Financial and Legal, 1946-1959

The financial and legal series documents the financial health of the corporation, specifically the bankruptcy of the company. However, the bulk of this series consists of the general and intercompany ledgers covering the period 1946-1948 and provides some insight into the interconnectedness of the company and its subsidiary operations. Many of the miscellaneous account files were undoubtedly removed from various departments and re-assembled for purposes of establishing a bankruptcy plan of arrangement. Since the bankruptcy, the company did not produce any new recordings, hence most of the corporate/institutional documentation after 1947 was primarily used for tracking indebtedness and, in some cases, royalties. This series also consists of several oversized (OS) items including: Stockbooks (Box 6), published financial reports regarding bankruptcy (Box 5), List of Stockholders (Box 5), and Financial Ledgers (Box 7).