Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers
Scope and Content
This collection contains three financial ledgers maintained Dillon, Ellett & Company, a lime manufacturer at Indian Rock (Botetourt County), Virginia. The collection includes a daybook, a journal, and a ledger detailing the financial transactions of the company and its apparent successor, E. Dillon & Company. The volumes seem to track expenses as well as income, and at least one of the volumes may relate to a store associated with the company, rather than the lime plant. Included in the ledger is an 1886 letter from R. H. Staton of Lynchburg to Edward Dillon.
Dates
- 1871 - 1899
Creator
- Dillon, Ellett & Company (Organization)
- Edward Dillon and Co. (Botetourt County, Va.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.
Administrative History
Dillon, Ellett & Company seems to have had its beginnings in 1868, when Edward Dillon, with partners Ellett and Turpin, leased limestone quarries on the James River at Indian Rock (Botetourt County), Virginia. Dillon seems to have taken sole ownership in the company in the late 1870s; an 1880 Virginia business guide lists the company name as E. Dillon & Company. By 1890, the company was producing 65,000 barrels of lime per year (sold under the Indian Rock Lime brand name) for use in building, tanning, and farming. After the death of Edward Dillon in 1897, his sons Edward Jr. and Lucius seem to have assumed management of the company, operating under the name E. Dillon's Sons (or E. Dillon & Sons). A 1906 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway industrial guide called the company the oldest lime plant in Virginia. Today (2013), E. Dillon & Company continues operations at its quarry and manufacturing plants in Russellville, Virginia.
Extent
0.8 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains three financial ledgers (daybook, journal, and ledger) of Dillon, Ellett & Company (and its successor, E. Dillon & Company), a lime manufacturer in Botetourt County, Virginia.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by ledger type.
Source of Acquisition
The Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers wre purchased by Special Collections in 1986.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Dillon, Ellett and Company Ledgers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers commenced and was completed in June 2013.
- Title
- Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers, 1871-1899
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson, Archivist
- Date
- 2013 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu