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H I S T O R Y MSS 406
A. R. F l e e t J r . Papers
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Provenance: The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y a c q u i r e d t h e A. R. F l e e t
J r . P a p e r s a s a g l f t o f The l z a a k Walton League o f America - Ohio
D i v i s i o n i n May 1985. R i c h a r d W. A r p l processed t h e c o l l e c t i o n
i n F e b r u a r y 1986.
P r o p e r t y r l g h t s : The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y owns t h e p r o p e r t y
r i g h t s t o t h i s c o l l e c t i o n .
C o p y r l g h t s : The l z a a k W a l t o n League o f America - Ohio D i v i s i o n
has d e d i c a t e d such c o p y r i g h t s as it possesses i n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n
t o t h e p u b l i c . C o n s i d e r a t i o n o f a l l o t h e r c o p y r i g h t s i s t h e
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e a u t h o r and p u b l i s h e r .
Access: T h i s c o l l e c t i o n i s open under t h e r u l e s and r e g u l a t i o n s
o f t h e O h i o H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .
C i t a t i o n : Researchers a r e r e q u e s t e d t o c i t e c o l l e c t i o n name,
c o l l e c t i o n number, and t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y i n a l l
f o o t n o t e and b i b l i o g r a p h i c r e f e r e n c e s .
Note t o R e s e a r c h e r s : T h i s c o l l e c t l o n o r i g i n a l l y was p a r t o f t h e
laaak Walton League o f America - Ohio D i v i s i o n Records, MSS 882,
t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .
B i o g r a p h i c a l s k e t c h : A. R. F l e e t J r . was a n a g r i c u l t u r a l i m p l e -
ment d e a l e r who r e s i d e d i n T i f f i n , Ohlo, i n t h e 1920s. F o r a
t i m e he was a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e f i r m o f F l e e t and Gurney.
Source: A. R. F l e e t J r . Papers, MSS 406, t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l
S o c i e t y .
Scope and c o n t e n t : The A. R. F l e e t J r . Papers d a t e from 1920 t o
1922 and occupy o n e - q u a r t e r c u b i c f o o t . The c o l l e c t i o n c o n s i s t s
o f b u s i n e s s correspondence o f A. R. F l e e t J r . and t h e f i r m o f
F l e e t and Gurney, b o t h o f T i f f i n , Ohio. Most o f t h e c o r r e s p o n -
dence c o n s i s t s o f n o t i c e s from a g r i c u l t u r a l implement f i r m s
c o n c e r n i n g p a s t due b a l a n c e s o n a c c o u n t s , l e t t e r s from t h e s e
companies t o t h e i r salesmen, and c o r r e s p o n d e n c e c o n c e r n i n g
s e r v l c e on m a c h i n e r y . The f i r s t two f o l d e r s c o n t a i n c o r r e s p o n -
dence o f Ohio based and o t h e r m i d w e s t e r n a g r i c u l t u r a l implement
f i r m s a r r a n g e d a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by company name and t h e n chrono-logically.
The t h i r d f o l d e r c o n t a i n s correspondence f r o m o t h e r
f i r m s a r r a n g e d c h r o n o l o g i c a l l y .
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