Walter Tips Company Records 1875-1952. 1900-1935.

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Walter Tips Company Records 1875-1952. 1900-1935.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/aushc/00009/00009-P.html

The Walter Tips Company of Austin was founded in 1857. The papers of this collection contain correspondence, minutes, legal and financial documents, and printed material. The material is arranged in five main categories concerned with the purchase of land and building the warehouse, employee and employer concerns, a stock dispute, estate management, and wholesale catalogs.

Austin History Center , Austin Public Library, 810 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, 78701.

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