vihart00480A Guide to the H. C. Pankey Ledgers, 1894-1901 SC 0382Tiffany ColeJames Madison University Libraries Special Collections

May 2024

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-23 07:02:03 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard James Madison University Libraries Special Collections H. C. Pankey ledgers Pankey, H. C. (Homer Cook), 1858-1908 Tim Abbott Americana SC 0382 /repositories/4/resources/758 0.69 cubic feet 3 boxes 1894-1901 Assorted bound volumes detailing the financials of H. C. Pankey's ice manufacturing and delivery business in Harrisonburg. English Access Restrictions

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[identification of item], [box #, folder #], H. C. Pankey Ledgers, 1894-1901, SC 0382, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

 Acquisition Information

Acquired from Tim Abbott Americana's March 2024 catalog of Virginia and African-American History.

 Biographical / Historical

H. C. Pankey (1858-1908) was a Harrisonburg businessman who manufactured and delivered ice and also ran a livery stable on W. Water St.

 Scope and Contents

Assorted bound volumes detailing the financials of H. C. Pankey's ice manufacturing and delivery business in Harrisonburg. Volumes include daily and weekly accounts of sales made to private individuals and businesses as well as money paid and received. The 1896-1898 account book includes customers with "Col" after their name perhaps indicating an African American customer.

 Related Materials

Pankey Business Ledgers, HRHS-217, Rocktown History, Dayton, Va.

 Account books Ledgers (account books) Daybooks Manufacturing industries -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History Ice -- Manufacture Merchants -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- Records and correspondence Account books -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg Business records -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History Tim Abbott Americana Daybook/repositories/4/archival_objects/301971894-189511Ledger/repositories/4/archival_objects/301991895-189612Daybook/repositories/4/archival_objects/302001895-1897OV 1Account book/repositories/4/archival_objects/301941896-189813Scope and Contents

Account of weekly ice sales.

Cash book/repositories/4/archival_objects/301961896-190021Account book/repositories/4/archival_objects/30198189714Scope and Contents

Account of weekly ice sales.

Account book/repositories/4/archival_objects/30195190122Scope and Contents

Account of weekly ice sales.