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The collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], G. C. Beard Business Records, 1898-1940, Ms2023-073, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The G. C. Beard Business Records was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in November 2014.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the G. C. Beard Business Records was completed in July 2023.
Gleaves Crockett Beard Jr. (1903-1955), was a dealter in fertilizer and ground phosophate in New Hope, Virginia. He is listed as a famer for himself and a clerk at Wilbergers Store in New Hope on his Draft Registration Card from 1942.
External sources:
"Gleaves Crockett Beard Jr.", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58867512/gleaves-crockett-beard , accessed on July 19, 2023.
"Gleaves Crockett Beard in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947", ancestrylibrary.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/10363226:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=12f6a7c177e9d13389482a4407e4227c&_phsrc=CUt4&_phstart=successSource , accessed on July 19, 2023.
This collection contains 11 Ledgers with over 200 handwritten pages in each from G. C. Beard, a dealer in Fertilizers and Ground Phosphate Rock from 1907 to the 1940.. The ledgers are from New Hope, Virginia in Augusta County. This collection also includes cancelled checks and bank records.
The material in this collection is arranged chronologically and by material type.
The guide to the G. C. Beard Business Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).