Preliminary Guide to the Gordon Klemgard Business Records (mainly Pullman Tractor Company)

Preliminary Guide to the Gordon Klemgard Business Records (mainly Pullman Tractor Company), 1943-circa 1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Klemgard, Gordon
Title: Preliminary Guide to the Gordon Klemgard Business Records (mainly Pullman Tractor Company)
Dates: 1943-circa 1979 (inclusive)
19431979
Quantity: 40 Linear feet of shelf space, (40 Boxes)
Collection Number: MS.1995.35 (collection)
Summary: Records of three Pullman, Washington businesses owned partly or completely by Gordon Klemgard, primarily Pullman Tractor Co.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Pullman Tractor Company was a farm machinery company in Pullman, Washington, owned by Gordon Klemgard. In addition to the farm machinery company, these records also document Klemgard Pea Processing, which operated an elevator in the North Grand area of Pullman, and Klemgard Distributors, a fertilizer and farm chemical sales and application business. The successor company to Pullman Tractor was Columbia Tractor (Machinery) Company. Klemgard Pea Processing was succeeded by Dumas Pea Company (the manager for Klemgard was Ed. Dumas). The assets of the fertilizer firm were acquired by the McGregor Company in 1960.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Records of three Pullman, Washington businesses owned partly or completely by Gordon Klemgard, primarily Pullman Tractor Co. In addition to the farm machinery company, the records also document Klemgard Pea Processing, which operated an elevator in the North Grand area of Pullman, and Klemgard Distributors, a fertilizer and farm chemical sales and application business.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Preliminary Guide to the Gordon Klemgard Business Records (mainly Pullman Tractor Company), 1943-circa 1979 (MS.1995.35)

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.

Location of Collection

(MASC staff use) 2-15-7-4

Acquisition Information

Bill Felstad of Pullman Disposal donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 1995 (MS.1995.35).

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agriculture -- Washington (State) -- Whitman County -- History.

Personal Names

Klemgard, Gordon -- Records and correspondence.

Corporate Names

Pullman Tractor Company.

Geographical Names

Pullman (Wash.) -- History -- Sources.

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- Pullman Tractor Company. (creator)

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