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Copy of "A Partial History of Mrs. Remember Bowen Thorp's Life" Typescript 0.01 Linear Foot

Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)

Copy of a partial typed transcript and a manuscript of the "Partial History of Mrs. Remember Thorp's Life" by Mrs. Remember Bowen Thorp. One page tells of her early childhood, and the next two pages tell of her visit to Virginia and the Williamsburg area in 1907.

  1. College of William and Mary

John Henning Woods Papers 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Woods, John Henning, 1834-1901
This collection includes three memoir volumes and three diaries written by John Henning Woods, a Southern Unionist, Confederate conscript, and eventual Union soldier during the American Civil War. While the collection spans the period of years from 1856 through 1873, the majority of the collection focuses on the years during the Civil War.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lucy Elizabeth James Journal 0.01 Linear Foot

Journal, compiled by Lucy Elizabeth James in 1959, titled "Four Score Years, 1880-1960," in which the author shares memories of the different stations of her life in a "series of random letters and narrations." Includes reminiscences of her childhood in New Kent County, student years in Farmville, years spent in Williamsburg and Newport News, all Virginia. Also included are photographs of the author, from 1880 to the 1950s, and two 1973 obituaries for Robert Welmore James (1901-1973). Includes some narration on student life at the College of William and Mary, where her husband, George B. Wright was a student in the late 1890s.

  1. College of William and Mary

Rixey Smith Papers 0.01 Linear Foot

An original typed autobiography of Rixey Smith, entitled "Blue Blood and Red Clay, Memories of a Virginia Childhood." Includes stories about his childhood in Rixeyville, Virginia (Culpeper County). Mentions Rosedale, the Rixey family home, family members and many local families. Divided into chapters.

  1. College of William and Mary

Roeliff Brinkerhoff Letter 0.01 Linear Foot

Letter from Roeliff Brinkerhoff, Mansfield, Ohio, on Ohio Board of State Charities letterhead, to Mr. Miller thanking him for his friendly comments on Brinkerhoff's book, "Recollections of a Lifetime." August 27, 1900. Roeliff Brinkerhoff founded the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.

  1. College of William and Mary

"Sawmilling in Carroll County, Virginia as Recalled by Ezra Martin" Typescript 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Martin, Ezra (Simon Ezra), 1895-1984
The "Sawmilling in Carroll County, Virginia as Recalled by Ezra Martin" Typescript is a recounting by Ezra Martin (1895-1984) to his grandson Tommy Largen about his life working in the sawmill industry in Carroll County, Virginia. It contains information about Martin's birth, childhood, marriage, family, work life, and retirement. The typescript also includes photographs of family and locations.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

S. C. Roddy Civil War Memoir 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Roddy, S. C. (Samuel Cowan), 1832-1918
This collection contains a photocopy of a memoir written in 1909 by S. C. Roddy (1832-1918), who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War in Company F of the 39th Georgia Infantry. Roddy's memoir primarily details his experiences during the war from 1862 to 1865.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Thomas Calhoun Walker Autobiography .25 Linear Feet

Walker, Thomas Calhoun

Typed carbon copy autobiography of Lawyer Walker of Gloucester, entitled "Lawyer Walker of Gloucester (as told to two Northern friends)." There is a dedication page to Walker's wife. Carbon version used for the autobiography "The Honey-Pod Tree: The Life Story of Thomas Calhoun Walker," which was published in 1958. Includes a photograph and sheet music for "De Ole Sheep Done Know de Road." As a lawyer, he defended many African Americans in Gloucester County, Virginia, and eventually served as the Administrator and Consultant in Negro Affairs for the New Deal's Emergency Relief Administration in the 1930s. 350 pages.

  1. College of William and Mary

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