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Washington County, Kentucky - Merchants (Mss 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Washington County, Kentucky - Merchants (Mss 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 648. Account books for three general stores in Springfield, Kentucky. Two stores are identified: Cunningham & Nall Store and William Blackwell Store.
Helm Store Collection - Hardin County, Kentucky (Mss 65), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm Store Collection - Hardin County, Kentucky (Mss 65), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 65. Journal of sales from 1814 to 1816 of the Helm & Green store and an 1828 account book of the John B. Helm & Company, Hardin County, Kentucky. An 1842 promissory note and constable’s summons pertaining to a debt are also included.
Gunther, L. W., B. 1822? (Sc 3075), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gunther, L. W., B. 1822? (Sc 3075), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3075. Letter, 12 March 1848, of L. W. Gunther, Cadiz, Kentucky, to Charles H. Blake, Blandville, Kentucky. He refers to Blake taking delivery of goods from the steamboat Tennessee, reports correspondence from England and France concerning their stave business, and discusses the specifications for the English customer. He also makes reference to a “shipbuilding enterprise.”
Hays, Joseph Stephen, B. 1956 - Collector (Mss 510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hays, Joseph Stephen, B. 1956 - Collector (Mss 510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 510. Correspondence, business records, account books, and miscellaneous personal papers of members of the Allen, Barner, Savage and Mallory families of Edmonson, Hart and Warren counties in Kentucky.
Diddle, John A., 1863-1942 (Sc 1271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Diddle, John A., 1863-1942 (Sc 1271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection. General store account book, 1891, kept by John A. Diddle, Gradyville, Adair County, Kentucky. Also loose receipts, 1898-1903 of Diddle and J.J. Hunter that were in book and photos of store, which was also a post office.
Clagett, John Gay, 1818-1899 (Mss 481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clagett, John Gay, 1818-1899 (Mss 481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 481. Account book of John Gay Clagett, Rough Springs, Grayson County, Kentucky, primarily for sales of agricultural products. Includes business correspondence and loose items found therein.
Roark, Ethel Elizabeth (Stagner), 1913-1992 (Mss 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Roark, Ethel Elizabeth (Stagner), 1913-1992 (Mss 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 105. Miscellaneous papers collected by Ethel Roark, Franklin, Kentucky. Includes a World War II letter; personal letters (4); Knights of Pythias certificate; general store ledger with a 1929 inventory; 1954 letter promoting legal alcohol sales in Simpson County; and 1965 farm diary.
Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2636. Ledger for a grocery run by Nathan Bowman Stubblefield, Murray, Kentucky, which includes brief information related to the Stubblefield Wireless Telephone Company, 1904-1907. Also includes a letter and clipping providing background on Stubblefield.
Account Book - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Account Book - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2570. Merchant’s account book, which includes accounts for merchandise due from early residents of Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky such as Benjamin Hampton, Jacob Skiles, George Moore, Robert Lucas and Solomon P. Sharp.
B. Douglass And Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
B. Douglass And Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 497. Business letter, Louisville, Kentucky to customer of B. Douglass & Co., a mercantile agency, asking for information which will help the agency serve the merchants more efficiently.
Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Sc 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Sc 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 478. Photocopy of account book of John Hines, a general merchant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The original account book covered from 1828 to 1835, but was so fragile only a portion was
photocopied.
Warren County, Kentucky - Receipts (Sc 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Receipts (Sc 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 415. Miscellaneous receipts from Warren County, Kentucky: carding business, 1855-56, dry goods store receipt and inventory, 1860, 1872, grocery, 1871, and freight business, 1868-1869. Also memo to county attorney asking that pistol be returned to the lawful owner, 1875.
Cumberland County, Kentucky - Account Books And Papers (Mss 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cumberland County, Kentucky - Account Books And Papers (Mss 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 409. Account books and business papers for several businesses in Marrowbone, Cumberland County, Kentucky, including Bank of Marrowbone, 1902-1966, Norris & Gray general store, 1870-1874, and Pace & Davis Undertakers, 1895-1920. Also includes photocopies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws for the Bank of Marrowbone.
Tichenor, A. K. (Sc 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tichenor, A. K. (Sc 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 274. Record book of dry goods purchases in account with J. B. Dyer, a merchant at Sonora, Hardin County, Kentucky.
Tinsley, Alanson, 1816-1899 (Sc 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tinsley, Alanson, 1816-1899 (Sc 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 272. Account book, 1860-1861, of a general merchant at Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky.
Marshall & Cowherd - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Marshall & Cowherd - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 271. Account book, 1859-1862, of general merchants at Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky.
Smith, Zachariah Frederick, 1827-1911 (Sc 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Zachariah Frederick, 1827-1911 (Sc 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection. Letter book of a wholesale grocer in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes transactions of Lehman & Grafulla, merchants, and “Notes of Lehman, Rabold & Co.”
Stubbins & Lucas Pork House - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stubbins & Lucas Pork House - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 265. Account book of R. S. Griffith, clerk to Stubbins & Lucas pork merchants, at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes accounts of sales to river steamboats.
Fairleigh, William, 1797-1865 (Sc 264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fairleigh, William, 1797-1865 (Sc 264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 264. Account book, 1830-1835, of William Fairleigh, a general merchant at Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky. Also contains a list of fines collected as first clerk of Meade County and Circuit Courts.
Perringer & Wile - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perringer & Wile - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 304. Account book, 1857-1858, of general merchants at Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky.
Robertson, Smoot & Brown - Woodburn, Kentucky (Sc 307), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, Smoot & Brown - Woodburn, Kentucky (Sc 307), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 307. Two account books, 1860-1864, of Robertson, Smoot & Brown, general merchants at Woodburn, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes records of cash payments, credit accounts, and prescription accounts.
Account Books (Sc 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Account Books (Sc 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 303. Two account books, 1852-1855, of a general merchant, possibly at Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Account Books (Sc 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Account Books (Sc 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 303. Two account books, 1852-1855, of a general merchant, possibly at Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Mcgoodwin & Parks? - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcgoodwin & Parks? - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 302. Ledger of sales, 1896-1898, of a grocer at Bowling Green, Kentucky, possibly the firm of McGoodwin & Parks.
Hatfield, Samuel (Sc 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hatfield, Samuel (Sc 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 301. Account book, 1830-1873, of Samuel Hatfield, a general merchant in eastern Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes accounts of tobacco notes, tobacco, meal, and mules and pigs bought.
Davis, Robert (Sc 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Robert (Sc 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 300. Account book, 1846-1847, of the estate of Robert Davis, a merchant at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a list of notes and accounts due, and cash received from the sale of his goods and chattels, including slaves.
Coleman, James Pemberton, 1826-1888 (Sc 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coleman, James Pemberton, 1826-1888 (Sc 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 298. Account book of James P. Pendleton, a grocer at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes “List of cases in Police Court and my fees in same.”
Burnam, Tom L., 1830-1885 (Sc 299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Burnam, Tom L., 1830-1885 (Sc 299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 299. Book containing invoices, 1857-1858, rendered to Tom L. Burnam, a general merchant at Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Renick Account Books (Sc 296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Renick Account Books (Sc 296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 296. Account books, 1816-1821 and 1846-1885, of the Renick family, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, containing records of work done by a blacksmith for barter, with accounts noted in pounds and shillings; and of a general merchant, whose records include an estate appraisal; and miscellaneous notes.
Gatewood & Chapline (Sc 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gatewood & Chapline (Sc 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 294. Account book, 1806, of William Chapline and Williamson Gatewood, general merchants in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky.