Thomas Indian School Ledger Accounts

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series constitutes a final record of financial transactions of the Thomas Indian School according to controlling and individual accounts. Controlling accounts include transactions involving clothing, fuel, freight and express, medicine, provisions, and wages. Individual accounts pertain to individual merchants and suppliers. Entries generally include date, amount, and nature of transaction (such as services, goods, labor, or cash).
Title
Thomas Indian School ledger accounts
Quantity
3 cubic feet; 9 volume(s); 4 35mm microfilm roll(s)
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
B0643
Creator
Arrangement

Chronological by varying span of years; accounts within volumes are in no particular order.

Scope and Content Note

The series constitutes a final record of financial transactions of the school according to controlling and individual accounts. Included in controlling accounts are transactions involving clothing, fuel, freight and express, medicine, provisions, and wages. Individual accounts pertain to individual merchants and suppliers.

Entries generally include date of transaction, amount of transaction, and nature of transaction (e.g. "services," "goods," "labor," "cash," or name of merchandise). Most entries include a page reference to the corresponding entry in the journal accounts (series B0642).

All volumes in the series contain controlling accounts; individual accounts exist only for the periods 1894-1896 and 1898-1920. Special accounts for individual categories of food and general supplies (e.g. apples, beef, brooms, coal, fish, hooks and eyes, lard, oats, tea, yeast, etc.) were kept between 1894-1897.

Alternate Formats Available

Microfilm is available for use at the New York State Archives or through inter-library loan.

Series B0642 Thomas Indian School Journal Accounts contains transaction entries referenced in this series.

Other Finding Aids

Volumes 1-6 have individual alphabetical indexes to account names; no indexes for Volumes 7-9.

Volume list is available at the repository.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

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