Rosenstihl Jewelry store records

Collection

Identifier: W-0053

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a 350-page ledger recording sales at the Rosenstihl Jewelry Store located in Union Springs, Alabama. Entries are dated between 1888 and 1899 and are listed by customer name. The ledger also includes a store merchandise account and expense account.

Dates

1888-1904

Creator

Rosenstihl, Henry Joseph (Author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

None

Biographical / Historical

Located in Union Springs, Alabama, Rosenstihl's Jewelry Store was owned by father and son William Rosenstihl and Henry Joseph Rosenstihl. William Rosenstihl was born on March 20, 1831, in Baden, Germany. Census records list Rosenstihl as a watchmaker. Rosensthil died on September 4, 1915. After his father's death, Henry Joseph Rosenstihl continued to operate the jewelry store, graduating from the Horology School at the Bradley Institute of Technology and working as a jeweler for seventy years. Joseph Rosenstihl died in 1959.

Source: Rosensthil Family Papers Finding Aid, Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Ledger recording sales between 1888 and 1904 at the Rosenstihl Jewelry Store in Union Springs, Alabama.

Physical Location

The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, The University of Alabama

Provenance

Gift of A. S. Williams III, 2010

Related Materials

The Alabama Department of Archives and History contains several collections related to the Rosenstihl family. See Rosenstihl Family Papers, 1858-1974; Henry J. Rosenstihl Scrapbooks, 1906-1958; and Henry J. Rosenstihl Family Photographs circa 1850s - circa 1930s. These collections are located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.