Morrell Meat Packing Company Collection

Collection

Identifier: MsC0100

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Scope and Contents

The Morrell Meat Packing Company Collection consists of correspondence (1868-1949), including general information like newspaper clippings, speeches, photographs and drawings, business papers, biographical information about Thomas Dove Foster and his wife Eliza Jane MacClelland, and Presbyterian Church and YMCA work.

Dates

Creation: 1850-1953
Creation: Majority of material found within 1850-1932

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research. This collection is stored at an offsite location. When requesting materials, please allow two business days for items to arrive at the Special Collections reading room.

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

21.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Business and personal correspondence, account books, statements, and other records, relating to the meat packing company particularly in Liverpool, England, and Ottumwa, Iowa; and papers, including some of Thomas Dove Foster.

Physical Location

This collection is stored at an offsite location. When requesting materials, please allow two business days for items to arrive at the Special Collections reading room.