James and Rosa Evans Store 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:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish material from James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers, Ms2015-009, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Evans, Rosa Belle Kirk, 1879-1970 and Evans, James Ransom, 1874-1952
Abstract:
This collection consists of 2 ledgers, one from 1919-1920 and the other from 1932-1934. The ledgers contain purchases and payments from the patrons of a general store owned by James and Rosa Evans in the Pennington Gap--St. Charles area of Virginia.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers, Ms2015-009, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of 2 ledgers, one from 1919-1920 and the other from 1932-1934. The ledgers contain purchases and payments from the patrons of a general store owned by James and Rosa Evans in the Pennington Gap--St. Charles area of Virginia. A receipt from the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was found in the 1919 ledger detailing the purchase of 15 boxes of tobacco including Yellow Jackets and Camels. Most debts were paid in cash with only a very few paying with checks. The 1932 ledger contained notes from patrons asking for the Evans to send them certain items, including a note from Pearl Haynes asking for "5 pairs of overhalls....and she would pay in a week or two." Products during this time were mainly necessities with fewer luxury items such as candy as opposed to the 1919 ledger.

Biographical / historical:

James Ransom Evans was born in November 1874 in Lee County, Virginia. In 1900, he married Rosa Belle Kirk (also born in Lee County, in 1879. By 1919, the couple owned a general store in the Pennington Gap, Virginia, area, that they ran in to the 1930s. James died in 1952; Rosa died in 1970. Both James and Rosa are buried in Pennington Gap, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated to Special Collections in 2014.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers was completed in March 2015.

Arrangement:

The ledgers are arranged chronologically.