PUBLIC "-//Fairfax County Public Library//TEXT (US::ViF::vif00045::A Guide to the Lucie M. Wiltshire Scrapbooks)//EN" "vif00045.xml" A Guide to the Lucie M. Wiltshire Scrapbooks, 1931 Lucie M. Wiltshire Scrapbooks MSS 06-22 © 2024 Fairfax County Public Library. All rights reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created by Ross Landis, January 21, 2024 Description is in English A Guide to the Lucie M. Wiltshire Scrapbooks, 1931 A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library MSS 06-22

Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library Descriptive Summary Fairfax County Public Library The Lucie M. Wiltshire Scrapbooks, 1931 MSS 06-22 .25 linear feet English The Lucie M. Wiltshire Scrapbooks consist of .25 linear feet comprising of two 3-ring notebooks (5” x 7” tooled leather covers) assembled by Lucie M. Wiltshire. Wiltshire, Lucie Moore (1891-1962) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Lucie M. Wiltshire Scrapbooks, MSS 06-22, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

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Chris Barbuschak, March 2017EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

 Historical and Biographical Information

Lucie Moore Wiltshire was born on September 11, 1891 in Front Royal, Virginia to John Goodwin Wiltshire and Menissa Moore Wiltshire. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Rev. Jeremiah Moore of Fairfax County, Virginia. Her family moved to Washington D.C. when she was three years old and later graduated from Central High School. In 1917, she began a lengthy career with the Conservation Division of the Geological Survey and retired in 1960, receiving an Interior Department Commendable Service Award. She died in Washington D.C. on February 2, 1962.

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The Lucie M. Wiltshire Scrapbooks consist of .25 linear feet comprising of two 3-ring notebooks (5” x 7” tooled leather covers) assembled by Lucie M. Wiltshire. The notebooks document Miss Wiltshire’s family history and European travels. Also included are her birth certificate, obituary and several unidentified photographs. Identified photographs include portraits of Lucie Moore Wiltshire, Menissa Moore Wiltshire, John Goodwin Wiltshire, family homes in Front Royal, Virginia, as well as photographs of Moorefield in Fairfax County, Virginia.

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 Index Terms Front Royal, (Va.) Moore Family Moore, Rev. Jerimiah Moore (1746-1815) Moorefield, (Va.) Wiltshire Family Wiltshire, John Goodwin (1850-?) Wiltshire, Lucie Moore (1891-1962) Wiltshire, Menissa Moore (1848-1920) Container List Scrapbook, Moore Surname and Family History[contains photographs], 1931 Scrapbook, Wiltshire Surname and Family History [contains photographs], Undated