ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL #1246 (addition)
DATES: 1897-1977
SIZE: Ten folders, one scrapbook box
ACQUISITION:This addition to the Nash Finch Company Records was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Bill Robbins of the Nash Finch Company, 7600 France Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55440-0355. It was presented to Sandy Slater, Head of Special Collections, during the dedication of the Nash Finch Company archive, 16 JUN 1995. (Acc# 95-2019)
ACCESS:Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
Most important in the addition is a book that contains the articles of incorporation, by-laws, and board minutes of the Finch-Smith Company, established in Crookston, MN (1897). Finch-Smith was the forerunner of Finch-Winslow-Carlisle Company. H.B. Finch as well as Fred and Willis Nash were Finch-Smith officers. Board minutes reveal that Finch-Smith Company was changed to Finch-Winslow-Carlisle Company on 1 MAR 1907. The book also contains a record of annual and special shareholder meetings (1897-1921). Because of the book's size and fragile condition, it was not separated from the collection. Proxies and the Finch-Smith Company articles of incorporation, however, that had been interleaved in the book were removed and placed in separate folders.
The addition also includes a NFCO statement of assets and liabilities (9 MAR 1962); NFCO testimonial resolutions pertaining published upon the deaths of Harold B. Finch (MAY 1973) and Robert L. Nash (NOV 1977); Nash Company stationary letterhead samples from when it was located at 1100 Foshay Tower, Minneapolis 55402; and newspaper articles and full-page advertisements pertaining to the JUL 1971 opening of a Jack & Jill store in Holdrege, Nebraska, as well as an article about the closing of a NFCO d¥stribution warehouse in Norfolk, Nebraska (MAY 1975).
Also included here is a baseball uniform from Nash, ND. This wool uniform dates to the 1930's and was given to John Nash by Bernice Flanagan of Edinberg, ND. The uniform was among many purchased from the Grand Forks Chiefs in about 1950 by Hank Monson, who coached the Nash "Legion" team. According to Hank's wife, Lila, he bought this and other uniforms from a Northern League team that had either purchased new uniforms or had suspended play. The Nash ceased play in the late 1950's. Before Monson moved to Grafton in the early 1960's, he gave all the team uniforms to Flanagan, because she had started a pee-wee baseball team and was actively involved in promoting the sport in Nash.
Box 11
Folder
27 Finch-Smith Company, (Finch-Winslow-Carlisle Company, beginning MAR
1907) by-laws and minutes of Board of Directors meetings, Annual Stockholders
meetings, and Special Stockholders meetings (25 MAY 1897-10 JAN 1921).
28 Finch-Smith Company articles of incorporation (25 MAY 1897). Also contains
two photocopies of the articles on acid-free paper.
29 Finch-Winslow-Carlisle Company, resignation of T.E. Wilde as treasurer (8
NOV 1920).
30 Finch-Winslow-Carlisle Company proxies (20 DEC 1920).
31 NFCO statement of assets and liabilities (9 MAR 1962)
32 Harold B. Finch testimonial resolution adopted at the Annual Stockholders
meeting (8 MAY 1973)
33 Robert L. Nash testimonial resolution adopted at the Board of Directors
meeting (14 NOV 1977)
34 Nash Company sample stationary letterhead when it was located at 1100 Foshay
Tower, Minneapolis, MN 55402
35 Newspaper clippings (photocopies on acid-free paper)related to the opening
of a Jack & Jill store in Holdrege, NE (12 and 13 JUL 1971).
36 Newspaper clipping (photocopy on acid-free paper) related to the closing of
a NFCO distribution warehouse in Norfolk, NE (15 MAY 1975).
An anniversary tribute broadside, marking the 60th anniversary of NFCO (1945) and signed by Harold B. Finch as well as several full-page announcements and advertisements related to the opening of the Jack & Jill store in Holdrege, NE (JUL 1975) have been removed from the collection and placed in the oversize folder.
The baseball uniform (ca. 1930's) has been removed from the collection, placed in a scrapbook box, and stored adjacent to the NFCO collection. The "Our Family" paper bag (1995) within which the uniform was deposited, has also been removed from the collection and placed in the oversize folder.
The following photographs were deposited by Lila Monson, wife of the late Hank Monson, who coached Nash, ND baseball in the 1950's.
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