Fonds consists of eleven day books and two ledgers listing daily sales and corresponding customer accounts for William Kriesel's stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from 1889-1905.

Contains 1 ledger (794 pages), and one name index (24 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from 1891-1895. Entries are categorized by name and date, and include such information as what items were purchased, what day they were purchased on, and what type of payment was used (cash, exchange, or none at all). Some accounts include notes that state that they are transferred onto different pages or into Ledger E, and sometimes there is more than one account per page.

Includes a separate index of names with the corresponding page number beside the customer's name.

Customer names include Cassel, the Wilmot Township Council, Charles Hiller, Charles Kaufman, the Kolebrenner brothers, the Mennonite Church, the Lutheran Church, the Baptist Church, A.B. McRae, Dr. Andrew Miller, Charles Meyer, Philip Poth, Roseville School, Eyra Thamer, J.S. Wing (Wing & Co.), J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], John Woelfle, E.W.B. Snider [ie. Snyder] and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 ledger (602 pages), and one name index (20 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from 1887-1891. Entries are categorized by name and date, and include such information as what items were purchased, what day they were purchased on, and what type of payment was used (cash, exchange, or none at all). Some accounts are transferred onto different pages or into Ledger D, and sometimes there is more than one account per page.

Includes a separate index of names with the corresponding page number beside the customer's name.

Customer names include the Kolebrenner brothers, Cassel, Charles Hiller, Charles Kaufman, Lutheran Church, Philip Poth, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], John Woelfle, J.S. Wing (Wing & Co.), Charles Meyer, E.W.B. Snider [ie. Snyder] and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (802 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from March 20, 1895-November 13, 1896. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment, he also writes "cash sale not charged" when the sale does not apply to a customer's account.

Customer names include Philip Poth, Kolebrenners, Andrew Miller, A.B. McRae, E.W.B. Snider [ie. Snyder], Charles Kaufman, Charles Hiller, Charles Meyer, Cassel, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], the Lutheran Church, Roseville United Brethren Church, the Baptist Church, John Woelfle, the public school section no. 1, and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (806 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from July 30, 1898-August 4, 1900. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment, he also writes "cash sale not charged" when the sale does not apply to a customer's account.

Customer names include John Woelfle, Philip Poth, A.B. McRae, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], Cassel, J. Kriesel & Co., the Kolebrenner brothers, the Baptist Church, the United Brethren Church, A. Krempine, J.G. Wing, E.H. Thamer, the public school section no. 1 & 3, Shantz and Thamer, and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (401 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from February 12, 1889-September 19, 1890. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment.

Customer names include J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], E.W.B. Snider [ie. Snyder], the Baptist Church, the Lutheran Church, A.B. McRae, Cassel, Kolebrenner brothers, Philip Poth, John Woelfle, Charles Kaufman, and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (498 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from November 4, 1891-November 22, 1892. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment.

Customer names include the Roseville School, Baptist Church, Cassel, Philip Poth, the Clare Brothers, the Woelfle brothers, and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (592 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from November 23, 1892-December 4, 1893. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment.

Customer names include Cassel, the Lutheran Church, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], E.W.B. Snider [ie. Snyder], the public school, Dr. Andrew Miller, the Kolebrenner brothers, and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (801 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from August 4, 1900-July 24, 1902. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment, he also writes "cash sale not charged" when the sale does not apply to a customer's account.

Customer names include E.W.B. Snider [ie. Snyder], Philip Poth, Cassel, J. Kriesel & Co., A.B. McRae, E.H. Thamer, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], the Kolebrenner brothers, Wilmot Township Council, New Mennonite Bethel Church, United Brethren Church, Baptist Church, the public school section no. 1 & 3, and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (395 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from November 8, 1890-November 3, 1891. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment.

Customer names include Phillip Poth, A.B. McRae, E.M.B. Snider [ie. Snyder], Kolebrenner brothers, John Woelfle, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], Mannheim storekeeper, Cassel, the public school section no. 1, Charles Kaufman, and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (691 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from December 4, 1893-March 20, 1895. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment, he also writes "cash sale not charged" when the sale does not apply to a customer's account.

Customer names include A.B. McRae, E.W.B. Snider [ie. Snyder], Philip Poth, A. Miller, Kolebrenner brothers, Cassel, the public school section no. 1, Charles Kaufman, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], John Woelfle, and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (801 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from November 14, 1896-July 30, 1898. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment, he also writes "cash sale not charged" when the sale does not apply to a customer's account.

Customer names include Cassel, Philip Poth, the Lutheran Church, the Baptist Church, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], the public school section no. 1 & 3, John Woelfle, A.B. McRae, the old Mennonite Church, and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (400 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from July 24, 1902-July 20, 1903. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment, he also writes "cash sale not charged" when the sale does not apply to a customer's account.

Customer names include Cassel, E.H. Thamer, Philip Poth, Charles Kaufman, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], J. Kriesel & Co., Wilmot Township Council, Ch. Kavelman, and other notable New Dundee business people.

Contains 1 day book (799 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from July 21, 1903-July 11, 1905. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment, he also writes "cash sale not charged" when the sale does not apply to a customer's account.

Customer names include E.H. Thamer, Cassel, Kavelman, J. Kriesel & Co., Philip Poth, Wilmot Township Council, the Lutheran Church, and the United Brethren Church.