Title:: Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers 1944-1968

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1.00
Creator:
arrangement
Abstract:
This collection contains nine volumes of Ernest Stuart Elsea's business records dating from 1944 to 1968. The ledgers detail the accounts for Elsea's business which operated under the following names: Elsea's Esso Station, Stuart's Service Station, Stuart's Esso Station, and Elsea's Esso Garage. Elsea's station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. The station also provided an automobile repair service.
Language:
The papers are in: English
Preferred citation:

Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains nine volumes of Ernest Stuart Elsea's business records dating from 1944 to 1968. The ledgers detail the accounts for Elsea's business which operated under the following names: Elsea's Esso Station, Stuart's Service Station, Stuart's Esso Station, and Elsea's Esso Garage. Elsea's station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. The station also provided an automobile repair service.

Station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. Station provided automobile repair service. Ledger lists names of customers, items bought/services performed and prices. Daily entries list cash sales service, cash sales store, charges service and charges store.

Ledger begins with table of contents for various supplier accounts. Ledger details accounts with various suppliers such as Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, Esso, Valley Service Station, Goodyear, etc.

Station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. Station provided automobile repair service. Ledger begins with table of contents for various accounts. Accounts detail items bought/services provided and corresponding prices.

Station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. Ledger begins with table of contents for supplier and customer accounts. Account details items bought and corresponding prices.

Ledger lists costs such as number of gallons per month and amount paid, rent due and amount paid per month, debit and credit per month, monthly labor costs, etc.

Station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. Station provided automobile repair service. Ledger begins with table of contents for various accounts. Accounts detail items bought/services provided and corresponding prices.

Ledger begins with table of contents for accounts. Accounts detail items bought/services provided and corresponding prices.

Station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. Station provided automobile repair service. Accounts in ledger detail items bought/services provided and corresponding prices.

Garage sold auto parts and provided automobile repair service. Ledger details services provided/items bought and corresponding prices.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.
Physical description:
9 vols.