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William Gahagan
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William Gahagan Collection |
| Creator | William Gahagan Collection |
| Alt. Creator | Fred Henderson |
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| Subject Keyword : | William Gahagan. ; Hot Springs, NC ; logging ; lumber industry ; lumber mills ; Paint Rock Gahagan Lumber Company ; Paint Rock, NC ; tally books ; ledgers ; grocery stores ; diet ; |
| Subject LCSH : | Gahagan, William. McEwen, Wooster Baird McEwen, Caroline Nichols |
| Date digital | 2011-07-12 |
| Date original | 1900 - 19 |
| Publisher | D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 |
| Contributor | Fred Henderson Family |
| Type | Collection ; Text (scrapbooks) ; Image (photographs of Western North Carolina) |
| Format | text/html (.htm, .html) ; 1
cu. ft. |
| Source | M1999.03.01.01-05 |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Wooster B. and Caroline N. McEwen Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC Asheville ; Fred Henderson Oral History, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC Asheville |
| Coverage temporal | c. 1900 - 1913 |
| Coverage spatial | Madison County, North Carolina |
| Rights | No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
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| Description |
This small collection of tally books and a grocery store ledger are in photocopy
form only. The originals were retained by family of the Gahagans.
The lumber tally books record the activity of logging, hauling, and other labor
associated with independent lumber operations in western North Carolina.
The lumber operations in this collection center on Madison County in western North Carolina and include activity from approximately 1900 to 1913. William Gahagan was associated with the McEwen family as the two families were both in the lumbering business. |
| Acquisition | 1980-03-05 |
| Citation | William Gahagan Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC Asheville |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff, 1979 and 2001 |
| Box | Folder | Item I.D.# | Description |
| M1999.03 | 01 | Grocery Store Credit Ledger for Gahagan Store, Madison County, 1904-1905. Contains names of individuals and families who bought groceries. Includes:Gasnell, Williams, Thomas, Brigman, Gunter, Riddle, Akin, Riddle, McIntosh [MacEntosh], Hall, Lieb, Barnett, Jackson, Roberts, Shay, Plemmons, Cook, Chandley, Allen, Hagan, Capps, Sands [Sange ?] | |
| 02 | Tally Book: King Stock, Putnam, NC -
April 1906- November 1906 The Climax Lumber Tally Book for all Purposes, Chicago: The American Lumberman, 1904. A tally of lumber transactions of the King Stock lumber operation at Putnam, North Carolina in 1906 |
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| 03 | Tally Book: Paint Rock. Gahagan Lumber
Company, Robert Lieb, Belva, N.C. The Climax Lumber Tally Book for all Purposes, Chicago: The American Lumberman, n.d.. |
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| 04 | Tally Book: Paint Creek and
Stackhouse, N.C.. Gahagan Lumber Company. The Climax Lumber Tally Book for all Purposes, Chicago: The American Lumberman, n.d.. |
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| 05 | Tally Book: [unknown location]
Gahagan Lumber Company [?] 1912 - 1913. Lumberman's Tally Book, copyrighted 1890, manufactured and sold by F. McManus, Jr & Co. Steam Power, Printers and Lithographers and Blank Book Makers. No. 21, N. 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA |
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