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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection

2.34 Linear Feet (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2.5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 in.); (1 oversize folder, 0.1 in.)

Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly, a Baptist minister and local historian, collected these materials for his own research and interest in West Virginia history. The collection contains various materials pertaining to coal mining and West Virginia history, especially in the New River area and Fayette County. It includes correspondence, land grant and deed records, pamphlets, journals, local histories, records, photographs, and art relating to mining and life in the New River area. One set of correspondence includes recollections, a yearbook, and newspaper clippings by a World War II sailor from the USS West Virginia. Another series of correspondence includes the antebellum, wartime, and postwar letters and personal receipts of Charles Dequasie, a Confederate soldier from Fayette County, West Virginia, and Robert Edward Dequasie's personal and business correspondence. Other ephemera includes West Virginia and mining journals and certificates belonging to Donnelly and others. A scrapbook and notebook of newspaper clippings pertain to early court hangings and executions in West Virginia. Political posters include those for West Virginia Governor William C. Marland and West Virginia Senators Harley Kilgore and Robert Byrd.

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Blackford Family Papers 1849-1870

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Railroad Stock Certificates and Bonds

0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
This collection contains 138 railroad stock certificates and bonds that were issued between the 1840s and the 1910s.
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N - P Box 1, Folder 5

Virginia Military Institute Archives

Records of Superintendent Francis H. Smith, 1839-1889

30 Linear Feet

These files constitute the major record series generated by the office of Francis H. Smith, VMI's first Superintendent. He served from 1839-1889. The records, (ca. 30 linear feet) consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence, order books, speeches and publications, annual reports, personal file, and subject files.

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Academic Departments, Annual Reports, 19th century .50 Linear Feet

A chronological file, 1843-1848; 1865-1899, containing examples of academic department annual reports from the 19th century. These reports from the various academic departments were submitted to the Superintendent and help to document the early academic history of the Institute. This file includes early reports by John T. L. Preston (Languages), and Thomas H. Williamson (Engineering), as well as reports by other early faculty members. The series has many gaps; for example, none from the 1850's. The reports reflect some subjects that are no longer taught, e.g., Latin, drawing, mineralogy. 1 box

  1. Superintendent, Subject Files, 1839-1884 (Francis H. Smith)
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Bondurant-Morrison Family Papers 1787-1936

This collection consist of ca. 16,000 items, 1787-1936, and contains the papers of the Bondurant familyof Buckingham County, Virginia, and the Morrison familyof Rockbridge County, Virginiawho were related through the marriage of Alexander Joseph Bondurantand Emily MacFarland Morrisonin 1859. Alexander J. Bondurantand Emily (Morrison) Bondurantwere the chief correspondents in this collection. Alexander J. Bondurant(1836-1910) was a Confederatesoldier, farmer, politician, superintendent of Buckingham County, Va.schools, professor of agriculture at Auburn University, and tobacco consultant to the government of Australia. His father, Thomas Moseley Bondurant(1797-1862), was a landowner, member of the board of trustees of Hampden-Sydney College, a soldier in the War of 1812, a member of the Virginia Senate, and one of the founders of the Richmond Whig. His oldest son, Alexander Lee Bondurant(1865-1937) was professor of Latin and head of the graduate school of the University of Mississippi.

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Hampden-Sydney College

Paul L. Grier Vertical Files

12 Linear Feet 48 Digital Image Scans

This collection contains miscellaneous correspondence, documents, publications, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Hampden-Sydney College from 1776 through 1988, organized into folders by year. This primary source material was collected and originally organized by Paul L. Grier.

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Academic Year Drawer 1-4, Folder 39

1. James Morton Wharey (HSC Class of 1857); HSC Commencement program for 1857 sent in by Mrs. William H. Jetton (granddaughter). 2. (missing) James Morton Wharey's (HSC Class of 1857) biographical sketch. 3. HSC Catalogue, January 1, 1776 to June 11, 1857, includes annual catalogue for 1857. 4. Richard Morton Venable's (HSC Class of 1857) photograph. 5. Richard Morton Venable's (HSC Class of 1857) paper presented before the American Bar Association, Saratoga Springs, NY, August 19, 1885. 6. Richard Morton Venable (HSC Class of 1857); remembrance of Venable by his grandniece, Mrs. W. Emmett Kyle, dated April 6, 1985. 7. Charles Edie (HSC student murdered in 1857); negative photostats of two pages from a sketchbook of Lewis Miller, cousin of Charles Edie, and J. D Eggleston's Collection of Articles on the murder (?) donated by Historical Society of York County, PA. 8. Abram B. Venable's (HSC Class of 1857) reminiscence/account of "A Confederate Marriage" and "The Groom a Prisoner" with accompanying correspondence, dated October 20, 1881. 9. Abram B. Venable's (Abraham, HSC Class of 1857) obituary including biographical sketch. 10. William Maxwell (HSC President 1838 - 1844); editorial on Maxwell with excerpts from his funeral "Obsequies" reprinted from the Central Presbyterian, January 31, 1857. 11. Halbert Green Hill's (HSC Class of 1857) letter from (?) (original and typewritten copy). 12. Thomas Ward White (HSC Class of 1857); letter to White from W. Gilmore Simms, dated April 28, 1834.

Academic Year Drawer 1-4, Folder 40

1. HSC Commencement party invitation for June 10, 1858, donated by Larry B. Truitt, Bridgeville, DE (includes his letter and Taylor Reveley's response). 2. Program of the 69th Anniversary of the HSC Union Society, dated June 8, 1858 (photocopy). 3. Chapman Hunter Chilton's (HSC Class of 1858) biographical sketch from the Virginia Journal of Education, November 1963, pages 14 - 15. 4. Chapman Hunter Chilton's (HSC Class of 1858) biographical sketch (typed) includes names of Chilton descendants who have attended HSC. 5. Chapman Hunter Chilton's (HSC Class of 1858) speech: "The Code of Honor," dated June 10, 1858, anti-dueling argument. 6. Chapman Hunter Chilton's (HSC Class of 1858) original class notes. 7. (missing) photograph of Chapman Hunter Chilton

Paul L. Grier Vertical Files 12 Linear Feet 48 Digital Image Scans

This collection contains miscellaneous correspondence, documents, publications, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Hampden-Sydney College from 1776 through 1988, organized into folders by year. This primary source material was collected and originally organized by Paul L. Grier.

College of William and Mary

Sheet Music Collection

55.80 Linear Feet

The Sheet Music Collection includes sheet music collected by the Special Collections Research Center.

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Acc. 2013.247 Box 55

Scope and Contents Sheet music about the memories of Greek independence in 1821 by Severin Leoni. The music is subtitled in French "Souvenirs de la Liberte de la Grece 1821" or "Memories Souvenirs of the Freedom of Greece." The inscription at the top of the cover translates to "Dedicated to the great patriot and benefactor of Greece G. Averof. The heroes listed clockwise on the cover include G. Averof, philanthropist; Patriarch Gregory V; Markos Botsaris, general; Konstantinos Kanaris, admiral; Theodoros Kolokotronis, general; and Rigas Feraios, writer, poet, and intellectual. 10 p. of music ; 36 cm.

  1. Series 2: Sheet Music Acquired 2007-[ongoing]
Alexandria Library

Cazenove Family Papers (MS212)

8.06 Linear Feet 15 boxes

This collection covers the history of the Cazenove Family of Alexandria from the 1790s to the 1970s. The first part of the collection features records from James O'Hara Cazenove (1880-1971), consisting primarily of correspondence and records relating to his business interests and investments, as well as legal documents and business related litigation. Some of the correspondence and notebooks relate to his role as an inventor including a patent for an improved eggbeater from the 1920s. It also includes records from his brother, Louis A. deCazenove (1851-1925), primarily related to his education at Cornell University.

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College of William and Mary

Edward "Teddy" Bolton Tucker Papers

20.0 Linear Feet

The collection consists of correspondence, day books, blueprints, photographs, genealogical research, maps, DVDs, artwork, textiles, and artifacts, circa 1760-1990, relating to the Tucker family of Bermuda and the Taliaferro-Bolton families of Richmond, Virginia.

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College of William and Mary

W.W.V. Buchanan Account for Dry Goods

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Invoice of household items purchased by W.W.V. Buchanan from Clark and Gollinger. Invoice addressed to W.W.V. Buchanan, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio with a note "settled by Note." 1857-1858 with payment notations from earlier years. Includes a 1 cent stamp,

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W.W.V. Buchanan Account for Dry Goods 0.01 Linear Foot

Clark & Gollinger

Invoice of household items purchased by W.W.V. Buchanan from Clark and Gollinger. Invoice addressed to W.W.V. Buchanan, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio with a note "settled by Note." 1857-1858 with payment notations from earlier years. Includes a 1 cent stamp,

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