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Collection
Identifier: UA-1.1.12
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of family correspondence, documents, and business records, particularly relating to Henry Chamberlain. Included are genealogies of the Chamberlain, Langdon, Woodward and Wheelock families.The letters in the early years of the collection relate to the migration of the family westward to Ohio, and then to Michigan. There is an 1830 agreement in which certain New Hampshire citizens sponsor William Chamberlain to go and scout the area above the Ohio River for...
Dates:
1795 - 1931
Collection
Identifier: c-00502
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a number of items, mostly account books and ledgers, concerning Carmi R. Smith and R.T. Twombly.The materials relating to Smith include a volume of class notes (1885) for a Sanitary Science course taken at Albion College in Michigan as well as four account books (1914-1924) relating to a lumber yard and a general store in Niles, Michigan owned by Smith. Two ledgers from Niles (1912-1917) and one ledger (1931-1934) from Port Hope, Michigan, probably...
Dates:
1859 - 1934
Collection
Identifier: 00141
Scope and Contents
The collection contains three groups of business records from Dartmouth and New Bedford, Massachusetts. These two locations are adjacent to one another, New Bedford having been formed and enlarged from parts of Dartmouth village and town (township) beginning in 1787. New Bradford became a famous whaling port after the Revolutionary War, and much mercantile business was carried on there; some spilling over into nearby Dartmouth. Shipbuilding and associated manufacturing began in New Bedford...
Dates:
1831 - 1872
Collection
Identifier: c-00404
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 24 day books and 11 ledgers for a general store operated by Godfrey Hirzel. Included are accounts for wholesale suppliers and for the Hirzel farm. Also included are business letters, receipts and receipts for medicine.
Dates:
1892 - 1928
Collection
Identifier: c-00353
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an account book of a general store located in Brunswick County, Virginia dated 1792 to 1793. One of the patrons of the store was Colonel Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), a planter and politician, who represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799 and 1801 to 1805.
Dates:
1792 - 1793
Collection
Identifier: c-00407
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of account books dealing with the various business enterprises of Horace D. Moore. Also included are account books and miscellaneous papers relating to his general store operations, his hotel (the Sherman House), and to his personal and household accounts.
Dates:
1856 - 1925; Majority of material found within 1856 - 1900
Collection
Identifier: c-00523
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a journal that belonged to John M. York who owned a general store in Ionia County, Michigan. The journal dates mostly from 1899 to 1901 with a portion dating from 1922. Also within the journal are the recordings of 1913 auction sales by George Kelner. This journal may be connected with the ledger in another collection (c.00524); both were found in the home of Ludwig C. Winters by the donor.
Dates:
1899 - 1922; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1901
Collection
Identifier: 00026
Scope and Contents of the Papers
The James Taylor papers include correspondence, receipts, and other materials dealing with his business and personal activities. Throughout the correspondence there are numerous letters concerning education, particularly at the college level. One letter, dated February 26, 1865 gives a good account of academic life at the University of Michigan. The collection also contains personal correspondence about life in general. Most of the receipts pertain to Taylor's agricultural implement business...
Dates:
1855 - 1900
Collection
Identifier: 00093
Scope and Contents of the Records
John Rummel & Company, Inc. was a general store in Sebewaing, Michigan. These records give fairly good insight into the financial operations of a small town general store, which operated mainly on credit in times of prosperity and depression. The volumes include: Cash Books (1912-1938), Journals (1905-1937), Ledgers (1909-1938), Order Books (1912-1918), Purchase Journals (1912-1938), and Work Sheets (1919-1933). The folders contain advertising copy (1916-1937), correspondence regarding...
Dates:
1905 - 1938
Collection
Identifier: c-00312
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of an account book from a general store in Keeseville, New York. The first part of the book was used as a daybook, recording daily sales or goods such as molasses, cloth, tea and nails. The second part of the book was used as a ledger to keep customers' accounts. The merchant accepted work and goods in payment, as well as cash.
Dates:
1837 - 1884
