Dr. Edwin A. Hering real estate ledger

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Handle gentley as binding loose with covers and spine detaching from text block and a few pages detached.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16505, Dr. Edwin A. Hering real estate ledger, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Summary

Extent:
.03 Cubic Feet 1 letter sized folder
Creator:
Hering, Edwin A., Dr.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16505, Dr. Edwin A. Hering real estate ledger, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the ledger of Edwin A. Herring of Harrisonburg, Virginia, recording his real estate holding and investments in Virginia including Waynesboro, Salem, and Harrisonburg. Approximately 26 pages have been filled out with manuscript, generally a few lines to a half page of text. Dr. Edwin A. Hering recording his real estate holdings and investments in Salem, Waynesboro, and Harrisonburg, Virginia. Nine pages relate to his owning of Blue Rock Farm, which he purchased from his father-in-law, Alex Hamilton for $78 an acre in 1875. Two additional pages of text record Hering's stock sales to a Baltimore bank, likely to fund the purchase. Another nine pages document Hering's investments in Basic City, a town in Augusta County that is today part of Waynesboro. Another page of content relates to Hering's purchase and management of the A Strealy property in Waynesboro, while the remaining five or so pages record Hering's investments in the Salem Development Company.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Caroliniana by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard