Inventory of the Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers 1944-1968 Ernest Stuart Elsea Business Records Mss. Acc. 2008.150

Inventory of the Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers 1944-1968

A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2008.150


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Repository:
Special Collections Research Center
Identification:
01/Mss. Acc. 2008.150
Title:
Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers 1944-1968
Quantity:
1.00
Alternate Extent Statement:
9 vols.
Creator:
arrangement
Language of Materials
The papers are in: English
Abstract:
This collection contains nine volumes of Ernest Stuart Elsea's business records dating from 1944 to 1968. The ledgers detail the accounts for Elsea's business which operated under the following names: Elsea's Esso Station, Stuart's Service Station, Stuart's Esso Station, and Elsea's Esso Garage. Elsea's station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. The station also provided an automobile repair service.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Ernest Stuart Elsea Ledgers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains nine volumes of Ernest Stuart Elsea's business records dating from 1944 to 1968. The ledgers detail the accounts for Elsea's business which operated under the following names: Elsea's Esso Station, Stuart's Service Station, Stuart's Esso Station, and Elsea's Esso Garage. Elsea's station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. The station also provided an automobile repair service.

Index Terms

    Corporate Name:

  • Esso Petroleum Company, ltd.
  • Genre/Form of Material:

  • Account books
  • Business records
  • Topical Term:

  • Service stations

Detailed Description of the Collection

Elsea's Esso Station Account Book, May 22, 1944-January 27, 1945 ,

Station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. Station provided automobile repair service. Ledger lists names of customers, items bought/services performed and prices. Daily entries list cash sales service, cash sales store, charges service and charges store.

Elsea's Esso Station Account Book, November 20, 1944-July 12, 1945 ,

Ledger begins with table of contents for various supplier accounts. Ledger details accounts with various suppliers such as Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, Esso, Valley Service Station, Goodyear, etc.

Stuart's Service Station Account Book, January 2, 1945-August 20, 1945 ,

Station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. Station provided automobile repair service. Ledger begins with table of contents for various accounts. Accounts detail items bought/services provided and corresponding prices.

Elsea's Esso Station Account Book, January 25, 1945-June 1, 1948 ,

Station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. Ledger begins with table of contents for supplier and customer accounts. Account details items bought and corresponding prices.

Elsea's Esso Station Account Book, July 16, 1945-December 1947 ,

Ledger lists costs such as number of gallons per month and amount paid, rent due and amount paid per month, debit and credit per month, monthly labor costs, etc.

Stuart's Esso Station Account Book, January 15, 1946-September 3, 1947 ,

Station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. Station provided automobile repair service. Ledger begins with table of contents for various accounts. Accounts detail items bought/services provided and corresponding prices.

Stuart's Esso Station Account Book, March 1, 1947-January 1, 1949 ,

Ledger begins with table of contents for accounts. Accounts detail items bought/services provided and corresponding prices.

Elsea's Esso Station, January 12, 1949-August 4, 1951 ,

Station sold gasoline, auto supplies, and basic groceries. Station provided automobile repair service. Accounts in ledger detail items bought/services provided and corresponding prices.

Elsea's Esso Garage Account Book, August 13, 1953-April 18, 1968 ,

Garage sold auto parts and provided automobile repair service. Ledger details services provided/items bought and corresponding prices.