James Glen Walthall Daybook, 1906

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Dr.
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 26041-9001
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Phone: (540) 231-6308
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], James Glen Walthall Daybook, Ms1940-030, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Walthall, James Glen, 1872-1949
Language:
The materials in this collection are in English.
Abstract:
The James Glen Walthall Daybook details a Montgomery County, Virginia general mercantile business, recording customer names, goods purchased, and prices paid.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], James Glen Walthall Daybook, Ms1940-030, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a single daybook maintained by James Glen Walthall, proprietor of a general mercantile business in Lafayette (Montgomery County), Virginia, during the early 20th century. The book contains entries listing dates of transactions, customer names, goods purchased, and prices paid. The entries commence with October 25 and end on November 23. The year is unknown but estimated to be around 1906.

Biographical / historical:

James Glen Walthall was born in Virginia on December 16, 1872. The 1900 census lists a 27-year-old Glenn Walthall living in the Alleghany District of Montgomery County, Virginia, and employed as a railroad laborer. Also listed is Walthall's wife of five years, 29-year-old Allie Walthall, and a son named Frederick. The 1920 census describes Glen J. Walthall as a 47-year-old traveling salesman, still living in Alleghany District, with wife Nellie, 49, and children Reginald and Lillian. Walthall is listed as a grocer in the 1911 Virginia Business Directory and Gazetteer and under general stores for Lafayette in the 1906 edition. James Glen Walthall died on October 3, 1949, and is buried at Lafayette Cemetery in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
The James Glen Walthall Daybook was donated to the university in 1939 or 1940 and transferred to Special Collections and University Archives in 1955.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the James Glen Walthall Daybook commenced and was completed in March 2011. Initial description was completed in or prior to May 1970.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard