Michie Grocery Store Accounts Payable Ledger
Content Description
This collection contains a ledger book for Michie Grocery Company, Inc. of Charlottesville, Virginia. Michie Grocery was a wholesale grocer and "jobbers of foreign and domestic fruits." The ledger contains entries from June 21 to October 18, 1908. It includes receipts, statements, order memos, and handwritten calculations of expenses; many feature lithographed distributor and merchant titles on the stationary. Many of these distributors were headquartered in Richmond, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, and other Virginia cities. The ledger measures 11"X14" X3.5".
Dates
- Creation: 1908
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.44 Cubic Feet (1 over size flat box (small))
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was a gift from Friends of Esmont to the Small Special Collections Library at the University on 10 May 2023.
Subject
- Michie Grocery Company (Charlottesville, VA) (Organization)
- Title
- Michie Grocery Store Accounts Payable Ledger
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 2023-02-15
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States