Lubec Sardine Industry Business Records, 1896-1991

Authors

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine

Files

Description

The collection contains records of five companies involved in the sardine industry in Lubec, Maine. Records of the Columbian Packing Company date from 1896-1926 and include petty cash account books, daybooks, ledgers, bank account ledgers and check registers as well as a sales book from 1916-1919. Records of the Columbian Canning Company, 1907-1930, include copies of incoming telegrams, ledgers, daily cash and charge records, a fish account book, a sales book, and payroll records. Records of the American Can Company include payroll records from 1905-1909. Also found in the collection is a check register dated 1924 for the Johnson's Bay Canning Company, and a few records from the Lubec and Eastport branches of Booth Fisheries Sardine Co.

Publication Date

2015

Keywords

Business and Industry

Disciplines

History

Size of Collection

314 ledgers

Dates of Collection

1896-1991

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 1338

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "Lubec Sardine Industry Business Records, 1896-1991" (2015). Finding Aids. Number 5.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/5