Henniker Boot and Shoe Company Ledgers, 1873/1875

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Dr.
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 26041-9001
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Phone: (540) 231-6308
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], Henniker Boot and Shoe Company Ledgers, Ms1988-111, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.8 Cubic Feet 4 boxes
Creator:
Henniker Boot and Shoe Company (Henniker, N.H.)
Abstract:
This collection includes ledgers documenting the labor, production, sales and expenses of the Henniker Boot and Shoe Company of Henniker, New Hampshire, during the 1870s.
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], Henniker Boot and Shoe Company Ledgers, Ms1988-111, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains four ledgers documenting the business of the Henniker Boot and Shoe Company of Henniker, New Hampshire. The ledgers detail different aspects of the company's daily operations. One ledger records the number of days worked and shoes produced by individual employees, while a second ledger documents the wages paid to those employees. A third ledger seems to document the factory's daily output, listing date, quantity, and names of items produced. Lastly, a daybook records both the company's sales and expenses. (The daybook also contains entries for an unidentified business in 1893-1894. The transactions suggest that they were made by a wheelwright shop--perhaps that of James Wilkins and Denaiel E. Putney, mentioned in an 1880 history of the town.)

Biographical / historical:

The Henniker Boot and Shoe Company was founded in Henniker, New Hampshire in 1873. The company, which seems to have specialized in women's shoes, operated for only a short time before falling victim to the economic depression of the 1870s.

Acquisition information:
The Henniker Boot and Shoe Company Ledgers were purchased by Special Collections in 1988.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Henniker Boot and Shoe Company Ledgers commenced and was completed in December 2017.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Ledgers (account books)