Gainesville Area Ledgers
Scope and Content
Includes minutes from the East Florida Telephone and Telegraph Co. (1904-1924), a ledger on the Gainesville Post Office (1867-1889), two minutes-books from the Gainesville Board of Trade (1886-1888), a ledger from Endel and Herman (clothiers-1882-1885), and the minutes of the Interstate Life Insurance Co. (1913-1915). Internal evidence and outside research have provided only limited information on the significance of the other ledgers, but they could still be useful to any researcher studying the Gainesville area and Florida businesses in these time periods.
Dates
- Creation: 1867-1924
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
The East Florida Telephone and Telegraph Company was led by Mr. E.E. Voyle, an Englishman born in 1854 who emigrated to Florida in the 1870's to meet his brother Joseph Voyle, then the County Surveyor of Alachua County. He became an electrical engineer and gradually took charge of the company. E.E. Voyle sold the company to Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. in 1924 for $71,501.
Extent
0.15 Linear feet (6 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ledgers and other volumes pertaining to Gainesville (Fla.) area businesses.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Alternate Form of Material
Digital reproductions of items in this collection are available online via the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.
Subject
- East Florida Telephone and Telegraph Company. (Organization)
- Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. (Organization)
- Interstate Life Insurance Company. (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the Gainesville Area Ledgers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Stephen Jackson
- Date
- December 2007
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu