William W. Gardner Daybook

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], William W. Gardner Daybook, Ms1940-011, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Gardner, William W.
Abstract:
This collection includes the daybook of William W. Gardner, a general store merchant in Lafayette (Montgomery County), Virginia, and containing customer names, goods purchased, and prices paid.
Language:
The materials in this collection are in English
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], William W. Gardner Daybook, Ms1940-011, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a single daybook maintained by William W. Gardner, a general store merchant in Lafayette (Montgomery County), Virginia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For each transaction, the volume provides date, customer name, goods purchased, and prices paid. The entries cover a seven-week period, beginning with July 29, 1918.

Biographical / historical:

According to Virginia's Montgomery County, W. W. Gardner operated a store in the county's Lafayette community during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The 1880 census lists a 7-year-old William W. Gardner living in the Montgomery County home of his father, miller William H. Gardner. The 1920 census includes a 48-year-old retail merchant named Walter [sic] W. Gardner living in Montgomery County's Alleghany District with 38-year-old wife Nora E. Gardner and a five-year-old son named W. J. Cannon Gardner. All had been born in Virginia, with parents born in Virginia. A 58-year-old retail merchant named William W. Gardner is recorded by the 1930 census, living in Alleghany District with wife Nora and son William J. C. No further record could be located.

Acquisition information:
The William W. Gardner Daybook was donated to the University Libraries in 1939 or 1940 and transferred to Special Collections and University Archives in 1955.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the William W. Gardner Daybook commenced and was completed in March, 2011. The item had originally been cataloged as the W. W. Gardener Account Book, but research and examination suggested a revision in the title. The item was apparently rebound upon its acquisition by the library and bears the embossed title "W. W. Gardener, La Fayette Virginia, 1918." Initial description was completed in or prior to May 1970.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard