Graver Hotel and Graver Coffee Shop Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 400
Scope and Contents
The Graver Coffee Shop Collection consists mostly of invoices, reports, and ledgers from the business operations of the Graver Coffee Shop between 1935 and 1943.
The Invoice Series takes up much of this collection and consists of mainly Fargo businesses from the Fargo/Moorhead area from 1935 to 1936 and 1941 to 1943.
The Employee Records Series consists of one folder of employee earnings from the Graver Hotel in the early 1940s.
The Check Stub Series includes general and payroll records from the Graver Hotel and Coffee Shop from 1939 to 1940.
The Reports Series consists of Daily Room Reports from the Graver Hotel between 1941 and 1943.
The Ledger Series consists of Graver Hotel Coffee Shop ledgers between 1941 and 1943.
Dates
- 1935-1943
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.
History
The Graver Coffee Shop was located inside the Graver Hotel which is situated at the corner of 2nd Ave N and Roberts Street in Fargo, ND. Built in 1917, on the site of the Fargo Opera House after it had burned down in 1912, but it did not become the Graver Hotel until 1928 when the Parker Hotel Company renovated the building. The Graver Coffee Shop was in operation until 1966 according to the Fargo/Moorhead City Directory.
The North Dakota State University Alumni Development Foundation acquired the building in 1976 and operated the Graver Hotel as student housing for about a decade until it became the Graver Inn Apartments. Fargo Housing and Redevelopment Authority purchased the property in 2003 where it has since been used as low-income housing.
Extent
4 Linear Feet (4 linear feet.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Graver Coffee Shop Collection consists mostly of invoices, reports, and ledgers from the business operations of the Graver Coffee Shop between 1935 and 1943.
Provenance
Donated by the Kilbourne Group in 2017. (Acc.2017-056irs).
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Graver Hotel and Coffee Shop Records
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu