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Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. No Inter-Library Loan.

Copyright Notice

The collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Reproductions are made only for use as personal study or research. It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection 199: Edmonds Printer Inc. Papers, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, 28608.

Provenance

The W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection purchased this collection from Bookworm and Silverfish.

Processing Information

Processed and opened to the public in November 2003.

Biographical Note

B. D. Smith and Brothers Printers, Inc., operated in Pulaski, Virginia, from 1891 to 1976. It was founded by Benjamin Smith, and originally located on Lee Street in Pulaski, before eventually relocating to Main Street. It was later owned and operated by his son Lewis (1876 - 1941) and grandson Conway (1907 - 1997). It became Edmonds Printing, Inc., after Conway Smith's retirement in 1976, when former employee David Eugene Edmonds (1931 - 2005) took over and operated the printing company until 1996.

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains materials from the B. D. Smith & Brothers printing company and Edmonds Printing, Inc., located in Pulaski, Virginia. It consists of ledger books, publications, and photographs focusing mostly on Pulaski and Wythe Counties, Virginia. It contains four ledgers, dating from 1904 to 1940, pamphlets, paperback books, and programs from 1970s to 1990s, and three black-and white photographs of late nineteenth century buildings. There is one wooden store-front sign from B. D. Smith & Bros.

Collection Arrangement

Series Description

Series I, Publications, 1970-1996, contains books printed by the printing company, alphabetized by author or title. It includes primarily handbooks and programs. Most books originate from southwest Viriginia communities in Carroll, Pulaski and Wythe Counties. Subject matter varys and includes local companies' employee handbooks, beauty contest and sport programs, county annual reports, directories, and church histories.

Series II, Photographs, contains three black and white photographs of buildings from the late nineteen hundreds. Two photographs show the front and rear view of a building on Lee Street and is believed to be the B. D. Smith and Brothers building. The other photograph shows a brick building on Main Street, the first floor housing W. Keister and Co. Druggists. This building later held B. D. Smith and Brothers printing company, is now a Fine Arts Center, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Series III, Ledgers, contains four ledgers dating from 1904 to 1940. The ledger books contain accounts for clients, including companies, colleges, and individuals, such as Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Company, Pulaski Mining Company, Ivanhoe Furnace, National Carbide Company, grocery stores, hardware stores, laundry facilities, lumber companies, telephone and electric companies, H.B. Staley Company, cotton mills, and Emory and Henry College. Ledger entries include dates and expenses.

Series IV, Artifacts, contains a circular, wooden store-front sign which states "B.D. Smith and Bros. Printing - Think of Smith When You Need Printing - Established 1891". The sign is two feet in diameter and is painted yellow with black wording.

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