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This unattributed pocket ledger was likely kept by a man laboring as a carpenter, recording debts and credits related to his work from 1855 to 1864. The writer repaired items such as gates, doors, and boats. He also documented making doors, staining wood, sawing logs, getting in wood, drawing boards, working on houses, and framing buildings. Two pages at the end of the volume record his cash accounts in 1864, distinguishing between cash on hand, greenbacks, eastern bills, and scrip. Several other pages document hours worked on projects and various dimensions of wood for projects. Four outlines of what appears to be the end of a banister or other woodwork piece are drawn in pencil near the end of the volume. A list of woodworking tools and a carte-de-visite of a woman wearing a polka dot dress are stored in the back pocket of the volume.

This private or personal library manuscript inventory includes approximately 800 titles. The first section is a list of titles or authors on each of three bookshelves, while the second section contains lists organized by subject. The manuscript came from the estate of Belzora Baker Kemp (1901-1988), a wealthy Selma, Alabama, woman whose library occupied two houses. The inventory pre-dates Belzora's birth, thus could not be her own inventory, but it is currently unknown whether or not it represents titles and authors in her own collection.

This private or personal library manuscript inventory includes approximately 800 titles. The first section is a list of titles or authors on each of three bookshelves, while the second section contains lists organized by subject. The manuscript came from the estate of Belzora Baker Kemp (1901-1988), a wealthy Selma, Alabama, woman whose library occupied two houses. The inventory pre-dates Belzora's birth, thus could not be her own inventory, but it is currently unknown as to whether or not it represents titles or authors in her own collection.

The volume is held together at the top of the pages by metal binder clips. The genres and subjects include novels and works of fiction (Dickens, Thackery, Twain, Jules Verne, etc.), memoirs and biographies (W. T. Sherman, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, etc.), classics, history, travel, poetry, humorous works, scientific works, "farmer's works," politics, medicine, "housewifery," and "Miscellaneous."

This manuscript contains a list of books purchased by a small library apparently located in Williamstown, Vermont, kept roughly between 1903-1907. The volume includes authors' names, two pages of patrons' names, and which books the patrons checked out.

This manuscript contains a list of books purchased by a small library apparently located in Williamstown, Vermont, kept roughly between 1903-1907. The volume includes authors' names, two pages of patrons' names, and which books the patrons checked out. There are approximately 26 pages of written content; the rest of the volume is blank.

Subjects appear to include religious subjects, fiction (i.e. Louisa May Alcott), and nonfiction.