Robert Craig letter of reference
Overview
This 1898 letter of reference from Robert Craig, Superintendent of the Osage Carbon Company (Osage City, Kansas) was written for Robert Gray, an employee of the company throughout the previous six years.
Dates
- Creation: July 22, 1898
Creator
- Craig, Robert , 1838- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions
Conditions Governing Use
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History of Craig, Robert
Robert Craig was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on March 17, 1838. He engaged in the mining business at age ten and immigrated to America at age sixteen. He was connected with the Osage Carbon, Coal & Mining Company of Osage City, Kansas from the date of its opening in the summer of 1870 as Osage County's first coal mine. The company was succeeded by the Osage Carbon Company, for which Craig served as Superintendent. The Osage Carbon Company employed six hundred men and mined an average of 750 tons of coal a day.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS P873
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Connie Powell, KU Science Library
Subject
- Gray, Robert (Employee of Osage Carbon Company) (Person)
- Osage Carbon Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Robert Craig Letter of Reference
- Subtitle
- Robert Craig letter of reference
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mh, 2008; Finding aid encoded by mh, 2008
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3515358390
- Preferred citation
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Robert Craig letter of reference, Kansas Collection, RH MS P873, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository