HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG5376.AM: Berigan family
Papers: 1932-1951, 1971-1973
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Size: 0.5 cu.ft.; 1 box
BACKGROUND NOTE
Born August 16, 1899 at Imogene, Iowa, Francis A. “Frank” Berigan spent most of his life in Omaha, Nebraska, in the livestock industry. After his discharge from the army in 1918, Berigan started working at the Omaha stockyards. He worked for the Ralston Livestock Commission Company for a number of years, and then in 1937 he formed the Berigan Brothers Livestock Commission Company with his brother William. The firm eventually merged with the Ryan Company in 1970 and became the Ryan and Berigan Livestock Service. Frank Berigan died on July 14, 1973. He was survived by his wife, Gladys, as well as a daughter and two sons.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection consists of one box of papers relating to the Berigan family and the Berigan Bros. Livestock Commission Co. of Omaha, Nebraska. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Francis A. “Frank” Berigan, Sr. to W.L. “Brick” Gross. The letters date from 1932 to 1951 and relate to business activities of the Berigan Bros. Livestock Commission Co., the livestock industry in Nebraska, and life and work around the Union Stockyards Company. The letters also include extensive information about the lives and activities of the Berigan family members, as well as 20th Century inventions, social life and customs, and various other topics of interest to Frank Berigan. The collection also includes photocopies of letters sent to Frank’s granddaughter, Kit, as well as photocopies of several Berigan family scrapbooks.
Note: See the moving image component [RG5376.MI] for a videotape of Omaha stockyard scenes and an 8mm home movie shot in Omaha in 1961.
INVENTORY
Box 1
Folder
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- Correspondence, 1932
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- Correspondence, 1933
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- Correspondence, 1934
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- Correspondence, 1935
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- Correspondence, 1936
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- Correspondence, 1937
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- Correspondence, 1938
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- Correspondence, 1939
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- Correspondence, 1940
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- Correspondence, 1941
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- Correspondence, 1942
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- Correspondence, 1943
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- Correspondence, 1944
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- Correspondence, 1945
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- Correspondence, 1946
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- Correspondence, 1947
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- Correspondence, 1948
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- Correspondence, 1949
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- Correspondence, 1950
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- Correspondence, 1951
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- Reminiscences (photocopies only)
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- Berigan letters to Kit, 1971-1973 (photocopies only)
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- Scrapbook 1 (photocopies only)
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- Scrapbook 2 (photocopies only)
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- Scrapbook 3 (photocopies only)
Subject headings:
Berigan Brothers Livestock Commission Company (Omaha, Nebraska)
Berigan family
Berigan, Francis A., 1899-1973
Livestock — Nebraska
Omaha (Nebraska) — History
Stockyards — Nebraska — Omaha
Revised TMM 10-05-2018