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Bush, Elkanah Turner, 1832-1900 (Mss 667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2019

Bush, Elkanah Turner, 1832-1900 (Mss 667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scans of scrapbooks (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 667. Account book kept by Elkanah Turner Bush for a grocery/general store in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Subsequently the account book was used by John D. Read of Sumner County, Tennessee to record information about his Sumner County, Tennessee farm.


Account Books - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2019

Account Books - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 666. Two account books for mercantile establishments in Barren County, Kentucky. One, 1832-1833, contains accounts for what is believed to be a general store. The other, 1902-1903, is believed to be an account book for the South Kentucky Oil Company which was selling items such as coal, kerosene, cement, and other oil field products.


Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Mss 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2018

Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Mss 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 656. Collection of daybooks with daily entries of financial transactions for the Reynolds Brothers Store in Cave City, Kentucky. Books include daily sales at the store and include the purchaser’s name, items purchased and their prices.


Washington County, Kentucky - Merchants (Mss 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2018

Washington County, Kentucky - Merchants (Mss 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.


Point Pleasant Store - Ohio County, Kentucky (Mss 594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Point Pleasant Store - Ohio County, Kentucky (Mss 594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 594. Ledger books containing transactions from the Point Pleasant Store in Ohio County, Kentucky. Because of this store’s location on the Green River, ledgers also include information about shipment of tobacco from that site. Also includes wages for labor performed for the store owner.


Lester Lowe Grocery - Pondsville, Kentucky (Mss 589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2016

Lester Lowe Grocery - Pondsville, Kentucky (Mss 589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 589. Receipts, wholesale grocery ordering forms, correspondence and promotional material from the Lester Lowe Grocery, a small general store in Pondsville, Warren County, Kentucky.


J. W. Ford & Company - Hartford, Kentucky (Mss 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2016

J. W. Ford & Company - Hartford, Kentucky (Mss 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 595. Account books documenting the financial transactions of the J. W. Ford Company which operated several business interests in Ohio County, Kentucky. The chief industry documented in the account books is the Hartford Roller Mills, which was located near the Rough River in Hartford, Kentucky.


Smith Brothers Store - Russell County, Kentucky (Mss 585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Smith Brothers Store - Russell County, Kentucky (Mss 585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 585. Three account books from the Smith Brothers Stores located in Fonthill and Irvin’s Store, Russell County, Kentucky. Also includes some information about the estate of Robert Pierce Smith.


Edmonson County, Kentucky - Account Books (Mss 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Edmonson County, Kentucky - Account Books (Mss 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 550. Account book for H.E. James & Co., a general store, at Johnson's Mill, Edmonson County, Kentucky, and S.T. Brooks, a general store in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes two loose items removed from the Brooks ledger.


James Allison, Jr. And Company - Russellville, Kentucky (Mss 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

James Allison, Jr. And Company - Russellville, Kentucky (Mss 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 336. Day books, ledger, and invoice book of James Allison, Jr. and Company, operators of a general store at Russellville in Logan County, Kentucky.


James, George D., 1871-1940 (Sc 1770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

James, George D., 1871-1940 (Sc 1770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1770. Account book of George D. James's grocery store in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, 1914-1929, and copy of first bill he received when he opened the store in 1913.