A Guide to the Business Records of Pitts,
Hankin & Trundle/ J.L. Pitts & Company,
1890-1924 Pitts, Hankin & Trundle/ J.L. Pitts
& Company, Business Records 1890-1924
10985
Business Records of Pitts, Hankin & Trundle/ J.L.
Pitts & Company, 1890-1924, Accession # 10985, Special
Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,
Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
These records were given to the Library by Mrs. John
Randolph Phillips of Scottsville, Virginia, on October 23,
1990.
This collection consists of business records of the firms
of J.L. Pitts, Jr. & Brothers, Barber , Virginia (main
office in Scottsville, Virginia), General Contractors
specializing in highway construction, and Pitts, Hankin, and
Trundle, Railroad Contractors of Prestonsburg, Kentucky. These
papers contain ca. 600 accounts and receipts (2 Hollinger
boxes) and thirteen bound volumes, including the following
types of volumes: letterbook, daybook, ledger, journal,
payroll records, time book, and shipment records.
Payroll Records & Account Book (in a
Letter Press Copy Book)
1903-1904
Bound volume
Mentions the Lee District Sewer Contract, Big
Sandy Railway Company, Langhorne, Johnson & Col,
Johnson, Briggs & Pitts, Green Wells, and the
"Italian Payroll"
Time Book
1905-1906
Bound volume
Letter Press Copy Book, with index, of
business correspondence and some accounts
[ca.
1905-1908]
Bound volume
Daybook, Prestonburg, Kentucky, Big Sandy
Contract
1903-1904
Bound volume
Journal
1905-1909
Bound volume
Personal Ledger #4, with index, East
Point, Kentucky
1902-1903