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GA 130 : Hespeler Furniture Co. fonds.
Hespeler Furniture Co. fonds. - 1901-1964. - 75 cm. of textual records.
The Hespeler Furniture Company was started in 1901 in Hespeler, Ontario (now a part of Cambridge) by Mr. George A. Gruetzner, who was originally from Buffalo, N.Y. He worked for The Simpson Co. of Berlin (now Kitchener), Ont., first as a salesman and then as the manager of its factory in Berlin. When this company merged with the Canada Furniture Syndicate, Gruetzner established his own factory in Hespeler in 1901.
George Greutzner was active in the community, serving on the Parks Board, and then on Town Council. He was elected mayor of Hespeler in 1925 and served for five years. He died in 1949. (Source _Waterloo Historical Society_ 37 (1949): 45.)
Contents: Hespeler Furniture Co. day book and journal, 1901-1904; cash book 1903-1906; 5 ledgers from 1907 to 1943, accounts payable 1936 to 1964, and eight financial statements between 1916-1940.
Title from content of the fonds.
Purchased in 1987.
Finding aid available: file level.
File 1
Day Book and Journal, April 13, 1901-Apr. 5, 1904. - 1901-1904.
Contents: this volume begins with subscribed stock and lists the stockholders. Includes entries for payment for the lot, for contract to build the factory, for bylaw polling, charter, well drilling, etc.
File 2
Cash Book, June 1, 1903-Dec. 1906. - 1903-1906.
File 3
Ledger, Nov., 1907-Sept., 1913. - 1907-1913.
File 4
Ledger, Sept, 1913-Sept., 1921. - 1913-1921.
File 5
Ledger, Sept., 1932-Sept., 1937. - 1932-1937.
File 6
Ledger, Sept. 1937-Sept. 1940. - 1937-1940.
File 7
Ledger, Sept. 1940-Sept. 1943. - 1940-1943.
File 8
Accounts payable, Oct. 1936-Sept. 1964 - 1936-1964.
File 9
Financial statements. - 1916-1940.
Contents: eight statements for 1916, 1919, 1922, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1940.