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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection includes a ledger from the Harber and Huguely store in Richmond, Kentucky in the early 1900s. The ledger lists accounts for all the people purchasing from the store thus documenting the economy of Richmond at the time. It also documents the education of Frances Mason Samuels.
Collection Historical Note
Frances Mason Samuels (1920-2009) was born in Canton, Ohio to Everett and Lula Wertz Samuels. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Richmond, and had done clerical work for Burnam & Harber and Whitaker & Vencil Insurance Companies. Mrs. Cosby was a member of Madison Country Club and the VFW Auxiliary. She was married to Albert Cosby (1914-1995).
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Cosby, Steve
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1],
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Folder 1: Samuels Family Documents, 1926-1942],
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Folder 2: Harber Family Documents, 1926-1935],
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- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234014262438
- Item 1: Harber and Huguely Grocery Store Ledger, 1904, 1941-1944
- The bulk of the ledger documents merchandise sold and accounts paid. The last pages were used for tax records in the 1940s.
- Folder 1: Samuels Family Documents, 1926-1942
- Class photos for Frances Mason Samuels as well as report cards from Canton Public Schools, Eureka Public Schools (seventh grade), and Madison County Schools (seventh grade through twelfth grade). There are diplomas from Red House High School and Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College. The class photos are from a school in Canton, Ohio where she attended from first through sixth grades. There are telegrams from her aunt Frances Wertz to her mother regarding her grandmother's illness and death.
- Barcode: 31234014262412
- Folder 2: Harber Family Documents, 1926-1935
- Includes photographs, news clippings, correspondence and memorabilia from a cruise to the Panama and a Madison County Farm Directory which has been partially used as a scrapbook. The people named in these documents include W. Overton and Rachel W. Harber, Leoti Hardin and Si Minter. A brief document detailing the children of John B. Raine is also included.
- Barcode: 31234014262420
