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Finding aid created by Peter Klicker, 2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers, 1944-1968 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2008.150

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2010 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers 1944-1968 01/Mss. Acc. 2008.150 1.00 9 vols. The papers are in: English 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. arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

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

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.

 Scope and Contents

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.

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Corporate Name: Esso Petroleum Company, ltd. Genre/Form of Material: Account books Business records Topical Term: Service stations Detailed Description of the Collection Elsea's Esso Station Account Book, May 22, 1944-January 27, 1945,

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.

 Elsea's Esso Station Account Book, November 20, 1944-July 12, 1945,

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.

 Stuart's Service Station Account Book, January 2, 1945-August 20, 1945,

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.

 Elsea's Esso Station Account Book, January 25, 1945-June 1, 1948,

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.

 Elsea's Esso Station Account Book, July 16, 1945-December 1947,

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.

 Stuart's Esso Station Account Book, January 15, 1946-September 3, 1947,

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.

 Stuart's Esso Station Account Book, March 1, 1947-January 1, 1949,

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

 Elsea's Esso Station, January 12, 1949-August 4, 1951,

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

 Elsea's Esso Garage Account Book, August 13, 1953-April 18, 1968,

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