Gleaner Combine Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photos, and a history of the Gleaner Manufacturing plant in Independence, Missouri. Some of the photos in the collection are digital. Several of the photos have been enlarged and mounted onto foam board for displays. There are many photographs of different combines, as well as a series of photographs entitled “Ground Work for the First S.P. Combine, 1944-1950”. The collection also contains photographs related to the Independence plant when the company was known as Allis Chalmers and as Deutz Allis. The collection also contains materials related to the history of the plant, with first-hand recollections, as well as a model tractor and a model combine.
Dates
- Creation: 1925 - 2000
Creator
- Gleaner Manufacturing Company (1925-1955) (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
The Gleaner Manufacturing Company opened a plant on South Cottage Street in Independence, Missouri in 1925. It was a major employer in Independence through the 1950s. Gleaner Manufacturing was acquired by Allis-Chalmers in 1955, helping the company expand their farm equipment business and to lead the way in self-propelled machines and combines. The company was sold to Deutz AG or Deutz-Allis in the 1980s. In 1991, the company name changed to AGCO, but the company still continued to produce the Gleaner brand. The plant in Independence was operated until 2000 when operations were moved to a more modern plant in Hesston, Kansas.
Full Extent
2 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
FOR STAFF: Rare Book Room, M12--Section 1--Shelf 1
- Title
- Gleaner Combine Collection
- Subtitle
- A finding aid from the Midwest Genealogy Center
- Author
- Jolene Clark, John Mason
- Date
- 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- Previous edition of this finding aid written by Jolene Clark, 2020.
Repository Details
Part of the Midwest Genealogy Center Repository