O.G. Anderson and Company. Records, 1886-1975.
Scope and Contents
Box 1: Planners and Opera House scheduling books 1893-94, 1896, 1910-27, 1937-38, One combination thermometer and calendar advertising the Big Store; Box 2: Correspondence, blueprints, photographs, financial records of a general mercantile store in Minneota, Lyon County. The store was founded by Icelandic immigrants, and included an opera house which was used for many community activities. Collection includes opera house date books, and a short history of the store written by Sharlotte Anderson Mendenhall, daughter of one of the store's owners.
Dates
- Creation: 1886-1975
Creator
- O.G. Anderson and Company (Creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Extent
14 Folder (Fourteen folders of receipts, invoices, documents, and correspondences.)
20 Volumes (Twenty volumes; day planners, bank books, egg tables and drygoods dictionary.)
1 Mixed Materials (Ephemera: Thermometer / calendar advertising specialty item from the Big Store from 1945.)
Language of Materials
English
Icelandic
Source
- Anderson, Theodore W. (Donor, Person)
- Title
- O.G. Anderson and Company. Records, 1886-1975.
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2025-09
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Southwest Minnesota Historical Center Repository
Southwest Minnesota State University
McFarland Library
1501 State Street
Marshall MN 56258