Thomas B. Jamison, Papers, 1908-1944

Inventory

Prepared by Merritt Donaghy, February 5, 1977
Revised by Emily Hall, June 3, 2003
2 record storage boxes and 1 half-size record storage box, 2.5 cubic feet, 11th floor
Old archives number: D.9.2.

Biographical Note

The business records of Thomas B. Jamison (1887-1966) were donated to Special Collections and Archives on October 24, 1976 by his widow, Hazel Jamison of Geneva, Ohio. Around 1909, Jamison went to work for the Cleveland Electrical Supply (later Western Electric and then Graybar) in Cleveland, it was there he met his wife whom he married in 1910. Jamison owned and operated several hardware and electrical businesses on the east side of Cleveland from 1914-1940.

Scope and Content

Dating from 1908 to 1944, the materials in this collection document Jamison's work in an era of rapid eastward development in Cleveland during the earliest years of converting gas lamps to electric. The bulk of the collection consists of various ledgers, record, and account books. Included is a sheet of billing paper from the Geneva store bearing the Jamison light bulb trademark, designed for him in the 1920s by Carl Hurlburt, originator of the famous Sherwin-Williams globe and paint emblem.

Box 1

Folder--Contents
  1. Sales book, 1908-1910
  2. Check stubs and bank balance sheets, 1909-1910
  3. Cash book, 1908-1909
  4. Account book, alphabetical, 1908-1909
  5. Inventory, 1915
  6. Record book of sales and orders, 1914
  7. Uncontrollable Accounts (alphabetical), 1922-1931
  8. Uncollectable Accounts, 1922-26

Box 2

Uncontrollable Accounts, 1919-1926

Box 3

Folder--Contents
  1. Accounts receivable- not billed, 1935
  2. Cash sales book, 1935
  3. Account book, 1938-1940
  4. Ledger book, 1924-1940
  5. Cash sales, purchases and expenses, 1944
  6. Account book "Jamison's Electric and Radio Shop," 1940-1943 (oversized, shelved with rest of collection)
  7. Hardware Age Inventory Record, 1937 (oversized, shelved with rest of collection)