Robertson Corporation records

Identity elements

Reference code

US US kmk P2007.08

Level of description

Collection

Title

Robertson Corporation records

Date(s)

  • 1874-2009 (Creation)

Extent

23.00 Linear Feet, 40.00 boxes

Post-Fire Oversize Boxes:
Box 26 (10.5x13), 509S: 19/13/4
27 (10x13), (16.5x20.5); 509S: 19/6/4
Box 29 (16.5x20.5); 509S: 20/29/5

Name of creator

(1881-)

Administrative history

The Robertson Corporation is a family-owned company specializing in grain, feed, and flour milling. The Robertson Corporation was founded in 1881 in Brownstown, Indiana, by the Robertson family, and over the first few decades of its existence, theread more

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

The Correspondence Series is comprised of two boxes that extend over an 81-year period, starting in 1913 and ending in 2004 and arranged in alphabetical order. Majority of correspondence relate to the purchase of milling equipment such as elevators,read more

System of arrangement

The Robertson Corporation Records (1874, 1880-2009) are housed in 40 boxes and organized in to eight Series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Financial Records; 3) Minutes; 4) Subject; 5) Photographs; 6) Oversized Materials; 7) Printed Material; 8) Artifacts.

Conditions of access and use elements

Conditions governing access

No access restriction: All materials are open for research.

Conditions governing reproduction

The researcher asssumes full rseponsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Languages of the material

  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

It received accession number P2007.08.

Immediate source of acquisition

Acqusition Source: Phil and Joe Robertson
Acqusition Method: Donation
Acqusition Date: 20070101

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

The Records document the 120-year milling history of the Robertson Corporation.

Specialized notes

  • Citation: Preferred Citation: [Item title], [item date], Robertson Corporation records,  Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.

Alternative identifier(s)

Archon Collection ID

222

Description control element

Rules or conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Archivist's note

Finding Aid Author: Paul Harris
Processing Info: The collection was processed by Paul Harris, Student Processor, in 2010.
Archon migration by Edward Nagurny, graduate research assistant, September 2015.
Publication Date: 2015-09-01

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