3025 West and Wheeler Associates records Inventory Accession No: 2777-001 Special Collections Division University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, Washington, 98195-2900 USA (206) 543-1929 This document forms part of the Preliminary Guide to the West and Wheeler Associates Records. To find out more about the history, context, arrangement, availability and restrictions on this collection, click on the following link: http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/permalink/westandwheelerassociatesseattlewash2777/ Special Collections home page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/ Search Collection Guides: http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/search
WEST AND WHEELER Accession No. 2777 INVENTORY OUTGOING LETTERS 1 (letterpress books), West, vol. 1-6 1/25/88-6/03/01 2 (letterpress books), West, vol. 7-11 6/04/01-9/23/03 3 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 11-13 9/23/03-6/13/04 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 14-21 6/13/04-10/18/06 4 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 22-29 10/19/06-10/09/08 5 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 30-37 10/09/08-9/14/10 6 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 38-45 9/14/10-9/07/12 7 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 46-53 9/09/12-7/14/14 8 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 54-61 7/14/14-5/22/16 9 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 62-69 5/22/16-7/08/18 10 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 70-77 7/09/18-2/16/23 11 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 78-84 2/17/23-10/01/30 12 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler vol. 85-90 10/02/30-6/01/46 13 (letterpress books), West & Wheeler, Tax vol. 1-4 8/09/09-3/29/17 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 14 A-L 1924 15 O-T 1924 16 T-Z 1924 17 A-E 1925 (missing F-Z 1925 to A-Q 1928) 18 R-Z 1928 19 A-F 1929 20 G-K 1929 (missing L-Z 1929) 21 A-G 1930 22 G-M 1930 23 N-W 1930 24 U-Z 1930 25 A-E 1931 26 E-L 1931 27 M-R 1931 28 S-Z 1931 29 A-G 1932 30 G-O 1932 31 P-Z 1932 32 A-H 1933 33 H-R 1933 34 R-Z 1933 35 A-K 1934 36 L-S 1934 37 T-Z 1934 38 A-K 1935 39 K-S 1935 40 T-Z 1935
Page 2 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (Cont.) 41 A-K 1936 42 L-R 1936 43 S-Z 1936 44 A-M 1937 45 N-Z 1937 46 A-M 1938 47 M-Z 1938 48 A-M 1939 49 N-Z 1939 50 A-M 1940 51 N-W 1940 (missing X-Z 1940) 52 A-F 1941 53 F-L 1941 54 M-Z 1941 (missing A-L 1942) 55 M-N 1942 56 N-Z 1942 57 A-M 1943 58 M-Z 1943 59 A-F 1944 60 G-S 1944 61 S-Z 1944 A-K 1945 62 K-W 1945 63 A-M 1946 64 M-Z 1946 65 A-M 1947 66 M-Z 1947 67 A-O 1948 68 P-Z 1948 69 A-N 1949 70 O-Z 1949 71 A-P 1950 72 P-Z 1950 73 A-R 1951 FINANCIAL RECORDS 74 Financial Statements 1921-28 Department Expense Sheets 1949-50 75 Department Expense Sheets 11/1922-11/1933 76 Income Tax Returns 1923-42 77 Income Tax - Social Security (Customers) to 1942 235 "Cash" Balances from older ledger - Balances Forward 3/27/05-10/20/05 Cash Books 227 West, 2 volumes 1902-1919 228-229 3 volumes 1902-1919 265-267 6 volumes 1902-1919 196 4 volumes 9/01/21-3/31/37 195 Contract Cash (interest, principal deposit, sales miscellaneous, cash) 1930-50 FINANCIAL RECORDS (Cont.)
Page 3 Trial Balances 208 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1939 1941 1943 1945 209 1947 1950 1953-58 219 1926 n.d. n.d. 270 Combined Ledger 3/1/19-4/22/20 230 Departmental Ledger 1919 229 Departmental Ledger 1951-53 General Ledgers - transfer by department 203 A-H 1917-58 204 I-M 1917-58 207 M-R 1923-51 S-Z 1923-51 230 Ledger (by accounts) 3/25/07-1/20/13 Monthly Time Books 203 1913-19 1925-31 243 1919-25 78 Transfer file - taxes (taken out in 1960) 1 volume by addition title (general tax and local assessments) to ca. 1960 Oversize ATLASES (Kroll's) King County (both include part of Pierce, Kitsap, Mason, Kittitas) 1922 King County 1926 Seattle, older listings ca. 1920 Seattle (2 volumes) 1920 Snohomish County 1919 79 SERIALS AND PAMPHLETS MAPS (mostly road maps) 80 UNSORTED (some correspondence) 80A-80E EARLY MISCELLANY (Ledgers, Journals)
Page 4 222 1913-16 n.d. 223 1919-22 1899-1903 1914-24 1917-34 224 1913-14 1909-14 241 1908-11 244 1916-19 1903-09 205 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE re Settlement of Estates n.d. REAL ESTATE ABSTRACTS 81-86 1 - ca. 4900 n.d. 87-92 ca. 3500-4800 n.d. ABSTRACT RECORDS (by abstract number with index by name) 235 vol 1 n.d. 236 vol 2 n.d. 204 MASTER INDEX TO ABSTRACTS (by title of property and abstract number, giving owner) n.d. 93-94 TITLE SEARCHES (for abstracts) Byers and Byers law firm 1904-15 REAL ESTATE LISTINGS 199 vols 15, 18, 20 200 vols 12, 13, 14, 19 201 vols 10, 11, 17 "Acreage" 1919-52 Investment Properties and Apartments 1919-28 230 vol 16 231 vols 1, 6, 7 232 vols 3, 4, 9 233 vols 5, 8 "Property" 1889-1914 243 vol 2 CUSTOMER'S LEDGERS (credit, etc. by owner) 196 J-L 1950-53 197 W-Z 1919-40 M-P 1929-48 198 G-I 1919-44 Q-V 1919-44 199 A-Z 1951-53 245 A-Z 1924-49 246 A-Z 1920-43 95 INDEXES (giving name, address, number; 9 volumes, one 1907-13, 1967-68 labelled "Houses") n.d. SALES (all expenses) 202 1922 1931
Page 5 1943 1948 220 1919 1908-12 221 1905-08 1919 CONTRACTS Contract Records 237 2901-3400 1909-43 4600-5000 1909-43 238 1024-2900 1909-43 239 3401-4100 1909-43 240 4100-4599 1909-43 5600-5999 1909-43 241 5001-5598 1909-43 243 5168-5881 1932-54 96 Contract Accounts: contracts sampled 5300-5350, 6019-6066, 7340-7373 and miscellaneous Contract Books: Record of Payments (by purchaser or seller) 225 volume 2 nos. 601-1218 purchased - completed 1905 - ca. 1913 234 volume 3 nos. 1219-1834 purchased - completed 1901 - ca. 1917 242 volume 4 nos. 1835-2346 purchased - completed 1915-1918 226 volume 5 nos. 2347-3346 purchased - completed 1918 - ca. 1920 225 "Dead" nos. 1825-2484 purchased - completed 1916-1918 191 DOUBLE - INDEXED DIARY (Mortgage Payments?) 6 volumes 1923-1928 MORTGAGES AND LOANS Loan Register nos. 900-2250 246 1889-1907 270 1889-1910 273 Loan Register nos. 2251-4138 1918 Loan Record 187 2294-4700 1910-28 188 4700-5500 1921-27 189 5501-6300 1927-39 190 6301-6948 1940-58 236 Loans (part of Mortgage Loan Record) 1913-31 97 Mortgage Files A-W (list in box) 245 Details of Purchase 1906-20 191 Mortgage and Estates Settlement account book 1908-19 236 GENERAL LEDGER (by property developed) 1927-34 190 CONTRACT ACCOUNTS (by property developed) 1923-58 98 LAND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: General Correspondence files A-Y (contents: Areo Heights, Bellingham properties, Chapin land Dumar, Fairview Homestead, W & W and Forkner, Gawthorpe land, Grant County,
Page 6 High Point, Lake Forest Park estates, Mukilteo, Oregon Land, Propst's 1st ed., Quincy land, Sartori land, Stewart School lots, Victoria, B.C. JM & GH Yeaman Inc.) 1932-41 99 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS (some Seattle, Thurston County, Portland, Victoria Heights, etc.) 100 BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT Specifications (some military) ca. 1940 101-105 CUSTOMER'S TAX LEDGER 11 volumes 1905-67 106-107 WEST AND WHEELER TAX LEDGERS 4 volumes 6/01/23-1952 219 TAX RECORD 1905-13 256 REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS 1927-1950 Subgroups RENTAL DEPARTMENT Outgoing Letters (letterpress books) 80 volumes (12 missing) 108 volumes 1-7 7/21/05-7/10/07 109 volumes 8-16 7/11/07-12/05/08 110 volumes 17-24 12/05/08-11/23/09 111 volumes 25-32 11/23/09-11/12/10 112 volumes 33-40 11/12/10-12/18/11 113 volumes 41-48 12/09/11-12/24/12 114 volumes 49-56 12/24/12-3/12/14 115 volumes 57-63 3/12/14-4/15/15 116 volumes 64-71 4/15/15-9/29/16 117 volumes 72-78 9/16/16-2/15/08 118 volumes 79-81 2/16/18-9/18/18 Rental Ledgers (by owner) 169 A-Z 1941-42 A-Z 1946 170 M-Z 1957-59 A-Z 1954-55 A-Z 1948 171 A-Z 1955-57 A-Z 1944 172 C-G 1958-66 A-Z 1950 A-Z 1941 173 A-Z 1942-43 A-Z 1931-37 174 R-Z 1918-21 A-Z 1937-38 Subgroups (Cont.) RENTAL DEPARTMENT (Cont.) Rental Ledgers (by owner) (Cont.)
Page 7 175 A-Z 1923-25 A-Z 1950-51 176 A-H 1918-21 A-L 1952-54 M-Z 1952-54 177 A-Z 1938-39 A-Z 1945 178 A-Z 1952 A-Z 1938-39 179 A-Z 1925-27 L-Z 1920-23 185 A-Z 1947 I-Q 1918-21 186 A-Z 1926-27 192 A-Z 1953 193 A-K 1920-23 194 A-Z 1923-26 195 A-Z 1932-35 257 I-L 1907-18 258 C-D 1909-18 259 P-R 1907-18 T-V 1907-18 260 A-B 1907-18 261 W-Z 1907-18 262 M-O 1907-18 263 H 1907-18 264 S 1907-18 268 E-G 1907-18 Rental Transfer Ledgers (by owner) 180 1931-32 1928 181 1930-31 1933 182 1929 183 1931 184 1934 192 1936 Rent Registers (by owner) 248 A-G 1907-13 249 H-N 1907-15 250 A-Z 1918-22 251 L-Z 1918-24 252 O-Z 1907-16 253 A-K 1918-24 254 L-Z 1909-18 A-K 1913-18 255 A-Z 1913-18 Subgroups (Cont.) RENTAL DEPARTMENT (Cont.) Rent Journals 210 1914-15
Page 8 1911-12 211 1917-18 1912-13 212 1912-14 1909-11 213 1909 1915-17 214 1911-12 1918-19 215 1917-18 1919-26 216 1919-20 1918-19 217 1914-19 1909-11 218 1915-17 1914-15 271- Land Leases - Description (by county, Gray's Harbor, 272 Pacific, Cowlitz, etc., no maps) 2 volumes 1925-27 119 Property Management Agreements, bills, etc. 191 Rental Clippings INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Outgoing Letters (letterbooks) 120 7 volumes 7/30/06-3/16/12 121 7 volumes 3/16/12-9/16/18 122 5 volumes 9/17/18-9/27/21 123 8 volumes 9/28/21-12/31/25 124 8 volumes 1/02/26-8/29/30 125 6 volumes 8/29/30-8/04/34 126 3 volumes 8/04/34-3/01/37 205 Insurance Record 4/1947-12/1953 234 Abstract of Premiums 1919-22 269 Insurance Journal A-Z 1907-18 FRED W. WEST 1-2 Outgoing Letters volumes 1-11 (see p. 1 of inventory) 1888-1903 Subgroups (Cont.) FRED W. WEST (Cont.) General Correspondence and Financial Records (unsorted) 127 Real Estate Records 128 West and Wheeler financial statement, property deeds 1919
Page 9 West and Wheeler Audit 1934 128 Bankbooks Balance sheets 1958 129 Stock Certificates (Prudential Company) Insurance Real Estate 227 Cash Books - 2 volumes (continued by West and Wheeler, see p. 2 of inventory) 1/06/02-7/20/05 247 Ledger (by account) 5/23/03-3/20/07 130 Estate - Probate financial records regarding: F.W. West Estate 1933 Kilbourne Estate 1935 Shorey Estate 1935 J.W. Wheeler Co. Taxes 1935-37 forms re: unemployment etc. 1939-40 JAMES W. WHEELER 131 Outgoing Letters, 2 volumes (letterbooks) 10/05/99-5/19/04 General Correspondence A-Q 1928-29 132 R-Z 1928-29 A-Z 1930-31 133 A-Z 1932-33 134 A-Z 1934 135 A-M 1935-37 136 N-Z 1935-37 137 A-M 1938-46 138 N-Z 1938-46 139 A-L 1947-49 140 M-Z 1947-49 141 A-L 1950-56 142 M-Z 1950-56 143 A-L 1956-62 144 M-S 1956-62 145 T-Z 1956-62 146 National Real Estate Association 147-148 Clippings: Scrapbooks GEORGE E. WHEELER 206 Clippings: Scrapbooks 2 volumes Subgroups (Cont.) 149 ACACIA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 150 J.H. AMES OPTICAL COMPANY BURNS AND ATKINSON
Page 10 Contract Records 1901-03 CATHCART LAND COMPANY 151 Outgoing Letters 8/14/14-6/18 Cashbook and Journal 1914-15 ELLSWORTH ESTATE Outgoing Letters 3/13/19-4/13/21 Deeds, etc. HANDLEY INVESTMENT COMPANY 152 Outgoing Letters (letterbook) Articles of Incorporation Minutes Stockbook 219 Stock Certificates 1906 HARVARD INVESTMENT COMPANY 1905-33 152 Note: Attorney's Opinion, Insurance Minutes Financial Records Stock Certificates Agreements Income Tax Return 209 Cash Book 153-154 HUGHES OIL COMPANY ET AL. 1923-47 Subgroups (Cont.) LAKE FOREST PARK ESTATES 155 Ledger/Journal 1935-62 Title Abstract Stock Certificates
Page 11 Time Record (unsorted numbered accounts: real estate contracts correspondence, insurance liens, etc.) 156 Income Tax Data 1933-56 157 Ledgers, Account Books n.d. 235 Contracts 158 LANKERSHIM HARDWARE COMPANY (California) Ledger and Journal MADELIA INVESTMENT COMPANY Secretary and Record Book #1 Articles of Incorporation Minutes List of Stockholders 1909-45 McKENZIE (D.A.) ESTATE 219 Financial Records Book Agreements, etc. 1897-98 METROPOLITAN PRINTING AND BINDING COMPANY 158 Articles of Incorporation Minutes 1901 MITTEN (A.P.) ESTATE Receipts Ledger, etc. NACHES CITY LAND COMPANY 159 Correspondence and Ledger to General Correspondence 1953 206, 226 Contract Book: Record of Payment 1907- ca. 1942 Subgroups (Cont.) PRUDENTIAL COMPANY 160 Articles of Incorporation 1915 By-Laws Minutes: Board of Trustees
Page 12 Financial Records Deeds Transferred to Company etc. REGENT'S PARK LAND COMPANY 161 Articles of Incorporation By-Laws Minutes Financial Records General Correspondence 1918-68 Abstracts of Regent's Park, etc. 162 Ledger 1918-58 Income Tax Files 1935-58 General Correspondence 1935-58 163-165 SEATTLE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 242 SEA VIEW 5 Acre Tracts "Sold", 1 volume 1903-28 SECURITY INVESTMENT SYNDICATE 166 Ledger and Stock Certificates Statement, Checkbook 1949 Income Tax WAVERLY INVESTMENT COMPANY 167 Articles of Incorporation and License Minutes Subgroups (Cont.) WAVERLY INVESTMENT COMPANY (Cont.) 167 Statements, Lists of Stock Holders Stock Certificates, Ledger, Journal Income Tax, etc. 1907-25 168 Real Estate
Page 13 Rentals WEST AND WHEELER AND DWIGHT HILL PARTNERSHIP Richland Junction (Yakima) ca. 1944-47 Correspondence Financial Records, etc. End of Subgroups 208-273 OVERSIZED MATERIAL (as described above)