Burnham & Morrill Company Records
Scope and Contents
Financial records of a food canning company in Portland, Maine.
Dates
- 1892-1966
Creator
- Morrill, Charles S., 1836-1901 (Person)
- Burnham, George, 1831-1909 (Person)
- Burnham, John E. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Historical Note
Burnham & Morrill Co., a widely known Portland, Maine landmark, was a canning business. In 1867 George Burnham, who previously had been a partner in the canning firm of Rumery & Burnham, started his own business and was joined by John E. Burnham and Charles Morrill. For nearly 50 years the company was owned by the Burnham family, but in 1910 George B. Morrill, Sr. bought out the Burnham's interest and soon after, B&M moved from 13 Franklin Street, Portland to its site on Casco Bay. In 1965 the address of the B&M plant was redesigned as "One Bean Pot Circle." In 1965 the Wm. Underwood Company acquired B&M.
Extent
254 ledgers (18-52 cm.)
Language of Materials
English
- Burnham & Morrill Company (Portland, Me.)
- Canned foods industry -- Maine -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ledgers (Account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Burnham & Morrill Company Records
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
