Business journal used by Shearer Cottage
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: Shearer Cottage, American, founded 1903
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover Standard Blank Book No. 66, with the word "JOURNAL" printed across the front cover at an angle. The book's cover is a light tan color, with a simple scrolled, printed trim in grey on the front cover, back cover, and spine. At the bottom of the spine is printed "66/ J/ 500." Triangular pieces of maroon cloth are adhered to all four cover corners.
label: Description
content: The book was produced with 500 pages, although this particular journal only goes until p. 496 because the last few pages have been torn out. In use are pages 1 - 78, and 485 - 496. In between pages 78 - 485, the journal is blank. The journal was used to record "to do" lists, accounting, deposits, and other notes.
label: Description
content: Recorded in this journal are the following:
label: Description
content: pp. 1-2: names and addresses
label: Description
content: p. 3: notes dated July 1969
label: Description
content: p. 4: blank
label: Description
content: pp. 5 - 78: notes ranging forward in date from June 1958 (p. 5) - September 1971 (p. 78).
label: Description
content: p. 79 - 484: blank
label: Description
content: pp. 106 - 107: there is a phone bill inserted between these pages
label: Description
content: pp. 118 - 119: there is a blank piece of notepaper inserted between these pages
label: Description
content: pp. 496 - 485: running backwards in time, notes from 1960 - 1971
place: label: Place used
content: Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Recreation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Shearer Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.209.2
objectType: label: Type
content: journals (accounts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: book paper, printing ink, cardboard and book cloth (textile material)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 12 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (30.8 × 19.7 × 3.2 cm)