9 Matching Results

Search Results

Advanced search parameters have been applied.

Charles Schreiner, General Merchandise: The Story of a Country Store

Description: Book about the three generations of ownership of Charles Schreiner's Country Store in Kerrville, Texas. Includes biographical information regarding the Schreiners, the origins of the business, and stories about Charles Schreiner.
Date: 1944
Creator: Haley, J. Evetts 1901-1995
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

R.H. Leetch & Bros. Day Book, Brazos Santiago

Description: Handwritten ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases, which include shoes, clothing, ham, rice, herring, raisins, claret, beef, Madeira, sugar, coffee, castor oil, and other products along with their prices.
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

R.H. Leetch & Bros. Cash Book, Brazos Santiago

Description: Handwritten cash ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases.
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Along Country Roads... in the Texas Hill Country

Description: A book of illustrations of buildings and scenes from the Texas Hill Country. Each illustration includes a brief history of the building or scene.
Date: 1847/1980
Creator: Edmonds, Bettie
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Store Ledger: 1905]

Description: Ledger containing business records for a millinery shop in downtown Denton, Texas including documentation about inventory, expenses, and transactions during 1905.
Date: 1905
Creator: Elliot, Cora Helen Elizabeth
Partner: Private Collection of Cody Garcia

Journal. W.P. Huff, San Felipe de Austin, February 22, 1840

Description: Daily Journal from the William P. Huff store in San Felipe de Austin from 1840 - 1841. Lists expenses and sales, including the names of customers. (Handwritten.)
Date: February 22, 1840
Creator: Huff, William P.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Oral History Interview with Ernest L. Ellis, June 30, 1981

Description: Interview with Ernest L. Ellis, owner and operator of Frank Ellis Dealer in Everything. The interview includes Ellis' personal experiences of employment with his father, Frank Ellis, in the general store. Ellis talks about his family background, effects of the Great Depression in New Hope, Texas businesses, food market opening, business operations during World War II, his employment as a feed salesman, general store advertising, his father's use of peddling wagon, Dallas fair and Mesquite trade… more
Date: June 30, 1981
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Ellis, Ernest L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bob and Ada Reed Brewer, March 14, 1984

Description: Interview with Ada Reed and Bob Brewer, owners and operators of A. B. McGill and Company General Merchants. In the interview, the Brewers discuss their family backgrounds, marriage, losses on charge accounts during the Great Depression, the change from clerk-service to self-service operation of the store, the credit business, purchasing clothes at the Dallas fashion market, customer interests, changes in product lines, commercial and residential growth in the Bertram area, using direct mail and… more
Date: March 14, 1984
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd; Brewer, Ada Reed & Brewer, Bob
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
Back to Top of Screen