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Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 220 Collections and/or Records:

Sawmill ledger

 Collection — Volume V382
Identifier: V382
Scope and Contents This collection includes a ledger used by a sawmill and lumber business located in Blackford County, Indiana. Ranging from 1882 to 1888, the entries record amounts of wood cut in feet, sometimes types of trees and woods, the uses to which the lumber was to put, and the amount charged for the use of the mill. Occasional references are made to services rendered. The collection also includes an 1887-1888 price list pamphlet from the Patent Metallic Weather Strip Company of New York that has...
Dates: 1882-1888

Schofield family account book

 Collection — Volume V386
Identifier: V386
Scope and Contents This collection includes an account book kept by members of the Schofield family of Marion County, Indiana containing entries dating from 1836 to 1868. The accounts kept in the book indicate the operation of a general store dealing primarily in groceries, dry goods, clothing, and occasional sales of hardware. It appears to have been a frequent practice for customers to work off their bills and when this occured, the hourly wage and hours worked were recorded. The account book also includes...
Dates: 1836-1868

Sharron Finch household account book

 Collection — Folder S1863
Identifier: S1863
Scope and Contents The collection includes two account books kept by Selma and Ella Finch for household expenses, dating from 1902 to 1911.
Dates: 1902-1911

Shrader and Weaver family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L316
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, receipts, legal documents, school papers, and other miscellaneous materials from the Shrader and Weaver families of Fayette, County Indiana, ranging from 1798 to 1923. Much of the correspondence is between family members and friends and relates weather conditions, crop prices, and family happenings. Also included are tax receipts, account books, land grants, indentures, stock certificates and other legal documents. Items of note are a 1798 Miami (Ohio)...
Dates: 1798-1923, undated

Slickville Tile Works collection

 Collection
Identifier: L439
Scope and Contents This collection includes business papers, receipts, photographs, newspaper clippings, ledgers and correspondence from Slickville Tile Works and government offices in Gaston and Muncie, Indiana, ranging from 1885 to 1935, regarding business and family matters.
Dates: 1883-1932, undated

Southport, Indiana general store account book

 Collection — Volume V389
Identifier: V389
Scope and Contents This collection includes an account book used by a general store located in Southport, Indiana. Ranging from September 6, 1853 to August 31, 1854, the entries record daily purchases of groceries, dry goods, clothing, hardware, and sundries. Though the store is not identified, the account book was most likely from George Tomlinson's establishment.
Dates: 1853-1854

Star City, Indiana elevator record books

 Collection — Volume V420
Identifier: V420
Scope and Contents This collection contains 54 record books kept by the Star City, Indiana elevator ranging from 1901 to 1952. The collection's volumes include a check register, account books, daybooks, and journals used to record corn, oats, rye, soybeam, and wheat. Other seeds, such as buckwheat, clover, and timothy, are also recorded in the oat, rye, and wheat books. The collection has one envelope containing the following loose items: a pocket-size memo book used to record corn records from 1950, a program...
Dates: 1901-1953

Straughn, Grant County account books

 Collection — Folder S2906
Identifier: S2906
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of two account books from an individual named Straughn (no first name) in Grant County, Indiana, ranging from 1887-1899 regarding personal notes on expenditures. The books were provided by the World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, New York, and contain many pages of medical problems and advice on treatment.
Dates: 1893-1898

The Indiana Weavers Guild collection

 Collection
Identifier: L569
Scope and Contents The collection contains mainly newsletters and correspondence from the Indiana Weavers Guild ranging from 1943 to 1992. Within the newsletters are instructions on how to create weaving patterns and designs. The newsletters also include weaving samples from members with information on how they were created. Also included are account ledgers, membership rolls, yearbooks, a History of the Guild (1943-1983), newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, woven ribbon and bookmarks, the President’s sash, meeting...
Dates: 1943-1992

Thomas Harrison papers

 Collection — Folder S3220
Identifier: S3220
Scope and Contents This collection includes a ledger book, correspondence, and papers from Dr. Thomas Henry Harrison in Indiana and the United States, ranging from April 1856 to May 1863. The ledger includes his work in Hillgrove and Gettysburg, Ohio (1856-1859) and Pine Village, Indiana (1859-1863). The ledger lists medicine, supplies, and services rendered to residents of the two counties. Two of the loose papers relate to settling the estate of Harrison.
Dates: 1856-1866