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Finding aid for the Avent & Lyles Ledgers

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MUM00013

Finding Aid for the Avent & Lyles Ledgers
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Finding Aid for the Avent & Lyles Ledgers


Descriptive Summary

PURL: http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00013/
Title: Avent & Lyles Ledgers
Dates: 1866-1879
Collector: University of Mississippi
Physical Extent: 1 box (1.5 linear feet)
Repository: University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification: MUM00013
Location: General Special Collections

Language of Material: English
Abstract: Ledgers contain records of an Oxford, Mississippi bank, 1866-1879.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded
by Kathryn Michaelis, June 2012.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.


Subject Terms

Banks and banking — Mississippi
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) — Mississippi
Oxford (Miss.) — History


Formats

ledgers (account books)


Historical Note

Avent & Lyles bank operated in Oxford, Miss. during Reconstruction.


Scope and Content Note

The collection contains ledgers from the Avent & Lyles bank, which operated in Oxford,
Miss. during Reconstruction.


User Information

Preferred Citation

Avent & Lyles Ledgers, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Avent & Lyles Ledgers are open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,”
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.


Related Material

Resources at the University of Mississippi

Bank of Oxford Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library

Bank of Mississippi Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library

First National Bank of Oxford Collection (MUM00185), Archives and Special Collections,
J.D. Williams Library

Southern Bank of Oxford Collection (MUM00416), Archives and Special Collections, J.D.
Williams Library


Container List

Box 1

Ledger, 1866-1871
Box 2

Ledger, 1866-1879


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