Lehrkind Coal and Ice Company Records, 1910-1938

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Lehrkind Coal and Ice Company
Title
Lehrkind Coal and Ice Company Records
Dates
1910-1938
Quantity
3 cubic feet
Collection Number
Collection 0869, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The Lehrkind Coal and Ice Company Records consist of financial ledgers, daybooks, and other business records of the various Livingston based Lehrkind operations, including firms that were absorbed by the company such as the Park Bottling Works and the Livingston Ice Company.
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Julius Lehrkind was a German immigrant who came to America in 1860. He opened a brewery in Davenport, Iowa, with his brother, Fred. There he married Emelie Lambach and had six children. Fred married Emelie's sister, Bertha, and had four children. Fred and Bertha died young, so Julius and Emelie took charge of their children. Emelie died in 1897. Julius married Emelie's niece, Lina Lambach, in 1899 and they had a son. Julius died in 1922. Julius sold his brewery in Iowa and moved to Bozeman in March 1895, bringing his extended family and a crew of experienced brewers with him. He bought the Spieth and Krug Brewery that same year, moved it to the north end of town, and renamed it the Bozeman Brewery. During Prohibition, the Lehrkinds ran the Lehrkind Coal and Pure Ice Company out of the building and had branch operations in Livingston, Montana to which most of the records in this collection pertain.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Primarily financial records of the various Livingston based Lehrkind operations, including firms that were absorbed by the company such as the Park Bottling Works and the Livingston Ice Company.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Financial ledgers, daybooks, and other business records pertaining to the Lehrkind Coal and Ice Company were donated to Montana State University by Chan Libby of Livingston Montana on June 10, 1970. This collection was subsequently reported to the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections and assigned entry number 79-676.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2015 June 5

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Subordinate Component # 1Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s) Description Dates
Livingston Ice Company
(2 ledgers)
Daybook
1908; 1910
Account Book
(very few entries)
1910
Order books
1928 (2 books); 1929 (3 books); 1930 (2 books); 1931 (5 books)
1919; 1923; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931

Subordinate Component # 2Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2

Container(s) Description Dates
Order books
1922 (2 books); 1934 (3 books); 1935 (2 books); 1936 (2 books); 1937 (2 books); 1938 (4 books)
1932; 1922; 1934; 1935; 1935-1936; 1934-1937; 1936; 1937; 1938
Park Bottling Works: customer book
1929
Lehrkind Coal Company and Park Bottling Works: telegraph duplicate book
1938
Lehrkind Coal and Ice Company, duplicate scale book
1934-1938

Subordinate Component # 3Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3

Container(s) Description Dates
Ledger: Coal and Ice
1922-1927
Coal reports
(shows types of coal sold)
1935-1938
Ledger: ice
(3 books)
1922-1928; 1933-1937; 1938
Park Bottling works: Ledger
1925-1932
Park Bottling works: account ledger
1933-1938

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Beverage industry -- Montana -- History

Corporate Names

  • Lehrkind Coal and Ice Company -- Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Business records -- Montana