C. B. Anderson Records

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], C. B. Anderson Records, Ms1989-083, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Anderson, C. B., of Newbern, Va.
Abstract:
This collection includes a daybook, business journal, ledgers, and notes of C. B. Anderson [Charles Blanton Anderson, Sr.?], a general store owner in Newbern (Pulaski 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], C. B. Anderson Records, Ms1989-083, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the records of C. B. Anderson [Charles Blanton Anderson, Sr.?], a general store owner in Newbern (Pulaski County), Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection includes a business journal, containing information about accounts, together with copies of Anderson's correspondence. Also included are three account books, containing details on the store's credits and debits. (Within the ledger for 1884-1890 are miscellaneous sketches and writings.) Completing the collection are two notes which were found in the ledger for 1897-1901. The records have value to those interested in local history and genealogy in Pulaski County at the turn of the 20th century.

Biographical / historical:

C. B. Anderson was a general store owner in Newbern (Pulaski County), Virginia. His records provide little further information regarding his personal life.

An obituary supplies the following information regarding Charles Blanton Anderson, Sr., a resident of Newbern, to whom these items most likely belonged: The son of Joseph Larkin Anderson (a blacksmith) and Susan Rebecca Keffer Anderson, Charles Blanton Anderson Sr. was born in Pulaski County on January 14, 1857. Anderson married Stella Austin, and the couple had four children: Walter Anderson, C. B. Anderson Jr., Mrs. Frank M. Akers, and Stella Anderson. His obituary reports that Anderson was a graduate of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College's class of 1886, but no other record of his attendance could be found. Anderson died following a short illness from pneumonia on May 16, 1945.

Acquisition information:
The C. B. Anderson Records were donated to the Special Collections in 1989.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement and description of the C. B. Anderson Records commenced in May 2005 and was completed in May 2005.

Arrangement:

The records are arranged in a roughly chronological order as follows: business journal, large ledger, daybook, the two small ledgers, and finally two notes.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard