MSS 254
Scott Company Turfgrass Archive
Table of contents
Contact Information:
Special Collections
Michigan State University Libraries
100 Main Library
East Lansing, MI 48824
517.884.6471
E-mail:spc@mail.lib.msu.edu
URL: http://specialcollections.lib.msu.edu
Date Received:
2003
Date Processed:
Updated January 2011
Acquisitions Information:
Collection received by donation from the Scotts-Miracle Gro Corporation, Marysville, Ohio
Preferred citation:
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Box number, Folder number and/or title, Scott Company Turfgrass Archive, MSS 254, Special Collections, Michigan State University Main Library
Copyright Notice:
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this archive, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Usage Restrictions:
None
Photoduplication Restrictions:
Collection Summary:
Following is an inventory for Scott Company related archival materials that reside in Special Collections. All other Scott Company materials and missing box numbers are held in the Turfgrass Library. Box numbers have been retained from original order.
Historical Background:
Unknown
Processing Note:
None
Arrangement:
| Box | Folder | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Official materials/inventories relating to creation of Scotts Archive; Photographs; including Beard manuscript | |
| Photographs | ||
| 4 | Lawn Care (1920s?) now in Box 40; Archival materials; 78 rpm record; Sue Adams; photos (loose) | |
| Archival materials | ||
| 5 | Historical books (and pamphlets) published by OM Scotts and Sons Co., 1922-1960; Miscellaneous archival materials; 5x Lawn Care 1955 bound; C.B. Mills 1922(?) buying trip notebook - Europe | |
| Miscellaneous archival materials | ||
| 6 | Photos, pamphlets, bibliographies; Bag Inventory '64-'79; '64-'67; '73-'76; '50s Ordering Guides | |
| 7 | Miscellaneous archival materials; graphics of: diseases, pests, and grasses (Converse colors); 1931 Advertising and Sales Binder | |
| 7a | 1920s Scrapbook | |
| 9 | Historical Sales Info (1945-1950); Dealer programs and Ordering guides; 1x bag | |
| 11 | Proceedings of Scotts Turfgrass Research Conference (1960s, 1970s); Photographs (slides), Dandelion; 5 plaques; Evolution of the lawn region map of the United States: (1960s?) – Binder; Phenology & weather records (1953– 1961); Some books and brochures; Crabgrass Lab Growth Notes 1949-1950 | |
| 12 | Art Work–1940s and 1970s ads; 1990s golf calendars | |
| 13 | Historical Materials of C B Mills, Paul Williams, and Le Herron; Administrative Procedures 1960s; Turf for Parks | |
| 14 | Photographs for Advertising, 1970s (positives, slides, negatives, etc.) | |
| 15 | Photographs, Ads & products, 1970s (positives, slides, negatives, etc.) | |
| 15a | Photos, ads, products (1970s) | |
| 16 | Patents (hardware,etc.) | |
| 17 | Promotional material, 1960s and 1970s | |
| 18 | ITT & Scotts Annual Reports and Legal; Ohio Co. investment prospects file; 2 NASDAQ Corporate Records (1995); Audio tapes – job holders | |
| 19 | Promotional material, 1960s and 1970s | |
| 20 | All binders | |
| 40 | Montgomery Ward (1940/41) | |
| 41 | Marketing #s | |
| 42 | Records Orders 1914–1946 | |
| 43 | Price Lists | |
| 45 | Printed Materials | |
| 46 | Lawn Pro (1962 loose leaf) | |
| 48 | Product and consumer correspondence | |
| 49 | Publicity clippings 1950 | |
| SNL 1966-1970; Regional consumer info. | ||
| 21 | 5 | lawn seed ads |
| 6 | advertising | |
| 9 | newspapers & mag ads | |
| Bulletins - Marketing; Action reports; (all in ringed binders), 1937-1970 | ||
| 22 | Binders; #50-61; Customer correspondence; clippings files; (1950s-1960s); 1991 Marketing Conference Binder | |
| 23 | Scotts Letters 24 & 25; Mailings 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34 (missing 26, 33), 1940s-1950s; Mail Market 35 | |
| 24 | Scotts Journal, 1959-1962 (#69); Secretarial guide, The Skills of Partnership Building, etc.; Scotts Associates History; Scott Employee Info (Research Associate Safety Manual, etc.); Howey plot plans (1958/59); Becoming One Company | |
| Tube 30 | "Balance and Statement" chart of "OM Scotts Books, February 1887-Feb 1888" [needs preservation treatment] | |
| 29 | GREEN SCENE, 1985 | |
| 43 | Scrapbook of photos (Positives and slides,; (Bags, boxes, canisters, displays, mechanical, plants, stores) | |
| 44 | Scrapbooks, photos, 1)Color photos 1960s – lawns and products 2); (#20) – consumer mailings, envelopes, catalogs (not just Scotts) | |
| 45 | Scotts publications, scrapbook of "Men with a Plan" placement clips (1961); (#47) – 1947 clip file; (#13) – Scotts publications (lawn, golf, dealer, field) w/ sheet – mounted copies of brochures and booklets with production tracking charts | |
| 46 | 4x plaques of headquarters, Binder of "Scotts authored papers" (mostly runoff and groundwater) | |
| 47 | Scrapbook for SCUTL, publicity (pasted clippings) (1950) | |