9/50/44 Guide to the Danville Brewing and Ice Company Records Danville Brewing and Ice Company Records Finding Aid Authors: Dina Allen.

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Guide to the Danville Brewing and Ice Company Records 1894/1922 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Danville Brewing and Ice Company Records 1894-1922 9/50/44 4.50 2 (1 cubic ft) boxes plus 13 wrapped ledgers English University of Illinois Archives
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Other Information:

2 pages

Additional information may be found at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0950044.pdf

Administrative History:

According to the 1895 Danville City Directory, the Danville Brewing and Ice Company was located on East North Street in Danville, Illinois and was described as manufacturing select and exported beers. The letter press copy journal mentions missing crates of beer delievery to Chicago during the prohibition.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term: Alcohol Sales Business Archives Danville, Illinois Prohibition Stocks and Bonds
Arrangement of Materials:

By type of ledger and chronological thereunder

Scope and Contents

Danville Brewing and Ice Company Records includes trial balances (1912-13); beer delivery registers, (1904-05); weekly beer sales registers (1895-25); canned malt production journal (1929-31); beer-batch cooling record (1918-21); laborers' time books and payroll records (1894-1919); incorporation papers and meeting minutes (1901);  letter press copy journals (1894-1909); cash journal (1906-11);  expenditures (1894-1906); non-alcoholic products production record (1920-22);  Beer-batch ingredients record (1894-1903); IRS fermentation materials purchase report  (1899-1902); IRS brewery production reports (1895-1906); and Stock certificate register (1894-97).