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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Anna Maria Hickman Otis Mead Chalmers family papers, 1821/1897

4.5 Cubic Feet 9 document boxes

The papers of Anna Maria (Campbell Hickman) Otis Mead Chalmers (1809-1891) and her family offer a deep look into a 19th century American family with a sharp focus on enslaved and formerly enslaved persons. The collection documents the life of a young, widowed woman, Anna Maria Mead Chalmers, who was the granddaughter of General William Hull (1753-1825). She was a mother of four children and became a businesswoman in Richmond, Virginia. She was a writer, an editor of the Southern Churchmen, an educator and founder of Mrs. Mead's School for Young Ladies, and a director of The Southern Churchmen Cot ("Retreat for the Sick"), a hospital for children. Anna Maria's family enslaved people who are represented in the papers including Othello "Tillo" Freeman (1790's-1860's?). It includes a letter from William written in [1875], who was their carriage driver, and letters about Sam the fiddler, who settled on the farm after escaping harsher enslavement in Louisianna, and Jordan who was described as being hired out in a letter dated September 8, 1841 from Thomas R. Blair.

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Anna Maria Hickman Otis Mead Chalmers family papers, 1821/1897 4.5 Cubic Feet 9 document boxes

The papers of Anna Maria (Campbell Hickman) Otis Mead Chalmers (1809-1891) and her family offer a deep look into a 19th century American family with a sharp focus on enslaved and formerly enslaved persons. The collection documents the life of a young, widowed woman, Anna Maria Mead Chalmers, who was the granddaughter of General William Hull (1753-1825). She was a mother of four children and became a businesswoman in Richmond, Virginia. She was a writer, an editor of the Southern Churchmen, an educator and founder of Mrs. Mead's School for Young Ladies, and a director of The Southern Churchmen Cot ("Retreat for the Sick"), a hospital for children. Anna Maria's family enslaved people who are represented in the papers including Othello "Tillo" Freeman (1790's-1860's?). It includes a letter from William written in [1875], who was their carriage driver, and letters about Sam the fiddler, who settled on the farm after escaping harsher enslavement in Louisianna, and Jordan who was described as being hired out in a letter dated September 8, 1841 from Thomas R. Blair.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Berkeley Cox family papers, 1863/1897

.4 Cubic Feet 1 letter-sized document box

This collection contains items from the Berkeley Cox family papers. The collection contains cased photographs, hair of various family members, a glass plate photograph, a silver card case with calling cards, a medallion, a photograph, and a Mulberry Hill pamphlet. Many of the items have a small notation from a family member describing the people in photographs or the physical item. Family members represented in the collection include: Mary Berkeley Cox, Lewis Berkeley Cox, Francis Callendar Cox, Richard S. Cox, Eliza Williams, Bessie Cox, Catherine Cox Reynolds, Lewis Berkeley Cox, and son Berkeley Cox.

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Berkeley Cox family papers, 1863/1897 .4 Cubic Feet 1 letter-sized document box

Cox, Richard Smith, 1825–1889

This collection contains items from the Berkeley Cox family papers. The collection contains cased photographs, hair of various family members, a glass plate photograph, a silver card case with calling cards, a medallion, a photograph, and a Mulberry Hill pamphlet. Many of the items have a small notation from a family member describing the people in photographs or the physical item. Family members represented in the collection include: Mary Berkeley Cox, Lewis Berkeley Cox, Francis Callendar Cox, Richard S. Cox, Eliza Williams, Bessie Cox, Catherine Cox Reynolds, Lewis Berkeley Cox, and son Berkeley Cox.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Helene Freedman Victorian Hair work collection, 1850/1890

2.5 Cubic Feet 1 cubic and 4 document boxes
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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building., 1700/2014

7.5 Cubic Feet 12 document boxes, 2 os boxes and 1 cubic box

The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building is an artificial collection and periodic additions are expected.

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Two circulars promoting the American School Institute and Schermerhorn's School Agency, a diary, human hair, and ads for a carpet and refrigerator (Addition 7) 2023-0101, 1860/1923 0.04 Cubic Feet Out slip for Exhibits: Ask Holly Box 2, Folder 9

Addition 7 of MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains two circulars promoting the American School Institute and Schermerhorn's School Agency. There is also a tri-fold trade card ad for a White Mountain refrigerator; an advertisement booklet for a carpet called "Something Under Foot" used as a diary by "Sara"; and a plaited hair sentiment with a verse from Charlotte A. Lewis which was sent to a girl named Maryann Gilman.

  1. Series 2. 1800-1971

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