Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16818, Michie Grocery Store Accounts Payable Ledger, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Friends of Esmont to the Small Special Collections Library at the University on 10 May 2023.

Content Description

This collection contains a ledger book for Michie Grocery Company, Inc. of Charlottesville, Virginia. Michie Grocery was a wholesale grocer and "jobbers of foreign and domestic fruits." The ledger contains entries from June 21 to October 18, 1908. It includes receipts, statements, order memos, and handwritten calculations of expenses; many feature lithographed distributor and merchant titles on the stationary. Many of these distributors were headquartered in Richmond, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, and other Virginia cities. The ledger measures 11"X14" X3.5".

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Charlottesville (Va.) -- History -- 20th century
• Ledgers (account books)
• Michie Grocery Company (Charlottesville, VA)