NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG6279.AM: Johnson Hardware Company (Omaha, Neb.)
Business records: 1871-1969; mostly 1871-1884
Omaha, Douglas County, Neb.
Size: 2.0 cu.ft.; 2 boxes
BACKGROUND NOTE
F.A. Schneider Hardware, established in Omaha in 1855 by F.A. Schneider, operated until the 1890s when it was purchased and incorporated as the Johnson Hardware Company in 1894. Incorporators of the company were Lucien Pettingill, E.G. Wilmoth, H.M. Johnson and C.W. Johnson. The Johnson Hardware Company has served the Omaha community ever since.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of various business and financial records relating to the Johnson Hardware Company and its predecessor, F.A. Schneider Hardware. The bulk of the records date between 1871 and 1884, when F.A. Schneider was running the business. Records include various account books, day books and ledgers, as well as invoices and receipts.
INVENTORY
Box 1
Volume
- 1871-1872
- 1872-1873
- 1874-1875
- 1875-1876
- 1875-1876
- 1876-1879
- 1877
- 1877-1878
- 1877-1879
- 1878-1879
- 1879-1880
- 1880-1883
Box 2
Volume/folder
- 1881
- 1881-1882
- 1883
- 1883-1884
- 1928-1929
- Invoices and receipts, 1880
- Invoices and receipts, 1880
- Invoices and receipts, 1883
- Invoices and receipts, 1883
- Miscellaneous, 1935-1941, 1969
Subject headings:
Business enterprises
Business records
Douglas County (Neb.)
F.A. Schneider Hardware (Omaha, Neb.)
Hardware stores
Johnson Hardware Company (Omaha, Neb.)
Omaha (Neb.)
TMM 01-31-2025
Acc. 2025.0003