Ac. 3531

Inventory to the John Waldron Company Records

By Special Collections and University Archives

November 2021

Special Collections and University Archives

Finding aid encoded in EAD, version 2002 by Tara Maharjan, November 2021
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.

Descriptive Summary
Creator: John Waldron Company
Title: John Waldron Company Records
Dates: 1818-1937
Quantity: 42 cubic feet (42 boxes)
Collection No.: Ac. 3531
Access: Stored offsite: Advance notice required to consult these records.
Language: English
Repository: Rutgers University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

Related Collections

Waldron Family Papers, MC 777, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

John Waldron Company Records, Ac. 3531, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

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Detailed Description of the Collection/Container List

This section provides descriptions of the materials found within each series. Each series description is followed by a container list, which gives the titles of the "containers" (for example, folders, volumes, or cassettes) and their locations in the numbered boxes that comprise the collection. The availability of any digital items from a container is indicated with a hyperlink.

John Waldron Company Records
Box
1 William Waldron: [Grist mill], New Brunswick, blotter, November 14, 1861–April 21, 1863
[Grist mill], New Brunswick, daybook, February 25, 1861–September 19, 1863
[Grist mill], New Brunswick, daybook, September 21, 1863–(1864)October 17, 1867
J. & E. W.: [Grist mill], New Brunswick, daybook, April 1, 1864–(1865)April 14, 1874
[includes billhead for "William Waldron, New Brunswick Steam Flour and Feed Mills, Nos. 13, 15 and 17 Spring Street"]
[Grist mill], ledger, 1861–(1864)1865
with added index inserted
J. & E. W.: [Grist mill], ledger, April 1864–1865
with added index inserted
[Grist mill], sales book, March 1, 1861–July 8, 1864
including monthly sales totals, 1861–1864
[Grist mill], cash book, January 15, 1861–July 8, 1864
[Grist mill], account book, March 2, 1861–June 3, 1864
including monthly totals, 1861–1864
Samuel King: [Tanner and leather business], ledger, 1818–(1834)1835
"Tanner and/or leather business], New Brunswick, account book [cash received, sales and purchases made]," May 3, 1827– June 29, 1832
Lewis F. Runyon?]: Small account book, 1829–1832
Time book, 1827–1832
Time book, 1833–1837
Small account book [time book?] re. Abraham V. Dehart, 1837
[Lewis F. Runyon?]: [Harness maker], account book [sales only], February 1832–February 1836
Box
2 [Turner], New Brunswick, daybook, November 1, 1843–October 3, 1845
[Machine shop], New Brunswick, blotter [?], September 27, 1848–January 1850
Lewis F. Runyon: [Harness maker], Freehold and then New Brunswick, daybook, October 21, 1829–March 28, 1836
[customers include William Waldron]
[Tanner and/or leather business], account of sales & purchases July 2, 1832– August 20, 1836
[Tanner and/or leather business], ledger [A], April 1827–(1830)1835
[customers include Lewis F. Runyon]
Employee ledger / time book, 1836–1857
including weight of hides, 1839–1856
[Tanner and/or leather business], account book [cash received, sales and purchases made], August 22, 1836–November 14, 1840
New Brunswick, account book [cash received, sales and purchases made], November 16, 1840–May 28, 1845
New Brunswick, account book [cash received, sales and purchases made], May 28, 1845– October 3, 1849
[Tanner and/or leather merchant], cash book, October 28, 1841–May 16, 1843
[Tanner and/or leather merchant], cash book, May 17, 1843–May 30, 1846
[Tanner and/or leather merchant], cash book, June 1, 1846–November 2, 1849
[Tanner and/or leather merchant], New Brunswick, daybook, September 2, 1842–December 10, 1845
William Waldron: New Brunswick, invoice book, 1844–1859
Box
3 Ledger index [for "Petty Ledr"?], including inserted circular letters
New Brunswick, order book [?], October 17, 1848–January 4, 1860
including time book entries, 1848(1849)–1852
New Brunswick, sales book, October 4, 1849–December 28, 1852
New Brunswick, blotter, January 8, 1850–September 28, 1852
New Brunswick, blotter, September 29, 1852–October 28, 1856
William Waldron: New Brunswick, daybook, June 18, 1849–September 19, 1851
New Brunswick, daybook, September 20, 1851–February 24, 1854
New Brunswick, daybook, February 24, 1854–(1855)June 25, 1859
Ledger, 1847(1848)–1855
with added index inserted
[Machine shop], ledger, 1855–(1864)1865
with added index inserted
Sales book, May 2, 1855–December 31, 1873
including monthly sales totals, 1855–1873, and separate monthly totals, 1865–1869, of "Work done for Camden & Amboy Rail Road Co"
Notes and bills payable and receivable, 1852(1857)–(1864)1865
Box
4 Sales book, December 28, 1852–March 20, 1858
including monthly sales totals, 1852–1857
Sales book, March 22, 1858–September 30, 1862
including monthly sales totals, 1858–1862
Cash book, January 26, 1852–April 28, 1854
William Waldron: Machine shop, New Brunswick, invoice book, July 1850–February 1866
Machine shop, time book ["Time & Cash Book"], 1852–(1864)1865
M.S. [machine shop], New Brunswick, blotter, October 28, 1856–April 6, 1863
M.S. [machine shop], New Brunswick, daybook, May 2, 1855–April 30, 1861
[Leather business], New Brunswick, blotter, August 11, 1858–October 30, 1861
[Leather business], New Brunswick, daybook, May 1, 1855–May 19, 1858
[Leather business], New Brunswick, daybook, May 21, 1858–December 20, 1862
[Leather business], ledger, 1855–(1864)1865
with added index inserted
Box
5 Ledger (accounts with employees), 1857–(1864)1866
William Waldron: Invoice book, April 1859–May 1866
William Waldron: Sales book, October 1, 1862–May 26, 1866
including monthly sales totals, 1862–1865
J. & E. Waldron: Machine shop, invoice book, February 1866–March 1872
in volume begun as gristmill records, March 1, 1861–(April 30, 1864)June 6, 1864
[Machine shop], New Brunswick, blotter, April 7, 1863–January 5, 1867
[J. & E. Waldron]: [Machine shop?], New Brunswick, daybook, April 1, 1864–September 23, 1867
New Brunswick, account book: [leather business], daybook entries, December 20, 1862–(1864)1867
and [machine shop], blotter entries, August 1, 1868–March 6, 1872
[Machine shop?], New Brunswick, daybook, September 23, 1867–March 2, 1871
Ledger, April 1, 1864–(1866)1869
with added index inserted
J. & E. Waldron: Cashbook, April 1, 1864–(1866)March 23, 1868
J. & E. Waldron: Notes and bills receivable, 1864–1888
and notes and bills payable, 1865–1873
Box
6 [Leather business], New Brunswick, blotter, November 1, 1861–May 13, 1865
[Leather business], New Brunswick, blotter, May 13, 1865–June 5, 1866
[Leather business], New Brunswick, daybook, April 1, 1864–(1867)October 27, 1872
[Machine shop], New Brunswick, account book: daybook entries, May 1, 1861–(1864)October 24, 1865,
and blotter entries, January 7, 1867–July 29, 1868
Ledger [A], April 1864–(1875)1876
Sales book, January 1874–January 1880,
including monthly sales totals, 1874–1879
Sales book, July 1880–December 1890,
including monthly sales totals, 1880–1890
J. & E. Waldron: Invoice book, April 1872–December 1880
[Invoice book], January 1881–April 1886
[Record of machines sold], 1848–1924
Box
7 [J. & E. Waldron?]: Daybook, March 3, 1871–November 24, 1875
J. & E. Waldron: Machine shop, ledger, 1875–1880
J. & E. Waldron: Daybook, November 30, 1875–December 30, 1880
John Waldron: Machine shop, April 6, 1880–March 26, 1885
John Waldron: Machine shop, ledger, 1880–1890
Daybook, March 26, 1885–September 29, 1888
Bills payable, December 1881–June 1896
[Chronological list of machinery sold], 1880–1895
Bills payable, July 1886–December 1891
Box
8 J & Co. [?]: Cash book, May 1886–December 1891
Daybook C, October 1, 1888–March 31, 1892
Ledger B, 1889–1896
[Sales book?], 1891–1896
Daybook, January 1, 1892–October 30, 1895
[Accounts receivable?], 1885–1895
Daybook D, April 1, 1892–April 20, 1895
Foundry, daybook, March 1, 1895–December 29, 1896
Box
9 Foundry, invoice book, March 1, 1895–December 1896
Daybook, April 22, 1895–1896
Foundry, ledger, 1895–1896
Daybook [or invoice book?], November 1, 1895–December 31, 1896
Foundry, blotter, March 1, 1895–December 29, 1896
John Waldron: Journal [i.e., Daybook] A, January 2, 1897–December 31, 1900
John Waldron: Ledger A, 1897–1900
Box
10 John Waldron: Cash book A, January 1897–(1905)March 1909
John Waldron: Ledger B, June 1900–1903
John Waldron: Daybook B, January 1901–June 24, 1905
Corrected shipping directory [1 entry]
Francke Co.: Journal, November 20, 1912–December 15, 1937
Francke Co.: Ledger, 1912–June 1941
Francke Co.: Cash book, November 1, 1922–June 30, 1926
Volume [of invoices, correspondence, etc.] re. Pittsburgh Wall Paper Co., 1900–1903
Box
11 Letterbooks (outgoing), 1897–1903
A–Mc
Box
12 Letterbooks (outgoing), 1897–1903
M–Z
Letterbooks (outgoing), 1903–1906
A–Bo
Box
13 Letterbooks (outgoing), 1903–1906
Br–L
Box
14 Letterbooks (outgoing), 1897–1903
M–V
Box
15 Letterbooks (outgoing), 1897–1903
W–Z
Letterbooks (outgoing), 1907–1909
A–He
Box
16 Letterbooks (outgoing), 1907–1909
Hi–Z
Box
17 Letterbooks (outgoing), 1910–1911
A-J
Box
18 Letterbooks (outgoing), 1910–1911
K–Z
Letterbooks (outgoing), 1912–1913
A–C
Box
19 Letterbooks (outgoing), 1912–1913
D–Z
Box
20 Letterbooks (outgoing), 1914
A–Y
Box
21 Letterbooks (received), June 12, 1886–July 11, 1890
Box
22 Letterbooks (received), July 7, 1890–August 31, 1892
Box
23 Letterbooks (received), September 1, 1892–July 10, 1894
Box
24 Letterbooks (received), July 11, 1894–January 3, 1896
Box
25 Letterbooks (received), January 3, 1896–June 30, 1897
Box
26 Letterbooks (received), July 1897–1904
A–Car
Box
27 Letterbooks (received), July 1897–1904
Car–F
Box
28 Letterbooks (received), July 1897–1904
Ga–I
Box
29 Letterbooks (received), July 1897–1904
J–O
Box
30 Letterbooks (received), July 1897–1904
Pa–Ste and T. & G.M. Stone
Box
31 Letterbooks (received), July 1897–1904
S–Z
Box
32 Letterbooks (received), July 1897–1904
Foreign
Letterbooks (received), 1905
A–S
Box
33 Letterbooks (received), 1905
T–Z
Letterbooks (received), 1906
A–R
Box
34-39 [Letterbooks, not yet listed, from 1906 to 1911?]
Box
40 Letterbooks (received), 1911
D–V
Box
41 Letterbooks (received), 1911
W–Z
Letterbooks (received), 1912
A–M
Box
42 Letterbooks (received), 1912
N–Z
Letterbooks (received), 1913
A–D