John Rummel & Company, Inc. Records
00093

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
John Rummel & Company, Inc..
Title
John Rummel & Company records
ID
00093
Date [inclusive]
1905-1938
Extent
0.33 Cubic feet , 73 volumes on shelf
Language
English

Preferred Citation

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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Scope and Contents of the Records

John Rummel & Company, Inc. was a general store in Sebewaing, Michigan. These records give fairly good insight into the financial operations of a small town general store, which operated mainly on credit in times of prosperity and depression. The volumes include: Cash Books (1912-1938), Journals (1905-1937), Ledgers (1909-1938), Order Books (1912-1918), Purchase Journals (1912-1938), and Work Sheets (1919-1933). The folders contain advertising copy (1916-1937), correspondence regarding rationing rules in World War I, and correspondence, inventory, affidavits and market information concerning the processing and floor tax which was imposed and later declared unconstitutional during the 1930s.

Note: After March 31, 1919, the format of the Purchase Journal changes to a running total of charge and cash sales from April 1, 1919 to April 30, 1924. In volume 27, after the regular Journal entries, is a commercial Journal for January 5, 1911 - August 1912. Volume 28 resumes the regular journal where it left off.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

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

Revision Description

  September 2001

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

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

Conditions Governing Use

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

Custodial History

Gift of John Rummel.

Gift of Arthur J. Rummel.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • King Midas Flour Mills.

Genre(s)

  • Account books
  • Commercial correspondence

Personal Name(s)

  • Rummel, Arthur J.
  • Rummel, John

Subject(s)

  • General stores -- Michigan
  • Taxation
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects

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Collection Inventory

Papers 

Rationing - Correspondence -- June-October 1918 


    Box Folder
Mixed Materials   1 1

Advertising Copy -- 1916-1937 


    Box Folder
Mixed Materials   1 2

Box

Processing and Floor Tax 

 1

Refund Disputes with Treasury Dept. - Correspondence -- 1936-1938 


    Box Folder
Mixed Materials   1 3

Refund Dispute with King Midas Flour Mills - Correspondence -- January-March 1937 


    Box Folder
Mixed Materials   1 4

Inventories -- 1936-1937 


    Box Folder
Mixed Materials   1 5

Affidavits -- 1938 


    Box Folder
Mixed Materials   1 6

Cotton Contents of Various articles - Market Information -- 1933 


    Box Folder
Mixed Materials   1 7

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Volumes 

Invoice Register 
Volume

vol. 1: May 1, 1912 - December 31, 1914 

 1

vol. 2: January 2, 1915 - September 15, 1917 

 2

vol. 3: September 17, 1917 - December 31, 1920 

 3

vol. 4: January 3, 1921 - April 30, 1924 

 4

vol. 5: May 1, 1924 - October 3, 1925 

 5

vol. 6: October 1, 1925 - December 31, 1926 

 6

vol. 7: January 3, 1927 - May 24, 1928 

 7

vol. 8: May 25, 1928 - September 5, 1929 

 8

vol. 9: September 6, 1929 - November 26, 1930 

 9

vol. 10: November 28 - April 9, 1932 

 10

vol. 11: April 12 - December 8, 1932 

 11

vol. 12: December 9, 1932 - March 26, 1934 

 12

vol. 13: March 27, 1934 - July 3, 1935 

 13

vol. 14: July 5, 1935 - September 15, 1936 

 14

vol. 15: September 16, 1936 - December 31, 1937 

 16

vol. 16: January 3 - December 31, 1938 

 16

vol. 17: January 1 - March 23, 1915 

 17

Journals 
Volume

vol. 18: December 1, 1905 - August 18, 1906 

 18

vol. 19: August 20, 1906 - March 30, 1907 

 19

vol. 20: April 1 - November 30, 1907 

 20

vol. 21: December 2, 1907 - June 18, 1908 

 21

vol. 22: June 19 - December 14, 1908 

 22

vol. 23: December 15, 1908 - May 31, 1909 

 23

vol. 24: June 1 - November 11, 1909 

 24

vol. 25: November 12, 1909 - May 20, 1910 

 25

vol. 26: May 21 - November 30, 1910 

 26

vol. 27: December 1, 1910 - May 1912 

 27

vol. 28: January 2 - May 31, 1911 

 28

vol. 29: June 1 - October 31, 1911 

 29

vol. 30: November 1, 1911 - February 29, 1912 

 30

vol. 31: March 1 - June 29, 1912 

 31

vol. 32: July 1 - October 31, 1912 

 32

vol. 33: November 1, 1912 - March 31, 1913 

 33

vol. 34: April 1 - August 15, 1913 

 34

vol. 35: August 16, 1913 - February 28, 1914 

 35

vol. 36: March 2 - July 31, 1914 

 36

vol. 37: August 1, 1914 - February 15, 1915 

 37

vol. 38: February 16 - July 31, 1915 

 38

vol. 39: August 2, 1915 - February 29, 1916 

 39

vol. 40: March 1 - August 31, 1916 

 40

vol. 41: September 1, 1916 - April 30, 1917 

 41

vol. 42: September 17, 1917 - August 1924 

 42

vol. 43: May 1 - September 15, 1917 

 43

vol. 44: January 1934 - December 1937 

 44

vol. 45: January 1928 - December 1933 

 45
Volume

Ledgers - Cash Receipts & Payments 

 46-50

vol. 46: January 1, 1919 - September 27, 1922 

vol. 47: September 1, 1922 - June 30, 1926 

vol. 48: July 1, 1926 - September 30, 1929 

vol. 49: October 1, 1929 - November 29, 1933 

vol. 50: December 2, 1933 - December 31, 1938 

Charges Accounts 
Volume

vol. 51: March 29, 1909 - December 31, 1910 

 51

vol. 52: January 2, 1911 - April 2, 1919 

 52

vol. 53: December 27, 1924 - December 22, 1938 


    Box Folder
Mixed materials   2 1-5

vol. 54: January 2, 1907 - November 30, 1910 


    Box Folder
Mixed materials   2 6-9

vol. 55: September 7, 1904 - December 31, 1922 


    Box Folder
Mixed materials   2 10

Volume

Running Sales Total 

 56-57

vol. 56: April 2, 1934 - December 31, 1938 

vol. 57: January 3, 1928 - March 31, 1934 

vol. 58 


    Box Folder
Mixed materials   2 11

Order Books 
Volume

vol. 59: April 2 - October 17, 1912 

 59

vol. 60: October 17, 1912 - May 22, 1913 

 60

vol. 61: January 2 - July 23, 1914 


    Box Folder
Mixed materials   2 12

Volume

vol. 62: July 24, 1914 - January 23, 1915 

 62

vol. 63: January 25 - August 9, 1915 

 63

vol. 64: February 14 - April 15, 1916 


    Box Folder
Mixed materials   2 13

Volume

vol. 65: April 15 - October 31, 1916 

 65

vol. 66: November 1, 1916 - July 26, 1917 

 66

vol. 67: July 26, 1917 - January 30, 1918 

 67

Purchase Journals 

vol. 68: January 1912 - December 1917 


    Box Folder
Mixed materials   2 14

Volume

vol. 69: January 1916 - December 1923 

 69

vol. 70: May 2, 1928 - February 28, 1933 

 70

vol. 71: January 2, 1924 - April 30, 1928 

 71

vol. 72: March 1, 1933 - December 29, 1938 

 72

vol. 73: Work Sheets -- May 1919 - December 1923 


    Box Folder
Mixed materials   2 15-17

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