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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Timberville, Virginia, Automotive Repair Shop Ledger, Ms2008-017, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Timberville, Virginia, Automotive Repair Shop Ledger was purchased by Special Collections in 2008.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement and description of the Timberville, Virginia, Automotive Repair Shop Ledger commenced and was completed in April 2008.

Biographical Note

The 1917 edition of the Virginia Business Directory and Gazetteer lists only one auto shop in Timberville, a business owned by H. E. Brill. Whether the ledger held in this collection belonged to Brill's shop is unknown, and no further information is available at this time.

Scope and Content

This collection contains the accounts ledger of an unidentified automotive repair shop in Timberville, Virginia, during the 1920s. The ledger contains customer names, together with itemized descriptions for parts and labor on automobile repair and maintenance, including fuel charges. Preceding the accounts is an index to customer names M-Z (the cover and index pages A-L are lacking).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Ledgers (account books)
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Timberville, Virginia, Automotive Repair Shop Ledger by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).