Collections : [Alexandria Library]

Alexandria Library

Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Primary Collecting Areas:
Alexandria history, Virginia history, Genealogy, U.S. Civil War
Description:
As one of the core research institutions in Alexandria, the Local History and Special Collections Branch (LHSC) is focused on documenting Alexandria from its colonial era to its modern life as a vibrant community of immigrants and cultural attractions.
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912
Start Over Repository Alexandria Library Subjects Banks.
Alexandria Library

Alexandria National Bank Collection (MS193)

3.08 Linear Feet 3 Boxes

The collection includes five scrapbooks, covering the years 1904-1976, that contain advertisements, clippings of news articles and photographs of bank employees. These scrapbooks contain information on First National Bank, Mount Vernon Bank and Trust, Citizens National Bank, First Federal Savings and Loans, and the Bank of Alexandria. Additionally, the collection contains Statements of Condition from the Bank of Alexandria that cover the years 1907-1978.

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Alexandria National Bank Collection (MS193) 3.08 Linear Feet 3 Boxes

The collection includes five scrapbooks, covering the years 1904-1976, that contain advertisements, clippings of news articles and photographs of bank employees. These scrapbooks contain information on First National Bank, Mount Vernon Bank and Trust, Citizens National Bank, First Federal Savings and Loans, and the Bank of Alexandria. Additionally, the collection contains Statements of Condition from the Bank of Alexandria that cover the years 1907-1978.

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Chapman-Southerland Collection (MS409)

.21 Linear Feet 1 box .23 Cubic Feet 1 box

This Collection contains roughly 55 letters. It includes letters written by or to Helen Mary Chapman, Helen Pearson Chapman, Arthur Leigh Southerland, and Robert Mitchell Weir along with other family and business letters.

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Assorted Letters Box 1, Folder 5

This folder contains 15 miscellaneous letters mostly sent to either Helen M. Chapman Southerland or her husband Arthur L. Southerland. Authors include various banks such as the Home Savings Bank, Clarendon Trust Company, and Industrial Savings and Loan, V. Marcinkowski along with Arthur's labor union the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, lawyer C. W. Ford, a letter containing a note from John E. Wade along with a second letter from George J. Mueller to B. Matthews, Thomas Somerville, and sons, W. A. Smoot, and the International Bible-Study Association and Watch Tower Society.

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Whitton Collection (MS027)

.65 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

This collection contains printed matter such as brochures of George Washington's birthday, the Washington Board of Trade, the Suburban Spectator and others. Additionally, there are limited correspondence, reports of the Historic Alexandria Foundation, annual reports of the Alexandria Library, several booklets, photographs, and postcards.

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Rosenberger and Johston, Lemon, & Co. Box 1, Folder 10

This folder contains 3 booklets. One is a list of published writings by Francis Coleman Rosenberger. The other two are booklets for the investment banking firm Johnston, Lemon, & Co. and feature photos of Robert Whitton, as he managed the office in Alexandria.

  1. Series IV: Books

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