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Patton Clay Manufacturing Company Records,
1898-1902
Biographical Note
The town of Patton was founded in 1893. Shortly thereafter, the Patton Clay Manufacturing Co. commenced operation. The plant employed 100 men and made sewer pipe and paving and building brick. By the early part of the 20th century, the plant stretched for eight acres and included two factory buildings, thirty-seven lime kilns, and duplexes where its operations until the mid-1950's
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Scope and Content Notes
The content of this collection includes letters dating back to 1898. The material contains detailed information concerning the filling and delivery of orders to a wide range of customers. Other items include correspondence and a commemorative booklet. This collection also contains material that deals with the George S. Good & Co. from 1898-1902. This company was a contracting firm located in El Paso, Texas with camps in Tucumcari, Mexico. Correspondence between the camps and the main office deal with requests for money and help with administrative problems and labor.
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The Patton Clay Manufacturing Company papers are housed in two archival boxes.
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Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Special Collections. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or publish, please contact the coordinator of the University Archives and Special Collections.
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Controlled Access Terms |
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| These records are indexed under the following terms in the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Library catalog. Researchers wishing to find related materials may wish to search under these terms. | ||
| Topics | ||
| Brick trade -- Pennsylvania. | ||
| Clay industries -- Pennsylvania. | ||
| Corporate Names | ||
| George S. Good and Company. | ||
| Patton Clay Manufacturing Company -- Patton (Pa.) | ||
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Administrative Information
Patton Clay Manufacturing Company Records, 1898-1902, MG# 47, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Special Collections
This collection was processed by Special Collections Staff,date unknown. Papers rearranged and inventory rewritten by Special Collections Staff in Spring 2001.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Jason Hutchins on November 16, 2001.
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Geo. S. Good & Co. Contractors |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence (requests for money and supplies) | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Correspondence (letters about employees) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Routine Correspondence (bills) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Routine Correspondence (bills) | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Routine Correspondence (bills) | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Routine Correspondence (bills) | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bills from , 1898-1901 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Bills from 1901-1902 1883 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Bills from 1901-1902 1883 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Bills from 1901-1902 1883 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Bills from 1901-1902 1883 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Bills from 1901-1902 1883 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Telegrams | ||||||||||||
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Patton Clay Manufacturing Co. |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Orders and Correspondence for , 1898 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Orders and Correspondence for , 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Orders and Correspondence for , 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Orders and Correspondence for , 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Orders and Correspondence for , 1899 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Orders and Correspondence for , 1899 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Invoices for , 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Invoices for , 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Invoices for , 1899 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Invoices for , 1899 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Invoices for , 1899 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Commemorative Booklet | ||||||||||||
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