FIRST MIDWEST CORPORATION (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.).: An Inventory of Its Corporate Records

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FIRST MIDWEST CORPORATION (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.).:

An Inventory of Its Corporate Records

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
	Creator:	First Midwest Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.).
	Title:	Corporate Records.
	Date:	1948-2000.
	Abstract:	Records of a Minneapolis-based holding company that provided venture capital to small businesses through a small business investment subsidiary, First Midwest Capital Corporation, and its predecessor, First Midwest Small Business Investment Company.
	Quantity:	48.9 cu. ft. (50 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description section for box locations.

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HISTORY OF FIRST MIDWEST CORPORATION

First Midwest Corporation (FMC) was a Minneapolis-based holding company that provided venture capital to small businesses through its principal subsidiary, First Midwest Capital Corporation (FMCC). First Midwest had its beginnings in the 1959 incorporation of First Midwest Small Business Investment Company. In 1961 the name of the firm was changed to First Midwest Capital Corporation. A holding company, First Midwest Corporation, was established in 1970, with First Midwest Capital Corporation continuing as its small business investment company (SBIC) subsidiary. In 1985 the directors of First Midwest Corporation voted to liquidate, citing unfavorable 1984 tax law changes, anticipated cuts in Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs, and expenses involved in reporting to the SBA and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Alan K. Ruvelson, donor of the collection, served as president of the First Midwest companies from 1959 until 1985.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION

The First Midwest Corporation records document the development, operation, and investment activities of an early venture capital firm. They also provide financial and background information about more than 50 small businesses in Minnesota, California, Iowa, Wisconsin, and other (primarily Midwestern) states, and details of First Midwest investments in them. There is also information about some subsidiary companies and investment properties, including a Minneapolis parking ramp and a real estate development project near Detroit, Michigan.

There are audit reports, financial statements, reports to the SBA and the SEC, investment proposals, portfolio valuation reports, debenture and stock purchase agreements, closing and mortgage documents, correspondence and memoranda, news clippings, and similar material. Correspondents include First Midwest president Ruvelson, officials of the SBA and the SEC, representatives of portfolio companies and of other venture capital firms, investors, and attorneys.

Records of subsidiary companies contain material related to Midtown Park, Inc. (Minneapolis) and to the Universal Warren Company (Warren, Michigan). Midtown Park, Inc. was the holder of a contract for deed receivable from Midtown Parking Ramp. The Midtown Park files also include information about First Midwest Auto Park, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Midwest Corporation and managing general partner of Midtown Parking Ramp. Universal Warren was engaged in real estate development and property management in the Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan.

Portfolio Companies (loan files) contain information about manufacturers of computers, furnaces, janitorial supplies, eyeglasses, frozen bakery products, fishing rods, store display fixtures, and other products. There is also information about auto parts businesses, grocery stores, seed companies, an automated teller machine network, and a television signal relay system.

Oversize Materials include two movies [ca.1965] containing information about First Midwest Corporation and Possis Machine Corporation.

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION
	These records are divided into four sections:
	Subject Files relate to both First Midwest Corporation and First Midwest Capital Corporation, and are organized as one alphabetical set.

		Minute and Corporate Record Books (FMC and FMCC)
		Subject Files
		Subsidiary Companies
		Portfolio Companies (loan files).
		Oversize Materials

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RELATED MATERIALS
	First Midwest's annual reports, as well as annual reports for some of the Minnesota-based portfolio companies, are in the Minnesota Historical Society reference library.

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INDEX TERMS
	This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
	Topics:
		Automated tellers.
		Capitalists and financiers - Minnesota - Minneapolis.
		Grocery trade - Finance.
		Investments.
		Manufactures - Finance.
		Parking garages - Minnesota - Minneapolis.
		Real estate development - Michigan - Warren.
		Seed industry and trade - Finance.
		Small business - Finance.
		Small business investment companies - Minnesota - Minneapolis.
		Television relay systems - Finance.
		Venture capital - Minnesota - Minneapolis.
	Organizations:
		Aircraft Instruments Corporation (Saint Paul, Minn.).
		Anderson Cornelius Company (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
		Andrews Manufacturing Company (Saint Louis Park, Minn.).
		Applied Spectrum Technologies, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		Autobody Supply, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).
		Betacom Corporation (Saint Paul, Minn.).
		Camax Systems, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		Colight, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		Comserv Corporation (Mendota Heights, Minn.).
		Council Laboratories, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).
		Cray Research, Inc.
		Crown Auto Stores, Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
		Data 100 Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		Datatext Systems Incorporated (Bloomington, Minn.).
		Dicomed Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		Drill's Marine, Inc. (Duluth, Minn.).
		Eye Kraft Optical, Inc. (Saint Cloud, Minn.).
		First Concord Corporation (Rochester, Minn.).
		First Midwest Capital Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		First Midwest Small Business Investment Company (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		H. & Val J. Rothschild, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).
		HEI Inc.
		Infinite Graphics Incorporated (Minneapolis, Minn.).
	Organizations:
		Interplastic Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		Little Falls Super Market, Inc. (Little Falls, Minn.).
		Maple Plain Company (Maple Plain, Minn.).
		Medtown Park, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		Minnesota Television Relay System, Inc. (Fargo, N.D.).
		Montevideo Technology, Inc. (Montevideo, Minn.).
		Multi-Arc Vacuum Systems Incorporated (Saint Paul, Minn.).
		N.F.C. Engineering Company (Anoka, Minn.).
		Nutrition World, Inc. (Edina, Minn.).
		Possis Machine Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		RBA, Inc. (Olivia, Minn.).
		Royal Pantry Foods, Inc. (Madelia, Minn.).
		Silverline, Inc. (Moorhead, Minn.).
		Streater Industries, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.).
		Structural Wood Corporation (Saint Paul, Minn.).
		Sun Plant Products, Inc. (Gonvick, Minn.).
		Universal Warren Company (Warren, Mich.).
		Westgate Drug, Inc. (Winona, Minn.).
	Type of Document:
		Financial records.
	Person:
		Ruvelson, Alan K., 1917-.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
	Restrictions:
		Access to records less than 25 years old requires written permission.
		Quotation or publication, beyond the fair use provisions of the copyright law, from records less than 25 years old requires written permission.
	Preferred Citation:
		[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. First Midwest Corporation Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
		See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
	Accession Information:
		Accession number: 14,366; 15,132; 15,295; 15,510
	Processing Information:
		Processed by: David B. Peterson, September 1999
		PALS ID number: 09-00030913

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below.

Minutes and Corporate Record Books:

Location

Box

143.D.5.4F

First Midwest Capital Corporation:

Corporate Record Book, 1970, 1984-1986.

Executive Committee Minute Books, 1961-1971. 2 volumes.

Minute Books:

1959-1968. 4 volumes.

Oct. 1970-Oct. 1984. 6 volumes.

Shareholders' Minute Book (annual meetings), 1959-1970.

Location

Box

143.F.5.5B

Corporate Record Books ("Articles and By-Laws"), 1959-1985. 2 volumes.

Executive Committee Minute Book, 1972-1980.

Minute Books, 1969-1986. 7 volumes

Shareholders' Minute Books (annual meetings), 1971-1985. 2 volumes.

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Subject Files:

Location

Box

143.D.5.6F

Directors:

Audit Committee, 1973-1984.

Correspondence, 1981-1985.

Information File, 1965-1985.

Meetings, 1984-1986. 3 folders.

Monthly Reports, March 1985-April 1986. 3 folders.

Executive Committee, 1982-1984.

Finance of the Week show, [ca.1965].

A WCCO-TV television program; see Box 50.

Financial Information:

Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, 1964-1981.

S.M. Rubel & Company Newsletters, 1965-1969.

Miscellany, undated and 1968-1981.

First Midwest Capital Corporation:

Brochures, undated and 1967-1978.

Corporate Seal (example), undated.

Lending Limit, 1984-1986.

Location

Box

143.D.5.6F

Securities and Exchange Commission:

Application and Order Regarding Joint Transactions, 1984.

1940 Act Registration, 1976.

Reports: Form N-5R (Annual Report of SBIC):

1971.

1977-1985. 4 folders.

Correspondence and Information, 1970-1985.

Reports: Quarterly Reports, 1971-1972.

Location

Box

143.D.5.7B

Stock Offering, Sept. 12, 1968:

Apparently actually took place in 1969.

Conformed Registration Statement and Preliminary Prospectus, 1968-1969.

Directors' and Officers' Questionnaires, 1968. 2 folders.

Prospectus Requests, 1968-1969.

State Registrations, 1968.

1. Registration, 1967-1969. 2 folders.

2. Registration Statements, Exhibits Thereto, 1962-1968.

3. Prospectus and Registration Statements, 1968-1969.

Miscellaneous Papers, 1968.

Touche, Ross Surprise Examinations, 1962-1985.

Small Business Administration:

Audit File, 1971-1985. 2 folders.

Correspondence, 1971-1986. 2 folders.

Form 468, 1961-1969. 4 folders.

Financial Statements and Management Report. Also includes SBA Form 478: Compliance Examination Reports.

Location

Box

143.D.5.8F

Form 468, 1970-1986. 7 folders.

Form 477, 1962.

Activity Report.

Form 582 (Amended), 1968.

Statement of Total Loans and Investments Made, Year-End Balances, and Actual (Realized) Losses.

Form 684, 1971.

Program Evaluation Report.

Location

Box

143.D.5.8F

License Application, 1970-1986. 3 folders.

Loan File: Paid-up Debentures:

July 5, 1962.

July 21, 1964.

July 1, 1968.

May 6, 1970.

Dec. 20, 1978.

Summary of Investments,1959-1985.

First Midwest Corporation:

Audit Reports, 1973-1975, 1986.

Compensation Committee, 1974-1984.

Corporate Management Meetings, 1974-1979. 2 folders.

Location

Box

143.D.5.9B

Corporate Management Meetings, 1980-1982. 2 folders.

Securities and Exchange Commission:

Application for Approval of Executive Incentive Plan, 1961-1967.

Bonding Requirements, 1963-1983.

Correspondence, 1962-1981.

Filing Data, 1972-1977.

Instructions for Schedule 13-G, 1977-1980.

Investment Company Act of 1940, 1980.

Mailings to Shareholders Filed with SEC, 1962-1986. 2 folders.

1940 Act Registration, 1976. 2 folders.

Orders Concerning Partnership, 1982-1983. 3 folders.

Proposed Underwriting, 1961.

Reports:

Form N-1Q, 1976-1980.

Quarterly Report of Registered Management Investment Company.

Form N-1R, 1977-1985. 3 folders.

Annual Report of Management Investment Company.

Location

Box

143.D.5.10F

Form N-1R: Instructions and Supporting Papers, 1976-1985.

Form N-2, 1982.

Annual Report of Management Investment Company.

Location

Box

143.D.5.10F

Form 8-K, 1972-1976.

Current Report.

Form 10-K, 1972.

Annual Report.

Form 10-K:

1973-1976. 5 folders.

Correspondence, 1972-1976.

Form 10-Q, 1972-1975.

Quarterly Report.

Restricted Shareholder's Guide to Rules 144 and 145, undated and 1972-1981.

Two-Tier Investment Companies, 1980-1981.

Underwriting, May 23, 1960. 2 folders.

Small Business Administration:

Correspondence, 1970-1986.

Guaranty of Debentures by FMC to SBA, 1962-1970.

First Midwest Group:

General File, 1965-1968.

Original Copies of Agreements, undated and 1966.

First Midwest Management Corporation: Corporate Seal, undated.

First Midwest Reorganization:

Accounting, undated and 1969-1970.

Board of Directors, 1969.

De-registration Application, 1971-1973.

Location

Box

143.D.6.1B

De-registration Application, 1971-1973.

H. & Val J. Rothschild, Inc., 1969-1970.

Internal Revenue Service, 1969-1970.

Legal, 1969-1971.

Other Venture Capital Company Reorganizations, undated and 1969-1970.

Securities and Exchange Commission, 1970. 2 folders.

Small Business Administration, 1969-1970.

First Midwest Small Business Investment Company:

1959-1960.

Corporate Seal, undated.

SBA Form 468, 1959-1961.

SBA Form 477, 1961.

First Midwest Ventures I:

Apparently information gathered by FMC in preparation for launch of FMVI, a venture capital partnership offering, in 1983. See 1984 FMC Annual Report.

Location

Box

143.D.6.1B

Articles on Venture Capital and Technology, 1978-1979.

Fleschner Becker Associates: Abrahamson vs. Fleschner, Becker, et al., 1977-1979.

Golder, Thoma Fund (Chicago, Ill.), 1980.

Heizer Corporation (Chicago, Ill.), 1981.

Midland Venture Capital Limited (New York, N.Y.), 1982-1983.

ML Venture Partners I, L.P. (New York, N.Y.), undated and 1982.

Narragansett Capital Corporation (Providence, Rhode Island):

Application for Order, 1981.

Application for Order: Amendment No. 1, 1981.

Application under Investment Company Act of 1940, 1981-1982. 2 folders.

Form N-5R, 1979.

Annual Report to SEC.

Private Placement Memorandum, 1981.

Location

Box

143.D.6.2F

Miscellany, 1981-1982.

New Enterprise Associates II, L.P. (Baltimore, Md.), 1981.

Pathfinder Venture Capital Fund (Minneapolis), undated and 1980-1982.

Rand Capital Corporation (Buffalo, N.Y.), 1981.

Resource Management Corporation (Minneapolis), 1982.

Rust Capital, Ltd. (Austin, Tex.), 1981.

Source Capital Associates Venture Capital Fund (Edina, Minn.), [ca.1982?].

Texas Southwest Fund, Inc. (Dallas, Tex.), 1980.

Venture Capital and Public Offering Negotiation, undated.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Co. (New York, N.Y.), 1978.

William Blair Venture Partners, 1981.

Investment Proposals and Reports:

Anderson Cornelius Company, 1978

Artronix, Inc., 1976

Atlas Minerals & Chemicals, Inc., 1977

ATM Network Management Corp., [ca.1982?].

Autobody Supply, Inc., 1973.

Betacom Corporation, 1980.

Capro Incorporated, 1982.

Location

Box

143.D.6.2F

Central Data Corporation, 1984.

Comserv Corporation, 1978.

Contico International, Inc., 1972.

Council Laboratories, Inc., 1976.

Cray Research, Inc., 1975.

Data 100 Corporation, 1971. 2 reports.

Dicomed Corporation, 1976.

Donnybrooke, Inc., 1968.

Electronic Technology Corporation (ETC), 1983.

Entrex, Inc., 1976.

First Concord Corporation, 1977.

HEI, Inc., 1974.

Infinite Graphics, Inc., 1974-[1980?]. 2 reports.

Interplastic Corporation, [1969?].

Kaster Research Corporation, 1981.

Knecht Industries, 1979.

LCS Corporation, 1977.

M & L Aquatics, 1973.

Midtown Park, Inc., 1969-1971. 3 reports.

Montevideo Technology, Inc., 1975.

Multi-Arc Vacuum Systems, Inc., 1981-1982.

Nutrition World, Inc., 1973.

O's Gold Seed Company, 1975.

R.B.A., Inc., 1977.

Reach-All Manufacturing and Engineering Company, 1975.

Rishel & Associates, Inc.. 1975.

Pressed Steel Tank Co.

Royal Pantry Foods, Inc., 1971.

Location

Box

143.D.6.3B

Smith Pipe & Steel Company, 1978.

Structural Wood Corporation, 1975.

Super Valu Retailers, undated.

Tulsa Screw Products, Inc., 1976.

Tyler Refrigeration Corporation, 1976.

Liquidation:

Continental Capital Ventures, 1985.

Contract for Deed, 1985-1986.

Corporate Planning, 1984-1985.

Employee Benefits, 1980-1986.

Financial Statements and Information, 1985-1986.

FMCC: Alex Wilkins (Delta Capital), 1985.

Location

Box

143.D.6.3B

FMC/FMCC Joint Directors Meeting, April 30, 1986.

Gold Medallion Corporation Liquidation: Sample Documents, 1985.

Heizer Corporation and Eagle Ventures, Inc., 1984-1985.

Insurance, 1984-1986.

Liquidation Plan: Legal and Tax Matters, 1985.

Liquidation Study, 1984-1985.

Materials Furnished SBA (Nov. 1985), 1985-1986.

Portfolio Transfer Rights, 1980-1985.

Portfolio Valuation, 1985-1986.

Potential Sale Contacts before Liquidation, 1984-1985.

Sale Contacts, Proposals, and Valuations, 1985. 2 folders.

Minnesota (State of), 1962-1970.

Portfolio Valuation File: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 1968-1979.

Portfolio Valuation Reports:Jan. 26, 1971-March 31, 1975. 3 folders.

Location

Box

143.D.6.4F

March 31, 1976-Sept. 30, 1985. 16 folders.

Miscellaneous Balance Sheets (1974-1985).

Miscellaneous Drafts, undated and 1980-1985.

Public Relations:

Clippings Notebooks.

SEE: Boxes 13-14

First Midwest Report (newsletter), 1968-1969.

Venturer (newsletter), 1973-1975.

Miscellaneous Articles and Newsletters, 1962-1991.

Ruvelson, Alan K.: Employment Contract and Supplemental Information, 1960-2000.

Seminars Co-sponsored by First Midwest Corporation:

May 13, 1981: Finding Money for Your Business. 2 folders.

Location

Box

143.D.6.5B

Oct. 6, 1981: Financing Business Growth. 2 folders.

May 12, 1982: Finding Money for Your Business. 2 folders.

Sept. 29, 1982: Creative Financing for Growing Companies. 2 folders.

Sept. 21, 1983: Creative Financing for Growing Companies. 3 folders.

Sept. 18, 1984: Creative Financing for Growing Companies. 3 folders.

Location

Box

143.D.6.5B

Stockholders:

Annual Meeting, 1970.

Prospectus, January 27, 1969.

Sample Stock Certificates, 1967-1979.

Shareholders' Meetings, 1970-1985.

Special Reports to Shareholders, 1965-1976.

Technology Advisory Council:

Brochure, 1981-1982.

Fall Forums, 1981. 2 folders.

Location

Box

143.D.6.6F

Fall Forums, 1982-1983. 3 folders

U.S. Congress: Committee Hearings on Small Business, 1959-1964.

U.S. House of Representatives:

1959-1960.

Ruvelson Testimony before Select Committee on Small Business, 1964.

U.S. Senate, 1959-1960.

Public Relations: Clippings Notebooks (disassembled):

Vol. 1: 1959-1964. 3 folders.

Vol. 2: 1964-1968. 4 folders.

Vol. 3: 1969-1972. 4 folders.

Location

Box

143.D.6.7B

Vol. 4: 1973-1977. 4 folders.

Vol. 5: 1978-1982. 3 folders.

Vol. 6: 1982-1986. 3 folders.

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Subsidiary Companies:

Midtown Park, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.):

Appraisals, 1970-1977.

Audit Reports, 1967, 1969-1972. 2 folders.

Banking, 1967-1973.

Board of Directors, 1965-1975. 2 folders.

Contract for Deed, 1973.

Correspondence, 1964-1981. 3 folders.

Location

Box

143.D.6.8F

Disposition of Ramp: Closing Book, 1987.

Executed Partnership Agreements (1973), 1973-1983. 4 folders.

Forms "Midtown Parking Ramp" limited partnership.

Financial Data, 1973-1974.

Financial Statements and Information, 1965-1973.

Location

Box

143.D.6.8F

First Midwest Auto Park, Inc.:

Directors, 1973-1974.

Note Receivable, 1973-1974.

Proposed Sale of Partnership, 1973.

FMC and NSP Agreements, 1983.

FMC/Midtown Park Merger (March 31, 1982), 1972-1982.

FMC/NSP Ramp Land Title Problems, 1983-1984.

Forecasts, 1968-1972. 2 folders.

Gateway Center Records, 1966-1967.

Gettysburg Corporation: Zelmer Shrell Lease, 1980-1982.

Geo. J. Grant Construction Company, 1981.

Insurance, 1967-1976.

Interest Notes, 1965-1969.

Lindquist & Vennum: Miscellaneous Correspondence with FMC, 1987-1989.

Longhorn Leases, 1969-1980.

Location

Box

143.D.6.9B

Longhorn Leases, 1969-1980.

Lot and Ramp Owners' Association, 1976-1977.

Midtown Parking Ramp:

A limited partnership.

Abstract of Title, 1974-1980.

Encroachment agreement.

Audit Reports, 1973-1982.

Budgets and Operations, 1973-1983.

Financial Statements and Partner Correspondence, 1973-1983. 3 folders.

Limited Partners: Notes Receivable and Payable, undated and 1974-1978.

Mortgage and Contract for Deed Payoff, 1973-1994.

Note Payable to First National Bank of St. Paul (Feb. 28, 1973), 1973-1975.

Potential Occupants, 1984-1985.

Transfer of Partnership Interest (10/73), 1973-1982.

Nino's Lease File, 1968-1978. 2 folders.

Note Receivable: FMC, 1973.

Parking Rates and Management Meetings, 1967-1978.

Location

Box

143.D.6.9B

Partnership Documentation, 1972-1983.

Partnership Tax, 1973-1977.

Promissory Note and Investment Letters, Limited Partners, 1973-1975.

Location

Box

143.D.6.10F

Proposals for Construction of an Addition to the Ramp, 1964-1980.

Public Relations and Promotion, undated and 1965-1975.

Refinancing: First National Bank of St. Paul $1,700,000 Mortgage (May 1972), 1972-1974.

Reorganization and Purchase Agreements: Exhibits (1966-1983), 1983.

Sale Projections, 1974-1981. 2 folders.

Sale to a Limited Partnership, 1971-1977. 2 folders.

Tax Dispute: Fricke Protest to I.R.S., 1977.

Tender Offer by First Midwest Corporation (Feb. 1973), 1972-1975.

Zoogie's Bar and Restaurant:

Bankruptcy, 1980-1982.

Shrell (Longhorn) Negotiations (1980), 1979-1981. 2 folders.

Miscellaneous, 1960-1978.

Minute and Corporate Record Books:

Corporate Record Book, 1964-1973.

Includes directors' minutes, Jan. 24, 1967-Aug. 3, 1971.

Directors' Minutes:

June 4, 1964-Oct. 14, 1966.

Location

Box

143.D.7.1B

Dec. 1971-Feb. 10, 1981.

Canceled Stock Certificates ("Book #1"), 1965-1973.

Record of Stock Certificates as Issued, 1965-1974.

Universal Warren Company (Warren, Mich.):

Corporate Record Book, 1964-1974.

Corporate Stock Record Book, 1964-1975.

Minute Books, 1964-1976. 5 volumes.

Both directors' and stockholders' meetings.

Parkview Office Plaza, Inc.

Wholly-owned UW subsidiary.

Corporate Record Book, 1972-1975.

Location

Box

143.D.7.1B

Parkview Properties, Inc.

Wholly-owned UW subsidiary.

Corporate Record Book, 1972-1975.

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Portfolio Companies: Loan Files:

Location

Box

143.D.7.2F

Aircraft Instruments Corporation (St. Paul, Minn.):

Repair and reconditioning of aircraft instruments.

Correspondence, 1959-1963.

Debentures and Promissory Notes, 1959-1962.

Foreclosure Sales and Inventories, 1962-1963.

Liens, 1961-1962.

Term Loan Agreements, 1959-1961.

Miscellany, 1959-1963.

Andal Corp. (New York, N.Y.):

Application of thin-film coatings of various metals and metal compounds to base materials to enhance their hardness, etc. See also: Multi-Arc Vacuum Systems, Inc., below.

Annual Reports, 1984-1993. 2 folders.

Correspondence, 1985-1993. 2 folders.

Financial Statements, 1986-1994.

Shareholders, 1985-1994.

Tender Offers: Aug. 1987 and Aug. 1988.

Anderson Cornelius Company (Eden Prairie, Minn.):

Microcomputer-based systems for facilities management applications.

Correspondence, 1978-1984.

Debenture and Stock Purchase Agreement, 1976-1979.

Debentures and Stock, 1979-1982.

Equity Financing, 1981-1982. 2 folders.

Location

Box

143.D.7.3B

Financing, 1981. 1 volume.

Funds Disbursed on Promissory Notes, 1984-1985.

Investment Report, 1978.

Pre-Closing Information, 1976-1978.

Purchase of Class A and Class B Stock, 1981-1985.

Sale to Anchor Communications (Dale Showers), 1986-1990.

Location

Box

143.D.7.3B

Andrews Manufacturing Company (St. Louis Park, Minn.):

Forced air furnaces; later known as Micro-Dine Corporation.

Correspondence, 1960-1963.

Debentures and Promissory Notes, 1960-1961, 1974.

Loan File, 1960-1964.

Promissory Notes and Stock Purchase Warrants, 1960-1962.

Property Foreclosure File, 1960-1962.

Voting Trust, 1960-1961.

Applied Spectrum Technologies, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.):

Develops, manufactures, markets, and sells products for digital business communication systems.

Annual Reports, 1988-1989.

Audit Reports, 1982-1987. 3 folders.

Correspondence, 1982-1993. 2 folders.

Debenture and Stock Purchase Agreement, Aug. 4, 1982. 1 volume.

Location

Box

143.D.7.4F

Due Diligence Pre-Closing, 1981-1982. 2 folders.

Equity Financing Memorandum, 1993.

Financing (1985), 1984-1985.

Financing (1986), 1986-1987.

IPO Financing (1987) and Bridge Financing, 1987-1988.

Issuance of Shares of Series C Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, 1985. 1 volume.

Legal, 1982.

Notes with Warrants, 1982.

SEC Reports, 1988-1993. 3 folders.

Second Financing (Oxford Partners), 1981-1983.

Stock:

Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (6/8/84), 1984.

Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (10/14/83), 1983.

Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (9/11/85), 1982-1985.

Stockholders, 1985.

Miscellaneous Financial Information, 1988-1992.

Location

Box

143.D.7.5B

Artronix, Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri):

Computerized medical equipment.

Common Stock, 1973.

Correspondence, 1975-1986. 2 folders.

Investment Report, 1976.

Pre-Closing Information, 1975.

Recapitalization and Refinancing, 1978. 1 volume.

Supporting Documents, 1968-1976.

12% Convertible Subordinated Note Stock Purchase Warrant, 1976-1977.

12% Notes Due 1986 with Warrants, 1975.

Atlas Minerals & Chemicals, Inc. (Mertztown, Pennsylvania):

Specialty chemicals; formerly Gabriel-Atlas Corporation.

Audit Reports, 1978-1983.

Closing Statement and Documents, 1977. 1 volume.

Directors' Minutes, 1978-1984. 3 folders.

Location

Box

143.D.7.6F

Loan File: Correspondence, 1977-1984.

Management Buyout, 1983-1984.

Pre-Closing Information and Investment Report, 1977.

Sale Discussions, 1984. 2 folders.

ATM Network Management Corp. (Downers Grove, Illinois):

Electronic funds transfer networking service and sales organization.

Correspondence, 1982-1986.

Directors Minutes, 1982-1984. 5 folders.

15% Promissory Note Warrant, 1982.

Investment Report, 1982.

Purchase and Sale of 15% Subordinated Promissory Notes and Stock Purchase Warrants, 1982. 1 volume.

Recapitalization, Dec. 18, 1984:

1984-1986.

Documents, 1984. 1 volume.

Sale to GTE, 1986.

Miscellany, 1982-1985.

Location

Box

143.D.7.7B

Autobody Supply, Inc. (St. Anthony, Minn.):

Wholesale distributors of automobile paint and related supplies.

Audit Reports, 1972-1983. 2 folders.

Closing Documents, 1973.

Correspondence, 1973-1984.

Debenture and Stock Purchase Warrant, 1973.

14% Subordinated Debenture, 1979.

Pre-Closing Information, 1966-1975.

Stock Option and Purchase Agreements, 1973-1975.

Betacom Corporation (St. Paul, Minn.):

Office business systems.

Audit Reports, 1982-1984.

Business Plan, 1981.

Correspondence, 1981-1986. 4 folders.

Debenture and Stock Certificate, 1982-1983.

Debenture and Stock Purchase Agreement, 1981.

Directors' Minutes, 1981-1985. 2 folders.

Executive Committee and Investors, 1984-1985.

Location

Box

143.D.7.8F

Financial Projection Reports 1982-1986).

Florida Data Corp., 1981.

Interim Financial Statements, 1980-1985. 3 folders.

Notes, Stock Purchase, and Pre-Closing, 1981-1984.

Overline:

1984.

SEC Correspondence, 1982-1983.

Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, May 20, 1983.

Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, May 20, 1983: Addendum, 1984.

Product File, undated and 1982-1984.

Stock Purchase, 1980-1984. 2 folders.

Supplemental Debenture and Stock Purchase Agreement, 1982.

VSI (Visual Sciences, Inc.) Litigation, 1978-1984.

Location

Box

143.D.7.9B

Camax Systems, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.):

Supplier of applications software to the machining-related sector of the CAD/CAM marketplace; formerly Computool Corporation.

Closing Documents, 1981. 2 folders.

Computool Corporation: Financial Statements, 1982.

Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 1982-1984.

Five-year Plan, 1983.

Investment Report, 1981.

Pre-Closing Documents, 1981.

Stock Certificate and Subscription Agreement, 1981.

Carpo Incorporated (Garden Grove, Calif.):

Computer software manufacturer; manufactures and markets PRO-IV "business application development" system.

Audit Report, 1982-1983.

Business Plan, undated and 1982.

Closing Documents, 1982. 2 volumes.

Correspondence, 1983-1987.

Investment Report, 1982.

Potential Liquidation, 1983-1985.

Pre-Closing Information, undated and 1982.

Purchase Agreements and Related Documents, 1982.

Shareholders, 1982-1983.

Stock Purchase Agreement, 1983-1984.

Miscellany, 1982-1984.

Location

Box

143.D.7.10F

Central Data Corporation (Champaign, Ill.):

Design and manufacture of communication peripherals for computers.

Audit Reports, 1984-1993. 3 folders.

Correspondence, 1985-1991.

Pre-Closing Information and Investment Report, 1984-1985.

Private Placement Memoranda:

January 1984.

Dec., 3, 1984.

July 1, 1993.

Recapitalization (12/22/89), 1989-1990.

Sale of 8% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, Series C, 1985.

Stock Repurchase, 1990-1994.

Stockholders, 1985.

Colight, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.):

Developers and manufacturers of exposure and optical systems.

Location

Box

143.D.7.10F

Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 1965-1972.

Debenture Agreements, 1965-1975.

Pre-Closing Information, 1964-1965.

Supporting Closing Papers, 1965.

Comserv Corporation (Mendota Heights, Minn.):

Computer service firm and software products.

Closing Documents, 1978.

Conversion of Debenture and Preferred Stock, 1978-1980.

Correspondence, 1978-1980.

Debenture and Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, 1978.

Debentures and Preferred Stock, 1978.

Investment Report, 1978.

Pre-Closing Information, 1976-1978.

Continental Manufacturing Company (St. Louis, Missouri):

Janitorial and sanitary maintenance supplies.

Contico International, Inc.:

Formerly Continental Mfg. Co.

Annual Reports, 1971-1980.

Audit Reports, 1981-1986.

Location

Box

143.D.8.1B

Audit Reports, 1987-1990.

Closing Documents; Warrant Repurchase; 1979-1980.

Correspondence, 1977-1990.

Correspondence Pertaining to Note, 1972-1979.

Exchange of Stock, 1979-1992.

Executed Note Purchase Agreement, etc., 1972-1979.

Pre-Closing Information, 1972-1975.

Correspondence, 1968-1977.

Debenture Agreements and Amendments, 1967-1974.

Pre-Closing Information, 1966-1967.

Securities Offering Circulars, 1966-1967.

Underwriting, 1968.

Council Laboratories, Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.):

Packaging and distribution of vitamins, medicines, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics; in Chapter XI bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy File, 1978-1984. 5 folders.

Deposition of Alan Ruvelson, 1980.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

Location

Box

143.D.8.1B

FMCC, et al. vs. Sheridan J. Buckley, Jr., et al., 1980.

Legal Costs, 1981-1984.

Cray Research, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.):

Designing, building, and marketing a computer to the scientific market.

Closing Documents, 1972-1975.

Convertible Subordinated Note Agreement, 1975.

Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 1975-1977.

Investment Report, 1975.

Pre-Closing Information, 1972-1975.

Location

Box

143.D.8.2F

Crown Auto Stores, Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.):

Retail auto supplies and accessories

Agreements and Related Financial Matters, 1966-1971.

Closing Checklist, 1965.

Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 1965-1975.

Debenture and Stock Agreements, 1965-1971.

Due Diligence Merger, 1968-1975.

Due Diligence Merger (Empire Associates, Inc.), 1969-1975. 2 folders.

Empire Acquisition. Correspondence, 1968-1975.

Form S-14 Registration Statement, [ca.1975].

Sale to Empire by Shareholders Other than First Midwest, 1975.

Signed Loan Agreement, 1965-1968.

Top Notch Auto Supply Company, Inc., 1962-1965.

Dakota Pacific Holdings, Inc. (Rapid City, S.D.):

Trucking firm; see also Madera Pacific, Inc.

Dakota Pacific Transport, Inc., 1980-1986.

Data 100 Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.):

Design, development, manufacture, and marketing of computer terminal equipment.

$150,000 Note:

Correspondence, 1971-1977.

Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, 1971. 2 folders.

$150,000 Note and Amendments, 1971-1976.

Pre-Closing Information, 1970-1971. 2 folders.

Location

Box

143.D.8.3B

Stock Purchase Warrant, 1971-1972.

Supporting Documents, 1968-1971.

Miscellany, 1971-1974.