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James Ellett Anderson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.022
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the textbook Problems in Marketing used in Business 316, problems worked for the class, and various tickets and receipts including  Treasurer's Office receipts, dining hall tickets, and Athletic Association tickets.

Dates: 1922-1924

Cynthia Barlowe and Raymond Kimbrough Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1993.29
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1909-1966, relating to institutions in Williamsburg, Virginia including William and Mary, Matthew Whaley School and Bruton Parish Church collected by Cynthia Barlowe and Raymond Kimbrough.

Dates: 1909-1966

Boelt Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00039
Scope and Contents

The collection includes programs, leaflets, and other material of various Williamsburg events and organizations of the 20th century including the Williamsburg Festival, Heritage Inn, and others.

Dates: 1948-1975

Bright Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1996.24
Scope and Contents Papers of the Bright Family of Williamsburg, Virginia and Philadephia, Pennsylvania.  Correspondence and business papers of Robert Anderson Bright of Williamsburg, Virginia and his son Robert Southall Bright, College of William and Mary class of 1891 and a Philadelphia lawyer.  Personal and professional correspondence, bills and receipts, photographs and legal papers. Includes letters between Robert Southall Bright while a student at William and Mary to his father and letter...
Dates: 1876-1933

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2006.74
Scope and Contents

1918 Ledger of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen for Cockade City, Lodge No. 905, Petersburg, VA. Printed volume with hand-printed completions.

Dates: 1918

C. H. Anderson and Company Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01354
Content Description

Two notes written to John Christian regarding business affairs dated June and July 1887.

Dates: 1887 June-July

Charles Edward Gary, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00017
Scope and Contents These papers contain correspondence, photographs, business papers, artifacts, certificates, and other materials related to Charles Edward Gary, Jr. Mr. Gary was a prominent African American business owner in Williamsburg, operating for decades the West End Valet Shop off Prince George Street. The collection comprises business ledgers and other West End Valet Shop records over several years, as well as legal documents pertaining to the Valet Shop and Gary family estates such as leases and...
Dates: circa 1870s-2000s; Majority of material found in 1940-1980

Colonial Dames of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Susan Constant Committee

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2004.15
Scope and Contents

This collections includes organizational records of the Susan Constant Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Material such as scrapbooks, news clippings, meeting minutes, correspondence, and related material is available.

Dates: 1907-2005; Majority of material found in 1936-2005

Thomas R. Daley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1994.09
Scope and Contents Portfolio of correspondence to Thomas R. Daley of Porto Bello Farm, ca. 1914-1920. Business records. Letters written to and from Thomas R. Daley regarding land and property investments in Minnesota, Virginia and Florida. Includes property descriptions, business records,orders for shares in the Metropolitan Milk Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota and orders for farm materials. Thomas Daley's properties in Virginia included Porto Bello Farm, Bassetterre and property on Queen's Creek...
Dates: 1914-1920

Ellyson Currie Law Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00128
Scope and Contents

Five dis-bound sections of a ledger kept by Ellyson Currie (1780-1829), a lawyer in Lancaster County, Virginia, 1820- 1824.  Records are for fees, deed recordings, and payments received for various accounts.  Currie was a large land owner, attorney,  and judge who served in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Dates: 1820- 1824

Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.150
Scope and Contents This collection contains nine volumes of Ernest Stuart Elsea's business records dating from 1944 to 1968.  The ledgers detail the accounts for Elsea's business which operated under the following names: Elsea's Esso Station, Stuart's Service Station, Stuart's Esso Station, and Elsea's Esso Garage.  Elsea's station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries.  The station also provided an automobile repair service.  His garage was in Clarke County, Virginia near Boyce and in White Post,...
Dates: 1944-1968

Gainer Rodgers Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01027
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1874-1891, of Gainer Rodgers (b. circa 1850), most likely of Collins, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Most entries are for sales of butter, eggs, chicken and meat and customers are listed for the most part by last name only. The majority of the entries is for 1874 and later entries include daily accounts for agricultural and road work of several individuals.

Dates: 1874-1891

George W. Tinsley Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01386
Content Description

Two page letter from Amelia Court House, Virginia regarding the need for a loan in order to pay for debts. Tinsley does not go into great detail as to why he has fallen on such hard times except to blame the war for his embarrassing situation. He also informs his recipient that he cannot put up any sort of collateral against his loan except his honor.

Dates: 1869-05-17

Green Spring Garden Club, Inc., records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00398
Scope and Contents

Annual scrapbooks, garden and home tour brochures and schedules, membership lists, slides and business records documenting the Green Spring Garden Club, Inc., located in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1956-2022

Joan Showalter collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.358
Content Description

The Joan Showalter collection contains a duc cap, gavel, William & Mary Tribe logo lights, handbook and awards related to student life at William & Mary.

Dates: Circa 1951-1990

J. C. Jones Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01519
Scope and Contents

Large ledger containing accounts for various customers from an area around Richmond, based on some of the writing within the ledger. Some entries include a section tallying the money owed by the mill to the recorder. There are many areas throughout the ledger where someone has made pencil drawings of soldiers, houses, and horses. Additionally, this ledger has a large section of news clippings listing various recipes, cures for ailments, and farming recommendations.

Dates: 1866- 1868

Lewiston & Auburn Musical Union Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01061
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1899-1917, of the Lewiston & Auburn Musical Union of Lewiston, Maine. Includes information on rent on studio space, subletting that space, membership dues, recital ticket sales, whist games, lectures, and banquets. Also includes information on their expenses, such as newspaper advertisments, janitor sercies, rent, and purchases of music. Also includes cancelled checks written by the organization.

Dates: 1899-1917

May Funeral Home Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.263
Scope and Contents Records, 1934-1939, 1944 of the May Funeral Home of Taylor, Williamson County, Texas. The business was owned by Mrs. M.C. May. The May Funeral Home serviced the African-American community. Included are a daybook and loose items. Recorded in the daybook are name, birth and death date, occupation, address, religious affiliation and details and costs of the funeral services. And alphabetical index can be found in front of the volume. The loose items consist of receipts, death...
Dates: 1934-1939, 1944; Majority of material found in 1934-1939

National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century. Virginia Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 1993.44A and additions
Scope and Contents

Records of the Virginia Society of the Colonial Dames of the XVII Century which include scrapbooks, business records, minutes, programs, yearbooks and photographs.

Dates: 1951-2011

P. Leigh Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01545
Scope and Contents

Busniess ledger indicating little more than names of accounts and net worth throughout the year in regard to busniess. No location or exact business transactions are recorded in this ledger.

Dates: 1907-1908

Paul Ellis Ledger, New Salem, Massachusetts

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01313
Content Description

Business ledger from dealings in New Salem, Massachusetts between Paul Ellis and townspeople. Transactions in the ledger include the mending of clothes, shoes, and books, the use of saws, tools, and the selling of grains, foodstuffs, and cords of wood. The front of the ledger lists the births and deaths of Ellis family members including his first and second wife, many children, parents, and some extended family.

Dates: 1798-1814

Prairie du Chien Canning Factory (Wisconsin) Day Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01142
Scope and Contents

The canning factory day book contains lists of accounts of people and businesses who bought canned goods.   The factory is located in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. Lists expenses the factory incurred with other businesses. Business associates include Furniture and Fixture Co, Standard Oil Co., Wooster Preserving Co., Nave and McCord Mer. Co., and Heinz Co.

Dates: 1897-1898

Renick Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.350
Content Description The Renick Family papers include farm account books, newspaper clippings, obituaries, genealogical materials, photographs, correspondence, and artificats documenting the lives of the Renick Family. Family members documented include Dewey Campbell Renick, Fern Cooley Renick, Jean Renick, and Dewey C. Renick Jr. The farm account book, circa 1942-1962, includes accounts of Kings Mill Farm (Thomas M. Brooks), Carter’s Grove Farm, Evelynton Plantation, Kings Mill Dairy Farm (operated...
Dates: Circa 1900-2007

Schmidt Florist Records, 1939-1950

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01465
Content Description Business ledger, invoices and receipts of the Schmidt Florist in Yorktown, VA. This business was owned and managed by Joseph Schmidt. The ledger accounts for business transactions from October 1939 through December 1940. Receipts span 1940 through 1950. A digital copy is available (see "Digital Material" tab below down)Includes invoices for the business Joseph Schmidt of Yorktown, Virginia for flowers and other items related to a florist from 1941, 1950, and undated. Also...
Dates: 1939-1950

Scrapbook Concerning Business and Financial Matters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Scb1
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook, 1876-1887, of an unidentified person which contains newspaper clippings and printed correspondence from a newspaper concerning business, financial, and banking matters.

Dates: 1876-1887

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Barlowe, Cynthia Beverly Tucker Kimbrough 1
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Elsea, Ernest Stuart, 1916-1964 1
Esso Petroleum Company, ltd 1
Gary, Charles Edward Jr. , 1907-2001 1
Gary, Zelda DeBerry 1
Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon Biddle 1
Great Britain. Royal Navy 1
Green Spring Garden Club (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Heritage Inn and Regency Dining Room (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
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Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World 1
Jones, J. C. 1
Kimbrough, Janet C 1
Kimbrough, Raymond, 1889-1993 1
Leigh, P. 1
Lewiston & Auburn Musical Union (Lewiston, Me.) 1
Moore, L. Franklin 1
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century. Virginia Society 1
Renick Family 1
Renick, Dewey C. , Jr., d. 1945 1
Renick, Dewey Campbell, 1898 February 7-1976 August 1 1
Renick, Fern Amelia Cooley , 1897 July 7-1992 June 18 1
Renick, Tim (Tim Renick) 1
Rodgers, Gainer 1
Saunders family 1
Schmidt Florist (Yorktown, Va.) 1
Seawell, Molly Elliot, 1860-1916 1
Southall family 1
Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company (Roanoke, Va.) 1
Stone, Edward L. (Edward Lee), 1864-1938 1
Stubbs family 1
Susan Constant Committe of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America 1
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Tinsley, Geirge W. 1
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