Reynolds and Reynolds Company Records
Scope and Content
The collection is made up of financial records, product information and customer records.
Series I, Financial Records contains the company financial records for the years 18921898.
Series II, Cash Debits and Customer Credits contains financial records for the company and customers.
Series III, Goods Made and Sold contains product information for the various items that Reynolds and Reynolds made.
Series IV, Department Account Records contains financial records for the various departments from 1915 to 1920.
Dates
- Creation: 1892-1920
Creator
- Reynolds and Reynolds Company (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on accessing materials in this collection.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
History of Reynolds and Reynolds Company
The Reynolds and Reynolds Company dates back to June 1, 1866, when L.D. Reynolds and his brother-in-law, James R. Gardner, established a modest print shop in a vacated fire house behind the old Turner Opera House.
The parent firm was known as the Gardner and Reynolds but the following year James Gardner sold his interest to Ira Reynolds, father of L.D. Reynolds, and the name became Reynolds and Reynolds.
In 1869, Ira Reynolds invented the duplicate sales book cover. This gave the firm its first real impetus, though eventually, as a result of litigation, the rights to this original style of sales book was sold to the American Sales Book Company for a reputed sum of $500, after which the Reynolds and Reynolds continued to manufacture a modified form of sales book known as the Reynolds Duplicating Order Book. They also manufactured job printing and a line of writing tablets.
The company was incorporated in 1886 as The Reynolds and Reynolds Company. Its original officers were - President, L.D. Reynolds: Vice President, George W. Shaw: Treasurer, George G. Shaw: Secretary, R.L. Hughes: General Manager, L.G. Reynolds.
Extent
7 linear feet (12 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Consists of ledgers containing departmental account records, cash debits, customer credits, and product information for various products manufactured by the company during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Statement of Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series.
- Series I, Financial Records
- Series II, Cash Debits and Customer Credits
- Series III, Goods Made and Sold
- Series IV, Department Account Records
Acquisition Information
The Reynolds and Reynolds Records were donated by the Reynolds and Reynolds Company.
Subject
- Reynolds and Reynolds Company -- Archives (Organization)
donor
- Reynolds and Reynolds Company (Organization)
Geographic
- Title
- Guide to the Reynolds and Reynolds Company Records (MS-255)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Lawrence A. Menosky II, 1994
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
