Cooper Brothers Merchants and Planters business records

Collection

Identifier: SCL-MS-13285

Staff Only

Unbound records, ca. 1882-1964 (unarranged) include correspondence, receipts, and invoices for groceries, clothing, and hardware for this general store in Williamsburg County, S.C.

Bound volumes, ca. 1882-1966, include daybooks; account books; and ledgers documenting operations of the store and the cotton gin during the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries during financial panics, the arrival of the boll weevil, the Great Depression, the first and second World Wars, and other events.

Dates

1880 - 1970

Creator

Cooper Brothers Merchants and Planters (Fowler, S.C.) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

All rights reside with creator. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact The South Caroliniana Library.

Extent

55 Linear Feet (44 cartons 277 bound volumes)

Additional Description

Background

General merchandise firm headquartered in Fowler (Williamsburg County, S.C.); Cooper Brothers Merchants and Planters also operated Fowler Gin Co. (Kingstree, S.C.)