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This collection depicts the family lives of three prominent New England families, the Butler, Collins, and Terry families from 1808 to 1920 consisting of 8.5 cubic feet, (17 document boxes). Their correspondence, genealogy, photographs, and journals compile a historical collection, vast in size and informative of American life in the nineteenth century.

Research papers regarding Virgil Anson Lewis family history. Includes research correspondence; abstracts and facsimiles of deeds, marriage certificates, wills, etc.; books authored by VAL; maps; brochures, pamphlets, and newsletters; photos and postcards.

Diaries and legal documents, 1810-1896, written by Benjamin Thompson (1810-1870) and Otis Thompson (1879-1896) of Topsham, Maine. Diaries include description of his life as a teenager working on a farm, people with whom he interacted, towns he visited, and the sermons at his church. There are also diaries of his life as a teacher, which include daily notes on what he taught. There are also descriptions of a trip that Thompson took to Ohio.

Research notes, news clippings, photographs, and other materials gathered by James for her book, ANNE ROYALL'S USA, published by Rutgers University Press in 1972.

The collection contains 20 paper manuscripts. The papers were written by members of the Betty Washington Lewis family. Some papers were signed by Lewis. The papers date from 1783 - 1844.

Chiefly letters written to Robert Beverley (1769-1843) of "Blandfield," Essex County, Virginia and Georgetown, D.C. from his sister Lucy (Beverley) Randolph, her husband Brett Randolph and their son Richard Randolph, Jr. (1795-1885). The letters concern slaves given to Lucy Beverley Randolph and her children by her father Robert Beverley (d. 1800), and held in trust by her brother Robert Beverley, some of which were sold to pay debts incurred by her husband.

Copies of wills, parish, and court records, 1558-1707, relating to the Bevill family in Henrico Co., Va. and London, Eng. Also includes papers concerning the Ball family of England and correspondence, 1929-1939, concerning genealogical material on the Ball and Lacy families, also of England.

Papers and correspondence of the William Haymond Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, including genealogical correspondence, newspaper clippings and notebooks, and notes and records on family history. The one reel of microfilm contains the typescript notes and manuscripts of Edgar Wakefield Hassler on Western Pennsylvania history during the period of French and Indian War and the War of Independence.

This collection consists of 209 items (2 Hollinger boxes;.5 linear feet), 1758-1949, chiefly papers and bound volumes of the Coxand McPhersonfamilies. The papers include: Bible records for the children of John Humberand Elizabeth Humber, the Cox family, and the Lacy family; a poem, "The Late Fire in Charlottesville, Virginia"; a Knights of PythiasCertificate belonging to Lewis H. Brown; Precinct Poll books for Charlottesville, and printed material concerning the Women's Christian Temperance Union.