George Wetterhold business letters
Overview
George Wetterhold was owner of the George Wetterhold Mattress Factory in Wichita, Kansas from about 1902 until the 1920s. These seven letters to Wetterhold regarding purchases from his factory are from businesses in Kansas and Oklahoma, written from 1909 to 1914.
Dates
- Creation: 1909 - 1914
Creator
- Wetterhold, George, 1860- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biography of George Wetterhold
George Wetterhold was born in August of 1860 in New York State. He moved to Sedgwick County, Kansas with his widowed mother and several of his siblings near the turn of the century. In about 1902, he established the George Wetterhold Mattress Factory, located at the corner of Kellogg and Tremont streets in Wichita, Kansas. By 1913, Wetterhold's mattress factory, called the George Wetterhold Spring & Mattress Factory, was located at 719-733 South St. Francis Street in Wichita. The factory remained in operation into the 1920s.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS P863
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Frank Wood, 2000
General
Incoming business letters from the following include postmarked envelopes addressed to George Wetterhold, Wichita, Kansas.
Subject
- George Wetterhold Mattress Factory (Wichita Kan.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the George Wetterhold Collection
- Subtitle
- George Wetterhold business letters
- 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/10407/5153583653
- Preferred citation
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George Wetterhold business letters, Kansas Collection, RH MS P863, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository