American Cotton Oil Company papers [manuscript]
Online resources: Collection description Summary: Frequent reports by Buckeye Cotton Company of Mississippi to Proctor and Gamble Corporation in Ohio, of which the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company's central office was a part, on the condition of crops and business in general (including the boll weevil problem); direct references to membership among Sons of Plato (begin in folder 14); announcements of meetings in Memphis, Jackson, New Orleans by Sons of Plato; lists of Mississippi Seed Houses and scales in 1905 (12); list of Mississippi Feed Stuff dealers in 1905 (12); telegrams to Proctor and Gamble Company and to the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company of Ohio in code (these give first indication of legal action, September, 1912); list of Mississippi Academy, Sons of Plato (Box 6, folder 177). Correspondents include: Albert J. Perkins (Memphis), H. W. Crenshaw, J. Eastland, W. H. Madden, S. N. alone, J. T. Caldwell, W. B. Gowdy, W. R. Smith, S. E. Birdsong, G. W. Covington, R. W. Johnson, W. B. Gowdy, E. M. Durham, R. D. Peet.Summary: The papers are distributed by dates as follows: n.d., 67 items; 1903, 25 items; 1904, 869 items; 1905 234 items; 1906, 512 items;1907, 566 items; 1908, 599 items; 1909, 530 items; 1910, 25 items; 1911, 429 items; 1912, 280 items; 1913, 308 items; 1914, 110 items;| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0067.000/S/Box 1 | Box 1 | Available | B92622 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0067.000/S/Box 2 | Box 2 | Available | B92623 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0067.000/S/Box 3 | Box 3 | Available | B92624 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0067.000/S/Box 4 | Box 4 | Available | B92625 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0067.000/S/Box 5 | Box 5 | Available | B92626 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0067.000/S/Box 6 | Box 6 | Available | B92627 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0067.000/S/Box 7 | Box 7 | Available | B92628 |
Frequent reports by Buckeye Cotton Company of Mississippi to Proctor and Gamble Corporation in Ohio, of which the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company's central office was a part, on the condition of crops and business in general (including the boll weevil problem); direct references to membership among Sons of Plato (begin in folder 14); announcements of meetings in Memphis, Jackson, New Orleans by Sons of Plato; lists of Mississippi Seed Houses and scales in 1905 (12); list of Mississippi Feed Stuff dealers in 1905 (12); telegrams to Proctor and Gamble Company and to the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company of Ohio in code (these give first indication of legal action, September, 1912); list of Mississippi Academy, Sons of Plato (Box 6, folder 177). Correspondents include: Albert J. Perkins (Memphis), H. W. Crenshaw, J. Eastland, W. H. Madden, S. N. alone, J. T. Caldwell, W. B. Gowdy, W. R. Smith, S. E. Birdsong, G. W. Covington, R. W. Johnson, W. B. Gowdy, E. M. Durham, R. D. Peet.
The papers are distributed by dates as follows: n.d., 67 items; 1903, 25 items; 1904, 869 items; 1905 234 items; 1906, 512 items;1907, 566 items; 1908, 599 items; 1909, 530 items; 1910, 25 items; 1911, 429 items; 1912, 280 items; 1913, 308 items; 1914, 110 items;
Cite as: Z/0067.000: American Cotton Oil Company Papers.