Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Elsea, Ernest Stuart, 1916-1964
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains nine volumes of Ernest Stuart Elsea's business records dating from 1944 to 1968. The ledgers detail the accounts for Elsea's business which operated under the following names: Elsea's Esso Station, Stuart's Service Station, Stuart's Esso Station, and Elsea's Esso Garage. Elsea's station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. The station also provided an automobile repair service. His garage was in Clarke County, Virginia near Boyce and in White Post, Virginia. Includes a "flashback" newspaper article about the opening of Stuart's Esso in 1927 in White Post, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Purchase
Physical description:
9 vols.