Kelley Brothers records
Overview
Records from grocery and general mercantile store Kelley Brothers in White Cloud, Kansas. The bulk of the collection consists of financial records from the 1890s-1920s, but there are also some loose receipts and notes and James P. Kelley's transfer ledger from the 1940s.
Dates
- Creation: 1896 - 1951
Creator
- Kelley Brothers (White Cloud, Kan.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
History of the Kelley Brothers
James P. and George B. Kelley were the sons of Phillip Kelley, who owned and operated Kelley Bros. in White Cloud, Kansas, a grocery and general mercantile business. The business had been purchased from Edgar and George Nuzum in 1893. The business was maintained by the Kelley family through three generations, operated by Lowell Kelley at least into the 1970s, who was the grandson of Phillip Kelley and Edgar C. Nuzum.
Extent
17 Volumes (17 volumes + 1 folder) ; Sizes vary.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS G58
Physical Location
RH MS DK8
Physical Location
RH MS P300
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Lowell Kelley, 15 May 1970.
Processing Information
Transferred from RH MS 103.
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Kelley Brothers Collection
- Subtitle
- Kelley Brothers records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by pg, January 1977. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2004. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2018.
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language> English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3890785008
- Preferred citation
-
Kelley Brothers Collection, RH MS G58, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository