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Acquired by gift, purchase and deposit.
This guide covers accessions #38-1 through #3675 (with occasional higher numbers) and includes information on approximately one-third of the collections in Special Collections.
An appraisal of the goods owned by Mary Yates at the
times of her death (1907), as well as records of her
transactions.
As compiled by Mrs. Evelyn B. Wyllie.
Personal papers of Edwin Anderson Alderman, the first
president of the University of Virginia. Topics include:
the education of women in Virginia, and a speech
entitled "Higher Education of Virginia Women (July 7,
1910). Correspondents include his wife, mother,
daughter-in-law, Nancy Astor, Mary Barksdale, Anna
Barringer, Elizabeth Bryce (viscountess), Lilian Dabney,
Daughters of the American Revolution, Ethel Roosevelt
Derby, and numerous others.
Personal letters of this Botetourt County family
including correspondence of Mary Allen.
Business and personal papers of three generations of
Amblers: John, John Jacquelin and John Jacquelin, Jr.,
who owned property in Jamestown and estates in Amherst
and Orange counties. Correspondents include Elizabeth
Ambler (pre-1800), Catherine Ambler, Mrs. F. T. Barbour,
Laura Ambler, and numerous others. Touches on education
of children, plantation life, and family news.
Personal papers of John Jacquelin Ambler (1801-1854)
of Amherst County, Virginia and his father-in-law Philip
Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841) of Orange County,
Virginia, lawyer, politician, and jurist. Personal
correspondents of J. J. Ambler and his wife Elizabeth
Barbour Ambler include his parents, John Ambler and
Catherine Bush Ambler, as well as Mrs. Ambler's sister,
Philippa, and her mother, Mrs. Philip Pendleton Barbour.
Membership rosters, minutes, treasurer's reports,
check registers, annual budgets and scrapbooks of the
Charlottesville Chapter of the American Association of
University Women.
Papers of this Lexington family include two letters,
1865, from the "Taley" to Sallie Amole discussing their
wedding plans. Of interest is a page from the family
Bible and a catalogue from the State Female Normal
School in Farmville, signed by Anna B. Johnson
Collection (largely unprocessed) consisting of the
personal, legal, and business correspondence of Francis
Thomas Anderson, lawyer, legislator, judge and rector of
Washington and Lee University; and his son William
Alexander Anderson, lawyer, attorney general of Virginia
and later rector of W & L. Highlights are the social
life of Rockbridge County (1900-1930), the drawings of
Ellen Graham Anderson, the Mount Vernon Ladies
Association, and the United Daughters of the
Confederacy.
Additional papers of the Lexington, Virginia family
which primarily are the drawings by Ellen Graham
Anderson of contemporary literary and dramatic figures.
Also the correspondence of Ellen Graham Anderson with
Judith Anderson and Mrs. Charles McCulloch.
Twenty-seven page typescript with autograph corrections of
A collection of the poetry of W. D. Anthony, written ca. 1899-1953. Included is
Primarily letters and papers of Revolutionary and
nineteenth century statesmen. A letter of interest is
Benjamin Leigh (Virginia Senator) to Mrs. Frances Bland
Coalter, March 26, 1813, dismissing her from her
housekeeping duties because of his impending marriage
and that she must keep his engagement a secret.
Lady Nancy Astor to Mrs. Charles Talbott, speaking of
love for various things such as people and Virginia.
A small collection of book reviews, magazine
articles, etc., by Mrs. Myrta Lockett Avary of Atlanta,
Georgia, author of Civil War and Reconstruction studies.
Certificate of proficiency in geometry, awarded to
Alice Aylett by the Richmond Seminary, dated 18 June
1886, at Richmond, Virginia
Financial and legal papers of James Barbour of
"Barboursville," Orange County and his descendants.
Included is a significant amount of female
correspondence generated by Caroline Homassel Ellis and
other women.
A manuscript of recipes for cooking, belonging to
Mary Barclay. It is undated, but probably of the latter
part of the nineteenth century (ca. 1870).
This nursery was established for black children in Charlottesville, Virginia whose mothers had to work outside the home. Included in the papers are the constitution of the organization, financial records, a minute book of all the meetings and daily activities, an article entitled
A collection of assorted authors' letters or other
miscellany. Authors or writers mentioned: Alexandria,
Queen Consort of Edward VII; Jane Cunningham Croly; May
Abigail Dodge; Mary Katherine Field; Caroline Howard
Gilman; Godey's Lady Book; Julia Ward Howe; Isabella
Batchelder James; Carolina Kirkland; Mary Livermore;
Harriet Lothrop; Julia Marlowe; Catherine Sedgwick;
Lydia Sigourney; Ann Stephens; Marie Hansen Taylor; Mary
Terhune; Celia Thaxter; Victoria, Queen of Great
Britain; Jeanette Walworth; and Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Primarily the personal papers of Paul Brandon
Barringer, professor of medicine and chairman of the
faculty of the University of Virginia, and a founder of
the University's Hospital. Material in regards to women
is slight but does include some information on Anna
Barringer, his daughter, including her "Memoirs of Dr.
Paul Brandon Barringer", teaching and fine arts diplomas
from Columbia University (June, 1914), as well as
Eugenia Barringer's diploma from Hollins College (June
1915). Included are photocopies of letters between
Stonewall Jackson and his wife, Mary Anna Morrison.
An addition to the collection is Mrs. Barringer's
Civil War diary in which she makes comments on both the
war and home.
Bartlett corresponds with various government
officials regarding matters of current political
interest. Correspondents include Margaret Mary Heckler,
congress woman, and June A. Willenz, executive director,
American veterans committee.
Barlett corresponds with senators and congressmen on
current issues. Correspondents include Clare Booth Luce
and Margaret Mary Heckler.
The papers contain a biographical note on Emma
(Garrison) Jones (1833-1896).
Collection (largely unprocessed) containing material
relating to Leonidas Baugh and his family in Abingdon,
Virginia. There is some correspondence generated by
women, of note are the letters between Leonidas Baugh
and his wife during the Civil War, and school exercises
of their daughters Minnie and Ida.
The papers of several generations of the Baylor
family of "Newmarket", Caroline County, Virginia,
consisting of financial and legal papers, ledgers,
genealogical material, and correspondence. The papers
contain substantial material relating to the
Revolutionary War. Items of interest include the will of
Frances Baylor (1815), Eliza Baylor to Louisa Upshaw,
September 13, 1830, describing a parade in Richmond
celebrating the French victory over the Bay of Algiers,
Frances Baylor to Louisa Upshaw, July 18, 1813,
discusses visitors at "Newmarket", fever in Essex
County, and that many people are fleeing Richmond due to
the British, Isabella Hunter to Mrs. John Baylor,
January 28, 1757, concerning the death of her husband, a
groom in Colonel Baylor's stables, and more
correspondence concerning women.
Manuscript journal, 1850-1862 of Mrs. Jane Beale of
Fredericksburg, Virginia. The original as of 1984, was
on display at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania
National Military Park. She is very concerned with war
news and writes of nearby battles.
Correspondence and business papers of the itinerant
dentist Dr. John T. Blake of Greenbrier County, West
Virginia. The business and legal papers of the Blake
family contain accounts and tax receipts of Dr. Blake,
his mother Rhoda Blake, and his sister, Mary E. (Blake)
Lemmnons. The school essays of Mary Blake, a memorandum
book of Esther Blake, and an unidentified photograph are
found in the miscellaneous folder.
Electrostatic copy, original in possession of James
Dell. Copy of a transcript of an interview with Beattie
conducted by James Dell for a high school course.
Beattie discusses her views on writing, critics, other
authors, the influence of popular music on her work and
her recent venture into non-fiction.
To Robie [McCauley], Beattie writes thanking McCauley
for a book he has sent and mentioning that she is going
to hear Robert Stone read that night.
In a series of letters, Beattie receives requests from representatives of various publishing companies for advance reviews of unpublished novels. Also included in the collection is a copy of a piece of work entitled
Business and legal papers of the Augusta County,
Virginia family including females. Also included is a
document noting a public sale of a superannuated female
slave to be cared for by the lowest bidder.
Personal, business and legal papers of this family of
Barn Elms, Middlesex County, Aldie, Loudoun County, and
Albemarle County, Virginia. References in early wills to
wives, daughters concerning property and marriage
settlements. Collection does not have a detailed guide.
Electrostatic copies of three letters from Betsy
Ambler, daughter of the Treasurer of Virginia, to
Mildrid Stith describing the flight of her family and
other public officials from Richmond to Charlottesville,
thus eluding the pursuit of Tarleton's army. See also
the related accessions 6723 and 7661.
Primarily the education papers of L. M. Blackford at
the University of Virginia; however, there is
correspondence from Ambler M. Blackford to his mother,
Nannie Ambler.
Personal correspondence of Elizabeth Blackwell and
family members of Fauquier County, Virginia. Some
mention of slaves such as a letter of June 22, n.y.,
from Octavia mentioning that a slave tried to get away
in Cincinnati as they were going to Missouri, and a
letter of June 30, n.y., from Sarah T. Buckner who wants
to collect on a loan so that she can buy a slave's
husband and send them both west. Letters from the family
members who moved to Missouri provide insights into the
emotional and physical hardships involved in such
immigration.
The papers contain correspondence, business and legal
papers of Blake, itinerant, dentist from Greenbrier
County [West] Virginia. There are accounts and tax
receipts of Blake, his mother Rhoda and sister Mary E.
Lemmons, some of it pertaining to dentistry.
Correspondence, chiefly with his family and his in-laws,
the Dotsons of Fayette County, West Virginia, conveys
family news and discusses his practice. Of interest is a
letter reacting to John Brown's raid.
Elizabeth C. Blaetterman of Maysville, Kentucky, to
"Victoria" in Virginia. Comments on how both male and
female are teaching these days just for their board.
Writes primarily of her freed servants (slaves) and how
they are doing in their lives. Evidently, Mr.
Blaetterman would purchase a slave with the intent of
setting the slave free, but the freed slave would pay
back Mr. Blaetterman his purchase price. It seems Mr.
Blaetterman did this to keep slave families together.
She regrets not doing more.
Letters to Albert Taylor Bledsoe and Sophia Bledsoe
Herrick, usually from prominent people. Correspondents
include Margaret Preston, Cornelia Grinnan. Frances
Hodgson Burnett, Anna B. Warner, Margaret Sangster,
Ellen Glasgow, Frances Power Cobbe, Fanny D. Lowell, and
Celia Thaxter.
In a letter, 1951, Louise Herrick Wall writes
Elizabeth D. Halladay concerning unfavorable comments
about A. T. Bledsoe in Philip Alexander Bruce's History
of the University of Virginia, and in an article by
Edwin Mims. The collection includes a photograph of
Sophia Childress Bledsoe.
Miscellaneous collection concerning the above
families of Albemarle County and Richmond, Virginia. Of
interest is a set of letters to Mildred Perkins from her
cousins in Bolton, Mississippi after the Civil War.
Evidently the families had never met and were trying to
establish contact after the War. One letter of
particular note, Virginia McKay, January 2, 1870, writes
"the last sensation was a female lecturer from the
North, one of the strong minded, I suppose, she looked
very masculine, her subject was phrenology, which she
could not possible do justice to....we went through
curiosity and are fully convinced that speaking public
is not a woman's prerogative." (2317-d). Also of
interest is a broadside for a "Grand Military Ball" to
be held at Camp Carondelet, February 25, 1862, and a
packet of letters to Mildred Perkins about love,
marriage and life among young people before the Civil
War (2317-e)
Booker family of Lynchburg, Virginia, primarily the
miscellaneous papers of James M. Booker of Lynchburg. A
letter dated November 7, 1872, to "Dear Pa" from Blanch,
who is attending the Virginia Female Institute, writes
of a woman who is being force fed because of her refusal
to eat and also expresses her dismay that Grant was
elected. Other items include letters from Mrs. Booker to
Mr. Booker (October 12, 1873; April 3, 1876 and May 20,
n.d.) concerning family and general news.
Four letters concerning impressions of the
Confederate spy, Belle Boyd.
Volume of poetry and essays, 1868-1872, presented to
Henrietta Boyden by her mother, Mary Boyden, on July 23,
1872. Inscribed "Thoughts for weary hours' for my
darling Henrietta."
Personal, legal, and business papers of this Charlottesville woman who was involved in school integration and other civil rights issues in central Virginia in the 1950's and 1960's. Correspondents include editors of women magazines, Marjory Cherry, Winifred Clapp, Mrs. Samuel L. Abbott, Jr., Peggy Collison, Mrs. Paul J. Furnas, June P. Guild, Ruth Haefner, Elly Haney, Mrs. Heslip M. Lee, Jane McClary, Janet Johnston, Narcissa D. Overstreet, and Susie Peace (Richmond
Majority of the letters are from Mary Bradford Thomas
to William and Lucy Stuart, probably her sister and her
husband, of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Virginia.
Mary, as reflected in her letters, was pessimistic, and
wrote much about the deaths of relatives and friends.
Correspondence, legal, and business papers of James Brady, merchant, of Scottsville, Virginia. A document of interest is a
Letters from various friends and relatives to Miss
Rachel Bramham of Scottsville, Albemarle County,
Virginia. Subjects include the Civil War, the death of
several infants and children in the area, and the
hanging of two men (Trayer and Wilson) in Staunton for
murder (January 3, 1854)
Personal, political, and military correspondence of
the North Carolina citizen. There is correspondence
between Branch and his wife.
The collection consists chiefly of correspondence
between Brooke and his wife, Margaret Lye Smith Brooke,
written while he was serving in the General Assembly.
Topics of interest include male views on childbirth and
a copy of Betty Louden Berkeley's will (1866).
"War-time Memories by an Old Lady Who was Then
Young," (electrostatic copy) by Caroline Morril Brown.
Mrs. Brown was a governess for the Maury family of
"Piedmont," Albemarle County, and she penned her memoirs
of the Civil War in 1910.
Electrostatic copies, originals in possession of
relative of Brown, a World War I soldier. Collection
consists chiefly of the letters of Milton McIntyre Brown
to various family members while he was in Belgium and
France as a member of the 324th Field Artillery in the
American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. Also
included is a letter, June 10, 1916, from Mrs. Bruce
Brown, New York City, to "My dearest boys" regarding the
departure of two of her sons for overseas.
The business, financial and personal papers of the
Bruce family of "Berry Hill", Halifax County. There is
much correspondence generated by women including: Elvira
A. Bruce, Mary P. Govan, Eliza Bruce, Mildred H.
Carrington, Mary Elizabeth A. Bruce. Mrs. A. A.
Anderson, Mary Evelyn Anderson, Ann Green, Sally Bruce,
Sally Brodnax, Catherine Carrington, Fanny Anderson etc.
A strong ante-bellum, Civil and Reconstruction
collection.
Documents and letters, some of which refer to the
hiring and leasing of slaves. Also included is a
December 11, 1824, letter apparently from a black woman
in Petersburg, Virginia, who is writing in an attempt to
gain some form of recompense for an ancestor, Ned
Brandom, who served as a substitute in the Revolutionary
War. Also included are documents concerning Elizabeth
Rainey of Georgia. There are two letters to John Tucker
of Smokey Ordinary, Virginia concerning the rent he owes
her. There are 12 items relating to Mary Ann Tucker (of
Georgia) who also rents land to John Tucker. Material
refers to contracts, rents, land, and slaves.
Correspondence of the Bryan, Tucker, and Randolph
families. John Randolph of Roanoke and George St. Tucker
are the two predominant correspondents, however, there
is much written to and by women. Correspondents include
Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan, Mrs. Joseph Bryan,
Frances Bland Coalter, and Judith Randolph. Also of
interest is a letter (3400-b) Elizabeth Coalter Tucker
Bryan to her husband, John Randolph Bryan, November 3,
1852, regarding illness of slaves presidential election
returns and her efforts as household nurse dispensing
quinine and lancing a finger. (3400)
First section (1862) typescript) of the diary of Lucy
R. Buck (1842-1918) of Front Royal, Virginia. A portion
of the original manuscript diary is filed in the Buck
Family papers (4932). Diary covers 1862-1863 and is
concerned with local soldiers, politics and battles.
Related material in accessions 704, 1091, 3064, 4932,
4938) (622).
Civil War letters to Richard B. Buck of the Warren
Rifles, Virginia 17th Regiment, from various family
members and friends. His mother Jane Buck writes to him,
May 13, 1861, praying for any early end to the war and
that no blood will be shed, but if so "that the calamity
fall upon the heads of our enemy." In a letter, May 21,
1861, she wishes he would spend some time with the
ladies," I do not like your being so long from under the
influence of ladies society." Jane Buck's early letters
clearly express her concern about her son's morals and
the effect war and "bad company" may have on him. She
writes to remember his God and prayers. However, as the
war drags on, her letters change tone, but she always
encourages her son to invoke the protection of God.
Other items of interest are the letters of his cousins,
Nell and Lucy Buck (of the above diary). Lucy's are very
serious from the beginning, but Nell's are
light-hearted, but as with Jany Buck's letters, her
correspondence also grows more somber as the war
progressed. These letters seem to reflect the mood of
the South at the beginning of the War, that all this was
going to be a great and heroic adventure, until it was
obvious the war wasn't going to be over in a month.
Diary kept during 1862-1863. From Northern Virginia
Helen wrote of the war and nearby troops. Her writings
provide a good understanding of how the war affected a
young woman.
Letters and diary of Lucy Wood Butler of "Locust
Hill", Albemarle County, Virginia, 1859-1863. Includes
correspondence with her husband Woody Butler of
Fernandina, Florida. She began a diary and wrote until
1863. She was concerned with war news, deaths and her
husband's absence.
Papers of the Cabell and Carrington families of
Albemarle and Buckingham counties and Richmond. The
letters of Agnes Gamble Cabell to her stepdaughter
Louisa Cabell (later Carrington) are a rich source of
ante- bellum family life. They provide insight into the
life of a well-to-do young woman's life in early 19th
century Virginia. Correspondence spans 1817-1862 and
touches upon education, health and medicine, slave life,
politics, gossip, mother and daughter relations,
child-rearing and romance. One letter dated February 28,
1819, warns Louisa that one of her beaux is part Indian
(Not Native-American) and she will have to pass him by
as well as his cousin. However, Agnes also warns her
daughter not to be too picky because "not, I would have
you all to understand, that I am in a hurry to have you
married, but, married you must be some time or other, as
the world goes." Also a comment on Thomas Jefferson's
grandson, Thomas Randolph, being stabbed severely by his
brother-in-law, Bankhead," a worthless profligate
fellow." Letters from 1819-1822 concentrate on Louisa's
marriage and her child and also a mysterious illnesses
that she succumbs to, which was called melancholia, but
more likely post-partum depression. Her mother Agnes
also gives birth during this time. Letter dated March 2,
1822 Agnes to Louisa contains much advice concerning
Louisa's baby and she is sending baby caps, "for myself,
I trust I shall have no further use for them." A letter
dated May 25, 1824, Agnes admonished Louisa for trying
to nurse her own child as it will cause her injury.
Agnes would have sent Easter (presumably a slave) to
nurse the child if she had known, "but we permitted her
to dry up her milk." In November of 1825, Louisa gave
birth to a girl after two sons, Agnes writes: "Will Paul
and William be cast off for this little Miss?-not
entirely-but I think you will perceive a difference in
the kind of affection you will feel for your little
girl-though not in the degree, you will love them all
equally, but she will have more of your tenderness.
(November 2, 1825)." A very strong collection. Related
materials, the letters of Laura Wirt to Louisa
Carrington, are in 2546.
Papers of various members of the Cabell family,
chiefly the papers of Joseph Carrington Cabell
(1778-1856), a member of the Virginia legislature for
thirty years, one of the founders of the University of
Virginia and a member of its first Board of Visitors.
Includes much correspondence of women touching on such
subjects as daily life, religion, education and
medicine. Highlights are the letters Joseph Carrington
Cabell wrote to St. George Tucker requesting the hand of
his step-daughter, Mary (Polly) Walker Carter in
marriage. These letters provide a valuable insight into
Virginia eighteenth century courtship among the
plantation class. Also of interest are several letters
from both Mrs. Ann Cowper and her husband, William
Cowper to Joseph C. Cabell about the disintegration of
their marriage, and Mrs. Cowper's request for divorce in
1812. There is also information on the detaining of a
Parsons Taylor, a fencing instructor at the Richmond
Academy, for seducing six female students.
Fourteen-page volume (many pages missing) containing
recipes and formulae for dyeing, recorded by Sallie Syme
(Cabell) Laidley, Inglewood, Nelson County, Virginia,
later of Richmond.
Papers and photographs of the Cabell family,
especially of Captain John Cabell (1775-1815), Eva
Cabell, and members of the Borgardus, Simpson, and
Perkins families, and including an album of
carte-de-viste of Cabell family members. Of notes are
the letters to Eva Cabell, wife of William Russell
Robinson, which coincide with the Civil War period.
Letters from Peachy G. Harrison to Eva Cabell describe
his general experiences during the war.
Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of Mary
Virginia Ellet Cabell, her father, Charles Ellet, Jr.,
civil engineer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and her
husband William D. Cabell of Norwood, Nelson County,
Virginia, relating primarily to Mrs. Cabell's career as
author and civic leader. Collection includes a thousand
letters from Mrs. Cabell to her children, material on
Norwood school, data on the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Mary Ellet was William Daniel Cabell's
second wife, and the letters he wrote to her during
their courtship are very passionate in nature. Mary,
however, is practical in her responses, perhaps because
she had responsibility for her younger siblings, Willie
and Nina, and marriage was not on her mind. The letters
between husband and wife reflect the structure of a 19th
century marriage, however, Mary Cabell comes across
strongly as an independent thinker and her husband very
reliant on her. Correspondence touches on almost every
issue from literature to politics.
Caldwell sends greetings to Cornelia and Waller
Barrett, describes Erskine's and her month of travel,
asks about the Barrett's new home, and encloses a
photograph of a painting recently delivered to the
Jamison Gallery in Santa Fe, Mexico. With these is a
postcard, 1985, from "Kate" to the Barretts describing a
trip to Poe's house in Philadelphia and Whitman's in
Camden.
Letter (carbon typescript), September 13, 1898, from
Bessie Callender to Emily Eppes of Appomattox Manor,
Hopewell, Virginia, describing "Cawsons," the birthplace
of John Randolph of Roanoke, and mentioning news of her
family.
Personal and business papers of the Carr family and
George Carr of Albemarle County, Virginia. Also included
are a photograph of a black woman (Poore family) and a
May 6, 1868 letter about the death of a black woman.
Included are typescript copies of correspondence
between Elizabeth Carrington, nee Betsy Ambler, and
Mildred Smith, 1780-1782, discussing her experiences
during the Revolutionary War, the flight to
Charlottesville, Virginia to escape the British and the
destruction of Yorktown, Virginia.
The collection primarily consists of letters from
servicemen to Mrs. Carrington, as well as newspaper
clippings, photographs and other miscellaneous items.
The collection is restricted; no publication until 2026.
Letters of Carter, George E. Booker, James C. Reed,
and Anna Barringer. Miss Barringer's letter concerns the
placement of this collection of letters relating to
Walter Reed.
Gossipy letter, December 21, 1827, from Sally to her
mother, Mrs. Mary Carter concerning her stay in
Richmond.
Letters, diplomas, valentines and other papers of the
Carter family of "Redlands", Albemarle County, Virginia,
including the correspondence of Sally Champe Carter
Randolph, Mary Eliza Coles Carter, Isaetta Carter and
others.
Materials on the Carter, Coles, Smith and Nicholas
families. Primary interest centers around General Samuel
Smith and his son, John Spear Smith of Baltimore,
Maryland, and his daughter Margaret who married Robert
Hill Carter of "Redlands," Albemarle County, Virginia.
Sizeable amount of correspondence generated by women.
Papers of the Cary family, especially that of Wilson
Miles Cary (1806-1877) of Charlottesville, Virginia, and
later of Maryland, and that of Archibald Cary
(1815-1854), of Cumberland County, Maryland. Highlights
include letters between Jane Margaret Carr Cary (Mrs.
Wilson Miles Cary) and her mother, Hetty Carr
(1829-1832), and between Jane Margaret and her cousin
Dabney Carr Terrell, who traveled extensively in
Kentucky and who describes a reception for Lafayette.
Also of interest are the Civil War letters. Jennie and
Hetty, daughters of W.M.C. and Constance, daughter of
Archibald Cary, frequently crossed into Confederate
territory, and detailed these crossings in letters. Some
of the correspondence relates to the house searches to
which the Carys were subject as Southern sympathizers.
Written by Mrs. Jane Blair Cary Smith (1808-1888), a
granddaughter of Col. Thomas Mann Randolph, who penned
these memoirs of Carysbrook in Fluvanna County, Virginia
while living in New York. The original memoir does not
exist, however, it was copied by the author's nephew.
Friendship book of autographs kept by Miss Cave while
a guest at Rockbridge Alum Springs.
Letters, January-September 1864, from Cave to Major
John P. Thompson, a prisoner of war of Johnson's Island
near Sandusky, Ohio.
Diaries, notebooks, and photograph albums of
Charrington, diary, 1939, of T. H. Ashley-Cooper; diary,
1872-1873, of Jane Randolph; letter, March 1, 1934,
"Your loving sister E" from Monte Carlo, to Mamie and
Ernest Ashley-Cooper, concerning her activities there.
Randolph's diary contains personal entries about
herself, moving from their old home, her father looking
at land in Fauquier County, Virginia (September 1872),
the Radford family, staying in Lynchburg, Virginia, and
other miscellaneous personal entries.
Pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings and
correspondence relating to the Chicago Women's Club.
Letter from William H. Girrell (Ginell?) to his
sister Becca during the Civil War. Letters are full of
confidences, obviously Becca and her brother were very
close.
Letter, September 3, 1861, Aunt Charlotte to her
nephew Clarence, congratulating him on his marriage. She
touches upon the Civil War and trusts Clarence will
remain a strong Union Man. She says she is absorbed by
the war and hopes it will speedily end.
Letter from Laura to Edith describing Sheridan's raid
on Charlottesville, Virginia.
Papers of A. H. Cleaveland and Eva Cleaveland
including one scrapbook of clippings, recipes, and
personal accounts of Eva Cleaveland (1879-1901), music
teacher and choir director in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Miscellaneous in regards to the Clement and Dinwiddie
families of Franklin County, Virginia. Most papers refer
to land and business, but there are two items of note: a
playbill 1952 for the opera singer Adelina Patti and a
cover from a bankbook of the Bank of the United States.
The inside has a clever "love-letter."
Relates chiefly to Richmond, Virginia blacks and
includes a minute book for The Clocks Social Club
detailing the regular and business meetings of the club,
and recording dues and attendance. Also included are a
list of sewing instructions: a letter, February 1935, to
the Clocks urging them to buy tickets to hear the Eva
Jessye Choir at the Ebenezer Baptist Church: a copy of
the Rev. John Jasper's sermon "De sun do move" and a
photograph of Jasper. Of interest is a letter, February
11, 1839, from Sarah McPhail, Franklin, Tennessee, to
her brother, Thomas Glass, Winchester, Virginia, giving
family and farm news and mentioning the loss of a Negro
woman.
Bound volume of handwritten poetry of Clough.
The remarkable set of complete plantation records of
John Hartwell Cocke of Bremo, Fluvanna County, Virginia.
John Hartwell Cocke is less known than many of his
contemporaries, but remains one of the most
extraordinary men of his time. He co-founded the
University of Virginia with Thomas Jefferson, waged war
against the evils of alcohol, strongly supported
education, and was an outspoken opponent to slavery, so
much so that he educated his slaves and then set them
free. Many returned to Africa and the ensuing
correspondence between the former master and the free
man makes for fascinating reading. There is also a rich
amount of material regarding women's history, in
particular 19th century plantation life. Of special
interest are the diaries of Louisa Maxwell Homles Cocke,
the second wife of General Cocke.
Diaries of Lucy C. Cocke. With accession 640.
Lucy kept her diary from 1864 to 1868. It contains
recipes, poetry, religious passages and news of the war.
An excellent source for the war and women.
Personal correspondence of the family of Philip St. George Cocke. In her letter of February 9, 1846, Courtney Barraud of Norfolk, Virginia writes her cousin, John Bowdoin Cocke, that she has heard about "the big house" being begun and knows that "cousin Philip" will be very busy as "no one ever was more totally emersed in building." In an undated letter to her father, Philip St. George Cocke, Louisiana Barraud Cocke, is apparently defending Richard Byrd Kennon, whom she married on June 21, 1860; she relates that she "asserted my pride & dignity as a woman should" by speaking to Kennon about the conversation between him and her father, and that she is satisfied that he is sincere and that she has not been "the dupe of anybody."(2433-t)
Also, letters to John Bowdoin Cocke (P. St. G. Cocke's son) from John H. Powell, principal of the Richmond Female Seminary concerning the progress and tuition fees of Cocke's three daughters (1886-1894), also correspondence of Sally Elizabeth Courtney Cocke to her husband P. St. G. Cocke.(2433-r).
Of further interest are the letters of Courtney Bowdoin Cocke to various family members concerning family news, travels, activities and plantation matters (2433-q).
Lastly, the letters dealing with the prolonged
courtship, engagement, and eventual marriage of Bettie
Burwell Page Cocke and John Bowdoin Cocke are of
interest, as well as later letters which detail the
effects the Civil War had on Southern land-owning
families. (2433-l)
Miscellaneous items, of interest is a typescript of
the household book, 1722-1729, of Anne Coxe Harris.
A history of the Church by Miss Sallie Dickinson.
Bound clipping in regard to the Colonial Dames
Commencement address by an unidentified president of
an unidentified woman's college, probably delivered in
1859. The question of female education is discussed.
Three illustrated albums or commonplace books,
Diary kept by Mrs. Cooke at "Dewberry," Hanover
County.
Mainly personal correspondence of Thomas Jefferson's
descendants, especially Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge,
his granddaughter.
Group of letters from Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge
and others to Martha Jefferson Randolph.
Commonplace book kept by Anna Cornell of Millstone,
New Jersey includes poetry and essays by friends and
family members and obituary of Anna's mother, Maria
Cornell. Many of the pages contain small engravings or
watercolors.
Maria Cosway, an English miniature portrait artist,
met Thomas Jefferson in Paris and would become what some
historians declare to be the love of his life. These
collections represent some of their correspondence.
Personal and business correspondence of the Cox and
McPherson families including: Bible records for the
children of John and Elizabeth Humber; the Cox and the
Lacy families; and printed material concerning the
Women's Christian Temperance Union. Other items in the
papers include: a photograph of Miss Almera Josephine
Cox and her four nieces, Amelia Foster Christian Cox,
Annie Leroy Cox, Mary Elizabeth Cox and Almira Josephine
Cox, who were all children of Leroy Wesley Cox and Ann
Eliza Foster Cox.
Report cards for Almera Cox at the Albemarle Female
Institute.
Correspondence and material relating to her life as a
librarian.
Copy book of Mary Lee Custis, mother-in-law of Robert
E. Lee.
John Dabney's personal recollections of several
family members, including many women.
Personal correspondence of these central Virginia
families, primarily of Richard Heath Dabney and his wife
Lucy Heth (Davis) Dabney. Included is a February 10,
1867 letter, from Alice Dabney (a former slave) to "Old
Master."
Papers concerning William Meade Dame of Danville,
Virginia. Letters concern his time spent as a
Confederate soldier, a seminarian in the Episcopal
Seminary in Alexandria, and as a Episcopalian minister.
Very strong on religious issues, social life of Danville
(and Virginia) after the War, and family activities.
Correspondence of Susie Meade (William's wife), his
mother, Mary Dame, and his sister Ellen.
Papers of John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910), U. S.
senator and Civil War Veteran, and his family. The
earliest correspondence, 1816-1825, is between Judge
William Daniel (1771-1839), his wife Margaret Baldwin)
Daniel (d. 1824), and their children, of Lynchburg,
Virginia. The letters contain news of family and
friends, advice on manners and education to children,
and mention of medical treatments. These papers are an
excellent source for the study of family life and
women's role in the early 19th century. Also of
importance are the letters Sarah Warwick Daniel between
William Daniel, Jr.
Margaret Dashiell to Samuel Love, writes about her
health, reading material and World War II.
Scrapbook of Alice Chancellor Davis containing
postcards and other memorabilia, and notes of a trip
made to England, Scotland and Ireland in 1913. Also
included is the correspondence of John White, later
Alice Davis' husband.
Papers of Eugene Davis of Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Virginia concerning the Civil War, temperance,
slavery and hospital conditions in Charlottesville
before and after the War. The collection includes a 19th
century copy of a bond, July 19, 1791, between Thomas
Meriwether and Ann Minor; a letter to Eugene Davis from
the Ladies of the Albemarle Relief Association which
provided assistance to the families of dead or disabled
Confederate veterans; and scattered correspondence from
women.
Letter, October 13, 1862, from Mary Quincy to Davis,
thankful for news of her son and offering assistance in
the future to soldiers who come through her area.
Correspondence and other papers of the Day family of
Smithfield, Virginia, and of senator Thomas S. Martin,
who married Lucy Day. Items of interest are the letters
to both Lucy Day and Grace Day concerning their
engagements, letters of condolences to Mrs. Charles
Fenton Day on the death of her husband. Also included
are Grace Day's journal of her trip to Europe, 1901, and
her touching letter to her mother upon the death of Mr.
Day.
Virginia D.A.R. program of 43rd annual convention,
Jack Jouett chapter, yearbook for 1935-36 and Member's
List, 1938-1939.
Scrapbooks, minutes and membership applications of
the Shadwell chapter of the D.A.R.
Volumes contain newsclippings of state and divisional
D.A.R. activities.
Minutes describe activities at several monthly
meetings.
Material relating to the Albemarle Chapter of D.A.R.
Varina Davis to Mrs. A. H. Thomas regretfully
declining an offer to visit Alexandria, Virginia.
The letters of Theophilus Deale to his father,
mother, and sister.
Aurelia deBoots to Felix [?]. Mrs. deBoots, as she
apparently was, wrote to Felix to inform him that his
son (and most likely her son) had been accepted by "poor
unsuspecting de Boots," evidently her husband.
Items include
Manuscripts relating to the Reverend William A.
Dinwiddie from 1857 and Elizabeth M. Dinwiddie,
1916-1940, of Albemarle County, Virginia. Other
prominent people in the collection include Courtenay,
Edgar, Emily, William, Jr., and Mrs. Mary Agnes Bruce.
There are approximately 55 letters to Elizabeth M.
Dinwiddie. Of special interest is Emily Dinwiddie's
scrapbook concerning World War I and women's suffrage.
Also included in the collection are papers relating to
the Bryan family.
Letters from Ann F. Rootes (Mrs. William Garret)
Minor of Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Harriet P. Dixon
(Mrs. Jacob Sheldon) of Gloucester County. A delightful
set of letters that chronicals two young ladies growing
up in Virginia. The letters discuss parties, romance,
daily life and society.
Papers of the Douglas family of Green County,
Virginia, containing land and property sales, bankruptcy
petitions, wills and letters. In October 1864, Maggie
Douglas writes from Dayton, Virginia, to her mother and
brother in Greene County, Virginia, concerning the
looting and burning of her home by the Union army.
Families for miles around have had their property
destroyed. After the war, the Douglas family suffered
increased financial difficulties and in December of
1873, John Douglas files for bankruptcy. Maggie moves to
Georgia soon after the Civil War. Life does not get much
better as much as their property is again destroyed by
fire and her husband suffers a nervous breakdown.
Papers of the Douglas and Terrell families of
Lynchburg and Cumberland County, Virginia, chiefly
letters to Mary Jane Douglas, 1817-1903 from various
female relatives. a very strong collection of
correspondence between women, two items of note include
a letter dated March 1, 1849, Virginia Ward of
Leaksville writes of the murder of 2 children, 1 white
and 1 black, by a negro girl. No motivation was given.
In another letter, October 30, 1850, Jennie Ward writes
to Mary Douglas, of an aunt who gives birth the same day
her husband dies.
A manuscript narrative of the Ingles and Draper families, early settlers in western Virginia, by John Ingles (d. 1836). The narrative has been published as
Hand-colored copies by Sonia Tregaskis of drawings
made, ca. 1585-1587, by John White of American Indians,
flora, fauna, etc. The original drawings are in the
British Library. A second set of copies is in the
Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Pencil drawing of a woman from original designs by
Tinelli, Rome, 1809. Watercolor of peasant woman with
jugs, signed Heller, 1890.
Poems and correspondence between Louise Driscoll and
Sybil Gow Johnston. They shared poetry and critiqued
each others' work.
Letters to and from Nellie Porterfield (Mrs. John H.) Dunn regarding her sketch and portrait of Percy B. Shelley by the American artist, William E. West. The main body of correspondence is with Mrs. A. P. Bryant, niece of the artist West, R. U. Johnson, associate editor of
Three diaries, 1823-39, kept by this Calloway County,
Missouri, woman with references to sewing, etc., for her
slaves.
Letters and records of members of the Eddins family
of King George County, Madison, and Richmond, Virginia.
Several Civil War letters deal with the Peninsula
Campaign and the California Gold Rush. There are some
letters (1850) from a young lady attending an
unidentified girls school (possibly Piedmont) writing
about her music program and a letter dated November 20,
1858 from Betsy Brock to her cousin Mary telling her of
how "Julia Ann" (possibly a slave?)was taken from them
by a Mr. Burton with the knowledge of Betsy's mother.
Other female correspondence is scattered throughout the
collection.
Two letters, January 10 and April 16, 1864, from a
Nellie W. to her cousin Bettie. Topics touched are
social activities, and the "Yankees" coming very close
to the area.
The papers of the Randolph family of "Edgehill,"
Albemarle County, Virginia, and those of the allied
Nicholas and Jefferson families including an exchange of
correspondence between Martha Jefferson and her friends
regarding Jefferson's voyage to France. See related
5533.
Manuscript volume of her poems, and two other poems.
The collection of a genealogical study entitled
Of interest is the diary of Nancy Emmerson,
sister-in-law of Catherine Emmerson, wife of the
Reverend Luther Emmerson, kept at Middlebrook, Augusta
County, Virginia. The diary covers the years 1862-1864;
she makes comments on the war conducted in the
Shenandoah Valley, justness of slavery, local troops and
her own bout with illness.
This collection of 160 items, letters and poems, 1919-1921, concern the publication of
Letters of Rosalie Caden Evans and Daisy Caden Pettus concerning Mrs. Evans' experiences in Mexico during the Agrarian Revolution. Correspondence concerns settlements of her estate and publication of her letters. Additional papers are in regards to the settlement of Mrs. Evans' Mexican estate, including Mexican and United States legal documents, maps, and correspondence. Daisy Caden Pettus and her attorneys attempted to gain compensation for Mrs. Evans' lands which were seized by the Agrarians after they murdered Mrs. Evans. See Claude Philippe Dussaud's 1990 University of Virginia Masters Thesis,
Program for final exercises at Fauquier's Female
Institute, June 13, 1889.
Letter, November 8, 1824, to her father, James B.
Ferguson, describing Lafayette's visit to Monticello and
the University of Virginia. "Hundreds of ladies welcomed
him [Lafayette] by waving their handkerchiefs."
Three notebooks and loose papers, kept by Fife, while
a student at Albemarle Female Institute, who later
became the wife of Robert Hendon Fife. Of interest is a
baby journal kept by Fife, 1869, for her son Howell, who
died in infancy.
Autograph book of Esther Finger (?) written in German
(?).
Items from the law offices of Fitzhugh and Marye.
Item of particular interest is an inventory of Mrs.
Charlotte Thornton's slaves, primarily women. One
comment is "Willy, a young woman, about 17 yrs old,
healthy and strong, well formed, but rather a homely
face."
Mainly legal and business papers of this Buckingham
County, Virginia merchant. Included is a deed of sale.
December 1822, for a female slave and her two children.
Letter, August 1, 1870, Margaret Freeman to W. Torrey
concerning Mr. Torrey's new book, her father, and
churches in France. Found in a book from the library of
Mr. Torrey.
The collection contains eights five-year diaries,
three travel diaries, a set of Iranian picture cards and
a bibliography of references to Thomas Fortune Ryan. The
travel diaries describe trips to Italy in 1961, Greece
in 1967, and Iran in 1974. Their personal diaries record
Forbes family daily activities, social life, trips,
weather, and children's development.
Business and legal papers of Mathews County, Virginia
merchant and planter. Included is an account, 1835-1843,
of Miss Ann Weston with Jarvis Barnum, for various types
of sewing material and other sundry items. Also, an
account, 1857-1858, of Miss Mary F. Wright with Leonidas
James, for personal items.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the Franklin Female
Seminary in Southampton County, Virginia, all financial,
legal or fiscal in nature. Included are ledgers, a
checkbook, receipts, and legal papers concerning the
dissolution of the school.
The poetry and verse of Annie Duncan Cox, Inez May
Cox, Josephine Rinckney, Lucy N. Randolph, Katherine K.
Rocker and Helen Harriett Salls.
A 247-page memoir detailing Fuller's childhood at
"Powhatan," King George County, Virginia. Highlights are
her family, farming, nursing training at Garfield
Hospital, Sloan Medical Center in New York City, and
being a member of the Army Nurse Corps during World War
II in England, North Africa, and Italy.
Includes letters, 1875-1876, from Mrs. Fultz to
Washington May regarding money for Leanna (a freed
woman) and her child.
Papers, correspondence, and records of the Gaines
family of "Do Well," Saxe, Virginia, consisting
principally of papers of Richard Venable Gaines and his
son Richard H. Gaines, with ca. 100 letters of Mr. and
Mrs. R. V. Gaines concerning the Grange (1824), the
University of Virginia, and family matters. There is a
manuscript music book, ca. 1856, kept by Sarah Stith.
There are letters to R. H. Gaines from his wife, Jeanie,
his mother, E. M. Gaines, and his sisters Mattie,
Bessie, and Minnie Gaines throughout the collection.
Other correspondents include Caroline Davis, Fanny
Pryor, Sally Carter, Alice W. Robertson, Mary C.
Robertson, and Mary McDonald.
Chiefly the correspondence of Marcus Junius Gaines
(1821- ), Maggie Dickson Gaines (1831- ), and other
members of the Gaines family of Dinwiddie County,
Virginia, and include typed transcripts for most of the
letters. Marcus Gaines was the United States Consul to
Tripoli from 1849-186[8?], where he met and married his
English wife, Maggie Dickson, in 1854. Included are the
following topics: Marcus and Sally Gaines' recent
profession of faith (November 30, 1841); Sally to Tom
Gaines concerning his recent conversion (December 3,
1850); a Josiah Moore letter concerning the death of
Mary Ann Camm Gaines, the mother of Marcus Gaines,
(April 22, 1871); and an eulogy or obituary for Mary Ann
Camm Gaines (April 7, 1871).
Financial and business papers of Thomas Garland of
Charlottesville, Virginia. Correspondence with family in
Richmond, Virginia, discusses local politics, economic
matters, and the Civil War in Virginia. Thomas Garland
purportedly lived with or possibly married a Black woman
(by whom he had children) after his wife, Jane Taylor
Garland, left him at the beginning of the War. Documents
to substantiate this story include a letter, March 11,
1861, from Jane Garland to "Mr. Garland" requesting
support; and letters to "Mother or Mama" in the 1870's
and 1890's (when Jane Taylor Garland would be dead or at
the least past child bearing age). A collection which
deserves more attention.
Papers of the James Mercer Garnett family of
Baltimore, Virginia. The elder Garnett was a professor
at the University of Virginia from 1882-1896, his son
was secretary of the Maryland chapter of the University
of Virginia Alumni Association, and his wife active in
the Daughters of the Confederacy, a predecessor of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Garnett seems
to have been an important officer in this organization
and her records are fairly complete. There are also
short sketches written by Mrs. Garnett of missionary
work done by a Baltimore Church in the Far East.
Sketchbook, December 30, 1884, of various people,
including caricatures of women. There is also a
newspaper clipping about Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, the
former Miss Irene Langhorne.
The legal, financial and personal papers of the
Gilliam family of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, especially
John Gilliam, his wife Mary Eppes Gilliam and their four
children. Upon John Gilliam's death, his wife Mary Eppes
Gilliam carried on the family affairs and her name
appears frequently in accounts and correspondence during
the 1850's and 1860's. However, there is little material
concerning the Civil War. There is also material
pertaining to Rosa Boisseau, a cousin of the Gilliams,
about whom little is known. The primary interest of this
collection is its strong records regarding slave
trading, hiring, and selling.
Items relating to the Gilliam family of Dinwiddie
County, Virginia. Of note are legal documents concerning
Mary Gilliam (1840-1860).
Papers of the Gilliam family of Petersburg, Virginia,
including correspondence of John W. Gilliam, Joseph P.
Gilliam, Mary E. C. Gilliam, Samuel Y. Gilliam, and
Susan Gilliam. Included is a letter, 1854, from Mary E.
C. Gilliam to Cadet Joseph P. Gilliam; a Guardian
Account, 1867-1870, for Mary E. C. Gilliam; and, a
funeral notice, June 17, n.y., for Mary E. C. Gilliam.
Correspondence and papers of Col. Claiborne William
Gooch of Richmond, Virginia, his wife Rebecca, and sons
Richard Barnes, Philip, and Arthur Fleming. The
collection is primarily political in nature with much
material on the United States Bank, nullification, and
states rights.
Papers of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Rector of the
University of Virginia, concerning policies and
activities of the Board of Visitors, primarily from
1894-1898 and 1906-1918. Included are Women's College
proposals. Highlights are annex system (1894),
coordination scheme, backed by the Virginia Federation
of Women's Colleges, fight in legislature on coordinate
scheme and women in summer school.
Material gathered by Raymond Gorges for his work on
the Gorges family who have played a significant part in
the intellectual, and political life of Great Britain
and Ireland. Documents include marriage contracts,
wills, legal documents, and two letters to Mrs. Frances
Gorges from the Duke of Wellington.
The diary of Bettie Ann Graham recounts, somewhat
sporadically, the years 1860-1862, during which time she
was a schoolgirl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at
home in Wythe County, Virginia. The diary gives a
telling account of the girl's daily life in
Philadelphia, but its primary value lies in the fat that
it reveals how ine girl's thoughts and feelings were
affected by the outbreak of the Civil War. Accompanying
the diary are some biographical notes on Miss Graham's
family and the family of John Robinson, whom she
married.
Scrapbook kept by Lucy Gratton, consisting chiefly of
hand-written copies of poems.
Primarily the financial papers of General Brazillai
Graves of Randolph County, Georgia, who attended the
University of Virginia in 1823. Documents are from
Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. Letter
dated January 14, 1828, Mary Graves to her husband
Brazillai Graves, is an intimate love letter, and letter
from Mary Anne of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, to Sarah of
Danville, Virginia, n.d. (probably post Civil War) tells
of local courtship and "boy talk" in general.
Includes letters, a diary, and a copy of
A diary for the period January 1, 1822 through May
21, 1829, kept by Millie Richards Stone (Rowe?) Gray
(1800- ), married to William Fairfax Gray. The diary is
elegant in style and rich in the detail of daily social
life and customs of Fredericksburg. Each entry usually
includes a note of the day's weather, and among the last
pages are some household accounts and inventories, and
recipes.
Official photographs issued by the Press Bureau.
Among the subjects included is women's roles.
Of interest are the letters of Emmie Holmes to Lizzie
Green, from Georgia and North Carolina. These letters
include discussion of the war and a great support of the
Confederacy.
The papers contain correspondence, 1961-1965, of
Greer (1899-1966) with several libraries owning Edgar
Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letters,
student essays on Poe by Greer and Charles Aycock, notes
on published Poe biographies, and photographs, postcards
and souvenirs of Poe and Poe associated places.
Papers of the Charlottesville actress and playwright. Included are typescripts of three comedy-dramas by Gresham:
Papers of the Bryan, Tucker, and Grinnan families of
Virginia. Numerous correspondent are women, including
Frances Bland Coalter, Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan,
Cornelia Grinnan, Nina Stuart Grinnan, Georgia Screven
Bryan, and Helen Grinnan. There are also documents
relating to Brampton Home School for Young Ladies.
Papers of Reverend Randolph Bryan Grinnan and related
families of Bryan, Coalter, and Glaspell. Highlights
include life at Randolph Macon College in the 1930's:
the independent Coalition of American Women's campaign
against the New Deal and for Alf Landon; an 1867
marriage certificate for Lucy and Abram Carter, a Black
couple; correspondence of women, including Elizabeth
Tucker Coalter Bryan, Georgia Screven Bryan, Eudora
Glassell, Cornelia Grinnan, Wllia Grinnan, Georgia Bryan
Grinnan, and several others; sketches by Georgia Bryant
Grinnan (1897); and a recipe book brought to "Brampton"
by Georgia Screven Bryan when she married Andrew
Glassell Grinnan in 1859.
Manuscripts, correspondence, reviews, articles, speeches, cassette tapes and newsclippings, and manuscripts or published copies of over 300 reviews by Grumbach and about 85 articles and speeches by her as well as interviews with Ann Beattie, Kay Boyle, Charles Davis, Gilbert Harrison, Abigail McCarthy, Mary McCarthy, Rod MacLeish, Larry McMurtry, William McPherson and Sally Quinn. Correspondence is both personal and professional and concerns the writing of novels and reviews, teaching at the College of Saint Rose and American University, literary editorship of
Postcards from Mrs. A. R. I., "Retreat," Richmond,
Virginia, to Sallie Gwathmey, Evington, Campbell County,
Virginia, on personal topics. Appear to be of the late
nineteenth century.
Her papers in regards to the dedication of the
Lafayette Room in Pavilion VI, East Lawn, University of
Virginia.
Notes, drafts, manuscripts, and gallery proofs of
Hale's short stories and novels The Prodigal Women and
The Sign of Jonah, along with correspondence with
publishers and literary agent Elizabeth Nowell, and
related material. There are also letters concerning
Elinor Wyllie and copies of Wyllie letters.
Letters to Mrs. Florence Gardiner Hall from General
John T. Pershing, with a photograph of Captain and Mrs.
[Margaret Jane] Pershing in Japan, 1905. There is also a
newspaper clipping, May 1944, re the decorating of Mrs.
Hall, of New Lebanon, by Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, at
the Pershing Chateau, for her work with YMCA-AEF,
1918-1919.
Letter, April 20, 1904, from Tokyo Shimidyu,
Kujimechi, Japan; letter, August 14, 1920, from Mabel
Davison: two letters, June 18 and October 14, 1928, from
Fanny MacVeagh, Tokyo; extract of letter by Pierre
Bertagne; copy of letter, April 23, 1945, of Chaplain
Paul van K. Thompson describing invasion of Okinawa; two
invitations from American Embassy, Tokyo; two
invitations from Japanese Imperial Family; and two
clippings of the wedding of Reinetta Plimpton and
William Stanwood Pier, 1940.
Miscellaneous papers of the Hamlet family of Campbell
County, Virginia. Items of note include two documents
pertain to two black women and their standing in the
Union Hill Baptist Church.
Correspondence, diaries, and business papers of the
Harrison and Meems families including: typescript copies
of correspondence between Betsy Ambler Carrington which
discuss events in and around Yorktown, the British
invasion of Virginia, and the government's evacuation of
Richmond for Charlottesville, Virginia (see also #6403-i
& 6723); and, a certification of Florence Blair is a
widow of a Revolutionary war veteran and is entitled to
her husband's pension.
Contains correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Hench in
regards to World War II and Mrs. Hench's speeches and
programs for organizations involved in the war effort.
Papers (many in German) of the Henkel family of New
Market, Virginia, consist of correspondence which is
primarily concerned with church affairs, family matters,
and the printing press business founded and managed by
the family. Of special interest are the diaries of Anna
Maria Henkel for several years (1851-1876).
Twenty-three block prints from the Henkel press as
well as the Reverend Socrates Henkel's membership
certificate in the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary
Society (June 24, 1891).
Largely unprocessed collection; however contains
important documents relating to Christ Church in
Alexandria, Virginia, with some documents relating to
women and genealogy.
Business, personal, and legal correspondence of Major
Henry Heth (d. 1822), a Revolutionary soldier, a member
of the Federalist party and a Richmond and Norfolk areas
of Virginia businessman who owned the Black Heath coal
pits. There is some scattered personal correspondence
between women.
A diary kept during 1862-1863 recording her days in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mrs. Hill had fled Virginia
and lived in a boarding house with a number of other
families. She notes male callers and the weather, but
little of the war.
Personal and business papers of the Holladay family
of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, especially Lewis,
Waller, Henry Thompson, and John Mansfield Holladay. Of
special interest are four diaries, 1851-1861, of Mary
Jane Boggs Holladay (1833-1861)
Letters exchanged between Dr. and Mrs. Charlton G.
Holland during World War II, when he was on leave from
the medical faculty of the University of Virginia and
with the Army Medical Corps in the Pacific.
Professional and personal correspondence of Charlton
Gilmore Holland (1911- ), photographs, German road maps,
clippings from German papers and miscellaneous printed
material, chiefly from his German trip. Letters during
the 1950s, from Clifford Evans, Associate Curator, and
Betty J. Meggers. Research Associate, of the Division of
Archaeology at the Smithsonian Institution, discuss
their trip to Ecuador and their archaeological finds on
the Rio Napo.
Printed circular of September 16, 1853 by Charles
Cocke concerning the Female Seminary at Botetourt
Springs, now Hollins College [filed as Broadside 1853
.C63]. There is also a printed program for an art
recital at Hollins for April 24, 1891.
Lucy Holmes' album of manuscript poems, including a poem by Edgar Allan Poe entitled
John Hook, a resident of Franklin County, Virginia,
concerned himself with commercial and agricultural
affairs in southern and western Virginia, primarily
tobacco cultivation. Items of interest are a Court Order
to John Hook to allow Nanny Page, a slave, time to
procure Testimony. Also there are six letters
[1862-1863] to Sarah/Sallie Hale from various persons.
Additional papers of John Hook and others. "Unknown"
to Sallie Hale, September 3, 1862, describes her sister
Nannie's death from typhoid; "Cousin Jimmie" to Sallie,
January 14, 1862, Sallie has warned Jimmie about
flirting with the young ladies at it leads to sad
results. However, Sallie admitted to Jimmie that it was
very pleasant thing and she had had some experience.
Jimmie teases her about breaking hearts. A letter from
Jane P. Stegal, (Sallie's aunt) to Sallie Hale, March
29, 1862, detailing family news as well as Civil War
news, especially the rumor that McClellan has landed
10,000 troops at Newport News, Virginia.
Include letter, May 6, 1851, Mrs. William Willson to
"Dear Sister," with a long passage concerning Jenny
Lind; and letter, December 29, 1860, "Lizzie" to
"Willie," concerning the political future of the United
States.
Papers of the Hubard, Randolph and Carter families,
primarily of Albemarle County, Virginia. Items of
interest are an indenture, November 13, 1834, in regard
to the property of Sarah Champe Carter, George Wythe
Randolph to his sister-in-law, congratulating her on the
birth of her son, with an interesting commentary on
daughters; Sally Champe Randolph to her husband B. F.
Randolph, December 14, 1853, describing her mother's
illness and touching on contemporary medical techniques,
Harriet Parkhill to Isaetta Hubard, concerning her
education, hoop skirts and the tragedy at Harper's
Ferry, January 11, 1860.
Correspondence, legal, and business documents of
Robert T. Hubard, Sr., and his descendants of "Rosny"
and "Chellowe" in Buckingham County. Included is a
December 22, 1854, letter from Charles Jones to Robert
Hubard in which Jones writes for a slave "Walker" who
wishes Hubard to buy his wife who is going to be sold.
Letter, May 25, 1808, from Huger to Eliza Nelson,
concerning her health, her attendant "who has all the
simplicity of a child of nature," her wish "to establish
a little manufactory" and hopes to have a "spinning
machine" at home the following year, the alcohol problem
of her brother Francis and its effects.
Contains several letters of Elizabeth Pinckney and
her son Thomas, a Revolutionary War general from South
Carolina, mainly about personal affairs.
Diary kept sporadically during 1928 by Hull of
[Baltimore, Maryland], discussing her advertising
classes (January), facts about department stores (May),
and training and working at a department store
(October), possibly in the Advertising Department of
Stewart and Company, and her interest in bookplate
collecting. Quotes of authors on varying subjects.
Scrapbook of Fannie Page Hume (d. 1864) primarily
containing poetry and verses.
Diaries of this Orange County, Virginia resident.
Detailed daily entries concerning the war, family local
news, and nearby troops.
Primarily the papers of Robert Mercer Taliaferro
Hunter of Essex County, Virginia, member of the U.S.
House of Representatives and Senate before the Civil War
and appointed Confederate Secretary of State. The
collection contains a sizeable amount of correspondence
generated by women including Mary Evelina Hunter (Mrs.
R.M.T.), Virginia Brooke, Nancy Buchanan, Martha
Dandridge, Sarah Pendleton Dandridge, Maria Garnett,
Mary Garnett, Jane Hunter, Martha T. Hunter, Martha F.
Hunter, and several others. Also of interest are the
essays and writings of Martha F. Hunter, R. M. T.'s
sister.
Collection consists of tithtables and three marriage
bonds dated December 5, 1766, October 7, 1775, and
January 31, 1780.
Typed copy of journal of Grace Fenton Garnett Hunter,
who was born August 4, 1817 and probably died in the
winter of 1839, although no date is given.
John D. Imboden was a lawyer, a member of the
Virginia House of Delegates, a Confederate veteran, and
finally a developer of mineral lands and railroads.
Personal correspondence includes letters to his first
wife, Eliza Allen McCue (1824-1857) and with his fourth
and fifth wives, Annie Harper Lockett Imboden and
Florence Johnson Crockett Imboden, as well as his two of
his daughters, Martha Russie and Helen McGuire.
Personal, legal, and commercial papers of the Watts,
Saunders, and Featherston families and their
connections, of Prince Edward Botetourt, Campbell, and
Bedford counties, Virginia. Correspondence includes Mrs.
Mary Watts, widow of William Watts, with her children,
grandchildren and friends [1800-1839], overlapping with
the correspondence of her daughter, Mrs. Alice Saunders
and her husband, Fleming Saunders [1778-1858] ca.
1830-1860. Also of interest are 10 letters from Captain
J. C. Featherston, 9th Alabama Regt. to his wife March
28-June 19, 1865.
An indenture which binds a "Free girl of color,"
Susan, to John F. Hawkins to learn to be a house
servant.
Typescript (mimeographed), Jackson's play,
Phoebe Jackson was a nurse who specialized in cupping
and leeching in Petersburg, Virginia, from the
1830's-1850's. Born a slave she was emancipated by Jane
Minor, herself a free Black and a well-known nurse. She
enters into the book many visits to servants.
Articles, reports, speeches, newsclippings,
pamphlets, and other printed material, photographs and
some correspondence, all pertaining to subjects of
concern to Jaffe as editor of the "Virginian-Pilot."
Among the correspondents is Amelia Earhart.
Records of the James Family of Lower Norfolk County,
Virginia consisting mostly of legal and business
records. There are occasional slave bills of sale such
as an 1829 bill for the sale of a woman. Also of
interest is the will of Elizabeth James (1789) and
numerous marriage bonds (18th century).
Includes letter, August 8, 1780, from Martha
Jefferson to Madam.
Eight letters from this Centreville, Indiana woman,
to her brother John Ingle Underwood in Washington, D. C.
and Charleston, West Virginia. Highlights family life
and personal topics.
Author and suffragette. Correspondence, diaries (1907-19150, accounts, speeches, and other papers, concerning Miss Johnston's literary pursuits and her advocacy of women's suffrage. The correspondence with her publishers and agents concern book and article titles, contracts, royalties, public taste, criticism of her work, and motion picture and dramatic rights. Includes manuscripts and galley proofs of
Papers of this North Garden and Hardware, Virginia
family; personal correspondence of Mollie Johnston and
Sallie Johnston Wright concerning family matters.
Papers concern yearly reunions of the Surry Light
Artillery of Confederate Veterans. Georgiette Holmes
letters discuss reunions and Mrs. W. E. Harris' letter
of March 1910 solicits help in beginning an organization
for descendants of veterans to educate them on the war;
that slavery was not the cause alone.
Letter, April 15, 1932, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek,
Nanking China, to Miss Helena Koiner.
Diaries of Kayan recording the daily routine at
"Hollymead," a farm near Proffit, Virginia. In addition
to the farm routines she mentions the weather and social
activities. There are frequent references to her
brother, University of Virginia Biology Professor
Benjamin Franklin Dewes Runk.
Form letter sent by Helen Keller requesting aid for
the American Foundation for the Blind.
Personal and business papers of William Henry Kennon
and his son William Upshur Kennon of "Norwood," Powhatan
County, Virginia. Correspondence includes members of the
Deas, Heth, Kennon, Randolph, Selden, and Murray
families. Scattered letters from various women in these
families.
Bill of sale, October 3, 1814, between W. Crawford of
Nicholas County, Kentucky, and James Pipen of the same
county authorizing the sale of a female slave for $350
to William Crawford.
Keys writes on August 28, 1950, to Richmond R. Baker
explaining that she has not responded to his letter
earlier because of her involvement in "creative work,"
and a forthcoming move from her country house to Boston,
Massachusetts. She asks Baker if she may mention his
name in the forward as one of her collaborators.
Detailed daily farm business entered by this woman
from Clarke County. There are
frequent references to enslaved persons (hands) and a detailed
account concerning the return of enslaved persons seeking freedom with
Union troops to rescue their wives and families.
The correspondence of William King of Saltville,
Virginia, chiefly war letters to his wife Anne (Nannie)
Leftwich King, at Lynchburg and Richmond, Virginia,
concerning his camp and battle experiences as a
Confederate artilleryman at Manassas Junction,
Centerville, and Fairfax Court house, Virginia.
Chiefly correspondence of Dr. Philip Klipstein of
Fauquier County. Included are receipts for hire of black
women.
The Marquise de Lafayette, wife of the Marquis de
Lafayette appeals to the Committee of General Safety,
Department of the Haute-Loire, District of Brioude for
justice, maintaining that there was no motive for her
arrest and that her certificate of good citizenship
proves her innocence. She requests deportation to the
United States and mentions in a marginal note the
execution of her grandmother, mother and sister the
previous July.
Papers of William H. Laird of Charlottesville,
Virginia, consisting of correspondence among Laird and
family members when he was serving as chaplain for the
8th Evacuation Hospital in Europe. Also included are
photographs, diaries, and maps. Bulk of the
correspondence is between Laird and his wife, Constance
and their children. Topics discussed include Arab women
(May 23, 1843), the argument over the necessity of
nurses in the unit (June 8, 1943), and the promotion of
nurses (August 15, 1943). Letters from home provide
insight into the effects of the second World War upon
family members left behind.
Manuscript verses and other papers regarding James
Lanier (1792-1856) of Danville, Va. and his wife Martha
Tabb Green Lanier.
A collection of items pertaining to the
Latané family of Essex County, Virginia.
Included are correspondence, business and legal papers,
papers in regards to military and religious matters,
school notebooks, and certificates of graduation for
schools of the University of Virginia. The early
eighteenth century correspondence contains many letters
from Henry Latané and his wife, Anne, London,
England, to his brother, Lewis and his third wife, Mary
(Deane), South Farnham Parish, Essex County. After her
husband's death in 1732, Mary (Deane) Latane managed the
property that came to her and her children, with the
help of her cousin, William Beverley. There are several
letters, 1733-1750, from Beverley discussing the
settlement of her husband's estate and the sale of her
tobacco.
Diary and recipe book of Sarah Goodwich Leach.
Records of the Charlottesville and Albemarle County,
Virginia organization including printed material from
the national and state leagues, as well as the chapter's
"Monthly Bulletin," minutes of Boards of Directors
meetings and of annual meetings, membership lists,
by-laws, committee study reports, and other data.
This collection consists primarily of the papers of
Arthur Lee (1740-1792) and those of his brothers,
Richard Henry (1732-1794) and William (1735-1795) from
"Stratford Hall," Westmoreland County, Virginia. Besides
the Lees' papers and those of their relatives, there are
included papers of Mrs. Catherine MacCauley, among
others. The major portion of these papers has been
microfilmed under the title, "Lee Family Papers,
1742-1795;" a published guide to the microfilm edition
is available.
Letter, March 24, 1864, from Lee to Mrs. J. S.
Hesikell concerning the return of table cloths that she
sent to Lee's forces.
About Casanova: Vol. 2: Correspondence between Macro
Leeflang and Charles Samaran [and others]. Electrostatic
copy, original letters in possession of Leeflang.
Correspondence re Casanova between Leeflang and Samaran,
a French historian and Casanova scholar, and Jeanne
Samaran, his daughter, together with correspondence with
Jacques Marsan, the Touring club of France, Prince
Alfons Clary-Aldringen, and Ambassador Gian Franco
Pompeii all on some aspect of Casanova scholarship.
Miscellaneous letters of the Leftwich family of
Lynchburg and vicinity, Virginia. Sarah Leftwich wrote
to her brother Thomas Leftwich of Mississippi of trying
to sell Violet, who is an ill-tempered slave. "We have
no reason in the world for selling her, except that she
will not live in peace with the servants and prefers to
be sold. To say the truth she is the vilest tempered
being I ever saw..."
Correspondence, financial and legal papers of General
Joel Leftwich. Personal correspondence includes mention
of his granddaughters. Of special itnerest are letters
between Joel Leftwich and his friends concerning college
life at Randolph-Macon College during the 1840's and
their perceptions of the women they were courting.
Primarily the paper of Warner Lewis and his family of
Tappahannock and Essex counties in Virginia. His
brother, Joseph L. Lewis, seemed in constant financial
trouble, but did write of a particular woman on August
11, 1817: "Yesterday I saw a young woman whose acute
nose and chin and black eyes made my heart beater
quarter seconds for an hour..." While he never married
his brother Warner married three times with 14 children.
Joseph, through letters, expounding on marriage to his
brother. Few items of correspondence relating to women.
Correspondence and papers of the Lewis,
Latané, and Taliaferro families. Items of
interest include a gossipy letter, September 1, 1860,
from Elizabeth Noel who was staying at White Sulphur
Springs, to her daughter(?) telling stories about what
went on at the resort, and about a lady who dared not to
wear hoops. Furthermore, there are the letters Warner
Lewis wrote to his wife, Ann Lewis, during the War of
1812 which reflect intimacy and marriage.
Letterbrooks and scrapbooks of Judson A. Lewis, U. S.
consul to Sierra Leone in West Africa, and a diary kept
by his wife which mentions Stanley [William Stanley?]
Typescript sketch, 23 pages, entitled the
Business papers of Nathan and John Mallory, small
planters, of Orange County, Virginia. Included is a
February 2, 1758 bill of sale for a black woman.
Deposition of Moses H. Mann taken in Richmond, 1824,
for the Superior Court of Chancery in Lewisburg regard
to business ethics and the sale of a slave woman.
Interesting set of unrelated letters including a
letter, October 30, 1859, from M. L. Moore to "Dear
Sally Ann" discussing deaths in the family, with an
interesting note about a lady preacher, in a letter,
March 3, 1861. M. Taliafera to "Dear Sister," vehemently
denies she will marry a man named Binks. There are two
very interesting letters written by a former slave to
her mistress. In the letter dated March 31, 1871, she
relates her life to her former mistress, she is not
well, misses everyone and inquires of how her mistress
is doing. The second letter is a very revealing letter
on several accounts. Her husband has left her to marry
another woman: "[He] married a woman with two children,
nearly white. I never did anything to make him leave
me...He swore to every one that he was not married to
me, but he just staid with me I am nearly crazy...if you
have my license I would like for you to send me it, so I
can prove we are married...Henry (the man in question)
has not a friend in the community, black or white, every
one said it was the best thing that I ...of such a
trifling darkey."
Risque poem, comments and newspaper clipping all
concerning the proper fit of the bra.
An unusual collection of items that were found in
books in Alderman Library. There are items referring to
women and correspondence.
A collection of typewritten marriage bonds arranged
by the man's surname.
Scrapbook of copies of letters (typescripts) February 2-November 21, 1918, written by Helen McIntire Marshall (1879-1950) from Paris while AEF/YMCA Paris office personnel secretary. Mrs. Marshall describes her voyage over on the
Contains receipts and correspondence of Sally F.
Martin, Fannie Lee Martin Harris (1902-1935).
Correspondence addressed to Samuel W. Marvin, an
executive officer of Charles Scribner's & Sons.
Included are letters from the following: Maria Rebecca
Audobon, Mary (Mapes) Dodge, Abby (Sage) Richardson,
Edith Wharton, and Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Subjects from the designs of the Carracci executed by
Sarah Mytton Maury.
Cards of pencils drawings, engravings and prints collected by Ann Maury while she lived in Liverpool, England. Prints include
One recipe book, and 16 letters. On December 3, 1834,
Ann Maury writes to her Uncle Reuben requesting hams be
sent and of a brother (?) who suffers from mental
illness.
Collection consists of photocopies as the originals
were returned to their owner and since sold or otherwise
dispersed. Items of interest are Ann Maury's diary
(1827-1832), her scrapbook, and voluminous
correspondence with Ruston and Matthew Fontaine Maury.
Short stories, poems and photographs.
Letter, July 27, 1904, Mayo, Warrenton, writes to
Mrs. M. V. S. Wylie, Winchester, to thank her for a
letter of encouragement. She speaks of her desire to
have Robert Mayo called to the church and mentions that
Mrs. Wylie's landlady might help.
James Rogers McConnell, a University of Virginia
student who joined the Lafayette Escadrille in France
during World War I. He was shot down March 19, 1917. His
letters to Marcelle Guerin de Precourt, a French woman
who had resided in the States in her youth and was
serving as a nurse in the Ambulance Corps, provide
insight into the war and their relationship. Marcelle
would eventually marry twice, but many believe McConnell
was the romance of her life. Also included is a brief
autobiography of Marcelle Guerin.
Correspondence of Governor James McDowell of Virginia
with his daughter, Sally Campbell Preston McDowell.
Material relates to social life in Washington, D. C. and
to Sally McDowell's marriage to Governor Francis Thomas
of Maryland. (2969)
An addition to the papers consist primarily of the
letters of Sally to her second husband John Miller
during the period, 1854-1856, of their courtship and
marriage. Sally had divorced Francis Thomas in 1846. A
strong collection concerning divorce in 19th century
Virginia. Included in this collection is a ledger
containing transcripts of letters from Elizabeth
Jacquelin[e] (Ambler) Brent Carrington (b. 1765) to Ann
(Ambler) Fisher which contain some recollections of her
life as a young girl during the war. The transcripts are
in a volume entitled,
The papers of the McEwen family of Tennessee,
primarily the correspondence of Hetty Montgomery Kennedy
McEwen and her husband, Robert Houston McEwen (Sam
Houston's cousin). In a letter dated September 1, 1814,
William Kennedy to his sister Hetty, he addresses her
desire to come stay near him at a Washington College (in
East Tennessee), so that she could be under the
direction of a certain lady from whom she might "receive
instructions for improvement in life." However her
brother informs her that the particular lady in question
doesn't have a proper education (no French or German
languages) and his sister knows more. A passionate
letter to a Margaretta McEwen from a possible rejected
suitor. December 10, 1833; his name has been cut from
the letter. There are numerous letters of both Robert
and Hetty to their children, a composition book, 1855,
and travel journal of Great Britain, 1859, kept by
Hetty. Also included in the collection is the journal of
Mrs. James Lindsay Coleman of Bedford Plantation,
Georgia, containing receipts, an account of a trip to
England during the 1850's and the births and ages of
slaves are recorded.
Papers, primarily financial, relating to the McGill
and Mahone families of Petersburg, Virginia. Items of
interest include the account, check and bank books of
Mrs. Helen McGill (1900-1912), contract, 1812, for the
sale of Negro woman and two children, the sale of Negro
woman and 6 children (March 14, 1825), correspondence
between William Mahone and Mrs. McGill (1892), and Mr.
Mahone's letters to his wife (1893-1894).
Julia McGruder to Mr. Hopkins, February 20, 1896,
will "comply with your request to the best of my
ability, and enclose you a little paper, which you may
use as you think proper."
Papers pertaining to the family of Clement P. McKennie, publisher of the
Manuscript cookbook of Mrs. Clement P. McKennie, wife of the Charlottesville printer and publisher of the
Papers relating to the McLaughlin, Redd, Coleman and
Minor families of Caroline County, Virginia. Of special
interest is the will, June 24, 1834, of Lucy Coleman and
letters, 1821-1822, between Mary O. McLaughlin and her
daughter, Cornelia McLaughlin while she is always at
school.
Collection consists of a newsclipping re the history
of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Loudoun
County, Virginia.
Correspondence and business letters of the Clarke
County, Virginia families. Included is a legal
deposition relating to a slave woman and child.
Most of the material pertains to Ada Cordelia Meek of
Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia. Letters refer to
genealogy, mission work, the Presbyterian Church, and
her small mail order nursery business. Also included is
an autograph album, 1856-1887 of, Isabelle Meek, and a
diary and personal account book, 1861-1867.
Personal and family letters of a granddaughter of
Thomas Jefferson. Included is a letter, August 28, 1825,
from a slave, John Hemmings, to Septimia.
Letters to William Erigena Robinson, a New York
congressman, discuss his efforts to secure a pension for
Septimia Randolph Meikleham. Other topics include plans
to remove the remains of Thomas Jefferson to a more
suitable location, the health of Robinson, news of
family and friends, a recommendation for her nephew Hore
Browse Trist, politics, and her own ill health. There is
also a postcard from Meikleham to a Mrs. Colburn
concerning Robinson's health.
Personal papers of David Scott Meikleham and his wife
Septimia Randolph.
Accounts concerning Lizzie Miller's farm near Elkton,
Rockingham County, Virginia.
A member of the Minor family, Albemarle County, Virginia. The diary contains a weekly account of the activities of Minor, her friends and family including church services attended, with the text for each sermon, visits and visitors, family and neighborhood news, weather and social events, She quotes poetry and occasionally composes her own, and there is also a lengthy list of her reading. Most Civil War news is indirect but she does describe cooking for Ewell's troops when they came through the county and entertaining the general in her parlor. She describes the difficulties of the first year of Reconstruction and expresses her bewilderment over the insubordination and disloyalty of family servants. Microfilmed as part of the
One typescript volume of the memoirs of Mary Berkeley
(Minor) Blackford (1802-1896).
A manuscript by Mary Willis Minor entitled
Business and personal papers of Launcelot Minor and
his family of "Pedlar Mills," Amherst County, Virginia.
Included is a daguerreotype of a female slave.
Primarily the papers of John B. Minor of the
University of Virginia, includes a journal of Susan
Colton Minor regarding a European trip, July 29-October
1, 1892.
Primarily the papers of John Minor (1813-1895), a
professor of Law at the University of Virginia and his
family. There is much correspondence pertaining to his
daughters, Susan Colston, Martha, and Mary. Susan
Colston married John Wilson and several of their
courtship letters can be found in the collection. Martha
and Mary each married and some of their correspondence
is represented in the collection.
Eight school copy books concerning penmanship,
lectures, songs, elocution, and dictation.
Letters, November 27, 1888 and April 17, 1889, from
Minnie Garnett Mitchell to her aunt Mary Evelina
Dandridge Hunter from Lisbon, telling her of all the
social events she attends. Evidently Minnie's father was
in the embassy at Lisbon, Portugal.
Nine poems by Virginia Moore, plus two photos.
Diary of Anna Maria De Camp Morris written on the
Santa Fe Trail.
Family papers, mostly business or financial, of the
Morris family of Hanover and Louisa counties, Virginia.
Of the few personal family letters, Julia M. Watson
Morris, Kate Anderson Watson, and Ann Maury are all
correspondents.
Miscellaneous papers of the Kinloch and Nelson
families. Of note is the estate, 1836, of Hugh Nelson of
Albemarle County, Virginia, listing his numerous slaves.
Nellie Newman, evidently the belle of the Isle of
Wight, Virginia, received many love letters from
different men. But it appeared that her heart belonged
to George Neville. At first their relationship was
jovial, with her teasing him about other women, but with
the coming of the War, their relationship took a serious
turn, and toward the end of the War, Christmas 1864,
they were married. The letters are from George to
Nellie. This is a first-rate collection in regards to
the Civil War and how it affected men and women.
Evidently George Neville was a high-ranking clerk and
his letters are full of information regarding the War
around Richmond, especially the last desperate days.
Some highlights of the collection include a letter,
January 28, 1858, from Nellie's cousin, A. F. Culpepper
to Nellie, discussing his latest child and blaming women
for so many children. A "contract," April 5, 1859,
between George Neville and Nellie Newman, since she lost
a bet and could not come up with $500,000, she "herein
resign, give, and yield myself unto the said George S.
Neville, to have, hold, use and enjoy my body, as may
best suit his pleasure." A letter dated August 19, 1859,
from Hannah to Nellie, describes teaching and her social
life. A letter, February 8, 1864, George to Nellie,
describes a lady acquaintance who had married a Yankee
because at the age of 28 she was tired of waiting. A
letter dated October 20, 1864, George to Nellie,
indicates that they are sending every man possible to
the army, and that the men in his office do not know
what will happen with them. A letter containing a call
by top Confederate officials to give arms to "negroes"
and have them in the army.
History of Ladies Benevolent Society of New
Providence Church, Lexington, Virginia, 1819-1919.
The papers consist chiefly of letters from Newell, a
University of Virginia college and law student, to his
mother. He discusses his activities at the University,
including a co-ordinate college for women.
Norris, a Maryland lawyer who received his degree
from the University of Virginia in 1890 includes much
correspondence with his mother, Ellen Norris, and his
sisters Sarita and Susan, as well as his wife, Martha
Cabell Norris and daughters Josephine and Martha. An
interesting set of letters are from Ellen Norris who
wrote her parents from Richmond apparently during
Grant's siege. Also in the collection are the papers of
George Gardner Hobson and his wife, and the papers of
the Della Torre Family. Of particular interest are the
letters Frank Della Torre wrote his mother during the
1870's while attending the University of Virginia.
Contains a nineteenth century copy of a letter, March
10, 1782, from Mrs. Elizabeth Fouace to William Nourse,
Correspondence between Joseph Nourse and Maria Nourse in
the 1780's contain occasional mention of social
activities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attended by
various members of government. a microfilm copy of a
transcript of a "memoir" of the Nourse family contains
references to the activities of family members during
the revolution.
Letters, 1944-1945, from nurses in the armed forces
to Miss Louise Oates.
Manuscript, galley proof, and other papers pertaining
to "Small Communities in Action; stories of citizen
programs at work" by the Ogdens.
Primarily the papers of Thomas Walker and his son, Francis Walker. Two items of note are "A course of polite literature for a young lady," 1830, and a letter, June 23, 1852, from Judith Page Rives to Mrs. J. F. Page, chiefly family news from Paris, but she does mention
Chiefly the correspondence and business and legal
papers of the Palmore family of Cumberland County,
Virginia, and their relations. Most of the
correspondence is that of Joseph S. Palmore (1805-1846)
and his wife, Lucy Ann (Allen) Palmore Gauldin
(1807-1881), who married Josiah Gauldin in 1859.
Individuals represented in correspondence and business
papers include: James D. Allen (1788-1836). Sarah
Palmore (d. 1834), and Lucy A. Palmore Gauldin.
Substantial correspondence between the women in the
family.
Papers of John Crafford Parker of Southampton County,
Virginia, primarily consisting of papers generated by
his law practice. There are several cases involving
women such as divorce, guardianship of children and
contesting wills. Major files of legal records pertain
to Sallie Darden, Bessie Leigh, Martha J. Newman, Sallie
Hayes and Nannie J. Thomas.
Personal correspondence of Bettie V. (Jones) Payne
and William J. Payne of Fluvanna County, Virginia.
Included is a letter of November 23, 1853, from James M.
Payne in Arkansas to his brother William mentioning that
he had recently purchased a woman as a slave, but that
she had run away the next day.
Mrs. Mary M. Payne to her father, "from a few miles
beyond Wytheville." Mary and her husband were heading
toward Abingdon to look for a farm to rent. Mary
comments on family matters and the countryside of
western Virginia.
Principally correspondence and family papers of the
A. M. Paxton family of Lexington, Virginia, later
Vicksburg, Mississippi. Some scattered correspondence
among the women.
Primarily the financial and legal papers of Dr.
Eugene B. Pendleton. There are also some legal and
financial papers of his mother-in-law, Bettie Pendleton
and his daughter, Anne Meredith Pendleton.
Five letters from Hampton, Ameilia and Petersburg,
Virginia, primarily from Mary N. Pendleton, Mary S. and
Mrs. William C. Meade to their children. Mary Pendleton
writes to her son in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the
death of a member of the family. An interesting fragment
appears to be from a young bride writing to her father.
There are also three letters from Mrs. Meade to her
children who were staying with their aunt as Mrs. Meade
was ill.
The correspondence includes these three groups:
letters between Daniel de Jarnette Staples and Mary
(Waugh) Staples (1879-1897) have the dominant theme of
their enduring love and the elaborate preparations for
their 1880 wedding; the letters between David W.
Persinger and his Mother, Mrs. M. E. Martin (1893-1896)
are concerned with his educational life in regards to
his grades and progress at the University of Virginia;
and than correspondence between the Persinger and
Staples families cover a variety of topics. Also
included is a bankbook of Mary Staples as well as
insurance policies and deeds.
Letter to James Madison reflecting on her life.
Letter, January 7, 1927, from Phillips (1857- ),
Boston, Massachusetts, to Lewis M. Thompson, commenting
on forged Poe portraits and sending a copy of her book
as thanks for his help in writing it.
A bound volume of notes from meetings, 1917-1935, of
the Piedmont Alumnae Association and a report card for
Miss Birtha Rives, 1860. The school was founded in
Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1853 until 1905 when it
became known as the Rawlings Institute and in 1910, St.
Anne's School.
Financial, business and personal papers of Matthew
and John Pilson of Augusta and Albemarle counties,
Virginia. Some correspondence from or concerning women.
A printed newspaper clipping containing a letter of
October 21, 1861. Chatham, Virginia, from the
Pittsylvania Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society to the
justice of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in which they
describe the aims and activities of their society and
ask the justices to appropriate a sum to pay the
Society's debts.
A newspaper clipping of Dr. W. S. Plummer's address
The collection of John Henry Ingram, a biographer, editor and stalwart champion of Edgar Allan Poe. Ingram collected as much information on Poe as possible and the result is an unparallel collection of letters, manuscripts, daguerrotypes, and printed materials. Included as subjects or correspondents are: Sarah Helen Whitman, Susan Anna Power, Anna Blackwell, Sarah T. Bolton, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Phoebe and Alice Cary, Lydia Marie Child, Mrs. Jane Clark, Rosa Durham, Elizabeth Frieze Ellet, Kate Field, Sarah Margaret Fuller,
Manuscripts, clippings, scrapbooks, correspondence,
and miscellaneous printed material used by Mr. and Mrs.
Pratt in his stories (pen name Henry Fearing) and her
novels and travel books. Periodicals containing their
works and reviews of them.
Correspondence, notes, and manuscripts for her
Manuscripts and pamphlets pertaining to Pratt's book
Peabody writes to Professor Marsh, on December 8, 1898, asking him to correct in his copy of
The papers of the Teackle, Upshar and Quinby families
of the Easter Shore of Maryland and Virginia. There is a
substantial amount of correspondence generated by women,
as well as, Elizabeth Upshar Teackles' commonplace books
containing poetry. One item, December 2, 1778, is a copy
of a letter from Nancy Cunningham of Philadelphia to
Sally Teackle in which she describes her flight from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and informs Miss Teackle
that her brother, Captain Severn Teackle, is alive and
well in a British prison camp on Long Island.
Two writers of Gothic novels. Ann Radcliffe, founder of the "explained supernatural" school of fiction, was the most popular novelist in English before Walter Scott. The contract for her most famous novel,
Eliza Carter Randolph writes to Ann F.B. Tucker on
November 17, 1796, mentioning a recent visit from Tucker
and a dance held the day of her departure.
Eliza Carter Randolph writes to Ann F.B. Tucker on
November 17, 1796, mentioning a recent visit from Tucker
and a dance held the day of her departure.
The papers consist chiefly of letters to Randolph
from family in Clarke County, Virginia, and friends who
attended school with her at the Rev. James McElroy's and
Dr. Fisher's in Staunton, Virginia, and center on news
of family and friends, illness and deaths, local events
and religion.
In a widely circulated and copied letter, 1814
October 31, Randolph writes to Ann Cary (Randolph)
Morris accusing her of the deaths of her child and her
lover, John Randolph's brother. In the 1815 January 16
letter she refutes his charges.
Great-granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson.
Personal correspondence and business papers of the
Randolph, Page, and Taylor families (descendants of
Thomas Jefferson) of Albemarle County, Virginia,
including many of the papers of Thomas Jefferson
Randolph. Included is a letter of January 11, 1827, from
a P. Leubal to [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] mentioning
that the slave he recently bought from him [Randolph]
named Jeanette had been severely burned by the overseer
and thrown into a fire twice and that he could not
return her because she feared for her life but that he
believed her value is much less than the sale price.
A typescript copy of Jane Maury Maverick's
remembrances of "Piedmont," the Albemarle County home of
the Maurys.
Includes recipe book, 1860s-1890s, inscribed January
20, 1868, kept by Jennie Taylor.
Recipe book, 1826, from Charleston, [West] Virginia.
Miscellaneous papers, primarily business in nature,
relating to several Virginia families. Papers pertaining
to women include the business papers of Elizabeth
Spragins (d. 1842) of Halifax County, Virginia, and Mrs.
Ann Thompson of Lynchburg, Virginia, both concerning
tobacco sales.
An autograph one-page manuscript entitled
Letter, April 26, 1927, to Miss Scott in which she
lists her least favorites of her own writings.
One bound volume,
Autograph manuscript of
The manuscripts and correspondence of Amelie Rives
Troubetzkoy and her second husband, Prince Pierre
Troubetzkoy. Correspondents include Alice Kauser,
Raphael Link and William Faversham. The collection
consists primarily of manuscripts for different articles
and books written by the Troubetzkoys.
Commonplace book of Margaret Rives including
obituaries of the Rives family.
Correspondence of the Rives family during the Civil
War. Of interest are the touching letters of Mrs. Rives
to her son, Afred Landon Rives, and his wife Sadie.
Papers of the Rives Family of Castle Hill, Albemarle
County, Virginia. Primarily of William Cabell Rives,
Sr., Minister to France, U.S. Senator and
Representative; papers of William C. Rives, Jr.,
covering farming operations at Castle Hill; papers of
Alfred Landon Rives, railroad, mining canal and harbor
engineer in the United States, Mexico, and Panama.
Collection includes correspondence of William Cabell
Rives, Sr. and his wife, Judith Page Walker Rives with
their children Ella, Amelie, Francis, and William
Cabell, Jr. The autobiography, last will and testament
of Judith Walker Rives, as well as her poems, short
stories, essays and translations from French are
included. Other items of interest are the wills of Sadie
Rives and Ella Rives, and correspondence and calling
cards of the Rives women during stays in Paris.
Additional papers of the William Cabell Rives family
of Castle Hill, Albemarle County, Virginia. The
collection contains an album of verses by Cornelia Van
Rensselaer to Judith Rives, as well as Judith Rives
autobiography. Also included are Amelie Rives
Troubetzkoy's childhood diary, journal, scrapbook,
marriage book, and horoscopes.
Letters by this Albemarle County, Virginia, family
living at "Castle Hill," Cobham. Correspondents include
Judith Page Walker Rives, Amelie Louise Rives Sigourney,
and Ella Rives.
Editor and publisher of the
Two letters, March 5 and 20, 1843, from Ellen Rogers
to her husband General Asa Rogers describing social life
in Middleburg, Virginia.
Business, legal, and personal papers of this family
of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. A diary entry for
February 24, 1848, mentions that a slave named Margaret
murdered a white female baby of the family of John Jones
and Angeline Rorer in Wentworth, North Carolina.
The papers of Thomas L. Rosser, Confederate Brigadier
General, and chief engineer of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. The papers fall into four distinct sets. The
first collection (1171, -a, -b), 1860-1950, contains
material regarding his wife Elizabeth (Betty) Winston
Rosser, whom Rosser met and married during the Civil
War, including correspondence (1875-1917), poetry, and a
scrapbook she kept during the Civil War. Also included
in the collection is the correspondence of the Rossers'
granddaughter, Barbara Rosser. The second collection
(1171-c), 1764 (1834-1910) 1969, concerns both the
Gordon and Rosser families. The pre-Civil War
correspondence between the Gordon sisters is not
extensive, but provides a view of nineteenth century
domestic life, as well as home manufacturing activities.
Also included in this set of papers are more letters
between Elizabeth (Betty) Winston Rosser and her
husband. Topics include discussions of their upcoming
wedding (April and May 1863), and denials of being
involved and perhaps having been married to another
woman (mid-summer 1863), and his promises that he will
give up drinking. Also of interest is a letter from
Elizabeth Custer to Mrs. Rosser regarding her
involvement in a girls' club in New York City, Barbara
Winston's will (1764), and some correspondence of
Barbara Rosser. The third set of papers (1171, -d, -e,
-f), 1858-1918, includes family correspondence. The last
set of papers (1171-g, -h, -j), 1774 (1856-1899) 1980,
contains Elizabeth Winston Rosser correspondence,
1862-1916, n.d.; Thomas L. Rosser, Jr. and his wife,
Harriet Gordon Rosser correspondence, 1875-1951, n.d.;
Barbara Rosser correspondence, 1906-1983, n.d.;
financial and legal papers, 1865-1890; diaries of
Elizabeth (Betty) Winston Rosser, 1866 April 28-May 16,
1872, 1913-1914; diary and letter book of Barbara
Rosser, 1913-1915, 1916, 1865: a recipe book (ante
1860); and a poetry album of Harriet Hirtland or
Kirkland, 1841-1842, 1844, 1877.
Letter, June 17, 1826, from Anne Newport Royall (1769-1854), Boston, Massachusetts, to Charles Ingersoll, New Haven, Connecticut, re
Papers and photographs of William and Lulie Rucker of
Washington, D.C., consisting primarily of letters to
Mrs. Rucker.
In a letter, William L. Montague writes to Richard B.
Gwathmey, Jr., editor of the Cavalier Daily, offering
his views on the subject of co-education at the
University of Virginia.
Farm account book of Mrs. Rush, near Raphine,
northern Rockbridge County, Virginia, with other loose
manuscript material.
Papers of Landon Carter of the Tidewater area of
Virginia and the son of Robert "King" Carter. Collection
is strong in 18th century material. However, most of the
correspondence generated by women is nineteenth century.
There are several colorful letters concerning women from
the 18th century. Highlights are letters from Charles
Carter to Landon Carter: April 26, 1758, writes that he
found a woman 24 years old whom he planned to marry to
take the place of his deceased wife; January 4, 1763,
surprised that L. C.'s daughter Marie is to marry Robert
Beverly, doubts his qualities and reports he frequently
needs money and nearly killed a man in a duel; 1763,
announces that his daughter, Judith, "by her own
unalterable determination married Tuesday last." Rev.
Isaac W. Giberne to Landon Carter, January 6, 1768,
apologizes for his wife's bad manners for not accepting
an invitation to Sabine Hall; Rev. Isaac Giberne writes
of his wife's elopement and "who I am credibly informed,
keeps company very night with some strolling players."
Ralph Wormeley Carter to Landon Carter, May 10, 1774,
reports that William Jackson, overseer at "Rippon" had
pursued a wench who had failed his instructions," upon
which he turned up her clothes and whipped her breach; I
checked him for his mode of correction and made the
matter up between them." Rev. Isaac W. Giberne to Landon
Carter, attempts to have Carter repent his sworn enmity
for Reuben Beale who had eloped with his daughter,
Judith. The marriage proved to be a very happy one, but
Carter never forgave the young man for his actions.
(1959).
Also of interest is a 50-page volume, ca.
1827-1914, containing Elizabeth Tayloe's poems and an
inventory of household articles taken January 1838, and
similar inventory dated 1914. (1959-a)
Letters to Daniel Scanland of Middleburg, Loudoun
County, Virginia, from members of his family in Walnut
Dale, Pike County, Missouri concerning departures of
California wagon trains, northern raids, and the
hardships of non-combatants in the Civil War and life in
general. Most of the letters are from his cousin Nancy
Scanland written during 1851, recounting her life and
activities. Nancy, a bit of a flirt, confides many of
her feelings to her cousin Daniel and many of them
concern romance. Highlights include a letter from
Daniel's cousin, S. H. [Barnard] to Daniel dated
September 18, 1852, concerning all the pretty unmarried
girls to choose from in Missouri; November 23, 1851,
Nancy writes Daniel to tell of her upcoming marriage and
she laments the fact she will be separated from her
family. From this letter and many others, one gets the
idea that courtship was swift and sure on the frontier.
There is only one letter to Daniel after her marriage to
a Mr. Charles Benning.
Papers of the University of Virginia Hospital Circle,
a volunteer hospital auxiliary society, contains a copy
of the 1952 President's report and a 1951-1952 annual
meeting report of the Circle; and a carbon copy of
President's report filed in bound volume of Circle
minutes
Correspondence, financial and legal papers,
genealogical material, printed material, photographs,
bound volumes pertaining to the Shackelford family of
"Willow Grove," Orange, Virginia. The papers relate to
the family of Virginius Randolph Shackelford
(1885-1959), his wife, Peachy Gascoigne Lyne
(1887-1976), and their sons, Lyne Moncure (1914- ),
Virginius Randolph (1916- ), and George Green (1920- ).
Correspondence and printed articles of the
correspondence of Virginius Randolph Shackelford and
Judge George S. Shackelford of Orange, Virginia,
concerning Virginia politics and legislation, normal
schools, highways, the University of Virginia, Woodberry
Forest, the Monticello Association, and business and
legal matters. Peachy Gascoigne (Lyne) Shackelford is a
correspondent.
Letter from Mann Page written to Colonel Oliver
Towles, Spotsylvania, Virginia on August 4, 1784, the
letter concerns a slave, George, who had applied for his
freedom on the grounds that he was descended from a free
Indian woman.
The bulk of the collection consists of World War II
correspondence between the Shackelford parents Virginius
Randolph Shackelford and Peachy Gascoigne (Lyne)
Shackelford and their sons from Woodberry Forest, Orange
County, Virginia, and the University of Virginia. There
is correspondence and related material re Virginius'
public service as board member of the State Normal
School for Women, East Radford, Virginia, the State
Board of Education, the Virginia University Board of
Visitors, and president of the Virginia State Bar
Association.
Letters to Peachy Gascoigne (Lyne) Shackelford from
family and friends writing thank-yous and invitations,
renewing old acquaintances, and sending news of their
families. Women correspondents are Virginia (Lyne)
Chambers, Mary Pemberton Cox, Mary C. Gibbons, Peggy
Moncure, Dorothy Walker, and Marguerite Lyne (Payne)
Wornall.
Family correspondence, 1920-1977, chiefly among
George Green Shackelford, Peachy Gascoigne (Lyne)
Shakelford, Virginius Randolph Shackelford, Lyne,
Moncure Shackelford, and Virginius Randolph Shackelford,
Jr. Discuss local and family news, college days at the
University of Virginia and Columbia, Navy duty, teaching
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia,
and sympathy at the death of Shackelford, Sr.
Correspondence of George Green Shackelford and his
mother, Peachy Gascoigne (Lyne) Shackelford of "Willow
Grove," Orange County, Virginia. Mrs. Shackelford writes
news of family and friends in Orange County, and
Shackelford writes about his University of Virginia
schooldays and teaching positions, particularly as
history professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Blacksburg, Virginia. Photographs of Shackelford and his
mother are included.
Letter, September 26, 1940, from Josephine Maynard to
Virginius Randolph and Peachy Gascoigne (Lyne)
Shackelford, from Liverpool, England, during wartime,
describing life at that time. Maynard furnished a very
vivid description of German air raids over Great Britain
and mentions several other aspects of life during
wartime such as the morale of the British during the
"blitz raids," the collapse of France, American air aid
relief, difficulty of communication with other parts of
Great Britain, rationing "tough drunks," living in
public air raid shelters, and the Germany-Italy-Japan
Axis Alliance.
Chiefly correspondence between George Shackelford and
his brothers Lyne Moncure Shackelford and Virginius
Randolph Shackelford, his wife Grace Howard (McConnell)
Shackelford, his father Virginius Randolph Shackelford,
and several nieces and nephews. Topics include Lyne and
Shackelford family genealogy, family financial and
business matters, family property including "Willow
Grove," the estate of Peachy Gascoigne (Lyne)
Shackelford, the Monticello Association, the West Lawn
Marching and Chowder Society, and the 1941 football team
and its five year reunion. Included is a photograph
album, ca. 1850, belonging to Mrs. Belle Kirk
Shackelford.
Legal and business papers of William Stephen Shepherd
and Lucy D. Shepherd of Fluvanna County, Virginia. The
latter day items are the records of Susie V. Shepherd.
Letter, June 17, 1840, Lydia H. Sigourney to Miss
Mary Allen, happy to grant Miss Allen's request.
Business and family letters of George L. and Mary C.
Sively of Mountain Grove, Bath County, Virginia.
Included are letters from Sallie (Sively) Erwin while a
student at Hollins Institute and after her marriage to
Dr. James E. Erwin and their migration west to Kansas.
Correspondence between Mary Sively and her sister,
Elizabeth Skeen of Franklin County, Virginia, concerning
their interest in the rental or sale of the "homeplace"
and farm. The sisters had trouble with delinquent
renters, trespassers, and timber cutters.
Miscellaneous collection of papers brought together
by Jane Chapman Slaughter. Included is Ms. Slaughter's
correspondence concerning family history, sketchbooks of
pencil, drawings, 1872-1983, by her, as well as some of
her academic papers and her 1923 M. A. thesis,
"Velasquez and His Art."
Bill of Sale, January 25, 1845, to Joseph Dinwiddie
for the sale of a female slave, Sarah, to William
Dinwiddie for $700.
A letter, October 28, 1895, from this
Charlottesville, Virginia resident and University of
Virginia professor's daughter, to her sister, Sadie
Dunnington, Hollins Institute, about the Rotunda fire,
and her father's efforts to save the building.
Letters and diary of Susan Dabney Smedes, author of
Letters to Susan Dabney Smedes from Augustus Hare,
Lord Northington, Sir Henry Ponsonby, C. M. Yonge,
William E. Gladstone, John Murray, J. A. Froude, Charles
Dudley Warner, Jeanie D. Hogg, John Murray, and Andrew
Lang.
Correspondence, financial and legal papers of the
Smiley family of Moffat's Creek, Augusta County,
Virginia. Collections include a 1772 letter from John
Lancaster, Pennsylvania to his wife, correspondence of
Letitia Smiley with related papers while attending
Augusta Female Seminary, 1864-1867, and Mary A. Smiley's
notebook.
Chiefly letters from Mary Kelly Watson Smith to her sister, Hortense Hay Watson. The majority of the correspondence was written in the decade after 1859, when Mary moved from Charlottesville with her husband, Jacob Henry Smith, to Greensboro, North Carolina. The letters contain details of life during and after the Civil War. Some of these letters have been published in the
Correspondence of Edward Smith and his wife, Susan
Massie (Snead) Smith. There are two combinations diaries
and commonplace books, 1927-1934, kept by Edward with
additional two comments made years later by Susan about
the significance of the events that occurred on those
dates to her husband and herself. Also included are
several letters to Susan praising her as a teacher, two
letters to Edward thanking him for his assistance, notes
re Susan's educational experiences, clippings of
sentimental value to the Smiths, and a photograph
inscribed to Susan from [Edward].
The Oakes Smith collection consists of
correspondence, diaries, literary manuscripts, essays,
lectures, and newspaper columns of Elizabeth Oakes
Smith. Also included are the letters and paper of her
husband, Seba Smith, their sons and their families,
scrapbooks, journals, photographs, and printed items.
Mrs. Oakes Smith's extensive correspondence with many
literary figures of the day, combined with her succinct
essays, lectures and columns on women's rights are the
principle strengths of this collection. In addition, her
correspondence with her children and grandchildren offer
a colorful portrait of family life in the mid to late
nineteenth century.
Fifty-two page transcript, with notes and 14-page introduction to Elizabeth Oakes Smith's diary for 1861 October-November 8, by Joy Wiltenburg, Excerpts from this transcript were published in
Primarily letters to Oran S. Baldwin, editor of
Baldwin Monthly concerning his magazine and autographs
she is sending him. Of interest are manuscripts of her
poems "Unattained" and "With the skin of a monkey." In
an 1875 letter, she speaks of the courtship of Harriet
Beecher and Calvin Stowe; in an 1876 letter she encloses
an autograph of Thomas Cole; and in an 1877 letter she
speaks of her duties as pastor of an Independent Church
in Canostota, New York.
Typescript of Ph.D. Dissertation,
Included is a letter from the sheriff of Marion,
Virginia, reporting the capture of a runaway slave who
had been travelling with a white woman. The slave had
been dressed as a woman and his accomplice as a man.
Legal correspondence of Robert Stanard (1781-1846) of
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County and Richmond,
Virginia. His practice was largely concerned with civil
suits involving wills, administration of estates, and
land matters. There are numerous references to women who
seek his help as well as references to slaves.
One of the most prominent businessmen in Virginia in
the latter half of the 19th century, businesses included
Borderland Coal Company and Stone Printing in Roanoke,
Virginia. While most of the papers are business in
nature there is some personal correspondence with
several friends, many women. Also of interest is
correspondence between committee members concerning the
establishment of a Liberal Arts College for Women. There
is correspondence with daughter Mary at her exclusive
girls school (Box 229) and after she has married and
become a mother (Box 232).
Henry Strickland, a dealer in groceries and
miscellaneous commodities, married Elizabeth Deisher,
the widow of George Deisher and took over his business.
Items include correspondence with Elizabeth D.
Strickland's daughter, May Ann Deisher, as well as
depositions regarding George Deisher's estate.
A good portion of this diary is devoted to the Civil
War years. Sarah was in her teens during the war years
and writes from an Albemarle County school and nearby
farm. She wrote little about her family, but much about
the war, local troops, and her own appearance and
religious views.
Papers pertaining to the career of Alexander Hugh
Holmes Stuart (1807-1891), former Secretary of the
Interior. In a cryptic letter, July 1791, from Cornelius
Baldwin to his newly-married sister, Mrs. Archibald
(Betsy) Stuart, he warns her of female malice. Stuart
writes his mother, Eleanor Stuart, November 19,
1820-1825, about school life in Williamsburg, Virginia,
and living in luxury. He has made several acquaintances,
"Particularly amongst the Ladies...[they] are
fascinating in their manners...they seem to possess a
certain magical influence over you which makes you
forget everything else..." Letters from Stuart to his
mother during the period of 1850-1853 describes all the
social functions he and his wife Fanny are attending in
Washington, D.C. In one letter he describes Fanny's new
wardrobe in some detail. Another letter of interest,
August 18, 1851, is from Susan C. Armstrong, a widowed
cousin of Stuart, who implores him for a post in his
office, as she has three children to feed and no means
left to her.
Papers, primarily legal, of Archibald Stuart
(1757-1832) and Briscoe Gerard Baldwin (1789-1852),
lawyers, of Staunton, Virginia. Included are letters
from Martha S. Baldwin to her husband, Briscoe G.
Baldwin, containing news of family and friends.
Three miscellaneous letters, Lucy C. Parham to her
sister Amanda Parham (January 21, 1841), news to her
sister who is in Maryland, implores her to visit, talks
about a visitor from a Northern city who was neglecting
her new baby and thinks this is typical of city women
character, Carrie writes to Mollie about teaching and
religion in the two remaining letters. (July 31, 1853
and October 1859).
Baptist minister and educator. Correspondence,
printed matter and other papers dealing with general,
social, religious, and educational conditions in the
counties of King and Queen and Nottaway, Virginia, where
Sydnor was superintendent of schools. Includes
Elementary lessons in English, pt. 1, by Nelly Lloyd
Knox Heath (1880). Names of schools mentioned in the
collection include Danville Female College, Danville,
Virginia; George Washington University, Washington,
D.C.; Hollins College, Hollins, Virginia; and the
University of Richmond.
Papers of the King George County, Virginia family,
primarily Henry A. Benjamin Ogle, and Edward Thornton
Tayloe. An indenture, dated December 2, 1822, related
the conveyence of a "Mulatto" girl to Henrietta Key; and
several property transactions involving women are of
interest.
Letters of Charles Elisha Taylor of Richmond,
Virginia, concerning his Civil War experience,
especially to his mother and sister. Letters after the
war concern women, especially their role in the Baptist
Church in Richmond. Also included in the collection is
the 15-page diary, 1865, of Mary Elisha Taylor,
revealing some concern for the war.
Taken in April and May, these photographs are mostly
of the Misses Margaret Randolph and Olivia Alexander
Taylor at their residence in Albemarle County, Virginia,
"Lochlyn." and other local areas. Miss Margaret (June 9,
1888-April 1, 1985) and Miss Olivia (October 31,
1890-April 3 1985) were the great-great-great
granddaughters of Thomas Jefferson through the line of
their father, Stevens Mason Taylor of "Tuckahoe." Both
ladies received bachelor degrees from George Washington
University and pursued teaching careers at Western High
School in Georgetown and Eastern High School in
Washington, D.C., respectively.
The correspondence, poems, speeches, Civil War
material, news articles and essays of this editor of
Southern Literary Messenger and New York Evening Post.
Correspondents include Mary Barker Carter Dodge, Susan
P. Thompson Quarles (his sister), Anne Isabella
Thackeray, and Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard.
The papers of Dean William Thornton of the University
of Virginia, including the letters of the Janet
Thornton, one of the pioneers in the field of medical
social work. Also included are her recollections and
newspapers clippings about her. In addition there are
the diaries, notebooks, and passport of Eliza Carter
Thurman.
A watercolor, 2"x3", entitled "The Country Ford,
Ideal new Jersey Autumn Scene."
Typescript of the Commonplace book of Maria Tucker.
Tucker thanks Harriet Douglas for a hat and mentions
her reluctance to leave Lynchburg, a call by the ladies
from Monticello, their pavilion, and family news
including a marriage to a nephew of General Jackson, in
this letter of July 12, 1825.
Letters between Tucker and his relatives while Tucker
was serving as consul in Liverpool, England, from
1851-1861. The letters from Virginia were mainly from
relatives at Tucker's home in Jefferson County. Included
is a January 30, 1853, letter stating that the slave
"Mammy" requests that she be taken to her grave in a
hearse.
Includes Mary Sherlock's receipt of lands granted to
her father, Captain Samuel Timpson for his military
service and her affidavit regarding disposition of the
land.
Uncorrected galley proof of
Twyman family of Albemarle and Louisa counties,
Virginia. Includes scattered correspondence from women
members of the family. Of special interest is a letter,
n.d., G.T. to Joseph Twyman, where he writes about women
"as the devil's tools."
Business, legal, and personal papers of the Albemarle
County, Virginia family. Included is a February 15, 1838
letter from George Twyman to his brother and mother in
which he mentions hearing that they have lost a female
slave and her baby.
Minutes of the 46th annual of Virginia Division of
the U.D.C. held in Bristol, Virginia in 1941.
Report of the President General-United Daughters of
the Confederacy 1939, as well as typed notes, 1948, by
Mrs. Walter D. Lamar, President.
Material concerning the admission of women to the
University of Virginia. Includes reports,
correspondence, statistics, minutes, tables, surveys,
and institutional analyses.
Facsimile of a letter, March 28, 1866, from Queen
Victoria, Windsor Castle, to George Peabody (1795-1869),
thanking him for his munificent aid to her poorer
subjects living in London, and saying that she would
have a miniature portrait of herself painted for him.
Seventeen bound volumes from businesses in Richmond
and Petersburg, Virginia. Of interest is the John and
Joseph Wilder ledger of Petersburg (1793-1803) which
includes some accounts for women, also the ledger from
Buchanan V. Pollek's general store in Petersburg
(1806-1820) contains accounts for women.
Correspondence and records of the Virginia Music
Festival. Correspondents include Hannah Catlin; Mary Ely
Lyman, Dean of Sweet Briar College; Jean Bird; Marion
Chauncey of Mary Washington College; and Edna T.
Shaeffer.
Consists of the editorial correspondence, proofs, and
manuscripts of this literary publication. Numerous
women, both authors and scholars, are represented in the
collection.
Typescript of school teacher's account book,
1834-1866, kept by Miss Betty Walker for Nottoway
County, Virginia.
Primarily the papers of Doctor Michael Wallace and
his six sons of King George County, Virginia. Of special
interest are the letters of Michael Wallace, Dr.
Wallace's son, concerning a suit over a slave family.
The suit was over counter claims on a female slave. Also
of interest are the wills mentioning women, and a
letter, October 3, 1785, George Hooe to Michael Wallace,
requesting that he "inquire of Grace Grigsby of the
marriage of Mrs. Barnes daughters, who married against
the will of their father." Also a letter dated April 8,
1775, James Wallace to Michael Wallace, not to delay his
attentions to a certain young lady as "ladies in general
on this side the River (Potomac) are very abrupt in
matrimonial affairs."
Assorted correspondence of members of these families
of Albemarle and Goochland counties, Virginia. Of
interest are the letters of Deborah Logan, of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to her niece, Deborah Norris
Woodson, Goochland County, Virginia. Of interest are the
letters of Deborah Logan, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
to her niece, Deborah Norris Woodson, Goochland County,
Virginia. In a letter dated July 2, 1829, D. L. writes
D. N. W., "for the concentration of great and sensible
men...from Virginia, have given a very general idea of
the genius of her sons, how can we suppose in her care
alone, that nature is the same letter she speaks of
Fanny who is stricken with a "palsey" in a new town
"Where she is unknown and so many of her colour are very
wretched." A letter from D.L. to D.N.W., January 18,
1829, encourages her to read "useful and sensible books,
not exclusively novels," and agreeable one's now adorn
literature of the day, both in Europe and America."
Later she mentioned Fanny again who is now in
Philadelphia," the misery of the coloured population is
so great in the suburb of the city...to make any kind
heart regret they are no longer under the protection of
those more competent...yet I am an enemy of slavery and
should be very glad if it did not exist among us." In
letters dated 1829-1830, D.L. writes of Mrs. Madison,
Mrs. Monroe, and Martha Jefferson Randolph, of a cholera
epidemic in Philadelphia, the Nat Turner revolt and her
concern about the South and slavery. On a more personal
level she stresses education and reading for women and
her views on politics. The former slave Fanny is visited
by her son who is doing quite well in Haiti. She also
mentions in a letter dated March 12, she writes of a
terrible thunderstorm the tragedy which resulted," a
poor young woman at a factory a few miles from us...she
was sitting at her loom near the end of the building
which was struck by lightening, a large iron bolt of the
machinery was just above her from whence attracted by
the steel in her corset bosom it instantly killed and
tore her poor body with frightful violence." Letters
dated 1833-1835 from D. L. to D. N. W. concern the South
and Nullification, John Randolph of Roanoke, vehemently
opposes Martin Van Buren and other leaders. On a more
intimate level she writes of a woman eloping and
marrying beneath her station, she had clandestine
meetings with the man, she writes often of her friend
Sarah Walker whose husband or father is a tyrant, and in
a letter dated June 3, 1933, D. L. writes "good
housewifery is a very important part of the character of
a woman." A very strong set of letters from an
opinionated woman.
Part of the Tracy William MacGregor Library.
Prominent families of Virginia, includes some scattered
correspondence from women.
Photograph copy of the Will of Mary Washington.
A superb collection pertaining to plantation life,
consisting of the papers of Garritt Minor (d. 1799),
David Watson (1773-1830), and Thomas Watson (1819-1895).
The papers of Garrett Minor of Louisa and Spotsylvania
counties, Virginia, include personal correspondence with
his wife Mary, his brothers and their widows and his
children. Papers of David Watson, son-in-law of Garrett
Minor, touch on philosophy, law, and romance of his
youth to letters regarding the loss of children and
correspondence between him and his wife Sally. There is
also substantial correspondence between Mrs. Sally
Watson and Dr. James Watson and Thomas Watson
(1830-1841).
An examination, April 19, 1825, of Rachel and
Catherine Waugh (sisters-in-law), in regards to a deed,
Washington, D. C.
Financial, personal and legal papers of the
Webb-Prentis families of Suffolk and Williamsburg,
Virginia. Very strong in ante-bellum correspondence
among women and relatives. Of special interest are the
letters of Elizabeth Bowdoin Prentis (1791-1859) to her
brother Joseph Prentis and others.
Mostly letters (photocopies) from John Neal,
Portland, Maine, to Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes Smith, New
York.
Diaries, journals, and letters of John Wickham
relating to his law practice in Richmond and
Williamsburg, Virginia, the defense of Aaron Burr, farm
accounts and personal affairs. Included are letters,
1818- 1831, to John Wickham from Miss M. M. Fanning;
letters, 1819-1835, to John Wickham from his wife and
sons; letters, 1794-1799, to Elizabeth McLurg from
Littleton W. Tazewell, Edwin and William Burwell, and
others; and letters, 1805-1841, to Elizabeth S. (Mrs.
John) Wickham from John Wickham, James Wickham, and
various other relatives and individuals.
Personal correspondence of this Lexington woman who
attended a girls school in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Letter from Sarah Helen Whitman to William Whitman Bailey discussing his work in the
Oil portrait of Edward Wilson James by Adele Williams
Williams writes to Mary Preston Massey, Keswick,
Virginia on April 24, 1984, saying that she is coming to
Charlottesville for the PEN Faulkner award ceremony and
that she has won a Guggenheim with Nancy Hale's help.
The May 1984 letter thanks Mrs. Massie for courtesies
during Williams' visit.
Of interest is a sale document, December 5, 1843, for
a slave girl named Henrietta, aged fourteen years.
Letters addressed to Wilson by 44 distinguished
Southern authors invited to attend a Southern Writers
Convention. Included are Katharine Anthony, Emily Clark
Balch, Willa Cather, Ellen Glasgow, Sara Haardt, Mary
Johnston, Margaret Prescott Montague, Julia Peterkin,
Josephine Pinckney, Lizaette Woodworth Reese, Alice
Caldwell Hegan Rice, Elizabeth Maddox Roberts, Helen
Stallings, and Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy. The letters are
often concerned with the writing profession from the
author's point of view.
Consists chiefly of letters from Margaret and James
Branch Cabell, Willa Cather, Donald Davidson, Ellen
Glasgow, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Walter de la
Mare to University of Virginia English Professor James
Southall Wilson (1880-1963) and wife Julia. The letters
from James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) and his wife
Margaret congratulate Wilson and discuss personal and
literary matters. A single letter of Willa Cather
(1873-1947) to Mr. [Stringfellow] Barr responds
negatively to an invitation to lecture at the University
of Virginia due to unsettled family conditions, although
she says that "I always feel very deeply that I am a
Virginian" (December 5, 1928). Ellen Glasgow also
discusses literary and personal news. Dorothy Heyward
speaks of going to the Huntington Hartford Foundation
for writers in order to finish a book begun in summer
(January 14, 1960).
The daughter of John Wilson and Susan Colston Minor
Wilson (see Minor-Wilson papers), Susan was born in
Pennsylvania and attended private schools in Virginia.
She was trained in occupational therapy work in New York
and from 1918-1919 served as a reconstruction aide in
France and the U.S. In 1924, she became the Chief
Occupational Therapist at the Brooklyn State Hospital.
In the early forties she was a lecturer on occupational
therapy at NYU and soon became an occupational therapy
officer at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Seattle,
Washington. The events in her life are well documented
in letters, particularly to her mother, and numerous
photographs. Also included is correspondence of her
siblings, and parents. A strong collection for 19th
century family life.
A 300-page volume containing typescript letters from
Laura H. Wirt, daughter of William Wirt, Attorney
General of the United States, to Louisa Cabell
Carrington, Laura Wirt's mother, Elizabeth Wirt, was the
sister of Louisa Cabell Carrington's step-mother, Agnes
S. B. Gamble Cabell. Louisa married Henry Carrington in
1820, bore eight children and died January 8, 1865.
Laura Wirt married Thomas Randall in 1827, bore four
daughters and died in Florida in 1834. They shared
confidences and gossip. Laura's letters are sparkling
and witty and touch upon all the current events, music,
literature, health, romance, and family. Her letters are
extremely frank in nature. For example in writing to
Louisa after her marriage and after her move to Florida,
she writes "it requires some time, however, for a
nouvelle mariee to learn to be happy under the change of
circumstances...I never was less happy in my life than
the two first two months of my marriage...I love him
[Thomas Randall, her husband] very much, Louisa. Even
more than when he was my lover...a lover is more
charming than a husband, but not so dear. No doubt it is
the same case with us women, and perhaps we gain as much
as we lose by the exchange" (March 6, 1828). A strong
collection which reflects relationships which women had
with each other.
Letters to William Withrow, Jr. and his wife, Mary
Anne Jones Withrow of Waynesboro, Virginia, from their
children, relatives, and acquaintance. His daughter
Evelyn married Matthew Hale Houston, a Presbyterian
missionary to China, in 1871. Letters concerning the
Houstons' stay at the Presbyterian Mission Church in
Hangchow include the following: January 4, August 11,
and September 6, 1881; March 22, August 5 & 12,
September 13, October 3 & 16, and November 18, 1882.
Louisa and her brother Charles, a graduate of the
University of Virginia, were both educators, and their
correspondence at times discusses their work.
Two loose-leaf binders, containing bibliographical
and biographical notes on women authors in Virginia.
Copies of floor plans, designs and photographs of the
Department of the Interior Building and other
Washington, D.C. buildings designed by Waddy Butler
Wood. Included are plans for Government Dormitories for
Women.
Programs from annual state conventions.
W.C.T.U. was a woman's organization whose purpose was
to prevent the sale and consumption of alcohol in
Virginia. The collection contains correspondence,
convention programs and proceedings, publications,
photographs, scrapbook, minutes and printed material.
The papers of the Virginia Writers' Project of the
Works Project Administration concerning Virginia
folklore. Papers include hundreds of life histories,
reports, radio scripts, ethnic reports, ex-slave
accounts, folksongs, and ghost stories.
W. H. Wright wrote under the pen name, S. S. Van
Dine, and created the detective character, Philo Vance.
Most of the collection consists of correspondence
between Wright, and his wife, Katherine Boynton Wright,
and their daughter Beverley. Due to his work and their
fragile health, mental and physical, the Wrights spent
most of their 23-year marriage apart. They eventually
divorced in 1930. These letters reflect a troubled
marriage and a dysfunctional family. Toward the end of
their marriage and Wright's life, letters between him
and Katherine primarily concerned money disputes and the
life of their wayward daughter, Beverley, who led a
bohemian lifestyle. Correspondence, 1928, strongly
indicates Beverley had lesbian tendencies which upset
her mother, but not her father.
papers of the Ellis and Munford families of Richmond,
Virginia, and of the Young family of Fredericksburg,
Virginia. There are documents relating to Rosetta
Hunter, a slave, who was bought by Charles Ellis in
February, 1839. She commanded the price of $850 and was
held in high esteem by the family and eventually became
the beloved "Mammy." Documents include her bill of sale
and matters relating to her estate as well as her
obituary. There is a document, January 27, 1840,
releasing fourteen year old Lucy Ann Hunter, a "bright
mulatto" from slavery. Other items of interest are
Margaret Ellis' letters to her son Powhatan Ellis during
the Civil War, a touching letter from Charles Ellis to
his sister Jane Eubank (August 16, 1851) congratulating
her on her recent marriage, a letter from Sallie Munford
to her Uncle Powhie describing her activities as young
woman (January 12, 1860), and the letters from Charles
Ellis Munford while a student at the University of
Virginia to his sister Sallie Munford (1860) are
particularly enjoyable. Unfortunately, Charles was
killed in 1862 during the Battle of Malvern Hill.