letterpress copybooks
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Volumes containing reproductions of correspondence, made directly from originals through a transfer process. Using a screw-powered letter press in conjunction with a press book, a bound volume of blank, tissue paper pages. Letters written in special copying ink were placed on a dampened page. The book was then closed and the mechanical press screwed down tightly, causing the ink to be transferred to the bound page.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Chisolm's Rice Mill records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0053
Abstract
Collection consists of the records of Chisolm's Rice Mill, Charleston, South Carolina, from 1873 to 1925. Records include letterpress copybooks containing monthly records of amounts paid and due at the mill, cash books, balance books, general ledgers, and vouchers and receipts for companies and individuals for goods and services.
Dates:
1873-1912
Found in:
Special Collections
J.N. Robson & Son records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0040
Abstract
Account books, ledgers, letterpress copybooks, and receipts for J.N. Robson & Son, who were Charleston, South Carolina commission merchants and wholesale and retail dealers in hay, grain, and groceries.
Dates:
1861-1902
Found in:
Special Collections
West Point Rice Mill Company records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0051
Abstract
Collection consists of the records of the West Point Rice Mill Company, Charleston, South Carolina, from 1885 to 1925. Records include correspondence and legal documents concerning transfers of stock related to estates and to the decrease of capital stock, a letterpress copybook containing letters primarily concerning the accounts of individuals and corporations, daybooks, ledgers, and cashbooks. Also included are checks, check stubs, canceled checks for dividends and liquidation, and...
Dates:
1885-1925
Found in:
Special Collections