Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Ledgers and daybooks
General material designation
- Textual record
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of series
Level of description
Series
Repository
Reference code
CA PCNSWH MHCA0017-Series1
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1878-1973 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
1.1 m. of textual records
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Custodial history
Scope and content
This series is comprised of 3 daybooks and 3 ledgers. The earliest daybook dated 1878-1887 belonged to Elias Bishop. The others, covering the period 1911-1925, belonged to his son George. They reflect the daily transactions of the foundry business. The first ledger records accounts receivable from 1909-1924. The second records accounts payable, including copies of orders to suppliers, from 1927-1931. Both relate the financial matters of George Bishop's foundry. The third ledger dated 1935-1947 presents the daily business of the machine shop assumed by Thomas Bishop. Papers inserted into these books, with the exception of the 1935-1947 ledger, have been removed and filed in folders with a record of their original locations. There are also some loose ledger sheets, mainly for accounts receivable. Large format sheets (27cm x 43cm) exist for the years 1947-1950.
Notes area
Arrangement
The small format sheets are loosely arranged by the year in which they appear to have been started with considerable overlap between files. Any inserted invoices or slips found among these sheets have been left as found