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Station Photographers, Hampton Roads, VA.","Oversize photograph of Rocking Chair Manufacturing [Employees], \"Henderson - Ervin - Rocking Chair Mfg.\", Monticello Rd., ca. 1950.","Folder with University of Virginia postcards","Folder with postcards","Printed Materials:","Crandall, Irene Jean: A Cabin Courtship: A Comedy in Three Acts, USA, 1921.","Gamble, Elizabeth Brown: She Dares to Be Different. An Autobiography. Charlottesville, VA, The Reynolds Company, 1974.","Hare, Walter Ben: The Camp-Fire Girls. A Comedy in Four Acts. Boston, Walter H. Baker and Co., 1915.","Loving, Boyce: The Origin of Necking. A Travesty on the Pocahontas-John Smith Episode. Richmond, VA., 1932.","McGlone, Susie G.: A Virginia Heroine. A Comedy in Three Acts. Boston, Walter H. Baker and Co., 1907.","Scott, Walter: The Lady of the Lake. New York, The MacMillan Company, 1928 [Book belonged to Margaret Rhoades].","Service Song Book (Abridged). 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Red Hill Elementary School health-fitness recommendations and some teachers notes, 1963 and 1969.","f. 3: Boger, Dane - miscellaneous Christmas cards, 1934.","f. 4: Boger, Dane - Zanol Products Co. advertisement for a \"Tea and Coffee Route,\" [ca. 1931.]","f. 5: Brady, Martin A. - cancelled checks, 1934.","f. 6: Fisher, [Holier?] to friend, 1923.","f. 7: Holladay, R. L. to S. S. Rhodes, 190.9","f. 8: Randolph, W. M. - poetry, 1908.","f. 9: Rhoades, Arley E. 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Sam, n.d.","f. 26: Rhoades, Mary Belle vs. Frank Albert Rhoades - Deposition, 1929.","f. 27: Christmas cards sent to Rhoades Family, 1923-1924, 1933, n.d.","f. 28: Funkhouser, Lilian marriage to Archibald Dabney, invitation, 1904.","f. 29: Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church - directories, 1970, 1972, 198.2","f. 30: Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church - photographs, 1968 and n.d.","f. 31: Letter from unknown to sis, n.d.","f. 32: Miller School songs, n.d.","f. 33: Miller School postcards, n.d.","f. 34: Mother's Day greetings cards and Easter card, n.d.","f. 35: Teaching notes and observations, 1969.","f. 36: Valentine cards sent to Frances Rhoades, 1923.","f. 37: \"The Baby\" Virginia Health Bulletin, Vol. XX, No. 12, 1928.","Photographs","f. 38: Chapell, Flossy E., n.d.","f. 39: Casey, John and Joanne, n.d.","f. 40: Cox, Delmer (cousin), n.d.","f. 41: Football teams [Miller School?], 1925 and n.d.","f. 42: [Hermans] Family, Christmas 1925","f. 43: [Kesler?] Family members, n.d.","Box 2","f. 1: Kesler, Alice E. and Bernice 8th Grade Graduation, n.d.","f. 2: Kesler, Alice, n.d.","f. 3: Lacy, Mamie T., n.d.","f. 4: [Mother and child], 1867. [C. E. Rees, W. G. E. Frayser, E. J. Rees Photos, Richmond, Va.]","f. 5: Monticello Hand Colored Photographs, n.d.","f. 6: [Moore, Tom and Nannie], North Dakota, n.d.","f. 7: Nielsen, Buddy, North Dakota, n.d.","f. 8: [Owens, Elizabeth], n.d.","f. 9: Radeliff, W. A. and wife, Algiers, IN, n.d.","f. 10: Rhoades, Mary Bell","f. 11: Photo of a Black Woman, n.d.","f. 12: Photos of women from North Dakota photographers, n.d.","f. 13: Photos of unknown children, n.d.","f. 14: Rhoades Family Photographs, n.d.","f. 15: Rhoades - Birchman photos taken by Charlottesville photographers, n.d.","f. 16: Rhoades - Bircham photos of unknown women and girls, n.d.","f. 17: Roberts, Sonny, n.d.","f. 18: Unidentified miniature photos from B. A. Blackemore and Son Studio, Staunton, VA, n.d.","f. 19: Unidentified persons from Maryland photo studio, n.d.","f. 20: Unidentified photos of couples, n.d.","f. 21: Unidentified family, North Dakota, n.d.","f. 22: Nurses - group photograph taken in Olsen's Studio, North Dakota, n.d.","f. 23: Photographic postcards of unknown family members, n.d.","f. 24: Photos of unidentified persons taken in North Dakota, n.d.","f. 25: Unidentified photographs of family members from North Dakota, n.d.","Box 3","2 photo albums of the Kesler Family, ca. 1921","Oversize photograph of Platoon 19 G. E. Baker Co. Com., October 10, 1923. Photo by U. S. N. T. Station Photographers, Hampton Roads, VA.","Oversize photograph of Rocking Chair Manufacturing [Employees], \"Henderson - Ervin - Rocking Chair Mfg.\", Monticello Rd., ca. 1950.","Folder with University of Virginia postcards","Folder with postcards","Printed Materials:","Crandall, Irene Jean: A Cabin Courtship: A Comedy in Three Acts, USA, 1921.","Gamble, Elizabeth Brown: She Dares to Be Different. An Autobiography. Charlottesville, VA, The Reynolds Company, 1974.","Hare, Walter Ben: The Camp-Fire Girls. A Comedy in Four Acts. Boston, Walter H. Baker and Co., 1915.","Loving, Boyce: The Origin of Necking. A Travesty on the Pocahontas-John Smith Episode. Richmond, VA., 1932.","McGlone, Susie G.: A Virginia Heroine. A Comedy in Three Acts. Boston, Walter H. Baker and Co., 1907.","Scott, Walter: The Lady of the Lake. New York, The MacMillan Company, 1928 [Book belonged to Margaret Rhoades].","Service Song Book (Abridged). 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Red Hill Elementary School health-fitness recommendations and some teachers notes, 1963 and 1969.","f. 3: Boger, Dane - miscellaneous Christmas cards, 1934.","f. 4: Boger, Dane - Zanol Products Co. advertisement for a \"Tea and Coffee Route,\" [ca. 1931.]","f. 5: Brady, Martin A. - cancelled checks, 1934.","f. 6: Fisher, [Holier?] to friend, 1923.","f. 7: Holladay, R. L. to S. S. Rhodes, 190.9","f. 8: Randolph, W. M. - poetry, 1908.","f. 9: Rhoades, Arley E. Cutright (Sam's wife) - correspondence, 1934.","f. 10: Rhoades, Children - school certificates of achievement, 1913-1916.","f. 11: Rhoades, Dusty - Bankers Trust documents, 1933.","f. 12: Rhoades, Frances - incoming correspondence, 1922-1926, 1934.","f. 13: Rhoades, Frances - congratulatory cards upon her graduation, 1926.","f. 14: Rhoades, Frances - miscellaneous memorabilia, 1925, 1934, n.d.","f. 15: Rhoades, Frances - notebooks, 1923, n.d.","f. 16: Rhoades, Frank Albert - handwritten poems and permit for Driver of Motor Vehicles, n.d.and 1933.","f. 17: Rhoades, Frank Albert - International Association of Lions Clubs: constitution and by-laws; information, 1931-1934.","f. 18: Rhoades, Frank Albert - motor vehicle title, 1938.","f. 19: Rhoades, Frank Albert - contract with Person Motor Corporation; life insurance policies, 1934.","f. 20: Rhoades, Frank Albert - photos of Williamsburg, negatives, correspondence, [1934?.]","f. 21: Rhoades, Lelia - incoming correspondence, 1917-1926.","f. 22: Rhoades, Lelia - letters to son Samuel Rhoades, 1916.","f. 23: Rhoades, Margaret Colbert - correspondence and UVA Hospital billing, 1926, 1929, 1932.","f. 24: Rhoades, Samuel to mother Lelia - correspondence, 1916, 1926.","f. 25: Rhoades, Samuel from Aunt [Heshe] - re. 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[C. E. Rees, W. G. E. Frayser, E. J. Rees Photos, Richmond, Va.]","f. 5: Monticello Hand Colored Photographs, n.d.","f. 6: [Moore, Tom and Nannie], North Dakota, n.d.","f. 7: Nielsen, Buddy, North Dakota, n.d.","f. 8: [Owens, Elizabeth], n.d.","f. 9: Radeliff, W. A. and wife, Algiers, IN, n.d.","f. 10: Rhoades, Mary Bell","f. 11: Photo of a Black Woman, n.d.","f. 12: Photos of women from North Dakota photographers, n.d.","f. 13: Photos of unknown children, n.d.","f. 14: Rhoades Family Photographs, n.d.","f. 15: Rhoades - Birchman photos taken by Charlottesville photographers, n.d.","f. 16: Rhoades - Bircham photos of unknown women and girls, n.d.","f. 17: Roberts, Sonny, n.d.","f. 18: Unidentified miniature photos from B. A. 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Cutright (Sam's wife) - correspondence, 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Rhoades, Children - school certificates of achievement, 1913-1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Rhoades, Dusty - Bankers Trust documents, 1933.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 12: Rhoades, Frances - incoming correspondence, 1922-1926, 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 13: Rhoades, Frances - congratulatory cards upon her graduation, 1926.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 14: Rhoades, Frances - miscellaneous memorabilia, 1925, 1934, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 15: Rhoades, Frances - notebooks, 1923, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 16: Rhoades, Frank Albert - handwritten poems and permit for Driver of Motor Vehicles, n.d.and 1933.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 17: Rhoades, Frank Albert - International Association of Lions Clubs: constitution and by-laws; information, 1931-1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 18: Rhoades, Frank Albert - motor vehicle title, 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 19: Rhoades, Frank Albert - contract with Person Motor Corporation; life insurance policies, 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 20: Rhoades, Frank Albert - photos of Williamsburg, negatives, correspondence, [1934?.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 21: Rhoades, Lelia - incoming correspondence, 1917-1926.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 22: Rhoades, Lelia - letters to son Samuel Rhoades, 1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 23: Rhoades, Margaret Colbert - correspondence and UVA Hospital billing, 1926, 1929, 1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 24: Rhoades, Samuel to mother Lelia - correspondence, 1916, 1926.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 25: Rhoades, Samuel from Aunt [Heshe] - re. Sam, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 26: Rhoades, Mary Belle vs. Frank Albert Rhoades - Deposition, 1929.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 27: Christmas cards sent to Rhoades Family, 1923-1924, 1933, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 28: Funkhouser, Lilian marriage to Archibald Dabney, invitation, 1904.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 29: Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church - directories, 1970, 1972, 198.2\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 30: Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church - photographs, 1968 and n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 31: Letter from unknown to sis, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 32: Miller School songs, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 33: Miller School postcards, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 34: Mother's Day greetings cards and Easter card, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 35: Teaching notes and observations, 1969.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 36: Valentine cards sent to Frances Rhoades, 1923.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 37: \"The Baby\" Virginia Health Bulletin, Vol. XX, No. 12, 1928.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 38: Chapell, Flossy E., n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 39: Casey, John and Joanne, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 40: Cox, Delmer (cousin), n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 41: Football teams [Miller School?], 1925 and n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 42: [Hermans] Family, Christmas 1925\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 43: [Kesler?] Family members, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 2\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Kesler, Alice E. and Bernice 8th Grade Graduation, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Kesler, Alice, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: Lacy, Mamie T., n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: [Mother and child], 1867. [C. E. Rees, W. G. E. Frayser, E. J. Rees Photos, Richmond, Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Monticello Hand Colored Photographs, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: [Moore, Tom and Nannie], North Dakota, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Nielsen, Buddy, North Dakota, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: [Owens, Elizabeth], n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 9: Radeliff, W. A. and wife, Algiers, IN, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Rhoades, Mary Bell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Photo of a Black Woman, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 12: Photos of women from North Dakota photographers, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 13: Photos of unknown children, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 14: Rhoades Family Photographs, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 15: Rhoades - Birchman photos taken by Charlottesville photographers, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 16: Rhoades - Bircham photos of unknown women and girls, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 17: Roberts, Sonny, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 18: Unidentified miniature photos from B. A. Blackemore and Son Studio, Staunton, VA, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 19: Unidentified persons from Maryland photo studio, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 20: Unidentified photos of couples, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 21: Unidentified family, North Dakota, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 22: Nurses - group photograph taken in Olsen's Studio, North Dakota, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 23: Photographic postcards of unknown family members, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 24: Photos of unidentified persons taken in North Dakota, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 25: Unidentified photographs of family members from North Dakota, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 3\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 photo albums of the Kesler Family, ca. 1921\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOversize photograph of Platoon 19 G. E. Baker Co. Com., October 10, 1923. Photo by U. S. N. T. Station Photographers, Hampton Roads, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOversize photograph of Rocking Chair Manufacturing [Employees], \"Henderson - Ervin - Rocking Chair Mfg.\", Monticello Rd., ca. 1950.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolder with University of Virginia postcards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolder with postcards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Materials:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCrandall, Irene Jean: A Cabin Courtship: A Comedy in Three Acts, USA, 1921.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGamble, Elizabeth Brown: She Dares to Be Different. An Autobiography. Charlottesville, VA, The Reynolds Company, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHare, Walter Ben: The Camp-Fire Girls. A Comedy in Four Acts. Boston, Walter H. Baker and Co., 1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoving, Boyce: The Origin of Necking. A Travesty on the Pocahontas-John Smith Episode. Richmond, VA., 1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcGlone, Susie G.: A Virginia Heroine. A Comedy in Three Acts. Boston, Walter H. Baker and Co., 1907.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScott, Walter: The Lady of the Lake. New York, The MacMillan Company, 1928 [Book belonged to Margaret Rhoades].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eService Song Book (Abridged). Prepared for the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Association for the Men of the Army and Navy. New York, Association Press, 1918.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShakespeare, William: The Merchant of Venice. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. Riverside Literature Series, No. 55.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStevenson, Robert Louis: Travels with a Donkey and an Inland Voyage. New York, The MacMillan Company, 1927. [Book belonged to Margaret and \"Dusty\" Rhoades].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Book of Psalms: translated out by The Original Hebrew; and with the former translation diligently compared and revised. New York, Army and Navy Edition, American Bible Society, 1917. [Book belonged to Frances L. Rhoades].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Language of Flowers: An Alphabet of Floral Emblems. London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1875.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Sir Roger de Coverley Papers. Part I. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1893. Riverside Literature Series, No. 60.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Sir Roger de Coverley Papers. Part II. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1893. Riverside Literature Series, No. 61.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhitman, R. Adelaide: English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. Riverside Literature Series, No. 61.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged in three parts:","Part 1: Correspondence and memorabilia","Part 2: Photographs","Part 3: Printed materials","Box 1","f. 1: Provenance, notes","f. 2: Albemarle County Schools - miscellaneous documents. Red Hill Elementary School health-fitness recommendations and some teachers notes, 1963 and 1969.","f. 3: Boger, Dane - miscellaneous Christmas cards, 1934.","f. 4: Boger, Dane - Zanol Products Co. advertisement for a \"Tea and Coffee Route,\" [ca. 1931.]","f. 5: Brady, Martin A. - cancelled checks, 1934.","f. 6: Fisher, [Holier?] to friend, 1923.","f. 7: Holladay, R. L. to S. S. Rhodes, 190.9","f. 8: Randolph, W. M. - poetry, 1908.","f. 9: Rhoades, Arley E. Cutright (Sam's wife) - correspondence, 1934.","f. 10: Rhoades, Children - school certificates of achievement, 1913-1916.","f. 11: Rhoades, Dusty - Bankers Trust documents, 1933.","f. 12: Rhoades, Frances - incoming correspondence, 1922-1926, 1934.","f. 13: Rhoades, Frances - congratulatory cards upon her graduation, 1926.","f. 14: Rhoades, Frances - miscellaneous memorabilia, 1925, 1934, n.d.","f. 15: Rhoades, Frances - notebooks, 1923, n.d.","f. 16: Rhoades, Frank Albert - handwritten poems and permit for Driver of Motor Vehicles, n.d.and 1933.","f. 17: Rhoades, Frank Albert - International Association of Lions Clubs: constitution and by-laws; information, 1931-1934.","f. 18: Rhoades, Frank Albert - motor vehicle title, 1938.","f. 19: Rhoades, Frank Albert - contract with Person Motor Corporation; life insurance policies, 1934.","f. 20: Rhoades, Frank Albert - photos of Williamsburg, negatives, correspondence, [1934?.]","f. 21: Rhoades, Lelia - incoming correspondence, 1917-1926.","f. 22: Rhoades, Lelia - letters to son Samuel Rhoades, 1916.","f. 23: Rhoades, Margaret Colbert - correspondence and UVA Hospital billing, 1926, 1929, 1932.","f. 24: Rhoades, Samuel to mother Lelia - correspondence, 1916, 1926.","f. 25: Rhoades, Samuel from Aunt [Heshe] - re. Sam, n.d.","f. 26: Rhoades, Mary Belle vs. Frank Albert Rhoades - Deposition, 1929.","f. 27: Christmas cards sent to Rhoades Family, 1923-1924, 1933, n.d.","f. 28: Funkhouser, Lilian marriage to Archibald Dabney, invitation, 1904.","f. 29: Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church - directories, 1970, 1972, 198.2","f. 30: Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church - photographs, 1968 and n.d.","f. 31: Letter from unknown to sis, n.d.","f. 32: Miller School songs, n.d.","f. 33: Miller School postcards, n.d.","f. 34: Mother's Day greetings cards and Easter card, n.d.","f. 35: Teaching notes and observations, 1969.","f. 36: Valentine cards sent to Frances Rhoades, 1923.","f. 37: \"The Baby\" Virginia Health Bulletin, Vol. XX, No. 12, 1928.","Photographs","f. 38: Chapell, Flossy E., n.d.","f. 39: Casey, John and Joanne, n.d.","f. 40: Cox, Delmer (cousin), n.d.","f. 41: Football teams [Miller School?], 1925 and n.d.","f. 42: [Hermans] Family, Christmas 1925","f. 43: [Kesler?] Family members, n.d.","Box 2","f. 1: Kesler, Alice E. and Bernice 8th Grade Graduation, n.d.","f. 2: Kesler, Alice, n.d.","f. 3: Lacy, Mamie T., n.d.","f. 4: [Mother and child], 1867. [C. E. Rees, W. G. E. Frayser, E. J. Rees Photos, Richmond, Va.]","f. 5: Monticello Hand Colored Photographs, n.d.","f. 6: [Moore, Tom and Nannie], North Dakota, n.d.","f. 7: Nielsen, Buddy, North Dakota, n.d.","f. 8: [Owens, Elizabeth], n.d.","f. 9: Radeliff, W. A. and wife, Algiers, IN, n.d.","f. 10: Rhoades, Mary Bell","f. 11: Photo of a Black Woman, n.d.","f. 12: Photos of women from North Dakota photographers, n.d.","f. 13: Photos of unknown children, n.d.","f. 14: Rhoades Family Photographs, n.d.","f. 15: Rhoades - Birchman photos taken by Charlottesville photographers, n.d.","f. 16: Rhoades - Bircham photos of unknown women and girls, n.d.","f. 17: Roberts, Sonny, n.d.","f. 18: Unidentified miniature photos from B. A. Blackemore and Son Studio, Staunton, VA, n.d.","f. 19: Unidentified persons from Maryland photo studio, n.d.","f. 20: Unidentified photos of couples, n.d.","f. 21: Unidentified family, North Dakota, n.d.","f. 22: Nurses - group photograph taken in Olsen's Studio, North Dakota, n.d.","f. 23: Photographic postcards of unknown family members, n.d.","f. 24: Photos of unidentified persons taken in North Dakota, n.d.","f. 25: Unidentified photographs of family members from North Dakota, n.d.","Box 3","2 photo albums of the Kesler Family, ca. 1921","Oversize photograph of Platoon 19 G. E. Baker Co. Com., October 10, 1923. Photo by U. S. N. T. Station Photographers, Hampton Roads, VA.","Oversize photograph of Rocking Chair Manufacturing [Employees], \"Henderson - Ervin - Rocking Chair Mfg.\", Monticello Rd., ca. 1950.","Folder with University of Virginia postcards","Folder with postcards","Printed Materials:","Crandall, Irene Jean: A Cabin Courtship: A Comedy in Three Acts, USA, 1921.","Gamble, Elizabeth Brown: She Dares to Be Different. An Autobiography. Charlottesville, VA, The Reynolds Company, 1974.","Hare, Walter Ben: The Camp-Fire Girls. A Comedy in Four Acts. Boston, Walter H. Baker and Co., 1915.","Loving, Boyce: The Origin of Necking. A Travesty on the Pocahontas-John Smith Episode. Richmond, VA., 1932.","McGlone, Susie G.: A Virginia Heroine. A Comedy in Three Acts. Boston, Walter H. Baker and Co., 1907.","Scott, Walter: The Lady of the Lake. New York, The MacMillan Company, 1928 [Book belonged to Margaret Rhoades].","Service Song Book (Abridged). Prepared for the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Association for the Men of the Army and Navy. New York, Association Press, 1918.","Shakespeare, William: The Merchant of Venice. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. Riverside Literature Series, No. 55.","Stevenson, Robert Louis: Travels with a Donkey and an Inland Voyage. New York, The MacMillan Company, 1927. [Book belonged to Margaret and \"Dusty\" Rhoades].","The Book of Psalms: translated out by The Original Hebrew; and with the former translation diligently compared and revised. New York, Army and Navy Edition, American Bible Society, 1917. [Book belonged to Frances L. Rhoades].","The Language of Flowers: An Alphabet of Floral Emblems. London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1875.","The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers. Part I. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1893. Riverside Literature Series, No. 60.","The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers. Part II. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1893. Riverside Literature Series, No. 61.","Whitman, R. Adelaide: English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. Riverside Literature Series, No. 61.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe 1920 census records that Lelia F. Rhodes and her children Samuel Jr., Frances, Frank Albert and Margaret Culbert, were living in Charlottesville. The papers show that they were students in the Albemarle County Schools and the Miller School. At some point the family attended the Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church. The Rhoades had many family members living in North Dakota.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information \n"],"bioghist_tesim":["The 1920 census records that Lelia F. Rhodes and her children Samuel Jr., Frances, Frank Albert and Margaret Culbert, were living in Charlottesville. The papers show that they were students in the Albemarle County Schools and the Miller School. At some point the family attended the Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church. The Rhoades had many family members living in North Dakota.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains personal correspondence, photographs, memorabilia and published materials related to the Rhoades Family. There is an extensive collection of photographs from the Kesler family of North Dakota that was related to the Rhoades.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains personal correspondence, photographs, memorabilia and published materials related to the Rhoades Family. 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McIntire (gifts to Charlottesville), 1966, 1988","f. 21: Municipal Facility Committee (Charlottesville) - minutes, lists of committee members, Junior Chamber of Commerce Report on the Vinegar Hill area; Committee Report on need to enlarge municipal facilities in Charlottesville, blueprint, 1959-1961","f. 22: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Virginia Courthouse Survey, 1962","f. 23-24: North Downtown Residents Association - newsletters, By-laws, bulletin, 1973-1984 (2 folders)","f. 25: Old Charlottesville, Inc. - newsletters, correspondence, 1980-1981","f. 26: Queen Charlotte Square (Charlottesville) - correspondence, 1980","f. 27: Vinegar Hill - correspondence related to development of Vinegar Hill and other downtown matters, 1949-1970","f. 28: Zoning and Architectural Design Control Committee to Study the Zoning and Architectural Controls of Charlottesville Courthouse Area, 1972, 1979, 1983-1987","Box 2 (Velora Thomson Personal Papers)","f. 1: Carver House (100 W. High St., Charlottesville) - correspondence, photographs, 1985-1987, undated","f. 2: Carver Property (104 High St., Charlottesville) - correspondence, blueprints, sales agreement, 1922-1988","f. 3: Comyn Hall (Home for the Aged) - history research paper, news-clippings, notes, 1970-1976","f. 4: Velora Carver Thomson Astrological Chart and miscellaneous correspondence, 1918-1925","f. 5 - f.16: Velora Carver Thomson Miscellaneous Correspondence (12 folders), 1960-1974","Box 3 (Velora Thomson Personal Papers)","f. 1 - f.9: Velora Carver Thomson Miscellaneous Correspondence (9 folders), 1975-1982, undated","f. 10: Velora Carver Thomson - Massie-McLeod Correspondence, 1920-1940","f. 11: Library - Miscellaneous notes, correspondence, etc., 1972-1984","f. 12: Account book, address book, autograph book, undated","Mary Rawlings Papers","f. 13: Captain Thomas S. Watson Correspondence (1840-1860); correspondence to Mary Rawlings re: Watson Family (1939),","f. 14: Mary Rawlings miscellaneous correspondence, 1898, 1908","f. 15: Mary Rawlings correspondence re: publications and research, 1911-1934","f. 16: Mary Rawlings correspondence related to old homes in Albemarle County, 1935","f. 17 - f. 24: Mary Rawlings miscellaneous correspondence (7 folders), 1940-1960","Box 4","f. 1: Albemarle County Historical Society - list, correspondence, 1949-1960","f. 2: Collection of Debt Owed to Rev. J.M. Rawlings, 1894-1901","f. 3 - f. 4: Correspondence re: St. Louis Property (2 folders), 1898-1923","f. 5: Courthouse Tour - script, galleys, notes, undated","f. 6: Historical Guide to Old Charlottesville, 1954","f. 7: Legal Documents - deeds, leases, etc., 1898-1907","f. 8 - f. 9: Michie Tavern - correspondence, notes, copies of indentures, research (2 folders), 1953-1962","f. 10: James Monroe - notes and correspondence, [1951-1953]","f. 11- f. 13: Richardson Family - correspondence, research, notes (3 folders), 1926-1932","f. 14: Unidentified typescript of journal, presumably from UVA MS6436-E, undated","Box 4a","f. 1: Rawlings, Mary: \"Short history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County,\" prepared for the Charlottesville and Albemarle Chamber of Commerce and the Albemarle Historical Society, July 1949","f. 2: \"Ante-Bellum Albemarle\" - proof pages, undated","f. 3: \"Battle Blenheim\" - notes, undated","f. 4: \"Albemarle of Other Days\" - notes, undated","f. 5: \"Sheridan Raid\" notes, undated","f. 6: \"Annals of an American Family\" - text, notes, undated","f. 7: \"Early Charlottesville 1963\" - notes","f. 8: Salling, John Peter - notes, undated","Box 4b","Rawlings, Mary - shorts stories and poetry handwritten notes","Genealogical Research","Box 5","f. 1: Beck, Virginia Herdon (Carver) genealogical research and notes, undated","f. 2: Boston Family research and notes, undated","f. 3 - f.4: Carver Family Research and notes (2 folders), undated and1960-1970s. [There are photos of a Broadhead Mountain Cabin, 1964]","f. 5: Carver Family Coat of Arms (1920) and undated report","f. 6: Central Virginia Genealogy Association Surnames and Queries, undated","f. 7: Correspondence related to genealogical research, 1935 - 1978","f. 8: Marshall, Alice Goodyear (Stevens) - research for wedding bows, 1983","f. 9: Payne Family Genealogical Research, undated","f. 10: Rawlings, James Henry miscellaneous documents, 1895-1898","f. 11: Thomson, James Henry Rawlings miscellaneous documents, 1957, 1964-1965","f. 12: Woodson Family research, undated","Virginia Herndon Carver Bible","Bettie Watson Rawlings Bible","Photographs","Box 6","f. 1: Photo Album, 1919-1924, 1956, 1975","f. 2: Photo Album [Clinchfield Railroad?], undated","f. 3: Albemarle County Historical Society - photos of buildings, 1964, 1970","f. 4: Beck, Virginia Carver and Nelson Beck, undated","f. 5: Carver Family photos, undated","f. 6: Carver, Marjorie photos, 1903, 1942, 1975","f. 7: Charlottesville Midway/West Main/ Ridge Street/Water Street Intersection, (Holsinger Photograph), 1920s","f. 8: Charlottesville Statutes, undated","f. 9: Miscellaneous photographs, undated","f. 10: Rawlings Thomson photographs, undated","f. 11: Rawlings Thomson, Velora, undated","Box 7","f. 1: Concentration Camp - unidentified photos, undated","f. 2: Mountain Lake, VA, [1948s-1950s]","f. 3: Pennsylvania photographs, 1909-1915, 1938","f. 4: Pennsylvania photographs, undated","f. 5: Miscellaneous photos, some identified, 1920-1970s","f. 6: Miscellaneous photos, 1910-1950","Box 8","f. 1 - f. 3: Miscellaneous unidentified photos, 1960-1980s, and undated (3 folders)","f. 6: Slides, 1974","Two framed photographs of unidentified persons","\"Mrs. Thomas Payne Carver,\" framed photograph, undated.","Travel book of Mary Rawlings, 1938","Box 9","Four photo albums and loose photographs.","Box 10","f. 1: Beck Family Photographs at Milton Farm, undated. [Virginia Herndon Carver was married to Charles Nelson Beck]","Unidentified Photo Album","Box 11","Unidentified Photo Album, undated","Box 12","Day books, autograph book, Mary Rawlings passport (1938), Velora Ames Carver Commencement Memory Book (1919)","Box 13","Carver Family Papers","f. 1-4: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous correspondence and memorabilia, 1916-1948, undated","f. 5: Marjorie Dunham Carver - First Baptist Church Sunday School Classes, 1931-1951","f. 6: Marjorie Dunham Carver - funeral record, 1984","f. 7: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous personal papers, 1916 -1981","f. 8: [Marjorie Dunham Carver] - Unidentified typescript of journal [presumably from University of Virginia MS 6436], undated","f. 9: Stella Carver - miscellaneous correspondence, 1891-1901","f. 10: Stella Carver - get well cards, 1951","f. 11: Stella Carver - invitations, Christmas cards, 1937","f. 12: Stella Carver - correspondence, invitations, 1930s - 1950s","f. 13: Stella Carver personal ephemera, 1923, undated","f. 14: Thomas Carver correspondence, 1901, undated","f. 15: Thomas Carver - checks, receipts, 1934-1935","Box 14","f. 1: Carver Family invitations","f. 2: Postcards","f. 3: Photographs - Carver Family, Beck Family and unidentified, 1880s - 1940s","f. 4: Miscellaneous Albemarle History, undated","Printed materials","Harold Waitland Carver - Baby Life. A Remembrance of Baby Days [book], ca. 1898","Miran Dunham and Velora Ames book: Pinckney, Cotesworth: The Wedding Gift, to all who are entering the Marriage State. New York, Ensign, Bridgman, and Fanning, [1864]","Album of Polaroid Pictures, undated.\n","Velora Carver was born in Charlottesville on June 28, 1900. She graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1919. She married James Rawlings Thomson. Mrs. Thomson was a member and council of the Albemarle County Historical Society, the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County; the Board of Commyn Hall, the Albemarle Art Association, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Business and Professional Women's Club in Charlottesville. She worked at Peoples National Bank for 27 years, and was the first woman to hold the position of head teller. She also worked as Executive Secretary of the local chapter of the American Cancer Society and the Bessie Dunn Miller Cancer Detection Center. One of her great achievements was in her own words \"instigator of the opposition to remove the trees on High Street,\" that led to the formation of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. She was involved in many civic organizations in Charlottesville. She died on November 8, 1988.","Mary Norris Rawlings was born December 15, 1873 in Charlottesville. She attended Edgehill School for Girls. She was founding member of the Albemarle Historical Society and of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle. In 1950 she was made honorary president of the Albemarle Historical Society. She was an amateur historian and wrote several books about Charlottesville history and architecture. She also wrote short stories and poems under the pen name Minor Watson. She died June 8, 1960 at Martha Jefferson Hospital.","The Carver Family Collection consists primarily of correspondence and memorabilia related to Marjorie Dunham Carver and Stella Carver. Marjorie Carver was born in Charlottesville, Va. on April 2, 1903. She was the daughter of Thomas Payne Carver and Stella Dunham Carver, and sister of Velora Carver Thomson. Marjorie graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1920 and soon afterwards began working for the University of Virginia Library. She attended Library Sciences courses at the University of Virginia Extension and became a cataloguer. She was involved in the conversion of UVA library books from the Dewey System to the Library of Congress system. She was member of the First Baptist Church in Park Street. During WWII she was member of the Charlottesville and Albemarle Civil Air Patrol Squadron as Assistant Adjutant and Public Relations Chairman. She was an active member of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society and the Charlottesville Albemarle Historical Society. She died on August 1, 1984.\n","The collection contains personal papers and numerous photographs of Velora Carver Thomson, Mary Norris Rawlings, Marjorie Carver, Stella Dunham Carver and Thomas Payne Carver. The three women and their family had an active civic life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County and were part of numerous organizations.\n","","Archive Room Shelves\n","Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society (Charlottesville, Va.)","Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission (Charlottesville, Va.)","Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County (Charlottesville, Va.)","First Baptist Church (Charlottesville, Va.: Park St.)","North Downtown Residents Association (Charlottesville, Va.)","Old Charlottesville, Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.)","Beck family","Carver family","Thomson family","Watson family","Carver, Marjorie Dunham","Carver, Thomas Payne","Carver, Stella Dunham","Rawlings, Mary Norris Rawlings","Thomson, James Henry Rawlings","Thomson, Velora Ames Carver","Watson, Thomas S.","Rawlings family","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["MS 192\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Thomas/Rawlings/Carver Family Collection, \n 1840-1988"],"collection_title_tesim":["Thomas/Rawlings/Carver Family Collection, \n 1840-1988"],"collection_ssim":["Thomas/Rawlings/Carver Family Collection, \n 1840-1988"],"repository_ssm":["Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society"],"repository_ssim":["Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society"],"creator_ssm":["Velora Carver Thomson,\nMary Norris Rawlings,\nMarjorie Carver,\nStella Carver,\nThomas Payne Carver\n"],"creator_ssim":["Velora Carver Thomson,\nMary Norris Rawlings,\nMarjorie Carver,\nStella Carver,\nThomas Payne Carver\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was donated by the Estate of Velora Carver Thomson in 1988.\n"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Albemarle County (Va.)--History","Charlottesville (Va.)--History","Albemarle County (Va.)--Social life and customs","Charlottesville (Va.)--Social life and customs","Letters (Correspondence)","Genealogy"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Albemarle County (Va.)--History","Charlottesville (Va.)--History","Albemarle County (Va.)--Social life and customs","Charlottesville (Va.)--Social life and customs","Letters (Correspondence)","Genealogy"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["."],"extent_ssm":["16 boxes (10 linear ft.)"],"extent_tesim":["16 boxes (10 linear ft.)"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers are organized in four series:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Velora Carver Thomson papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Mary Norris Rawlings Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Photographs and other miscellaneous documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Carver Family Collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVelora Carver Thomson\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Accession folder\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Albemarle Historical Society, Charlottesville Statutes, Vinegar Hill - miscellaneous correspondence, 1930-1934\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: AHS - correspondence, 1964-1974\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: AHS - correspondence [includes ACHS Bulletin of 1984], 1976-1984\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Albemarle County Courthouse cannons - correspondence and news clippings, 1921, 1965, 1972, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Allied Cinderblock Plant noise, 1946-1976\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Bessie Dunn Miller Center for Cancer Prevention - financial reports, minutes, correspondence, 1944-1978\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: Charlottesville/Albemarle history, 1957-1958, 1974, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 9: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - correspondence, 1977-1981\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - history, 1978-1979\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - minutes, 1977-1979\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 12: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - miscellaneous, 1974-1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 13: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - survey Forms, 1974, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 14: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission- list of landmarks in Albemarle County, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 15, f. 15a: Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle - constitution, ordinances, membership lists, correspondence, 1951-1996 (2 folders)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 16: Enderly House on Watson Avenue, Charlottesville - research by Velora Thomson, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 17: First Baptist Church (Park St., Charlottesville) - administrative information, remarks about the new church, financial statements, long range planning documents, 1975-1978\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 18: High Street preservation of trees and other Charlottesville Downtown issues (renaming Free Bridge Road), 1949 -1988\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 19: Martha Jefferson Hospital recognition of Jo Blanton - correspondence, brochures, news-clippings, 1975-1978\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 20: Paul G. McIntire (gifts to Charlottesville), 1966, 1988\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 21: Municipal Facility Committee (Charlottesville) - minutes, lists of committee members, Junior Chamber of Commerce Report on the Vinegar Hill area; Committee Report on need to enlarge municipal facilities in Charlottesville, blueprint, 1959-1961\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 22: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Virginia Courthouse Survey, 1962\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 23-24: North Downtown Residents Association - newsletters, By-laws, bulletin, 1973-1984 (2 folders)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 25: Old Charlottesville, Inc. - newsletters, correspondence, 1980-1981\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 26: Queen Charlotte Square (Charlottesville) - correspondence, 1980\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 27: Vinegar Hill - correspondence related to development of Vinegar Hill and other downtown matters, 1949-1970\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 28: Zoning and Architectural Design Control Committee to Study the Zoning and Architectural Controls of Charlottesville Courthouse Area, 1972, 1979, 1983-1987\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 2 (Velora Thomson Personal Papers)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Carver House (100 W. High St., Charlottesville) - correspondence, photographs, 1985-1987, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Carver Property (104 High St., Charlottesville) - correspondence, blueprints, sales agreement, 1922-1988\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: Comyn Hall (Home for the Aged) - history research paper, news-clippings, notes, 1970-1976\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: Velora Carver Thomson Astrological Chart and miscellaneous correspondence, 1918-1925\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5 - f.16: Velora Carver Thomson Miscellaneous Correspondence (12 folders), 1960-1974\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 3 (Velora Thomson Personal Papers)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1 - f.9: Velora Carver Thomson Miscellaneous Correspondence (9 folders), 1975-1982, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Velora Carver Thomson - Massie-McLeod Correspondence, 1920-1940\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Library - Miscellaneous notes, correspondence, etc., 1972-1984\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 12: Account book, address book, autograph book, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Rawlings Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 13: Captain Thomas S. Watson Correspondence (1840-1860); correspondence to Mary Rawlings re: Watson Family (1939),\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 14: Mary Rawlings miscellaneous correspondence, 1898, 1908\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 15: Mary Rawlings correspondence re: publications and research, 1911-1934\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 16: Mary Rawlings correspondence related to old homes in Albemarle County, 1935\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 17 - f. 24: Mary Rawlings miscellaneous correspondence (7 folders), 1940-1960\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 4\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Albemarle County Historical Society - list, correspondence, 1949-1960\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Collection of Debt Owed to Rev. J.M. Rawlings, 1894-1901\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3 - f. 4: Correspondence re: St. Louis Property (2 folders), 1898-1923\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Courthouse Tour - script, galleys, notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Historical Guide to Old Charlottesville, 1954\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Legal Documents - deeds, leases, etc., 1898-1907\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8 - f. 9: Michie Tavern - correspondence, notes, copies of indentures, research (2 folders), 1953-1962\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: James Monroe - notes and correspondence, [1951-1953]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11- f. 13: Richardson Family - correspondence, research, notes (3 folders), 1926-1932\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 14: Unidentified typescript of journal, presumably from UVA MS6436-E, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 4a\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Rawlings, Mary: \"Short history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County,\" prepared for the Charlottesville and Albemarle Chamber of Commerce and the Albemarle Historical Society, July 1949\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: \"Ante-Bellum Albemarle\" - proof pages, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: \"Battle Blenheim\" - notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: \"Albemarle of Other Days\" - notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: \"Sheridan Raid\" notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: \"Annals of an American Family\" - text, notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: \"Early Charlottesville 1963\" - notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: Salling, John Peter - notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 4b\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRawlings, Mary - shorts stories and poetry handwritten notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Research\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 5\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Beck, Virginia Herdon (Carver) genealogical research and notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Boston Family research and notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3 - f.4: Carver Family Research and notes (2 folders), undated and1960-1970s. [There are photos of a Broadhead Mountain Cabin, 1964]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Carver Family Coat of Arms (1920) and undated report\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Central Virginia Genealogy Association Surnames and Queries, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Correspondence related to genealogical research, 1935 - 1978\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: Marshall, Alice Goodyear (Stevens) - research for wedding bows, 1983\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 9: Payne Family Genealogical Research, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Rawlings, James Henry miscellaneous documents, 1895-1898\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Thomson, James Henry Rawlings miscellaneous documents, 1957, 1964-1965\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 12: Woodson Family research, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Herndon Carver Bible\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBettie Watson Rawlings Bible\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 6\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Photo Album, 1919-1924, 1956, 1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Photo Album [Clinchfield Railroad?], undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: Albemarle County Historical Society - photos of buildings, 1964, 1970\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: Beck, Virginia Carver and Nelson Beck, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Carver Family photos, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Carver, Marjorie photos, 1903, 1942, 1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Charlottesville Midway/West Main/ Ridge Street/Water Street Intersection, (Holsinger Photograph), 1920s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: Charlottesville Statutes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 9: Miscellaneous photographs, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Rawlings Thomson photographs, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Rawlings Thomson, Velora, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 7\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Concentration Camp - unidentified photos, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Mountain Lake, VA, [1948s-1950s]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: Pennsylvania photographs, 1909-1915, 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: Pennsylvania photographs, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Miscellaneous photos, some identified, 1920-1970s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Miscellaneous photos, 1910-1950\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 8\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1 - f. 3: Miscellaneous unidentified photos, 1960-1980s, and undated (3 folders)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Slides, 1974\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo framed photographs of unidentified persons\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Mrs. Thomas Payne Carver,\" framed photograph, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravel book of Mary Rawlings, 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 9\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour photo albums and loose photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 10\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Beck Family Photographs at Milton Farm, undated. [Virginia Herndon Carver was married to Charles Nelson Beck]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified Photo Album\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 11\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified Photo Album, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 12\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDay books, autograph book, Mary Rawlings passport (1938), Velora Ames Carver Commencement Memory Book (1919)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarver Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1-4: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous correspondence and memorabilia, 1916-1948, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Marjorie Dunham Carver - First Baptist Church Sunday School Classes, 1931-1951\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Marjorie Dunham Carver - funeral record, 1984\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous personal papers, 1916 -1981\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: [Marjorie Dunham Carver] - Unidentified typescript of journal [presumably from University of Virginia MS 6436], undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 9: Stella Carver - miscellaneous correspondence, 1891-1901\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Stella Carver - get well cards, 1951\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Stella Carver - invitations, Christmas cards, 1937\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 12: Stella Carver - correspondence, invitations, 1930s - 1950s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 13: Stella Carver personal ephemera, 1923, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 14: Thomas Carver correspondence, 1901, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 15: Thomas Carver - checks, receipts, 1934-1935\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Carver Family invitations\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Postcards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: Photographs - Carver Family, Beck Family and unidentified, 1880s - 1940s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: Miscellaneous Albemarle History, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted materials\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarold Waitland Carver - Baby Life. A Remembrance of Baby Days [book], ca. 1898\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiran Dunham and Velora Ames book: Pinckney, Cotesworth: The Wedding Gift, to all who are entering the Marriage State. New York, Ensign, Bridgman, and Fanning, [1864]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlbum of Polaroid Pictures, undated.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["The papers are organized in four series:","Series I: Velora Carver Thomson papers.","Series II: Mary Norris Rawlings Papers","Series III: Photographs and other miscellaneous documents.","Series IV: Carver Family Collection","The collection is arranged alphabetically.","Velora Carver Thomson","Box 1","f. 1: Accession folder","f. 2: Albemarle Historical Society, Charlottesville Statutes, Vinegar Hill - miscellaneous correspondence, 1930-1934","f. 3: AHS - correspondence, 1964-1974","f. 4: AHS - correspondence [includes ACHS Bulletin of 1984], 1976-1984","f. 5: Albemarle County Courthouse cannons - correspondence and news clippings, 1921, 1965, 1972, n.d.","f. 6: Allied Cinderblock Plant noise, 1946-1976","f. 7: Bessie Dunn Miller Center for Cancer Prevention - financial reports, minutes, correspondence, 1944-1978","f. 8: Charlottesville/Albemarle history, 1957-1958, 1974, n.d.","f. 9: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - correspondence, 1977-1981","f. 10: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - history, 1978-1979","f. 11: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - minutes, 1977-1979","f. 12: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - miscellaneous, 1974-1975","f. 13: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - survey Forms, 1974, undated","f. 14: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission- list of landmarks in Albemarle County, undated","f. 15, f. 15a: Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle - constitution, ordinances, membership lists, correspondence, 1951-1996 (2 folders)","f. 16: Enderly House on Watson Avenue, Charlottesville - research by Velora Thomson, undated","f. 17: First Baptist Church (Park St., Charlottesville) - administrative information, remarks about the new church, financial statements, long range planning documents, 1975-1978","f. 18: High Street preservation of trees and other Charlottesville Downtown issues (renaming Free Bridge Road), 1949 -1988","f. 19: Martha Jefferson Hospital recognition of Jo Blanton - correspondence, brochures, news-clippings, 1975-1978","f. 20: Paul G. McIntire (gifts to Charlottesville), 1966, 1988","f. 21: Municipal Facility Committee (Charlottesville) - minutes, lists of committee members, Junior Chamber of Commerce Report on the Vinegar Hill area; Committee Report on need to enlarge municipal facilities in Charlottesville, blueprint, 1959-1961","f. 22: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Virginia Courthouse Survey, 1962","f. 23-24: North Downtown Residents Association - newsletters, By-laws, bulletin, 1973-1984 (2 folders)","f. 25: Old Charlottesville, Inc. - newsletters, correspondence, 1980-1981","f. 26: Queen Charlotte Square (Charlottesville) - correspondence, 1980","f. 27: Vinegar Hill - correspondence related to development of Vinegar Hill and other downtown matters, 1949-1970","f. 28: Zoning and Architectural Design Control Committee to Study the Zoning and Architectural Controls of Charlottesville Courthouse Area, 1972, 1979, 1983-1987","Box 2 (Velora Thomson Personal Papers)","f. 1: Carver House (100 W. High St., Charlottesville) - correspondence, photographs, 1985-1987, undated","f. 2: Carver Property (104 High St., Charlottesville) - correspondence, blueprints, sales agreement, 1922-1988","f. 3: Comyn Hall (Home for the Aged) - history research paper, news-clippings, notes, 1970-1976","f. 4: Velora Carver Thomson Astrological Chart and miscellaneous correspondence, 1918-1925","f. 5 - f.16: Velora Carver Thomson Miscellaneous Correspondence (12 folders), 1960-1974","Box 3 (Velora Thomson Personal Papers)","f. 1 - f.9: Velora Carver Thomson Miscellaneous Correspondence (9 folders), 1975-1982, undated","f. 10: Velora Carver Thomson - Massie-McLeod Correspondence, 1920-1940","f. 11: Library - Miscellaneous notes, correspondence, etc., 1972-1984","f. 12: Account book, address book, autograph book, undated","Mary Rawlings Papers","f. 13: Captain Thomas S. Watson Correspondence (1840-1860); correspondence to Mary Rawlings re: Watson Family (1939),","f. 14: Mary Rawlings miscellaneous correspondence, 1898, 1908","f. 15: Mary Rawlings correspondence re: publications and research, 1911-1934","f. 16: Mary Rawlings correspondence related to old homes in Albemarle County, 1935","f. 17 - f. 24: Mary Rawlings miscellaneous correspondence (7 folders), 1940-1960","Box 4","f. 1: Albemarle County Historical Society - list, correspondence, 1949-1960","f. 2: Collection of Debt Owed to Rev. J.M. Rawlings, 1894-1901","f. 3 - f. 4: Correspondence re: St. Louis Property (2 folders), 1898-1923","f. 5: Courthouse Tour - script, galleys, notes, undated","f. 6: Historical Guide to Old Charlottesville, 1954","f. 7: Legal Documents - deeds, leases, etc., 1898-1907","f. 8 - f. 9: Michie Tavern - correspondence, notes, copies of indentures, research (2 folders), 1953-1962","f. 10: James Monroe - notes and correspondence, [1951-1953]","f. 11- f. 13: Richardson Family - correspondence, research, notes (3 folders), 1926-1932","f. 14: Unidentified typescript of journal, presumably from UVA MS6436-E, undated","Box 4a","f. 1: Rawlings, Mary: \"Short history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County,\" prepared for the Charlottesville and Albemarle Chamber of Commerce and the Albemarle Historical Society, July 1949","f. 2: \"Ante-Bellum Albemarle\" - proof pages, undated","f. 3: \"Battle Blenheim\" - notes, undated","f. 4: \"Albemarle of Other Days\" - notes, undated","f. 5: \"Sheridan Raid\" notes, undated","f. 6: \"Annals of an American Family\" - text, notes, undated","f. 7: \"Early Charlottesville 1963\" - notes","f. 8: Salling, John Peter - notes, undated","Box 4b","Rawlings, Mary - shorts stories and poetry handwritten notes","Genealogical Research","Box 5","f. 1: Beck, Virginia Herdon (Carver) genealogical research and notes, undated","f. 2: Boston Family research and notes, undated","f. 3 - f.4: Carver Family Research and notes (2 folders), undated and1960-1970s. [There are photos of a Broadhead Mountain Cabin, 1964]","f. 5: Carver Family Coat of Arms (1920) and undated report","f. 6: Central Virginia Genealogy Association Surnames and Queries, undated","f. 7: Correspondence related to genealogical research, 1935 - 1978","f. 8: Marshall, Alice Goodyear (Stevens) - research for wedding bows, 1983","f. 9: Payne Family Genealogical Research, undated","f. 10: Rawlings, James Henry miscellaneous documents, 1895-1898","f. 11: Thomson, James Henry Rawlings miscellaneous documents, 1957, 1964-1965","f. 12: Woodson Family research, undated","Virginia Herndon Carver Bible","Bettie Watson Rawlings Bible","Photographs","Box 6","f. 1: Photo Album, 1919-1924, 1956, 1975","f. 2: Photo Album [Clinchfield Railroad?], undated","f. 3: Albemarle County Historical Society - photos of buildings, 1964, 1970","f. 4: Beck, Virginia Carver and Nelson Beck, undated","f. 5: Carver Family photos, undated","f. 6: Carver, Marjorie photos, 1903, 1942, 1975","f. 7: Charlottesville Midway/West Main/ Ridge Street/Water Street Intersection, (Holsinger Photograph), 1920s","f. 8: Charlottesville Statutes, undated","f. 9: Miscellaneous photographs, undated","f. 10: Rawlings Thomson photographs, undated","f. 11: Rawlings Thomson, Velora, undated","Box 7","f. 1: Concentration Camp - unidentified photos, undated","f. 2: Mountain Lake, VA, [1948s-1950s]","f. 3: Pennsylvania photographs, 1909-1915, 1938","f. 4: Pennsylvania photographs, undated","f. 5: Miscellaneous photos, some identified, 1920-1970s","f. 6: Miscellaneous photos, 1910-1950","Box 8","f. 1 - f. 3: Miscellaneous unidentified photos, 1960-1980s, and undated (3 folders)","f. 6: Slides, 1974","Two framed photographs of unidentified persons","\"Mrs. Thomas Payne Carver,\" framed photograph, undated.","Travel book of Mary Rawlings, 1938","Box 9","Four photo albums and loose photographs.","Box 10","f. 1: Beck Family Photographs at Milton Farm, undated. [Virginia Herndon Carver was married to Charles Nelson Beck]","Unidentified Photo Album","Box 11","Unidentified Photo Album, undated","Box 12","Day books, autograph book, Mary Rawlings passport (1938), Velora Ames Carver Commencement Memory Book (1919)","Box 13","Carver Family Papers","f. 1-4: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous correspondence and memorabilia, 1916-1948, undated","f. 5: Marjorie Dunham Carver - First Baptist Church Sunday School Classes, 1931-1951","f. 6: Marjorie Dunham Carver - funeral record, 1984","f. 7: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous personal papers, 1916 -1981","f. 8: [Marjorie Dunham Carver] - Unidentified typescript of journal [presumably from University of Virginia MS 6436], undated","f. 9: Stella Carver - miscellaneous correspondence, 1891-1901","f. 10: Stella Carver - get well cards, 1951","f. 11: Stella Carver - invitations, Christmas cards, 1937","f. 12: Stella Carver - correspondence, invitations, 1930s - 1950s","f. 13: Stella Carver personal ephemera, 1923, undated","f. 14: Thomas Carver correspondence, 1901, undated","f. 15: Thomas Carver - checks, receipts, 1934-1935","Box 14","f. 1: Carver Family invitations","f. 2: Postcards","f. 3: Photographs - Carver Family, Beck Family and unidentified, 1880s - 1940s","f. 4: Miscellaneous Albemarle History, undated","Printed materials","Harold Waitland Carver - Baby Life. A Remembrance of Baby Days [book], ca. 1898","Miran Dunham and Velora Ames book: Pinckney, Cotesworth: The Wedding Gift, to all who are entering the Marriage State. New York, Ensign, Bridgman, and Fanning, [1864]","Album of Polaroid Pictures, undated.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVelora Carver was born in Charlottesville on June 28, 1900. She graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1919. She married James Rawlings Thomson. Mrs. Thomson was a member and council of the Albemarle County Historical Society, the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County; the Board of Commyn Hall, the Albemarle Art Association, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Business and Professional Women's Club in Charlottesville. She worked at Peoples National Bank for 27 years, and was the first woman to hold the position of head teller. She also worked as Executive Secretary of the local chapter of the American Cancer Society and the Bessie Dunn Miller Cancer Detection Center. One of her great achievements was in her own words \"instigator of the opposition to remove the trees on High Street,\" that led to the formation of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. She was involved in many civic organizations in Charlottesville. She died on November 8, 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Norris Rawlings was born December 15, 1873 in Charlottesville. She attended Edgehill School for Girls. She was founding member of the Albemarle Historical Society and of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle. In 1950 she was made honorary president of the Albemarle Historical Society. She was an amateur historian and wrote several books about Charlottesville history and architecture. She also wrote short stories and poems under the pen name Minor Watson. She died June 8, 1960 at Martha Jefferson Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Carver Family Collection consists primarily of correspondence and memorabilia related to Marjorie Dunham Carver and Stella Carver. Marjorie Carver was born in Charlottesville, Va. on April 2, 1903. She was the daughter of Thomas Payne Carver and Stella Dunham Carver, and sister of Velora Carver Thomson. Marjorie graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1920 and soon afterwards began working for the University of Virginia Library. She attended Library Sciences courses at the University of Virginia Extension and became a cataloguer. She was involved in the conversion of UVA library books from the Dewey System to the Library of Congress system. She was member of the First Baptist Church in Park Street. During WWII she was member of the Charlottesville and Albemarle Civil Air Patrol Squadron as Assistant Adjutant and Public Relations Chairman. She was an active member of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society and the Charlottesville Albemarle Historical Society. She died on August 1, 1984.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information \n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Velora Carver was born in Charlottesville on June 28, 1900. She graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1919. She married James Rawlings Thomson. Mrs. Thomson was a member and council of the Albemarle County Historical Society, the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County; the Board of Commyn Hall, the Albemarle Art Association, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Business and Professional Women's Club in Charlottesville. She worked at Peoples National Bank for 27 years, and was the first woman to hold the position of head teller. She also worked as Executive Secretary of the local chapter of the American Cancer Society and the Bessie Dunn Miller Cancer Detection Center. One of her great achievements was in her own words \"instigator of the opposition to remove the trees on High Street,\" that led to the formation of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. She was involved in many civic organizations in Charlottesville. She died on November 8, 1988.","Mary Norris Rawlings was born December 15, 1873 in Charlottesville. She attended Edgehill School for Girls. She was founding member of the Albemarle Historical Society and of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle. In 1950 she was made honorary president of the Albemarle Historical Society. She was an amateur historian and wrote several books about Charlottesville history and architecture. She also wrote short stories and poems under the pen name Minor Watson. She died June 8, 1960 at Martha Jefferson Hospital.","The Carver Family Collection consists primarily of correspondence and memorabilia related to Marjorie Dunham Carver and Stella Carver. Marjorie Carver was born in Charlottesville, Va. on April 2, 1903. She was the daughter of Thomas Payne Carver and Stella Dunham Carver, and sister of Velora Carver Thomson. Marjorie graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1920 and soon afterwards began working for the University of Virginia Library. She attended Library Sciences courses at the University of Virginia Extension and became a cataloguer. She was involved in the conversion of UVA library books from the Dewey System to the Library of Congress system. She was member of the First Baptist Church in Park Street. During WWII she was member of the Charlottesville and Albemarle Civil Air Patrol Squadron as Assistant Adjutant and Public Relations Chairman. She was an active member of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society and the Charlottesville Albemarle Historical Society. She died on August 1, 1984.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains personal papers and numerous photographs of Velora Carver Thomson, Mary Norris Rawlings, Marjorie Carver, Stella Dunham Carver and Thomas Payne Carver. The three women and their family had an active civic life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County and were part of numerous organizations.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection contains personal papers and numerous photographs of Velora Carver Thomson, Mary Norris Rawlings, Marjorie Carver, Stella Dunham Carver and Thomas Payne Carver. The three women and their family had an active civic life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County and were part of numerous organizations.\n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003e\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":[""],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eArchive Room Shelves\n\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Archive Room Shelves\n"],"names_ssim":["Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society (Charlottesville, Va.)","Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission (Charlottesville, Va.)","Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County (Charlottesville, Va.)","First Baptist Church (Charlottesville, Va.: Park St.)","North Downtown Residents Association (Charlottesville, Va.)","Old Charlottesville, Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.)","Beck family","Carver family","Thomson family","Watson family","Carver, Marjorie Dunham","Carver, Thomas Payne","Carver, Stella Dunham","Rawlings, Mary Norris Rawlings","Thomson, James Henry Rawlings","Thomson, Velora Ames Carver","Watson, Thomas S.","Rawlings family"],"corpname_ssim":["Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society (Charlottesville, Va.)","Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission (Charlottesville, Va.)","Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County (Charlottesville, Va.)","First Baptist Church (Charlottesville, Va.: Park St.)","North Downtown Residents Association (Charlottesville, Va.)","Old Charlottesville, Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.)"],"famname_ssim":["Beck family","Carver family","Thomson family","Watson family"],"persname_ssim":["Carver, Marjorie Dunham","Carver, Thomas Payne","Carver, Stella Dunham","Rawlings, Mary Norris Rawlings","Thomson, James Henry Rawlings","Thomson, Velora Ames Carver","Watson, Thomas S.","Rawlings family"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:00:40.925Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vicahi_vicahi00133","ead_ssi":"vicahi_vicahi00133","_root_":"vicahi_vicahi00133","_nest_parent_":"vicahi_vicahi00133","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/albemarle/vicahi00133.xml","title_ssm":["Thomas/Rawlings/Carver Family Collection, \n 1840-1988\n"],"title_tesim":["Thomas/Rawlings/Carver Family Collection, \n 1840-1988\n"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS 192\n"],"text":["MS 192\n","Thomas/Rawlings/Carver Family Collection, \n 1840-1988","Albemarle County (Va.)--History","Charlottesville (Va.)--History","Albemarle County (Va.)--Social life and customs","Charlottesville (Va.)--Social life and customs","Letters (Correspondence)","Genealogy",".","The papers are organized in four series:","Series I: Velora Carver Thomson papers.","Series II: Mary Norris Rawlings Papers","Series III: Photographs and other miscellaneous documents.","Series IV: Carver Family Collection","The collection is arranged alphabetically.","Velora Carver Thomson","Box 1","f. 1: Accession folder","f. 2: Albemarle Historical Society, Charlottesville Statutes, Vinegar Hill - miscellaneous correspondence, 1930-1934","f. 3: AHS - correspondence, 1964-1974","f. 4: AHS - correspondence [includes ACHS Bulletin of 1984], 1976-1984","f. 5: Albemarle County Courthouse cannons - correspondence and news clippings, 1921, 1965, 1972, n.d.","f. 6: Allied Cinderblock Plant noise, 1946-1976","f. 7: Bessie Dunn Miller Center for Cancer Prevention - financial reports, minutes, correspondence, 1944-1978","f. 8: Charlottesville/Albemarle history, 1957-1958, 1974, n.d.","f. 9: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - correspondence, 1977-1981","f. 10: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - history, 1978-1979","f. 11: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - minutes, 1977-1979","f. 12: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - miscellaneous, 1974-1975","f. 13: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - survey Forms, 1974, undated","f. 14: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission- list of landmarks in Albemarle County, undated","f. 15, f. 15a: Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle - constitution, ordinances, membership lists, correspondence, 1951-1996 (2 folders)","f. 16: Enderly House on Watson Avenue, Charlottesville - research by Velora Thomson, undated","f. 17: First Baptist Church (Park St., Charlottesville) - administrative information, remarks about the new church, financial statements, long range planning documents, 1975-1978","f. 18: High Street preservation of trees and other Charlottesville Downtown issues (renaming Free Bridge Road), 1949 -1988","f. 19: Martha Jefferson Hospital recognition of Jo Blanton - correspondence, brochures, news-clippings, 1975-1978","f. 20: Paul G. McIntire (gifts to Charlottesville), 1966, 1988","f. 21: Municipal Facility Committee (Charlottesville) - minutes, lists of committee members, Junior Chamber of Commerce Report on the Vinegar Hill area; Committee Report on need to enlarge municipal facilities in Charlottesville, blueprint, 1959-1961","f. 22: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Virginia Courthouse Survey, 1962","f. 23-24: North Downtown Residents Association - newsletters, By-laws, bulletin, 1973-1984 (2 folders)","f. 25: Old Charlottesville, Inc. - newsletters, correspondence, 1980-1981","f. 26: Queen Charlotte Square (Charlottesville) - correspondence, 1980","f. 27: Vinegar Hill - correspondence related to development of Vinegar Hill and other downtown matters, 1949-1970","f. 28: Zoning and Architectural Design Control Committee to Study the Zoning and Architectural Controls of Charlottesville Courthouse Area, 1972, 1979, 1983-1987","Box 2 (Velora Thomson Personal Papers)","f. 1: Carver House (100 W. High St., Charlottesville) - correspondence, photographs, 1985-1987, undated","f. 2: Carver Property (104 High St., Charlottesville) - correspondence, blueprints, sales agreement, 1922-1988","f. 3: Comyn Hall (Home for the Aged) - history research paper, news-clippings, notes, 1970-1976","f. 4: Velora Carver Thomson Astrological Chart and miscellaneous correspondence, 1918-1925","f. 5 - f.16: Velora Carver Thomson Miscellaneous Correspondence (12 folders), 1960-1974","Box 3 (Velora Thomson Personal Papers)","f. 1 - f.9: Velora Carver Thomson Miscellaneous Correspondence (9 folders), 1975-1982, undated","f. 10: Velora Carver Thomson - Massie-McLeod Correspondence, 1920-1940","f. 11: Library - Miscellaneous notes, correspondence, etc., 1972-1984","f. 12: Account book, address book, autograph book, undated","Mary Rawlings Papers","f. 13: Captain Thomas S. Watson Correspondence (1840-1860); correspondence to Mary Rawlings re: Watson Family (1939),","f. 14: Mary Rawlings miscellaneous correspondence, 1898, 1908","f. 15: Mary Rawlings correspondence re: publications and research, 1911-1934","f. 16: Mary Rawlings correspondence related to old homes in Albemarle County, 1935","f. 17 - f. 24: Mary Rawlings miscellaneous correspondence (7 folders), 1940-1960","Box 4","f. 1: Albemarle County Historical Society - list, correspondence, 1949-1960","f. 2: Collection of Debt Owed to Rev. J.M. Rawlings, 1894-1901","f. 3 - f. 4: Correspondence re: St. Louis Property (2 folders), 1898-1923","f. 5: Courthouse Tour - script, galleys, notes, undated","f. 6: Historical Guide to Old Charlottesville, 1954","f. 7: Legal Documents - deeds, leases, etc., 1898-1907","f. 8 - f. 9: Michie Tavern - correspondence, notes, copies of indentures, research (2 folders), 1953-1962","f. 10: James Monroe - notes and correspondence, [1951-1953]","f. 11- f. 13: Richardson Family - correspondence, research, notes (3 folders), 1926-1932","f. 14: Unidentified typescript of journal, presumably from UVA MS6436-E, undated","Box 4a","f. 1: Rawlings, Mary: \"Short history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County,\" prepared for the Charlottesville and Albemarle Chamber of Commerce and the Albemarle Historical Society, July 1949","f. 2: \"Ante-Bellum Albemarle\" - proof pages, undated","f. 3: \"Battle Blenheim\" - notes, undated","f. 4: \"Albemarle of Other Days\" - notes, undated","f. 5: \"Sheridan Raid\" notes, undated","f. 6: \"Annals of an American Family\" - text, notes, undated","f. 7: \"Early Charlottesville 1963\" - notes","f. 8: Salling, John Peter - notes, undated","Box 4b","Rawlings, Mary - shorts stories and poetry handwritten notes","Genealogical Research","Box 5","f. 1: Beck, Virginia Herdon (Carver) genealogical research and notes, undated","f. 2: Boston Family research and notes, undated","f. 3 - f.4: Carver Family Research and notes (2 folders), undated and1960-1970s. [There are photos of a Broadhead Mountain Cabin, 1964]","f. 5: Carver Family Coat of Arms (1920) and undated report","f. 6: Central Virginia Genealogy Association Surnames and Queries, undated","f. 7: Correspondence related to genealogical research, 1935 - 1978","f. 8: Marshall, Alice Goodyear (Stevens) - research for wedding bows, 1983","f. 9: Payne Family Genealogical Research, undated","f. 10: Rawlings, James Henry miscellaneous documents, 1895-1898","f. 11: Thomson, James Henry Rawlings miscellaneous documents, 1957, 1964-1965","f. 12: Woodson Family research, undated","Virginia Herndon Carver Bible","Bettie Watson Rawlings Bible","Photographs","Box 6","f. 1: Photo Album, 1919-1924, 1956, 1975","f. 2: Photo Album [Clinchfield Railroad?], undated","f. 3: Albemarle County Historical Society - photos of buildings, 1964, 1970","f. 4: Beck, Virginia Carver and Nelson Beck, undated","f. 5: Carver Family photos, undated","f. 6: Carver, Marjorie photos, 1903, 1942, 1975","f. 7: Charlottesville Midway/West Main/ Ridge Street/Water Street Intersection, (Holsinger Photograph), 1920s","f. 8: Charlottesville Statutes, undated","f. 9: Miscellaneous photographs, undated","f. 10: Rawlings Thomson photographs, undated","f. 11: Rawlings Thomson, Velora, undated","Box 7","f. 1: Concentration Camp - unidentified photos, undated","f. 2: Mountain Lake, VA, [1948s-1950s]","f. 3: Pennsylvania photographs, 1909-1915, 1938","f. 4: Pennsylvania photographs, undated","f. 5: Miscellaneous photos, some identified, 1920-1970s","f. 6: Miscellaneous photos, 1910-1950","Box 8","f. 1 - f. 3: Miscellaneous unidentified photos, 1960-1980s, and undated (3 folders)","f. 6: Slides, 1974","Two framed photographs of unidentified persons","\"Mrs. Thomas Payne Carver,\" framed photograph, undated.","Travel book of Mary Rawlings, 1938","Box 9","Four photo albums and loose photographs.","Box 10","f. 1: Beck Family Photographs at Milton Farm, undated. [Virginia Herndon Carver was married to Charles Nelson Beck]","Unidentified Photo Album","Box 11","Unidentified Photo Album, undated","Box 12","Day books, autograph book, Mary Rawlings passport (1938), Velora Ames Carver Commencement Memory Book (1919)","Box 13","Carver Family Papers","f. 1-4: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous correspondence and memorabilia, 1916-1948, undated","f. 5: Marjorie Dunham Carver - First Baptist Church Sunday School Classes, 1931-1951","f. 6: Marjorie Dunham Carver - funeral record, 1984","f. 7: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous personal papers, 1916 -1981","f. 8: [Marjorie Dunham Carver] - Unidentified typescript of journal [presumably from University of Virginia MS 6436], undated","f. 9: Stella Carver - miscellaneous correspondence, 1891-1901","f. 10: Stella Carver - get well cards, 1951","f. 11: Stella Carver - invitations, Christmas cards, 1937","f. 12: Stella Carver - correspondence, invitations, 1930s - 1950s","f. 13: Stella Carver personal ephemera, 1923, undated","f. 14: Thomas Carver correspondence, 1901, undated","f. 15: Thomas Carver - checks, receipts, 1934-1935","Box 14","f. 1: Carver Family invitations","f. 2: Postcards","f. 3: Photographs - Carver Family, Beck Family and unidentified, 1880s - 1940s","f. 4: Miscellaneous Albemarle History, undated","Printed materials","Harold Waitland Carver - Baby Life. A Remembrance of Baby Days [book], ca. 1898","Miran Dunham and Velora Ames book: Pinckney, Cotesworth: The Wedding Gift, to all who are entering the Marriage State. New York, Ensign, Bridgman, and Fanning, [1864]","Album of Polaroid Pictures, undated.\n","Velora Carver was born in Charlottesville on June 28, 1900. She graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1919. She married James Rawlings Thomson. Mrs. Thomson was a member and council of the Albemarle County Historical Society, the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County; the Board of Commyn Hall, the Albemarle Art Association, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Business and Professional Women's Club in Charlottesville. She worked at Peoples National Bank for 27 years, and was the first woman to hold the position of head teller. She also worked as Executive Secretary of the local chapter of the American Cancer Society and the Bessie Dunn Miller Cancer Detection Center. One of her great achievements was in her own words \"instigator of the opposition to remove the trees on High Street,\" that led to the formation of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. She was involved in many civic organizations in Charlottesville. She died on November 8, 1988.","Mary Norris Rawlings was born December 15, 1873 in Charlottesville. She attended Edgehill School for Girls. She was founding member of the Albemarle Historical Society and of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle. In 1950 she was made honorary president of the Albemarle Historical Society. She was an amateur historian and wrote several books about Charlottesville history and architecture. She also wrote short stories and poems under the pen name Minor Watson. She died June 8, 1960 at Martha Jefferson Hospital.","The Carver Family Collection consists primarily of correspondence and memorabilia related to Marjorie Dunham Carver and Stella Carver. Marjorie Carver was born in Charlottesville, Va. on April 2, 1903. She was the daughter of Thomas Payne Carver and Stella Dunham Carver, and sister of Velora Carver Thomson. Marjorie graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1920 and soon afterwards began working for the University of Virginia Library. She attended Library Sciences courses at the University of Virginia Extension and became a cataloguer. She was involved in the conversion of UVA library books from the Dewey System to the Library of Congress system. She was member of the First Baptist Church in Park Street. During WWII she was member of the Charlottesville and Albemarle Civil Air Patrol Squadron as Assistant Adjutant and Public Relations Chairman. She was an active member of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society and the Charlottesville Albemarle Historical Society. She died on August 1, 1984.\n","The collection contains personal papers and numerous photographs of Velora Carver Thomson, Mary Norris Rawlings, Marjorie Carver, Stella Dunham Carver and Thomas Payne Carver. The three women and their family had an active civic life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County and were part of numerous organizations.\n","","Archive Room Shelves\n","Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society (Charlottesville, Va.)","Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission (Charlottesville, Va.)","Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County (Charlottesville, Va.)","First Baptist Church (Charlottesville, Va.: Park St.)","North Downtown Residents Association (Charlottesville, Va.)","Old Charlottesville, Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.)","Beck family","Carver family","Thomson family","Watson family","Carver, Marjorie Dunham","Carver, Thomas Payne","Carver, Stella Dunham","Rawlings, Mary Norris Rawlings","Thomson, James Henry Rawlings","Thomson, Velora Ames Carver","Watson, Thomas S.","Rawlings family","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["MS 192\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Thomas/Rawlings/Carver Family Collection, \n 1840-1988"],"collection_title_tesim":["Thomas/Rawlings/Carver Family Collection, \n 1840-1988"],"collection_ssim":["Thomas/Rawlings/Carver Family Collection, \n 1840-1988"],"repository_ssm":["Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society"],"repository_ssim":["Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society"],"creator_ssm":["Velora Carver Thomson,\nMary Norris Rawlings,\nMarjorie Carver,\nStella Carver,\nThomas Payne Carver\n"],"creator_ssim":["Velora Carver Thomson,\nMary Norris Rawlings,\nMarjorie Carver,\nStella Carver,\nThomas Payne Carver\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was donated by the Estate of Velora Carver Thomson in 1988.\n"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Albemarle County (Va.)--History","Charlottesville (Va.)--History","Albemarle County (Va.)--Social life and customs","Charlottesville (Va.)--Social life and customs","Letters (Correspondence)","Genealogy"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Albemarle County (Va.)--History","Charlottesville (Va.)--History","Albemarle County (Va.)--Social life and customs","Charlottesville (Va.)--Social life and customs","Letters (Correspondence)","Genealogy"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["."],"extent_ssm":["16 boxes (10 linear ft.)"],"extent_tesim":["16 boxes (10 linear ft.)"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers are organized in four series:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Velora Carver Thomson papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Mary Norris Rawlings Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Photographs and other miscellaneous documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: Carver Family Collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVelora Carver Thomson\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Accession folder\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Albemarle Historical Society, Charlottesville Statutes, Vinegar Hill - miscellaneous correspondence, 1930-1934\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: AHS - correspondence, 1964-1974\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: AHS - correspondence [includes ACHS Bulletin of 1984], 1976-1984\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Albemarle County Courthouse cannons - correspondence and news clippings, 1921, 1965, 1972, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Allied Cinderblock Plant noise, 1946-1976\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Bessie Dunn Miller Center for Cancer Prevention - financial reports, minutes, correspondence, 1944-1978\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: Charlottesville/Albemarle history, 1957-1958, 1974, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 9: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - correspondence, 1977-1981\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - history, 1978-1979\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - minutes, 1977-1979\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 12: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - miscellaneous, 1974-1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 13: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission - survey Forms, 1974, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 14: Charlottesville Historic Landmarks Commission- list of landmarks in Albemarle County, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 15, f. 15a: Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle - constitution, ordinances, membership lists, correspondence, 1951-1996 (2 folders)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 16: Enderly House on Watson Avenue, Charlottesville - research by Velora Thomson, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 17: First Baptist Church (Park St., Charlottesville) - administrative information, remarks about the new church, financial statements, long range planning documents, 1975-1978\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 18: High Street preservation of trees and other Charlottesville Downtown issues (renaming Free Bridge Road), 1949 -1988\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 19: Martha Jefferson Hospital recognition of Jo Blanton - correspondence, brochures, news-clippings, 1975-1978\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 20: Paul G. McIntire (gifts to Charlottesville), 1966, 1988\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 21: Municipal Facility Committee (Charlottesville) - minutes, lists of committee members, Junior Chamber of Commerce Report on the Vinegar Hill area; Committee Report on need to enlarge municipal facilities in Charlottesville, blueprint, 1959-1961\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 22: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Virginia Courthouse Survey, 1962\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 23-24: North Downtown Residents Association - newsletters, By-laws, bulletin, 1973-1984 (2 folders)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 25: Old Charlottesville, Inc. - newsletters, correspondence, 1980-1981\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 26: Queen Charlotte Square (Charlottesville) - correspondence, 1980\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 27: Vinegar Hill - correspondence related to development of Vinegar Hill and other downtown matters, 1949-1970\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 28: Zoning and Architectural Design Control Committee to Study the Zoning and Architectural Controls of Charlottesville Courthouse Area, 1972, 1979, 1983-1987\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 2 (Velora Thomson Personal Papers)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Carver House (100 W. High St., Charlottesville) - correspondence, photographs, 1985-1987, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Carver Property (104 High St., Charlottesville) - correspondence, blueprints, sales agreement, 1922-1988\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: Comyn Hall (Home for the Aged) - history research paper, news-clippings, notes, 1970-1976\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: Velora Carver Thomson Astrological Chart and miscellaneous correspondence, 1918-1925\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5 - f.16: Velora Carver Thomson Miscellaneous Correspondence (12 folders), 1960-1974\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 3 (Velora Thomson Personal Papers)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1 - f.9: Velora Carver Thomson Miscellaneous Correspondence (9 folders), 1975-1982, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Velora Carver Thomson - Massie-McLeod Correspondence, 1920-1940\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Library - Miscellaneous notes, correspondence, etc., 1972-1984\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 12: Account book, address book, autograph book, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Rawlings Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 13: Captain Thomas S. Watson Correspondence (1840-1860); correspondence to Mary Rawlings re: Watson Family (1939),\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 14: Mary Rawlings miscellaneous correspondence, 1898, 1908\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 15: Mary Rawlings correspondence re: publications and research, 1911-1934\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 16: Mary Rawlings correspondence related to old homes in Albemarle County, 1935\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 17 - f. 24: Mary Rawlings miscellaneous correspondence (7 folders), 1940-1960\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 4\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Albemarle County Historical Society - list, correspondence, 1949-1960\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Collection of Debt Owed to Rev. J.M. Rawlings, 1894-1901\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3 - f. 4: Correspondence re: St. Louis Property (2 folders), 1898-1923\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Courthouse Tour - script, galleys, notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Historical Guide to Old Charlottesville, 1954\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Legal Documents - deeds, leases, etc., 1898-1907\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8 - f. 9: Michie Tavern - correspondence, notes, copies of indentures, research (2 folders), 1953-1962\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: James Monroe - notes and correspondence, [1951-1953]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11- f. 13: Richardson Family - correspondence, research, notes (3 folders), 1926-1932\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 14: Unidentified typescript of journal, presumably from UVA MS6436-E, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 4a\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Rawlings, Mary: \"Short history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County,\" prepared for the Charlottesville and Albemarle Chamber of Commerce and the Albemarle Historical Society, July 1949\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: \"Ante-Bellum Albemarle\" - proof pages, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: \"Battle Blenheim\" - notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: \"Albemarle of Other Days\" - notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: \"Sheridan Raid\" notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: \"Annals of an American Family\" - text, notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: \"Early Charlottesville 1963\" - notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: Salling, John Peter - notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 4b\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRawlings, Mary - shorts stories and poetry handwritten notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Research\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 5\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Beck, Virginia Herdon (Carver) genealogical research and notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Boston Family research and notes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3 - f.4: Carver Family Research and notes (2 folders), undated and1960-1970s. [There are photos of a Broadhead Mountain Cabin, 1964]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Carver Family Coat of Arms (1920) and undated report\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Central Virginia Genealogy Association Surnames and Queries, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Correspondence related to genealogical research, 1935 - 1978\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: Marshall, Alice Goodyear (Stevens) - research for wedding bows, 1983\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 9: Payne Family Genealogical Research, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Rawlings, James Henry miscellaneous documents, 1895-1898\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Thomson, James Henry Rawlings miscellaneous documents, 1957, 1964-1965\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 12: Woodson Family research, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Herndon Carver Bible\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBettie Watson Rawlings Bible\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 6\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Photo Album, 1919-1924, 1956, 1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Photo Album [Clinchfield Railroad?], undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: Albemarle County Historical Society - photos of buildings, 1964, 1970\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: Beck, Virginia Carver and Nelson Beck, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Carver Family photos, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Carver, Marjorie photos, 1903, 1942, 1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Charlottesville Midway/West Main/ Ridge Street/Water Street Intersection, (Holsinger Photograph), 1920s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: Charlottesville Statutes, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 9: Miscellaneous photographs, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Rawlings Thomson photographs, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Rawlings Thomson, Velora, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 7\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Concentration Camp - unidentified photos, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Mountain Lake, VA, [1948s-1950s]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: Pennsylvania photographs, 1909-1915, 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: Pennsylvania photographs, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Miscellaneous photos, some identified, 1920-1970s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Miscellaneous photos, 1910-1950\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 8\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1 - f. 3: Miscellaneous unidentified photos, 1960-1980s, and undated (3 folders)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Slides, 1974\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo framed photographs of unidentified persons\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Mrs. Thomas Payne Carver,\" framed photograph, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravel book of Mary Rawlings, 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 9\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour photo albums and loose photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 10\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Beck Family Photographs at Milton Farm, undated. [Virginia Herndon Carver was married to Charles Nelson Beck]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified Photo Album\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 11\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified Photo Album, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 12\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDay books, autograph book, Mary Rawlings passport (1938), Velora Ames Carver Commencement Memory Book (1919)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarver Family Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1-4: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous correspondence and memorabilia, 1916-1948, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 5: Marjorie Dunham Carver - First Baptist Church Sunday School Classes, 1931-1951\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 6: Marjorie Dunham Carver - funeral record, 1984\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 7: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous personal papers, 1916 -1981\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 8: [Marjorie Dunham Carver] - Unidentified typescript of journal [presumably from University of Virginia MS 6436], undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 9: Stella Carver - miscellaneous correspondence, 1891-1901\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 10: Stella Carver - get well cards, 1951\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 11: Stella Carver - invitations, Christmas cards, 1937\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 12: Stella Carver - correspondence, invitations, 1930s - 1950s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 13: Stella Carver personal ephemera, 1923, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 14: Thomas Carver correspondence, 1901, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 15: Thomas Carver - checks, receipts, 1934-1935\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 1: Carver Family invitations\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 2: Postcards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 3: Photographs - Carver Family, Beck Family and unidentified, 1880s - 1940s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ef. 4: Miscellaneous Albemarle History, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted materials\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarold Waitland Carver - Baby Life. A Remembrance of Baby Days [book], ca. 1898\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiran Dunham and Velora Ames book: Pinckney, Cotesworth: The Wedding Gift, to all who are entering the Marriage State. 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[Virginia Herndon Carver was married to Charles Nelson Beck]","Unidentified Photo Album","Box 11","Unidentified Photo Album, undated","Box 12","Day books, autograph book, Mary Rawlings passport (1938), Velora Ames Carver Commencement Memory Book (1919)","Box 13","Carver Family Papers","f. 1-4: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous correspondence and memorabilia, 1916-1948, undated","f. 5: Marjorie Dunham Carver - First Baptist Church Sunday School Classes, 1931-1951","f. 6: Marjorie Dunham Carver - funeral record, 1984","f. 7: Marjorie Dunham Carver - miscellaneous personal papers, 1916 -1981","f. 8: [Marjorie Dunham Carver] - Unidentified typescript of journal [presumably from University of Virginia MS 6436], undated","f. 9: Stella Carver - miscellaneous correspondence, 1891-1901","f. 10: Stella Carver - get well cards, 1951","f. 11: Stella Carver - invitations, Christmas cards, 1937","f. 12: Stella Carver - correspondence, invitations, 1930s - 1950s","f. 13: Stella Carver personal ephemera, 1923, undated","f. 14: Thomas Carver correspondence, 1901, undated","f. 15: Thomas Carver - checks, receipts, 1934-1935","Box 14","f. 1: Carver Family invitations","f. 2: Postcards","f. 3: Photographs - Carver Family, Beck Family and unidentified, 1880s - 1940s","f. 4: Miscellaneous Albemarle History, undated","Printed materials","Harold Waitland Carver - Baby Life. A Remembrance of Baby Days [book], ca. 1898","Miran Dunham and Velora Ames book: Pinckney, Cotesworth: The Wedding Gift, to all who are entering the Marriage State. New York, Ensign, Bridgman, and Fanning, [1864]","Album of Polaroid Pictures, undated.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVelora Carver was born in Charlottesville on June 28, 1900. She graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1919. She married James Rawlings Thomson. Mrs. Thomson was a member and council of the Albemarle County Historical Society, the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County; the Board of Commyn Hall, the Albemarle Art Association, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Business and Professional Women's Club in Charlottesville. She worked at Peoples National Bank for 27 years, and was the first woman to hold the position of head teller. She also worked as Executive Secretary of the local chapter of the American Cancer Society and the Bessie Dunn Miller Cancer Detection Center. One of her great achievements was in her own words \"instigator of the opposition to remove the trees on High Street,\" that led to the formation of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. She was involved in many civic organizations in Charlottesville. She died on November 8, 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Norris Rawlings was born December 15, 1873 in Charlottesville. She attended Edgehill School for Girls. She was founding member of the Albemarle Historical Society and of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle. In 1950 she was made honorary president of the Albemarle Historical Society. She was an amateur historian and wrote several books about Charlottesville history and architecture. She also wrote short stories and poems under the pen name Minor Watson. 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One of her great achievements was in her own words \"instigator of the opposition to remove the trees on High Street,\" that led to the formation of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. She was involved in many civic organizations in Charlottesville. She died on November 8, 1988.","Mary Norris Rawlings was born December 15, 1873 in Charlottesville. She attended Edgehill School for Girls. She was founding member of the Albemarle Historical Society and of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle. In 1950 she was made honorary president of the Albemarle Historical Society. She was an amateur historian and wrote several books about Charlottesville history and architecture. She also wrote short stories and poems under the pen name Minor Watson. She died June 8, 1960 at Martha Jefferson Hospital.","The Carver Family Collection consists primarily of correspondence and memorabilia related to Marjorie Dunham Carver and Stella Carver. Marjorie Carver was born in Charlottesville, Va. on April 2, 1903. She was the daughter of Thomas Payne Carver and Stella Dunham Carver, and sister of Velora Carver Thomson. Marjorie graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1920 and soon afterwards began working for the University of Virginia Library. She attended Library Sciences courses at the University of Virginia Extension and became a cataloguer. She was involved in the conversion of UVA library books from the Dewey System to the Library of Congress system. She was member of the First Baptist Church in Park Street. During WWII she was member of the Charlottesville and Albemarle Civil Air Patrol Squadron as Assistant Adjutant and Public Relations Chairman. She was an active member of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society and the Charlottesville Albemarle Historical Society. 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