TABLE OF CONTENTS


Overview of the Records

History

Scope and Content

Organization

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Detailed Description/Box and Folder Listing

Ledgers, 1817-1980





C.J. Bates Company Records



Finding aid prepared by Archives & Special Collections staff.

Finding aid encoded by Betsy Pittman on December 30, 2002.





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Overview of the Records
Repository: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Creator: Bates, C.J.
Title: C.J. Bates Company Records.
Dates: 1817-1980.
Extent: 132 linear feet.
Record Series: MSS20000076
Language English.
Abstract: Founded by Carlton J. Bates (1848-1941) in 1907, the C.J. Bates Company manufactured manicure sets, crochet hooks, and knitting needles in Chester, Connecticut.

History

Founded by Carlton J. Bates (1848-1941) in 1907, the C.J. Bates Company manufactured manicure sets, crochet hooks, and knitting needles in Chester, Connecticut.

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Scope and Content

Collection consists of financial ledgers, purchase books, share certificates, and account summaries.

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Organization

Ledgers are arranged by type and then chronologically.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to Connecticut business records. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Organizations:

C.J. Bates & Son.

Places:

Chester (Conn.).

Subjects:

Chester (Conn.)--Business, industries and trades--Manufactures.
Connecticut--Business, industry and trades--Manufactures.
Manufactures--Connecticut.

Document Types:

Correspondence.
Financial Records.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, Folder #], C.J. Bates Company Records. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated to Archives & Special Collections in August 2000 by the Cheshire Historical Society.

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Detailed Description/Box and Folder Listing

Ledgers, 1817-1980
1 Adkins Printing Company, 1915
2 Book of Accounts, 1917 December
3 Capital Accounts, 1916-1938
Cash Book
4 1894 December - 1897 March
5 1888 August - 1891 December
6 1918 March - 1920 February
7 1919 January - September
8 1924 October - 1930 March
9 1927 March - 1928 May
10 1928 May - 1929 July
11 1930 April - 1941 May
12 1935 November - 1936 November
13 1936 December - 1937 November
14 1937 November - 1938 November
15 1938 November - 1939 October
16 1939 November - 1940 September
17 1940 September - 1941 January
18 1941 June - 1942 March
19 1942 March - 1943 March
20 1943 March - 1944 January
21 1944 January - October
22 1944 October - 1945 March
Cash Disbursements
23 1946-1947
24 1957-1958
25 1960 September - 1962 April
26 1963 May - 1965 April
27 Cash Receipts, 1946 July - 1947 July
28 Cash Receipts, 1947 May - December
29 Chastar Trust Company, 1914 October - 1915 January
30 Chester Trust Company, 1959-1961
31 Chister Connecticut, 1915 January - 1916 July
32 Dexter Exhibit, 1869-1874
General Ledger
33 1914 August - December
34 1915 January - July
35 1915 January - October
36 1916 October - 1918 March
37 1917 February - May
38 1917 January - 1919 December
39 1918 March - August
40 1918 September - 1919 June
41 1920 July - 1922 February
42 1924 June - 1925 September
43 1927 March - 1928 February
44 1929 July - 1930 August
45 1931 September - 1933 March
46 1934 October - 1935 November
47 1938 May - October
48 1939 February - August
49 1939 November - 1940 July
50 1940 July - 1941 January
51 1941 January - 1941 August
52 1941 November - 1942 March
53 1942 March - August
54 1942 May - August
55 1942 August - December
56 1945-1961
57 1947 October - 1949 August
58 1947-1969
59 1967 May - 1980 January
60 Index A-H, 1921-1946
61 Index I-Z, 1921-1966
Journal
62 1920 August - 1922 December
63 1929 February - 1936 June
64 1936 July - 1941 August
65 1941 September - 1948 December
66 1945 June - 1946 April
67 1952-1954
68 1955 January - 1956 December
69 Materials, Supplies, (effective June 1941) 1947-1951
Purchase Books
70 1916 April - 1917 January
71 1917
72 1917 November - 1918 September
73 Purchase Register, 1917 November - 1919 October
74 Puritan Manicure Case Company, Inc., 1817 December - 1920 February
75 Sales Analysis by Territories, 1937 January -June
76 Sales Analysis by Territories, 1937 June -November
77 Shares of Stock, 1917 December
Trial Balance
78 1915 April - 1919 December
79 1919-1921
80 1924 December - 1928 December
81 1927 December - 1932 December
82 1932 December - 1943 December
83 1937-1941
84 1942 January - 1945 December
Voucher Register
85 1924 October - 1933 March
86 1932 September - 1934 October
87 1934 October - 1936 April
88 1936 April - 1937 September
89 1937 October - 1939 May
90 1939 May - 1940 November
91 1940 November - 1942 May
92 1944 August - 1946 May
Unidentified Ledgers
93 1892 July - 1902 January
94 1914 April - September
95 1914 April - December
96 1914 September - 1915 January
97 1914 July - 1921 July
98 1915 October - 1916 July
99 1916 January - 1918 October
100 1916 March - 1918 May
101 1916 August - 1918 March
102 1916 August - 1917 May
103 1917 June - 1918 March
104 1917 November - 1919 December
105 1918 March - 1919 January
106 1918 March - 1920 August
107 1919 September - 1920 May
108 1923 January - 1929 January
109 1923 April - 1924 June
110 1925 March - 1927 March
111 1930 August - 1931 September
112 1931-1945
113 1933 March - 1934 September
114 1937 October - December
115 1938 October - 1939 March
116 1939 August - November
117 1941
118 1942
119 1942 January - 1947 November
120 1945 June - 1946 July
121 1947 December - 1948 June
122 1948 January - June
123 1949
129 19?? November - 19?? May
Undated Ledgers
124 General Ledger
125 General Ledger
126 General Ledger
127 General Ledger
128 General Ledger
130 Order Register: Boxwood sticks and Birch- Plain White Celluloid
131 Order Register: Boxwood sticks and Birch- Guilford
132 Order Register: Boxwood sticks and Birch- Scissors