Stephen Pierce Personal Store Account Books
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Personal store account books for Stephen (Steven) Pierce (Pearse) from Hendrickson & Mantta Co. (later Mantta Co.), a general store in Hancock, Michigan, Frank Eilola & Co., a store providing groceries, meats and provisions in Hancock, Michigan and J.H. Seager in Ripley, Michigan.
Dates
- 1894-Circa 1910
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.
Biography
Account books were small notebooks kept by the customer to record purchases made on credit belonging to Stephen Pierce (Stephen S. Pearce, Steven Pierce.) Customers were often expected to settle their store credit on a monthly basis. Includes account books from Hendrickson & Mantta Co. (later Mantta Co.), a general store in Hancock, Michigan, Frank Eilola & Co., a store providing groceries, meats and provisions in Hancock, Michigan and J.H. Seager in Ripley, Michigan. Although his name is spelled several different ways on the account books there was a listing matching the Stephen S. Pearce name in the Hancock Directory of the 1899-1900 R.L. Polk & Company Directory of Houghton County, Michigan who was a molder at the Portage Lake Foundry and Machinery Company and Ripley resident.
Extent
0.23 Cubic Feet (1/2 manuscript box (legal size))
Abstract
Account books, 1894-circa 1910, personal store account books for Stephen (Steven) Pierce (Pearse). Small notebooks kept by the customer to record purchases made on credit. Includes account books from Hendrickson & Mantta Co. (later Mantta Co.), a general store in Hancock, Michigan, Frank Eilola & Co., a store providing groceries, meats and provisions in Hancock, Michigan and J.H. Seager in Ripley, Michigan.
Arrangement
Chronological
Acquisition
Personal account books belonging to Stephen Pierce from Hendrickson & Mantta Co., Frank Eilola & Co.,and an unidentified store in Ripley, Michigan were donated to the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections by Mrs. Ralph Porter on August 3, 2001.
- Title
- Stephen Pierce Personal Store Account Books
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Russell
- Date
- 1/20/2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository