C. B. Anderson Records
Scope and Content
This collection contains the records of C. B. [Charles Blanton?] Anderson, a general store owner in Newbern (Pulaski County), Virginia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection includes a business journal, containing information about accounts, together with copies of Anderson's correspondence. Also included are three account books, containing details on the store's credits and debits. (Within the ledger for 1884-1890 are miscellaneous sketches and writings.) Completing the collection are two notes which were found in the ledger for 1897-1901. The records have value to those interested in local history and genealogy in Pulaski County at the turn of the 20th century.
Dates
- Creation: 1884 - 1910
Creator
- Anderson, C. B. (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the C. B. Anderson Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical/Historical Information
C. B. Anderson was a general store owner in Newbern (Pulaski County), Virginia. His records provide little further information regarding his personal life.
An obituary supplies the following information regarding Charles Blanton Anderson Sr., a resident of Newbern, to whom these items most likely belonged: The son of Joseph Larkin Anderson (a blacksmith) and Susan Rebecca Keffer Anderson, Charles Blanton Anderson Sr. was born in Pulaski County on January 14, 1857. Anderson married Stella Austin, and the couple had four children: Walter Anderson, C. B. Anderson Jr., Mrs. Frank M. Akers, and Stella Anderson. His obituary reports that Anderson was a graduate of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College's class of 1886, but no other record of his attendance could be found. Anderson died following a short illness from pneumonia on May 16, 1945.
Full Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Daybook, business journal, ledgers, and notes of C. B. [Charles Blanton?] Anderson, a general store owner in Newbern (Pulaski County), Virginia.
Arrangement
The records are arranged in a roughly chronological order as follows: business journal, large ledger, daybook, the two small ledgers, and finally two notes.
Acquisition Information
The C. B. Anderson Records were donated to the Special Collections in 1989.
General Physical Description note
1 container; 0.5 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement and description of the C. B. Anderson Records commenced in May 2005 and was completed in May 2005.
- Title
- A Guide to the C. B. Anderson Records 1884-1910
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Gilbert Borrego
- Date
- © 2005 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
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