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Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co. business records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1086

Overview

Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co. was founded in Lawrence, Kansas in 1858. Originally a downtown, Lawrence establishment, the firm moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1878, then operating as Kansas City Terminal Warehouse Co. This collection contains a business greeting to customers and photographs of the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co., Peter Ridenour, and Harlow Baker and his wife, Carrie.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1858-1910

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restriction

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 oversize box )

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS 1086

Physical Location

RH MS Q272

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Virginia Buckner, 2003

Separated Materials

Foley, William E. The Genesis of Missouri: From Wilderness Outpost to Statehood, Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1989. Inscribed by author and "Fletz" to Robert Lester, 1990.

Title
Guide to the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co. Collection
Subtitle
Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co. business records
Author
Finding aid prepared by db, 2007; revised by, cl 2010. Finding aid encoded by db, 2007
Date
2007
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/10407/7372013696
Preferred citation
Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co. Collection , Kansas Collection, RH MS 1086, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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