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Finding Aid for the Earnest A. Powell Collection

MUM00370

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http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00370/

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Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Creator
Powell Cooperage Company
Title
Earnest A. Powell Collection
ID
MUM00370
Date
1929-1939
Extent
0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains business and personal papers related to Earnest A. Powell and the Powell Cooperage Company of Memphis, Tenn.

Preferred Citation

Earnest A. Powell Collection (MUM00370). Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.

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Biographical Note

The Powell Cooperage Company was founded by Earnest A. Powell in 1919 in Memphis, Tenn.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains business and personal papers of Earnest A. Powell and the Powell Cooperage Company of Memphis, Tenn.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries November 2012

Access Restrictions

The Earnest A. Powell Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Processing Information

Processed by Archives and Special Collections Staff. EAD encoded finding-aid begun September 2005. Finding aid completed by Kathryn Michaelis, November 2012.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • business records
  • clippings (information artifacts)
  • correspondence
  • minutes

Geographic Name(s)

  • Memphis (Tenn.) -- History

Subject(s)

  • Coopers and cooperage -- United States

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Collection Inventory

 Folder 1.1 Board of Directors meetings notes and resolutions, May 1929-April 1932 

 Folder 1.2 The Wooden Barrel, Volume VII, Number 12, August 1939 

 Folder 1.3 Miscellaneous business and personal papers, 1929-1939 

 Folder 1.4 First Mortgage Real Estate paperwork for Powell Cooperage Company and E.A. Powell, 1 March 1931-1 March 1935 

 Folder 1.5 Correspondence and business records for Powell Cooperage Company, February 1926-August 1939 

 Folder 1.6 Business records for Powell Cooperage Company, 1929-1935 

 Folder 1.7 Financial records for Powell Cooperage Company, 1930-1932 

 Folder 1.8 Newspaper clippings