Overview of the Collection Creator Title Dates Quantity Collection Number Summary Repository Access Restrictions Languages Leopold Hotel (Bellingham, Wash.) Leopold Hotel records 1901-1984 (inclusive) 1901 1984 9 linear ft. XOE_CPNWS0182LeopoldRecords (collection) The collection comprises the corporate, financial, and personnel records from the Leopold Hotel (formerly the Byron Hotel), dating from the early-1900s to the 1980s. There are materials related to early bond- and stockholders, as well as a wealth of information about two of the hotels' managers: John C. Pierce (1936-1960) and George Knowles (1960-1979). Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies Goltz-Murray Archives Building 808 25th St. Bellingham, WA 98225 Telephone: 360-650-7534 cpnws@wwu.edu Some restrictions apply - contact repository for details. English Historical Note The Leopold Hotel in Bellingham, Washington, was originally called the Byron Hotel but was renamed in honor of Leopold Schmidt, financial backer and heaviest stockholder in the Byron Hotel. Content Description The Leopold Hotel records include corporate, financial, personnel records, architectural drawing and photographs dating between 1902-1984. There is early bondholder and stockholder information for the 1920s, as well as a wealth of information about two of the hotels managers: John C. Pierce (1936-1960) and George Knowles (1960-1979). Unfortunately, the records are fragmented and in no way cover the long life of the hotel. Use of the Collection Preferred Citation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 1
Leopold Hotel records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Heritage Resources, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123. Administrative Information Arrangement The Leopold Hotel records are organized according to the following series arrangment: Series I. Corporate Records 1902-1980 Series II. Financial Records 1909-1984 Series III. Personnel Records 1950-1983 Series IV. Architectural Drawings undated Series V. Photographs circa 1901-1978 Acquisition Information Materials donated by George Knowles, date unknown. Processing Note Photographs were initially separate and then merged with the collection during processing in April 2011. Detailed Description of the Collection The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. Series I: Corporate Records, 1902-1980 Container(s) Description Dates Articles of Incorporation 1902; 1952; 1979 1/1 Bylaws of the Byron Hotel 1902 1/2 Name change from Byron Hotel to Leopold Hotel 1952 1/3 Articles and Papers of Dissolution 1979 Board of Trustees 1902-1929 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 2
1/4 Oath of Office 1902 1/5 First Meeting 1902 1/6 Meeting Minutes (including By-laws) 1903; 1912; 1918; 1920 1/7 Ledger Important Papers of the Byron hotel (original copy) 1902-1929 1/8 Ledger Important Papers of the Byron Hotel (not original) 1902-1929 Stock/Share Holders 1904-1978 1/9 Meeting Minutes (includes information on name change) 1950-1952 1/10 Meeting Minutes 1952-1960 1/11 Meeting Minutes 1961-1962 1/12 Meeting Minutes 1963-1964 1/13 Annual Stockholders Meeting Minutes 1967-1970 1/14 Meeting Minutes 1975-1978 1/15 Proxy Notices (regarding shareholders meetings) 1958-1959; 1962-1964; 1967-1968; 1970-1971; 1975; 1977 1/16 Correspondence 1904; 1912-1966 Directors Meeting Minutes 1949-1978 1/17 Minutes 1949; 1951-1960 1/18 Minutes 1961-1964 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 3
1/19 Minutes 1967-1969 1/20 Minutes 1970; 1971; 1975-1978 Manager's General Information 1936-1980 1/21 General Correspondence 1936-1980 1/22 Western Hotels International Managers Meetings 1955; 1957; 1960-1961; 1964-1965 1/23 Western Hotels International Management Agreement Termination 1966-1975 Series II: Financial Records, 1909-1984 Container(s) Description Dates Financial Statements 1939-1979 1/24 Statements 1939-1959 1/25 Statements 1960-1973 1/26 Statements 1974 1/27 Statements 1975 1/28 Statements 1976 1/29 Statements 1977 1/30 Statements 1978 1/31 Statements 1979 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 4
Box 2 General Journal 1967-1971 3 General Journal 1973-1977; 1979 Folders 4/1-4/12 are parts of a general ledger that was 1928-1956 4/1 A File Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Accrued Interest Payable/Receivable, Accrued Payroll, Accrued Subrents, Accrued Taxes, Accrued Telephone, Administrative Expense, Advertising, Auto Club of Washington 4/2 B File Bad Checks/Debts, Baggage Bank (General Payroll), Bellingham Bay Improvement Co. (BBIC), Beer Expense/ Services/ Sales/Wages, Bellingham Hotel, Beverage Issues/ Sales, Building Alterations and Improvements/ Finances, Building Tulip Room 4/3 C File Café (Alterations and Improvements/ Advertising and Printing/ Employee Meals/ Equipment/ Purchases/ Food Cost/ Entertainment/ General Expenses/ Heat/ Laundry/ Light and Power/ Maintenance/ Receipts/ Wages/ Water), Capital/ Common Stock, Carr Insurance Co., Sabine L. Case, Cash Over and Short, Cigar Counter Purchases/ Receipts, Commissions, Contract Payable, Coal, Custom Cleaners. 4/4 D File Deferred Expenses, Discount and Commission on Bonds, Dividends Payable, Donations, Due Stock Subscriptions 4/5 E, F, G, and H Files Employee Meals/ Rooms, Estimated Income, Exchange, Ferndale Power Association Bond, First National Bank, Foundation Salary, Furniture and Texture/ Laundry Operations, General Unapportioned Expense, E.A. Grant Co., Grill Expense, Group Life Insurance, Guest Charges, Heat/ Light/ Power and Refrigeration 4/6 I File Imprest Funds, Insurance, Interest, Inventory http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 5
4/7 J, K, and L Files C.C. Jerstedt, J.M. Kenney, Kitchen Equipment, Lamps, Laundry, Legal Expenses, Light and Power, Linen Store Rooms, Liquor, Lowery and Miscellaneous Garage 4/8 M and N Files Maintenance, Malta Thurston Hotels Inc., Malted Milk Shop, Misc. Income, Mitchell Hotel, Mortgage, Mount Baker Development, Mt. Vernon Hotel Co., New Building, New Governor Hotel, New Washington Hotel, Notes Payable, Mable Armstrong, W.G. Melne 4/9 O, P, and Q Files Occupational Disease Tax, Officers Salaries, Old Age Employee Benefits, Olympian Hotel, Organization Expense, Pacific Coast Investment Co., Pacific Coast Paper Mills Stock, Pacific Telephone and Telegraphy Co., Payroll Distribution, Pay Collections, George Pierce Barber Shop, Pierce Bros. Inc., Porters, Preferred Stock Subscription, Prepaid Insurance, Prepaid License, Prepaid Mortgage Expense, Prepaid Sign Rent, Prepaid Taxes, Profit and Loss 4/10 R File Real Estate, Rent, Reserve for Taxes, Restaurant Expenses, Restaurant Receipts, Returned Checks, Rodmans, Room Earnings and Expenses 4/11 S and T Files Salaries, Sample Room Expense/ Earnings, San Juan Pulp and Paper Mill Stock, Sanitarium Baths, Peter G. Schmidt/ Schmidt Estate Inc., Henry Schupp, Seattle First National Bank, Stationary and Printing, N.J. Stevens and Co., Store and Other Rentals, Storeroom, Sublease Deposit/ Rents, Sundry Assets, Supervision, Surplus, Special Suspense, Taxes, Tacoma Hotel Stock, Telephone and Telegraph, S.W. Thruston, Paul F. Tiffany, Traveling Expense, Tulip Room Rentals 4/12 U, V, X, W, Y, and Z Files Unclaimed Dividend, Unemployment Insurance, U.S. Collector Internal Revenue, Victory Tax, War Bonds, Washington Hotel Co. Stock, Washington Mutual Savings, Washington State Sales Tax, Washington State Unemployment Insurance, Water, Western Hotels International, Western Union, With-holding Tax, Wood Fuel, Yellow Cat Company Folders 4/13-4/19 are parts of a general ledger that was 1931-1962 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 6
4/13 Liabilities 1931-1962 4/14 Accounts Payable 1947-1961 4/15 Rooms, Food, Beverage, and Telephone Departments 1961 4/16 Administrative and General, Advertisement and Business Promotion, Payroll Taxes and Employee Relations, Heating Lighting and Power, Repairs and Maintenance, Rent, Taxes and Insurance, Misc. Income, Store Rentals, Federal Income Tax, Depreciations Interest, Payroll Distribution 1961 4/17 Current Assets, Fixed Assets, Prepayments, and Other Assets 1962 4/18 Liabilities, Capital, and Income 1962 4/19 Operating Costs and Expenses 1962 Folder 4/20 was 1953-1955 4/20 Profit and Loss 1953-1955 Folders 4/21-4/24 are parts of a general ledger that was 1954-1959 4/21 Profit and Loss 4/22 Rooms Department, Food Department, Beverage Department, Telephone Department, Administrative and General, Advertising and Promotion 4/23 Payroll Taxes and Employee Relations, Heating Lights and Power, Repairs and Maintenance, Rent Municipal Taxes and Insurance, Store Rentals 4/24 Depreciation and Payroll Distribution 1960 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 7
Folder 4/25 was 4/25 Profit and Loss Folders 5/1-5/5 are parts of a general ledger that was 1964-1965 5/1 Assets 5/2 Liabilities 5/3 Operating 5/4 Food and Beverage Combined and Overhead 5/5 Payroll Taxes, Employee Relations, and Total Labor Cost Folders 5/6-5/10 are parts of a general ledger that was 1966 5/6 Assets Cash, Accounts Receivable, Inventories, Prepaid Expenses, Other Current Assets, Investments, Deposits, Furniture Fixtures and Equipment, Reserve for Duplication and Amortization, Land, Other Assets 5/7 Liabilities Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenditures, Accounts Payable, Western International Hotels, Federal Taxes on Income, Other, Notes Contracts and Mortgages Non-Affiliates, Net Worth, Profit and Loss 5/8 Operating Rooms, Food Department, Beverage Department, Telephone, Cigar Stand, Other 5/9 Overhead Administrative and General, Advertising and Promotion, Heat Light and Power, Repair and Maintenance, Payroll Taxes and Employee Relations http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 8
5/10 Payroll Taxes and Total Labor Costs Sub-Rental Income, Local Taxes and Insurance, Interest Expense, Depreciation Amortization, Federal and State Income Tax Expenses Folders 5/11-5/16 are parts of a general ledger that was 1967-1978 5/11 Assets - Cash, Accounts Receivable, Inventories, Paid Expenses, Other, Investments, Deposits 5/12 Work in Progress and Liabilities 5/13 Operating Rooms, Food and Beverage Depts 5/14 Food and Beverage Combined 5/15 Overhead 5/16 Payroll Taxes, Employee Relations Exhibit, and Total Labor Costs Exhibit Folders 5/17-5/19 are parts of a general ledger that was 1969 5/17 Assets and Liabilities 5/18 Operating 5/19 Food and Beverage Combined, Overhead, Payroll Taxes, Employee Relations Exhibit, and Total Labor Costs Exhibit Folders 6/1-6/3 are parts of a general ledger that was 1970 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 9
6/1 Assets and Liabilities 6/2 Operating Rooms, Food, Beverage, Telephone, and Other 6/3 Overhead, Payroll Taxes/Employee Relations Exhibit Folders 6/4-6/6 are parts of a general ledger that was 1971 6/4 Assets and Liabilities 6/5 Operating - Rooms, Food, Beverage, Telephone, and Other 6/6 Overhead, Payroll Taxes/ Employee Relations Exhibit Folders 6/7-6/9 are parts of a general ledger that was 1972 6/7 Assets and Liabilities 6/8 Assets and Liabilities 6/9 Overhead and Payroll Taxes/ Employee Relations Exhibit Folders 6/10-6/14 are parts of a general ledger that was 1973-1975 6/10 Assets and Liabilities 6/11 Operating Food 6/12 Operating Beverage, Food, and Other 6/13 Overhead http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 10
6/14 Payroll Taxes and Employee Relations Charged to Departments Folders 6/15-6/16 are parts of a general ledger that was 1976-1978 6/15 Assets and Liabilities 6/16 Operations and Overhead 6/17 1977 6/18 1978 Stock 1928-1979 7/1 Stockholder s Ledger 1928-1979 7/2 Preferred Stock Certificates #1-99 1928-1940 7/3 Preferred Stock Certificates #101-168 (missing 152 and 157) 1941-1971 7/4 Common Stock Certificates #1-100 1912-1964 7/5 Common Stock Certificates #101-139 1964-1979 7/6 Correspondence Governor, Capital and Olympian Hotels (includes financial statements and reports) 7/7 Option Agreements between Byron/Leopold Hotel and Pacific Coast Investment Company or Maltby Thurston Company or Western Hotels International (details purchase of Capital and Olympian Hotel Stock by John C. Pierce) 1949-1951 1947-1953 7/8 Voting Trust Certificates 1949 Agreements 1910-1984 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 11
7/9 Property Agreements and Warranty Deeds 1910; 1912; 1915; 1925; 1928; 1947; 1958-1960 7/10 Mortgages 1915; 1920; 1930; 1947; 1954; 1955; 1960 7/11 Insurance Contracts 1949 7/12 Corporate Licenses 1952; 1953; 1955; 1956; 1975-1979 7/13 Management Agreement with Western Hotels International (includes mortgage information) 7/14 Legal (Pacific Northwest Bell litigation about termination charges) 1960 1982-1984 7/15 Loans with Seattle First National Bank 1954-1978 Appraisals 1935; 1972; 1977 7/16 Appraisals (includes photos and blue prints) 1935 7/17 Appraisals 1972 7/18 Appraisals 1977 Taxes 1909-1979 7/19 Personal Property and Real Estate 1959-1963 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 12
7/20 Personal Property and Real Estate 1971-1979 7/21 Excise 1975-1977 7/22 Income Tax Returns 1943-1949 7/23 Income Tax Returns 1950-1955 7/24 Income Tax Returns 1956-1957 8/1 Income Tax Returns 1958-1960 8/2 Income Tax Returns 1972-1976 8/3 Income Tax Returns 1977 8/4 Income Tax Returns 1978 8/5 Income Tax Returns 1979 8/6 FICA Quarterly Reports 1974 8/7 FICA Quarterly Reports 1978 8/8 FICA Quarterly Reports 1979 8/9 Miscellaneous Finance and Expense File 1909-1928 8/10 Accounts Payable on Loans 1947-1957 8/11 Miscellaneous Financial Papers 1955-1978 Series III: Personnel Records, 1950-1983 Some restrictions apply - contact repository for details. Container(s) Description Dates Box 9 Employee Information Index Cards 1950s-1970s http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 13
10/1 Labor Distribution Undated 10/2 Corporate Pension Plan 1976-1983 10/3 Culinary Workers & Bartenders Local No. 451 Contract 1974-1976; 1976-1979 10/4 Culinary Workers & Bartenders Local No. 451 Benefit Programs 1969; 1972; 1977; 1978 Box 11 Payroll Journal 1975 12 Payroll Journal 1976 13 Payroll Journal 1977 14 Payroll Journal 1978 15/1 Payroll Journal January, 1979- June 1979 15/2 Payroll Account 35102-011(closed) 1979 Series IV: Architectural Drawings, Undated Container(s) Description Dates Box 15 Rolled Copy of Leopold Hotel Blue Prints Undated Series V: Photographs, 1901-1978 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 14
Volume Volume 1 Photographs of the Leopold Hotel and its Employees circa 1913-1977 Box Volume 2 Photographs of the Leopold Hotel and its Employees circa 1901-1978 Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Business enterprises--washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources Hotels--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources Corporate Names : Leopold Hotel (Bellingham, Wash.) Byron Hotel (Bellingham, Wash.) Geographical Names : Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources Finding aid prepared by Joseph Shay 2011 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09353 15