Nicholson Transit Company records

This collection provides information on the business transactions of the Nicholson Transit company for the years 1923-1925. Daily correspondence and financial papers document the relationship of the Nicholson Company with customers and product suppliers from whom company purchases were made.

Two cubic feet of general correspondence files allow the researcher to examine businesses for which the Nicholson Company provided Great Lakes transportation services. Automobile manufacturers and dealers appear in many of these files. The topics of discussion center on fee schedules used by the Nicholsons and complaints by customers that items were damaged during shipment.

A half cubic foot series of subject correspondence provides further material to researchers regarding the business network in which the Nicholson Transit Company operated. Supplies of equipment to the Nicholson fleet appear in this series.

Two cubic feet of financial papers provide details on company expenditures for the Nicholson fleet. Expense vouchers, fee collection information, and receipts form most of the financial records.

Correspondence and financial papers for two subsidiaries of the Nicholson Transit Company also are included. One cubic foot of files on the Detroit and Kingsville Navigation Company replicate the type of information seen earlier for the Nicholson Company. One cubic foot of records for the International Sand and Gravel Company reflects sales of gravel and equipment purchases for this business.

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE; A-Z; Boxes 1-2; 1922-1923; arranged alphabetically. Series contains an alphabetical correspondence file created by the Nicholson Transit Company. This file documents the relationship between the Nicholson Company and many of its customers. Automobile manufacturers and dealers appear frequently in this series. Discussions center on delivery schedules to the various Great Lakes cities receiving shipments from the Michigan manufacturing centers. Other files appear regarding vendors who sold products such as fuel oil to the Nicholson Company.

CORRESPONDENCE; A-V; Box 3; 1923-1925; arranged alphabetically. Series contains a subject file of correspondence between the Nicholson Transit Company and businesses with which transactions were conducted. A number of files on casualty claims appear to document complaints from customers regarding goods damaged during shipment.

GENERAL FINANCIAL PAPERS; B-V; Box 4, Folders 1-30; 1923-1925, 1978; arranged alphabetically. Series contains financial documents from the Nicholson Transit Company. Expense vouchers, collection information for fees, and banking information form most of the files in this series.

RECEIPTS; B-W; Box 4, Folders 31-63, Box 5; 1923; arranged alphabetically. Series contains receipts from business transactions of the Nicholson Company. Items appear from customers and service vendors for shipping companies.

DETROIT AND KINGSVILLE NAVIGATION COMPANY; Correspondence, A-W; Box 6; arranged alphabetically. Series contains correspondence of the Detroit and Kingsville Navigational Company and its customers. Correspondence regarding purchases of supplies for the shipping company are also included.

DETROIT AND KINGSVILLE NAVIGATION COMPANY FINANCIAL PAPERS; B-W; Box 7; arranged alphabetically. Series contains bank statements, expense vouchers, receipts, and other records of business transactions.

INTERNATIONAL SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY CORRESPONDENCE; A-W; Box 8, folders 1-125; arranged alphabetically. Series contains correspondence regarding buisness transactions involving shipment of gravel to customers and purchases of equipment by the International Sand and Gravel Company.

INTERNATIONAL SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY FINANCIAL PAPERS; E-I; Box 8, folders 126-134; arranged alphabetically. Series contains expense vouchers and invoices regarding sales of gravel and equipment purchases for the International Sand and Gravel Company.