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A. and R. Cain Tannery and General Store records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0254
Abstract

Daybooks and an accounts ledger kept by the owners of a tannery and general store on Tanyard Street, Northport, Alabama

Dates: 1869-1880

Alabama Industrial and Scientific Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0038
Abstract

Materials relating to the organization, including: meeting minutes, account books, lists of members and officers, and other items.

Dates: 1890 - 1900

Alabama Labor Union Ledgers, 1888-1903

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4340
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two ledgers dated from 1888 to 1903 from the Birmingham-based United Machinists and Mechanical Engineers of America Local Lodge No. 7. The first ledger is dated from 1888- to 1891 and includes meeting minutes, officer reports, and propositions and resolutions with details of the resulting votes. The second ledger is a list of the local union’s members from 1888- to 1903.Both ledgers have worn cloth covers and fragile spines. Careful handling is...
Dates: 1888 - 1903

Albany-Decatur, Alabama, Concert Band Checkbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4073
Abstract

Checkbook and cancelled checks for the Albany-Decatur concert band, Arthur F. Dix, treasurer, as well as some hand-written notes referring to pages in an unidentified book or publication dealing with the "Soviet problem."

Dates: 1923

Allen and Jemison Hardware Company ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3193
Abstract

Two business ledgers of the Allen and Jemison Hardware Company of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1929 October - 1962 September

Belser and Harris legal firm financial records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1796
Abstract

A ledger recording the financial transactions of the central Alabama law firm of James Belser and Nathan Harris

Dates: 1846-1850

Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0145
Abstract

This collection contains much of the business correspondence and records of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company, including lists of stock holders, minutes of meetings, maps of mine sites, and correspondence with government entities.

Dates: 1886-1982

Bessemer Rolling Mills papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3479
Abstract

The accounting/cash book #3 of the Bessemer Rolling Mills.

Dates: 1890

Beta Gamma Sigma records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0146
Abstract

This collection contains an account book, receipts, and clippings pertaining to this national scholastic fraternity for commerce and business.

Dates: 1929-1944

Birmingham Coal and Coke Company shipping records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0160
Abstract

Ledger of shipping records including destinations, prices and kinds of coal, dates, etc.

Dates: 1920-1923

Birmingham Examiner financial records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0162
Abstract

Financial records ledger and checkbook from this Birmingham, Alabama, newspaper

Dates: 1963-1964

Richard Branscomb and Lewis Branscomb papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0205
Abstract

Diary, travel journals, and account book of Richard Edwin Branscomb (1902-1980), Methodist Minister from Guin, Alabama, and Condensed Minute Book for Presiding Elders of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church belonging to Branscomb’s father, Lewis Capers Branscomb (1865-1930).

Dates: 1922-1935

Charity Sophia Rutland Brett commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0206
Abstract

Mid-nineteenth-century combination cookbook and scrapbook that includes a "Cure for Cancer," a "New broth for the sick," and a "remedy for cholera," among others.

Dates: 1851-1856

Brewster and Conley sales records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0075
Abstract

Contains the sales records from 1838 to 1846 of Brewster and Conley, a buggy and carriage manufacturing company located in antebellum Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1838 - 1846

Broadnax, Cleavland, and McKerrill account ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0213
Abstract

Ledger recording purchases by customers at this general store in Eutaw, Green County, Alabama.

Dates: 1866

Iveson L. Brookes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0214
Abstract

A large collection of letters to and from this Baptist clergyman, planter and southern sectionalist, including defenses of the South, Brookes's business transactions, and family matters.

Dates: 1811-1911; Majority of material found within 1825 - 1865

W. L. Bruce and Sons records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0223
Abstract

Ledgers and daybooks of this Catherine, Wilcox County, Alabama, country store, reflecting the economic and social conditions of this rural community from 1911 to 1936

Dates: 1911-1936

Andrew Caldcleugh account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0331
Abstract

A book containing miscellaneous accounts and receipts, 1778- c. 1811. The identifying label states that this is the account book for a sawmill. Many of the entries relate to lumber sales, but others do not, throwing doubt upon the attribution. The cover is inscribed "A Caldcleugh Mill April 28th 1803."

Dates: 1778 - circa 1811

Truman Capote papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0273
Abstract

Marie Rudisill cookbook galleys, recipes with Capote comments, John Morris account book, James Johnson account book and the manuscript for the Yellow Drum, a play adapted from a Capote novel.

Dates: 1839-1989

Coleman and Coleman mercantile records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0051
Abstract

Two ledgers documenting sales made at the Coleman, Hearst, and Company mercantile, also named Coleman and Coleman, located in Richmond, Alabama, in the 1860s.

Dates: 1861-1862

Coleman and Duke dry goods receipt book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0334
Abstract

A ledger from a dry goods store in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, containing receipts from various firms and individuals for monies received for accounts, shipping by steamer, etc.

Dates: 1853-1869

Confederate stores ledger for Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi

 Collection
Identifier: W-0014
Abstract

A handwritten ledger documenting the collection and distribution of foraged and purchased materials by Confederate officers at Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi.

Dates: 1862-1864

Dr. Edward Augustus Cook collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0354
Abstract

Collection contains materials relating mainly to Dr. Edward Augustus Cook’s medical practice in Kirk’s Grove, Cherokee County, Alabama including account ledgers, daybooks, register of births and deaths, correspondence, and a photograph.

Dates: 1882 - 1920

Cooper and Binford records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0355
Abstract

Two account books from 1848 and 1849.

Dates: 1848-1849

Creole Social Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0374
Abstract

Insurance policies on the club house, an account book from a Mobile, Alabama, apothecary with the club, and tickets for social events sponsored by this African-American social club.

Dates: 1878-1902

Dallas County, Alabama, Treasurer records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0391
Abstract

One ledger containing the treasurer’s records pertaining to taxes and other fines and fees paid in Dallas County, Alabama from 1868 to 1873.

Dates: 1868-1873

Daughters of the American Revolution. Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0397
Abstract

One photocopied and bound ledger, two ledgers and five loose leaf notebooks containing the minutes of the membership and board of the Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1901 to 1988.

Dates: 1901-1988

R. Aaron Dean Account Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4129
Abstract

Account ledger of R. Aaron Dean showing debits and credits charged to various individuals

Dates: 1892-1925

J. W. Dennis journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0427
Abstract

The accounts for a drug store in Carlowville, Dallas County, Alabama, 1867-68, including records of customers' purchases and amounts paid and owed.

Dates: 1867-1868

Dillard Family Ledgers

 Collection — Box: 4313.001
Identifier: MSS-4313
Scope and Contents Two account ledger books belonging to the Dillard family of Lovingston, Virginia, containing business and farming records, laborers and slaves’ specific activities, labor contracts, worker wages, and personal opinions from the Dillards on their workers and slaves between 1859-1888.The entries pertaining to labor contracts describe the terms of involuntary servitude placed upon African American workers in exchange for food, meals, and housing. Included in these entries are...
Dates: 1859 - 1888

Doy L. McCall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0942
Abstract

Typescript copy of an article on General Lafayette's visit to Alabama, subsequently published in the Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 17, nos. 1 and 2 (Spring/Summer 1955), pp. 33-77. The collection also contains carbon copies of the author's transcripts of original documents relating to Lafayette's visit.

Dates: 1955

J. M. Duncan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0456
Abstract

A collection of correspondence, financial papers, and artifacts belonging to this Blocton, Alabama, resident.

Dates: 1894-1932

Elliott and Carl Mill time book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0479
Abstract

A ledger of the Elliott and Carl Mill which records days and hours worked by employees as well as accounts and orders for lumber.

Dates: 1886 - 1891

Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0495
Abstract

A ledger detailing accounts of a dry goods store in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama between 1922 and 1924.

Dates: 1922-1924

Ezell Store ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0498
Abstract

Record book for store located in either Grove Hill, Clarke County, Alabama, or Mobile, Alabama.

Dates: 1879-1910

Ferdinand Masendorff financial notebook

 Collection
Identifier: W-0039
Abstract

Financial notebook includes lists of prices and shipping rates for items such as cotton, sugar, coffee and corn, as well as lists of currency exchange rates, United States cotton production rates, and Mobile cotton brokers.

Dates: 1849-1861

Francis Johnson Keene Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0798
Abstract

Ledger sheets of accounts recording the sale of lumber, flour, corn, and other commodities. The collection also contains poems written by and arithmetic exercises done by Frances Johnson Keene.

Dates: 1843 - 1855

Francis L. Constantine ledger and letter book

 Collection
Identifier: W-0045
Abstract

Journal includes ledger entries, transcriptions of letters, and recipes, as well as a few letters and newspaper clippings

Dates: 1866-1889

Furniture ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3506
Abstract

Unidentified ledger, ca. 1910 that lists a few pages of furniture and their worth

Dates: circa 1910

George H. Thompson plantation records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0073
Abstract

Ledger documenting the expenses of Russell County, Alabama, planter George H. Thompson.

Dates: 1855 - 1874

George O. Baker and Joseph M. Baker papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0066
Abstract

Correspondence, ledgers, and other papers of Selma, Alabama, businessmen, George O. Baker, his son, Joseph M. Baker, and their various companies and businesses.

Dates: 1886 - 1898

George W. Jones Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0777
Abstract

Account book probably kept by George Walter Jones. It includes several poems and speeches in the ledger.

Dates: 1880

Goodloe W. Malone account book

 Collection
Identifier: W-0020
Abstract

Ledger documenting the sale of materials such as molasses, coffee, and sugar, as well as the sale of slaves.

Dates: 1834-1839

Green Underwood Record Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1459
Abstract

Record book of Green Underwood in Dallas County, Alabama, lists information about cotton purchases and money due and owed to him. He lists how the money he has should be divided upon his death. He adds entries until his death in 1852; someone else made notes and entries until 1895.

Dates: 1843 - 1894

Alex Gunn ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0603
Abstract

Account and invoice ledgers of Alex Gunn's Thomasville, Clarke County, Alabama store from 1909 to 1914.

Dates: 1909-1914

A. B. Hanson records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0623
Abstract

Letterbook from 12 March to 15 May 1888, other correspondence and cases, a ledger labeled "pleadings" between 18 July 1888 to 26 February 1891 containing general correspondence and cases, and other miscellaneous material from 1888.

Dates: 1888-1891

Henry Tutwiler papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0081
Abstract

Contains three notebooks: an account book recording tuition payments at Greensboro Academy; a second account book documenting Henry Tutwiler's personal expenses; and a commonplace book containing book reviews, weather reports, and very brief entries about the Civil War.

Dates: 1862 - 1884

James Holt carpentry notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0693
Abstract

This collection consists of an account book created by this Montgomery, Alabama, carpenter, with notes and entries relating primarily to the purchase of construction items such as nails, plaster, boards, etc.

Dates: 1848

Isaiah Garrett Business Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4231
Abstract

A business ledger belonging to Isaiah Garrett (1812-1874)--a lawyer, politician, and plantation owner in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. The ledger contains entries on 326 pages, in which both Mr. Garrett’s legal practice and his plantation are covered.

Dates: 1838 - 1861

J. A. Montgomery business records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0068
Abstract

Correspondence, time book, and ledger of Birmingham, Alabama, industrialist J. A. Montgomery.

Dates: 1889 - 1898

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