Timberville, Virginia, Automotive Repair Shop Ledger, 1924/1926

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
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], Timberville, Virginia, Automotive Repair Shop Ledger, Ms2008-017, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
This collection includes the accounts ledger for an unidentified automotive repair shop in Timberville, Virginia, containing customer names together with itemized charges for parts and services on repairs and maintenance.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Timberville, Virginia, Automotive Repair Shop Ledger, Ms2008-017, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the accounts ledger of an unidentified automotive repair shop in Timberville, Virginia, during the 1920s. The ledger contains customer names, together with itemized descriptions for parts and labor on automobile repair and maintenance, including fuel charges. Preceding the accounts is an index to customer names M-Z (the cover and index pages A-L are lacking).

Biographical / historical:

The 1917 edition of the Virginia Business Directory and Gazetteer lists only one auto shop in Timberville, a business owned by H. E. Brill. Whether the ledger held in this collection belonged to Brill's shop is unknown, and no further information is available at this time.

Acquisition information:
The Timberville, Virginia, Automotive Repair Shop Ledger was purchased by Special Collections in 2008.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement and description of the Timberville, Virginia, Automotive Repair Shop Ledger commenced and was completed in April 2008.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard