Bureau County Coal Company Account Book

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
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Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Summary

Extent:
0.17 Linear Feet
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Account book, 1921-1922 of the Bureau County Coal Company, not Inc., of Sheffield, Illinois. Dialy entries record employees' names, pay and productivity for tasks such as mining, slack, entry coal, room coal, day work, entry driving, room turning and top expense.

The following information was provided by the seller: "Individual names being paid include Boswell, Hand and Son, King, Johnson, Shaw, Soderlund, Higgenfatten, and others. Towns near Sheffield include Geneseo, Princeton, Buda, Wyanet, Mineral, Neponset, Kewanee, Tiskilwa, Annawan, New Bedford, Hooppole, Atkinson and Hennepin."

Biographical / historical:

The Bureau County Coal Company, not Inc., was located in Sheffield, Illinois.

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Acquisition information:
Purchase.
Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally described in January 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.