Series VII: General History, Minutes, and Stock Certificates, 1869 - 1969
Scope and Contents
This collection contains business records of the Dayton Malleable Iron Company.
Series I-VI contain various types of financial records, such as trial balance ledgers, cash and credit journals, cash books, general and private ledgers, and including journals, cash books, trial balances, ledgers, purchase records, production, shipping and sales records, and payroll books. The financial records in these series date from the 1890s to 1940s. Series VI contains ledgers specifically from Gartland-Haswell-Rentschler (GHR) Foundry, division of Dayton Malleable Iron.
Series VII contains written histories for Dayton Malleable, GHR, and a few other divisions/subsidiaries; an early minutes volume, containing Stockholder meeting minutes (1869 and 1873) and Board of Directors meeting minutes (1869-1901); correspondence mainly concerning requests for historical information about the company; stock certificates (1869-1923); and a few other miscellaneous historical notes and summaries.
Dates
- Creation: 1869 - 1969
Creator
- From the Collection: Dayton Malleable Iron Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is stored off-site. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at least 2 days in advance to identify the material to be researched so that it can be brought to the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room.
Conditions Governing Access
Per the original deposit agreement signed by Robert Hensley in 1980, researcher access to the payroll ledgers is open only by permission of Robert Hensley.
Extent
From the Collection: 19.42 linear feet (61 volumes and 2 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
All materials in this series (i.e. box 1 and 2) were donated to Wright State University Libraries' Special Collections and Archives by Terry Akers in June 2019.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
