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Time Books/Payroll Journals/Cash Books/Accounting Journals/Ledger for Glover Steel Company 1887 - 1937

LB2001.001
Series 4, 5, and 6

Provenance:

James Bolan Glover IV donated these records in 2001
(Accession MS.2001.001, P2001.001, and LB2001.001)

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes for a small fee. Permission to publish materials from this collection must be obtained from the Director of Library/Archives.

Sallie E. Loy processed these papers in 2001-2002.

Size: 12 linear feet (50 document cases)

Arrangement:

Series 4	LB2001.001 Glover Machine Works, Weekly and Monthly Time Books – 1898 - 1922
Series 5	LB2001.001 Glover Machine Works, Cash Books – 1887-1937
Series 6	LB2001.001 Glover Machine Works, Accounting Books (Ledgers, Journals) – 1889-1937

Organizational History of the Glover Machine Works
1880-1995

The Glover Family has been in the Marietta area since prior to the Civil War and originally owned and operated a tannery, which was burned along with much of Marietta by General Sherman before the occupation of Atlanta. In the 1880’s the family acquired a machine works, which remained in business up to the end of the 20th century. Glover Machine Works produced products that reflected the growth of the area such as log skidders and loaders. In 1902 they started to manufacture locomotives and continued to do so for the next 28 years. Records indicate that production was close to 200 engines. In the 1930’s when the Glover Machine Works ceased production of locomotives they acquired another site in Cordele, Georgia and a trained core of workers from Marietta moved there to operate the plant. Much of the casting took place in Cordele and the Glover Machine Works was known in the industry for the quality of their high-pressure piping. The foundry in Marietta was razed in 1995. The plant in Cordele, Georgia is of this date (8 May 2002) still in the casting business. Much of what was saved includes archival and collections material including three complete locomotives and the largest single (complete) collection of locomotive casting patterns from any manufacturer in the world.

Description

The Glover Machine Works company records have been organized into ____ series.

The first series contains builder’s files of the company for each locomotive, including drawings, correspondence, and financial records

.The second series contains Glover Machine Works Locomotive Specification Sheets.

The third series contains Glover Machine Works Photographs.

Series 4. Glover Machine Works, Weekly and Monthly Time Books – 1898 - 1922
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1	Weekly Time Book (1891 – 1894) –December 1891 – January 4, 1894
	Weekly Time Book (1892 – 1893) – January 4, 1892 – April 1, 1893
	Weekly Time Book (1894) – January 6 – October 6, 1894
	Monthly Time Book (1898)– January thru July 1898 (book is damaged - front cover separated from the rest of the book and the back cover is missing – 1 Partial Book – Needs spine repair
	Weekly Time Book (1898 - 1902)– August 6 thru December 30, 1899, January 6 thru December 29, 1900, January 5 thru December 28, 1901, January 4 thru March 22, 1902 – 1 Book - Needs spine repair
	Weekly Time Book (1903 – 1904) – May thru December 1903 and January thru April 1904
	Monthly Time Book (1903 - 1904) – May 1 thru December 1903, January thru April 1904 – Note: Tissue paper insert indicates monetary advances made to various employees and the amounts advanced to them in September and November, 1903 – Additional Note: December 1903 pages indicates in red that a “Special Xmas Payroll” was paid to employees in January 1904 –1 Book – Needs spine repair
2	Weekly Time Book Short Leaf (1909 - 1910) – 1 Book – Needs repair
	Weekly Time Book Short Leaf – (1910 – 1912) – 1 Book – Needs spine repair
	Weekly Time Book – (1913 – 1915) – 1 Book – Needs repair
3	Weekly Time Book Short Leaf – (1915 - 1917) – August 21, 1915 thru December 25, 1915, January 1, 1916 thru December 30, 1916, January 6 thru June 30, 1917 – 1 Book – Needs repair Note: Handwritten note with names and numbers beside the person’s names and a First National Bank Payroll Slip in the amount of $900.45 dated August 18, 1917 – inserted at page dated June 24, 1916 Note: Handwritten note on separate piece of paper stating “I am paying Geo. Keelon $6.15 for labor on crane. Please give me his envelope Saturday – inserted at page dated December 9, 1916 Note: Handwritten note on separate bit of paper “Glovers” with names and numbers beside the persons names – inserted at page dated March 31, 1917
	Weekly Time Book Short Leaf – (1917 – 1918) – July 7, 1917 thru December 29, 1917, January 5, 1918 thru March 29, 1918 - 1 Book – Needs repair Note: Separate sheet of paper with handwritten title “Reports Form #1099 for Income Tax” – employee names are listed with the wage amount beside each name – no date – inserted at front of the book Note: Loose accounting sheet in back of book with last names as journal headings and numerical figures underneath each name
	Weekly Time Book Short Leaf – (1918 – 1919) – April 12, 1918 thru August 30, 1918 – 1 Book – Needs repair Note: On page dated March 28, 1918, payroll is broken down into categories: Machine Shop Machine Forge Shop Machine Shop Floor Painter Sheet Iron Shop Foundry-Furnace Cleaning Shed Welding Foundry Moulders Pattern Maker Flask General Expense Dray & Fard Engineer and Crane
4	Time Book (1919 - 1920) – March 28, 1919 thru March 19, 1920 - 1 Book – Needs repair Note: Loose pieces of paper inserted at last page of this book – Department expenses for 16729 dated January 16, 1920 Department expenses for 16749 dated January 24, 1920 Department expenses for 26974 dated October 18, 1919 Note: Departments with dollar amounts handwritten on the back of a Glover Machine Works Order No. 9140 made out to Mr. H. Hicks, City, for one 24 lb. sack of cheapest flour, $1.60 Note: Handwritten notes on last sheet of book: 1/31/20 #16766 2/21 16838 3/6 16860 3/13 16872
	Weekly Time Book Short Leaf (1920) – April 2, 1920 thru September 11, 1920 – 1 Book – Needs repair Note: Handwritten note dated 8-6 to Miss Watkins re: overtime hours for various employees Note: Handwritten note to Mr. Walsh re: dray cost of $3.50
	Weekly Time Book Short Leaf (1920-1921) – September 18, 1920 thru December 8, 1921 – clipped to inside front of this book is a letter dated January 15, 1921 from Tom T. Horde directing Mr. Glover to deduct $2.00 from his paycheck each week to pay dentist, Dr. S.D. Rambo. Mr. Glover wrote, “also take out $5.00 besides the above. Miss W – look after this” – Letter from Dr. Rambo directing George (Welsh?) to deduct $2.00 from Tom Horde’s paychecks – dated January 15, 1921. On back page, handwritten notes “Balance due on Salary” to Mr. Welsh June 30 thru December 29, 1920, $590.00. Needs repair
	The Ideal Time Book and Pay Roll Cut Leaf (1921-1923) - December 15, 1921 – January 18, 1923- 1 Book - Needs repair
Series 5. Glover Machine Works, Cash Books, 1895 - 1934
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1	Cash Book – January 1895 thru December 1895 - Needs repair
	Cash Book – January 1896 thru December 1896 - Needs repair
	Cash Book – January 1897 thru May 1899 - Needs repair
2	Cash Book – 1887 – 1897 - Needs repair
	Cash Book – January 1900 thru December 1900 -Needs repair
3	Cash Book - January 1902 thru December 1902 - Needs repair
	Cash Book – January – November 1903- Needs repair
	Cash Book – June 1903 – March 1905 - Needs repair
4	Cash Book – April 1905 – September 1907 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – October 1907 – November 1910 - Needs repair
	Cash Book – December 1910 – December 1912 - Needs repair
	Cash Book - Cost of Parts, and Index – 1913 - Index inserted at July 31, 1913 date – Needs repair Note: Wood Gummer and Filer Company Time Records- May 24, 1912 thru April 12, 1913 on back page of Cash Book
5	Cash Book – March 18, 1913 – July 1916 – Needs repair
	Cash Book - 1916 – 1918 – Needs repair
	Cash Book - 1919 – 1920 – Needs repair
6	Cash Book – 1920 – 1921 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – January – December 1921 – Needs repair - the backing is missing
	Cash Book – 1922 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – December 1921 – January 1923 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – January 1924 – December 1925 – Needs repair
7	Cash Book – January 1926 – January 1927 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – 1926- 1928 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – January 1927 – December 1928 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – January 1929 – December 1932 – Needs repair
8	Cash Book – January 1929 – December 1930 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – January 1930 – January 1931 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – January 1931 – January 1934 – Needs repair
9	Cash Book – January 1933 – June 1937 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – January 1934 – January 1935 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – January 1936 – January 1937 – Needs repair
	Cash Book – January – June 1937 – Needs repair
Series 6. Glover Machine Works, Accounting Books (Ledgers, Journals) – 1889-1937
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Box	Contents
1	Accounting Book – Journal – 1889-1893 – Needs repair
	Accounting Book – Journal/Trial Balance – 1895 – Needs repair
	Accounting Book – Ledger – 1895 – Needs repair
2	Accounting Book – Ledger/Payroll – 1896 – Needs repair, front cover missing
	Accounting Book – Ledger – 1897 – Needs repair
3	Accounting Book – Ledger – 1897 – Needs repair
	Accounting Book – Ledger – 1897-1898 – Needs repair
4	Accounting Book- Store Accounts Receivables – 1898-1899 – Needs repair
	Accounting Book – Estimate – 1899 – Needs repair
5	Accounting Book – Ledger – 1899-1902 – Needs repair, water and insect damage
6	Accounting Book – Office Order – January – June 1900 – Loose documents taken from No. 1862 (Check list of bolts, nuts, pulleys, brakfront (sic), Office Order for Blue Ridge Marble Co., Envelope with F.I. Stone & Co. on return address), 1920 (Office Order for WR Sharp & Co.), 1957 (Pat work #1957), and 1960 (Office Order 1960 for E.L Wright, two separate drawings of disk and bore on North British & Mercantile paper) are placed on bottom of books inside archival box. Needs repair
	Accounting Book – Quotes & Locomotive Repair Costs – April – December 1902, 1903 – 1905, March – December 1924, January - September 1925 – Needs repair
	Accounting Book – Trial Balance – 1903 – 1921 except 1919 – Loose document (Bank and Cash Statement, April 30, 1906) taken from between pages 4-5 – Needs repair
7	Accounting Book – Heat Records and Payroll for each heat – Oct. - December 1903 – Needs repair
	Accounting Book – Ledger – 1903 – Phoenix Foundry became Glover Machine Works in May 1903, see page 2 of this ledger. Note: Loose scraps of paper taken from back of the ledger include written records for 1926 and 1927 of “Scrap from machine shop for last two weeks”. Needs repair, front cover missing
	Accounting Book – Bills Receivable – June 1903 – August 12, 1913 – in front of book – Bills Payable – June 1903 – May 1913 in back of book. Needs repair
8	Accounting Book – Inventories for Foundry, Shop, Clark Mills, Machine Shop, Boiler, Pattern, Locomotives, Merchandise, Motive Power, Storeroom Supplies, Iron, Brass, Coke, and Lumber
	Accounting Book – 1904 – 1913 Journal
	Accounting Book – 1906 – 1912 Ledger – Note: Loose documents taken from between pages 4 & 5 and 262 & 263 of this book – math figures – placed on top of this book - Needs repair
9	Accounting Book – 1912 – 1916 Ledger – Note: Loose documents taken from between pages 170 –171 of this book – 12/3/1915 order sent to W.P. Stephens on his wagon – Loose document taken from between pages 170 – 171 of this book – 1/27/1916 Lumber delivered to W.P. Stephens – Loose documents taken from between pages 420 – 421 of this book – Delivered merchandise to W.P. Stephens on 11/23, 11/29, 12/3, and 12/22/1915 – Loose documents taken from between pages 420 – 421 of this book – October 30 load of siding out – No. 7055 W.P. Stephens order dated 11/22/1915, No. 6468 W.P. Stephens order dated 11/29/1915, and No. 6473 W.P. Stephens order dated 11/29/1915 – Loose documents taken from between pages 420 –421 of this book – math figures.
	Accounting Book – 1913 – 1914 Ledger – Needs repair
10	Accounting Book – Ledger – 1913 – 1916 – March – December 1913 Ledger/Journal, 1914 Statement of Income Tax, January – December 1915 Ledger, 1915 State of Income, January – December 1916 Ledger, Profit & Loss, Ending Sales on back page – Note: Loose document taken from between pages 18 & 19 of this book – page marked Tyson Lumber Co. - Needs repair
	Accounting Book – Index - 1916
	Accounting Book – Ledger – 1917 – 1918 – Needs repair
	Accounting Book – Ledger – 1917 – 1919 – Needs repair
11	Accounting Book – Payroll Ledger Sheets (unbound) – September 6, 1918 – March 21, 1919
	Accounting Book – Ledger – 1918
12	Accounting Book – 1918 –1929 Register of Audited Vouchers & Distribution of Expenses, Invoices, & Accounts Payable – Needs repair – backing missing
13	Accounting Book – 1918 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1919 Ledger
14	Accounting Book – 1919 – 1920 Ledger
15	Accounting Book – 1921 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1921 Accounts Payable Ledger
16	Accounting Book – 1922 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1922 Journal
	Accounting Book – 1923 Journal
17	Accounting Book – 1903 – 1904 – Machinery City Ledger (in front of book) and July 17, 1915 – May 11, 1917 (in back of book) Note: Multiple loose documents taken from back of book – undated orders, January 1916 order, and 1917 orders.
	Accounting Book – 1923 Ledger
18	Accounting Book – 1923 – 1925 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1924 Ledger
19	Accounting Book – 1924 Trial Balance – Recaps of March 31, 1923, 1924 & 1925 at the back of the book
	Accounting Book – 1924 – 1925 Journal – 1926 Opening Entries glued to back of book
	Accounting Book – 1925 Ledger
20	Accounting Book – 1925 – 1926 Trial Balance
	Accounting Book – 1926 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1927 – 1930 Trial Balance – Note: Loose documents taken from front of book – Two adding machine tapes
21	Accounting Book – 1926 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1926 - 1927 Ledger, Accounts Payable
22	Accounting Book – 1927 Ledger
23	Accounting Book – 1928 Ledger
	Accounting Book - 1929 Trial Balance
24	Accounting Book – 1929 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1929 – 1930 Journal
25	Accounting Book – 1930 Ledger
26	Accounting Book – 1930 – 1932 Ledger/Accounts Payable
	Accounting Book – 1931 Ledger
27	Accounting Book – 1931 Trial Balance
	Accounting Book – 1931 – 1933 Ledger/Trial Balance
	Accounting Book – 1932 Ledger
28	Accounting Book – 1932 Trial Balance
	Accounting Book – 1932 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1933 Trial Balance
29	Accounting Book – 1934 – 1935 Ledger
30	Accounting Book – 1933 – 1935 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1933 – 1936 Ledger for Glover Steel Company with one entry for January 1937
	Accounting Book –1934 Ledger
31	Accounting Book – 1934 – 1935 Index
	Accounting Book – 1934 – April 1936 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1934 – 1936 Trial Balance for Glover Steel Company
32	Accounting Book – 1934 – 1936 – February 1937 Accounts Payable for Glover Machine Works and 1935 – 1937 Accounts Payable for Glover Steel Company
33	Accounting Book – 1935 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1936 Ledger for Glover Steel Company
34	Accounting Book – 1936 Ledger
	Accounting Book – 1936 Ledger with some Glover Steel Company records
35	Accounting Book – 1936 Ledger with 1937 Ledger for Glover Machine Works and Glover Steel Company
36	Accounting Book – 1936 Journal January – November
	Accounting Book – 1937 Ledger
37	Accounting Book: 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, and 1913 Orders Note: Machinery City, GA was incorporated by acts approved by the General Assembly of GA on 22August 1907 to become a city – see documents in the back of this book. J.W. Glover was Clerk of the Council; the city swore in B. C. Hawkins as Mayor on 17 Feb. 1908. Loose documents taken from front of this book – parts list legal document swearing in B.C. Hawkins as Mayor of Machinery City.
	1910 July – December and 1911 Journal for Glover Machine Works and Glover & Delk Co. Note: Loose Documents Scraps of paper with Math figures for January 6 and July 6, 1915 - Fittings sent to J.J. Skelton on October 16, 1912 – Disbursements March 14 – January 26 (no year) and two adding machine tapes – all taken from back of book.
	Undated Index – Guilty – Not Guilty for Machinery City
	Undated Recapitulation for Glover Machine Works
	Blank Trial Balance Book