William W. Gardner Daybook,
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of a single daybook maintained by William W. Gardner, a general store merchant in Lafayette (Montgomery County), Virginia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For each transaction, the volume provides date, customer name, goods purchased, and prices paid. The entries cover a seven-week period, beginning with July 29, 1918.
Dates
- Creation: 1918 - 1918
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the William W. Gardner Daybook must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
According to Virginia's Montgomery County, W. W. Gardner operated a store in the county's Lafayette community during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The 1880 census lists a 7-year-old William W. Gardner living in the Montgomery County home of his father, miller William H. Gardner. The 1920 census includes a 48-year-old retail merchant named Walter [sic] W. Gardner living in Montgomery County's Alleghany District with 38-year-old wife Nora E. Gardner and a five-year-old son named W. J. Cannon Gardner. All had been born in Virginia, with parents born in Virginia. A 58-year-old retail merchant named William W. Gardner is recorded by the 1930 census, living in Alleghany District with wife Nora and son William J. C. No further record could be located.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Daybook of general store merchant in Lafayette (Montgomery County), Virginia, containing customer names, goods purchased, and prices paid.
Acquisition Information
The William W. Gardner Daybook was acquired by Newman Library prior to 1941.
Physical Characteristics
0.1 cu. ft. 1 folder
Processing Information
The processing and description of the William W. Gardner Daybook commenced and was completed in March, 2011. The item had originally been cataloged as the W. W. Gardener Account Book, but research and examination suggested a revision in the title. The item was apparently rebound upon its acquisition by the library and bears the embossed title "W. W. Gardener, La Fayette Virginia, 1918."
- Title
- A Guide to the William W. Gardner Daybook, 1918
- Subtitle
- A collection in Special Collections.
- Author
- John M. Jackson
- Date
- ©2011 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu