Summary Information

Title: Milwaukee Grain Exchange Records
Inclusive Dates: 1848-1974

Creator:

• Milwaukee Grain Exchange

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EB; Micro 466; PH 3678; PH 3679; PH 3679 (3)

Quantity: 27.8 c.f. (39 archives boxes and 82 oversize volumes), 4 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 79 photographs

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center and the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the Milwaukee Grain Exchange, one of the chief national markets for the trading and inspection of grain, which was closely linked with the early commercial history of Milwaukee. Also included are records of its forerunners, the Milwaukee Board of Trade, Milwaukee Corn Exchange, Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, and the Milwaukee Grain and Stock Exchange. The records consist of charters and amendments, constitutions, rules, minutes, annual reports, committee and gratuity fund records, correspondence, financial and payroll records, grain shipping records, grain storage applications, inspection and weighing department figures, legal files and correspondence, membership records, and scrapbooks and memorabilia. On microfilm are minutes of the general meetings (1875-1917) and of the board of directors (1860-1906). Also present is a stock transaction book from the Ontario and Erie Ship Canal Company. The photographs show officers and other members of the grain exchange and interior scenes including the trading floor, offices, and sample tables.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil000eb

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