McKell Company records
MSS.192
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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie, Indiana, 47306
765-285-5078
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McKell Company records MSS.192
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Administrative History...................................................................................................................................4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
Series 1: McKell Company purchasing records, 1910-1917.................................................................. 7
Series 2: McKell Company other company records, 1911-1917............................................................ 9
Series 3: McKell Company fruit jar purchases, 1910-1917..................................................................10
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Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
McKell and Company records
Date
1910-1917
Extent
0.8 Cubic feet 3 boxes
Language
English
Preferred Citation
McKell and Company records, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Administrative History
McKell and Company was a family-owned glass and china store in Chilicothe, Ohio. Opened in 1832, this
was the first glass and china store west of the Allegheny Mountains. The store bought and sold, wholesale
and retail, all types of glass, china, and other products. McKell and Company operated continually until
1917 when it was closed to create space for Camp Sherman, a nearby WWI training camp. Documents
relating to the business' last years of operation, from 1910 to 1917, were sorted into wooden boxes and
stored in the attic of the garage of Wm. Scott McKell, the last owner. The wooden boxes containing the
original records of the company were found by the descendants of Wm. Scott McKell.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photocopies of correspondence, invoices, letters, and telegrams related primarily
to fruit jar manufacturing and sales companies, Indiana glass companies, and companies that bought fruit
jars from the McKell and Company between 1910 and 1917. Folders are listed alphabetically by company
and chronologically by year respectively.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: McKell Company purchasing records, 1910-1917
Series 2: McKell Company other company records, 1911-1917
Series 3: McKell Company fruit jar purchases , 1910-1917
Administrative Information
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Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to
Archives and Special Collections. Documents from the collection may not be published, in any format,
by any person other than the donor until after December 31st, 2003, except by written permission of the
donor. No restrictions are placed on access for research purposes. Information from the documents may
be quoted or paraphrased with proper credit. Photocopying is permitted.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Tom Sproat.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
EAD finding aid created 2012/10/15 by Julie Hausknecht. EAD finding aid revised 2013/10/28 by
Rebecca Marangelli.
Existence and Location of Originals
This collection consists of photocopies of the original records and represents only a portion of the McKell
and Company Records. The original records, which relate to all aspects of the company's business, were
retained by McKell's grandson, Tom Sproat.
Controlled Access Headings
Geographic Name(s)
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• Ohio
Subject(s)
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Business
Glass
Glass manufacture
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Series 1: McKell Company purchasing records, 1910-1917
Collection Inventory
Series 1: McKell Company purchasing records, 1910-1917
Armstrong cork company, 1911-1917
Ball brothers glass company, 1910-1911
Ball brothers glass company, 1912
Ball brothers glass company, 1913
Ball brothers glass company, 1914
Ball brothers glass company, 1915
Ball brothers glass company, 1916
Ball brothers glass company, 1917
B&R rubber company, 1913-1915
Boston Woven Hose company, 1911, 1915-1917
Colombian enameling and stamping company, 1912-1916
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Series 1: McKell Company purchasing records, 1910-1917
Cupples, Samuel, 1910-1911
Cupples, Samuel, 1913
Cupples, Samuel, 1914
Cupples, Samuel, 1915
Cupples, Samuel, 1916-1917
Hazel-Atlas glass company, 1911-1914
Hollweg and Reese, 1910
Hollweg and Reese, 1911
Hollweg and Reese, 1912
Hollweg and Reese, 1913
Hollweg and Reese, 1914
Hollweg and Reese, 1915
Hollweg and Reese, 1916
Hollweg and Reese, 1917
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Series 2: McKell Company other company records, 1911-1917
Imperial merchandise company, 1911
Kerr glass company, 1910-1913
Kerr glass company, 1914
Kerr glass company, 1915-1917
Macbeth-Evans glass company, 1910-1916
Maring, Hart and company, 1910-1911
Maring, Hart and company, 1912
Maring, Hart and company, 1913-1917
The Ohio rubber company, 1912
Peaslee-Gaulbert company, 1910-1913
Pennsylvania rubber company, 1911
Wheelock, George H. and company, 1911-1912, 1914
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Series 2: McKell Company other company records, 1911-1917
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Series 3: McKell Company fruit jar purchases, 1910-1917
Glass companies, 1911-1913, 1915
Indiana companies, 1911-1917
Relates to glass, 1911, 1914-1917
Telegrams. letters, 1913-1917
Postcards, telegrams, 1915
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Series 3: McKell Company fruit jar purchases, 1910-1917
Abel's Cafe, 1916
Bellaire bottle company, 1911
Briggs R.W., 1914
Cash hardware company, Aug. 18, ?
Dixon, W.M., 1916-1917
Eithel, Jacob and sons, 1911
Giestand, McKeeham grocery company, 1912
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Series 3: McKell Company fruit jar purchases, 1910-1917
Green river, 1910-1911
Holdren's dry goods store, 1912
Imperial merchandise company, 1911
Lavel, De, 1912
McKell and company 1911-1914
Mounjoy, C., 1911
Oman, A.E., 1911
The Paxton house, 191?
Pennsylvania lines, 1916
Rheinfrank, P.N., 1911
Roy, D.S., 1911, 1914, 1916
Stanford-Herron company, 1914
Sears and Nicols company, 1914
Smith, H.J. company, 1914
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Spiers, G.L. and sons, 1911
Sprouse, W.A., 1912, 1914-1915
The Vaughters-Kramer company, 1911-1917
Wells, B.S. and company, 1914
West, J.W., 1914
Charles Ahrenfeldt & sons, Jan 8, 1910
American can company, July 16, 1910
American distributung company, July 31, 1915
American 3-way prism company, July 6, 1915
American window glass company, 1915
The angle manufacturing company, undated
Armstrong cork company, 1910, 1915
Atlas fruit jars, Jan. 19, 1910
The B&R rubber company, Jan. 18, 1915
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Series 3: McKell Company fruit jar purchases, 1910-1917
Ball brothers, 1910, 1915
Banner window glass company, Mar. 19, 1915
Bawo & Dotter, Dec. 9, 1910
Bellaire bottle company, 1910, 1915
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The J.D. Bergon company
Bing burner company, Feb. 14, 1910
L.D. Bloch & company, 1910
Boston woven-hose & rubber company, July 20, 1915
The George H. Bowman Company, 1910, 1915
Butler brothers, June 17, 1915
Buckeye window glass company, Dec. 9, 1910
The calgerton manufacturing company, Mar. 5, 1915
Central glass works, 1910, 1915
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Series 3: McKell Company fruit jar purchases, 1910-1917
China, glass and lamps, Mar. 17, 1915
The Cincinnati plate glass company, 1910, 1912, 1915
The Cincinnati sand blast company, Feb. 24, 1915
The Cleveland window glass &door company, 1914-1915
The cobe glass company, Oct. 28, 1909
The Columbus plate & window glass company, 1910, 1915
W.B. conkey company, Jan. 10, 1910
The cooperative flint glass company, 1910, 1915
Conroy-Prugh company, Mar. 8, 1915
Crockery and glass journal, 1910, 1914
Samuel Cupples wooden ware company, 1910, 1915
Daubt glass & crockery company, 1915
Eagle glass & manufacturing company, 1910, 1915
The Easley manufacturing company, June 1, 1910
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Ebeling & Reuss, 1915
Eldred window glass company, Jan. 26, 1915
The federal glass company, 1915
Fostoria glass company, 1910, 1915
Franklin flint glass works, 1915
McFry glass company, Nov. 3, 1910
Gill brothers company, 1910-1911
The William Glenny glass company, Apr. 4, 1910
C.T. Ham manufacturing company, 1910
Hazel Atlas glass company, 1910, 1915
A.H. Heisey & company, 1914-1915
John B. Higbee glass company, 1910
John J. Hines, Apr. 28, 1915
The hocking glass company, 1915
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Hollwey & Reese, 1910, 1914-1915
Illinois glass company, Aug. 18, 1915
The Jefferson glass company, 1910, 1915
Johnston brokerage company, Feb. 1, 1915
Kerr glass manufacturing company, 1908-1909
The Kinney & Levan company, 1915 Mar.
The Lanchaster glass company, 1910, 1915
A.E. Lewis glass & door company, June 5, 1910
The Lotus cut glass company, Mar. 22, 1915
Logansport basket works, 1915
MacBeth-Evans glass company, 1910, 1915
James McDuffee & Stratton company, 1910
Pottery and glass, Apr. 16, 1910
McKee glass company, 1914-1915
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Series 3: McKell Company fruit jar purchases, 1910-1917
McKell & company, 1915
Harry B. Mahan company, 1915
Marins & Hart company, 1910-1915
McKee glass company, 1914-1915
Mississippi glass company, 1915
Mississippi wire glass company, Feb. 11, 1915
Monongah glass company, 1915 Dec.
Theo. W. Morris & company glass, May 10, 1915
D.L. Murray Dec. 8, 1909
Mutual China company, 1915
Oriel glass company, Dec. 14, 1915
W.W. Patterson, 1915
Pottery and glass, Huolt publishing company, Apr. 16, 1910
Peaslee-Gaulbert company, 1910
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Series 3: McKell Company fruit jar purchases, 1910-1917
Pensacola excelsior company, June 3, 1915
Pittsburgh lamp, brass and glass company, 1910, 1915
G.C. Roirdant & company, 1910, 1915
The Sears & Nicholas company, June 5, 1915
The E.E. Shedd mercantile company, 1915
Stott brothers, Apr. 21, 1910
W.A. Sprouse, 1915
The sanitary crystal glass freezer, undated
Steel glass company, Jan. 11, 1915
The troop martin company, Jan. 13, 1915
Union stopper company, 1910-1911
The United States glass company, 1910, 1915
The Vaughters-Kramer company, 1910, 1914-1915
The Von Gerichten art glass company, 1914-1915
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Series 3: McKell Company fruit jar purchases, 1910-1917
Washington flint glass works, July 26, 1910
George H. Whelock and company, 1910
Whitall tatum company, Oct. 13, 1914
Zaleski house, green river whiskey, 1910
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