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Account books -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

A.J. Martin Hardware Company records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS877
Scope and Content

This collection contains seven journals/ledgers and three trial balance books. The journals/ledgers give a detailed account of the items that A.J. Martin Hardware Company carried and what they paid for them.

Dates: 1895-1909, undated

Alma Gilreath cash book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS915f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a cash book kept by employee Alma Gilreath Edwards, which details haircut appointments and their cost from Boyd's Beauty Shoppe in Atlanta, Georgia. Edwards may have been affiliated with the Florence Crittenton Home for Unwed Mothers.

Dates: 1952-1953

Atlantic Steel Company Records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS929
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection consists of the administrative, financial, legal, and marketing records of the Atlantic Steel Company. Included are minutes for the Board of Directors, the Atlantic Building Systems, Inc. and Dixisteel Buildings, Inc. Boards and other groups. The records also include audit reports, annual reports, land records, catalogs and sales notebooks, contracts, leases, agreements, tax certificates, and insurance policies. The collection contains the records of the Corporate Public...
Dates: 1836-2000, undated Bulk: 1901-1982

Cable Piano Company of Atlanta financial records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS350
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of financial records generated by the Cable Piano Company. Included in the collection are sales and purchase ledgers, sales report book, and account book.

Dates: 1959-1971

Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. Records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS591
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection consists primarily of the records of Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. The collection includes a small amount of material (1929-1952) from predecessor organizations: Central Atlanta Improvement Association, Greater Atlanta for Annexation, Inc, and the Central Marietta Street Association. The collection also includes early correspondence regarding the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad and the construction of viaducts and bridges in downtown Atlanta in the 1920s and...
Dates: 1924-1994, undated

Central Presbyterian Church records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS354
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of the records created by the Central Presbyterian Church. Included in the records are minutes, church histories, photographs, and programs.

Dates: 1858-1969

Charles Watts Broom Factory ledger

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS323
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a single ledger. Although mostly undated, a few pages are dated 1888, 1889 and 1891. The ledger contains information pertaining to customers accounts from all over Georgia and deposits for the company.

Dates: 1888-1891, undated

Crockett Lumber Company Ledger Book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS81f
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection consists of a ledger used to track the monthly expenses of the Crockett Lumber Company from November 1910 to January 1914. The ledger illustrates transactions with companies such as Barfield Lumber Company, Fort Wayne Lumber Company, J.R Bennett and Sons, Woodbury Ply Mills, W.O.B. Carter and Son, Sanders Lumber Company, Capital City Club, AJ Moss, and George Miller Lumber Company.

Dates: 1910-1914

Dr. Reid McCarty ledger

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS861f
Scope and Content

This collection contains Reid McCarty's business ledger. In the front half of the ledger, McCarty documented income received from patients, business partners, and Emory University. In the back of the ledger, he kept tables for incoming and outgoing funds, loan repayments, and monthly bank balances.

Dates: 1936-1941, undated

DuBose family collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates: 1782-2001, undated

George Aristides Poulos papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS850
Scope and Content

This collection contains four financial ledgers of Poulos Soda Company and the successor business as well as the business license and other related records. Included are sales, purchases, and salaries with amounts in dollars. Column headings are in Greek.

Dates: 1911-1960

H. L. Culberson ledger

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS579f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a ledger (cash book) belonging to H.L. Culberson showing amounts paid out for general household and living expenses. Included are the dates, the items, and the cost. Each month is tallied separately. The latter part of the book ca. 1906 contains the records of Culberson & Johnson and shows individuals' names in legal matters.

Dates: 1898-1924

Henry Louis DeGive papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS901
Scope and Content

This collection contains one ledger sized address book and one accounting ledger having belonged to Henry Louis DeGive. The accounting ledger contains information on household expenses, taxes, bonds, dividends, and the estate of Laurent DeGive. The loose materials have been placed in a folder stored with the ledgers.

Dates: 1919-1943, undated

Holcomb Oil Company service station account book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS58f
Scope and Content

This is an account book of a Holcomb Oil Company service station located at 27 Houston Street in Atlanta, Georgia. It contains entries of customer names organized alphabetically by customer last name and includes lists of items purchased such as gasoline, oil, candy, and other consumables.

Dates: 1926-1927

Lewis H. Cottongim Seed Company records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS905f
Scope and Content This collection contains an account book providing a history of business and personal finances of Lewis Cottongim and other family members. The book includes lists of seeds sold, income, land sales, rental payments received, records of taxes paid, and other expenses. Also a part of the collection is correspondence between Lewis and his cousin Jack Steely, a realtor in St. Petersburg, Florida, regarding property ownership. Of special interest are details of vegetable and flower seed varieties...
Dates: 1931-1963

Nunnally Company ledger

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS876
Scope and Content

This collection consists of one ledger, titled "Transfer Ledger Purchase and Private," dated 1904-1909, with the transactions listed under the names of companies and individuals.

Dates: 1904-1909

Rhodes Furniture Company records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS430
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of the business records for the Rhodes Furniture Company. Included in the collection are financial records, acquisition papers, correspondence, ledgers, and cash books. There are also pension plan and tax return records.

Dates: 1900-1965, undated

Thomas Maguire papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS145
Scope and Content The majority of the Thomas Maguire papers revolves around plantation records from 1834 to 1876. There are two ledgers Maguire kept from 1834-1838, and 1838-1839 with chronological lists of purchases of various quantities of supplies. An account book from 1883 to 1884 contains similar information. A third account book belonged to John E. and James H.C. and recorded shipments of goods in rleation to their mill from 1879-1890. Another account book from 1850 is almost completely in short hand....
Dates: 1829-1949, undated

William Horace McEver papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS882f
Scope and Content

The collection includes financial statements, checkbooks, and a music book. The financial statements detail items such as dental procedures, clothing costs, and Westminster tuition among other items. The music book contains fight songs played by university marching bands.

Dates: 1939-1963, undated