Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Parkin Store ledger books
- Dates:
- 1913-1918
- Creators:
- Parkin, Henry S.
- Abstract:
- Henry S. Parkin was a trader and married to a Sioux woman. The Parkin Store, later called the Cannonball Mercantile Company, operated in Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota from 1879 to 1930. A majority of their clientele were Sioux Indians. The collection consists of two leather-bound ledgers from the Parkin Store from 1913-1916 and 1915-1918.
- Extent:
- 1.3 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Parkin Store Ledger Books, 1913-1918, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.880; [folder number] [folder title][date].
Background
- Scope and content:
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This is a collection of two leather-bound ledgers from the Parkin Store, later called the Cannonball Mercantile Company, from the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota. The ledgers are marked "Ledger B," 1913-1916 and "B Ledger," 1915-1918, and contain the accounts of the Parkin Store customers, most of whom were Sioux Indians. The collection also includes a couple of photocopied pages of biographical information from the Indian Office Reports of 1891 and 1894.
- Biographical / historical:
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Henry S. Parkin was a trader and married to a Sioux woman. The Parkin Store, later called the Cannonball Mercantile Company, operated in Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota from 1879 to 1930.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Nichols, 1959 April 9.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December 13, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-06-15 19:19:19 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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Parkin Store Ledger Books, 1913-1918, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.880; [folder number] [folder title][date].
- Location of this collection:
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4700 Western Heritage WayLos Angeles, CA 90027, US
- Contact:
- (747) 201-8448