O. T. Tyler papers relating to Texas granges, 1875-1882
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Description
- Title
- O. T. Tyler papers relating to Texas granges, 1875-1882
- Creator
- Tyler, Orville Thomas, 1810-1886
- Abstract
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Letters, documents, bills and receipts, and printed material belonging to O. T. Tyler. The 23 ALS, dated 1879-1881, most addressed to O. T. Tyler, concern his activities as leader of the Texas Co-Operative Association and the Bell County Co-Operative Manufacturing Association, especially his search for machinery as chairman of the building committee. Several letters are addressed to A. J. Rose. There are also receipts for stock belonging to O. T. and Caroline Tyler, statements of account and documents of the building committee and the Texas Co-Operative Association. The printed material consists of advertisements for machinery, two pamphlets concerning the Salado Co-Operative Council dated 1875 and 1876, and an issue of the Montgomery Daily Advertiser dated December 18, 1880
- Description
- Tyler was president of the Texas Co-Operative Association, Patrons of Husbandry at Galveston, and Director of the Bell County Co-Operative Manufacturing Association, organized in 1878 in Salado, Bell County, Texas. In 1880, he chaired a building committee of the Co-Operative Manufacturing Association given the task of constructing a factory building and furnishing machinery for a cotton mill in Salado. A. J. Rose was secretary of the Texas Co-Operative Association.
- Provenance
- Purchased from Walton on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund, 1974.
- Extent
- 0.25 linear ft. (1 box + 3 broadsides)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS S-1695
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Subject (Geographic)
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Texas
Bell County.
Texas.
Bell County (Tex.)
Salado (Tex.) - Subject (Name)
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Rose, A. J. 1830- (Archibald John),
Tyler, Caroline.
Tyler, Orville Thomas, 1810-1886.
Bell County Co-Operative Manufacturing Association (Tex.)
Salado Co-Operative Council (Salado, Tex.)
Texas Co-Operative Association, Patrons of Husbandry. - Subject (Topic)
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Agriculture
Cooperative societies
Cotton gins and ginning
Commerce - Subjects
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Rose, A. J. (Archibald John), 1830-
Tyler, Caroline
Tyler, Orville Thomas, 1810-1886
Bell County Co-Operative Manufacturing Association (Tex.)
Salado Co-Operative Council (Salado, Tex.)
Texas Co-Operative Association, Patrons of Husbandry
Agriculture > Texas > Bell County
Cooperative societies > Texas
Cotton gins and ginning > Texas
Texas > Commerce
Bell County (Tex.)
Salado (Tex.)
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- O. T. Tyler Papers Regarding Texas Granges. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 3801335
- Object ID (OID)
- 2001138
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