Collection Title: Woods Florist Ledgers
Series Number: MS13-10
Processed and Cataloged by: Processed by Dieter C. Ullrich on September 4, 2013.
Date Listed: September 4, 2013
Date Span: 1934-1948
Size of Collection: 0.25 linear feet.
Number of Boxes: 1 legal size document case.
Type of Material: Financial records.
Condition of Material: Fair with minor water damage and fading.
Arrangement: Organized by format of material; Chronological arrangement.
Biographical / Historical Information: Mrs. A. O. Woods (Maggie Paul Woods) was the wife of master plumber Aubrey O. Woods of Murray, Kentucky. Mrs. Woods managed a floral shop in Murray during the 1930s and 1940s.
Scope and Content: Collection consists of business ledgers and other financial records produced by florist Mrs. A. O. Woods of Murray, Kentucky from 1934 to 1948. The collection contains two ledgers documenting debit and cash sales (1936-1945), social security time book (1947-1948) and savings account booklet (1934-1939). Included with the ledgers are loose receipts and miscellaneous ephemera from the 1930s and 1940s.
Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Woods, Aubrey O., 1900-
Woods, Maggie P., 1903-
Woods Florist (Murray, Ky.)
Florists – Kentucky – Murray.
Murray (Ky.) – Business, industry, and trades.
Box List
- Peoples Savings Bank
- Social Security Time Book
- Ledger
- Ledger
