Dixon Store daybooks [manuscript]

By: Dixon and Houghton (Firm : Natchez, Miss.).
Organization and Arrangement of Materials: .Publisher: Jackson, Miss. : Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1980Description: 1 positive ; 35 mm.Subject(s): Dixon, Robert Smith, d. 1894 | Dixon and Houghton (Firm : Natchez, Miss.) -- Archives | Finishes and finishing -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Archival resources | Interior decoration -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Archival resources | Merchants -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Archival resources | Stores, Retail -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Archival resources | Adams County (Miss.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century -- Archival resources | Adams County (Miss.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources | Mississippi -- Economic conditions -- 19th century -- Archival resources | Natchez (Miss.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century -- Archival resources | Natchez (Miss.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources | Faux finishes and finishing -- Mississippi -- Adams County -- Natchez -- Archival resources | Mississippi -- History -- 1845-1860 | Mississippi -- History -- 1866-1875 | Mississippi -- History -- 1876-1899 | Decoration and ornament -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Archival resourcesGenre/Form: Daybooks.Online resources: Collection description Summary: Positive microfilm copy of daybooks (1858-1876) of the paint and wallpaper firm, Dixon and Houghton, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. Entries regularly record customer name; date of order or purchase; nature of materials or services provided; price of materials or services provided; and, from 1865 to 1868, the payment status of accounts. Services recorded include painting, wallpapering, glazing, glass-cutting, lettering, finishing, varnishing, gilding, and picture-framing.
Item type Current location Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Media Open Shelf Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Manuscript Collections Media Room Z/1663.000/M/Roll 36297 Not for loan B40464

Positive microfilm copy of daybooks (1858-1876) of the paint and wallpaper firm, Dixon and Houghton, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. Entries regularly record customer name; date of order or purchase; nature of materials or services provided; price of materials or services provided; and, from 1865 to 1868, the payment status of accounts. Services recorded include painting, wallpapering, glazing, glass-cutting, lettering, finishing, varnishing, gilding, and picture-framing.

Made available for microfilming by Joseph F. Dixon, Natchez, Mississippi, November 14, 1980.

Register is available in Search Room.

Cite as: Z/1663.000: Dixon Store Daybooks.