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1 IHLC MS 359 Valley Grain Company Records, Manuscript Collection Inventory Illinois History and Lincoln Collections University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Note: Unless otherwise specified, documents and other materials listed on the following pages are available for research at the Illinois Historical and Lincoln Collections, located in the Main Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additional background information about the manuscript collection inventoried is recorded in the Manuscript Collections Database ( under the collection title; search by the name listed at the top of the inventory to locate the corresponding collection record in the database. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois History and Lincoln Collections phone: (217)

2 1 Valley Grain Company Records, Contents Series I--Papers Hiram H. Potter Personal Papers Anderson-Steele Realty Company Inland Grain Company Valley Grain Company Individual Elevators (all in Illinois)... 7 Series II--Unbound Ledgers and Oversize Material Inland Grain Valley Grain Individual Elevators (all in Illinois) Series III--Bound Volumes Boxed Small Volumes Unboxed Large Volumes Series IV--Cancelled Checks and Statements The collection is divided into four series by format. Series I contains personal and professional correspondence and various business papers. The day-to-day activities of Valley Grain are documented in the daily communications between Potter and his local managers. The letters of B.F. Rayburn of Mahomet (subseries 5-I) and R.D. Smilie of Odell (subseries 5-L) are especially useful. Other topics discussed in the correspondence include the general condition of the midwestern farm economy, the Great Depression, federal farm legislation such as the McNary-Haugen Bill, as well as other political issues, farmers' co-operatives, and, in the Smilie letters, the Ku Klux Klan. Letters and business papers relating to a specific elevator are filed together under "Individual Elevators." These files often include papers of companies that preceded or followed Inland and Valley Grain at those locations. Series II contains unbound ledger pages as well as oversize material. For some locations, the ledgers are complete for several years. Series III contains bound business volumes and ledgers. Series IV consists of unprocessed checks, check stubs, and bank statements.

3 2 Abbreviations: ASR...Anderson-Steele Realty Co. HHP...Hiram H. Potter IG...Inland Grain Co. VG...Valley Grain Co. Series I--Papers Box 1 1. Hiram H. Potter Personal Papers A. Letters Received 1. L.E. Singer, Converse, Ind. (brother-in-law) to HHP, Miscellaneous Correspondents to HHP, B. Letters Sent 3. HHP to Wilbur Highley, Converse, Ind. (tenant), HHP to Mary Potter, Lafayette, Ind. (mother), HHP to Cleveland Renneaker, Converse, Ind. (tenant), HHP to Flora Singer, Lafayette, Ind. (sister), HHP to L.E. Singer, Lafayette, Ind. (bro.-inlaw), HHP to Miscellaneous Correspondents, C. Miscellaneous 9. Receipts 10. Taxes 2. Anderson-Steele Realty Company A. Correspondence 11. ASR to Myra H. Patch, Galesburg, Ill., Miscellaneous Correspondence, B. Legal Documents 13. Agreement for Deeds 14. Articles of Agreement 15. Mortgages 16. Receipts 17. Taxes

4 3 18. Warranty Deeds 19. Miscellaneous 20. Miscellaneous 3. Inland Grain Company A. Letters Received 21. Second National Bank, Monmouth, Ill., to HHP, Miscellaneous Correspondents to IG B. Letters Sent 23. IG to Miscellaneous Correspondents, C. First National Bank, Galesburg, to IG Debtors A-K L-Z D. Miscellaneous 26. Annual Reports 27. Automobile Expenses 28. Creditors Committee (see also #385) 29. Deeds 30. Grain Checks--C.E. Graves & Co Phelps Grain Co. 32. Grain Inspection Certificates 33. Incorporation Papers 34. Insurance 35. Leases 36. Minutes 37. Pay Roll Reports 38. Promissory Notes 39. Shipping Notices 40. Statements and Receipts 41. Stock Certificates 42. Stock Issued Miscellaneous Documents Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Oscar Hvarven Rock Island Southern Railroad Hermann Trask Wm. Vollbracht Co Wagoner Printing Co. 49. Miscellaneous Legal Documents 50. Miscellaneous 4. Valley Grain Company A. Letters Received 51. Aetna Life Insurance Co., Bloomington, Ill., to VG,

5 4 Box W.H. Armitage, Goodland, Ind., to HHP, Emmett L. Betzer, New Orleans, to VG, George Booth, Chicago (partner), to HHP, Ronald Booth, Laurens, Iowa, to HHP, Bossemeyer Brothers, Superior, Neb., to VG, Kent Campbell, LaHarpe, Ill., to VG, Carson Grain Co., Paxton, Ill., to VG, Central Freight Bureau, Galesburg, Ill., to VG, Crabbs Reynolds Taylor Co., Crawfordsville, to VG, Crawfordsville Seed Co., Crawfordsville, to VG, Cuba Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Co., Cuba, Ill., to VG, Frank J. Delany, Chicago, to VG, A.L. Dillon, Kankakee and Peoria, Ill., to HHP, Grain Dealers Journal, Chicago, to VG, Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Indianapolis, to VG, Hardware Mutual Casualty Co., Stevens Point, Wisc., to VG, Hayward-Rich Grain Co., Indianapolis, to HHP, Henry Hirsch & Sons, Toledo, Ohio, to VG, Illinois Grain Dealers Assoc., Delavan, Ill., to VG, Thos. Johnston & Co., Baltimore, to VG, Kewanee Implement Co., Kewanee, Ill., to VG, Lamson Bros. & Co., Chicago, to VG, Lamson Bros. & Co., Chicago, to VG, , Langenberg Grain Co., New Orleans, to VG, Axel M. Larson, Princeton, Ill., to VG, Leary Grain Co., Minneapolis, to VG, James M. Maguire, Chicago, to HHP, Nebraska Iowa Grain Co., Omaha, to VG, Norris Grain Co., Kansas City, to VG, Old Ben Coal Corp., Chicago, to VG, C.L. Parker Grain Co., Topeka, to VG, Quaker Oats Co., Chicago, to VG, J.W. Richards, Ferris, Ill., to VG, James M. Rogers, New Orleans, to VG, Rumsey, Moore & Co., Peoria, to VG, Dec to May Rumsey, Moore & Co., Peoria, to VG, June 1929 to Oct. 1929

6 5 88. Rumsey, Moore & Co., Peoria, to VG, Nov to Oct St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash., to VG, Stuhr-Seidl Co., Minneapolis, to VG, Wm. Vollbracht Co., Camp Point, Ill., to VG, George W. Young Co., Owosso, Mich., to HHP, Miscellaneous Correspondents to VG, A to C 94. D to G 95. H to M 96. N to Z B. Letters Sent 97. VG to Altona Co-op Grain Co., Altona, Ill., VG to Emmett L. Betzer, New Orleans, HHP to George E. Booth (partner), Chicago, HHP to Ronald Booth, Laurens, Iowa, VG to Bushnell Cooperative Elevator Co., Bushnell, Ill., VG to Kent Campbell, LaHarpe, Ill., VG to Central Freight Bureau, Galesburg, Ill., VG to Consumers Feed & Fuel Co., Galesburg, Ill., VG to Crabbs, Reynolds, Taylor Co., Crawfordsville, Ind., VG to Cuba Farmers Co-operative Elevator Co., Cuba, Ill., VG to Albert Dickerson Seed Co., Chicago, VG to A.L. Dillon, Peoria, Ill., VG to Farmers Elevator Co., Woodhull, Ill., VG to Farmers Grain & Supply Co., Viola, Ill., VG to J.T. Gibbons Inc., New Orleans, VG to Grain Dealers Journal, Chicago, VG to Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Indianapolis, HHP to E.C. Hardin, Monmouth, Ill., VG to Hardware Mutual Casualty Co., Stevens Point, Wisc., VG to Hayward-Rich Grain Co., Indianapolis, HHP to Hudson Burr & Co., Bloomington, Ill., HHP to H. Huggins (president of VG), Galesburg, Ill., HHP to Elias Hughs, Maquon, Ill., VG to Ray C. Irle, Mahomet, Ill., 1929

7 VG to Thos. Johnston & Co., Baltimore, VG to Kewanee Implement Co., Kewanee, Ill., VG to Lamson Bros. & Co., Chicago, VG to Langenburg Grain Co., New Orleans, HHP to Mahomet Grain Co., Mahomet, Ill., HHP to James M. Maguire, Chicago, VG to Norris Grain Co., Kansas City, VG to Old Ben Coal Corp., Chicago, VG to C.L. Parker Grain Co., Topeka, VG to Quaker Oats Co., Chicago, VG to J.W. Richards, Ferris, Ill., VG to Roberts & Litchfield, Rio, Ill., VG to Rock Island Southern Railroad, Rock Island, Ill., VG to James M. Rogers, New Orleans, VG to Rumsey, Moore & Co., Peoria, Ill., VG to Schultz Seed Co., Olney, Ill., VG to A.E. Simmons, Pontiac, Ill., VG to N.H. Swanson, Lynn Center, Ill., VG to Union Iron Works, Decatur, Ill., VG to Wm. Vollbracht Co., Barry and Camp Point, Ill., VG to Ralph Wells, Monmouth, Ill., VG to Miscellaneous Correspondents, A to H 143. VG to Miscellaneous Correspondents, I to Z 144. Third-Party Letters C. Documents 145. Accounts Received 146. Advertisements 147. Bank Reconcilement 148. Brokerage Statements 149. Confirmations 150. Descriptions of Property 151. Federal Appeal Grade Certificates 152. Freight Rate Court Cases 153. Illinois State Government Documents on Incorporation 154. Invoice (rough draft) 155. Lists of Stations and Rates 156. Maps 157. Market Reports 158. Minutes 159. Newspaper Clippings 160. Promissory Notes 161. Publications Received 162. Scale Inspection Contract 163. Shipping Notices Statements:

8 7 Box Nov to May June 1930 to Sept Oct to Mar Oversize (see oversize box) Miscellaneous Documents: 168. Embry E. Anderson, Memphis, Tenn S.C. Bartlett Co., Peoria, Ill Bartlett-Munkres-Banks Grain Co., Peoria, Ill Central Freight Bureau, Galesburg 172. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR 173. Consumers Fuel & Feed, Galesburg 174. Dun & Bradstreet, Chicago 175. Galesburg Molasses Feed Co Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Indianapolis 177. H.H. Huggins, Galesburg, Ill Illinois Power and Light Co., Galesburg, Ill Intrastate Telephone Co., Galesburg Lamson Bros.& Co., Chicago (abbrev. as Lamson) 180. Lamson--bill to shippers order 181. Lamson--cancellations 182. Lamson--confirmations, Lamson--confirmations, Lamson--credits 185. Lamson--open contracts 186. Lamson--open orders 187. Lamson--purchase receipts 188. Lamson--sales contracts, Lamson--sales contracts, Lamson--sales receipts 191. Lamson--shipping accounts 192. George A. Lawrence, Galesburg, Ill Norris Grain Co., Kansas City 194. Northern Ill. Cereal Co Postum Co., New York 196. J.W. Richards, Ferris, Ill Rock Island Southern Railway Co Rumsey, Moore & Co., Peoria, Rumsey, Moore & Co., Peoria, T.M. Shepard Co., Chicago 201. Sledge Grain Co., Champaign, Ill Trans-Mississippi Grain Co., Omaha 203. Wm. Vollbracht Co., Barry, Ill Western Union Telegraph Co Miscellaneous Documents 206. Miscellaneous 5. Individual Elevators (all in Illinois) A. Abingdon, Knox County 207. Guy E. Bonney, Abingdon, Ill., to IG,

9 Taxes 209. Miscellaneous Documents B. Cameron, Warren County 210. Receipts--Warfield Lumber & Coal Co., Cameron, Ill Miscellaneous Documents C. DeLong, Knox County 212. HHP to William Steele (manager), Accounts Received 214. Bills of Lading 215. Scale Inspections Miscellaneous Documents: 216. S.C. Bartlett Co., Peoria, Ill Bartlett-Munkres-Banks Grain Co., Peoria, Ill DeLong Lumber and Implement Co Kennedy Oil Co., Galesburg, Ill Lamson Bros. and Co., Chicago 221. Miscellaneous Documents D. Douglas, Knox County 222. Frank Gorham (manager) to HHP, [?] 223. HHP to Frank Gorham, Miscellaneous Correspondents to VG, Douglas 225. Accounts Received 226. Expenses 227. Freight Bills 228. Grain Contracts 229. Scale Inspections 230. Shipping Notices 231. Taxes Miscellaneous Documents: 232. S.C. Bartlett Co., Peoria, Ill W.W. Dewey & Sons, Peoria, Ill Albert Dickinson Co., Chicago 235. Douglas Lumber Co., Douglas 236. Lamson Bros., Chicago, Lamson Bros., Chicago, P.B. & C.C. Miles, Peoria, Ill Rumsey, Moore & Co., Peoria, Ill Trans-Miss. Grain Co., Burlington 241. Miscellaneous Documents 242. Miscellaneous E. Gerlaw, Warren County 243. Taxes 244. Miscellaneous F. Gilson, Knox County 245. Taxes 246. Miscellaneous

10 9 G. Kirkwood, Warren County 247. IG to State Bank of Kirkwood, Fred G. Smith (manager) to E.B. Holmes, IG, Taxes 250. Miscellaneous Documents Box 4 H. Larchland, Warren County 251. Expense Accounts 252. Taxes Miscellaneous Documents: 253. Bell & Zoller Coal Co., Chicago 254. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad 255. Miscellaneous Documents 256. Miscellaneous I. Mahomet, Champaign County 257. Hayward-Rich Grain Co., Indianapolis, to IG, Mahomet, HHP to B.F. Rayburn (manager), B.F. Rayburn to HHP, B.F. Rayburn to HHP, Miscellaneous Correspondents to VG, Mahomet 262. VG, Mahomet, to Miscellaneous Correspondents 263. Scale Inspections 264. Shipping Notices 265. Taxes Miscellaneous Documents: 266. Binkley Coal Co., Chicago 267. Brazil Coal Co., Brazil, Ind Central Rubber & Supply Co., Indianapolis 269. Champaign Seed Co., Champaign, Ill Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Co., Chicago 271. Clark Coal & Coke Co., Peoria, Ill Cleveland Grain & Milling, Cleveland 273. Columbus Mining Co., Chicago 274. B.S. Constant Mfg., Bloomington 275. Deep Vein Coal Co., Terre Haute 276. Early & Daniel Co., Cincinnati 277. Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Indianapolis 278. Guarantee Electric Co., Chicago 279. Hall Mfg. Co, Cedar Rapids 280. Hayward-Rich Grain Co., Indianapolis, Hayward-Rich Grain Co., Hayward-Rich Grain Co., L.W. Holley & Son, Des Moines, Iowa 284. Howell Coal Co., Champaign, Ill Indiana and Illinois Coal, Chicago

11 Indianapolis Board of Trade 287. Theodore C. Keller, Chicago 288. Lamson Bros. & Co., Chicago 289. Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Co., Chicago 290. Little-Jones Coal Co., Chicago 291. G.C. McFadden & Co., Peoria, Ill Mahomet Telephone Co., Mahomet 293. Nason Coal Co., Chicago 294. National Office Supply Co., Zion City, Ill O'Gara Coal Co., Chicago 296. Patton Lumber Co., Mahomet, Ill Peabody Coal Co., Chicago 298. Richards & Sons, Terre Haute, Ind Sharon Coal Co., Peoria, Ill Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis 301. A.E. Staley Co., Decatur, Ill Standard Oil Co., Decatur, Ill Steinhart Grain Co., Indianapolis 304. Union Iron Works, Decatur, Ill John Wade & Sons, Memphis 306. Wagoner Printing Co., Galesburg 307. Wasson Coal Co., Harrisburg, Ill C.H. Williamson & Son, Mahomet 309. Miscellaneous Documents 310. Miscellaneous J. New Philadelphia, McDonough County 311. Miscellaneous Correspondence, Miscellaneous Documents K. Norwood, Peoria County 313. Roy Campbell (manager) to HHP, HHP to Roy Campbell, Grain Contracts 316. Shipping Notices 317. Taxes Miscellaneous Documents: 318. Farmers Mutual Telephone Co., Alexis, Ill Lamson Bros. & Co., Chicago 320. Old Ben Coal Co., Chicago 321. Rock Island Southern Railway Co Miscellaneous Documents 323. Miscellaneous L. Odell, Livingston County 324. Lamson Bros & Co., Chicago, to VG, Odell, HHP to R.D. Smilie (manager), HHP to R.D. Smilie, R.D. Smilie to George E. Booth, Chicago, R.D. Smilie to Ethel Gustafson (HHP's secretary),

12 11 Box R.D. Smilie to HHP Jan. to June, July to Dec., Jan. to June, July to Dec., Miscellaneous Correspondents to VG, Odell, Miscellaneous Third-Party Correspondence 338. Bills of Lading 339. Corn Inventory 340. Grain Contracts 341. Shipping Notices 342. Stored Grain 343. Taxes Miscellaneous Documents 344. Paul A. Balbach, Pontiac, Ill Ben B. Bishop, Sheldon, Ill Chicago and Alton RR, Chicago 347. Consolidated Feed Dealers Assoc., Buffalo, NY 348. Harper Grain Co., Pittsburgh 349. Lamson Bros. & Co., Chicago, (abbrev. as Lamson Bros.), Dec to Jan Lamson Bros., Feb Lamson Bros., March to May Lamson Bros., June to Aug Lamson Bros., Sept. to Dec Lamson Bros., Leary Grain Co., Minneapolis 356. Northern Illinois Cereal Co., Lockport, Ill Winslow-Evans Co., Indianapolis 358. Miscellaneous Legal Documents 359. Miscellaneous Documents 360. Miscellaneous M. Phelps, Warren County 361. Miscellaneous Documents N. Weston, McClean County 362. Certificates of Weight 363. Newspaper Clipping 364. Miscellaneous Documents O. Wing, Livingston County 365. Willard Barclay (manager) to HHP Farmers State Bank, Wing, Ill., to IG, First National Bank, Galesburg, Ill., to Farmers State Bank, Wing, Ill., (regarding IG)

13 Lamson Bros. & Co., Chicago, to VG, Wing, HHP to Clyde Allen (employee), HHP to Willard Barclay Miscellaneous Correspondents to VG, Wing, Advertisements 375. Hardware and Merchandise Inventories 376. Personal Accounts 377. Shipping Notices Miscellaneous Documents: 378. Paul A. Balbach, Pontiac, Ill W.M. Barry Lumber., Galesburg 380. Lamson Bros. & Co., Chicago 381. Miscellaneous Documents 382. Miscellaneous Series II--Unbound Ledgers and Oversize Material Box 6 1. Inland Grain 383. Cash Journal Pages Company Statement, Creditors' Committee Reports (see also #28) 2. Valley Grain 386. Cash Journal 387. Company Statement, 1930, Grain Scale Book 389. Ledger, Payroll Record 391. Personal Accounts 3. Individual Elevators (all in Illinois) A. DeLong, Knox County 392. Account Ledger 393. Grain Journals--Nov to June July 1931 to June July 1932 to June July 1933 to Mar Personal Accounts, 1933 B. Douglas, Knox County 398. Account Ledger 399. Cash Journals 400. Grain Journals--Nov to June July 1929 to June July 1930 to June 1931

14 July 1931 to June July 1932 to June July 1933 to June July 1934 to June [omitted] 408. Merchandise Journal--Nov to June Retail Grain Journal--Aug to June 1936 Box 7 C. Galesburg, Knox County 410. Grain Journals--Apr to Dec D. Henderson, Knox County 411. Grain Journals--Apr to July 1933 E. Larchland, Warren County 412. Coal Journals--Apr to Mar F. Mahomet, Champaign County 413. Accounts Ledger--A to L M to Z 415. Coal Journal--July 1927 to Aug "Farm Management System" 417. Grain Journal--July 1927 to Aug Inland Grain Accounts 419. Merchandise Journal--July 1927 to Apr G. Nekoma, Henry County 420. Accounts Ledger 421. Grain Journal--Apr to Sept Miscellaneous H. Norwood, Mercer County 423. Accounts Ledger 424. Coal Journal--June 1927 to Dec Grain Journal--July 1927 to Feb Merchandise Journal--Dec to Mar Miscellaneous Box 8 I. Odell, Livingston County 428. Accounts Ledger--A to G H to P 430. Cash Journal, Coal Journal--July 1927 to Sept June 1933 to June Feed Journal--Nov to Apr Grain Journal--Nov to July Oct to June July 1928 to Dec. 1928

15 14 Box Jan to June July 1929 to Dec Jan to June July 1930 to Dec Jan to June July 1931 to Dec Jan to June July 1932 to Sept Oct to June July 1933 to Dec Jan to June July 1934 to June July 1935 to Dec Jan to June Merchandise Journal--July 1928 to June Personal Accounts 453. Tile Journal--July 1927 to June Miscellaneous J. Phelps, Warren County 455. Grain Journal--Aug to June 1925 K. Wing, Livingston County 456. Accounts Ledger--A to H I to Z 458. Coal Journal--July 1927 to Apr Duplicate Journal--July 1927 to Sept Grain Journal--July 1927 to June July 1928 to June July 1929 to June July 1930 to June July 1931 to June July 1932 to June July 1933 to June July 1934 to June Paint Inventory 469. Personal Accounts L. Miscellaneous 470. Miscellaneous Ledger Pages Series III--Bound Volumes Box Boxed Small Volumes 471. Inland Grain--Stock Certificates (Five Shares) Stock Certificates (One Hundred Shares) Stock Record

16 Stockholders Minutes 475. Valley Grain--Outside Inventory, June Unboxed Large Volumes Inland Grain Cash Journal Valley Grain Journal, Gilson and Odell Journal, Odell Cash Journal, Odell Cash Journal, Wing Cash Journal, Series IV--Cancelled Checks and Statements Boxes 11-15

CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COLLECTION,

Collection # SC 3450 OM 0681 CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COLLECTION, 1898 1927 Collection Information 1 Historical Sketch 2 Scope and Content Note 3 Contents 4 Processed by Amy C.