Saginaw Bay Fish Company Records
00009

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Saginaw Bay Fish Company (Caseville, Mich.).
Title
Saginaw Bay Fish Company records
ID
00009
Date [inclusive]
1898-1931
Extent
1.0 Cubic feet , 13 ledgers on shelf
Language
English

Preferred Citation note

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Historical Note

The Bay Port Fish Company apparently established the Ballard Fish Company in 1898. The records of the former were kept jointly with those of the Saginaw Bay Fish Company, and deliveries for both were made to the Saginaw Bay Fish Company. Billing records, however, were made separately for each company. Payments were made from the same account.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection contains business records and correspondence from 1898-1931 of four Saginaw Bay (Michigan) area fish companies: Saginaw Bay Fish Company, W.J. Orr Fish Company, Bay Port Fish Company, and the Ballard Fish Company. These records include invoices, labor accounts, bank statements, daily transactions, tax records, annual reports, founding agreements, price lists, and cancelled checks.

Also included is an 1857 survey map of the southeast shore of Saginaw Bay, the tax history of lots on Point Lookout, Michigan, real estate offers for lots around Sand Point, Michigan, and a report on the insulation of icehouses using dead air space.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections November 1964

Conrad Hall
943 Conrad Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

  September 2000

Conditions Governing Access note

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use note

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Gift of Harry Englehard. Transferred by the MSU Museum.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Ballard Fish Company (Bay Port, Mich.).
  • Bay Port Fish Company (Bay Port, Mich.).
  • Saginaw Bay Fish Company (Caseville, Mich.).
  • W. J. Orr Fish Company (Bay Port, Mich.).

Genre(s)

  • Annual reports
  • Charters and articles of incorporation
  • Financial statements
  • Ledgers (account books)
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Maps

Geographic Name(s)

  • Arenac County (Mich.)
  • Bay Port (Mich.)
  • Caseville (Mich.)
  • Huron County (Mich.)
  • Lookout, Point (Arenac County, Mich.)
  • Saginaw Bay (Mich.) -- Maps
  • Saginaw County (Mich.)
  • Sand Point (Huron County, Mich.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Lawrence, Frank
  • Orr, William J.
  • Webber, William L.

Subject(s)

  • Fish trade -- Economic aspects -- Michigan
  • Fish trade -- Michigan
  • Icehouses
  • Land subdivision -- Michigan

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Collection Inventory

Papers 
Box

Ballard Fish Company 

 1
Box Folder

Incorporation Papers & Annual Reports 1868-1915 

 1 1

Tax Returns 1907-1915 

 1 2

Trial Balances. Miscellaneous 1911-1914 

 1 3

Bay Port Fish Company. Accounts Payable 

 1
Box Folder

 1921-1931 [A] 

 1 4

 1921-1931 [B-Bo] 

 1 5

 1921-1931 [Br-C] 

 1 6

 1921-1931 [D-I] 

 1 7

 1921-1931 [J] 

 1 8-13

 1921-1931 [K-L] 

 1 14

 1921-1921 [M-Mon] 

 1 15

 1921-1931 [Mori-Morr] 

 1 16

 1921-1931 [Morr-Pa] 

 1 17

 1921-1931 [Pi-Se] 

 1 18

 1921-1931 [Se-V] 

 1 19

 1921-1931 [W-Z] 

 1 20
Box Folder

W.J. Orr Fish Company. Monthly Balance Statements January 1912-December 1913 

 2 1

Michigan Central Railroad Company. Report on Construction of Ice Houses December 1909 

 2 2
Box

Correspondence: Land Purchases. Sand Port, Huron County, Michigan 

 2
Box Folder

 1883-1888 

 2 3

 1888-1889 

 2 4
Box Folder

Tax History. Lots on Point Lookout. Arenac County, Michigan 1884-1910 

 2 5
Box

Daily Receipts & Expenditures 

 2
Box Folder

 January-April 1931 

 2 7

 May-August 1931 

 2 8

 September-December 1931 

 2 9
Box Folder

Fresh Fish Accounts & Labor Costs Fall 1922, Fall 1931 

 2 10

Bay Port Fish Company. Price List, July 1918, Closing Statement July 31, 1915 

 2 11

 1920, undated 

 2 12

 1922 

 2 13-22

 1923 

 3 1-6

 1924 

 3 7-9

 1927 

 3 10-16

 1928 

 3 17

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Oversized Materials 
Drawer

Dr. 45: Surveyors Map of the Southeast Shore of Saginaw Bay 1857 

 45

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Ledgers 
Volume

Ledgers 1-5: Daily transactions, 1905-1915; Employee records, 1906-1915 

 1 - 5

Ledgers 6-9: Daily transactions, 1911-1915; Employee records, 1906-1915 

 6 - 9

Ledgers 10-13: Daily transactions, 1910-1923 

 10 - 13

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