Greer Family Business 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
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Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Greer Family Business Ledgers, 1890-1952, Ms2024-049, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
2.6 Cubic Feet 7 boxes
Abstract:
The Greer Family Buisness Ledgers is a collection of ledgers from 1890-1952. The ledgers detail both personal expenses, their various buisnesses and expenses, and purchases from customers. The ledgers also include correspondence, reciepts, and newspaper clippings within the pages. The Greer businesses included livestick and lumber.
Language:
The materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Greer Family Business Ledgers, 1890-1952, Ms2024-049, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Greer Family Buisness Ledgers is a collection of ledgers from 1890-1952. The ledgers detail both personal expenses, their various buisnesses and expenses, and purchases from customers. The ledgers also include correspondence, reciepts, and newspaper clippings within the pages. The Greer businesses included livestick and lumber.

Biographical / historical:

S.M. Greer (1851-1922) was a resident of Grant, Grayson County, Virginia and ran a livestock business called S.M. Greer and Son. He was married to Cynthia Matilda Parks Greer (1856-1939) and their children include Charles, Flossie, Mayme, Jettie, and William. His son, Charles P. Greer, sometimes listed as "Chas P. Greer" in the ledgers, was also a resident of Grayson County, Virginia and later Roanoke, Virginia. He was married to Sue Emma Weatherly Greer and their children include Mary, Charles, Edith, and Mildred. He is also implied to have ran a buisness.

External Sources:

"Shadrach Marshall Greer", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146279055/shadrach_marshall_greer, accessed April 19, 2024.

"Charles Parks Greer", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83061084/charles_parks_greer, accessed April 19, 2024.

"Charles Parks Greer" in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/33920349:6482, accessed April 19, 2024.

"Greer Family Papers", appstate-specoll.lyrasistechnology.org, https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/371, accessed April 19, 2024.

U.S. Federal Census, 1930, 1950.

Acquisition information:
The Greer Family Business Ledgers were acquired by Special Collections and University Archives before 2012.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Greer Family Business Ledgers was completed in April 2024.

Arrangement:

The materials in this collection are arranged by size.