Berea, Kentucky telephone company financial ledger, 1897 - 1906

Item — Box: 1a, Folder: 1

Identifier: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A 284-page cloth-covered business ledger containing names of account holders and columns for recording charges accrued and payments received. (Pages 165 through 284 are blank.) This hand-annotated book may document the financial affairs of the first telephone company to serve Berea, Kentucky.

Dates

Creation: 1897 - 1906

Creator

From the Collection: Hutchins Library Staff. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Extent

1 folder (Cloth-bound business ledger) ; 8.3 x 13 x 1.5 inches (approximately)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

This resource is a financial ledger used by a telephone company that served the Berea, Kentucky area in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The service provider may have been known as "Berea Pt L and L Tel Co." Accounts noted within include Berea College, local businesses, and individual residences.