Finding aid for the Ryan Gowdy & Company Daybook


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Ryan Gowdy & Company
Title: Ryan Gowdy & Company Daybook
Dates: 1836-1837
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: Ryan Gowdy settled in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, in the 1810s and operated the town's first general store. The collection consists of a daybook containing the general store's daily transactions, as well as children's drawings and arithmetic exercises.
MS Number MS 3508
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Ryan Gowdy & Company Daybook, 1836-1837, consists of daybook containing the general store's daily transactions, as well as children's drawings and arithmetic exercises.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Xenia, Ohio, and business and entrepreneurship there in the 1830s.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection consists of one volume.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

General stores -- Ohio -- Xenia.
Ryan Gowdy & Company (Xenia, Ohio)
Xenia (Ohio) -- Commerce.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3508 Ryan Gowdy & Company Daybook, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1970.