FINDING AID
AUBURN UNIVERSITY SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES
Guide
to the
Baker -- Parrish Papers, RG 516
Listed by: MeloDee J. Loebrick
Date: November 17, 1982
Date Span: 1854-1953
Scope / Content: Business papers (1864-1891) of Baker, including
correspondence, deeds, financial and legal papers, dealing with Baker's
mining businesses and real estate holdings; personal and business correspondence
(1900-1953) of Parrish relating to family real estate holdings and to his
insurance business.
Biographical Sketch: George Oscar Baker, a Philadelphia native,
came to Alabama in 1855 and worked as a mechanical and mining engineer
with the Montevallo Coal Company. He moved to Selma and, after the Civil
War, helped to establish the Central Oil Mill. He owned extensive holdings
in mining and real estate. Joseph P. Parrish was Baker's grandson and owned
an insurance agency in Selma.
SERIES 1: Correspondence
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Box 1
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A (1912-1913)
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A (1914)
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A (1915)
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A (1916)
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A (1917)
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A (1918-1919)
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A (1920)
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A (1921-1922)
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B(1910, 1912)
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B (January-June, 1913)
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B (July-December, 1913)
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Batre' (1913)
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Batre' (1914-1915)
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B (January-July, 1914)
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B (August-December, 1914)
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B (January-May, 1915)
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B (June-December, 1915)
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B (March-July, 1916)
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B (August-December, 1916)
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B (January-July, 1917)
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B (August-December, 1917)
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Box 2
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B (1918)
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B (January-September, 1919)
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B (October-December, 1919)
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B (January-June, 1920)
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B (July-December, 1920)
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B (1921)
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B (1922)
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B (1923)
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C (1908, 1909)
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C (1913-1915)
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C (1916-1919)
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C (1920-1923)
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D (1909-1910)
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D (1915-1923)
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E (1911, 1913-1915)
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E (1917-1918)
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E (1919-1920)
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E (1921)
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E (1922)
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F (1910, 1912-1916, 1918-1919, 1922)
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G (1908-1911)
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G (1912)
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G (January-May, 1913)
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G (June-December, 1913)
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G (1914-1915)
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G (1916)
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G (January-June, 1917)
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Box 3
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G (July-December, 1917)
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G (1918)
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G (1920-1923)
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H (1909-1910, 1912)
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H (January-September, 1913)
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H (October-December, 1913)
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H (1914)
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H (1915-1916)
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H (1917-1918)
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H (1919-1920, 1922-1923)
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I (1915, 1918-1920, 1922)
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J (1906, 1909-1910, 1912)
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J (1916-1921, 1922)
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K (1917-1920, 1922)
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L (1900, 1903, 1906, 1909-1912)
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L (1913-1914)
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L (1915-1916)
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L (1917)
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L (1918-1919)
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L (1920-1923)
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M (1912-1913)
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M (1914-1915)
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M (1916-1917)
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M (1918-1919)
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M (1920-1923)
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N (1906-1909)
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N (1911-1912, 1919-1921, 1923)
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Box 4
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O (1910, 1913, 1917)
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P (1908, 1911-1914)
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P (1915)
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P (1916)
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P (1917)
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P (1918)
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P (1919)
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P (1920)
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P (1921)
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P (January-September, 1922)
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P (October-December, 1922--August 1923)
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R (1914-1915)
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R (1916)
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R (1917)
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R 1918-1919)
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R (1920-1923)
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Box 5
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S (1913-1915)
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S (1917-1923)
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T (1907, 1909-1910, 1915)
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Thames & Batre' (January-August, 1916)
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Thames & Batre' (September-December, 1916)
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Thames & Batre' (January-August, 1917)
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Thames & Batre' (September-December, 1917)
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Thames &Batre' (January-June, 1918)
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Thames & Batre' (August-December, 1918)
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Thames & Batre' (January-March, 1920)
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Thames & Batre' (April-December, 1920)
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Thames & Batre' (February-May, 1921)
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Thames & Batre' (July-December, 1921)
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Thames & Batre' (January-June, 1922)
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Thames & Batre' (July-December, 1922)
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T (1923)
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U (1902)
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V (1921)
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W (February-July, 1915)
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W (August-December, 1915)
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W (1916)
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W (1917)
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W (1918)
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W (1919-1920)
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Box 6
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W (1920)
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W (1921)
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W (1922)
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W (1923)
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Y (1916)
SERIES II: George O. Baker - Correspondence & Documents
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Box 6
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1864-1867
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1868-1871
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1873-1877
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1878-1879
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1880-1884
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1885-1886
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1887-1890, n.d.
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P. Browne Settlement (1867)
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Dallas Iron Works (1866-1883)
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Deeds (1859-1867)
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Deeds (1869-1885)
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Land Section 29 W 1/4 (1856-1881)
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Legal Judgements
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Box 7
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Estate Account Book: July 1927-December 1941
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Estate Account Book: 1935-1953
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George O. Baker Letterpress book: April 1886-October 1888
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George O. Baker Letterpress book: November 1886-October 1891
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