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Guide to the Singletary & Carmichael

Records Group 153

Date Span:  1915 - 1951

Extent:  ca. 4 cubic feet

Organizational History:  In 1913, A.D. Whiddon and William Singletary purchased John Sanders & Co., a dry good and farm supply store in Dothan, AL.  They established Singletary and Whiddon to provide those same goods to farmers of the Wiregrass.  In 1923, the store was located on the 132-140 block of South Foster Street, Dothan.  In 1936, the store became Singletary and Carmichael, owned by William Singletary and his nephew Archie Carmichael.  (Stepp, Wendell H., and Pamela A. Stepp.  Dothan:  A Pictorial History.  The Donning Company/Publishers, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, 1984.)

Recently, the company has undergone name and ownership changes; it is now Carmichael Electronics.  In 1998, Larry Cable purchased the store from Archie Carmichael, IV.  The current (2013) owner, Steve Crisp, acquired the assets of Carmichael Electronics from the bank in 2000 and renamed the business Wiregrass Electronics.

Scope/Content:  Collection documents the finances of Singletary & Whiddon as well as Singletary & Carmichael, including: general account ledgers, fertilizer ledgers, accounts receivable ledgers, purchase orders, and receipt books

Collection Organization:  Organized into four series:

1. 1. Daily Cash Journals – 21 journals, 1915 - 1951. Includes cash balances and business transactions, showing date of transactions, names of customers, quantities, costs and descriptions of merchandise purchased.  Cash journals reconciled the till.
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3. 2. General and Sub-Ledgers – 12 ledgers, 1916-1945.  Three general account ledgers, 1916 – 1923.  The general account ledgers report balances for expenses, including: accounts for purchased merchandise, freight and express accounts and account with First National Bank of Dothan.  This series contains two types of sub-ledgers (extracts from the general ledgers):  Fertilizer Ledgers (7), 1916 – 1945 and Accounts Payable Ledgers (2), 1919 - 1926.  Because the state taxed fertilizer, the store kept separate fertilizer ledgers that list customers' names and postings of amounts and prices of fertilizer sold.  Also, the store extended credit to customers, so it kept separate accounts payable ledgers that list customers' names with amounts they owed.
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5. 3. Receipts - Contains 3 items.  One receipt books from 1946 – 1948, consisting of a copy of sale receipts given to customers. Two purchase order books from 1943-1948 consisting of copies of cash paid out for items purchased by store.
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7. 4. Miscellaneous – Contains blank receipt book, blank insurance ledger, and ephemera.

All series are arranged chronologically

Provenance:  Archie Carmichael, IV, donated collection to William Holman, Executive Director of Dothan Landmark Foundation, Inc.  Holman donated the collection to The Wiregrass Archives.

Processing Notes:  No original order, so The Wiregrass Archives staff divided the collection into four series to facilitate access.

Preferred Citation: [Item], Historical Collections:  Singletary & Carmichael Records, Dothan Landmarks Foundation, Inc. Records, RG030. Wiregrass Archives, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV--Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

Access Limits?  Open

Proc Date  4/1/2008

Processor B. Strickland

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INVENTORY
Series 1:  Daily Cash Journals  - 21 journals, 1915 - 1951. Includes cash balances and business transactions, showing date of transactions, names of customers, quantities, costs and descriptions of merchandise purchased.  Cash journals reconciled the till.

File I.D.                              File Label

153-08-0307-Item-001    Cash Book [June 12, 1915 - March 10, 1916]

153-08-0307-Item-002    Cash Book [March 11, 1916 - September 07, 1916]

153-08-0307-Item-003    Cash Book [September 09,1916 - January 01, 1917, July 19 - 21, 1917, August 19 - 25, 1919]

153-08-0307-Item-004    Cash Book [December 02, 1916 - July 16, 1917]

153-08-0307-Item-005    Cash Book [January 01,1917 - October 22, 1917]

153-08-0307-Item-006    Cash Book [May 01, 1918 - March 29, 1920]

153-08-0307-Item-007    Cash Book [August 19,1919 - September 25, 1920]

153-08-0307-Item-008    Cash Book [October 27, 1921 - October 13, 1922]

153-08-0307-Item-009    Cash Book [September 06, 1923 - October 18, 1924]

153-08-0307-Item-010    Cash Book [October 18, 1924 - October 07, 1925]

153-08-0307-Item-011    Cash Book [November 14, 1925 - November 03, 1926]

153-08-0307-Item-012    Cash Book [May 31, 1928 - May 06, 1929]

153-08-0307-Item-013    Cash Book [March 09, 1939 - April 06, 1940]

153-08-0307-Item-014    Cash Book [April 08, 1940 - April 26, 1941]

153-08-0307-Item-015    Cash Book [April 28, 1941 - July, 31, 1942]

153-08-0307-Item-016    Cash Book [August 03, 1942 - May 22, 1943]

153-08-0307-Item-017    Cash Book May 24, 1943 - July 31, 1944]

153-08-0307-Item-018    Cash Book [August 01, 1944 - July 31, 1945]

153-08-0307-Item-019    Cash Book [August 01, 1945 - March 01, 1947]

153-08-0307-Item-020    Cash Book March 01, 1947 - July 31, 1949]

153-08-0307-Item-021    Cash Book [August 01, 1949 - February 14, 1951]

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Series 2: General Ledger  - 12 ledgers, 1916-1945.  Three general account ledgers, 1916 – 1923.  The general account ledgers report balances for expenses, including: accounts for purchased merchandise, freight and express accounts and account with First National Bank of Dothan.  This series contains two types of sub-ledgers (extracts from the general ledgers):  Fertilizer Ledgers (7), 1916 – 1945 and Accounts Payable Ledgers (2), 1919 - 1926.  Because the state taxed fertilizer, the store kept separate fertilizer ledgers that list customers' names and postings of amounts and prices of fertilizer sold.  Also, the store extended credit to customers, so it kept separate accounts payable ledgers that list customers' names with amounts they owed.

File I.D.                              File Label

153-08-0307-Item-022    General Ledger [September 01, 1916 - June 30, 1917]

153-08-0307-Item-023    General Ledger January 01, 1918 - December 27, 1920]

153-08-0307-Item-024    General Ledger [January  01, 1921 - December 28, 1923]

153-08-0307-Item-025    Fertilizer Ledger [1916 - 1917]

153-08-0307-Item-026    Fertilizer  Ledger [1918 - 1919]

153-08-0307-Item-027    Fertilizer Ledger [1920 - 1923]

153-08-0307-Item-028    Fertilizer Ledger [1923 - 1924]

153-08-0307-Item-029    Fertilizer Ledger [1925 - 1930]

153-08-0307-Item-030    Fertilizer Ledger [1938 - 1941]

153-08-0307-Item-031    Fertilizer Ledger [1943 - 1945]

153-08-0307-Item-032    Accounts Payable [November 01, 1919 - May 23, 1919]

153-08-0307-Item-033    Accounts Payable [May 21, 1925 - March 19, 1926]

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Series 3: Receipt books – Contains 3 items.  One receipt books from 1946 – 1948, consisting of a copy of sale receipts given to customers. Two purchase order books from 1943-1948 consisting of copies of cash paid out for items purchased by store.

File I.D.                             File Label

153-08-0307-001-001     Cash Receipts [1946 - 1948]

153-08-0307-001-002     Purchase Order Book [1943 - 1944, 1947 - 1948]

 

Series 4: Miscellaneous - Contains blank receipt book, blank insurance ledger, and ephemera.

File I.D.                             File Label

153-08-0307-001-003     Blank Receipt Book

153-08-0307-Item-034    Blank Northern Assurance Insurance Ledger

153-08-0307-001-004     Ephemera - Ad for Plow

 

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