Spears Dairy Business records

Collection

Identifier: MS 0541

Staff Only

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

Creation: 1928-1948

Creator

Spears Dairy (Organization)

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.