Business records

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One 1891-1898 ledger of employees' names and account balances with an alphabetical index in front of the volume. Some employees are listed as cooks, bellboys, and waiters. The ledger is likely from the Atlantic Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.

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September 27, 1906 to June 13, 1908 box office statements for the Academy of Music in Norfolk, Virginia. The statements note the attraction, opposition (if any) at the Granby, Majestic, and Colonial Theaters, weather, date, number of different types of seats sold along with profits, and verifying signatures.

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Records of Richard Stearns Dodson, Baltimore proprietor of the second Atlantic Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes business records in ledgers and cashbooks, including account information, bills, licenses, bonds, checks, ledgers, and notes associated with the operation of the Atlantic Hotel from 1872-1901.

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Records, mostly invoices, from various businesses in the Hampton Roads region.

Scope and Contents One 1787-1816 ledger from Smithfield, Virginia documenting an account of sundries for various individuals, though prominent names include Josiah Parker and John Parker. The second page indicates the volume is "A Ledger for the Manufacturing Mills, August 21, 1787." Toward the back of the ledger, there are several entries titled "District of Norfolk, Virginia, Port of Smithfield, Account of foreign spirits imported, marked and gauged according to Law under the Inspection of Copeland Parker,...

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One 1898-1908 log book from an unknown lumber company detailing the loading and transportation of lumber and coal to various cities via schooners, lighters, canal boats, oil boats, barges, and other vessels.

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Early 19th century to late 20th century correspondence, business and property records, ephemera and artifacts, family photographs, diaries, books, and genealogical materials belonging to the Grandy and Selden families of Norfolk, Virginia.

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One 1817-1818 register recording individuals purchasing shares in the Norfolk and Hampton Steam Boat Company, along with meeting minutes.

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Circa 1914-1918 business and personal correspondence belonging to Richard A. Old of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes photographs of the Monticello Hotel fire aftemath in 1918, account books for R. A. Old & Company from 1936-1937, and the diary of Richard A. Old, Jr. from 1930-1937.

Scope and Contents One January 16, 1918 to April 9, 1918 daily log book featuring notes written by either James L. Hudgins, Inspector or Robert R. Rakestraw, Construction Engineer for Standard Oil Company. Even-numbered pages identify the date and a version of the line, "Record of materials excavated at Pine Beach Fuel Oil Station" along with lists of numbered scows and times recorded. The odd-numbered adjacent pages feature specific times of day along with a version of the line, "by Dredge #7 for Standard Oil...