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Day books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Barnabas Coffin daybooks

 Collection
Identifier: V013
Scope and Contents This collection includes 7 daybooks used by Barnabas Coffin for his general store located in Economy, Indiana (1848-1859). Three of the daybooks are from his partnerships with Daniel B. Robbins (volume 5) and Joseph R. Cain (volume 6 and 7).
Dates: 1848-1859

Bradford Warren collection

 Collection
Identifier: V322
Scope and Contents This collection includes 21 daybooks and ledgers used by Dr. Bradford Warren for his medical practice in Marshall, Indiana. The daybook entries range from 1927 to 1951 and the ledger entries range from 1911 to 1952. One ledger (volume 14) includes entries regarding his practice in Kentucky prior to his move to Indiana and the last ledger (volume 21) includes a 1959 receipt from the Marshall Feed and Grain Company that was sent to his widow, Marcella Warren.
Dates: 1911-1952, 1959

Chamberlain and Chase collection

 Collection
Identifier: V032
Scope and Contents This collection includes three personal account books kept by Moody Chamberlain (1811-1832) and several daybooks and account books used by the Chamberlain and Chase sawmill (1835-1862).
Dates: 1811-1862

Conley and Son general store account books

 Collection
Identifier: V321
Scope and Contents This collection includes 366 account books, daybooks and ledgers of the Conley and Son general store of Rosedale, Indiana with entries ranging from 1893 to 1975. The bulk of the collection consists of over 300 order books used by the store staff. Also included are a cash book, a receipt book, want books, incidental expense books, Rosedale National Bank Check books and record book, an old accounts book, bill ledgers, daybooks for receipts and expenditures, and goods sold ledgers. The receipts...
Dates: 1893-1975

David Commons daybook

 Collection — Volume V039
Identifier: V039
Scope and Contents This collection includes David Commons' daybook containing entries for a Centerville, Indiana general store ranging from 1848 to 1849. Due to the later use of the volume as a scrapbook, the bulk of the entries on pages 1 through 59 are obsured by newspaper clippings. The clippings include poems and articles regarding a variety of political and public interest stories (1868 and undated).
Dates: 1848-1849; 1868 and undated

Eugene, Indiana general store daysbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: V383
Scope and Contents This collection includes two daybooks with entries ranging from 1936 to 1837. Used by a general store that operated in Eugene, Indiana, the entries are a mixture of purchases of groceries, dry goods, and hardware and provide personal names of customers, price per item, and totals for all items in a column.
Dates: 1836-1837

Ewing family collection

 Collection
Identifier: V048
Scope and Contents This collection contains account books, daybooks, ledgers, and letter books of the Ewing family, particularly those used by brothers William Griffith (W.G.) and George Washington (G.W.) Ewing regarding their companies in Fort Wayne, Indiana, their fur trade business, and their trade with Native Americans (1829- 1865). The collection also includes a daybook, ledger, and three letter books used for G.W. Ewing’s estate (1866-1877).
Dates: 1829-1877

Frank S. Masters papers

 Collection
Identifier: L102
Scope and Contents This collection includes papers and ledgers from Frank S. Master's various businesses in Brookville, Indiana ranging from 1898 to 1952 regarding hardware and farm implement businesses, insurance and farm accounts and bank examinations.
Dates: circa 1900-1952

Grace E. Conway collection

 Collection
Identifier: L437
Scope and Contents This collection includes newspaper clippings, radio broadcast program scripts, and correspondence from Grace E. Conway in Indiana ranging from 1962 to 1970 regarding Conway's work in the media giving household advice and recognition.
Dates: 1962-1970

Harrison County collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1670
Scope and Contents This collection contains several items related to Harrison County, Indiana, including a daybook used by Cyrus Vigus of Corydon from 1826 to 1830; the Corydon Normal School roll book for 1878-1879; a cloth badge and button from the Indiana Centennial Celebration at Corydon in June 1916; a copy of "Cedar Farm...a Tribute," an essay written by Emma S. N. Carleton about the Kintner family dated May 29, 1919; and a one-page document about "Song Corydon" and the Earl Smith family copied by Lydia...
Dates: 1826-1962