Saginaw Bay Fish Company records
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1898 - 1931
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
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.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (, 13 ledgers on shelf)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Gift of Harry Englehard. Transferred by the MSU Museum.
Legal Status
Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.
Subject
- Bay Port Fish Company (Mich.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Annual reports
- Charters and articles of incorporation
- Financial statements
- Ledgers (account books)
- Letters (correspondence)
- Maps
Geographic
- 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.)
Topical
- Title
- Saginaw Bay Fish Company Records
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Date
- November 1964
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Historical Collections Repository
Conrad Hall
943 Conrad Road, Room 101
East Lansing MI 48824 US
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu