G. C. Beard Business 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 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], G. C. Beard Business Records, 1898-1940, Ms2023-073, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
Abstract:
This collection contains 11 Ledgers with over 200 handwritten pages in each from G. C. Beard, a dealer in Fertilizers and Ground Phosphate Rock from 1907 to the 1940.. The ledgers are from New Hope, Virginia in Augusta County. This collection also includes cancelled checks and bank records.
Language:
The material in this collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], G. C. Beard Business Records, 1898-1940, Ms2023-073, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains 11 Ledgers with over 200 handwritten pages in each from G. C. Beard, a dealer in Fertilizers and Ground Phosphate Rock from 1907 to the 1940.. The ledgers are from New Hope, Virginia in Augusta County. This collection also includes cancelled checks and bank records.

Biographical / historical:

Gleaves Crockett Beard Jr. (1903-1955), was a dealter in fertilizer and ground phosophate in New Hope, Virginia. He is listed as a famer for himself and a clerk at Wilbergers Store in New Hope on his Draft Registration Card from 1942.

External sources:

"Gleaves Crockett Beard Jr.", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58867512/gleaves-crockett-beard, accessed on July 19, 2023.

"Gleaves Crockett Beard in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947", ancestrylibrary.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/10363226:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=12f6a7c177e9d13389482a4407e4227c&_phsrc=CUt4&_phstart=successSource, accessed on July 19, 2023.

Acquisition information:
The G. C. Beard Business Records was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in November 2014.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the G. C. Beard Business Records was completed in July 2023.

Arrangement:

The material in this collection is arranged chronologically and by material type.