Brown Brothers Sand Company records

Descriptive Summary
Title: Brown Brothers Sand Company records
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1934-2003
Language(s): English
Extent: 5.6 Linear Feet 9 document boxes, 2 oversized boxes
Collection Number: ms3251
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Brown Brothers Sand Company (located in Howard, Georgia), was started in 1903 as the result of a prank by brothers John, O.C., Rod, Lewis, and William Brown. In later years the company was operated by Carl Brown and his son Steve.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of company ledgers containing accounts and lists of cars of sand shipped, weekly time books listing employee names and pay, business correspondence, printed material, and promotional items. There are photographs and slides of the sand pit, its operation, machinery, and employees, along with some family photographs.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Brown Brothers Sand Company records, ms3251, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010 March 22.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Ledgers

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List of cars shipped, 1934-1940

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Carloads loaded and forwarded from AB&C Pit, 1938-1941

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List of cars shipped, 1947-1952

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List of cars shipped, 1953-1959

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3

List of cars shipped, 1960-1961 March

3

Accounts, 1960-1970

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4

Accounts, 1963-1965

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Accounts, 1963-1968

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Accounts, 1967-1971

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Accounts, 1970-1975

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Weekly Time Book, 1958-1976

 

2. Business Correspondence, Printed Material, and Financial
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8	1	Business correspondence, 1940-1959
8	2	Business correspondence, 1960-1962
8	3	Business correspondence, 1963-1966
8	4	Business correspondence, 1967-2003
8	5	Printed material
8	6	Financial items

 

3. Visual Materials and Artifacts
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8	7	Photographs-Family
8	8	Photographs-Family/Employees
8	9	Photographs-Sand pit, 1973-1979
8	10	Photographs-Brown Brothers Sand Company, undated
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9		Photograph album-Brown Brothers Sand Company, 1925-1993
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10		Photograph album-Brown Brothers Sand Company, 1980-1988
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11		Slides in slide tray, unlabeled
11		Film (4) labeled "Sand"
11		Travel mug
11		Plastic cups (2)
11		Calendars (2)
11		Notebook
11		Letter openers (2)
11		Ballpoint pens (2)
11		Key chains (3)
11		Pocketknife/tools (2)