American Potash Company (Antioch, Nebraska) [RG1371.AM]

HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG1371.AM:  American Potash Company (Antioch, Nebraska)

Papers:  1917-1920

Antioch, Sheridan County, Nebraska

Size:  0.5 cu.ft.; 1 box

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of manuscript material arranged in two series: 1) Correspondence, 1917-1918;  2) Statements, 1919-1920.

The bulk of this collection dates to the attempts of the American Potash Company to secure mineral leases on school boundaries in Nebraska. The correspondence is between officers of the company and the Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings.  Also included are statements regarding sections of school land and amounts of Potash produced.  Correspondence relates to applications for mineral leases on public lands.

(Acc. June 22, 1960)

INVENTORY

Series 1 – General Correspondence, 1917-1918

Box 1

Folder

1. 1917


2. 1918


3. Applications by Thomas Briggs

Series 2 – Statements Made to the Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, 1919-1920

4. Statements Made to the Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, 1919-1920

Subject headings:

American Potash Company (Antioch, Nebraska)

Antioch (Nebraska) — History

Briggs Lake

Briggs, Thomas

Potash industry and trade

DDS/ht             10-09-1972