Guide to the Louis Mathis Ringer Papers 1886-1891
Cage 265

Summary Information

Repository
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Creator
Ringer, Louis Mathis
Title
Louis Mathis Ringer Papers
ID
Cage 265
Date [inclusive]
1886-1891
Extent
2.0 boxes
General Physical Description note
1.75 linear feet of shelf space
Language
English
Abstract
Bound letterbook for Sibson, Quackenbush, and Company; ledger of the Pullman Mercantile Company; clipping about L.M. Ringer.

Preferred Citation note

[Item Description] Louis Mathis Ringer Papers, 1886-1891

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Washington State University Libraries Pullman, WA

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Biographical/Historical note

Louis Mathis Ringer was a wheat buying agent at Almota, Washington, for Sibson, Quackenbush and Company, located in Portland, Oregon. He was also an owner, with his brother, John T. Ringer, of the Pullman Mercantile Company, 1890-1893.

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Scope and Contents note

This collection consists of a bound letterbook for Sibson, Quackenbush, 1886-1887; a ledger of the Pullman Mercantile Company, 1890-1891; and a clipping about L.M. Ringer, Spokesman-Review, May 3, 1908.

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Arrangement note

This collection is arranged in a single series.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries 2013

https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open and available for research use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

This collection was donated to the WSU Libraries by L. Hamilton in 1931.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Pullman Mercantile Company
  • Sibsen, Quackenbush and Company

Personal Name(s)

  • Ringer, Louis Mathis

Subject(s)

  • Businesses and Corporations
  • Merchants -- Washington (State) -- Almota
  • Ringer, John T.
  • Washington (State)
  • Wheat -- Washington (State) -- Marketing

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