G.W. Aimar Drug Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Aimar, G.W., Drug Company
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society
label: Donor
content: Aimar, George W.
label: Donor
content: Aimar, Harold
place: label: Place
content: Charleston (S.C.)
label: Place
content: South Carolina
topic: label: Topic
content: Drugstores
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Pharmacies
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Harold and George W. Aimar.
creator: label: Creator
content: Aimar, G.W., Drug Company
setName: label: See more items in
content: G.W. Aimar Drug Company Records
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: A pharmacy established in 1852 which operated in Charleston, South Carolina for over 100 years. During the Civil War the store served as an official dispensary for the Confederate States of America, and the top three floors were converted to a hospital. The store remained in the family and in business until 1978.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 350 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1866-1978
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Gift of Harold and George W. Aimar. The contents of the store were purchased by the Smithsonian in 1978, and the Aimar brothers donated the archival materials, which were transferred to the Archives Center in 2002.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0810
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Cashbooks
label: Type
content: Daybooks
label: Type
content: Formulae, chemical
label: Type
content: Invoices
label: Type
content: Ledgers (account books)
label: Type
content: Letterpress copybooks
label: Type
content: Prescriptions
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into eight series. 


	
Series 1: Business Correspondence, 1866-1973

Series 2: Product Information, 1896-1978	

Series 3: Financial Records, 1874-1978	

Series 4: Prescription Records, 1865-1869

Series 5: Estate Records, 1905-1917	

Series 6: Knights of Columbus, 1910-1911

Series 7: Publications, 1895-1936	

Series 8: Audiovisual Materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Cashbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Daybooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Formulae, chemical
label: Genre/Form
content: Invoices
label: Genre/Form
content: Ledgers (account books)
label: Genre/Form
content: Letterpress copybooks -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Letterpress copybooks -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Prescriptions
label: Genre/Form
content: Prescriptions -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The day-to-day business records of a Charleston, South Carolina pharmacy, including day books, ledger books, cash books, prescription books, invoices, letterpress copybooks, and formula books.