Sweet Chalybeate Springs Records 1892-1916

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968

Summary

Creator:
W.M.E. Rachal
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The records of Sweet Chalybeate Springs, a summer resort in Alleghany County, Virginia, managed by B.F. Eakle, Jr., consist of ca. 4500 items (5 Hollinger boxes, 2 linear shelf feet), 1892-1916, and chiefly comprises ledgers and business correspondence pertaining to the resort.

The correspondence file of B.F. Eakle, Jr., 1895-1913, contains business letters and a few personal letters to Eakle. The correspondence of 1914-1915, also largely business, includes numerous letters to his children and friends.

The nine volumes of ledgers include check books issued by the Bank of Union, an inventory of goods with a record of miscellaneous charges, and day books showing petty disbursements, orders for horses, saddles, and buggies, and sales of candy, tobacco, and other small items. Another day book, a fragment of a single page evidently kept by B.O. Blackford, assistant manager, and George K. Anderson, Jr., clerk, shows miscellaneous charges for eggs, potatoes, plaster, and a spigot.

The collection also contains about 700 accounts and bills, 1900-1915, and undated, and some printed matter, including brochures advertising the Springs.

Acquisition information:
These records were given in 1935 to the Library by W.M.E. Rachal.
Physical location:
Physical description:
ca. 4500 items