Store account book for Idaho Springs, Colorado
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten entries in an store account book. Customer names, items purchased, and prices are listed next to a customer account number.
This account book gives names and details of items purchased in the local mercantile. No name is given for the store except
Idaho
, and no name is given for the store owner or manager. Included in the account book are some of the pioneers of 1859; William Hobbs, John Needam, A. P. Smith, A. M. Noxon, E. F. Holland, R.B. Griswold, John Silvertooth, M. B. Braeff, John W. Edwards, and others.
Dates
- 1872-1873
Creator
- Anonymous (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Store account book for Idaho Springs, Colorado must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Research of the individual names in this account book lead us to believe it is from the mining community of Idaho Springs, Colorado, during the year 1872.
Idaho Springs, Colorado, was the first settled town in the county. It was within its limits that the first mining was begun in 1850 on Chicago bar. About 200 miners were attracted thither, many of whom remained over winter, and in 1860 the town was perceived to be a fixed entity. Among the pioneers of 1859 who still remained in 1880 were William Hobbs, John Needam, and A. P. Smith, A. M. Noxon, E. F. Holland, R.B. Griswold, John Silvertooth, M. B. Braeff, John W. Edwards, and others, settled in 1860. In 1860 the Hukill quartz mine was discovered, and in 1861 the Scaton quartz mine and the first stamp mill was erected. In 1861 the Idaho county was organized and the county seat was located at Idaho Springs.
This account book gives names and details of items purchased in the local mercantile. No name is given for the store except Idaho
, and no name is given for the store owner or manager.
Extent
1 item (358 p.)(0.08 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Mercantile account book with customer names, items purchased, prices paid, and customer numbers. Handwritten entries included for approximately one year.
Arrangement note
Arranged in chronological order.
Appraisal note
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Processing Information note
Processed; Glenda Ainsworth; 2007.
Processing Information
Processed; GlendaLynn Ainsworth; 2007.
- Title
- Register of Store account book in Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2007; 2011 April 21
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States