James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers,
Scope and Content
This collection consists of 2 ledgers, one from 1919-1920 and the other from 1932-1934. The ledgers contain purchases and payments from the patrons of a general store owned by James and Rosa Evans in the Pennington Gap--St. Charles area of Virginia. A receipt from the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was found in the 1919 ledger detailing the purchase of 15 boxes of tobacco including Yellow Jackets and Camels. Most debts were paid in cash with only a very few paying with checks. The 1932 ledger contained notes from patrons asking for the Evans to send them certain items, including a note from Pearl Haynes asking for "5 pairs of overhalls....and she would pay in a week or two." Products during this time were mainly necessities with fewer luxury items such as candy as opposed to the 1919 ledger.
Dates
- 1919 - 1934
Creator
- Evans, Rosa Belle Kirk, 1879-1970 (Person)
- Evans, James Ransom, 1874-1952 (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
James Ransom Evans was born in November 1874 in Lee County, Virginia. In 1900, he married Rosa Belle Kirk (also born in Lee County, in 1879. By 1919, the couple owned a general store in the Pennington Gap, Virginia, area, that they ran in to the 1930s. James died in 1952; Rosa died in 1970. Both James and Rosa are buried in Pennington Gap, Virginia.
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of 2 ledgers, one from 1919-1920 and the other from 1932-1934. The ledgers contain purchases and payments from the patrons of a general store owned by James and Rosa Evans in the Pennington Gap--St. Charles area of Virginia.
Arrangement
The ledgers are arranged chronologically.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to Special Collections in 2014.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers was completed in March 2015.
- Title
- James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers, 1919-1934
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Carolyn Meier and Kira A. Dietz
- Date
- 2015 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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