ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

HAMPDEN IMPLEMENT COMPANY RECORDS

COLLECTION: OGL #371

DATES: 1903-1939

SIZE: 12 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Hampden Implement Company Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection. The acquisition records are unavailable.

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The Hampden Implement Company was located in Hampden, North Dakota, along the border of Ramsey and Cavalier County. The company sold agriculture implements and general agricultural merchandise. The president of the company was M.A. (Mark) Knutson.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Hampden Implement Records are divided into three series, as follows:. These series deal with correspondence received and sent, 1905-1926; materials related to the business operations of the firm 1907-1939; and bound financial records, 1903-1916.

SERIES I: Correspondence
Correspondence and other materials related to the ordering of equipment and the business transactions of the Hampden Implement Company. The major correspondent is M.A. Knutson, the president of the firm. The correspondence is arranged in reverse chronological order, and then alphabetically by name of the correspondent. The years covered are 1905-1926. Boxes 1-3

SERIES II:Business Operations
Included in this series are miscellaneous bills and invoices and complete inventories from 1931- 1939. Also included are company catalogs and price lists from various suppliers and manufacturers, from 1907-1910, as well as 1922. The catalogs are particularly valuable for a history of agricultural implements in the period. Boxes 4-5

SERIES III:Bound Financial Ledgers
This series consists of three groups of different financial records:

Company Account Books deal with records of financial transactions between the Hampden Implement Company and specific accounts. 1905-1912.

Daily Ledger Books indicate business transactions for individual days and cover the years 1903- 1916.

Miscellaneous ledgers include a cash ledger book (1905-1908), a payment due ledger book (1905-1907) and a bills receivable ledger book (1903-1905).

Box 1
Folder
SERIES I: Correspondence

  1. 1927 A-Z
  2. 1926 A-C
  3. 1926 D
  4. 1926 E-H
  5. 1926 I-L
  6. 1926 M-Mc
  7. 1926 N-S
  8. 1926 T-W
  9. 1925 C-T
  10. 1924 A-B
  11. 1924 C
  12. 1924 D
  13. 1924 E-F
  14. 1924 G-I
  15. 1924 J-L
  16. 1924 M
  17. 1924 N-S
  18. 1924 T-W
  19. 1922-1923
  20. 1921 A-C
  21. 1921 D-E
  22. 1921 F
  23. 1921 G-H
  24. 1921 I-L
  25. 1921 M

Box 2
Folder

  1. 1921 Mc-P
  2. 1921 R-S
  3. 1921 T
  4. 1921 U-Y
  5. 1919 A
  6. 1919 B-C
  7. 1919 D
  8. 1919 E-G
  9. 1919 H-L
  10. 1919 M
  11. 1919 N-W
  12. 1913 A-D
  13. 1913 E-H
  14. 1913 I-L
  15. 1913 M
  16. 1913 N-W

Box 3
Folder

  1. 1910 A-L
  2. 1910 M-W
  3. 1909 A-F
  4. 1909 G-L
  5. 1909 M-N
  6. 1909 O-W
  7. 1907 A-L
  8. 1907 M-W
  9. Copy Book Correspondence 1905-1906
  10. 1906 A-L
  11. 1906 M-Z
  12. 1905 A-L
  13. 1905 M-Z
  14. 1907- 1919 Correspondence
  15. Personal Correspondence -Mark Knudson 1909-1926
  16. Miscellaneous Correspondence
  17. Miscellaneous Material

Box 4
Folder
SERIES II:Business Operations

  1. Miscellaneous bills and receipts 1905-1906
  2. Bills, invoices 1905
  3. Letters, invoices, and bills 1903-1904
  4. Book- Soil Culture, compliments of Hampden Implement
  5. Inventory 1939
  6. Inventory 1938
  7. Inventory 1937
  8. Inventory 1936
  9. Inventory 1935
  10. Inventory 1934
  11. Inventory 1933
  12. Inventory 1932
  13. Inventory 1931

Box 5
Folder

  1. Inventories of Repairs on Hand, 1902-1907
  2. Catalog and Price lists 1922, L-W
  3. Catalog and Price lists 1922, A-K
  4. Book- Service Catalog -Universal by Landers, Frary & Clark
  5. Book - Nicols, Dean & Gregg -Catalog No.58
  6. Price lists and Catalogs -1909-1910, A-D
  7. Price lists and Catalogs -1909-1910, E-K
  8. Price lists and Catalogs -1909-1910, L-P
  9. Price lists and Catalogs -1909-1910, R-W
  10. Price lists and Catalogs -1907-1908, A-D
  11. Price lists and Catalogs -1907-1908- G-I
  12. Price lists and Catalogs -1907-1908- L-N
  13. Price lists and Catalogs -1907-1908- P-W

SERIES III:Bound Financial Ledgers
Ledgers
Company Account Books

  1. 1909-1912 (?)
  2. 1908
  3. 1906-1907
  4. 1905-1906
  5. 1903-1905

Daily Ledger Books

  1. 1915-1916
  2. 1912-1914
  3. 1908-1909
  4. 1906-1907
  5. 1904-1905
  6. 1903-1904

Miscellaneous

  1. Cash Ledger Book: 1905-1908
  2. Payment Due Book: 1905-1907
  3. Bills receivable: 1903-1905

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