PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00910::George W. Palmore Papers)//EN" "ViU00910.sgm" A Guide to the George W. Palmore PapersPalmore, George W. 38-55Processed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Elizabeth SlombaFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 17, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00910::George W. Palmore Papers)//EN" "ViU00910.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the George W. Palmore Papers A Collection in the Special Collections Department 38-55

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Elizabeth Slomba Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #38-55 Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
George W. Palmore Papers 1858-1896 38-55 ca. 1500 items English Joseph W. Hazelgrove Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

 Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

 Preferred Citation

George W. Palmore Papers, Accession 38-55, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

These papers were given to the Library on January 9, l933 by Joseph W. Hazelgrove of Farmville, Virginia.

 Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Scope and Content

These papers consist of business and legal papers of George W. Palmoreof Cumberland County, Virginia, 1858-1896 and n.d., and contain ca. 1500 items (3 Holl. boxes, 1.5 linear feet). The business papers include accounts, business correspondence, promissory notes, and applications for merchant's licenses.

Many items pertain to his work as postmaster for Stony Point Mills, Cumberland County(ca. 1876-1881); as general state agent for "Cutter" Whiskey, manufactured by C.P. Moorman & Companyof Louisville, Kentucky(ca.1888-1893); and as the Richmondagent for Steinhardt Brothers Importers & Companyof New York(ca.1894-1896).

Items of interest among the business and legal papers include: the will of George William Palmore(November 7, 1863); a partial copy of the will of John R. Palmore(n.d.); G. W. Palmore's postmaster commission (May 26, 1876); a discussion of the differences in the manufacture of whiskey in the state of Kentucky(July 12, 1888); and a map of the townsite property of the Farmville Coal and Iron Company(1891).

Other items in the collection include: three bound volumes (1890-1895), the journal and bank books of George W. Palmore; a memoriam for Dr. Charles R. Palmore(1882) and a Judge Dabney of Powhatan County (n.d.); and registration lists for "colored" and white voters of Madisontownship (May 3-10, 1870).

 Container List Business and Legal Papers 1858-1874 Box 1 Business and Legal Papers 1875-1876 Box 1 Business and Legal Papers 1877-1880 Box 1 Business and Legal Papers 1881-1884 Box 1 Business and Legal Papers 1885-1888 Box 1 Business and Legal Papers 1889 Box 1 Business and Legal Papers 1890 Jan-Jun Box 1 Business and Legal Papers 1890 Jul-Dec Box 1 Business and Legal Papers 1891 Jan-Jun Box 2 Business and Legal Papers 1891 Jul-Sep Box 2 Business and Legal Papers 1891 Oct-Dec Box 2 Business and Legal Papers 1892 Jan-Mar Box 2 Business and Legal Papers 1892 Apr-Jul Box 2 Business and Legal Papers 1892 Aug-Dec Box 2 Business and Legal Papers 1893 Jan-Jun Box 2 Business and Legal Papers 1893 Jul-Dec Box 3 Business and Legal Papers 1894 Jan-Mar Box 3 Business and Legal Papers 1894 Apr-Jun Box 3 Business and Legal Papers 1894 Jul-Sep Box 3 Business and Legal Papers 1894 Oct-Dec Box 3 Business and Legal Papers 1895-1896 Box 3 Business and Legal Papers n.d. Box 3 3 Bound Volumes, Journal and Bank Books of George W. Palmore 1890-1895 Box 3 "In Memoriams" for Dr.Charles R. Palmore and Judge Dabney of Powhatan County 1882 & n.d. Box 3 Registration Lists for "Colored" and White Voters of the Madison Township 1870 Box 3