Thomas Dye Owings papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Thomas Dye Owings papers
- Date
- 1817-1850, 1923-1933
- Extent
- 0.78 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Businessmen -- Kentucky.
- Kentucky -- History -- 19th Century.
- Owingsville (Ky.) -- Economic conditions.
- Furnaces.
- Flour mills -- Kentucky -- Owingsville.
- Business records -- Kentucky -- Bath County.
- Blacksmithing -- Kentucky -- Owingsville.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 47M14: [Identification of item], Thomas Dye Owings papers, 1817-1850, 1923-1933, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Thomas Dye Owings operated several furnaces in Bath County, Kentucky, as well as a furnace store, grist mill, and blacksmith shop in Owingsville. One of Owings' furnaces, Slate Creek furnace, operated from 1798 to 1818, and another, Maria Forge, operated from 1810 to 1840. The furnace store was moved to Owingsville in 1814.
- Scope and Content
- The Thomas Dye Owings papers comprise three ledgers, one daybook, and one folder from his business enterprises covering the years 1817-1825, 1848-1850, 1923, 1926-1927, and 1930-1933. In addition to recording business transactions, one volume includes a few records of furniture repairs for the accounts of Hess &, Snediger and Stress &, and Young. The folder contains ledger accounts for two of his customers and scraps of paper with his business expenditures.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Thomas Dye Owings - General accounts, 1818 August 10 - 1825 May 19
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Special Collections Research Center - Closed
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Reproduction requests will still be available during the closure.
Contact SCRC with questions.
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