Schmelzer Grocery & Cheese Factory - Milk Ledger

Name/Title

Schmelzer Grocery & Cheese Factory - Milk Ledger

Entry/Object ID

1997.27.16.28

Scope and Content

A milk ledger, "The Cheese Maker", from April 1924 through June 1926 that contains individual entries for 50 farmers in the Town of Clay Banks area. Physical Characteristics: 1 ledger, 27 pages, 17 3/4" x 9 1/2" x 1/2" thick.

Collection

Door County Archives

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

1997.27

Source or Donor

Door County Historical Society - Ex. Coll.

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, Clay Banks, Vignes, Schmelzer Grocery & Cheese Factory

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1924 - 1926

Archive Size/Extent

1 ledger

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1924-1926 Date(s): 1924-1926 Level of Description: Item

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

1997.02.016.28

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Custodial History: Received from the estate of Roy and Angie Schmelzer. Donated by their daughter Carol Cardenas of San Francisco, CA.

General Notes

Note

Status: OK

Create Date

August 11, 2001

Update Date

June 4, 2026