ON the ground, presumably, that each company's records are somewhat
unique and, in any case, not open to the public, business historians have
omitted bibliographies. I believe that neither of these reasons warrants
such omission. One of the greatest difficulties encountered by the his-
torian, trained in the use of conventional sources but a babe in the woods
among business records, is to know what to look for. Company records
may be in dozens of different departments, storerooms, vaults, or ware-
houses. Usually there is no officer of the company who can remember
where everything is. The historian, therefore, needs to know what he
wants in order to know when he has probably secured everything likely
to exist in a particular type of business. The Pabst records from 1873 to
1919 appear to be about as complete as can be expected in most com-
panies, and a listing of them, together with the less complete records for
other periods, may give the future historians an idea of what to look for
when studying similar manufacturing enterprises. Furthermore, many
companies are ready to permit properly qualified economists or historians
to use their records for specified purposes. But to judge whether a com-
pany's records may be helpful for a given problem, the economist or
historian must know what records exist.

The following list of Pabst records includes everything preserved
from 1844 to 1919. From 1920 to 1932 it includes only the records used
in our brief sketch of the prohibition years. From 1933 to 1946 informa-
tion has been supplied by Pabst officers, and only the few records used
directly are listed. The records do not include all the materials that may
be found in a large brewing company. Pabst pay rolls and union contracts
are lacking for the period before 1920. Sales data and branch records are
quite incomplete. Some of these may be tucked away in the larger branch
offices, although the company policy has been to send all noncurrent rec-
ords to Milwaukee. More detailed data on the branches did not appear
important enough to our over-all study to warrant a thorough search
of the many branch offices.

Combination Record, 1873-1882. Articles of Association, Minutes of the
Board of Directors, Annual Statement of Affairs. In January 1882 the
Directors Record and the Stockholders Record were separated. The
Stockholders Record was set up from May 20, 1873. The Directors

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