Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Post, C. W. (Charles William), 1854-1914
| title | Postum Company, inc. records, 1895-1931. | repository | Bentley Historical Library |
| description | Time books, payrolls, invoice and voucher records, trial balances, cash receipts registers, and sales and advertising material. Notes: Battle Creek, Michigan based company founded by C. W. Post (now part of General Foods Corporation). |
| extent | 17 linear ft. and 164 v. [outsize]. |
| formats | Business Papers |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid in the library. |
| acquisition information | Donor: 3464 |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:58 |
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| title | Post family papers, 1882-1973. | repository | Bentley Historical Library |
| description | Papers of businessman and food processor, C.W. Post, largely relating to labor-management relations, unionism, the Post Company, currency reform, advertising, and matters of food and hygiene; and papers, photographs, and sound recordings of his daughter, Marjorie Merriweather Post, General Foods executive and philanthropist, relating to social activities and engagements, philanthropies, and the maintenance and preservation of her homes and other possessions. Notes: Battle Creek, Michigan and Washington, D.C. family. |
| extent | 56.5 linear ft. and 77 v.; Sound recordings. .75 linear ft.; Visual Materials 7 linear ft. and 2 outsizefolders. |
| formats | Photoprints Sound Recording Cartes de visite |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid in the library and at http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=bhlead&idno=umich-bhl-85519 |
| acquisition information | The papers of the Post Family (Donor No. 6269) was the gift of the Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation of Washington D.C. and came to the library in 1979. Subsequent additions have been received. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:57 |
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| title | Double U Company Records, 1907-1948, 1907-1923. | repository | Texas Tech University |
| description | Includes correspondence, financial and legal material, maps, lists, and literary productions pertaining in extensive detail to the activities of the Double U Company and the settlement of Post, Texas. Collection bulks (1907-1923) with correspondence and financial material. Of particular interest are materials on Mr. Post's "rain battles," or weather modification attempts from 1910-1913, and materials concerning agricultural experiments and the development of pump irrigation. Bio/History: Land colonization company chartered in 1907 by breakfast food magnate Charles William Post (1854-1914) of Battle Creek, Michigan. From 1906-1907, Post purchased over 200,000 acres of land in Garza, Lynn, and Hockley Counties of Texas, which included the Curry Comb Ranch, the O. S. Ranch, the T. G. Oxsheer Ranch, and a portion of John B. Slaughter's U-Lazy-S Ranch. Originally named Post City, the town of Post, Garza County, Texas, began as a tent city in 1906, and by 1916, after an extensive real estate campaign, Post and the surrounding area had approximately 3,000 inhabitants and 14 private corporations which together held over 1.2 million dollars in capital stock. The Double U charter expired in 1957, and C. W. Post's heirs established the Post-Montgomery Ranch and the Double U Ranch, consisting of rangeland near Levelland, Tahoka, and Post, Texas. Primary industries in Post, Texas, are agriculture and oil. |
| extent | ca. 87,000 leaves |
| formats | Business Papers Correspondence Financial Records Legal Papers Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00143/tsw-00143.html |
| record source | http://lib2.tosm.ttu.edu |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available in repository |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:00 |
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| title | Reminiscences of Marjorie Merriweather Post: oral history, 1964. | repository | Columbia University Libraries |
| description | Family background, early life, Springfield, Illinois, Battle Creek, Michigan; education; father, C.W. Post; Post Cereal Co.; early travels. Interviewed by John T. Mason, Jr. |
| extent | Transcript: 34 leaves. |
| formats | Transcript Interview |
| access | Open |
| record source | http://clio.cul.columbia.edu |
| finding aid | Name index available in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:00 |
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