Oswayo, Pennsylvania Account Book
This small account book was most likely kept in or near the northern Pennsylvania town of Oswayo from 1910-1918. It lists payments for work such as shingling, lath, and tiling, and was probably kept by a handyman or small local building business. Most of the people listed in this book are named on the 1910 census as farmers, general laborers, and as “working out.” There is also an accounting entry for the “Eleven Mile Cheese Factory Association” for work September through November of 1917.
Dates
- 1910-1918
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This small account book was most likely kept in or near the northern Pennsylvania town of Oswayo from 1910-1918. It lists payments for work such as shingling, lath, and tiling, and was probably kept by a handyman or small local building business.
Biographical / Historical
Oswayo is in northcentral Pennsylvania, less than seven miles from New York state. Incorporated in January 1901, the population had reached 382 by the 1910 federal census, and was only 133 on the 2020 census. Eleven Mile, mentioned in the book, is about five miles from Oswayo.
Arrangement
This coolection consists of a single folder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased by Special Collections in 1987.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository