![]() Non-Members: Text – $.25 per page, Photographs – $1. Members: Text – First 10 pages free, additional pages $.25 per page, Photographs – First 3 pages free, additional pages $1.00 per page Non-Members: Personal or Business Research – $10 per hour, 1 hour minimum Photocopy Fees Research for Business – 1 hour free per membership year, Additional time $10 per hour, 1 hour minimum ![]() Members: Personal Home or Family Research – Free Genealogy: The history of the families who settled in Manchester from the 17th to the 20th centuries is an expanding collection and our most active as the interest in ancestry grows. The summer cottages from c1870 to c1930 are of particular interest to historians. Manuscripts, published documents, maps, letters, ledgers, and many other record types are present in this collection. Photographs: We have a nice photo collection of town events and people, and daguerrotypes and stereopticon slides. About this collection The archival holdings for the Jefferson County Historical Society range from the 1800s to the present day. The later 19th century maps, showing property ownership, are available and may be copied. Maps: The earliest ones we have are copies. Ledgers, day books and other records (1920-1980), of Falkland, NC Mercantile business and. As accounting in America became more complicated, the daybooks, ledgers. Repository: ECU Manuscript Collection Access: No restrictions. The most recent ones by Gordon Abbott are on the Fire Department, the Police Department, the Booths and their Masconomo House, and the Richard Henry Dana family. LEFT: A postal cancel of a handwritten letter inside Swedish-Americans. Manuscripts: We have an abundance of research papers on Manchester subjects and many personal reminiscences. ![]() All are legible and catalogued.ĭiaries: We have some diaries, notably John Lee’s c1838, the Rust diaries, and Julius Rabardy’s. During his travels, Captain Trask wrote fascinating letters to his wife Abigail, in Manchester and to their son Charles, at school. Letters: Our most extensive collection of letters is from the Trask family correspondence. They date from the 18th and 19th centuries. Ship’s Logs: Captain Richard Trask’s and Captain Thomas Leach’s, c1830, are the most significant.ĭocuments: Deeds, military papers, indentures, wills, and other legal papers have been catalogued and are on microfilm. Records kept by cabinet makers, day laborers, merchants, ship captains, and others are available and interesting to read. Lawrence’s dagger, Nelson’s quill pen and Lucian Freud’s paintbrushes. Ledgers from the store of Abigail Trask from 1814 through 1840 show carefully kept accounts of her goods and customers. Christie’s offers a wide array of manuscripts within this field: from medieval papal bulls, charters and royal documents to autograph letters by Nelson, Austen, Goethe and Einstein music manuscripts by Bach and Beethoven and association objects such as T.E. Ledgers: Store ledgers are a good source of insight into the needs of people during different economic periods. Books/Newspapers/Magazines: These contain local history, biographies and town records, and include bound issues of the Beetle and Wedge, as well as interesting old books that are a part of Manchester’s history.
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