Joseph F. Rodgers Business Records (MS221)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], Joseph F. Rodgers Business Records, MS221, Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Alexandria, Va.

Summary

Extent:
4.37 Cubic Feet 10 boxes
Creator:
Rodgers, Joseph F., 1853-1937
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], Joseph F. Rodgers Business Records, MS221, Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Alexandria, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of bills and receipts relating to Joseph Rodgers' contracting and personal business dealings in Old Town Alexandria. Examples include letterhead receipts from Weadon Brothers Hardware, Paints, Oils Glass and Guns; George Ayers...Dealer in Wheels; Isaac Eichberg Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods; Smoot Lumber; Curtin and Butts Alexandria Iron Works, and many other local businesses. Also includes building permits.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph F. Rodgers (December 27, 1853 - August 31, 1937) was a carpenter, builder and contractor in Alexandria in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, and his father's name was Lorenzo Rodgers. Joseph's wife's name was Willie, and they had children by the names of Raymond, Ruth and Nevelle.

The Rodgers lived at different addresses in Alexandria including 222 South Fairfax Street and 313 South Lee Street. The Fairfax address and 307 Prince Street were also listed as business addresses for Joseph Rodgers in Alexandria City Directories.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Robert McCaslin, March, 1990.
Physical description:
The materials were originally stored by impaling them on a steel hook for hanging. Patrons are to use the photocopies in Boxes 228-230 since the originals are brittle and in poor condition.
Rules or conventions:
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules