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Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:

Horace D. Moore papers

 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
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

James Hall account book

 Collection
Identifier: c-00101
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the farm account book of James Hall, a resident of Bedford, Calhoun County, Michigan. He used it to record expenses, purchases, and work performed.

Dates: 1875 - 1908
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

James Taylor papers

 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
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Jeremiah French account books

 Collection
Identifier: c-00003
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of account books kept by Jeremiah French, a resident of Williston, Vermont, listing farm and household expenditures.

Dates: 1797 - 1821
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

John Brattin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.429
Scope and Content The John Brattin family papers consist of mainly John Brattin’s papers and correspondence, but it does contain materials and correspondence from his first wife, Alice Jane, and his mother-in-law, Kate Baker Knight. This collection covers John’s life from high school graduation until his death. Included in the collection are correspondence, work documents, photographs related to the Bowlby, Baker, and Knight families, certificates, family newsletters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, a...
Dates: 1849 - 1995
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

John Rummel & Company records

 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
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Jonathan W. Austin papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00334
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a farm account book (1841-1851) and bills and receipts (1840-1863) of Jonathon W. Austin, a resident of Lenawee County, Michigan. Also included are two letters (1851, 1854) to Austin, one of which discusses the hard times in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan.

Dates: 1840 - 1863
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Kentucky slave dealer receipt book (transcription)

 Collection
Identifier: c-00087
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a typewritten transcription of a Kentucky slave dealer's receipt book and a photocopy of the book's first page. The transcription records the information written into the blank spaces on the printed receipts. The photocopy shows the placement of that information and the form of the receipts.The dealer used the book to record sales of slaves in Fayette County, Kentucky over a three-year period (1851-1853). The receipt list the name of the slave sold,...
Dates: 1851 - 1853
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ketcham and Smith General Store account book

 Collection
Identifier: c-00357
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an account book of the Ketcham and Smith General Store of Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan, for the years 1848 to 1857.

Dates: 1848 - 1857
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lawrence Van Tine account book

 Collection
Identifier: c-00318
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an account book kept by Lawrence Van Tine, a furniture dealer in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. The account book, a daybook, records daily sales of furniture between January 1871 and February 1872. The entries list purchaser, item sold, and price. Van Tine apparently made some furniture to order as well as selling manufactured pieces.

Dates: 1871 - 1872
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections