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Kelly Investment Company Records, 1915-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kelly Investment Company.
- Title
- Kelly Investment Company Records
- Dates
- 1915-2004 (inclusive)19152004
- Quantity
- 0.8 linear feet
- Collection Number
- 2474
- Summary
- The Kelly Investment Company Records include the corporation book, minutes of regular and special meetings, assorted correspondence, a book of stock certificates, 4 ledgers and/or financial records books.
- Repository
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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
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Kelly Investment Company was incorporated by handwritten articles of incorporation on February 13, 1915 in Conrad, Montana and certified by the State of Montana on February 22, 1915. The original stockholders were A.B. Kelly, A.M. Kelly (later Alice K. Conrad), Arthur J. Kelly, and Patrick Kelly. The purposes of the corporation were to deal in Real Properties; water rights and privileges; agricultural products; and act as an agent for the real property of estates, persons, or corporations, and manage such properties as appropriate including leasing, improving, insuring, and mortgaging the various investments. The capital stock was $100,000 with 100 shares of stock offered at $100 a share. Other stockholders included Robert J. Kelly, Mary McGurk, Mary C. Boyd, W. G. Conrad, and other Kelly family members over the years.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
These records include the corporation book, minutes of regular and special meetings, assorted correspondence, a book of stock certificates, 4 ledgers and/or financial records books.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Corporation Record Book with articles of incorporation, stockholder and board of director's minutes to 1934, stock certificate registry, and stockholder's ledgers included | 1934 |
| 1 | 2 | Minutes of Board of Directors and stockholders | 1935-2004 |
| 1 | 3 | Special meetings of Board of Directors minutes | 1924-1925 |
| 1 | 4 | Stock Certificate Book | 1915-1927 |
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence between Arthur J. Kelly and Robert J. Kelly | 1940-1963 |
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence between Dennis W. Kelly and Robert J. Kelly and enclosures | 1952-1955 |
| 1 | 7 | Miscellaneous papers - R. J. Kelly obituary, stock certificate, agreements, and correspondence | |
| 1 | 8 | Ledger | 1915-1917 |
| 2 | 1 | Ledger | 1917-1978 |
| 2 | 2 | Journal of Robert J. Kelly for Kelly Investment Company | 1917-1978 |
| 2 | 3 | Farm and Ranch Bookkeeping, and Tax Record | 1988-1999 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Family-owned business enterprises-Montana
- Real estate investment-Montana
- Real estate management-Montana
Corporate Names
- Kelly Investment Company-Archives
Family Names
- Kelly family
Form or Genre Terms
- Business records--Montana
Kim Allen Scott, 2007. Updated by Heather Mulliner, 2022.
2022
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