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Finding Aid for the Benjamin Rush Strong Estate Ledger , 1916-1917


MS-2431

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 13, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Benjamin Rush Strong Estate Ledger

Date/Date Range :   1916-1917

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains a single ledger, listing the holdings of the estate of Benjamin Rush Strong. Divided into sections with different headings, entries are dated from 1916-1917.

Call number: MS-2431

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection was purchased by Special Collections in May 2004.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Benjamin Rush Strong Estate Ledger , MS-2431. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of a single folder.


Biography / History

Benjamin Rush Strong served as the postmaster of Strawberry Plains and as president of Strawberry Plains College during his life. He later moved to Knoxville. The Rush Strong School in Strawberry Plains is the result of an offer he made, providing $1,000 to any community that would name a school after him. When he died in 1915, he left land to the University of Tennessee to build a dorm with two stipulations--it would be a female dorm and a wildflower garden would be maintained. Strong Hall, completed in 1923, is said to be benevolently haunted by the ghost of his mother, Sophie Strong.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a single ledger, listing the holdings of the estate of Benjamin Rush Strong. Divided into sections with different headings ( "W.M. Epps & B.R. Strong Estate," "938 McCammeron (?) St.," "B.R. & A.N. Strong," "Electric Well," "Strong Estate & Mrs. Kate G. Cornforth," and "The Hartford" ), entries are dated from 1916-1917. Pages 97-130, 133-4, 139-42, 149-50 have been removed. Entries usually consist of a date, followed by a name and a dollar amount. At the bottom of each page is a total. Also, each section notes the page number of the previous account which it continues.

Subject Terms

  • Strong, Benjamin Rush.
  • Estates (Law) -- United States.
  • Account books -- Tennessee -- Jefferson County.
Contents List
Folder   1     Item   1    
Ledger of the estate of Benjamin Rush Strong, 1916-1917

Scope Note:

The ledger contains several sets of accounts, listed on the inside of the front cover, along with the first page of that section. Also included are several handwritten errata slips, attached to the first page.