vihart00024A Guide to the Shenandoah Miscellaneous Ledgers, Minute Books, and Registers, 1804-1933 SC 0079Christina BolgianoJames Madison University Libraries Special Collections

2008

820 Madison DriveMSC 1706Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807Telephone: (540) 568-3612library-special@jmu.eduURL:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-08 07:05:17 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2013-11-21Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl.2017Collection renumbered.2020-03-30Minor revisions to finding aid. James Madison University Libraries Special Collections Shenandoah Valley miscellaneous ledgers, minute books, and registers Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society SC 0079 /repositories/4/resources/239 5.17 cubic feet 10 boxes 41 ledgers 1804-1933 The Shenandoah Valley Miscellaneous Ledgers, Minute Books, and Registers, 1804-1933, are comprised of an assortment of bound record books from various organizations and individuals, documenting a variety of agricultural, social, commercial, and educational endeavors in Harrisonburg and surrounding counties in the 19th and 20th centuries. English Access Restrictions

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This collection is owned by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. Written permission to quote or publish any part of this collection must be obtained through Carrier Library Special Collections on behalf of the Society. The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], Shenandoah Valley Miscellaneous Ledgers, Minute Books and Registers, 1804-1933, SC 0079, on deposit from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Va., housed in Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

The collection was place on deposit by contract with the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. The first five books were acquired in 1985; further additions were made in 1992 and 1995.

Provenance

This collection is an amalgamation of a number of business and personal ledgers, minute books, and registers that are owned by the Historical Society. The collection is representative of multiple donations to the Historical Society, and in turn, multiple deposits to JMU.

Processing Information

Books designated as flat by "FL" were rearranged in the summer of 2008 to maximize storage space. Books FL#1-12 are listed in the contents list below according to their physical arrangement. In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2005.

Historical Information

Book 1 is the contract book of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association (now called the Tri-State Tobacco Growers Association). The Association was founded in 1922 and acts as a marketing association for the two Carolinas and Virginia, including Rockingham County where attempts were made to grow tobacco in the 1920s. Book 2, an unidentified business ledger, 1856 to 1858, lists sales of brandy as well as other items and labor. Book 3 is representative of the Grottoes Investment Company, a real estate investment company founded in 1891 at Shendun (now known as Grottoes, Virginia). The Ashby Memorial Association was a Confederate veteran's organization founded in 1897 whose membership included those from the S.B. Gibbons Camp, the Turner Ashby Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Turner Ashby Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans. Book 4 includes the minutes of the Ashby Memorial Association from July 1897 to April 1898. Book 5 is the school register for Public White School No. Six. The school was one of several schools located in the Plains District of Rockingham County. Book 20 records the accounts of the Valley Turnpike Company. Incorporated in 1834, the company was one of several companies authorized to construct a number of toll roads, including the one from Staunton to Winchester. Book 21 has been transcribed and published as the Michael Baker Store Account Book; see Related Material.

Scope and Content

The Shenandoah Valley Miscellaneous Ledgers, Minute Books and Registers, 1804-1933, comprise an assortment of bound record books from various organizations and individuals, documenting a variety of agricultural, social, commercial, and educational endeavors in Harrisonburg and surrounding counties in the 19th and 20th centuries. Books 1-5 represent the first acquisition of the collection.

Arrangement

The collection was numerically arranged based on the order of accession. In the summer of 2008, the physical order of the books was changed to maximize storage space, however original numbering was retained. See the contents list below for the current physical arrangement.

Other Formats Available

Also available on microfilm, housed in Special Collections. Additional copies of the microfilm are owned by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society and the Library of Virginia.

Alternative Form Available

Also available on microfilm, Reels 1480-1485, at Special Collections of James Madison University and at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Confederate States of America -- History -- Societies, etc. Tobacco -- Cooperative Marketing -- Virginia -- Rockingham County Trust Companies -- Virginia -- Grottoes Schools -- Virginia -- Rockingham County United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc. -- Confederate Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Rockingham County (Va.) -- History Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History Ledgers (account books) Account books Minute books Daybooks Registers (lists) Business records Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Werner, John Kiser, George Kyle, David Kyle, Harvey Kyle, James Burkholder, John Habron, James Bushnell, William Tri-State Tobacco Growers Association Grottoes Investment Company (Va.) Ashby Memorial Association (Va.) Public White School # 6 (Plains School District) Valley Turnpike Company (Va.) Addison Munch Store (Seven Fountains, Va.) Seven Fountains Nursery (Va.) Bradley Foundry (Va.) Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, Contract Book (Book 1)Book 1/repositories/4/archival_objects/6951923-19241Scope and Content

Contains marketing and association agreements. Folder contains agreement, affidavit, and two letters.

Tri-State Tobacco Growers AssociationUnidentified business ledger (Book 2)Book 2/repositories/4/archival_objects/6961856-18581Scope and Content

List sales of brandy as well as other items and labor.

Grottoes Investment Company, Board of Directors Minutes (Book 3)Book 3/repositories/4/archival_objects/697April 1891-October 18921Ashby Memorial Association, Minutes (Book 4)Book 4/repositories/4/archival_objects/698July 1897-April 18981Public White School No. 6, Plains District, Rockingham County, School Register (Book 5)Book 5/repositories/4/archival_objects/699October 1888-April 18951Scope and Content

Lists pupils, subjects, attendance registers, and description of school house.

John Werner Ledger (Book 6)Book 6/repositories/4/archival_objects/7001868-18761Scope and Content

Mostly shoe repairs and manufacture

Unidentified Ledger (Book 7)Book 7/repositories/4/archival_objects/7011873-18901Scope and Content

Shoes, farm items and labor

James Bush Ledger (Book 8)Book 8/repositories/4/archival_objects/7021858-18672Scope and Content

Records agricultural labor and payment

George Kiser, Estate Accounts (Book 9)Book 9/repositories/4/archival_objects/7031895-18962David Kyle Ledger (Book 10)Book 10/repositories/4/archival_objects/7041868-18762Scope and Content

Includes livestock and other agricultural transactions

Harvey Kyle Ledger (Book 11)Book 11/repositories/4/archival_objects/7051837-18812Scope and Content

Lists visits and medicine, including to Negroes and later entries concern land, bonds, etc.

James Kyle, Account Book (Book 12)Book 12/repositories/4/archival_objects/7061840-18462Scope and Content

Lists various items from spices to furniture; back cover gives data on Kyle's moves around the Valley.

David Kyle, Estate Accounts (Book 13)Book 13/repositories/4/archival_objects/7071844-18682John Burkholder Ledger (Book 14)Book 14/repositories/4/archival_objects/7081862-18632Funkhauser Paul Ledger (Book 15)Book 15/repositories/4/archival_objects/7091861-18652Unidentified Ledger (Book 16)Book 16/repositories/4/archival_objects/7101819-18203Scope and Content

may be the daybook of a Harrisonburg general store

William Bushnell's Ledger; Carriage maker, Harrisonburg, Virginia (Book 17)Book 17/repositories/4/archival_objects/7111818-18263Peter Roller Ledger (Book 18)Book 18/repositories/4/archival_objects/7121833-18513Scope and Content

Ledger of agricultural & some dry goods.

Robert Gray Ledger (Book 19)Book 19/repositories/4/archival_objects/7131813-18363Ledger of Valley Turnpike County (Book 20)Book 20/repositories/4/archival_objects/7141886-19003Scope and Content

accounts, bonds, interest, repairs, expenses, and salaries.

Joseph and John Baker Daybook (Book 21)Book 21/repositories/4/archival_objects/7151804-18214Daybook of David Steele (Book 22)Book 22/repositories/4/archival_objects/7161843-18464Scope and Content

mostly food and wood

Giles Devier, Newspaper Subscription Ledger (Book 23)Book 23/repositories/4/archival_objects/7171879-18834Post Office Account Ledger (Book 24)Book 24/repositories/4/archival_objects/7181889-19114Cosby Mills Ledger (Book 25)Book 25/repositories/4/archival_objects/7191893-1894, 193019305Harrisonburg (Va.) Post Office, Custodian's Record Book (Book 26)Book 26/repositories/4/archival_objects/7201912-19335John C. Morrison Account Book (Book 27)Book 27/repositories/4/archival_objects/7211857-18665Unidentified, Account book and travel diary (Book 28)Book 28/repositories/4/archival_objects/7221818-18275Scope and Content

Partly in German

Singers Glen Council Minutes (Book 29)Book 29/repositories/4/archival_objects/7231894-19195Addison Munch Daybook, Seven Fountains, Virginia (Flat Book 6)Flat Book 6/repositories/4/archival_objects/7241876-18776Seven Fountains Nursery, Apple Book (Flat Book 8)Flat Book 8/repositories/4/archival_objects/72518806Scope and Content

Pictures of popular apple types.

Bradley Foundry Ledger (Flat Book 9)Flat Book 9/repositories/4/archival_objects/726Bradley Foundry (Va.)1856-18716Provenance

Per a typed note laid in the ledger: "This ledger was loaned to us by Schuyler Bradley. It belonged to his Great-Grandfather, who founded the Bradley Foundry on the Warm Springs Pike, which is now Old South High Street. The business was started in 1856."

Bradley Foundry (Va.)Samuel Bowman Ledger (Flat Book 1)Flat Book 1/repositories/4/archival_objects/7271818-18577Scope and Content

Sales, hauling, & odd jobs; receipts & orders associated with Bowman's Mill

James C. Bowman Ledger (Flat Book 2)Flat Book 2/repositories/4/archival_objects/7281831-18327Scope and Content

Bowman's Mill miscellaneous sales

Addison Munch Ledger (Flat Book 4)Flat Book 4/repositories/4/archival_objects/7291866-18687Scope and Content

Sales at the store of James Habron.

Addison Munch Daybook (Flat Book 5)Flat Book 5/repositories/4/archival_objects/73018758Scope and Content

Sales at the store of James Habron.

Addison Munch Daybook (Flat Book 7)Flat Book 7/repositories/4/archival_objects/7311880-18818Scope and Content

Seal of Addison Munch Dealer in Dry- Goods, Seven Fountains, VA, on the last page.

Unidentified Daybook (Flat Book 10)Flat Book 10/repositories/4/archival_objects/7321852-19078Scope and Content

tobacco, grain, etc., McGaheysville.

Unidentified Account Book (Flat Book 11)Flat Book 11/repositories/4/archival_objects/73318559Scope and Content

miscellaneous

Unidentified Account Book (Flat Book 12)Flat Book 12/repositories/4/archival_objects/7341856-18579Scope and Content

miscellaneous items, Lacey Spring.

Rawley Springs Guest Register (Flat Book 3)Flat Book 3/repositories/4/archival_objects/7351889-1892OV 1Rawley Springs (Resort)Microfilm/repositories/4/archival_objects/27168Microfilm reel 1480/repositories/4/archival_objects/27169MR 1480Scope and Contents