Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Tate Thompson Brady Family papers
RHS.Coll.0090
/repositories/5/resources/1146
3.75 Linear Feet
1785-2005
English
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Biographical / Historical
Thomas Tate Brady and his brother, D. E. "Pat" Brady grew up at Buffalo Forge plantation in Rockbridge County, Va.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Thomas Tate Brady Papers, RHS Coll. 0090, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.
Scope and Contents
This collection records the life of Tate Thomas Brady and his wife, Bonnie Fillingane and their family. Tate grew up at the Buffalo Forge estate in Rockbridge County, Virginia, greaduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, and worked for Virginia Power Company in various positions and locations in Virginia. Most of the collection includes personal and business correspondence and papers of his family, who lived at the Buffalo Forge estate. Some of the family material includes his brother Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., father Douglas E. Brady, Sr., grandfather and grandmother Daniel C. E. and Emma Brady, and great grandfather Charles Patrick "Pat" Augus Brady. Most of the remainder of the collection concerns Tate and Bonnie and their families, which includes correspondence, photographs, their social life, and genealogies. Also included are papers of Sgt. Tate Brady, WWII. A record storage box of slides and books.
Brady Family
Brady, Daniel C. E.
Brady, Douglas Ellinipsico, Jr.
Brady, Douglas Ellinipsico, Sr.
Account sales/repositories/5/archival_objects/207241874-187811Scope and ContentsCustomers include Garland Thompson and the Camden family.
Charles "Pat" Brady papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/207251871, 1882, 191912Agreements with Freedman/repositories/5/archival_objects/20726186713Scope and ContentsBrady, Daniel C. E.; Buffalo Forge African Baptist Church; letter J. W. Sharp (Freedmen's Bureau Agent to D.C.E. Brady).
Scope and ContentsArticles of Agreement with Freedmen, Sam Williams, Sam Thompson, Garland Thompson, Ephraim Thomas, Jim Garland, Harry Anderson, Anderson Coleman, Henry Mathew, and Henry Towler.
Daniel C. E. Brady, Buffalo Forge, papers /repositories/5/archival_objects/207271867, 187114Scope and ContentsPapers related to Antoine Bernard and the Buffalo Forge Vineyard.
Daniel C. E. Brady, Buffalo Forge, personal and business papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/207281871-1876, 187815Scope and ContentsPatrick Brady Estate business (1871-1876); Manganese mining correspondence (1878), Personal and business related correspondence (1877-1878).
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/207291833-187316Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/207301852-187117Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers./repositories/5/archival_objects/207311860-187018Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/207321871-187819Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/207331858-1865110Scope and ContentsIncludes correspondence from R. Brady to Daniel, and announcement of funeral for Daniel C. E. Brady.
Daniel C. E. and Emma Brady, land papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/207341865-1871111Daniel C. E. and Emma Brady, tax records/repositories/5/archival_objects/207351859-1876112Miscellaneous correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207361855-1888113Scope and ContentsIncludes letter to Dear Miss Sallie from friend, H. M. Morrsion, Nov. 5, 1855, and letter to Mrs. Rebecca A. Sterrett from niece, S. S. Bear, Dec. 6, 1888.
Hair in envelope/repositories/5/archival_objects/207371897114Scope and ContentsHair in envelope addressed to Mr. Mc Sterrett, Lexington, VA from Gilkeson, Fishersville, VA.
Newspaper clippings (obituaries, weddings, misc.) /repositories/5/archival_objects/207381906-1980115Douglas E. Brady, Sr., business papers, miscellaneous/repositories/5/archival_objects/207701896-1946Box 21Douglas E. Brady, Sr., correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207711922-1951Box 22Douglas E. Brady, Sr., estate papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/207721969-1973Box 23Douglas E. Brady, Sr., insurance papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/207731933-1971Box 24Douglas E. Brady, Sr., miscellaneous papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/20774Box 25 Douglas E. Brady, Sr., Obituary/repositories/5/archival_objects/207751971Box 26Douglas E. Brady, Sr. and Mrs., miscellaneous wedding invitations, and birth announcement cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/207761882-1917, 1919-1927Box 27Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207771961, 1971-1972Box 28Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207781973-1974Box 29Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207791976-1978Box 210Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207801980-1983Box 211Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207811984Box 212Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., miscellaneous papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/207821970, 1974Box 213Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., report cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/207831923-1924 through 1926-1927, Fall 1932, Grade 9Box 214Brady, Janice Elaine (daughter of Tate and Bonnie Brady), Birth certificate /repositories/5/archival_objects/208031950-01-28Box 31Brady, Lydia, Report cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/208041923-1930Box 32Brady, Tate, correspondence, miscellaneous/repositories/5/archival_objects/208051945-1951, 1974, 1981, 1992Box 33Brady, Tate, Iron Furnaces/repositories/5/archival_objects/20806Box 34Brady, Tate, Kiwanis member/repositories/5/archival_objects/208071991-1992Box 35Brady, Tate, papers, miscellaneous, birth and church certificates/repositories/5/archival_objects/208081922, 1982Box 36Brady, Tate, Physical Fitness certificates, 1931-1932, 1934-1935, Report cards, 1932-1933, 1935, 1939-1940, no date, Natural Bridge High School Diploma, 1940, Certificate for completing 7th grade, May 7, 1936./repositories/5/archival_objects/20809Box 37Brady, Tate, Wedding papers, marriage certificate, postcard and telegram to fiancé, Bonnie Fillingane/repositories/5/archival_objects/208101945Box 38Brady, Tate, Mrs. (Bonnie), correspondence, 1946-1947 and 1994 memorial to her mother/repositories/5/archival_objects/20811Box 39Sterrett family genealogy/repositories/5/archival_objects/20812Box 310Thompson, Isabella "Bella" Sterrett, letters to/repositories/5/archival_objects/208131873-1899Box 311Thompson family genealogy/repositories/5/archival_objects/20814Box 312Updike, James G./repositories/5/archival_objects/20815Box 313Wilson, James, papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/208161859-1861Box 314Scope and ContentsIncludes papers of Church missions and Africans or Jews, 1859.
Inventory taken at Buffalo Forge/repositories/5/archival_objects/208171928Box 315Indenture, Thomas McDowell and Mayberry/Weaver/repositories/5/archival_objects/208181823Box 316Mountain Land, W. W. Weaver/repositories/5/archival_objects/208191785-1965Box 317Scope and ContentsSee oversize map, RHS Pat Brady collection.
Brady, Tate, Sgt., papers/repositories/5/archival_objects/208201945-1956Box 41Brady, Tate, Sgt., miscellaneous and photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/208211944-1945, 1951Box 42Scope and ContentsIncludes Armed Forces Liberty pass (1 August 1951), patches, individual pay record, and documents.
Brady, Tate, Award of Bronze Star Medal to Tate/repositories/5/archival_objects/208221945-10-05Box 43Brady, Tate and Bonnie, Civil Service/repositories/5/archival_objects/208231944-1947Box 44Correspondence and notes to wife Bonnie, after Tate's death, January 15, 1993/repositories/5/archival_objects/208241993-01-16-1993-01-18Box 45Correspondence and notes to wife Bonnie, after Tate's death, January 15, 1993/repositories/5/archival_objects/208251993-01-19Box 46Correspondence and notes to wife Bonnie, after Tate's death, January 15, 1993/repositories/5/archival_objects/208261993-01-20-1993-01-30Box 47Correspondence and notes to wife Bonnie, after Tate's death, January 15, 1993/repositories/5/archival_objects/208271993-02-1993-04Box 48Correspondence and notes to wife Bonnie, after Tate's death, January 15, 1993, undated/repositories/5/archival_objects/20828Box 49Get Well notes to Tate Brady, undated/repositories/5/archival_objects/20829Box 410Tate Brady Insurance Policies/repositories/5/archival_objects/208301969, 1975Box 411Notes to Bonnie Brady/repositories/5/archival_objects/208311993-01-07Box 412Power of attorney for Bonnie Brady/repositories/5/archival_objects/208321996Box 413Bird, Eastern shore, photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/20946Box 51"A Bond of Iron" filming at Buffalo Forge plantation photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/209471979-08-01Box 52Brady, Bonnie Fillingane photos, 1957, 1961, 1967, 1989, no date (early) and photos of her parent's graves/repositories/5/archival_objects/20948Box 53Charles A. Brady photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/20949Box 54Daniel C. E. Brady (1821-1878) photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/20950Box 55Douglas E. Brady, Sr. and wife photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/20951Box 56Emma Matilda Gorgas Brady (wife of Daniel C. E. Brady and niece of William Weaver) photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/20952Box 57Janice Brady, (daughter of Tate and Bonnie) photos, 1950, 1956-1958, 1960-1961, 2005, and (1979 Wedding newspaper clipping)/repositories/5/archival_objects/20953Box 58Tate Brady, as a middle-aged man, 1956, 1957, 1961, no date, photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/20955Box 510 Tate Brady, as an older man, with wife Bonnie, and others, photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/209561987, 1993Box 511 Tate Brady, as a young boy, with family and pets, at Buffalo Forge plantation, photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/20957Box 512Tate Brady, and Bonnie as a young couple, photos (include wedding)/repositories/5/archival_objects/209581945, 1948Box 513Tate Brady, as a young man, photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/20959Box 514Tate Brady, flower arrangements gift cards at Tate's death/repositories/5/archival_objects/209601993Box 515Tate Brady, memorial gifts at Tate's death/repositories/5/archival_objects/209611993Box 516Tate Brady, Public utility executive course booklet/repositories/5/archival_objects/209621967-07-30-1967-08-25Box 517Scope and ContentsTate Brady, "Exects at Tech," pg.9
Brady family and unidentified people, photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/209631956-1957, 1977-1979Box 518Buffalo Forge plantation, photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/20964Box 519Christmas float, photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/20965Box 520Falling Springs Presbyterian Church photos, and historical sketch by Frances Altizer/repositories/5/archival_objects/20966Box 521Houses unidentified, photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/20967Box 522Lebanon Presbyterian Church (29 Lebanon Circle, Goshen, Virginia), and graves of John D. Sterrett and William Wilson and wife, photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/209681973Box 523Negatives unidentified/repositories/5/archival_objects/20969Box 524Press drill photos, maybe used by Charles A. Brady, to make furniture/repositories/5/archival_objects/20970Box 525Softball game and sport photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/20971Box 526 James Reid Sterrett, home on Little River/repositories/5/archival_objects/209721973-1974Box 527John D. Sterrett home, "Oakley Farm," photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/20973Box 528John Robert Sitlington Sterrett, tombstone, photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/20974Box 529Robert Dunlap Sterrett, tombstone, photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/20975Box 530William M. Sterrett, home, photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/209761973Box 531Sterrett/Brady home, photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/209771973Box 532Valley Railroad, Folly Mills Creek Viaduct, photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/20978Box 533VPI (Virginia Tech) Dress Parade, photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/20979Box 534William Weaver, photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/20980Box 535Wilson home, photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/209811975Box 536Wilson Springs, photo/repositories/5/archival_objects/20982Box 537Tate Thompson Brady, Genealogy Charts/repositories/5/archival_objects/20983Box 61Davis & Jordan, Mack & Weaver Genealogy/repositories/5/archival_objects/20984Box 62Gorgas & Updike Genealogy (Brady, etc.)/repositories/5/archival_objects/20985Box 63Sterrett; Thompson; Townsend, and Wilson Genealogy/repositories/5/archival_objects/20986Box 64Woodman Genealogy/repositories/5/archival_objects/20987Box 65Slides and books/repositories/5/archival_objects/20988Box 7