Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers

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], Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers, Ms1986-011, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes
Creator:
Dillon, Ellett & Company and Edward Dillon and Co. (Botetourt County, Va.)
Abstract:
This collection contains three financial ledgers (daybook, journal, and ledger) of Dillon, Ellett & Company (and its successor, E. Dillon & Company), a lime manufacturer in Botetourt County, Virginia.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers, Ms1986-011, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains three financial ledgers maintained Dillon, Ellett & Company, a lime manufacturer at Indian Rock (Botetourt County), Virginia. The collection includes a daybook, a journal, and a ledger detailing the financial transactions of the company and its apparent successor, E. Dillon & Company. The volumes seem to track expenses as well as income, and at least one of the volumes may relate to a store associated with the company, rather than the lime plant. Included in the ledger is an 1886 letter from R. H. Staton of Lynchburg to Edward Dillon.

Biographical / historical:

Dillon, Ellett & Company seems to have had its beginnings in 1868, when Edward Dillon, with partners Ellett and Turpin, leased limestone quarries on the James River at Indian Rock (Botetourt County), Virginia. Dillon seems to have taken sole ownership in the company in the late 1870s; an 1880 Virginia business guide lists the company name as E. Dillon & Company. By 1890, the company was producing 65,000 barrels of lime per year (sold under the Indian Rock Lime brand name) for use in building, tanning, and farming. After the death of Edward Dillon in 1897, his sons Edward Jr. and Lucius seem to have assumed management of the company, operating under the name E. Dillon's Sons (or E. Dillon & Sons). A 1906 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway industrial guide called the company the oldest lime plant in Virginia. Today (2013), E. Dillon & Company continues operations at its quarry and manufacturing plants in Russellville, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
The Dillon, Ellett Company Ledgers wre purchased by Special Collections in 1986.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers commenced and was completed in June 2013.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by ledger type.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard