Guide to the A. and R. Cain Tannery and General Store Records MSS.0254
Cain, A. and R.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
November 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
A. and R. Cain Tannery and General Store records
- Unit ID:
MSS.0254
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.4 Linear feet (3 volumes, 3 inches)
- Dates:
1869-1880
- Abstract:
Daybooks and an accounts ledger kept by the owners of a tannery and general store on Tanyard Street, Northport, Alabama
- creator
Cain, R.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
A. and R. Cain records, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of two daybooks and one accounts ledger kept by the owners of a tannery and general store on Tanyard Street, Northport, Alabama. The daybooks cover the periods July 5, 1869-December 30, 1872 and June 7, 1872-January 11, 1875 and the accounts ledger spans 1872-1880. Accounts are listed by person.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Matthew W. Clinton, 1953
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Updated by April Burnett, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Biographical/Historical note
A. and R. Cain were owners of a tannery and general store on Tanyard Street in Northport, Alabama, between 1869 and 1880.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
Source(s)
Alabama Business and Industry (Local)
Business and Labor (localbroad)
Financial records (aat)
General stores (lcsh)
Ledgers (account books) (aat)
Northport (Ala.) (lcsh)
Daybook 187 pages Box 782
Daybook 173 pages Box 782
Accounts Ledger 216 pages Box 782