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James Inglis Reid, Ltd. fonds

  • AM1451
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1996

Fonds consists of records relating to the operation of James Inglis Reid, Ltd. The fonds includes business ledgers which reflect the daily commerce and production of the shop. Ledgers include extensive figures on sausage kitchen production, daily orders, sales, staff hours, and financial statements. The fonds also includes meeting minutes of the company shareholders, annual financial records, several samples of invoices, receipts, and correspondence. The fonds contains eight series: Sausage kitchen production records, Staff time books, Sales records, Accounts payable and expenses records, Daily order records, Ephemera, Minutes and Financial statements.

James Inglis Reid, Ltd.

Accounts payable and expenses ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details expenses and accounts payable organized according to sequence of returned cheques. Figures also detail total monthly disbursements by category. Categories include: goods, expenses, bakery, taxes, wages, twine, and paper.

Accounts payable ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger reflects business expenditures by company. Companies include: Vancouver Scale and Butcher Supply, Western Grocery, Ltd., Empress MFG. Co., and Pacific Meat Co.

Accounts payable ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger reflects business expenditures organized by company. Companies include: H. Brown & Son, W. Scott & Co., Ramsay Bros., and Central Creameries.

Accounts payable ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details business expenditures by company. Companies include: Swift Canadian Co., Fraser Valley Producers Association, Neon Products, and Union Packing Co.

Accounts payable ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details business expenditures by company. Companies include: Slade & Stewart, Brackman-Ker, Alberta Meat Co., and B.C. Electric Railway Co.

Accounts payable ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger reflects business expenditures. Expenditures are organized on a monthly basis. Accounts include: Kelly-Douglas Co., National Biscuit, Gainers, Ltd., and Linde Refrigeration.

Expenses ledger

File consists of one ledger. Ledger reflects business expenditures by category. Categories include: wages, sundries, baking supplies, phone, paper, and twine.

Synoptic sheets

File consists of a financial synopsis for James Inglis Reid, Ltd. Synoptic sheets detail expenses and accounts payable organized by returned cheques. Figures also reflect monthly disbursements organized by category.

Daily order records

Series consists of ledgers detailing the range and amount of livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions purchased by James Inglis Reid, Ltd. Ledgers are arranged by product category and date. Figures for the commodities detail prices paid and amounts (in pounds) purchased.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details the amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock and dairy commodities. Ledger is organized by commodity and date. Commodities include: Hogs, pork loins, beef, and Kraft cheese.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details the amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. The ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Companies include: Central Creameries, P. Burns & Co., Charles Taylor, and Naismith & Co.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: veal, tongues, lard, and beef rounds.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: lambs, liver, butter, and blood.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific comapnies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: hams, pork loins, wieners, and rice flour.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: kidneys, caul fat, eggs, and syrup.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Companies include: Kelly-Douglas & Co., Pacific Meat Co., W.G. Duthie, and Standard Brands.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger reflects amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Companies include: Alberta Meat Co., Butt & Bowers, P. Tosi & Co., and M.P. Morris, Ltd.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: Cream of Tartar, Alberta cheese, rice flour, and oatmeal.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details the amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronologically with orders from specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Purchased goods include: sheep casing, ox tails, currants, and cherries.

Order book by product

File consists of one ledger. Ledger details amounts purchased and prices paid for livestock commodities, dairy products, and provisions. Ledger is organized chronolically and with orders form specific companies recorded on a daily basis. Ledger also contains a record of meat coupons, evidence of war related food rationing. Purchased goods include: spring lamb, calf tongue, Ontario cheese, and beef heart.

Ephemera

Series consists of a variety of correspondence, receipts, and information relating to the operation of James Inglis Reid, Ltd. The series notably contains a letter of reference written by the Lord Provost of Glasgow for James Inglis Reid.

Art card

File consists of one card depicting James Inglis Reid, Ltd. at 559 Granville Street, circa 1985.

Correspondence, Logwood Chips

File consists of correspondence received by the shop in response to it search for a source of Logwood Chips, an important element in the composition of black puddings (a natural dye, hematoxylin, in the logwood chips helped lend the black puddings a dark, even hue).

Financial statement

File consists of one item, a financial statement made for R.G. Dun & Co., the Mercantile Agency. The statement details assets, liabilities, and expenses as a basis for business credit.

Governmental ephemera

File consists of one sales tax license, one notice from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, and one notice of permission (to purchase raw blood) from the Vancouver Health Office.

Letter of reference

File contains one item. Item is a letter of reference written by Sir William Bilsland, Bart., Lord Provost of Glasgow. The Lord Provost attests to the positive character and integrity of James Inglis Reid upon his emigration to British Columbia.

Oral history

File consists of one audio cassette tape with transcription. Recording is an oral history of the life and times of an employee at James Inglis Reid, Ltd.

Remembrances of James Inglis Reid Ltd.

Item is an audio tape recording of Charles (Chuck) Menzies (son of Horatio Nelson Menzies) speaking about James Inglis Reid Ltd. Topics covered include: the purchasing of the building on Granville, his father, working at James Inglis Reid Ltd., stories about employees and the Reid family, the business and finances.

Photographs

File consists of five items. Items include one photograph of Reid's interior, three photographs of Stark's Shoes, and one photograph taken from Point Grey.

Receipts

File consists of several shop receipts from James Inglis Reid, Ltd. The receipts reflect sales, inventory, and a list of necessary provisions for a Burns' Supper at Locust Court.

Receipts, Acme Linen

File consists of receipts from local commerical establishment, Acme Linen. Receipts were accumulated over the course of a three month period in the spring of 1948.

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