Manuscript Group 1529, Crossman Company, Sayreville and Perth Amboy, NJ Records, 1900 – 1998

Archives Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs

Manuscript Group 1529, Crossman Company, Sayreville and Perth Amboy, NJ
Records, 1900-1998, 3.0 linear feet
Call Number: MG 1529

Summary:

Ledgers, account books, stock certificate books, minutes, resolutions, correspondence, bills, receipts, photographs, promotional material, and legal papers of the Crossman Company, a sand and clay mining company based in Sayreville and later South Amboy, New Jersey.  Also includes records of Alta Sales Corporation and correspondence of and relating to Charles W. Crane and the harbor, river, and sound transportation company of C. W. Crane & Co.

Box/Folder List:

Box #1:
Folder #

  1. Correspondence, Charles W. Crane with Mrs. Iantha Wright Vail and Mrs. Emily R. Coffin, heirs to Jacob R. Crossman Estate, 1908-1910.
  2. Correspondence, Charles W. Crane with Mrs. Iantha Wright Vail and Mrs. Emily R. Coffin, heirs to Jacob R. Crossman Estate, 1909. Inventory of Jacob R. Crossman Estate.
  3. Correspondence, legal documents pertaining to sale of Crossman Co. property to developer Peter M. Mocco, 1982-1983.
  4. Correspondence, legal documents, notices and minutes of meetings of shareholders and Board of Directors, Resolutions of Crossman Co. and C.W. Crane & Co., 1966-1988.
  5. Correspondence, legal documents, notices and minutes of meetings of shareholders and Board of Directors, maps, blank checks of Crossman Co. and C.W. Crane & Co., 1956-1979.
  6. Stock and Insurance certificates of Crane, Hahn, Coffin, Vail, Crossman Families, 1908-1924.
  7. Trespassing sign, Crossman Co.
  8. Correspondence, legal documents, maps regarding dock construction, riparian and dredging rights on Raritan River with War Department and Army Corps of Engineers, 1919-1928.
  9. (9) Photographs: canal boats and dock, earth-moving equipment, groups of employees, Crossman Co. office.
  10. (22) Photographs: flood damage and restoration work in 1960, 1963, 1966 floods.
  11. (7) Photographs and negatives in envelope marked "Aug 19, 1962": burning houses.
  12. (7) Photographs: panoramic views of Crossman Co. Raritan River worksite, 1924, damaged barge, "The Howard & Co." ship.
  13. (20) Photo album: clay mining.
  14. Photographs – Dock rebuilding, 1924.

Box #2
Folder #

  1. Crossman Co. general ledger with company history, 1903-1915.
  2. Crossman Co. investment portfolio ledger, 1900-1932.
  3. Crossman Co. general ledger with company history, 1903-1908.
  4. Crossman Co. general ledger, 1904-1918.
  5. Crossman Co. check record book, 1923-1924.

Box #3
Folder #

  1. Crossman Co. minute book of Board of Director and Shareholder meetings, 1903-1930.
  2. Crossman Co. minute book of Board of Director and Shareholder meetings, 1930-1940.
  3. Crossman Co. ledger of expenditures, 1904-1913.
  4. Crossman Co. ledger of stock transfers, 1904-1980.
  5. Crossman Co. stock certificate book, 1963-1982.

Box #4
Folder #

  1. Alta Sales Corp. stock certificate book, 1922-1925.
  2. Alta Sales Corp. stock certificate book, 1923-1924.
  3. Crossman Co. blank stock certificates.
  4. Contracts and correspondence received by or sent by Frederick D. Hahn on behalf of Crossman Co., 1929-1932.
  5. Crossman Co. tax information, 1982.
  6. Correspondence, legal documents of Crossman Co., Ridgeway Family, 1881-1953.
  7. Correspondence, legal documents of Crossman Co., Ridgeway Family, 1887-1941.
  8. Correspondence, legal documents of Crossman Co pertaining to land purchase in1962, Canadian bank deposits, 1930-1932.
  9. Correspondence, specifications for "deck scow" (cargo barge), 1929.

Box #6
Folder #

  1. Crossman Co. minute book of Board of Director and Shareholder meetings, 1941-1949.
  2. Crossman Co. general ledger, 1909-1933.
  3. Crossman Co. ledger containing "Income, Operating, and Balances Account; Profit and Loss Accounts; Securities Accounts; Property Accounts; Additions and Depreciation," 1909-1933.
  4. Crossman Co. account book, 1912-1913.
  5. Legal documents, copies of Certificate of Incorporation, 1903.
  6. Legal documents, contract of Crossman Co. property sale to Peter M. Mocco, 1982-1983.
  7. Legal documents, leases, mortgages, deeds, sale of Crossman Co. property, 1981, mortgage insurance policies, 1973-1982.

Box #7
Folder #

  1. Crossman Co. stock transfer book, 1903-1907.
  2. Crossman Co. sales ledger, 1904-1918.

OS Materials
Crossman Co. stock certificate book, 1903-1963 (currently shelved in the "waiting for phase box" area).
Museum materials:
The following items were transferred to the museum collections:
One Crossman Company seal embosser
Six "standard" sieves used for measuring the grain size of sand and clay

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