 How to Sell Hardware by
Roy F. Soule, 1912
9/10 Letters that Land Orders
by John Horace Lytle, 1911
9/11 Making Him Pay: Exemplifying
the Evolution of Conciliation by Henry C.
Lawrence, 1908
9/12 Merchandise Rating Register: Hardware Merchants of the World 1922
Compiled by Hardware Dealers Magazine, 1922
9/13 The Modern Hardware Store
ed. by Carl W. Dipman, 1929
9/14 New Collection Methods: A
Systematic Treatment of the Place of
Collections in Marketing by
Edward Hall Gardner, 1919
9/15 Price Maintenance by
Thomas A Fernley, 1912
9/16 Retail and Wholesale Trade by Domestic Distribution Department,
Chamber of Commerce of the United States, 1928
9/17 Survey of Retailing Practices: Practical Plans and Methods for Meeting
the New Competition: Volume I, by the Dartnell Corporation, 1931
9/18 Survey of Retailing Practices: Practical Plans and Methods for Meeting
the New Competition: Volume II, by the Dartnell Corporation, 1931
Bound Volumes, Merchandise, Advertising and Customer
Relations
Catalogs: (some multiple copies of same year with some
additions or changes)
Volume 235: 1898 (labeled as the first
catalog)
Volume 236: 1920
Volume 237: 1920 (2nd copy)
Volume 238: 1937 (Salesman's copy)
Volume 239: 1937
Volume 240: 1937 (2nd copy)
Volume 241: 1938 (Salesman's copy)
Volume 242: 1943 (Salesman's copy)
Volume 243: 1955
Volume 244: 1955 (2nd copy)
Volume 245: 1960-1962
Volume 246: 1963 (with monthly
dividers)
Volume 247: 1964-1966
Volume 248: 1967-1969
Volume 249: 1970-1971
Volume 250: 1971-1972
Volume 251: 1973 (labeled as “frozen”)
Volume 252: 1986
Volume 253: 1994
Price List Books
Volume 254: 1899
Volume 255: 1904
Volume 256: 1984
Order Checking Sheets
Volume 257: 1942-1944
Volume 258: 1945-1948
Volume 259: 1956-1958
Lists of Recipients of Morse Hardware Catalogs
Volume 260: 1920-1921 (alphabetical
listing)
Volume 261: 1920-1921 (numerical listing)
Volume 262: 1939 (alphabetical listing)
Volume 263: 1939 (numerical listing)
Volume 264: February 1953- March 1966
(numerical listing)
Volume 265: August 1966- November 1972
(numbers 5000-5075)
Volume 266: August 1966- December 1974
(numbers 1816-2479)
Volume 267: January 1973- August 1993
(numbers 1-892)
Volume 268: January 1973- January 1994
(numbers 1000-3470)
Volume 269: Undated (alphabetical listing)
Volume 270: Bound volume of Majestic Range
Company advertisements
Volume 271: Blank book titled “Records”
Sub-series 6: Subject Files (as generated by the
Morse Family), 1890-1994
Box 10
10/1 Alaska, ca. 1960-1988
10/2 Alaska- Brochures and Pamphlets, undated
10/3 Alaska- Earthquake (includes photographs), 1964
10/4 Alaska Purchase Centennial, 1967
10/5 Alaska: Tongass National Forest, 1978
10/6 Business Pulse Award- Awarded to David Morse, 1991
10/7 Classified Directories of Whatcom County
Manufacturing Business and Professional Interest, published by the Bellingham
American, 1923; by the Bellingham Herald, 1934
10/8 Colt Firearms Historic Prints, undated
10/9 Corporate Seal Label - Morse Hardware Company Ink
Blotter, undated
10/10 Court Cases- State of Washington Supreme Court
A.J. James, et.al. v. J.B. McMillian,
et.al. (all are Whatcom Co. officials), 1920
Union Machinery & Supply Co. v. William McCush of Kendall Lumber & Shingle Co.,
1918
Dan Erickson, Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills, Morse Hardware Co., Clift Motor Co.,
and Sherwin-Williams Co. v. Dick Perica, 1920
10/11 Design of 100 Year Anniversary of Morse Hardware
Company Plaque, 1984
10/12 Land Titles, 1924; 1947
10/13 Letters of Interest, 1959-1984
10/14 Letters- Humorous from Alaska and Others,
1971-1994
10/15 Letterheads- Local Businesses, 1894-1938
10/16 Letterheads- Vendors, 1893-1925
10/17 Letterheads and Invoices- Morse Hardware,
1890-1946
10/18 National Wholesale Hardware Association- Bob
Morse, 1986-1991
10/19 News Clippings- Morse Hardware Company, 1905-1979
10/20 News Clippings- Morse Hardware Company, 1937-1984
10/21 News Clippings- from Cecil Morse Files, 1901-1962
10/22 Newspaper- Puget Sound Mail, Thursday
October 29, 1942
10/23 Photographs and Pictures, Pre-1950
10/24 Photographs and Pictures, Post-1950
10/25 Postcards and Salesmen Call Cards, 1895-1948
10/26 Press Kit- Boise Cascade, 1968
10/27 Press Kit- Pechiney Enterprises (Franco-American
Aluminum Mill, Bellingham), 1965
10/28 PRO Hardware Incorporated, includes photographs,
1966-1988
Box 11
11/1 San Juan Islands, 1925-1929
11/2 Scrapbook, 1903-1918
11/3 Shipping Labels, undated
11/4 Stock Certificates- County Fair, 1919-1928
11/5 Stock Certificates- Mining Companies, undated
11/6 Vouchers- Bellingham Bay Gas Company, 1899-1900
11/7 Washington State Register of Historic Places-
Morse Hardware Company Building-
Plaque Design, 1984
11/8 Cecil A. Morse files, 1906-1959
11/9 Cecil A. Morse files, 1916-1952
11/10 Cecil A. Morse Genealogy
Material, 1943
11/11 Cecil A. Morse – Mining Interest, 1928-1941
Cecil A. Morse- Stock Certificates
11/12 1903-1942
11/13 1907-1960
11/14 1920-1930
11/15 1920-1936
11/16 David C. Morse files, 1928-1992
11/17 David C. Morse- Chi Psi Fraternity-“The Purple
and Gold,” Spring 1970
11/18 David C. Morse- Stamp and Envelope Collection,
1933-1981
11/19 R.I. Morse- Company History and Biographical
Information, 1887-1999
11/20 R.I. Morse- Condolence Letters, 1920
11/21 R.I. Morse- Obituary, April 1920
11/22 R.I. Morse- National Register of Historic Houses-
1014 Garden Street Residence (R.I. Morse Home – includes original deed),
1886-1971
11/23 Robert (Bob) Morse, 1980-1994
Box 12
12/1 Blueprints: Hannegan's Tide corner of West Holly
and E Streets, undated
12/2 Chamber of Commerce- Ferry Committee, 1937-1958
12/3 Chamber of Commerce- Misc., 1917-1960
12/4 Chamber of Commerce- Special Committees, 1919-1955
Events and Activities
12/5 Lincoln Assassination - reported in
the New York Herald, April 15, 1965
12/6 Mt. Baker Lodge brochure, undated; Mt. Baker Theatre Opening Program, 1927;
Tulip Festival, 1923
12/7 Manuscript: “I Found It! A History of Early Whatcom County Bottles” Revised
Edition by David Bethman, 1988
12/8 Manuscript: “Whatcom County Post Offices and Postmasters 1857-1985,” 1986
12/9 News Clippings- Local History,
1889-1990
12/10 The Northwest Magazine:
Bellingham Bay (incomplete), September 1889
12/11 Pacific American Fisheries, 1901-1965
12/12 Pamphlets Relating to Bellingham and Whatcom
County:
“History of Bellingham Y.M.C.A.
1890-1962,” 1962
“An Introduction to the Economy of
Whatcom County,” 1977
“Mt. Baker Ski Area- A Pictorial
History,” 1980
“Bellingham: The Town of the Month,”
April 1929
“Whatcom Museum, An Official Guide,”
1992
Periodicals
12/13 “Business Pulse,” September
1989
12/14 “Pacific Fisherman Handbook,”
May 1944
12/15 “Pacific Fisherman's Salmon
Canners Directory,” 1917; 1918
12/16 “Salmon Packers Directory”
published by Pacific Fisherman, 1919
12/17 “Salmon Packers Register” published by Pacific Fisherman, 1920;
1922; 1923; 1929; 1931; 1934-1935; 1937; 1945; 1948-1949; 1953; 1956; 1959
12/18 Port of Bellingham- Agreements, Information, and
Statistics, 1929-1948
12/19 Port of Bellingham- “Port Reports,” October 1988;
December 1988; October 1989; November 1989
12/20 Salmon Can Labels, undated
12/21 Talks- Historical by David C. Morse, 1984-1990
12/22 Telephone subscribers, 1890; Reunions, 1925-1931
12/23 Thank-you letters from Parkview School for
Playground Equipment Donation, 1972
12/24 Whatcom County School Directory, 1922
Box 13 (oversize)
Maps of Bellingham and Surrounding Area
13/1 Aeroview of Whatcom County Washington,
1930
13/2 Baker View Addition plat map, 1938
13/3 Baker View Addition showing Morse
Hardware tracts, undated
13/4 Bellingham Bay Coal Company property with the town of Sehome and the
adjoining towns of Whatcom and Bellingham in the County of Whatcom, July 1883
13/5 Commercial map of Bellingham, Washington, 1926
13/6 Enlarged portion of plat of portion of Sehome – Laurell St. and Railroad
Avenue, undated
13/7 Map & Elevations: Morse Hardware
Tract, February 15, 1940
13/8 Plat of Bellingham Bay Coal Company’s
Properties in Sehome, 1883
Box 14
Polk Directories (all directories are duplicates of
those in research room):
14/1 Puget Sound Directory, 1887
14/2 New Whatcom, 1891
14/3 Oregon, Washington, Idaho Gazetteer, 1892
Box 15
Polk Directories: Oregon, Washington, and Alaska
15/1 1901
15/2 1902
Polk Directories: Oregon and Washington Gazetteer
15/3 1903
15/4 1904
15/5 1905
15/6 1906
Polk Directories: Bellingham and Whatcom County
15/7 1917
15/8 1925
15/9 1925 (2nd
Copy)
15/10 1926
15/11 1926 (2nd
Copy)
15/12 1926 (3rd
Copy)
15/13 1927
15/14 1927 (2nd
Copy)
Box 16
16/1 1928
16/2 1929
16/3 1929 (2nd
Copy)
16/4 1930
16/5 1930 (2nd
Copy)
16/6 1931
16/7 1932
16/8 1932 (2nd
Copy)
16/9 1933
16/10 1934
16/11 1935
16/12 1936
16/13 1936 (2nd
Copy)
16/14 1937
Box 17
Polk Directories: Bellingham City Directories
17/1 1939
17/2 1940
17/3 1941
17/4 1942
17/5 1945
17/6 1945 (2nd
Copy)
17/7 1947
17/8 1948
17/9 1950
17/10 1952
Box 18
18/1 1954
18/2 1955
18/3 1956
18/4 1956 (2nd
Copy)
18/5 1957
18/6 1957 (2nd
Copy)
18/7 1959
18/8 1960
18/9 1961
18/10 1964
Box 19
19/1 1966
19/2 1967
19/3 1968
19/4 1969
19/5 1970
19/6 1971
19/7 1972
19/8 1973
19/9 1974
Box 20
20/1 1975
20/2 1976
20/3 1977
20/4 1978
20/5 1979
20/6 1980
Box 21
Artifacts from
Cecil Morse's Desk
21/1 Address Book,
1945
21/2 Diaries,
1900-1955
Maps and Travel
Guides
21/3
Bellingham and Whatcom County, ca. 1920-1950
21/4
Europe, 1925-1949
21/5
North America, 1929-1940
21/6
North America, ca. 1920-1940
21/7
North America, ca. 1920-1960
Box 22
22/1
North America, ca. 1920-1960
22/2
North America, ca. 1920-1960
22/3
Washington State, 1925
22/4
Washington State, ca. 1920-1960
22/5
Washington State, ca. 1920-1960
22/6 Time Book –
personal employees, 1938-1939
Box 23
(oversize)
Ready reference materials – tool and equipment guides,
business practices, and conversion tables, 1899-1950s
The Great American Hardware Story Vol. 212 No. 7 July 4th, 1975
Hardware Merchandiser, October 1987
Hardware Merchandiser, “Hardware Merchandisers of the Year: David C. Morse” October 1969 + Extra
Copies of the Cover
Morse Hardware Advertisement, undated
Box 24
Tickets and fliers for social events, ca. 1920-1960; Stamps
(Morse Hardware and Cecil Morse), Desk items –
letter opener, pencil lead, paperweight; “Coolidge and Dawes” campaign buttons;
Keys to various areas of
Hardware Store – Labeled, undated
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