Sugar Land and Fort Bend historicalpapers of Jane McMeans 1827-2003

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Sugar Land and Fort Bend historicalpapers of Jane McMeans 1827-2003

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Original letters, pamphlets,tabloids, printed materials, books, videos, maps, and photographs documenting theTexas city of Sugar Land during the 19th century and 20th century, including thecreation and development of the Imperial Sugar company.

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Fort Bend County.

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Dunham, George F.

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Imperial Sugar Company

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The Imperial Sugar Company is the most important corporation belonging to Sugarland Industries, which is also composed of the Sugarland Manufacturing Company, Sealy Mattress Company, and Imperial Mercantile Company. Appropriately, the headquarters of Sugarland Industries is Sugar Land, Texas. For most this century, Sugar Land has been a company town. "Every industrial, business and public activity," wrote an enthusiastic visitor, "is controlled by the Sugarland Industrie...

City of Sugar Land

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