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Virginia Polhill Price collection

Virginia Polhill Price collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Virginia Polhill Price collection
Creator: Price, Virginia Polhill, 1896-
Inclusive Dates: 1859-1902
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet 1 box
Collection Number: ms34
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of six manuscript volumes donated by Virginia Polhill Price. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Louisville Academy, Louisville, Georgia, recorded by James G. Cain, also include a list of board members, tuition prices, and disciplinary issues. The subscription book of the News and farmer, Louisville, Georgia, editor R. J. Boyd, includes subscribers' names, cities, dates of subscription, and sometimes the cost. The four remaining volumes contain records of Wilkins & Cain, Cain & Polhill, and James J. Brown.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Virginia Polhill Price collection, ms34, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscripts Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2019.

General Notes

Donated by Virginia Polhill Price in 1951.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Account books.
Business records.
Louisville (Ga.)
Louisville Academy (Louisville, Ga.)

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxvolume
11Minutes of Louisville Academy, Board of Trustees , 1870-1890
 
12News and farmer subscription book, 1875-1882
 
13Court records of Wilkins & Cain and Cain & Polhill, 1859-1888
Contains Fi Fas, returnable to Jefferson County Superior Court, inventories and appraisements, sales, and acts.
 
14Record book of Cain & Polhill, 1865-1902
Contains notes, receipts, records, and notations.
 
15Ledger of accounts given to Cain, 1878-1881
Contains posted accounts.
 
16Ledger of cash accounts ("James J. Brown's book"), 1860-1890
Contains cash accounts.