Lummus Cotton Gin Company Records (MC 198)
Organizational Note
The Lummus Cotton Gin Company was located in Columbus, Georgia. It later became Lummus Industries, and closed in 1998. During the time covered by this collection, the owners were Harold Campbell Lummus and his son, Harold Campbell Lummus, Jr.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of one box of materials from the Lummus Company, mostly plans and blueprints, as well as information on their credit union. 1930s-1950s
Permission to Publish
Permission to publish material from the Lummus Company Recordsmust be obtained from the Columbus State University Archives at Columbus State University. Use of the following credit line for publication or exhibit is required: Lummus Company Records (MC 198) Columbus State University Archives Columbus, Georgia
Provenance
Unknown
Box and Folder/Item List
Box 1
- Folder 1 - Estimates of Shellman Gin Company, Shellman, Georgia, 1956
- Folder 2 - W.S. Telescope Dormer Extenstion, R.F.Jenkins Jr., February, 1946
- Folder 3 - Lummus employees Federal Credit Union list of members, December, 1965
- Folder 4 - Reducer/transition blueprints (small)
- Folder 5 - Lummus Contton Gin Co. Modern Ginning Equipment Catalog (No date)
Blueprints
- Screened ventilator
- Two proposed closets with sliding doors
- Unidentified house plans
- Muscogee County Proposed Tuberculosis Hospital for Dr. Thrash (3 sheets), August, 1937
- Gin with 3 elevations, no date
- Adjustable tool for cleaning gutters assembly, R.F. Johnson, owner (drawn by W. T. F.), 1955
- Gunter Insurance agency Office and Barber Shop Phenix City, AL (3 drawings by W. T. F., September, 1944
