Guide to the Hammond Packing Company Collection

Collection — Volumes: 1-25

Identifier: H84-48

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Most of the records are financial in nature. Some contain payroll information but most entries deal with products sold to individuals and grocers

Dates

undated, 1882-1923

Creator

Hammond Packing Company (Organization)

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Extent

6 cubic feet

Additional Description

Abstract

Hammond Packing Company financial records

Arrangement

Alphabetical

Acquisition Information

Collection donated in 1984

Related Materials

See also the book "From Hardwae to Cattle: The Arp and Hammond Story" by Eleanore Wagner Field and Robert St. Clair

Bibliography

The Hammond Packing Company was in the meatpacking and livestock trading business. It was operated by John Wesley Hammond (1847-1921), Jochin Hinrich Arp (1849-1934), and John Wesley Hammond, Jr. (1878-1935). The main office was located in the 200 block of West 17th Street and the packing house was located southeast of the city.
The business began in the early 1880s under Organ and Hammond. By the 1890s, Hammond Packing Company was a fixture in the city, and was incorporated in March 1900. It provided processed meats in southeast Wyoming, western Nebraska and northern Colorado. The packing plant burned down in February 1922, and the business went under shortly afterwards.