Descriptive summary
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creator:
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Besch, Robert E. |
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title:
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Papers |
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dates:
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1890-1948, n.d. |
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extent:
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0.42 linear ft.
(1 document box) |
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collection number:
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MS 357 |
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repository:
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Special
Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative
information
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access:
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Open for research
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publication rights:
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Consult Head, Special Collections Department
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preferred
citation:
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Robert E. Besch
Papers, MS 357, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.
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Biographical
note
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Robert E. Besch was the owner of R.E. Besch's Horseshoeing and
General Blacksmithing, a firm in Milledgeville, Fayette County,
Ohio. Most of Besch's business was in the line of horseshoeing and
repairs to wagons and farm equipment. However, he also did general
repair work and jobs such as sharpening plowshares and repairs to
harness, ladders, pitchforks, post hole diggers, and washing
machines are listed in the account books. There are a few
references to repairs on automobiles, and on at least one occasion
he mended an anchor. |
Collection description
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This collection (1890-1948, n.d.) consists of two account books for
R.E. Besch Horseshoeing and General Blacksmithing, a firm located in
Milledgeville, Fayette County, Ohio. Each book has a listing of
customer names in front, with a notation of the page in the book
where the account is listed. The account pages list the name of the
individual customer, followed by the date work was done, the type of
work done, amount charged, and payments received. A number of loose
items, laid in the account book covering the years 1912-1920, have
been sorted by category and placed at the end of the collection. |
Container list
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Box
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Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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1 |
1 |
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1906-1913 |
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1 |
2 |
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1912-1920 |
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1 |
3 |
Accounts paid. Listings of
accounts paid on R.E. Besch letterhead. Also includes a sheet of
practice handwriting by Cleo Besch, written 28 December 1906 on
Besch letterhead |
1906-1948, n.d. |
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1 |
4 |
Accounts and bills of sale from
various merchants. Includes a phone bill from the Central Union
Telephone Company for the month of April 1912 |
1890-1921, n.d. |
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1 |
5 |
Correspondence--business.
Includes arrangements made in 1912 with The Merchants Collection
Agency Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, to collect on two delinquent
accounts |
1912-1923, n.d. |
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1 |
6 |
Correspondence--personal.
Letter from Robert E. Besch's brother, Hoadly, to his mother,
stating that if she needs money, she should contact Robert or
himself |
1921 |
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1 |
7 |
Calculations |
n.d. |
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1 |
8 |
Cancelled checks. Checks written by Robert E. Besch on the
Milledgeville Bank, Milledgeville, Ohio, and the Farmers and Traders
Bank, Jamestown, Ohio |
1917-1923 |
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1 |
9 |
Photograph of an unidentified middle aged man holding a straw hat
(1- 3x3.5" b/w photograph) |
n.d. |
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