Box 1261.824

Series Description From the Series: Contains material created by and relating to the Board of Trustees and other high-ranking administrators, as well as company stockholders. In addition to charters, by-laws, maps, stock records, Board of Directors meeting minutes, and tax records, this series also contains land records. Some general and miscellaneous materials include child labor records. This series contains the following subseries: By-laws and Articles of Incorporation; Board of Directors; Tax and Financial Records; Stocks;...

Series Description From the Series: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Shelby Iron Company. This series is divided into four subseries: Topical; Outgoing; Incoming; and General and Miscellaneous. Correspondence with a specific person or regarding a specific topic is placed in the Topical Series. The Outgoing and Incoming subseries follow a chronological arrangement and adhere to the original order of the records as Shelby Iron Company staff kept them. At other times Shelby staff kept both incoming and...

Series Description From the Series: Includes materials that relate to the sale of iron ore and the receipt of necessary provisions. Throughout the company's records the areas of sales and purchasing often overlap with the shipping and receiving records. Therefore these records are combined into one series. The series includes bills of lading, waybills, invoices, iron shipment records, orders, railroad records, receipts, requisitions, sales records, and other general records. This series contains the following subseries: Bills...

Series Description From the Series: In addition to the manufacturing operations that supported iron production, Shelby Iron Company either had contracts with local businesses or operated their own businesses that their employees and their families patronized in the communities where Shelby had facilities, such as Coosa, Lamar, or Bolling. Records relating to the stores or commissaries make up the bulk of this series, but other functions include housing, hotel, grist mill, post office, and a school. This series includes the...