This handwritten fragment of an account book from Putnam County, Tennessee, is dated from September 1874 to 1879. It lists the sale and payments for a wide range of goods, including foods, powder, sewing supplies, horseshoes and nails, buttons, suspenders, bars of lead, tools, and feed. Of note is several entries for “jeans,” likely referring to general work clothes.

This collection includes materials from the Putnam County Home Demonstration Club during the 1950s and 1960s. Several songbooks and sheets are included along with a creed for a Home Demonstration Agent and a poem written by a member of the club.