Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co. business records
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
- Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company (Organization)
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
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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