Simmons Lumber Company Business Records, 1903-1906

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Simmons Lumber Company Business Records, 1903-1906. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Simmons Lumber Company Business Records, 1903-1906. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Records, 1903-1906, of Simmons Lumber Company include a time book and payroll book, a ledger, and a check register.

Time book and payroll book, 1903-1906, records bi-weekly wages paid by Simmons Lumber Company to its employees. Information found in each entry includes name of employee, hours worked per day, wage rate per day, and total amount of wage.

Ledger, 1904-1906, records chronologically the payments made by Simmons Lumber Company such as freight expenses, wages, operating expenses, and supplies.

Check register, 1906, contains the stubs of checks written by Simmons Lumber Company. Information recorded on stubs include the check number, date check was written, name of person or company to whom the check was written, and amount of check.

Biographical / historical:

Simmons Lumber Company was a hardwood manufacturer that produced carriages, wagons, cart bent rims, spokes, and telloes. The company conducted business during the early twentieth century in Edinburg, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Shenandoah County.
Physical description:
3 vol. (579 p.)