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George Mason University

The Charles Baptie photograph collection

26 linear feet (24 document boxes, 35 3-ring photo boxes, and 12 oversize boxes)
Mid-20th century photographs of Washington, D.C., area landmarks, including Gunston Hall, the White House, and embassies; local businesses, including Texaco stations and Hot Shoppes; and more common subjects, like artwork, animals, nature, or people. These images are in several formats: negatives, slides, prints, and publications.
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, Box 60, Folder 1-7

Publication images entitled, The Starling Nuisance: He's Driving Everybody Crazy; He makes the Brass see Red; The man Ike trusts with the cash; He runs the show for Ike; Silliest statues you ever saw; How to clean a dirty city; and I watched Eisenhower Campaign.

  1. Series 4: Publications,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Smithey & Boynton, Architects & Engineers Records

ca. 313 Cubic Feet 993 boxes, 5 oversize folders
The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey & Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.
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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

72 Linear Feet 99 containers plus 14 oversize items, approx. 72 linear feet

This collection documents the care and management of Mount Vernon through the work of the MVLA. Types of material include correspondence, reports, memos, notes, personal and biographical information, news clippings, meeting agendas, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Several highlights of the collection include the original minutes of Council meetings, scrapbooks and ledgers created by Vice Regents, and early correspondence with Regents and Vice Regents. While the library's collection "Early Records of the MVLA" documents the founding and early years of the organization, the Papers of the MVLA continues where that collection ended and preserves the ongoing story of these women and the fulfillment of their mission. Creators of the collection are largely the board members themselves, along with staff and employees who worked directly with them. Scope notes have been added before the content list of each series to better describe its specific provenance and content. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s to the 1990s, however there is a very wide range represented overall, 1858-2016.

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Student Architectural papers collection

18.50 Linear Feet

This record group contains papers and projects created by students as part of their coursework, such as honors theses and capstone papers.

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West Virginia and Regional History Center

James E. Davis, Artist, Papers and Artworks

61.33 Linear Feet 57 document cases, 5 in. each; 7 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 11 records cartons, 15 in. each; 2 oversize record cartons, 17 in. each; 5 large flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1 small flat storage box, 3.5 in.; 54 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 7 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 9 large flat storage boxes, 1.5 in. each; 1 envelope; 17 unboxed paintings
Artwork, photography, and papers of James Edward Davis, an artist born in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Davis studied art at Princeton University and had a prolific and varied artistic career, being particularly noted for his experimental abstract films involving color, light, and movement. This collection contains paintings, sketches, mobiles, photographic prints, transparencies, memoirs, notes on Frank Lloyd Wright and John Marin, and other material. There are addenda to this collection, which include memoirs and other writings, correspondence, material regarding Julia Davis and John W. Davis (relatives of James Davis), and other material. See "Scope and Content Note" and "Historical Note" for further information regarding this collection.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James I. Robertson Jr. Papers

30.4 Cubic Feet 43 boxes and 1 oversize folder
This collection includes research notes, manuscripts, typescript drafts, working copies and galley proofs for books and articles written by Virginia Tech's Alumni Distinguished Professor of History James I. Robertson Jr., 1982-2001. Large collection of notes, papers, and correspondence relateing to Virginia Civil War counties and units. Also contains a small set of general materials which includes items related to the preservation of lands adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park.
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College of William and Mary

Thomas L. Williams collection

45 Linear Feet 100 boxes

The collection includes photographs, negatives, slides, film, postcards, ephemera, correspondence and artifacts belonging to Thomas L. Williams, photographer for William & Mary for 35 years. He was also a photographer for Camp Peary and Colonial Williamsburg prior to working for William & Mary.

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Monroe Leigh papers

22.4 Linear Feet 56 archival boxes
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Ephemera MSS 04-2, Box 45, Folder 3

Contains "Progress of Bankruptcy" framed cartoon (n.d.), University of London Presentation Ceremony for Recipients fo Higher Degrees and Reception by the Vice-Chancellor program (21 March 1952), "Law Notes" notebook that lists persons met/present at social functions and those who sent Monroe Leigh Christmas Cards, The University of Virginia and the Spirit of Honor by Robert K. Gooch, An address to the entering students, 19 Sept 1955

  1. Personal Papers
  2. Correspondence
Alexandria Library

McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413)

3 Cubic Feet

This collection contains research materials, ephemora, and photographs collected by or created by Mike McKenney, Thomas Mills Jr., and Thomas Mills III, that document the Alexandria Fire Department.

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Convention Booklets Box 2, Folder 5

This folder contains 3 convention booklets. One is for the 41st Annual Convention and Tournament of the Virginia State Firemen's Association from August, 1927. Another is for the Annual Convention of Virginia State and Cumberland Valley Firemen's Associations, the Lady's Auxiliary to Virginia State Firemen's Assocation, and the State Fire Chiefs' Assocation of Virgina from 1932. The third is one for the same 3 conventions in 1958.

  1. Series III: Ephemera and Books
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Russell L. Davisson, Politician, Papers

4 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 11 1/2 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (2 records cartons, 15 in. each)

Papers of Russell L. Davisson, a Republican member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates. Includes mostly genealogy records regarding the Davison, Davisson, and Davidson Families; also includes political correspondence with Governor Arch Moore (1967-1972) and material regarding the welfare system in Mingo County (1966-1967).

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