Krause Motors/West Side Motors, Inc. - Payroll Records - 1945-1952

Archive

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Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Krause Motors/West Side Motors, Inc. - Payroll Records - 1945-1952

Entry/Object ID

2001.05.01

Scope and Content

Krause Motors/West Side Motors, Inc. - Payroll Records - 1945-1952. The business started as Krause Motors and appears to have had a name change to West Side Motors, Inc., between Feb. 18 and Mar. 4, 1948, with Herman and Marguerite Krause as officers. The business was located at 49 N. Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay. Between Feb. and June of 1951, the address changed to 21 Larch Street which is directly behind the Madison Ave. address. (As per loose receipts found in ObjectID #2001.05.04). Physical Characteristics: 1 grey, cloth, hardcovered ledger, 7 1/2" x 12" x 1/2" thick, 153 pages.

Collection

Door County Archives

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2001.05

Source or Donor

Bill Delain

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Ledger

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Book, Account

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Record, Bookkeeping

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Financial Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Business, Financial Records, West Side Motors, Inc.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1945 - 1952

Archive Size/Extent

153 pages in 1 bound ledger.

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1945-1952 Date(s): 1945-1952 Date(s) Assembled: 1945-1952 Level of Description: Item System of Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically, by year.

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Provenance

Notes

Custodial History: These records were found by Bill Delain in his house which once belonged to Herman and Marguerite Krause, the owners of the business. Mr. Delain donated these records to the Door County Archives on Feb. 13, 2001.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Feb. 13, 2001 - Condition notes - The bottom, right corner of the front cover is broken and pages are torn. Pages 3-107 contain payroll records; pages 1, 134, and 135 have notes about car sales and parts; pages 108-133 are blank. Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

February 15, 2001

Updated By

Unknown

Update Date

May 6, 2021