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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], H. C. Pankey Ledgers, 1894-1901, SC 0382, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Acquired from Tim Abbott Americana's March 2024 catalog of Virginia and African-American History.

Biographical / Historical

H. C. Pankey (1858-1908) was a Harrisonburg businessman who manufactured and delivered ice and also ran a livery stable on W. Water St.

Scope and Contents

Assorted bound volumes detailing the financials of H. C. Pankey's ice manufacturing and delivery business in Harrisonburg. Volumes include daily and weekly accounts of sales made to private individuals and businesses as well as money paid and received. The 1896-1898 account book includes customers with "Col" after their name perhaps indicating an African American customer.

Related Material

Pankey Business Ledgers, HRHS-217, Rocktown History, Dayton, Va.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Manufacturing industries -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History
• Account books
• Account books -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg
• Business records -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg
• Daybooks
• Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History
• Ice -- Manufacture
• Ledgers (account books)
• Merchants -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- Records and correspondence