Box 1

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists of one water-damaged letterpress copybook in which correspondence with clients, suppliers, creditors, banks, and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad is recorded. The letters copied into this book reflect the type of goods sold locally (basic needs such as food, clothing, oil, and fabric) as well as the sales of wool and sheep pelts (and the delayed collection for these items). It is evident that this small business dealt with companies all over the country...