Kerredge Hardware Records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-679

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Records, 1883-1896, for Kerredge Hardware Store of Hancock, Michigan. Includes account books and a partial journal for Kerredge Hardware as well as bills, receipts and miscellaneous lists and notes.

Dates

1883-1896

Language of Material

English

Conditions Governing Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

William Kerredge was the proprietor of a hardware store located in Hancock, Michigan with his son, Ray Kerredge. In 1902 they built the Kerredge Theatre. Its opulent stage saw performances by Otis Skinner, John Phillip Sousa, Fiske O'Hara, John McCormick, Sarah Bernhardt, Caruso and many other entertainers and vaudeville groups. The Theatre burned down early in the morning of Friday, May 29th, 1959.

Extent

0.45 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box (legal size))

Additional Description

Abstract

Records, 1883-1896, for Kerredge Hardware Store of Hancock, Michigan.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Kerredge Hardware Records
Status: Completed
Author: Elizabeth Russell, revised by Rachael Bussert.
Date: 2/18/2010
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin
Language of description note: English
Sponsor: Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).