This collection includes grocer ledgers and daybooks from John Beard ranging from 1874 to 1885 regarding business activities in Franklin, Indiana.

Collection includes promissory notes (Oct. 8, 1840, Mar. 6, 1871); tax receipts (1842-1855, 1872, 1880); real estate appraisements (1864, 1869, 1873); excise tax on slaughtered animals (1866); school paper (1873); letters (1864-1874) mentioning economic conditions, health conditions, and material on Ketcham and Heacock of Daviess County (Ind.); an account book of Richard Heacock's general store in Salem, Ohio, 1818-1836, a way bill of 1823; a military...

Thsi collection contains two payroll books created by the Indianapolis Union Railway Company from 1884 to 1894.

This account book for Angel's establishment reflects the business of a general store which dealt more in groceries than it did in non-grocery items. The 309 numbered pages give the date of entries at the top of each page and, within short entries, the name of the customer, the items purchased, prices of items, and sometimes a total amount.

This collection includes documents and photographs collected by Lois York, as well as her ancestors, regarding the history of Hendricks County, especially Coatesville where she lived. The Woman's Literary Club of Coatesville published their membership list and programs in little booklets from 1913 through 1964. Edith Sharp Ryner, Lois York's mother, was a long-time member. Rev. Cecil J. Sharp, a pastor and leader in religous education in the Christian...

This collection includes photocopies of an account book kept by Augustin Pursel of Spencer County, Indiana. The account book has two distinct writing styles, with entries written in cursive from 1846 and entries written in block lettering ranging from 1845 to 1853.

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...

The collection is composed of the papers of the Brookville and Metamora Hydraulic Company from 1836 to 1944. Documents relating to physical facilities are specifications for locks, canals, surveys, and plats (some blue prints) of canal property. Business papers include a charter, articles of association, stock certificates, minutes of the Brookville and Metamora Hydraulic Company, legal documents pertaining to a court action against the Big Four Railway...

This collection includes 39 daybooks from the Maurice Griffin and Company of Corydon, Indiana containing entries ranging from 1897 to 1983 and a few notations from 1986 regarding the closing of the business. Additional information regarding the weather and other noteworthy events, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor and the flood of 1943, were added to the volumes along with a few newpaper clippings. The collection also includes two ledger books used...

This collection includes an account book kept by a general store containing entries ranging from 1846 to 1851. Based on the names of customers and time period, it can be assumed that it is from a Russellville, Indiana store and most likely from Jacob Durham's merchantile. The collection also includes three newspapers clippings: "How to Preserve Grapes" from 1858, "Infallible Rules for Measuring Corn in the Crib" from 1859, and two poems, "To My Native...