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| Size | About 700 items (1.5 linear feet) |
| Abstract | Robert Lee Hubbard was born at Moravian Falls, Wilkes County, N.C., on 9 December 1862. Hubbard and his brother-in-law John Roth operated a hardware store in Elkin N.C.; published the Elkin Times; and ran a commercial printing shop. Hubbard also was president of the Elkin Veneer and Manufacturing Company and manager of the Elkin Furniture Company. The collection includes financial records, 1887-1934, documenting businesses operated in Elkin, N.C., by Robert Lee Hubbard and John Roth. Included are business letters, invoices, receipts, credit statements, and other financial records. Two account ledgers for the Hubbard & Roth Hardware store contain customer transactions, 1890-1893, and an inventory of a store called Odds & Ends. Business records, 1893-1900, of the Elkin Times include letters to the editor, freight and postage statements for the paper's distribution, subscription information, and correspondence with the American Press Association and Southern Newspapers Union. An account book, 1896-1897, documents customer transactions, including payments for advertisements in the newspaper and printing orders. |
| Creator | Hubbard, Robert Lee, b. 1862.
Roth, John, fl. 1887-1934. |
| Language | English. |
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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
Robert Lee Hubbard was born at Moravian Falls, Wilkes County, N.C., on 9 December 1862. His parents were William Henry and Jane Elizabeth Saner Hubbard. Robert Lee Hubbard married Mary E. Roth (also called Mamie). After losing his left arm in a woolen mill accident, Hubbard went into business with his brother-in-law, John Roth. Hubbard and Roth operated a hardware store in Elkin, N.C., that also provided repair services for bicycles, guns, and other machinery. Robert Lee Hubbard was also president of the Elkin Veneer and Manufacturing Company and manager of the Elkin Furniture Company.
In addition to operating a hardware store, Robert Lee Hubbard and John Roth published the Elkin Times, a weekly local newspaper. The newspaper began publication in 1892 and seems to have ceased publication around 1899. The partners also ran a commercial printing shop in conjunction with the newspaper press.
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Chiefly financial records, 1887-1934, documenting businesses operated in Elkin, N.C., by Robert Lee Hubbard and his partner and brother-in-law, John Roth. Included are business letters, invoices, receipts, credit statements, and other financial records. Two account ledgers for the Hubbard & Roth Hardware store contain customer transactions, 1890-1893, and an inventory of a store called Odds & Ends.
Business records, 1893-1900, of the Elkin Times, a weekly local newspaper published by Hubbard and Roth, include letters to the editor, freight and postage statements for the paper's distribution, subscription information, and correspondence with the American Press Association and Southern Newspapers Union. An account book, 1896-1897, documents customer transactions, including payments for advertisements in the newspaper and printing orders.
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Series 1. General Business Records, 1887-1934 and undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical by state of origin of document.
Chiefly financial records, 1887-1934, documenting businesses operated in Elkin, N.C., by Robert Lee Hubbard and his partner and brother-in-law, John Roth. Included are business letters, invoices, receipts, credit statements, and other financial records. Two account ledgers for the Hubbard & Roth Hardware store contain customer transactions, 1890-1893, and an inventory of a store called Odds & Ends.
Note that order as received has been retained; materials are sorted by geographical area of origin.
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2. Elkin Times, 1893-1900.
Arrangement: subject.
Business records, 1893-1900, of the Elkin Times, a weekly local newspaper published by Hubbard and Roth, include letters to the editor, freight and postage statements for the paper's distribution, subscription information, and correspondence with the American Press Association and Southern Newspapers Union. An account book, 1896-1897, documents customer transactions, including payments for advertisements in the newspaper and printing orders.