Strayer General Store Records
Scope and Content
Financial records for the W.M. Strayer Company include sales journals, a cashbook, customer ledger and general journals of a small general store in De Graff, Ohio, dating 1855-1915.
Dates
- Creation: 1855-1915
Creator
- W.M. Strayer Company (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on accessing materials in this collection.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
History of Strayer Company
The W. M. Strayer Company was founded in 1869 by William M. Strayer. According to one of the ledgers, the store sold; “Staple and fancy dry goods, cloths, cassimeres, books, shoes, and ladies furnishing goods and notions of all kinds”. The company also operated a tannery.
William Monroe Strayer, the founder of the store, was born in 1831 to Daniel and Elizabeth (Small) Strayer. He married Mary Jane Henderson in 1854, and they had several children: Emma, Charles, Alice, Sue, and Daniel. William served 5 months with the 132nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F, from May to September 1864. He died February 11, 1884. His wife and children continued to operate the store in De Graff through the early 1900s.
Extent
4 linear feet (19 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of financial records of the W.M. Strayer Company in De Graff, a village in Logan County, Ohio.
Statement of Arrangement
Arranged chronologicallyby record type.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University Libraries, by Robert E. Strayer from De Graff, Ohio, in October 1975.
Processing Information
Processed by Patricia Burnett, April 1978. In 2014, finding aid revised to DACS and reformatted. Volumes cleaned by Karis Raeburn, June, 2014. Rehoused, July 2014.
Subject
- Strayer, William Monroe, 1831-1884 (Person)
- W.M. Strayer Company (Organization)
- Strayer family (Family)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Strayer General Store Records (MS-20)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Patricia Burnett, April 1978
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
