Richardson Hardware

Richardson Hardware

Archival Collection

RICHARDSON’S HARDWARE COLLECTION

BOX 1
Item

1. Clock and watch sales record book, March 1951-November
1954

2. Gun and rifle sales record book, December 1939-April 1947

3. Gun and rifle sales record book, June 1947-September 1950

4. Loose-leaf binder (empty) entitled: “Industrial Sales
Corp.”-Ned Richardson

5. Booklet entitled: “Specifications for Repairs, Alterations,
and Improvements to Richardson’s Hardware

6. Various Business Cards (49 cards)

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BOX 2

Business Inventory Books

1. December 31, 1952

2. December 31, 1959

3. December 31, 1960 (2 copies)

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BOX 3

Business Expense Journals

1. August 1920-May 1920

2. January 1931-December 1945

3. January 1935-December 1945

4. June 1960

5. August 1920-December 1934

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BOX 4

Business Expense Journals

1. April 1945-June 1960

2. April 1960-December 1961

3. April 1960-December 1969

4. January 1970-December 1970

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BOX 5 Ledger Sheets

1. 1948

2. 1949

3. 1950-1956

4. 1960-1964

5. 1964-1973

6. 1973-1979

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BOX 6 Daybook Sheets

1. 1920-1947 (out of order)

2. March 1947-September 1947

3. September 1947-June 1948

4. July 1948-April 1949

5. April 1949-February 1950

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BOX 7 Daybook

1. February 1950-May 1951

2. May 1951-December 1951

3. January 1952-August 1952

4. August 1952-April 1953

5. April 1953-September 1953

6. October 1953-September 1954

7. October 1954-September 1955

8. September 1955-August 1956

9. August 1956-July 1957

10. August 1957-March 1959

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BOX 8 Daybook

1. March 1959-March 1960

2. March 1960-February 1961

3. March 1961-August 1962

4. August 1962-January 1964

5. January 1964-July 1965

6. July 1965-October 1968

7. October 1968-December 1971

8. March 1970-January 1972

9. January 1972-November 1973

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BOX 9 Daybook

1. November 1973-November 1974

2. November 1974-November 1975

3. November 1975-October 1976

4. November 1976-April 1979

Business Expense Journal

5. January 1949-March 1954

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BOX 10 Monthly Summary

1. 1949-1957

2. 1960-1970

Ledger

3. August 1920-November 1921

4. November 1921-July 1924

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BOX 11 Ledger

1. August 1924-December 1926

2. January 1927-April 1929

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BOX 12 Ledger

1. May 1929-March 1932

2. April 1932-December 1935

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BOX 13 Ledger

1. January 1936-October 1938

2. November 1938-December 1940

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BOX 14 Ledger

1. December 1940-November 1942

2. November 1942-April 1945

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BOX 15 Ledger

1. April 1945-April 1947

2. May 1947-October 1949

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BOX 16 Books and Catalogs

1.
How to Sharpen, An aid to the users of Pike Sharpening
Stones, 1912

2
Vulcan W. Agrippa, 1912, J. H. Williams & Co.,
Brooklyn, New York, Iron, steel, copper, bronze, and aluminum
forgings

3.
U. S. Navy Surplus Supplies Catalog, Buy from the Navy,
Vol. 1, No. 1, 15 April 1920

4.
McCormic-Deering Cultivators, Walking, combined, riding,
two-row

5.
The Paying Hen, Mann’s Green Bone & Vegetable Cutter,
F. W. Mann Co., Mailford, Mass., 1905

6.
The Biggest Help for Farmers in a Decade

7.
Money Saving Sale, January, February–Good until February
28, 1927, Brown Lynch Scott Co.

8.
The Green Book of “Red Devil” Tools and Hardware
Specialties
, No. 12A, Smith & Hemenway Co., Inc.,
Irvington, N. J.

9.
B-L-S Batteries for power and light

10.
Twenty Tips on Modern Farming for a Better Balanced Farm
Program

11.
Sandwich Portable & Bucket Elevators, Sandwich
Manufacturing Co., Sandwich, Il, 1929

12.
Hudson Sprayers Catalog No. S25, 1934, A quarter century
of progress, H. D. Hudson Manufacturing Co., Chicago, U.S.A.

13.
Hudson Sprayers Catalogue No. S27, 1933, H. D. Hudson
Manufacturing Co., 589 East Illinois Street, Chicago, Illinois

14.
Otto Bernz Catalogue No. 5, Manufacturer of Plumbers,
Took, Furnace, Torches, and Mechanical Specialties, 21-43 South
13th Street near South Orange Avenue, Newark, N. J., established
1876

15.
Condensed Catalog of Mossberg Wrenches and Tools,
Manufactured by Frank Mossberg Company, Lamb Street, Attleboro,
Mass.

16.
Enderes, Manufacturers and Distributors High Grade Edge Tools
and Cutlery
, Enderes Incorporated, Albert Lea, Minn., Catalog
No. 10

17.
Plumbing & Heating, Catalog 143, Hardin-Lavin Co.,
established since 1876, 121-39 Pershing Road, Chicago

18.
N & B Tools, Catalogue No. 30, Vaughan & Bushnell
Manufacturing Co., Makers of Fine Tools, established 1869,
Incorporated 1882, Chicago, Illinois, 2114 Carroll Avenue

19.
Brown Lynch Scott Co., Spring and Summer, 1926, Monmouth,
Illinois

20.
Buck’s Stoves, Ranges & Furnaces For Gas, Coal, or
Wood
, Catalog No. 118, Eightieth Anniversary, 1846-1926, St.
Louis, Missouri, May 1926

21.
Colt Catalog and Buyers Guide, J. B. Colt Company, Unit of
Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation, 1930, 230 North Michigan
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

22.
Southern Co-Operative Foundry Company Supplement No. 2 to
Catalog No. 4, Rome, Georgia, established 1898

23.
The Tennessee Line, Tennessee Stove Works, General Catalog
No. 26, Chattanooga, Tennessee

24.
Excelsior Stove & Mfg. Co., Manufacturers National Stoves,
Ranges & Furnaces
, Quincy, Illinois, Catalogue No. 42

25.
Bridgeford Stoves, Ranges and Fire Place Furniture,
Catalog No. B-1, 1924, Southern Signal Co., Incorporated,
Louisville

26.
Atlanta Line Stoves & Ranges, Atlanta Stove Works,
Atlanta, Georgia, Supplementary Catalogue issued 1924

27.
The Book of Oliver, Vol. III, Chicago, IL, Oliver Farm
Equipment Sales Company

28.
Red Mountain Coal & Wood Ranges, Cook Stoves, Heaters and
Hollow-ware
, manufactured by Birmingham Stove & Range Co.,
Birmingham, Alabama, Catalogue No. 15 B

29.
National Quad Nesco Kerogas Marion, Gas, gasoline, oil,
electric, Stoves, Ranges & Ovens, Gurney Refrigerators
,
No. 122, Excelsior Stove & Mfg. Company, Quincy, Illinois

30.
Charter Oak Stove & Range Co., Catalogue No. 18-22,
General Offices & Sample Rooms, Antelope St. & Conduit, St.
Louis, Mo.

31.
Excelsior Stove & Mfg. Co. Cat. #42, November 1,
1929

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BOX 17

Customer Credit Record Book, 1962-1965

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BOX 18 Blueprints

1. Two blueprints–proposed alterations for Richardson’s
Hardware, August 30, 1949; one proposed and existing floor plans
and one longitudinal and cross sectional

2. Two blueprints–proposed alterations for Richardson’s
Hardware, August 18, 1949

3. Two blueprints–Revised proposed alterations for Richardson’s
Hardware, November 8, 1949

4. Two blueprints–revised proposed alterations for Richardson’s
Hardware, October 6, 1949