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ledgers (account books)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

A. J. Doak & Company ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 771
Abstract

Manuscript ledger for A. J. Doak & Co., a general mercantile store in St. Louis, Oregon, operated by Alexander Jackson Doak.

Dates: 1853

George Abernethy ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll812
Abstract

Three ledgers kept by George Abernethy from 1859 until his death in 1877. Abernethy was a businessman and served as provisional governor of Oregon from 1845 to 1849.

Dates: 1859-1877

Allen and Lewis records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 786
Abstract

Records of a mercantile firm in Portland, Oregon, that was founded by Cicero Hunt Lewis and Lucius H. Allen. The records date mainly from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and include financial ledgers, business correspondence, real estate and land records, contracts, stock certificates, and materials relating to the widening of West Burnside Street in downtown Portland, due to construction of the Burnside Bridge. The collection also includes papers relating to George Good.

Dates: 1853-1931

George H. Atkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1152
Abstract

Papers of an Oregon missionary, educator, scientist, and publicist who played a key role in establishing Oregon's public school system. Includes letters of George H. Atkinson and his wife, Nancy Bates Atkinson, as well as speeches, journals, and ephemera.

Dates: 1814-1953; Majority of material found within 1847-1878

William Barnhart papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss918
Abstract

Papers of a pioneer merchant of Portland, Oregon, including business letters of the early 1850s, mostly from San Francisco merchants, including Wells, Fargo, & Company, to W. C. Barnhart and Co.; and business account books, 1851-1854.

Dates: 1850-1878

Frank Brown account books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1679
Abstract

Two ledgers of a saloon operated by Frank Brown in Jacksonville, Oregon. The ledgers list bar tabs from 1854-1858.

Dates: 1854-1858

James M. Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 575
Abstract

Materials relating to James M. Brown (1844-1922), who emigrated to Silverton, Oregon, as a child in 1846, and to other members of Brown's family, particularly his son Percy L. Brown (1876-1934). Papers include correspondence, financial records, and ephemera, and much of the material deals with Percy L. Brown's educational, business, and social activities.

Dates: 1851-1925

John F. Calbreath papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1027
Abstract

Papers of John Franklin Calbreath, an Oregon physician and state senator, including family letters of Sidney and Mianda Smith, John U. Smith, and Irene Smith Calbreath; political letters from John H. Mitchell and George W. McBride; a copy of an 1839 overland journal of Sidney Smith; accounts and notebooks of John Franklin Calbreath; and biographical and genealogical materials.

Dates: 1839-1931

Lewis R. Cheadle family and J. R. Cheadle ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1011
Abstract

Ledgers kept by Lewis R. Cheadle (1864-1935), his brother in-law, Frederick Krieg (1867-1930), and J. R. Cheadle. Lewis R. Cheadle was a farmer who lived in Lebanon, Oregon, in Portland, Oregon, and in Roseburg, Oregon. In the early 1890s, he and his brother, George W. Cheadle, operated a grocery store in the Albina neighborhood of Portland. J. R. Cheadle's exact relationship to Lewis R. Cheadle is unknown.

Dates: 1886-1895

Corbett family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 592
Abstract

Correspondence, property and financial records, photographs, and ephemera of the Corbett family of Portland, Oregon, primarily the family of Henry L. Corbett (1881-1957) and Henry L. Corbett's brother Hamilton F. Corbett (1888-1966). Members of the family represented in this collection are descendants of Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903), an early emigrant to Oregon.

Dates: 1859-1979; Majority of material found within 1903-1979