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This collection is stored off-site. At least 48 hours advanced notice is required for retrieval. Account books and other business records of P. D. Gwaltney & Co., a ham packing plant in Smithfield, Virginia. Dating from approximately the 1870s to 1940s, the collection includes 426 manuscript account books, 8 printed volumes and 37 record cartons of invoices, banking and packing slips, contracts and some correspondence.

Contains accounts receivable probably due G. P. Agee, administrator of the estate of W. C. Agee of Buckingham County, Va. Also includes copies of letters written by Francis West.

Account book, 1874-1902, of John W. Hopewell, wagonmaker, of Mt. Solon, Virginia. Includes a plat of land for a sawmill by John George, North River (Augusta County, Virginia).

Account book, 1888-1903, of the Reverend John Wesley Glover, a Methodist Minister of Riverside, Pennsylvania. Included is a listing of the 500 books in his library, indicating price, author and date of purchase. Also included are accounts for his travels as a preacher, Sunday school collections and other items related to his ministry.

Account book, 1872-1890, of Joseph B. Melborn, carpenter.

Account book, 1874-1891, of Gainer Rodgers (b. circa 1850), most likely of Collins, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Most entries are for sales of butter, eggs, chicken and meat and customers are listed for the most part by last name only. The majority of the entries is for 1874 and later entries include daily accounts for agricultural and road work of several individuals.

Ledger, 1853-1899, for lumber cut at Valley Mills, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Va. including accounts of Daniel Stickley and family for corn and pork.

Collection of diaries, ledgers, letters, and photographs from Ezra Monroe Minnick and his father William Arehart.

Account book, 1876-1906, containing dues of members of Worthington Smith Lodge of Masons, No. 46, Mt. Solon, Augusta County, Va.

Account book, 1852-1856, of an unknown merchant, of Amelia County, Va. which includes account, 1872-1873; several reports of William R. Dunnavant, county superintendent of roads and bridges; copies of deeds, 1899-1903; a blueprint of a steel truss bridge; and loose papers.