Ice Skate Company Account Book

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 to 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], Ice Skate Company Account Book, Ms1988-110, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
Account book maintained by A. W. & Co., a company engaged in selling ice skates to retailers in New York and New England during the mid-19th century.
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], Ice Skate Company Account Book, Ms1988-110, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a single account book maintained by A. W. & Co. (likely Alfred Woodham & Co.), a company selling ice skates to retailers in New York and New England in the mid-19th century. The accounting entries include name of purchaser, a description of items and quantities purchased, and prices.

Biographical / historical:

The detached spine of this account book includes an embossed label reading "A. W. & Co." Research reveals a company named "Alfred Woodham's (located at 424 Broadway, New York) selling sporting goods, including skates, during this time period, and the account book includes a page for Alfred Woodham. By 1868, Woodham was located on New York's Canal Street and was specializing in skates. Alfred Woodham, son of James and Maria Maverick Woodham, was born in Manhattan, New York, March 8, 1823. his obituary notes that he sold sporting goods in Manhattan for many years. He married Mary Cordelia Ruland, and the couple would have three children. Alfred Woodham died in Brooklyn, New York, February 19, 1906, and was buried in Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan.

Acquisition information:
The Ice Skate Company Account Book was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 1988.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Ice Skate Company Account Book commenced and was completed in May, 2021.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Account books