SC12681
15 boxes (12 cubic feet)
Open to research
Gift: Meneely Bell Company, Troy, N.Y., May 1953
Manuscripts and Special Collections, 1953
Historical Note:
In 1870 Clinton H. Meneely and George H. Kimberly formed a partnership in bell manufacturing in Troy, N.Y. The firm was known as Meneely and Kimberly. In 1880 the company was reorganized as a stock company under the name of the Clinton H. Meneely Company. The company was later organized as the Meneely Bell Company and existed in Troy until the mid-twentieth century.
Scope and Content Note:
These records consist chiefly of ledgers, journals, and cash books detailing financial transactions of the firm. Journals and day-books provide a chronological record of receipts and expenditure whereas the ledgers record the same information by account. All entries record the date, the nature of the transaction such as items purchased or items sold, and amount.
Related Resources:
This repository also includes the records of Meneely & Company, Watervliet (West Troy), New York (SC13434).
Container List:
Box | Vol. | Company | Item | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Meneely and Kimberly | Cash Book | June 1870-September 1876 |
1 | 2 | Meneely and Kimberly | Cash Book | June 1870-October 1877 |
2 | 3 | Meneely and Kimberly | Cash Book | November 1877-February 1880 |
1 | 4 | C.H.M. Bell Company | Cash Book A | 1880-1886 |
1 | 5 | C.H.M. Bell Company | Cash Book B | 1884-1890 |
2 | 6 | C.H.M. Bell Company | Cash Book C | January 1890-September 1893 |
3 | 7 | Meneely Bell Company | Cash Book A | August 1894-September 1898 |
3 | 8 | Meneely Bell Company | Cash Book B | September 1898-December 1901 |
4 | 9 | Meneely Bell Company | Cash Book A | January 1902-September 1905 |
4 | 10 | Meneely Bell Company | Cash Book B | September 1905-May 1909 |
5 | 11 | Meneely Bell Company | Cash Book C | May 1909-April 1913 |
5 | 12 | Meneely Bell Company | Cash Book D | April 1913-August 1917 |
6 | 13 | Meneely Bell Company | Cash Book E | 1917-1921 |
6 | 14 | Meneely Bell Company | Cash Book F | February 1922-April 1925 |
7 | 15 | Meneely Bell Company | Cash Book G | April 1926-December 1928 |
7 | 16 | C.H.M. Bell Company | Journal B | September 1886-July 1892 |
7 | 17 | Meneely Bell Company | Journal A | August 1894-September 1900 |
8 | 18 | Meneely Bell Company | Journal B | September 1900-November 191? |
8 | 19 | Meneely Bell Company | Journal A | January 1902-September 1906 |
9 | 20 | Meneely Bell Company | Journal B | September 1906-November 1911 |
9 | 21 | Meneely Bell Company | Journal C | November 1911-March 1913 |
10 | 22 | Meneely Bell Company | Journal D | April 1913-August 1919 |
10 | 23 | Meneely Bell Company | Journal E | August 1919-March 1925 |
11 | 24 | Meneely Bell Company | Journal F | April 1925-December 1928 |
11 | 25 | Meneely and Kimberly | Ledger | January 1871-January 1876 |
12 | 26 | Meneely and Kimberly | Ledger | November 1878-January 1880 |
12 | 27 | C.H.M. Bell Company | Ledger A | January 1880-January 1884 |
13 | 28 | C.H.M. Bell Company | Ledger B | January 1884-January 1890 |
13 | 29 | C.H.M. Bell Company | Ledger C | January 1890-June 1894 |
13 | 30 | Meneely Bell Company | Ledger A | August 1894-October 1898 |
14 | 31 | Meneely Bell Company | Ledger B | November 1898-January 1902 |
14 | 32 | Meneely Bell Company | Ledger | 1902-1906 |
15 | 33 | Meneely Bell Company | Transfer Ledger A | 1907-1926 |
15 | 34 | Meneely Bell Company | Transfer Ledger C | 1913-1929 (MISSING, April 24, 2006) |