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Spears Dairy Business records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 541
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

Business records from Spears Dairy from the date of incorporation in 1928 to 1948. Records consist mostly of general ledgers, such as accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll for Spears Dairy operations in several towns in Texas, inlcuding Beaumont, Giddings, La Grange, Lufkin, Port Arthur, Rosenberg, Texas City, and others. Operations included dairy farms, ice cream stores, processing and distribution outlets.

Topics include dairy farming, rural industry, rural economics.

Dates

  • 1928-1948

Creator

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish material from the Spears Dairy Business records (MS 541) must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Organizational sketch

The Spears Dairy was incorporated in 1928. It was founded by the Spears family, including W. L. Spears, and served many Texas towns with dairy farms, ice cream stores, processing and distribution outlets.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

Business ledgers of the Spears Dairy and its various plants and stores in Texas.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated by Veronica Rutland Mallicote via the Harris County Archives, 2008.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Spears Dairy Business records, 1928-1948
Status
Completed
Author
Kathryn Black Morrow
Date
2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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