00660.xml GRAIN BELT BREWERIES An Inventory of Its Records Finding aid prepared by Bonnie Palmquist Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Monica Manny Ralston December 20, 2007Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDS Minnesota Historical Society Grain Belt Breweries, inc. Company records. 1890-1976. Correspondence, minutes, financial records, trademark information, annual reports, scrapbooks, in-house publications, and miscellaneous papers relating to a Minneapolis brewery. 24.5 cu. ft. (20 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Includes records of Grain Belt Breweries, predecessor Minneapolis Brewing Company, and Golden Grain Juice Company. There is also some material relating to corporate parent G. Heileman Brewing Company, and there is some correspondence with government agencies.

 RELATED MATERIALS

Related materials: Annual reports and newsletters are in the Minnesota Historical Society serials collection.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

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: Beer industry -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. Breweries -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. Business enterprises -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. Brewing industry -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. Organizations: G. Heileman Brewing Company (La Crosse, Wis.). Golden Grain Juice Company (Minneapolis, Minn.). Minneapolis Brewing Company. United States. Federal Alcohol Administration. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Grain Belt Breweries, inc. Company Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

 Accession Information:

Accession number(s): 12,915; 13,593

 Processing Information:

Processed by: Bonnie Palmquist, January 1986.

Catalog ID number: 001735128

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 148.D.2.3B 1 Minneapolis Brewing Company: Board of Directors minutes, 1890-1907. 4 volumes. 148.D.2.4F 2 Minneapolis Brewing Company: Board of Directors minutes, 1907-1936. 3 volumes. 148.D.2.5B 3 Minneapolis Brewing Company: Board of Directors minutes, 1933-1959. 1 volume.

The company was reorganized in 1933.

 Golden Grain Juice Company: Minutes, 1915-1930. 1 volume. Minneapolis Brewing Company of Nebraska: Minutes, 1915-1919. 1 volume. Grain Belt Breweries, Inc.: Minutes, 1972. Unidentified Index. 148.D.2.6F 4 Minneapolis Brewing Company: Stockholders, 1906-1936. 5 volumes. 148.D.2.7B 5 Minneapolis Brewing Company: Salesbook, 1890. Grain Belt Breweries: Sales Analysis, 1972-1974. Minneapolis Brewing Company: General Ledger, 1935-1968. 148.D.2.8F 6 Minneapolis Brewing Company: General Ledger, 1935-1960. Grain Belt Breweries, Inc.: Cash Receipts, 1973. Golden Grain Stock Certificates. 148.D.3.1B 7 Grain Belt Breweries, Inc.: Analysis of Accounts, 1975-1976. Minneapolis Brewing Company: Appraisal, 1962. 4 volumes. Storz Brewery, Omaha: Appraisal Report, 1972. Notes, 1927. 148.D.3.2F 8 Scrapbooks, 1933-1939; 1941-1947; 1945-1970. 8 volumes. 148.H.6.4F 9 Grain Belt Breweries: Ledger, 1971. 148.H.6.5B 10 Grain Belt Breweries, Inc.: Ledger, 1972. 148.H.6.6F 11 Grain Belt Breweries, Inc.: Ledger, 1973. 148.H.6.7B 12 Grain Belt Breweries: Ledger, 1974. 148.H.6.8F 13 Shareholder Annual Meetings, 1970-1972; 1974. Sale of certain assets to G. Heilman Brewing Co., 1975. Comparative statements to Stockholders, 1936-1945. Financial statements regarding application for listing stock on Chicago Stock Exchange, 1937. Audit reports, 1909; 1952-1969; 1971. Internal Committees (staff, safety and security): Minutes, 1967-1975. 1 notebook. 148.H.6.9B 14 Minneapolis Brewing Company and Minneapolis Shareholders Company: Miscellaneous papers, 1933; 1936. Federal Alcohol Administration: Label approval, 1939. Federal Alcohol Administration Label Application and Certificate of Approval, 1940-1945. U.S. government plats of Minneapolis Brewing Company, 1933-1948. Stock certificates (specimens), 1934. New Minneapolis Brewing Company: Label Approvals: Different states. Numbers 2 and 3. Articles of Incorporation. Golden Grain Juice Company, 1919-1920. Union agreements, 1967-1974. Memorials: Directors. Warehouse addition (plans). New garage building (plans). Quarterly use tax returns (South Dakota), 1956-1967. 148.H.6.10F 15 Huaenstein Brewing Company, 1970-1975. White Label Brewing Company, 1960-1975. Federal Trade Commission and Securties and Exchange Commission: Financial reports, 1971-1973. State of Iowa: White Seal trademark. Miscellaneous deeds and cash bonds. Correspondence: Jacob Kunz, 1917-1926. Consolidated Foods Corporation, 1970. Minneapolis Basketball Copration, 1958-1961. 148.H.7.1B 16 Storz Division, 1967-1972. 2 envelopes. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1949-1974. New Minneapolis Brewing Company. Label Approvals: Different states, 1935-1937. Minneapolis Brewing Company: Retirement plan for salaried employees, 1963-1968. Marsh and McLennan (insurance representatives): Agreement, March 9, 1951. Assignment of trademark, Minnehaha Pale. Letters Patent: Invention,

Regarding illuminated advertising medium.

 148.H.7.2F 17 Securities and Exchange Commission, 1934-1975. 6 envelopes. Brewery Permits: Correspondence, 1936-1950. Chicago Stock Exchange, 1936-1951. Licenses: Branches, 1939-1943. Insurance policies, 1959-1961. Alcohol Tax Unit, 1947-1952. Can labels,

Photostatic copies

 Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock Exchange, 1936. Articles of Incorporation, 1935-1976. 9 envelopes.

Includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa, Montana, Missouri.

 Foreign stockholders reports, 1942. 2 envelopes. Office of Price Administration, 1942. Minnesota Securities Commission, 1937. Minneapolis Brewing Company: Capital Stock Returns, 1933-1940. Federal Trade Commission, 1940-1941. 148.H.7.3B 18 Federal Alcohol Administration, 1948-1975. Trademark registration correspondence, 1937-1971. Surplus annual meeting forms, 1962-1967. Copyrights: Advertising, Motion Pictures, 1971-1974. "Deputy" Appointments, 1928-1953. Apparatus for U.S. Patent, 1969. Registration and trademarks, 1896-1940. 4 envelopes.

Includes Golden Grain Juice Company.

 First Mortage bonds and documents, 1952-1955. 148.H.7.4F 19 Back to Work: An Old Industry Leads the Way. ca. 1936. Minneapolis Brewing Company: Original circular, 1938.

Proposed by company for the Chicago Stock Exchange.

 Fourth annual outing office staff, Lake Minnetonka, July 21, 1910.

Souvenir booklet.

 The Grain Belt Diamond, 1955-1972.

Irregularly published; no issues for 1965.

 Storz Breweries: Beer can mockups. 144.D.1.3B 20 Minneapolis Brewing Company. Payroll books, 1907-1923. 5 volumes. Time Books Bottling House, May 1936-September 1937. 2 volumes. Time Book Bottling House, January-September 1943. 1 volume. Stock certificates, 1907-1922. 1 volume.