Zybell, Albert B. Account Book and Receipts, 1906-21 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Scope and Contents: Albert B. Zybell (1860-1948), an undertaker, embalmer, and furniture dealer in Monticello, Ill. used this account book to record funeral expenses, including such items as clothes, vaults, coffins, flowers and accessories.  The 270-page account book and 59 miscellaneous receipts were acquired by the Illinois Historical Survey in 1974, and duplicated for Monticello's Allerton Public Library in 1994.