Teas Nursery Company records

Collection

Identifier: MS 0567

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Teas Nursery administrative and financial records, business correspondence, legal files, and advertising and marketing examples. In addition, Teas family records are included.

Dates

Creation: 1880s-2010

Creator

Teas, Edward, Sr. (Person)

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research. Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from Teas Nursery Company records must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical Sketch

Teas Nursery, once located at 4400 Bellaire Boulevard, Bellaire, Texas, traces its history to 1843 when John C. Teas began the business in Indiana, moving it later to Missouri. In 1910, Edward Teas, Sr., brought the family business to Houston where it flourished and remained until its closure in 2009 when the property was purchased by the Rubenstein Foundation to create a city park in Bellaire.