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Manufacturers of threshing machinery; company sold out to Oliver Corporation in 1929. Minutes of stockholders and directors meetings, journals, ledgers, balance sheets, correspondence, and photographs.

The Nichols & Shepard Company records date from the late nineteenth century to the time when the company sold out to the Oliver Corporation. There is very little material prior to the 1880s and thus the first thirty years of the company's history is without documentation. The minutes of the company's board of directors date back to 1886 and extend to 1931. A large portion of the record group consists of financial materials, reports, and ledgers.