{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12","prev":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=11","next":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=13","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=43"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":12,"next_page":13,"prev_page":11,"total_pages":43,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":110,"total_count":425,"first_page?":false,"last_page?":false}},"data":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361_c07_c04","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"Financial Records","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361_c07_c04#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361_c07_c04","ref_ssm":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361_c07_c04"],"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361_c07_c04","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361_c07","parent_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361_c07","parent_ssim":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361","viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361_c07"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361","viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361_c07"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers"],"text":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers","Financial Records"],"title_filing_ssi":"Financial Records","title_ssm":["Financial Records"],"title_tesim":["Financial Records"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1873-1936"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1873/1936"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Financial Records"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"collection_ssim":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":23,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":94,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["The collection is open for research."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"date_range_isim":[1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936],"_nest_path_":"/components#6/components#3","timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:26:01.919Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2361.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection","title_ssm":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection"],"title_tesim":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1780-1998"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1780-1998"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.2008.040"],"text":["Ms.2008.040","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection","Montgomery County (Va.)","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Women -- History","The collection is open for research.","The collection is arranged into series corresponding to the creators. Each series arranged by type of material and then placed in chronological order. ","Series I: Gordon Cloyd Bell, Sr. Papers, 1917-1962\t\t\t\t","Series II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, 1919-1970\t","Series III: Gordon Cloyd Bell, Jr. Papers, 1921-1967\t","Series IV: David Kent Bell Papers, 1925-1978\t","Series V: Bell Family Papers, 1834-1841\t","Series VI: James Withrow Papers, 1848-1910","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers, 1864-1936","Series VIII: Annie Withrow Papers, 1889-1981","Series IX: Withrow Family Papers, 1870-1941","Series X: Kent Family Papers, 1814-1881","Series XI: Cloyd Family Papers, 1792-1866","Series XII: Other Family Papers, 1780-1998","Series XIII: Other Materials, 1901-1997","Gen. Gordon Cloyd was a descendant of David Cloyd. In 1764, Indians attacked the homestead of David Cloyd in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His wife, Margaret, was killed, as well as his son, John. Another son, Joseph Cloyd was away from the house at the time of the attack and was thus spared. David Cloyd passed away in 1792; Joseph Cloyd bought land and settled in Back Creek in present day Pulaski County in 1773. During the American Revolution, Joseph Cloyd served under Col. William Preston of Montgomery County. He is credited with saving Col. Preston's life when Preston was thrown from his horse during a skirmish at Wetzell's Mill in North Carolina. Following the war, Joseph Cloyd bought up more land in Pulaski County and built a brick house on Back Creek. ","Joseph Cloyd married Mary Gordon and together they had three sons, Gordon, David, and Thomas. Gordon and David married two sisters, Sallie and Elizabeth McGavock. The McGavock sisters were the daughters of James McGavock and Mary Cloyd, Joseph Cloyd's sister. James and Mary McGavock also had a third daughter, Margaret, who married Joseph Kent.","David Cloyd and Sallie McGavock had five children: Margaret, Joseph, Gordon, Cynthia, and James McGavock. James McGavock Cloyd married Frances E. McNutt on November 5, 1853, together they had on child, David, in January of 1855. Frances died on December 21, 1858. James then married Harriet J. Ernest on January 10, 1861. They had four children: Fanny Ernest, Lucy McGavock, Sally, and Harriet Gordon. James Cloyd lived at the homestead on Back Creek in Pulaski County that was originally settled by Col. Joseph Cloyd.","Gordon Cloyd commanded the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812; he was later promoted to Major-General and thereafter was known as General Cloyd. He later served as a land surveyor for the Montgomery County area, and together with his brothers, purchased a tract of land along the New River know as Buchanan's Bottom. Gen. Gordon Cloyd and Elizabeth McGavock Cloyd together had six children, only two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth Cloyd survived. The two sisters married two brothers, James Randal and David Fenton Kent. David and James were the sons of Joseph Kent and Margaret McGavock Kent. Gordon Cloyd left the Buchanan's Bottom land to his daughter, Mary, and her husband, James Randal Kent. Elizabeth Kent and David Fenton Kent received the land at Back Creek and the house known as Springfield.","David Fenton Kent and Elizabeth Cloyd were married on January 2, 1834. Together they had seven children: Gordon Cloyd, born December 7, 1834, died November 11, 1837; an unnamed son, April 23, 1836 who lived eight days; Mary Elizabeth, born May 17, 1837, died December 14, 1837; James Randal, born August 15, 1838, died September 4, 1861; Sarah McGavock, born November 5, 1839, died March 9, 1891; Joseph Gordon, born March 22, 1841, died July 15, 1886; David Fenton, born May 17, 1844, died October 18, 1878. David F. Kent lived at the Springfield property and ran businesses with a Thomas Miller. He was reputed to have been an entertaining storyteller. David Fenton Kent died on January 28, 1850. Elizabeth Cloyd Kent outlived him by nineteen years, dying February 7, 1869.","James Randal Kent and Mary Cloyd Kent moved to Buchanan's Bottom and lived at first in the old Trigg house. Later, they built Kentland mansion, which stands to this day. Together James and Mary had five daughters, Elizabeth Cloyd, born 1819, Sarah James, born 1822, Mary Louisa, born 1824, Cynthia, born 1827, and Margaret Gordon, born 1840. James Randal Kent was an enslaver, prominent landowner, and successful farmer. He also held several minor public offices including Sheriff of Montgomery County from 1822 to 1823, he also served as a Justice and a land surveyor. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s, James Randal Kent bought up land, he owned around 8000 acres in 1860. In 1855, construction began on a resort at Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, a hotel that later served as a hospital during the American Civil War. In 1860, James Randal Kent became a founder of the Preston and Olin Institute, a Methodist school in Blacksburg that was the predecessor to present day Virginia Tech. He was among the wealthiest men in Montgomery County with an estimated wealth of $196,000. Kent was a staunch supporter of the Confederacy, he enslaved more than 100 people at the start of the war. He served as an organizer for the Confederate Army, as well as a supplier of foodstuffs, providing grain and beef to the Confederate Army all the way up to the day Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Though Kentland survived the war, many barns and out-buildings were burned, including the plantation office with the majority of James Kent's personal papers, and in 1867 his land was valued at 41% less than it had been in 1860. James Randal Kent died on May 29, 1867. ","Sarah James Kent, daughter of James Randal Kent, married Francis Bell, a cattle buyer from Staunton, in 1855. Together Sarah and Francis had four surviving children: twin sons, James Randal Kent Bell and Samuel Hays Bell in 1858, a daughter, Mary Louisa Bell in 1861, and Francis \"Frank\" Bell in 1864. They built a home on the land in Pulaski given to Sarah by her father. They lived at Mountain Home until the mid-1870s, when in 1872 Francis Bell purchased land from the Darsts and the Cloyds, their new home, Rockwood, was built c. 1876.","The four Bell children were well educated and all attended college for some period of time. Public schools were non-existent at this time, so a governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick taught them while they lived at Mountain Home. James Randal Kent and Samuel Hays Bell both attended Washington College in Lexington from 1875 to 1877. Mary Louisa Bell went to Mary Baldwin College in Staunton. Frank Bell attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute before transferring to the Virginia Military Institute and graduating with the class of 1885.","Sarah James Kent Bell died in April of 1884; Francis Bell followed her nine years later in 1893. In their will, all their land and properties were to be divided by the four children as they saw fit. James Randal Kent Bell received the Mountain Home properties, Samuel inherited the land in Augusta County, and Rockwood was split between Frank Bell and Mary Louisa Bell.","James Randal Kent Bell married three times. His first wife was Maria L. Sedgwick, the daughter of their governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick, Maria died shortly after the birth of their daughter, Mary Peck Bell. His second wife was Lida Howell Whitsett, Lida died in January of 1902. Together they had five children, Amelia Louise, Elizabeth Kent, Sarah Frances, James, and Francis Joseph. The name of James R. K. Bell's third wife is unknown. All of his children were born at Mountain Home and grew up there.","Samuel Hays Bell married Bessie Arbuthnot on May 18, 1893. Together they had four daughters, Sarah James, Elizabeth, Mary Lou, and Margaret. They lived in Staunton on the land inherited from Francis Bell. Samuel Bell died in Staunton on June 26, 1903.","Mary Louisa Bell married Dr. Kent Black at Rockwood November 14, 1894. Dr. Black graduated from the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1875, he worked as physician and surgeon at the school until 1890. Dr. Black died in 1909, following his death Mary Louisa Bell Black moved back to Pulaski to live with her family, she died at Rockwood December 12, 1943.","Frank Bell married Ellen Gordan Kent, the granddaughter of David Fenton Kent, in 1889. They had eight children: Sarah Kent Bell born September 28, 1890, Gordon Cloyd Bell born January 16, 1892, Ellen Howe Bell born February 12, 1893, Francis Bell born August 16, 1894, Mary Lou Bell born July 1, 1896, Elizabeth Cloyd Bell born September 7, 1897, Samuel Hays Bell born May 16, 1901, and Agnes McGavock Bell born September 1, 1905. Frank Bell worked in the cattle business just like his father and grandfather, he was an accomplished business man and over the years he bought up the rest of the Rockwood property from his sister, Mary Louisa Bell Black. He died at Rockwood on December 21, 1939, just a few months after the celebration of his fiftieth wedding anniversary.","Frank Bell's son, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow on November 16, 1918. They had four sons, Edgar Withrow Bell, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr., David Kent Bell, and Andrew Mathews Bell. Gordon Bell Sr. was a farmer and overseer of farm lands, he also served as the President of the Bank of Dublin. Mary Withrow Bell died September 30, 1938. Gordon Cloyd Sr. then married Lucy Preston King in October of 1942, they lived for a time in Phoenix, Arizona where Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. died in 1965.","Edgar Withrow Bell, the eldest son of Gordon Cloyd and Mary Withrow Bell was born on October 27, 1919. He grew up in Dublin and attended Lees-McCrea College in North Carolina. He wrote articles about music trends and opened \"The Record Bar\" at Wysor Electric Appliance Co. in Dublin. He also served as a postal worker in Arlington where he died in November of 1971.","Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. was born in Dublin on May 13, 1921. He was a farmer and overseer of the Withrow and Bell lands in Pulaski County, VA. He also served on the board of the Bank of Dublin. He attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Furman College before entering the armed services in January of 1943 and served with the Black Panther Division during World War II. Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in September of 1967.","David Kent Bell was born in Dublin on April 5, 1925. David attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated with the Class of 1949. He also served in the armed services during World War II. He married Beverly Ann Gould from Baltimore, together they had two children: Sheri Lynn Bell born April 30, 1957 and James Gordon Bell born March 3, 1959. David Kent and Beverly Gould divorced and he married Helga Lewandowski. David Kent Bell died January 26, 2003.","Andrew Mathews Bell was born in Dublin on July 14, 1932. He died October 26, 1948.","Ellen Howe Bell was born February 12, 1893. She attended Mary Baldwin College. Ellen married Orrin Rankin Magill on September 30, 1915. Through the National YMCA, they moved to China where they lived for many years. Upon retiring, they moved to Blacksburg where they often entertained Chinese students attending Virginia Tech. Ellen Howe Bell Magill was elected the 1962 Mother of the Year in Blacksburg. She died January 19, 1968.","In 1918, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow. She was the granddaughter of James W. Withrow of Greenbrier County. James Withrow was born in Lewisburg, in what is now West Virginia, on October 23, 1818. Though not a licensed attorney he served as a judge and for many years, the Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court. He also represented the county in the state legislature where he served on the Judiciary Committee. He married Mary Jane Kincaid and had two sons, Edgar Daingerfield Withrow and Heber K. Withrow, and three daughters, Mrs. Helen Feamster, Miss Mary J. Withrow, and Mrs. Lucy Withrow Montgomery. James Withrow died June 26, 1901.","Edgar Daingerfield Withrow was born December 9, 1845. He married Mary See Renick on November 3, 1886. Edgar served in the Civil War as a member of Confederate company E of the 14th Virginia Cavalry. Edgar was captured at Berryville in 1864 and spent the end of the war at Camp Chare in Ohio. Following the War, Edgar went into business with his father, and later ran his own business selling agricultural implements. Together with Mary Renick, he had six daughters and one son: Mary Mathews Withrow, born September 16, 1887, died October 3, 1892; Annie Primrose Withrow, born January 26, 1889, died June 16, 1982; Mary Eliza Withrow, born November 29, 1892, died September 29, 1938; Helen Cameron Withrow, born January 9, 1895, died July 25, 1903; Letitia Renick Withrow, born July 1, 1897, died December 24, 1922; Geraldine Withrow, born August 1, 1901, died July 8, 1902; Edgar D. Withrow Jr., born July 8, 1903, died October 2, 1913. The Withrows moved to Pulaski County sometime around 1910. Edgar Withrow died March 9, 1926 and Mary Renick Withrow died January 7, 1929. ","Annie P. Withrow never married. She was very close with her nephews, Edgar, Gordon, David and Andrew Bell, and much of their correspondence was written to her. She attended the Lewisburg Female Institute beginning in 1907. Annie Withrow died in June of 1982.","Letitia R. Withrow was born July 1, 1897. She moved with her family to Dublin and graduated from Dublin High School. She then attended Stonewall Jackson College in Abingdon until the school burned in 1914. She then entered Hollins College in Roanoke, VA, following graduation she became a special student of voice under Professor A. Y. Cornell of New York for two years. In 1919, she took a job as Assistant Voice Teacher at Greenville Women's College in Greenville, South Carolina. She taught there for two years, and one year at Annville College in Annville, Pennsylvania. She left Annville College to return to New York in order to resume her training with Professor Cornell in preparation for a singing career. Shortly thereafter she returned home, where she died from influenza on December 24, 1922.","The guide to the the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection began in June 2008 and was completed in October 2008.","A listing of individuals and families in the Biographical Vertical Files at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives is available online,  but files of particular interest may include:","Bentley family (related to the Cloyd, Kent, and McGavock families)--this file contains a 2014 update to: Robert Gray's  The McGavock Family. A Genealogical History of James McGavock and His Descendants from 1760 to 1903 . Richmond: W.E. Jones, 1903. CS 71 .M144 1903 (copies in Special Collections and University Archives and Newman Library).  The 2014 update is also available online. Kent","See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","\"Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan\" Photograph Album, Ms2021-020","Francis Bell Letter, Ms2024-088","The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection spans the dates 1780 to 1998. The collection contains the papers and business records of four prominent families from Montgomery County and Pulaski County, Virginia and Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Also included are documents relating to numerous other individuals and families from across Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia. Documents include correspondence, land deeds and warrants, as well as financial records including debt statements, receipts, account statements, and money orders. The collection is divided into thirteen major series: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers, Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers, David Kent Bell Papers, Bell Family Papers, James Withrow Papers, Edgar D. Withrow Papers, Annie P. Withrow Papers, Withrow Family Papers, Kent Family Papers, Cloyd Family Papers, Other Family Papers, and Other Materials. ","Series I: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers: This series spans the years 1917 to 1962 and includes personal correspondence to and from Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. as well as business correspondence and materials from Bell's time as the President of the Bank of Dublin in Dublin, VA. The series also contains bank statements from 1940 to 1941.","Series II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers: This series contains materials dating from 1919 to 1970, including a birth certificate for Edgar W. Bell. The papers are mainly personal in nature. There is extensive correspondence, dating from 1934 to 1970 as well as a scrapbook and some newspaper clippings. There is a limited amount of Edgar Bell's financial records including bank statements dating from 1942 to 1945.","Series III: Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers: these papers date from 1921 to 1967. These papers include a birth certificate and academic records, as well as, land deeds, tax documents, and financial records. Also included are materials from Gordon Bell Jr.'s time in the military including correspondence from the time of his service in World War II. World War II materials also include a \"Save Conduct Leaflet.\" These leaflets were air dropped in Western Europe by Allied forces in order to aid in the surrender of German Soldiers, the leaflet in this collection was most likely the version distributed from December 1944 through April 1945, it contains both English and German text.","Series IV: David Kent Bell Papers: These papers date from 1925 to 1978. They range in scope from David Bell's birth certificate and education records to financial records and insurance documents. Also included is correspondence, some of which dates from David Bell's service in World War II. Also from this period are military documents dating from 1943 to 1948.","Series V: Bell Family Papers: This series is composed for documents from various members of the Bell family including James Bell, Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, Francis Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. These items range in date from 1834 to 1967. They include financial records for James Bell, along with correspondence from Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. This series also contains information regarding the settlement of the estates of both Francis Bell and Mary Withrow Bell.","Series VI: James Withrow Papers: This series contains material ranging in date from 1848 to 1910. The bulk of the material in this series is financial records for James Withrow's business in agriculture, including contracts, correspondence, checks, receipts, money orders, debt statements, and account statements. Also present are documents relating to the settlement of James Withrow's estate.","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers: This series spans the dates 1864 through 1936. Included in this series are personal items including correspondence from Edgar Withrow's time as a Confederate Prisoner of War. Also included are records from the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays of which Edgar Withrow was a member. The majority of this series is composed of financial records and business records from Edgar Withrow's business as an agricultural implements salesman.","Series VIII: Annie Primrose Withrow Papers: These papers consist of personal correspondence and items dating from 1889 to 1981, including land deeds and other legal documents as well as a 1908 \"Greenbrier\" yearbook from the Lewisburg Female Institute.","Series IX: The Withrow Family Papers: This series spans from 1870 to 1941, it contains materials from members of the Withrow family including business records from various businesses run by James Withrow and his son, Edgar, in addition to this are papers from Heber K. Withrow, Mary Renick Withrow, Helen Withrow, Mary E. Withrow, Mary J. Withrow, Letitia Withrow, and papers from Withrow Place as well as the Withrow Tourist Home.","Series X: The Kent Family Papers: This series includes materials dating from 1814 to 1881. The series includes the correspondence and financial records of two prominent Southwest Virginia landowners, James Randal Kent and David Fenton Kent.","Series XI: The Cloyd Family Papers: The Cloyd family papers include correspondence and financial records for Gordon, Mary, and James Cloyd. Also included are several land surveys done by Gordon Cloyd, a land surveyor for Southwest Virginia. These materials date from 1792 to 1866.","Series XII: Other Family Papers: This series is composed of land warrants and deeds, financial records, and personal correspondence from numerous individuals and families from Southwest Virginia and what is now, Southern West Virginia. These materials range in date from 1780 to 1998 and are dived into two categories, those materials sorted by individual or family and items organized by category.","Series XIII: Other Materials: This series is composed of magazines, booklets, brochures, and photographs that could not be identified as belonging to any one person or family. The series spans the dates 1901 through 1997.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection contains the personal papers and financial records of members of four prominent families. Included are members of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, and Withrow families, as well as, materials from related families and acquaintances. This is a diverse collection containing materials dating from 1780 to 1998. Items of interest include several Land Deeds and Warrant from the late 18th Century, including one signed by Benjamin Harrison, then Governor of Virginia; American Civil War correspondence from Confederate POW, Edgar Withrow; Regimental listings from the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia; and correspondence and military documents dating from World War II. The main collection contains materials from Gen. Gordon Cloyd, James Randal Kent, David Fenton Kent, Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr., David Kent Bell, James and Edgar Withrow, and many others.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family","The materials in the collection are in English."],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.2008.040"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection"],"collection_ssim":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"creator_ssm":["Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family"],"creator_ssim":["Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family"],"creators_ssim":["Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection was donated by James Gordon Bell to Special Collections in 2008: \"In memory of my grandfather, Gordon Cloyd Bell, who collected items of historical interest, and my father, David Kent Bell, who treasured them, my wish is that these items be used to preserve our history.\""],"access_subjects_ssim":["Montgomery County (Va.)","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Women -- History"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Montgomery County (Va.)","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Women -- History"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["9.5 Cubic Feet 18 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["9.5 Cubic Feet 18 boxes"],"date_range_isim":[1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged into series corresponding to the creators. Each series arranged by type of material and then placed in chronological order. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Gordon Cloyd Bell, Sr. Papers, 1917-1962\t\t\t\t\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, 1919-1970\t\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Gordon Cloyd Bell, Jr. Papers, 1921-1967\t\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: David Kent Bell Papers, 1925-1978\t\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bell Family Papers, 1834-1841\t\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: James Withrow Papers, 1848-1910\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers, 1864-1936\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Annie Withrow Papers, 1889-1981\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: Withrow Family Papers, 1870-1941\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: Kent Family Papers, 1814-1881\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries XI: Cloyd Family Papers, 1792-1866\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries XII: Other Family Papers, 1780-1998\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries XIII: Other Materials, 1901-1997\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged into series corresponding to the creators. Each series arranged by type of material and then placed in chronological order. ","Series I: Gordon Cloyd Bell, Sr. Papers, 1917-1962\t\t\t\t","Series II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, 1919-1970\t","Series III: Gordon Cloyd Bell, Jr. Papers, 1921-1967\t","Series IV: David Kent Bell Papers, 1925-1978\t","Series V: Bell Family Papers, 1834-1841\t","Series VI: James Withrow Papers, 1848-1910","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers, 1864-1936","Series VIII: Annie Withrow Papers, 1889-1981","Series IX: Withrow Family Papers, 1870-1941","Series X: Kent Family Papers, 1814-1881","Series XI: Cloyd Family Papers, 1792-1866","Series XII: Other Family Papers, 1780-1998","Series XIII: Other Materials, 1901-1997"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGen. Gordon Cloyd was a descendant of David Cloyd. In 1764, Indians attacked the homestead of David Cloyd in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His wife, Margaret, was killed, as well as his son, John. Another son, Joseph Cloyd was away from the house at the time of the attack and was thus spared. David Cloyd passed away in 1792; Joseph Cloyd bought land and settled in Back Creek in present day Pulaski County in 1773. During the American Revolution, Joseph Cloyd served under Col. William Preston of Montgomery County. He is credited with saving Col. Preston's life when Preston was thrown from his horse during a skirmish at Wetzell's Mill in North Carolina. Following the war, Joseph Cloyd bought up more land in Pulaski County and built a brick house on Back Creek. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Cloyd married Mary Gordon and together they had three sons, Gordon, David, and Thomas. Gordon and David married two sisters, Sallie and Elizabeth McGavock. The McGavock sisters were the daughters of James McGavock and Mary Cloyd, Joseph Cloyd's sister. James and Mary McGavock also had a third daughter, Margaret, who married Joseph Kent.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavid Cloyd and Sallie McGavock had five children: Margaret, Joseph, Gordon, Cynthia, and James McGavock. James McGavock Cloyd married Frances E. McNutt on November 5, 1853, together they had on child, David, in January of 1855. Frances died on December 21, 1858. James then married Harriet J. Ernest on January 10, 1861. They had four children: Fanny Ernest, Lucy McGavock, Sally, and Harriet Gordon. James Cloyd lived at the homestead on Back Creek in Pulaski County that was originally settled by Col. Joseph Cloyd.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGordon Cloyd commanded the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812; he was later promoted to Major-General and thereafter was known as General Cloyd. He later served as a land surveyor for the Montgomery County area, and together with his brothers, purchased a tract of land along the New River know as Buchanan's Bottom. Gen. Gordon Cloyd and Elizabeth McGavock Cloyd together had six children, only two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth Cloyd survived. The two sisters married two brothers, James Randal and David Fenton Kent. David and James were the sons of Joseph Kent and Margaret McGavock Kent. Gordon Cloyd left the Buchanan's Bottom land to his daughter, Mary, and her husband, James Randal Kent. Elizabeth Kent and David Fenton Kent received the land at Back Creek and the house known as Springfield.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavid Fenton Kent and Elizabeth Cloyd were married on January 2, 1834. Together they had seven children: Gordon Cloyd, born December 7, 1834, died November 11, 1837; an unnamed son, April 23, 1836 who lived eight days; Mary Elizabeth, born May 17, 1837, died December 14, 1837; James Randal, born August 15, 1838, died September 4, 1861; Sarah McGavock, born November 5, 1839, died March 9, 1891; Joseph Gordon, born March 22, 1841, died July 15, 1886; David Fenton, born May 17, 1844, died October 18, 1878. David F. Kent lived at the Springfield property and ran businesses with a Thomas Miller. He was reputed to have been an entertaining storyteller. David Fenton Kent died on January 28, 1850. Elizabeth Cloyd Kent outlived him by nineteen years, dying February 7, 1869.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Randal Kent and Mary Cloyd Kent moved to Buchanan's Bottom and lived at first in the old Trigg house. Later, they built Kentland mansion, which stands to this day. Together James and Mary had five daughters, Elizabeth Cloyd, born 1819, Sarah James, born 1822, Mary Louisa, born 1824, Cynthia, born 1827, and Margaret Gordon, born 1840. James Randal Kent was an enslaver, prominent landowner, and successful farmer. He also held several minor public offices including Sheriff of Montgomery County from 1822 to 1823, he also served as a Justice and a land surveyor. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s, James Randal Kent bought up land, he owned around 8000 acres in 1860. In 1855, construction began on a resort at Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, a hotel that later served as a hospital during the American Civil War. In 1860, James Randal Kent became a founder of the Preston and Olin Institute, a Methodist school in Blacksburg that was the predecessor to present day Virginia Tech. He was among the wealthiest men in Montgomery County with an estimated wealth of $196,000. Kent was a staunch supporter of the Confederacy, he enslaved more than 100 people at the start of the war. He served as an organizer for the Confederate Army, as well as a supplier of foodstuffs, providing grain and beef to the Confederate Army all the way up to the day Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Though Kentland survived the war, many barns and out-buildings were burned, including the plantation office with the majority of James Kent's personal papers, and in 1867 his land was valued at 41% less than it had been in 1860. James Randal Kent died on May 29, 1867. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSarah James Kent, daughter of James Randal Kent, married Francis Bell, a cattle buyer from Staunton, in 1855. Together Sarah and Francis had four surviving children: twin sons, James Randal Kent Bell and Samuel Hays Bell in 1858, a daughter, Mary Louisa Bell in 1861, and Francis \"Frank\" Bell in 1864. They built a home on the land in Pulaski given to Sarah by her father. They lived at Mountain Home until the mid-1870s, when in 1872 Francis Bell purchased land from the Darsts and the Cloyds, their new home, Rockwood, was built c. 1876.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe four Bell children were well educated and all attended college for some period of time. Public schools were non-existent at this time, so a governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick taught them while they lived at Mountain Home. James Randal Kent and Samuel Hays Bell both attended Washington College in Lexington from 1875 to 1877. Mary Louisa Bell went to Mary Baldwin College in Staunton. Frank Bell attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute before transferring to the Virginia Military Institute and graduating with the class of 1885.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSarah James Kent Bell died in April of 1884; Francis Bell followed her nine years later in 1893. In their will, all their land and properties were to be divided by the four children as they saw fit. James Randal Kent Bell received the Mountain Home properties, Samuel inherited the land in Augusta County, and Rockwood was split between Frank Bell and Mary Louisa Bell.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Randal Kent Bell married three times. His first wife was Maria L. Sedgwick, the daughter of their governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick, Maria died shortly after the birth of their daughter, Mary Peck Bell. His second wife was Lida Howell Whitsett, Lida died in January of 1902. Together they had five children, Amelia Louise, Elizabeth Kent, Sarah Frances, James, and Francis Joseph. The name of James R. K. Bell's third wife is unknown. All of his children were born at Mountain Home and grew up there.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Hays Bell married Bessie Arbuthnot on May 18, 1893. Together they had four daughters, Sarah James, Elizabeth, Mary Lou, and Margaret. They lived in Staunton on the land inherited from Francis Bell. Samuel Bell died in Staunton on June 26, 1903.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Louisa Bell married Dr. Kent Black at Rockwood November 14, 1894. Dr. Black graduated from the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1875, he worked as physician and surgeon at the school until 1890. Dr. Black died in 1909, following his death Mary Louisa Bell Black moved back to Pulaski to live with her family, she died at Rockwood December 12, 1943.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrank Bell married Ellen Gordan Kent, the granddaughter of David Fenton Kent, in 1889. They had eight children: Sarah Kent Bell born September 28, 1890, Gordon Cloyd Bell born January 16, 1892, Ellen Howe Bell born February 12, 1893, Francis Bell born August 16, 1894, Mary Lou Bell born July 1, 1896, Elizabeth Cloyd Bell born September 7, 1897, Samuel Hays Bell born May 16, 1901, and Agnes McGavock Bell born September 1, 1905. Frank Bell worked in the cattle business just like his father and grandfather, he was an accomplished business man and over the years he bought up the rest of the Rockwood property from his sister, Mary Louisa Bell Black. He died at Rockwood on December 21, 1939, just a few months after the celebration of his fiftieth wedding anniversary.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrank Bell's son, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow on November 16, 1918. They had four sons, Edgar Withrow Bell, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr., David Kent Bell, and Andrew Mathews Bell. Gordon Bell Sr. was a farmer and overseer of farm lands, he also served as the President of the Bank of Dublin. Mary Withrow Bell died September 30, 1938. Gordon Cloyd Sr. then married Lucy Preston King in October of 1942, they lived for a time in Phoenix, Arizona where Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. died in 1965.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdgar Withrow Bell, the eldest son of Gordon Cloyd and Mary Withrow Bell was born on October 27, 1919. He grew up in Dublin and attended Lees-McCrea College in North Carolina. He wrote articles about music trends and opened \"The Record Bar\" at Wysor Electric Appliance Co. in Dublin. He also served as a postal worker in Arlington where he died in November of 1971.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGordon Cloyd Bell Jr. was born in Dublin on May 13, 1921. He was a farmer and overseer of the Withrow and Bell lands in Pulaski County, VA. He also served on the board of the Bank of Dublin. He attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Furman College before entering the armed services in January of 1943 and served with the Black Panther Division during World War II. Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in September of 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavid Kent Bell was born in Dublin on April 5, 1925. David attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated with the Class of 1949. He also served in the armed services during World War II. He married Beverly Ann Gould from Baltimore, together they had two children: Sheri Lynn Bell born April 30, 1957 and James Gordon Bell born March 3, 1959. David Kent and Beverly Gould divorced and he married Helga Lewandowski. David Kent Bell died January 26, 2003.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Mathews Bell was born in Dublin on July 14, 1932. He died October 26, 1948.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEllen Howe Bell was born February 12, 1893. She attended Mary Baldwin College. Ellen married Orrin Rankin Magill on September 30, 1915. Through the National YMCA, they moved to China where they lived for many years. Upon retiring, they moved to Blacksburg where they often entertained Chinese students attending Virginia Tech. Ellen Howe Bell Magill was elected the 1962 Mother of the Year in Blacksburg. She died January 19, 1968.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1918, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow. She was the granddaughter of James W. Withrow of Greenbrier County. James Withrow was born in Lewisburg, in what is now West Virginia, on October 23, 1818. Though not a licensed attorney he served as a judge and for many years, the Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court. He also represented the county in the state legislature where he served on the Judiciary Committee. He married Mary Jane Kincaid and had two sons, Edgar Daingerfield Withrow and Heber K. Withrow, and three daughters, Mrs. Helen Feamster, Miss Mary J. Withrow, and Mrs. Lucy Withrow Montgomery. James Withrow died June 26, 1901.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdgar Daingerfield Withrow was born December 9, 1845. He married Mary See Renick on November 3, 1886. Edgar served in the Civil War as a member of Confederate company E of the 14th Virginia Cavalry. Edgar was captured at Berryville in 1864 and spent the end of the war at Camp Chare in Ohio. Following the War, Edgar went into business with his father, and later ran his own business selling agricultural implements. Together with Mary Renick, he had six daughters and one son: Mary Mathews Withrow, born September 16, 1887, died October 3, 1892; Annie Primrose Withrow, born January 26, 1889, died June 16, 1982; Mary Eliza Withrow, born November 29, 1892, died September 29, 1938; Helen Cameron Withrow, born January 9, 1895, died July 25, 1903; Letitia Renick Withrow, born July 1, 1897, died December 24, 1922; Geraldine Withrow, born August 1, 1901, died July 8, 1902; Edgar D. Withrow Jr., born July 8, 1903, died October 2, 1913. The Withrows moved to Pulaski County sometime around 1910. Edgar Withrow died March 9, 1926 and Mary Renick Withrow died January 7, 1929. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAnnie P. Withrow never married. She was very close with her nephews, Edgar, Gordon, David and Andrew Bell, and much of their correspondence was written to her. She attended the Lewisburg Female Institute beginning in 1907. Annie Withrow died in June of 1982.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetitia R. Withrow was born July 1, 1897. She moved with her family to Dublin and graduated from Dublin High School. She then attended Stonewall Jackson College in Abingdon until the school burned in 1914. She then entered Hollins College in Roanoke, VA, following graduation she became a special student of voice under Professor A. Y. Cornell of New York for two years. In 1919, she took a job as Assistant Voice Teacher at Greenville Women's College in Greenville, South Carolina. She taught there for two years, and one year at Annville College in Annville, Pennsylvania. She left Annville College to return to New York in order to resume her training with Professor Cornell in preparation for a singing career. Shortly thereafter she returned home, where she died from influenza on December 24, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Family History"],"bioghist_tesim":["Gen. Gordon Cloyd was a descendant of David Cloyd. In 1764, Indians attacked the homestead of David Cloyd in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His wife, Margaret, was killed, as well as his son, John. Another son, Joseph Cloyd was away from the house at the time of the attack and was thus spared. David Cloyd passed away in 1792; Joseph Cloyd bought land and settled in Back Creek in present day Pulaski County in 1773. During the American Revolution, Joseph Cloyd served under Col. William Preston of Montgomery County. He is credited with saving Col. Preston's life when Preston was thrown from his horse during a skirmish at Wetzell's Mill in North Carolina. Following the war, Joseph Cloyd bought up more land in Pulaski County and built a brick house on Back Creek. ","Joseph Cloyd married Mary Gordon and together they had three sons, Gordon, David, and Thomas. Gordon and David married two sisters, Sallie and Elizabeth McGavock. The McGavock sisters were the daughters of James McGavock and Mary Cloyd, Joseph Cloyd's sister. James and Mary McGavock also had a third daughter, Margaret, who married Joseph Kent.","David Cloyd and Sallie McGavock had five children: Margaret, Joseph, Gordon, Cynthia, and James McGavock. James McGavock Cloyd married Frances E. McNutt on November 5, 1853, together they had on child, David, in January of 1855. Frances died on December 21, 1858. James then married Harriet J. Ernest on January 10, 1861. They had four children: Fanny Ernest, Lucy McGavock, Sally, and Harriet Gordon. James Cloyd lived at the homestead on Back Creek in Pulaski County that was originally settled by Col. Joseph Cloyd.","Gordon Cloyd commanded the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812; he was later promoted to Major-General and thereafter was known as General Cloyd. He later served as a land surveyor for the Montgomery County area, and together with his brothers, purchased a tract of land along the New River know as Buchanan's Bottom. Gen. Gordon Cloyd and Elizabeth McGavock Cloyd together had six children, only two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth Cloyd survived. The two sisters married two brothers, James Randal and David Fenton Kent. David and James were the sons of Joseph Kent and Margaret McGavock Kent. Gordon Cloyd left the Buchanan's Bottom land to his daughter, Mary, and her husband, James Randal Kent. Elizabeth Kent and David Fenton Kent received the land at Back Creek and the house known as Springfield.","David Fenton Kent and Elizabeth Cloyd were married on January 2, 1834. Together they had seven children: Gordon Cloyd, born December 7, 1834, died November 11, 1837; an unnamed son, April 23, 1836 who lived eight days; Mary Elizabeth, born May 17, 1837, died December 14, 1837; James Randal, born August 15, 1838, died September 4, 1861; Sarah McGavock, born November 5, 1839, died March 9, 1891; Joseph Gordon, born March 22, 1841, died July 15, 1886; David Fenton, born May 17, 1844, died October 18, 1878. David F. Kent lived at the Springfield property and ran businesses with a Thomas Miller. He was reputed to have been an entertaining storyteller. David Fenton Kent died on January 28, 1850. Elizabeth Cloyd Kent outlived him by nineteen years, dying February 7, 1869.","James Randal Kent and Mary Cloyd Kent moved to Buchanan's Bottom and lived at first in the old Trigg house. Later, they built Kentland mansion, which stands to this day. Together James and Mary had five daughters, Elizabeth Cloyd, born 1819, Sarah James, born 1822, Mary Louisa, born 1824, Cynthia, born 1827, and Margaret Gordon, born 1840. James Randal Kent was an enslaver, prominent landowner, and successful farmer. He also held several minor public offices including Sheriff of Montgomery County from 1822 to 1823, he also served as a Justice and a land surveyor. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s, James Randal Kent bought up land, he owned around 8000 acres in 1860. In 1855, construction began on a resort at Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, a hotel that later served as a hospital during the American Civil War. In 1860, James Randal Kent became a founder of the Preston and Olin Institute, a Methodist school in Blacksburg that was the predecessor to present day Virginia Tech. He was among the wealthiest men in Montgomery County with an estimated wealth of $196,000. Kent was a staunch supporter of the Confederacy, he enslaved more than 100 people at the start of the war. He served as an organizer for the Confederate Army, as well as a supplier of foodstuffs, providing grain and beef to the Confederate Army all the way up to the day Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Though Kentland survived the war, many barns and out-buildings were burned, including the plantation office with the majority of James Kent's personal papers, and in 1867 his land was valued at 41% less than it had been in 1860. James Randal Kent died on May 29, 1867. ","Sarah James Kent, daughter of James Randal Kent, married Francis Bell, a cattle buyer from Staunton, in 1855. Together Sarah and Francis had four surviving children: twin sons, James Randal Kent Bell and Samuel Hays Bell in 1858, a daughter, Mary Louisa Bell in 1861, and Francis \"Frank\" Bell in 1864. They built a home on the land in Pulaski given to Sarah by her father. They lived at Mountain Home until the mid-1870s, when in 1872 Francis Bell purchased land from the Darsts and the Cloyds, their new home, Rockwood, was built c. 1876.","The four Bell children were well educated and all attended college for some period of time. Public schools were non-existent at this time, so a governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick taught them while they lived at Mountain Home. James Randal Kent and Samuel Hays Bell both attended Washington College in Lexington from 1875 to 1877. Mary Louisa Bell went to Mary Baldwin College in Staunton. Frank Bell attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute before transferring to the Virginia Military Institute and graduating with the class of 1885.","Sarah James Kent Bell died in April of 1884; Francis Bell followed her nine years later in 1893. In their will, all their land and properties were to be divided by the four children as they saw fit. James Randal Kent Bell received the Mountain Home properties, Samuel inherited the land in Augusta County, and Rockwood was split between Frank Bell and Mary Louisa Bell.","James Randal Kent Bell married three times. His first wife was Maria L. Sedgwick, the daughter of their governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick, Maria died shortly after the birth of their daughter, Mary Peck Bell. His second wife was Lida Howell Whitsett, Lida died in January of 1902. Together they had five children, Amelia Louise, Elizabeth Kent, Sarah Frances, James, and Francis Joseph. The name of James R. K. Bell's third wife is unknown. All of his children were born at Mountain Home and grew up there.","Samuel Hays Bell married Bessie Arbuthnot on May 18, 1893. Together they had four daughters, Sarah James, Elizabeth, Mary Lou, and Margaret. They lived in Staunton on the land inherited from Francis Bell. Samuel Bell died in Staunton on June 26, 1903.","Mary Louisa Bell married Dr. Kent Black at Rockwood November 14, 1894. Dr. Black graduated from the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1875, he worked as physician and surgeon at the school until 1890. Dr. Black died in 1909, following his death Mary Louisa Bell Black moved back to Pulaski to live with her family, she died at Rockwood December 12, 1943.","Frank Bell married Ellen Gordan Kent, the granddaughter of David Fenton Kent, in 1889. They had eight children: Sarah Kent Bell born September 28, 1890, Gordon Cloyd Bell born January 16, 1892, Ellen Howe Bell born February 12, 1893, Francis Bell born August 16, 1894, Mary Lou Bell born July 1, 1896, Elizabeth Cloyd Bell born September 7, 1897, Samuel Hays Bell born May 16, 1901, and Agnes McGavock Bell born September 1, 1905. Frank Bell worked in the cattle business just like his father and grandfather, he was an accomplished business man and over the years he bought up the rest of the Rockwood property from his sister, Mary Louisa Bell Black. He died at Rockwood on December 21, 1939, just a few months after the celebration of his fiftieth wedding anniversary.","Frank Bell's son, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow on November 16, 1918. They had four sons, Edgar Withrow Bell, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr., David Kent Bell, and Andrew Mathews Bell. Gordon Bell Sr. was a farmer and overseer of farm lands, he also served as the President of the Bank of Dublin. Mary Withrow Bell died September 30, 1938. Gordon Cloyd Sr. then married Lucy Preston King in October of 1942, they lived for a time in Phoenix, Arizona where Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. died in 1965.","Edgar Withrow Bell, the eldest son of Gordon Cloyd and Mary Withrow Bell was born on October 27, 1919. He grew up in Dublin and attended Lees-McCrea College in North Carolina. He wrote articles about music trends and opened \"The Record Bar\" at Wysor Electric Appliance Co. in Dublin. He also served as a postal worker in Arlington where he died in November of 1971.","Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. was born in Dublin on May 13, 1921. He was a farmer and overseer of the Withrow and Bell lands in Pulaski County, VA. He also served on the board of the Bank of Dublin. He attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Furman College before entering the armed services in January of 1943 and served with the Black Panther Division during World War II. Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in September of 1967.","David Kent Bell was born in Dublin on April 5, 1925. David attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated with the Class of 1949. He also served in the armed services during World War II. He married Beverly Ann Gould from Baltimore, together they had two children: Sheri Lynn Bell born April 30, 1957 and James Gordon Bell born March 3, 1959. David Kent and Beverly Gould divorced and he married Helga Lewandowski. David Kent Bell died January 26, 2003.","Andrew Mathews Bell was born in Dublin on July 14, 1932. He died October 26, 1948.","Ellen Howe Bell was born February 12, 1893. She attended Mary Baldwin College. Ellen married Orrin Rankin Magill on September 30, 1915. Through the National YMCA, they moved to China where they lived for many years. Upon retiring, they moved to Blacksburg where they often entertained Chinese students attending Virginia Tech. Ellen Howe Bell Magill was elected the 1962 Mother of the Year in Blacksburg. She died January 19, 1968.","In 1918, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow. She was the granddaughter of James W. Withrow of Greenbrier County. James Withrow was born in Lewisburg, in what is now West Virginia, on October 23, 1818. Though not a licensed attorney he served as a judge and for many years, the Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court. He also represented the county in the state legislature where he served on the Judiciary Committee. He married Mary Jane Kincaid and had two sons, Edgar Daingerfield Withrow and Heber K. Withrow, and three daughters, Mrs. Helen Feamster, Miss Mary J. Withrow, and Mrs. Lucy Withrow Montgomery. James Withrow died June 26, 1901.","Edgar Daingerfield Withrow was born December 9, 1845. He married Mary See Renick on November 3, 1886. Edgar served in the Civil War as a member of Confederate company E of the 14th Virginia Cavalry. Edgar was captured at Berryville in 1864 and spent the end of the war at Camp Chare in Ohio. Following the War, Edgar went into business with his father, and later ran his own business selling agricultural implements. Together with Mary Renick, he had six daughters and one son: Mary Mathews Withrow, born September 16, 1887, died October 3, 1892; Annie Primrose Withrow, born January 26, 1889, died June 16, 1982; Mary Eliza Withrow, born November 29, 1892, died September 29, 1938; Helen Cameron Withrow, born January 9, 1895, died July 25, 1903; Letitia Renick Withrow, born July 1, 1897, died December 24, 1922; Geraldine Withrow, born August 1, 1901, died July 8, 1902; Edgar D. Withrow Jr., born July 8, 1903, died October 2, 1913. The Withrows moved to Pulaski County sometime around 1910. Edgar Withrow died March 9, 1926 and Mary Renick Withrow died January 7, 1929. ","Annie P. Withrow never married. She was very close with her nephews, Edgar, Gordon, David and Andrew Bell, and much of their correspondence was written to her. She attended the Lewisburg Female Institute beginning in 1907. Annie Withrow died in June of 1982.","Letitia R. Withrow was born July 1, 1897. She moved with her family to Dublin and graduated from Dublin High School. She then attended Stonewall Jackson College in Abingdon until the school burned in 1914. She then entered Hollins College in Roanoke, VA, following graduation she became a special student of voice under Professor A. Y. Cornell of New York for two years. In 1919, she took a job as Assistant Voice Teacher at Greenville Women's College in Greenville, South Carolina. She taught there for two years, and one year at Annville College in Annville, Pennsylvania. She left Annville College to return to New York in order to resume her training with Professor Cornell in preparation for a singing career. Shortly thereafter she returned home, where she died from influenza on December 24, 1922."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection began in June 2008 and was completed in October 2008.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection began in June 2008 and was completed in October 2008."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_3149.xml\"\u003eA listing of individuals and families in the Biographical Vertical Files at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives is available online,\u003c/a\u003e but files of particular interest may include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eBentley family (related to the Cloyd, Kent, and McGavock families)--this file contains a 2014 update to: Robert Gray's \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe McGavock Family. A Genealogical History of James McGavock and His Descendants from 1760 to 1903\u003c/title\u003e. Richmond: W.E. Jones, 1903. CS 71 .M144 1903 (copies in Special Collections and University Archives and Newman Library). \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/items/show/2684\"\u003eThe 2014 update is also available online.\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eKent\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSee the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1290.xml\"\u003eBlack, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1474.xml\"\u003eJames Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1779.xml\"\u003eElizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_3537.xml\"\u003e\"Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan\" Photograph Album, Ms2021-020\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4314.xml\"\u003eFrancis Bell Letter, Ms2024-088\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["A listing of individuals and families in the Biographical Vertical Files at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives is available online,  but files of particular interest may include:","Bentley family (related to the Cloyd, Kent, and McGavock families)--this file contains a 2014 update to: Robert Gray's  The McGavock Family. A Genealogical History of James McGavock and His Descendants from 1760 to 1903 . Richmond: W.E. Jones, 1903. CS 71 .M144 1903 (copies in Special Collections and University Archives and Newman Library).  The 2014 update is also available online. Kent","See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","\"Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan\" Photograph Album, Ms2021-020","Francis Bell Letter, Ms2024-088"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection spans the dates 1780 to 1998. The collection contains the papers and business records of four prominent families from Montgomery County and Pulaski County, Virginia and Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Also included are documents relating to numerous other individuals and families from across Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia. Documents include correspondence, land deeds and warrants, as well as financial records including debt statements, receipts, account statements, and money orders. The collection is divided into thirteen major series: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers, Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers, David Kent Bell Papers, Bell Family Papers, James Withrow Papers, Edgar D. Withrow Papers, Annie P. Withrow Papers, Withrow Family Papers, Kent Family Papers, Cloyd Family Papers, Other Family Papers, and Other Materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers: This series spans the years 1917 to 1962 and includes personal correspondence to and from Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. as well as business correspondence and materials from Bell's time as the President of the Bank of Dublin in Dublin, VA. The series also contains bank statements from 1940 to 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers: This series contains materials dating from 1919 to 1970, including a birth certificate for Edgar W. Bell. The papers are mainly personal in nature. There is extensive correspondence, dating from 1934 to 1970 as well as a scrapbook and some newspaper clippings. There is a limited amount of Edgar Bell's financial records including bank statements dating from 1942 to 1945.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers: these papers date from 1921 to 1967. These papers include a birth certificate and academic records, as well as, land deeds, tax documents, and financial records. Also included are materials from Gordon Bell Jr.'s time in the military including correspondence from the time of his service in World War II. World War II materials also include a \"Save Conduct Leaflet.\" These leaflets were air dropped in Western Europe by Allied forces in order to aid in the surrender of German Soldiers, the leaflet in this collection was most likely the version distributed from December 1944 through April 1945, it contains both English and German text.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: David Kent Bell Papers: These papers date from 1925 to 1978. They range in scope from David Bell's birth certificate and education records to financial records and insurance documents. Also included is correspondence, some of which dates from David Bell's service in World War II. Also from this period are military documents dating from 1943 to 1948.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bell Family Papers: This series is composed for documents from various members of the Bell family including James Bell, Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, Francis Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. These items range in date from 1834 to 1967. They include financial records for James Bell, along with correspondence from Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. This series also contains information regarding the settlement of the estates of both Francis Bell and Mary Withrow Bell.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: James Withrow Papers: This series contains material ranging in date from 1848 to 1910. The bulk of the material in this series is financial records for James Withrow's business in agriculture, including contracts, correspondence, checks, receipts, money orders, debt statements, and account statements. Also present are documents relating to the settlement of James Withrow's estate.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers: This series spans the dates 1864 through 1936. Included in this series are personal items including correspondence from Edgar Withrow's time as a Confederate Prisoner of War. Also included are records from the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays of which Edgar Withrow was a member. The majority of this series is composed of financial records and business records from Edgar Withrow's business as an agricultural implements salesman.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Annie Primrose Withrow Papers: These papers consist of personal correspondence and items dating from 1889 to 1981, including land deeds and other legal documents as well as a 1908 \"Greenbrier\" yearbook from the Lewisburg Female Institute.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: The Withrow Family Papers: This series spans from 1870 to 1941, it contains materials from members of the Withrow family including business records from various businesses run by James Withrow and his son, Edgar, in addition to this are papers from Heber K. Withrow, Mary Renick Withrow, Helen Withrow, Mary E. Withrow, Mary J. Withrow, Letitia Withrow, and papers from Withrow Place as well as the Withrow Tourist Home.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: The Kent Family Papers: This series includes materials dating from 1814 to 1881. The series includes the correspondence and financial records of two prominent Southwest Virginia landowners, James Randal Kent and David Fenton Kent.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries XI: The Cloyd Family Papers: The Cloyd family papers include correspondence and financial records for Gordon, Mary, and James Cloyd. Also included are several land surveys done by Gordon Cloyd, a land surveyor for Southwest Virginia. These materials date from 1792 to 1866.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries XII: Other Family Papers: This series is composed of land warrants and deeds, financial records, and personal correspondence from numerous individuals and families from Southwest Virginia and what is now, Southern West Virginia. These materials range in date from 1780 to 1998 and are dived into two categories, those materials sorted by individual or family and items organized by category.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries XIII: Other Materials: This series is composed of magazines, booklets, brochures, and photographs that could not be identified as belonging to any one person or family. The series spans the dates 1901 through 1997.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection spans the dates 1780 to 1998. The collection contains the papers and business records of four prominent families from Montgomery County and Pulaski County, Virginia and Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Also included are documents relating to numerous other individuals and families from across Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia. Documents include correspondence, land deeds and warrants, as well as financial records including debt statements, receipts, account statements, and money orders. The collection is divided into thirteen major series: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers, Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers, David Kent Bell Papers, Bell Family Papers, James Withrow Papers, Edgar D. Withrow Papers, Annie P. Withrow Papers, Withrow Family Papers, Kent Family Papers, Cloyd Family Papers, Other Family Papers, and Other Materials. ","Series I: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers: This series spans the years 1917 to 1962 and includes personal correspondence to and from Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. as well as business correspondence and materials from Bell's time as the President of the Bank of Dublin in Dublin, VA. The series also contains bank statements from 1940 to 1941.","Series II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers: This series contains materials dating from 1919 to 1970, including a birth certificate for Edgar W. Bell. The papers are mainly personal in nature. There is extensive correspondence, dating from 1934 to 1970 as well as a scrapbook and some newspaper clippings. There is a limited amount of Edgar Bell's financial records including bank statements dating from 1942 to 1945.","Series III: Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers: these papers date from 1921 to 1967. These papers include a birth certificate and academic records, as well as, land deeds, tax documents, and financial records. Also included are materials from Gordon Bell Jr.'s time in the military including correspondence from the time of his service in World War II. World War II materials also include a \"Save Conduct Leaflet.\" These leaflets were air dropped in Western Europe by Allied forces in order to aid in the surrender of German Soldiers, the leaflet in this collection was most likely the version distributed from December 1944 through April 1945, it contains both English and German text.","Series IV: David Kent Bell Papers: These papers date from 1925 to 1978. They range in scope from David Bell's birth certificate and education records to financial records and insurance documents. Also included is correspondence, some of which dates from David Bell's service in World War II. Also from this period are military documents dating from 1943 to 1948.","Series V: Bell Family Papers: This series is composed for documents from various members of the Bell family including James Bell, Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, Francis Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. These items range in date from 1834 to 1967. They include financial records for James Bell, along with correspondence from Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. This series also contains information regarding the settlement of the estates of both Francis Bell and Mary Withrow Bell.","Series VI: James Withrow Papers: This series contains material ranging in date from 1848 to 1910. The bulk of the material in this series is financial records for James Withrow's business in agriculture, including contracts, correspondence, checks, receipts, money orders, debt statements, and account statements. Also present are documents relating to the settlement of James Withrow's estate.","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers: This series spans the dates 1864 through 1936. Included in this series are personal items including correspondence from Edgar Withrow's time as a Confederate Prisoner of War. Also included are records from the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays of which Edgar Withrow was a member. The majority of this series is composed of financial records and business records from Edgar Withrow's business as an agricultural implements salesman.","Series VIII: Annie Primrose Withrow Papers: These papers consist of personal correspondence and items dating from 1889 to 1981, including land deeds and other legal documents as well as a 1908 \"Greenbrier\" yearbook from the Lewisburg Female Institute.","Series IX: The Withrow Family Papers: This series spans from 1870 to 1941, it contains materials from members of the Withrow family including business records from various businesses run by James Withrow and his son, Edgar, in addition to this are papers from Heber K. Withrow, Mary Renick Withrow, Helen Withrow, Mary E. Withrow, Mary J. Withrow, Letitia Withrow, and papers from Withrow Place as well as the Withrow Tourist Home.","Series X: The Kent Family Papers: This series includes materials dating from 1814 to 1881. The series includes the correspondence and financial records of two prominent Southwest Virginia landowners, James Randal Kent and David Fenton Kent.","Series XI: The Cloyd Family Papers: The Cloyd family papers include correspondence and financial records for Gordon, Mary, and James Cloyd. Also included are several land surveys done by Gordon Cloyd, a land surveyor for Southwest Virginia. These materials date from 1792 to 1866.","Series XII: Other Family Papers: This series is composed of land warrants and deeds, financial records, and personal correspondence from numerous individuals and families from Southwest Virginia and what is now, Southern West Virginia. These materials range in date from 1780 to 1998 and are dived into two categories, those materials sorted by individual or family and items organized by category.","Series XIII: Other Materials: This series is composed of magazines, booklets, brochures, and photographs that could not be identified as belonging to any one person or family. The series spans the dates 1901 through 1997."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_a5f70c760aaa388e4b03cbb66aec856e\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection contains the personal papers and financial records of members of four prominent families. Included are members of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, and Withrow families, as well as, materials from related families and acquaintances. This is a diverse collection containing materials dating from 1780 to 1998. Items of interest include several Land Deeds and Warrant from the late 18th Century, including one signed by Benjamin Harrison, then Governor of Virginia; American Civil War correspondence from Confederate POW, Edgar Withrow; Regimental listings from the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia; and correspondence and military documents dating from World War II. The main collection contains materials from Gen. Gordon Cloyd, James Randal Kent, David Fenton Kent, Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr., David Kent Bell, James and Edgar Withrow, and many others.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection contains the personal papers and financial records of members of four prominent families. Included are members of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, and Withrow families, as well as, materials from related families and acquaintances. This is a diverse collection containing materials dating from 1780 to 1998. Items of interest include several Land Deeds and Warrant from the late 18th Century, including one signed by Benjamin Harrison, then Governor of Virginia; American Civil War correspondence from Confederate POW, Edgar Withrow; Regimental listings from the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia; and correspondence and military documents dating from World War II. The main collection contains materials from Gen. Gordon Cloyd, James Randal Kent, David Fenton Kent, Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr., David Kent Bell, James and Edgar Withrow, and many others."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"names_coll_ssim":["Withrow family","Kent family","Cloyd family","Bell family"],"famname_ssim":["Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":221,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:26:01.919Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2361_c07_c04"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27_c03","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"Fraternities","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27_c03#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eMo 3 may include Fraternities \u0026amp; Sororities--Social. Mo 3a may include Kappa Sigma. Mo 3b may include Sigma Alpha. Mo 3b, 3d may include Pi Kappa Alpha (Social Fraternity). Mo 3c may include Alpha Phi. Mo 3c no. 2 may include Beta Theta Pi (Social Fraternity).\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27_c03#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27_c03","ref_ssm":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27_c03"],"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27_c03","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27","parent_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27","parent_ssim":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151","viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151","viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings","Organizations"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings","Organizations"],"text":["Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings","Organizations","Fraternities","Mo 3 may include Fraternities \u0026 Sororities--Social.\nMo 3a may include Kappa Sigma.\nMo 3b may include Sigma Alpha.\nMo 3b, 3d may include Pi Kappa Alpha (Social Fraternity).\nMo 3c may include Alpha Phi.\nMo 3c no. 2 may include Beta Theta Pi (Social Fraternity)."],"title_filing_ssi":"Fraternities","title_ssm":["Fraternities"],"title_tesim":["Fraternities"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1876-1916"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1876/1916"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Fraternities"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"collection_ssim":["Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":1,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":195,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["The collection is open for research."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"date_range_isim":[1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMo 3 may include Fraternities \u0026amp; Sororities--Social.\nMo 3a may include Kappa Sigma.\nMo 3b may include Sigma Alpha.\nMo 3b, 3d may include Pi Kappa Alpha (Social Fraternity).\nMo 3c may include Alpha Phi.\nMo 3c no. 2 may include Beta Theta Pi (Social Fraternity).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Mo 3 may include Fraternities \u0026 Sororities--Social.\nMo 3a may include Kappa Sigma.\nMo 3b may include Sigma Alpha.\nMo 3b, 3d may include Pi Kappa Alpha (Social Fraternity).\nMo 3c may include Alpha Phi.\nMo 3c no. 2 may include Beta Theta Pi (Social Fraternity)."],"_nest_path_":"/components#26/components#2","timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:34:55.437Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_3151.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings","title_ssm":["Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings"],"title_tesim":["Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings"],"unitdate_ssm":["c. 1870s-c. 1960s"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["c. 1870s-c. 1960s"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["VerticalFile.006"],"text":["VerticalFile.006","Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings","Blacksburg (Va.)","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","University History","The collection is open for research.","Mounted Clippings are arranged by subject, primarily alphabetically.","The guide to the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description was completed by Special Collections staff prior to 2015. The finding aid was completed in August 2015. The re-integration of Mo56a-i, Association of Married Students was completed in October 2019.","See also Vertical Files (successors to the mounted clippings): Biographical Vertical Files Blacksburg Vertical Files Montgomery County/Christiansburg Vertical Files Record Group Vertical Files Southwest Virginia Vertical Files","In general, the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephermera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, and the activities of members of the community or university.","Ma may include Agricultural Conference Board and Institute Of Rural Affairs.","Ma 1 may include Agricultural Experiment Station \u0026 Field Research Stations.\nMa 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 16 may include Farmers' Institute.\nMa 3 may include Corn Day Short Course.\nMa 5, 18, 19, 29 may include Farmer'S Winter Short Course.\nMa 11, 24 may include Dairy Cattle At V.P.I.\nMa 18 may include Planters Club.\nMa 19 may include Pure-Bred Sire Campaign.\nMa 22 may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Poultry Science.\nMa 22 may include Boys \u0026 Girls Short Course.\nMa 23 may include Virginia Aberdeen Angus Breeders' Association.\nMa 23, 24, 59, 61 may include Horticulture Club.\nMa 25, 28 may include Corn Score Card.\nMa 28 may include Dairy Science Club (American Dairy Science Association; Incl. Dairy Clubs).\nMa 30, 65 may include Hoof \u0026 Horn Club.\nMa 61 may include American Society Of Agricultural Engineers.\nMa 65 may include Little International Livestock Show.","Ma 221, 223-233, 239 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall Centennial Celebration (1931).\nMa 222, 224, 226-228, 259, 262, 264 may include Institute Of Rural Affairs.\nM 309 may include Alumni Gate.","MAAg 355 may include Jamestown Centennial Festival (VPI Horticulturists Plant Indian Tobacco).","MAEc 8, 264 may include Virginia Summer School For Town \u0026 Country Ministers.","MAHr 223 may include Weather.","MAIn 85, 86 may include Buildings - Hutcheson Hall (Formerly New Agricultural Hall).","MAM 177, 177a, 835, 208, 230a may include Institute Of Rural Affairs.\nMAM 198, 199, 203-206, 212, 215, 251, 254-260 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall.\nMAM 203, 207, 211, 1957 may include Motion Picture Unit At VPI.","MAM 264 may include Atoms (Film By VPI \"Infant Giant\").","Mar O1 may include \"Pot Pourri\".","Masb 22 may include High School Science Teachers Summer Institute.\nMasb 23 may include Conservation Short Course.","MAV may include Future Farmers Of America.","Mbl may include Community Concert Association and Earthquakes.\nMbl 1a, 2, 4, 417, 472, 473, 1438, 1441, 1445, 1564, 1592, 1603 may include \"Huckleberry\".\nMbl 5, 1206-1207 may include Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad.\nMbl 1052, 1054, 1189 may include Future Farmers Of America.","Mbl 4 may include Sham Battle.\nMbl 5 may include American Red Cross.\nMbl 9 may include \"Solitude\".","Mbl 77 may include Lakes \u0026 Ponds.","Mbl 1206 may include Lybrook Row.","Mcv may include Mall and President's Home.","Mcv 96 may include Doorways - V.P.I. Buildings.\nMcv 99 may include Lakes \u0026 Ponds.","Mcv 130 may include Buildings - R.O.T.C Building (Building 364).","Mfi 18 may include Sham Battle.\nMfi 23 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association);  Hoof \u0026 Horn Club; and Masons.","Mfi 74 may include Freshmen.\nMfi 120, 149, 151, 157 may include Kohler Trophy.","Mcon may include Community Concert Association.","Mco 4, 7 may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Poultry Science.","Mco 57 may include Russian Language Course.","Mda 2 may include Lynchburg Club.\nMda 29 may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026 VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.","Mde may include Accidents And Deaths.","Mde 6 may include Highty-Tighties.","Mde 28 may include Engineering, Metallurgical.","Mdev may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Horticulture; Campus Development Plan; and \"Pre-Centennial Development Program\".","Mdev 7 may include Arboretum (Sculpture).","Med 8-12, 17 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall.","Me may include Engineering, College Of, and Geology.","Me 9 may include Buildings - Davidson Hall (Chemical Engineering).\nMe 12 may include Airport (Officially Opened In 1939).\nMe 72 may include Mall.","Menr may include Freshmen and Orientation.","Mext may include Branch Colleges Of VPI.","Mf 29 may include Wine Faculty Achievement Award.","Mf 360, 416 may include Buildings - Seitz Hall (Agricultural Engineering Building).","ML 1 may include Loans To Students.\nML 2, 3, 4, 5 may include Rison Bill.\nML 4 may include Engineering Experiment Station.\nML 7, 8, 9, 10 may include Bonds, V.P.I. (To Finance Building Of War Memorial Hall).","Mm may include Uniforms, Military, Armistice Day, Corps Of Cadets, and  Military Organizations.\nMm 3, 7, 7c, 15, 135 may include Highty-Tighties.\nMm 42, 43, 63, 72, 94, 105, 116, 124, 130, 132, 159, 164 may include Kohler Trophy.","Mm 14, 16 may include Inspection, Military.","Mm 21, 22, 23, 24 may include Foch Celebration.\nMM 78 may include Air R.O.T.C.\nMm 92 may include World War I and World War Ii.","M may include Armistice Day; Art, Dept. Of; Arts \u0026 Sciences, College Of [Obsolete]; Class Of (Different Years); Concerts \u0026 Plays (Not VPI); Conferences, Seminars, Workshops (Off-Campus); Conferences, Seminars, Workshops (On-Campus); Engineering Exposition; Engineering, College Of; Enrollment \u0026 Registration; Highty-Tighties; Horse Show; and Snow Battle.\nM 10, 119, 802 may include Faculty.\nM 10, 123, 171 may include Engineering Experiment Station.\nM 22, 54, 103, 104, 236, 245 may include Fires--On Campus.\nM 23, 24, 26a, 103, 104 may include Buildings - Field House (1914) (Burned).\nM 23, 31, 785, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Mcbryde Building Of Mechanic Arts (The Shops).\nM 23, 245, 805, 862 may include Trees--V.P.I. Campus.\nM 24, 26, 29, 115, 166, 170a, 195, 214, 218, 222 may include Science Club Obsolete.\nM 25, 31, 112, 118, 120 may include Maury Literary Society.\nM 26, 28, 73 may include Farmer's Winter Short Course.\nM 26, 85, 120, 511 may include Inspection, Military.\nM 29, 30, 134, 135 may include Grounds (Buildings \u0026).\nM 31, 40, 95, 99, 113, 115, 132, 215, 236, 240, 241, 242 may include Rat System.\nM 31, 46, 263 may include Gitt, William G. (\"Uncle Bill\").\nM 54, 113 may include World War I.\nM 66, 69, 70, 534 may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026 VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.\nM 71, 738, 759 may include Masons.\nM 74, 233, 234 may include Student Volunteer Movement.\nM 77, 134, 139, 275, 369, 371 may include Course Of Study.\nM 82, 87-89, 134, 157, 226 may include Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad.\nM 82, 125, 129, 153, 517 may include American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (Asme).\nM 93, 224, 489 may include American Society Of Agricultural Engineers.\nM 97, 107a, 113, 120, 121, 123, 131, 773, 774 may include Buildings - War Memorial Gymnasium.\nM 102, 167, 203 may include Chemical Club / Chemistry Club.\nM 109, 116, 276 may include Home Demonstration.\nM 111, 113, 133, 134, 148, 718, 722, 723, 807 may include Buildings - Miles Stadium, 1926-1964.\nM 115, 116, 135, 138, 148, 139, 785, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Patton Hall.\nM 115, 168 may include Shenandoah Valley Club.\nM 122, 182 may include Fertilizer Short Course School M 122, 182.\nM 125, 178, 240, 193 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nM 127, 138, 176, 194a, 214, 236 may include American Chemical Society (Student Affiliate).\nM 128, 222, 339, 340, 442 may include Virginia Social Science Association.\nM 130, 394, 495, 513, 514 may include American Red Cross.\nM 131, 210, 786, 810, 837 may include Buildings - Academic Buildings 1 \u0026 2.\nM 134, 148, 149, 160, 182, 184, 185, 195, 238, 273, 276, 278, 318, 331, 438, 447, 464, 465, 470, 471, 481, 498, 849 may include Airport (Officially Opened In 1939).\nM 135, 293 may include Stroubles Creek (Strubbles Creek).\nM 135, 330, 356, 398 may include Educators' Conference.\nM 136, 726, 11/1, 18, 31, 152 may include Dining Halls.\nM 138, 148, 738, 739, 755, 757, 763, 802 may include Buildings - Henderson Hall (Infirmary).\nM 140, 141, 147-149, 225, 326, 329, 508 may include Geology.\nM 140, 149, 835 may include Buildings - Power Plant.\nM 140, 312, 460 may include Rural Electrification Short Course.\nM 150, 223, 350, 382, 462, 464 may include Freshmen.\nM 151, 171, 380, 811 may include Quarries.\nM 151, 176 may include Lynchburg Club.\nM 151, 314, 516 may include Lakes \u0026 Ponds.\nM 154-1930 to M 347-1937 may include Rural Minister's Short Course.\nM 155, 455, 504, 153 may include Virginia Associated Plumbing, Heating, Contractors.\nM 157, 160, 738, 739, 802, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Saunders Hall (Dairy Science).\nM 160, 165 may include Engineering, Ceramic.\nM 161, 163, 173, 179, 189, 203, 337 (Civilian Students Union) may include Student Government Association.\nM 161, 170, 174 may include Soil Survey (Virginia).\nM 164, 165, 191, 324 may include Thanksgiving Game.\nM 173, 267, 309, 390, 433, 436, 610 may include Weather.\nM 174, 186, 187, 275, 448 may include Engineering, College Of.\nM 179a, 416 may include Noell Act.\nM 209, 709, 785, 804, 810, 825, 826, 126, 208 may include Buildings - Davidson Hall (Chemical Engineering).\nM 220, 223, 397 may include Future Farmers Of America.\nM 225, 239, 351, 458, 467 may include Home Economics, College Of (Human Resources).\nM 232, 517, 220, 224 may include Engineering, Metallurgical.\nM 235, 389 may include Engineering, Chemical.\nM 271, 886 may include Biology, Dept. Of.\nM 282a, 312 may include Out-Of-School Youth.\nM 295, 352 may include Graham Plan (Re: Athletic Aid).\nM 376, 390, 393, 394, 413, 417, 424, 714, 727, 785, 786, 804, 810, 887, 890, 891 may include Buildings - Owens Dining Hall.\nM 393, 785, 786 may include Buildings - Eggleston Hall (East Stone Dorm).\nM 397, 835a may include Institute Of Rural Affairs.\nM 407, 481 may include Sigma Xi (Honorary Faculty Research Society).\nM 443, 693 may include Treasury, V.P.I.\nM 452, 738, 739, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Holden Hall.\nM 458, 463, 468, 469, 810 may include Buildings - Hillcrest (\"Skirt Barn\").\nM 467, 483, 487, 488, 854, 223 may include Boycotts.\nM 548, 568 may include Cave Club.\nM 637, 835, 836, 837, 844 may include Buildings - Dormitories.\nM 660, 772, 773, 776, 781, 785, 786, 792, 794, 796, 796a, 804, 810, 878 may include Buildings - Williams Hall.\nM 690, 714, 731, 745, 746 may include Rad-Tech.\nM 755, 756, 763, 882, 883, 890 may include Buildings - Greenhouse (Dept. Of Horticulture).\nM 760, 761, 781, 782, 785, 791, 794, 796, 796a, 804, 810, 835, 882, 883, 886, 878, 881 may include Buildings - Randolph Hall.\nM 760, 772, 774, 835 may include Buildings - Meat \u0026 Processing Lab.\nM 780, 792, 805, 807, 824, 835 may include Buildings - Livestock \u0026 Poultry Disease Lab.\nM 785, 802, 835, 837 may include Buildings - Rasche Hall.\nM 785, 802, 879 may include Buildings - Brodie Hall and Shanks Hall (No. 4 \u0026 No. 7 Barracks United).\nM 787, 788, 794, 796, 797, 799-801, 804, 806, 810, 811, 819, 820, 823, 824, 827, 830, 832-834, 834a, 835-836 may include Buildings - Library - Carol M. Newman Library.\nM 810, 815, 868 may include Buildings - Commencement Hall (Old Commerce Hall).\nM 810, 835 may include Buildings - Seitz Hall (Agricultural Engineering Building).\nM 880-887, 890, 893, 738, 739, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Robeson Hall.","M 12 may include Christmas Card V.P.I. and Class Ticket.\nM 17a may include Virginia Agricultural \u0026 Mechanical College (Vamc).\nM 20 may include Pulaski Club.\nM 22, 37 may include Buildings - Preston \u0026 Olin Buildings.\nM 23, 24 may include Septic Tank.\nM 30 may include Little International Livestock Show.\nM 55, 76 may include Hikes - Corps.","M 68, 69, 78, 109, 123, 137, 139 may include Farmers' Institute.\nM 73 may include Buildings - Alumni Building.\nM 80, 137 may include Dismissal.\nM 81, 82, 92, 129 may include American Society Of Civil Engineers.\nM 88 may include Buildings - Hutcheson Hall (Formerly New Agricultural Hall).\nM 94 may include Techgram.\nM 95 may include Mail Service (Campus).\nM 95, 96, 97, 108 may include Fires--Fought Off Campus.\nM 108, 155 may include May Day.\nM 115, 117 may include Buildings - University Club Building (Residence).\nM 116 may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Horticulture.\nM 116, 117, 120 may include University Club.\nM 117-118 may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Dairy Short Course.\nM 118 may include State Crop Pest Commission.\nM 122, 137, 154 may include Electric Meterman's Short Course.\nM 123 may include Hunt House.\nM 125 may include Agricultural Students' Honorary Council.\nM 130 may include United Daughters Of The Confederacy, 1927 Meeting At VPI.\nM 132 may include Coal.\nM 138, 139 may include Male Chorus At VPI.\nM 153 may include Publications, V.P.I.; Sham Battle; and Wine Scholarship.\nM 153, 154, 155 may include Engineer's Day.\nM 157 may include Buildings - Print Shop (Old M. E. Laboratory).","M 166, 196, 201, 218, 224 may include \"Technical Topics\" (1931-1941).\nM 167, 168, 171, 175, 188, 192, 215, 218, 231 may include Demolay Club.\nM 169 may include Industrial Surveys.\nM 170a may include Southern Collegian Magazine (1931).\nM 171 may include The Tin Horn (Co-Ed Yearbook, 1929-1931).\nM 176 may include VPI Skipper (Student Humor Magazine).\nM 179a, 180, 181 may include Landscape Design School (Short Course).\nM 180, 205 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall Centennial Celebration (1931).\nM 186, 225 may include American Country Life Association.\nM 188, 203 may include Chemistry, Dept. Of.\nM 189 may include Southern Colonels (Dance Orchestra).\nM 190 may include Roadside Landscaping.\nM 191 may include Lutheran Students' Association (Of America).\nM 195 may include Scorpions Club.\nM 196, 198, 219 may include Rifle Team.\nM 199 may include Prohibition Poll.\nM 203 may include Church Attendance.\nM 205 may include Lonesome Pine Club, Northern Neck Club, and Richmond Club.\nM 208 may include Pittsylvania Club.\nM 212 may include Rappahannock Valley Club and Roanoke Club.\nM 214, 216, 227 may include Swimming Pool.\nM 215, 230 may include Baptist Student Convention.\nM 214, 216, 227 may include Swimming Pool.\nM 215, 230 may include Baptist Student Convention.\nM 220 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nM 222, 231, 270 may include Depression \u0026 Recovery.\nM 223 may include Bachelor's Club.\nM 228, 239 may include Beer Licenses.\nM 230 may include American Legion.\nM 230, 231 may include Civil Works Project.\nM 230, 232, 240, 242, 285 may include Rescue Squad.\nM 231, 237, 239, 262, 276 may include Buildings - Utilities Building.\nM 234 may include Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Fraternity), Alpha Omicron Circle.\nM 234, 236, 236a may include Virginia Association Of International Relations.\nM 237 may include Cancer Research.\nM 241 may include Buildings - Faculty Center.\nM 241, 244, 245 may include Virginia Library Association.\nM 241, 258, 262 may include Federal Emergency Relief Administration.\nM 245 may include Fire Brigade.\nM 258, 262 may include Merchant Marine Officers Training School.\nM 262 may include Reflecting Pool.\nM 268, 275 may include Birds (Study).\nM 275 may include Aeronautical Course.\nM 278 may include Guidon.\nM 295 may include Evening Classes.","M 323 may include American Institute Of Chemical Engineers.\nM 338 may include Street Lighting.\nM 352 may include Southern Conference.\nM 356 may include Cooking For Boys.\nM 363, 365 may include Nautical Training School.\nM 363, 387 may include Virginia Educational Association.\nM 382 may include Student Identification Cards.\nM 388 may include Post-Graduate Club.\nM 390 may include Building Layouts.\nM 404 may include Cooperatives.\nM 412, 414 may include League Of Virginia Counties.\nM 417 may include Quadrangle.","M 433, 434 may include Mining Bureau.\nM 433, 449, 453, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 465, 466, 467, 481, 488, 489, 523 may include World War Ii.\nM 438, 439, 441 may include Training Plane.\nM 438, 443, 452, 459, 470, 483, 485 may include Works Progress Administration (Wpa).\nM 443 may include Association Of College Libraries Of Southwest Virginia.\nM 452 may include Buildings - Seitz Hall (Agricultural Engineering Building).\nM 481 may include Keramos and Rankine, William J. M.\nM 490 may include William \u0026 Mary, College Of.\nM 493 may include Recruiting (Military).\nM 513, 519 may include Water Shortage.\nM 520 may include American Institute Of Architects.","M 579, 585 may include Nursery School-VPI.\nM 641 may include Napoleonana Collection.\nM 658, 660, 677, 691, 693 may include Sewage Disposal Plant.","M 709 may include Buildings - R.O.T.C Building (Building 364).\nM 710, 757-760, 763, 771-772 may include Mall.\nM 723 may include Buildings - Mining Engineering Building.\nM 726, 727, 734, 735, 745, 746, 746a, 804 may include Buildings - Femoyer Hall, Monteith Hall, and Thomas Hall.\nM 735, 738, 739, 742, 755, 756, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Smyth Hall (Formerly Known As Natural Science Building).\nM 737, 741 may include Piedmont Research Laboratory (Charlottesville).\nM 738 may include Tomato Clubs.\nM 738, 739, 802, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Agnew Hall.\nM 738, 739, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Price Hall (\"Old Aggie\").\nM 746 may include Winchester Research Laboratory.\nM 752, 786, 794, 780, 781, 785 may include Buildings - Library (Old Chapel Building) (Burned).\nM 755, 756, 757 may include Buildings - Dairy Barn.\nM 757 may include Bear (Wanders Through Campus).\nM 758 may include War Memorial Chapel.\nM 773, 774 may include Radio Station - WUVT.\nM 785, 802 may include Buildings - Lane Hall.\nM 785, 804 may include Buildings - Campbell Hall (West Stone Dorm).\nM 807, 812 may include Buildings - Athletic Plant.\nM 810 may include Buildings - Hutcheson Hall (Formerly New Agricultural Hall) and Performing Arts \u0026 Communications Building (Ymca Building, 1899-1936; Old Military Building, 1937-1966; Student Personnel Building, 1966-1972).\nM 815 may include Motion Picture Unit At VPI.","M 829 may include Racial \u0026 Ethnic Minorities (Campus).\nM 835-837, 870 may include Buildings - Pamplin Hall (Commerce Hall 2).\nM 862 may include Buildings - Barns.\nM 868 no. 8 may include Cornerstone Markers (Old Commerce Hall).\nM 881 may include Computing Center.\nM 882, 883 may include Buildings - Swine Center.\nM 886 may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Veterinary Science.\nM 890 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall.\nM 890, 892 may include Buildings - Norris Hall.\nM 894, 895 may include Name Change.","Mla 31 may include Colors, V.P.I. (Orange \u0026 Maroon).\nMla 88 may include \"GOBBLERS\" (nickname).","Mla 367 may include Yells-VPI.","Mo 13, 17z may include Rankine, William J. M.\nMo 15, 16 may include Student Government Association.\nMo 20z73, 23 may include Sigma Mu Sigma (National College Masonic Service Fraternity).","Mo 1 may include Lee Literary Society.","Mo 1a, 1b, 1c, 1c1, 1c2, 1d may include Maury Literary Society.","Mo 2 may include Christian Science Organization.","Mo 3 may include Fraternities \u0026 Sororities--Social.\nMo 3a may include Kappa Sigma.\nMo 3b may include Sigma Alpha.\nMo 3b, 3d may include Pi Kappa Alpha (Social Fraternity).\nMo 3c may include Alpha Phi.\nMo 3c no. 2 may include Beta Theta Pi (Social Fraternity).","Mo 4 may include Music Groups and Tech Minstrels.","Mo 4m may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026 VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.","Mo 6 may include Apple Club; Black Diamond Club; City, County \u0026 Sectional Clubs; Lonesome Pine Club; Lynchburg Club; Northern Neck Club; Peanut Club; Pittsylvania Club; Richmond Club; Roanoke Club; and Shenandoah Valley Club.","Mo 7 may include Tech Players and Thespian Club.","Mo 8 may include Virgnia Polytechnic Societies.","Mo 11 may include Student Publications.","Mo 16 may include Honor System.","Mo 16m, 16r may include Highty-Tighties.\nMo 16p may include Kohler Trophy.\nMo 16s may include Company B, Corps Of Cadets.","Mo 17z, 31-33, 55, 56, 57, 62, 65, 66, 68, 71, 72 may include War Memorial Chapel.","Mo 17g, 17m, 17L may include Buildings - War Memorial Gymnasium.\nMo 17h, 17g may include Buildings - Alumni Building.\nMo 17s3, 17s5, 17s7 may include Buildings - Miles Stadium, 1926-1964.\nMo 17t may include V.P.I. Alumnus.\nMo 17z29 may include Campus Development Plan.\nMo 17z31 may include Victory Reunion (1946).","Mo 17z101 may include Carillon.","Mo 20 may include Fraternities--Honorary.\nMo 20c, 20f, 20t, 20v, 20w, 20x, 20z, 20z12, 20z40, 20z76, 20z96 may include Sigma Xi (Honorary Faculty Research Society).\nMo 20g, 20o, 20w, 20y, 20z, 20z40 may include Pi Delta Epsilon (Journalism Honorary).\nMo 20j, 20m, 20o, 20t, 20w, 20x, 20z, 20zl, 20z3, 20z5, 20z95, 20z19, 20z94 may include Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Fraternity), Alpha Omicron Circle.\nMo 20q, 20s, 20z5, 20z71 may include Alpha Kappa Psi (Professional Business Fraternity).\nMo 20z22, 20z23, 20z32, 20z9, 20z70 may include Gregory Guard.","Mo 20, 20d, 20g2, 20h, 20p, 20r, 20w, 20y, 20zl, 20z2, 20z5, 20z6 may include Phi Kappa Phi (Scholarship Honorary).\nMo 20d, 20e, 20f, 20m, 20s may include Alpha Zeta (National Agriculture Society).\nMo 20e may include Scorpions Club.\nMo 20f, 20g may include Beta Tau Epsilon (Engineering).\nMo 20f, 20p, 20z, 20zl, 20z3 may include Phi Lambda Upsilon (Chemistry Honorary).\nMo 20g, 20h, 20j, 20p, 20q, 20r, 20u, 20x, 20z, 20z2, 20z11 may include Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary).\nMo 20g2 may include Theta Epsilon Theta (Research Honorary Society).\nMo 20h may include Phi Gamma Nu.\nMo 20h, 20w, 20z2, 20z6, 20z7 may include Sigma Delta Psi (Athletic Honorary).\nMo 20m, 20n, 20t, 20z, 20z3, 20z6, 20z8 may include Scabbard \u0026 Blade (Honorary Military Society).\nMo 20w, 20x, 20z1, 20z3 may include Pi Tau Sigma (National Honorary, Mechanical Engineering).\nMo 20w, 20z, 20z1 may include Eta Kappa Nu (Ee Honorary).\nMo 20z may include Keramos.\nMo 20z, z2, z3 may include Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honorary).\nMo 20z1 may include Alpha Sigma Mu (Metallurgical Engineering Fraternity).","Mo 20z28, 20z29 may include Sigma Pi Sigma.\nMo 20z27 may include Phi Sigma Society (Biological Sciences Honorary).\nMo 20z48 may include Pi Omega Pi (Business Education Honorary).\nMo 20z60 may include Alpha Phi Omega (National Service Fraternity).","Mo 22 may include American Society Of Agricultural Engineers and Four-H Alumni Club.\nMo 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22g may include Agronomy Club.","Mo 24 may include \"Skippers\".","Mo27 may include Dairy Science Club (American Dairy Science Association).","Mo 33 may include Chemical Club.","Mo 34 may include Industrial Arts Education Club.","Mo 35 may include Baptist Student Union, Religious Activities, and Wesley Foundation.","Mo 37 may include Engineers and Engineering Exposition.","Mo 42 may include Blacksburg Naval Reserve Research Unit.","Mo 49 may include Circle K (Student Organizatons - Service).","Mo 50 may include Apollo Club (Weightlifting Club, 1954).","Mo 52 may include Aeronautical Clubs - American Institute Of Aeronautics; American Institute Aeronautical Science; American Institute Of Aeronautics \u0026 Astronautics.","Mo 54 may include Burkhart Mining Society.","Mo 60 may include Holden Society (Student Geological Organization).","Mo 61 may include Amateur Radio Association.","Mo 64 may include Chinese Student Association.","Mo 65 may include Distributive Education, Curriculum In.","Mo 67 may include Virginia Educational Association.","Mp 7 may include Rison Bill.\nMp 54 may include Buildings - Burruss Hall.","Mp 164 may include Name Change.","Mra may include Radford University.","Mst may include Cadet Scandal and Student Unrest / Troubles / Protests.","AB may include Athletics - Track \u0026 Field.","ABB may include Athletics - Wrestling.","AF may include Scrub Football Team.\nAF 1914c may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026 VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.\nAF 1919s may include Silent Drill Company.\nAF 1922L may include Maury Literary Society.\nAF 1923z3 may include Monogram Club and Buildings - Field House (1914) (Burned).\nAF 1922z11 may include Dope Book (VPI - Vmi History).\nAF 1924 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nAF 1955 may include Sword (Ceremonial; VPI-VMI Game).\nAF 1959z10 may include Television (1959 Homecoming Game - A \"First\").","AG may include Athletics - Intra-Murals; Athletics - Women'S Sports; Athletics, Miscellaneous (Including \"Minor\", Unlisted Sports); and Miscellaneous Sports.","AG 1, 5 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nAG 5, 6 may include Southern Conference.\nAG 5, 6 may include Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.\nAG 11 may include Buildings - Miles Stadium, 1926-1964.","AT may include Athletics - Track \u0026 Field.\nAT 1900, 1903, 1920c may include Field Day.","Mu may include Buildings - University Club Building (Residence).","MW 14, 23, 34, 27, 37, 53 may include Lakes \u0026 Ponds.","W la, 7a, 7c may include American Red Cross.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","In general, the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephermera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, and the activities of members of the community or university. The collection was primarily collected by library staff through the 1960s.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)","Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)","The materials in the collection are in English."],"unitid_tesim":["VerticalFile.006"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings"],"collection_title_tesim":["Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings"],"collection_ssim":["Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"geogname_ssm":["Blacksburg (Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Blacksburg (Va.)"],"places_ssim":["Blacksburg (Va.)"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Newman Library staff collected materials for mounted clippings through the 1960s."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","University History"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","University History"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["64 Cubic Feet 147 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["64 Cubic Feet 147 boxes"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMounted Clippings are arranged by subject, primarily alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Mounted Clippings are arranged by subject, primarily alphabetically."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-%20work/public-domain/cc0/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [number of card], Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [number of card], Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description was completed by Special Collections staff prior to 2015. The finding aid was completed in August 2015. The re-integration of Mo56a-i, Association of Married Students was completed in October 2019.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description was completed by Special Collections staff prior to 2015. The finding aid was completed in August 2015. The re-integration of Mo56a-i, Association of Married Students was completed in October 2019."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003clist\u003e\n\u003chead\u003eSee also Vertical Files (successors to the mounted clippings):\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01185.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBiographical Vertical Files\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01042.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBlacksburg Vertical Files\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01043.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMontgomery County/Christiansburg Vertical Files\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01186.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRecord Group Vertical Files\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01044.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSouthwest Virginia Vertical Files\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also Vertical Files (successors to the mounted clippings): Biographical Vertical Files Blacksburg Vertical Files Montgomery County/Christiansburg Vertical Files Record Group Vertical Files Southwest Virginia Vertical Files"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["In general, the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephermera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, and the activities of members of the community or university.","Ma may include Agricultural Conference Board and Institute Of Rural Affairs.","Ma 1 may include Agricultural Experiment Station \u0026 Field Research Stations.\nMa 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 16 may include Farmers' Institute.\nMa 3 may include Corn Day Short Course.\nMa 5, 18, 19, 29 may include Farmer'S Winter Short Course.\nMa 11, 24 may include Dairy Cattle At V.P.I.\nMa 18 may include Planters Club.\nMa 19 may include Pure-Bred Sire Campaign.\nMa 22 may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Poultry Science.\nMa 22 may include Boys \u0026 Girls Short Course.\nMa 23 may include Virginia Aberdeen Angus Breeders' Association.\nMa 23, 24, 59, 61 may include Horticulture Club.\nMa 25, 28 may include Corn Score Card.\nMa 28 may include Dairy Science Club (American Dairy Science Association; Incl. Dairy Clubs).\nMa 30, 65 may include Hoof \u0026 Horn Club.\nMa 61 may include American Society Of Agricultural Engineers.\nMa 65 may include Little International Livestock Show.","Ma 221, 223-233, 239 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall Centennial Celebration (1931).\nMa 222, 224, 226-228, 259, 262, 264 may include Institute Of Rural Affairs.\nM 309 may include Alumni Gate.","MAAg 355 may include Jamestown Centennial Festival (VPI Horticulturists Plant Indian Tobacco).","MAEc 8, 264 may include Virginia Summer School For Town \u0026 Country Ministers.","MAHr 223 may include Weather.","MAIn 85, 86 may include Buildings - Hutcheson Hall (Formerly New Agricultural Hall).","MAM 177, 177a, 835, 208, 230a may include Institute Of Rural Affairs.\nMAM 198, 199, 203-206, 212, 215, 251, 254-260 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall.\nMAM 203, 207, 211, 1957 may include Motion Picture Unit At VPI.","MAM 264 may include Atoms (Film By VPI \"Infant Giant\").","Mar O1 may include \"Pot Pourri\".","Masb 22 may include High School Science Teachers Summer Institute.\nMasb 23 may include Conservation Short Course.","MAV may include Future Farmers Of America.","Mbl may include Community Concert Association and Earthquakes.\nMbl 1a, 2, 4, 417, 472, 473, 1438, 1441, 1445, 1564, 1592, 1603 may include \"Huckleberry\".\nMbl 5, 1206-1207 may include Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad.\nMbl 1052, 1054, 1189 may include Future Farmers Of America.","Mbl 4 may include Sham Battle.\nMbl 5 may include American Red Cross.\nMbl 9 may include \"Solitude\".","Mbl 77 may include Lakes \u0026 Ponds.","Mbl 1206 may include Lybrook Row.","Mcv may include Mall and President's Home.","Mcv 96 may include Doorways - V.P.I. Buildings.\nMcv 99 may include Lakes \u0026 Ponds.","Mcv 130 may include Buildings - R.O.T.C Building (Building 364).","Mfi 18 may include Sham Battle.\nMfi 23 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association);  Hoof \u0026 Horn Club; and Masons.","Mfi 74 may include Freshmen.\nMfi 120, 149, 151, 157 may include Kohler Trophy.","Mcon may include Community Concert Association.","Mco 4, 7 may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Poultry Science.","Mco 57 may include Russian Language Course.","Mda 2 may include Lynchburg Club.\nMda 29 may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026 VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.","Mde may include Accidents And Deaths.","Mde 6 may include Highty-Tighties.","Mde 28 may include Engineering, Metallurgical.","Mdev may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Horticulture; Campus Development Plan; and \"Pre-Centennial Development Program\".","Mdev 7 may include Arboretum (Sculpture).","Med 8-12, 17 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall.","Me may include Engineering, College Of, and Geology.","Me 9 may include Buildings - Davidson Hall (Chemical Engineering).\nMe 12 may include Airport (Officially Opened In 1939).\nMe 72 may include Mall.","Menr may include Freshmen and Orientation.","Mext may include Branch Colleges Of VPI.","Mf 29 may include Wine Faculty Achievement Award.","Mf 360, 416 may include Buildings - Seitz Hall (Agricultural Engineering Building).","ML 1 may include Loans To Students.\nML 2, 3, 4, 5 may include Rison Bill.\nML 4 may include Engineering Experiment Station.\nML 7, 8, 9, 10 may include Bonds, V.P.I. (To Finance Building Of War Memorial Hall).","Mm may include Uniforms, Military, Armistice Day, Corps Of Cadets, and  Military Organizations.\nMm 3, 7, 7c, 15, 135 may include Highty-Tighties.\nMm 42, 43, 63, 72, 94, 105, 116, 124, 130, 132, 159, 164 may include Kohler Trophy.","Mm 14, 16 may include Inspection, Military.","Mm 21, 22, 23, 24 may include Foch Celebration.\nMM 78 may include Air R.O.T.C.\nMm 92 may include World War I and World War Ii.","M may include Armistice Day; Art, Dept. Of; Arts \u0026 Sciences, College Of [Obsolete]; Class Of (Different Years); Concerts \u0026 Plays (Not VPI); Conferences, Seminars, Workshops (Off-Campus); Conferences, Seminars, Workshops (On-Campus); Engineering Exposition; Engineering, College Of; Enrollment \u0026 Registration; Highty-Tighties; Horse Show; and Snow Battle.\nM 10, 119, 802 may include Faculty.\nM 10, 123, 171 may include Engineering Experiment Station.\nM 22, 54, 103, 104, 236, 245 may include Fires--On Campus.\nM 23, 24, 26a, 103, 104 may include Buildings - Field House (1914) (Burned).\nM 23, 31, 785, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Mcbryde Building Of Mechanic Arts (The Shops).\nM 23, 245, 805, 862 may include Trees--V.P.I. Campus.\nM 24, 26, 29, 115, 166, 170a, 195, 214, 218, 222 may include Science Club Obsolete.\nM 25, 31, 112, 118, 120 may include Maury Literary Society.\nM 26, 28, 73 may include Farmer's Winter Short Course.\nM 26, 85, 120, 511 may include Inspection, Military.\nM 29, 30, 134, 135 may include Grounds (Buildings \u0026).\nM 31, 40, 95, 99, 113, 115, 132, 215, 236, 240, 241, 242 may include Rat System.\nM 31, 46, 263 may include Gitt, William G. (\"Uncle Bill\").\nM 54, 113 may include World War I.\nM 66, 69, 70, 534 may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026 VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.\nM 71, 738, 759 may include Masons.\nM 74, 233, 234 may include Student Volunteer Movement.\nM 77, 134, 139, 275, 369, 371 may include Course Of Study.\nM 82, 87-89, 134, 157, 226 may include Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad.\nM 82, 125, 129, 153, 517 may include American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (Asme).\nM 93, 224, 489 may include American Society Of Agricultural Engineers.\nM 97, 107a, 113, 120, 121, 123, 131, 773, 774 may include Buildings - War Memorial Gymnasium.\nM 102, 167, 203 may include Chemical Club / Chemistry Club.\nM 109, 116, 276 may include Home Demonstration.\nM 111, 113, 133, 134, 148, 718, 722, 723, 807 may include Buildings - Miles Stadium, 1926-1964.\nM 115, 116, 135, 138, 148, 139, 785, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Patton Hall.\nM 115, 168 may include Shenandoah Valley Club.\nM 122, 182 may include Fertilizer Short Course School M 122, 182.\nM 125, 178, 240, 193 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nM 127, 138, 176, 194a, 214, 236 may include American Chemical Society (Student Affiliate).\nM 128, 222, 339, 340, 442 may include Virginia Social Science Association.\nM 130, 394, 495, 513, 514 may include American Red Cross.\nM 131, 210, 786, 810, 837 may include Buildings - Academic Buildings 1 \u0026 2.\nM 134, 148, 149, 160, 182, 184, 185, 195, 238, 273, 276, 278, 318, 331, 438, 447, 464, 465, 470, 471, 481, 498, 849 may include Airport (Officially Opened In 1939).\nM 135, 293 may include Stroubles Creek (Strubbles Creek).\nM 135, 330, 356, 398 may include Educators' Conference.\nM 136, 726, 11/1, 18, 31, 152 may include Dining Halls.\nM 138, 148, 738, 739, 755, 757, 763, 802 may include Buildings - Henderson Hall (Infirmary).\nM 140, 141, 147-149, 225, 326, 329, 508 may include Geology.\nM 140, 149, 835 may include Buildings - Power Plant.\nM 140, 312, 460 may include Rural Electrification Short Course.\nM 150, 223, 350, 382, 462, 464 may include Freshmen.\nM 151, 171, 380, 811 may include Quarries.\nM 151, 176 may include Lynchburg Club.\nM 151, 314, 516 may include Lakes \u0026 Ponds.\nM 154-1930 to M 347-1937 may include Rural Minister's Short Course.\nM 155, 455, 504, 153 may include Virginia Associated Plumbing, Heating, Contractors.\nM 157, 160, 738, 739, 802, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Saunders Hall (Dairy Science).\nM 160, 165 may include Engineering, Ceramic.\nM 161, 163, 173, 179, 189, 203, 337 (Civilian Students Union) may include Student Government Association.\nM 161, 170, 174 may include Soil Survey (Virginia).\nM 164, 165, 191, 324 may include Thanksgiving Game.\nM 173, 267, 309, 390, 433, 436, 610 may include Weather.\nM 174, 186, 187, 275, 448 may include Engineering, College Of.\nM 179a, 416 may include Noell Act.\nM 209, 709, 785, 804, 810, 825, 826, 126, 208 may include Buildings - Davidson Hall (Chemical Engineering).\nM 220, 223, 397 may include Future Farmers Of America.\nM 225, 239, 351, 458, 467 may include Home Economics, College Of (Human Resources).\nM 232, 517, 220, 224 may include Engineering, Metallurgical.\nM 235, 389 may include Engineering, Chemical.\nM 271, 886 may include Biology, Dept. Of.\nM 282a, 312 may include Out-Of-School Youth.\nM 295, 352 may include Graham Plan (Re: Athletic Aid).\nM 376, 390, 393, 394, 413, 417, 424, 714, 727, 785, 786, 804, 810, 887, 890, 891 may include Buildings - Owens Dining Hall.\nM 393, 785, 786 may include Buildings - Eggleston Hall (East Stone Dorm).\nM 397, 835a may include Institute Of Rural Affairs.\nM 407, 481 may include Sigma Xi (Honorary Faculty Research Society).\nM 443, 693 may include Treasury, V.P.I.\nM 452, 738, 739, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Holden Hall.\nM 458, 463, 468, 469, 810 may include Buildings - Hillcrest (\"Skirt Barn\").\nM 467, 483, 487, 488, 854, 223 may include Boycotts.\nM 548, 568 may include Cave Club.\nM 637, 835, 836, 837, 844 may include Buildings - Dormitories.\nM 660, 772, 773, 776, 781, 785, 786, 792, 794, 796, 796a, 804, 810, 878 may include Buildings - Williams Hall.\nM 690, 714, 731, 745, 746 may include Rad-Tech.\nM 755, 756, 763, 882, 883, 890 may include Buildings - Greenhouse (Dept. Of Horticulture).\nM 760, 761, 781, 782, 785, 791, 794, 796, 796a, 804, 810, 835, 882, 883, 886, 878, 881 may include Buildings - Randolph Hall.\nM 760, 772, 774, 835 may include Buildings - Meat \u0026 Processing Lab.\nM 780, 792, 805, 807, 824, 835 may include Buildings - Livestock \u0026 Poultry Disease Lab.\nM 785, 802, 835, 837 may include Buildings - Rasche Hall.\nM 785, 802, 879 may include Buildings - Brodie Hall and Shanks Hall (No. 4 \u0026 No. 7 Barracks United).\nM 787, 788, 794, 796, 797, 799-801, 804, 806, 810, 811, 819, 820, 823, 824, 827, 830, 832-834, 834a, 835-836 may include Buildings - Library - Carol M. Newman Library.\nM 810, 815, 868 may include Buildings - Commencement Hall (Old Commerce Hall).\nM 810, 835 may include Buildings - Seitz Hall (Agricultural Engineering Building).\nM 880-887, 890, 893, 738, 739, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Robeson Hall.","M 12 may include Christmas Card V.P.I. and Class Ticket.\nM 17a may include Virginia Agricultural \u0026 Mechanical College (Vamc).\nM 20 may include Pulaski Club.\nM 22, 37 may include Buildings - Preston \u0026 Olin Buildings.\nM 23, 24 may include Septic Tank.\nM 30 may include Little International Livestock Show.\nM 55, 76 may include Hikes - Corps.","M 68, 69, 78, 109, 123, 137, 139 may include Farmers' Institute.\nM 73 may include Buildings - Alumni Building.\nM 80, 137 may include Dismissal.\nM 81, 82, 92, 129 may include American Society Of Civil Engineers.\nM 88 may include Buildings - Hutcheson Hall (Formerly New Agricultural Hall).\nM 94 may include Techgram.\nM 95 may include Mail Service (Campus).\nM 95, 96, 97, 108 may include Fires--Fought Off Campus.\nM 108, 155 may include May Day.\nM 115, 117 may include Buildings - University Club Building (Residence).\nM 116 may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Horticulture.\nM 116, 117, 120 may include University Club.\nM 117-118 may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Dairy Short Course.\nM 118 may include State Crop Pest Commission.\nM 122, 137, 154 may include Electric Meterman's Short Course.\nM 123 may include Hunt House.\nM 125 may include Agricultural Students' Honorary Council.\nM 130 may include United Daughters Of The Confederacy, 1927 Meeting At VPI.\nM 132 may include Coal.\nM 138, 139 may include Male Chorus At VPI.\nM 153 may include Publications, V.P.I.; Sham Battle; and Wine Scholarship.\nM 153, 154, 155 may include Engineer's Day.\nM 157 may include Buildings - Print Shop (Old M. E. Laboratory).","M 166, 196, 201, 218, 224 may include \"Technical Topics\" (1931-1941).\nM 167, 168, 171, 175, 188, 192, 215, 218, 231 may include Demolay Club.\nM 169 may include Industrial Surveys.\nM 170a may include Southern Collegian Magazine (1931).\nM 171 may include The Tin Horn (Co-Ed Yearbook, 1929-1931).\nM 176 may include VPI Skipper (Student Humor Magazine).\nM 179a, 180, 181 may include Landscape Design School (Short Course).\nM 180, 205 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall Centennial Celebration (1931).\nM 186, 225 may include American Country Life Association.\nM 188, 203 may include Chemistry, Dept. Of.\nM 189 may include Southern Colonels (Dance Orchestra).\nM 190 may include Roadside Landscaping.\nM 191 may include Lutheran Students' Association (Of America).\nM 195 may include Scorpions Club.\nM 196, 198, 219 may include Rifle Team.\nM 199 may include Prohibition Poll.\nM 203 may include Church Attendance.\nM 205 may include Lonesome Pine Club, Northern Neck Club, and Richmond Club.\nM 208 may include Pittsylvania Club.\nM 212 may include Rappahannock Valley Club and Roanoke Club.\nM 214, 216, 227 may include Swimming Pool.\nM 215, 230 may include Baptist Student Convention.\nM 214, 216, 227 may include Swimming Pool.\nM 215, 230 may include Baptist Student Convention.\nM 220 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nM 222, 231, 270 may include Depression \u0026 Recovery.\nM 223 may include Bachelor's Club.\nM 228, 239 may include Beer Licenses.\nM 230 may include American Legion.\nM 230, 231 may include Civil Works Project.\nM 230, 232, 240, 242, 285 may include Rescue Squad.\nM 231, 237, 239, 262, 276 may include Buildings - Utilities Building.\nM 234 may include Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Fraternity), Alpha Omicron Circle.\nM 234, 236, 236a may include Virginia Association Of International Relations.\nM 237 may include Cancer Research.\nM 241 may include Buildings - Faculty Center.\nM 241, 244, 245 may include Virginia Library Association.\nM 241, 258, 262 may include Federal Emergency Relief Administration.\nM 245 may include Fire Brigade.\nM 258, 262 may include Merchant Marine Officers Training School.\nM 262 may include Reflecting Pool.\nM 268, 275 may include Birds (Study).\nM 275 may include Aeronautical Course.\nM 278 may include Guidon.\nM 295 may include Evening Classes.","M 323 may include American Institute Of Chemical Engineers.\nM 338 may include Street Lighting.\nM 352 may include Southern Conference.\nM 356 may include Cooking For Boys.\nM 363, 365 may include Nautical Training School.\nM 363, 387 may include Virginia Educational Association.\nM 382 may include Student Identification Cards.\nM 388 may include Post-Graduate Club.\nM 390 may include Building Layouts.\nM 404 may include Cooperatives.\nM 412, 414 may include League Of Virginia Counties.\nM 417 may include Quadrangle.","M 433, 434 may include Mining Bureau.\nM 433, 449, 453, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 465, 466, 467, 481, 488, 489, 523 may include World War Ii.\nM 438, 439, 441 may include Training Plane.\nM 438, 443, 452, 459, 470, 483, 485 may include Works Progress Administration (Wpa).\nM 443 may include Association Of College Libraries Of Southwest Virginia.\nM 452 may include Buildings - Seitz Hall (Agricultural Engineering Building).\nM 481 may include Keramos and Rankine, William J. M.\nM 490 may include William \u0026 Mary, College Of.\nM 493 may include Recruiting (Military).\nM 513, 519 may include Water Shortage.\nM 520 may include American Institute Of Architects.","M 579, 585 may include Nursery School-VPI.\nM 641 may include Napoleonana Collection.\nM 658, 660, 677, 691, 693 may include Sewage Disposal Plant.","M 709 may include Buildings - R.O.T.C Building (Building 364).\nM 710, 757-760, 763, 771-772 may include Mall.\nM 723 may include Buildings - Mining Engineering Building.\nM 726, 727, 734, 735, 745, 746, 746a, 804 may include Buildings - Femoyer Hall, Monteith Hall, and Thomas Hall.\nM 735, 738, 739, 742, 755, 756, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Smyth Hall (Formerly Known As Natural Science Building).\nM 737, 741 may include Piedmont Research Laboratory (Charlottesville).\nM 738 may include Tomato Clubs.\nM 738, 739, 802, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Agnew Hall.\nM 738, 739, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Price Hall (\"Old Aggie\").\nM 746 may include Winchester Research Laboratory.\nM 752, 786, 794, 780, 781, 785 may include Buildings - Library (Old Chapel Building) (Burned).\nM 755, 756, 757 may include Buildings - Dairy Barn.\nM 757 may include Bear (Wanders Through Campus).\nM 758 may include War Memorial Chapel.\nM 773, 774 may include Radio Station - WUVT.\nM 785, 802 may include Buildings - Lane Hall.\nM 785, 804 may include Buildings - Campbell Hall (West Stone Dorm).\nM 807, 812 may include Buildings - Athletic Plant.\nM 810 may include Buildings - Hutcheson Hall (Formerly New Agricultural Hall) and Performing Arts \u0026 Communications Building (Ymca Building, 1899-1936; Old Military Building, 1937-1966; Student Personnel Building, 1966-1972).\nM 815 may include Motion Picture Unit At VPI.","M 829 may include Racial \u0026 Ethnic Minorities (Campus).\nM 835-837, 870 may include Buildings - Pamplin Hall (Commerce Hall 2).\nM 862 may include Buildings - Barns.\nM 868 no. 8 may include Cornerstone Markers (Old Commerce Hall).\nM 881 may include Computing Center.\nM 882, 883 may include Buildings - Swine Center.\nM 886 may include Agriculture \u0026 Life Sciences, College Of - Veterinary Science.\nM 890 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall.\nM 890, 892 may include Buildings - Norris Hall.\nM 894, 895 may include Name Change.","Mla 31 may include Colors, V.P.I. (Orange \u0026 Maroon).\nMla 88 may include \"GOBBLERS\" (nickname).","Mla 367 may include Yells-VPI.","Mo 13, 17z may include Rankine, William J. M.\nMo 15, 16 may include Student Government Association.\nMo 20z73, 23 may include Sigma Mu Sigma (National College Masonic Service Fraternity).","Mo 1 may include Lee Literary Society.","Mo 1a, 1b, 1c, 1c1, 1c2, 1d may include Maury Literary Society.","Mo 2 may include Christian Science Organization.","Mo 3 may include Fraternities \u0026 Sororities--Social.\nMo 3a may include Kappa Sigma.\nMo 3b may include Sigma Alpha.\nMo 3b, 3d may include Pi Kappa Alpha (Social Fraternity).\nMo 3c may include Alpha Phi.\nMo 3c no. 2 may include Beta Theta Pi (Social Fraternity).","Mo 4 may include Music Groups and Tech Minstrels.","Mo 4m may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026 VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.","Mo 6 may include Apple Club; Black Diamond Club; City, County \u0026 Sectional Clubs; Lonesome Pine Club; Lynchburg Club; Northern Neck Club; Peanut Club; Pittsylvania Club; Richmond Club; Roanoke Club; and Shenandoah Valley Club.","Mo 7 may include Tech Players and Thespian Club.","Mo 8 may include Virgnia Polytechnic Societies.","Mo 11 may include Student Publications.","Mo 16 may include Honor System.","Mo 16m, 16r may include Highty-Tighties.\nMo 16p may include Kohler Trophy.\nMo 16s may include Company B, Corps Of Cadets.","Mo 17z, 31-33, 55, 56, 57, 62, 65, 66, 68, 71, 72 may include War Memorial Chapel.","Mo 17g, 17m, 17L may include Buildings - War Memorial Gymnasium.\nMo 17h, 17g may include Buildings - Alumni Building.\nMo 17s3, 17s5, 17s7 may include Buildings - Miles Stadium, 1926-1964.\nMo 17t may include V.P.I. Alumnus.\nMo 17z29 may include Campus Development Plan.\nMo 17z31 may include Victory Reunion (1946).","Mo 17z101 may include Carillon.","Mo 20 may include Fraternities--Honorary.\nMo 20c, 20f, 20t, 20v, 20w, 20x, 20z, 20z12, 20z40, 20z76, 20z96 may include Sigma Xi (Honorary Faculty Research Society).\nMo 20g, 20o, 20w, 20y, 20z, 20z40 may include Pi Delta Epsilon (Journalism Honorary).\nMo 20j, 20m, 20o, 20t, 20w, 20x, 20z, 20zl, 20z3, 20z5, 20z95, 20z19, 20z94 may include Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Fraternity), Alpha Omicron Circle.\nMo 20q, 20s, 20z5, 20z71 may include Alpha Kappa Psi (Professional Business Fraternity).\nMo 20z22, 20z23, 20z32, 20z9, 20z70 may include Gregory Guard.","Mo 20, 20d, 20g2, 20h, 20p, 20r, 20w, 20y, 20zl, 20z2, 20z5, 20z6 may include Phi Kappa Phi (Scholarship Honorary).\nMo 20d, 20e, 20f, 20m, 20s may include Alpha Zeta (National Agriculture Society).\nMo 20e may include Scorpions Club.\nMo 20f, 20g may include Beta Tau Epsilon (Engineering).\nMo 20f, 20p, 20z, 20zl, 20z3 may include Phi Lambda Upsilon (Chemistry Honorary).\nMo 20g, 20h, 20j, 20p, 20q, 20r, 20u, 20x, 20z, 20z2, 20z11 may include Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary).\nMo 20g2 may include Theta Epsilon Theta (Research Honorary Society).\nMo 20h may include Phi Gamma Nu.\nMo 20h, 20w, 20z2, 20z6, 20z7 may include Sigma Delta Psi (Athletic Honorary).\nMo 20m, 20n, 20t, 20z, 20z3, 20z6, 20z8 may include Scabbard \u0026 Blade (Honorary Military Society).\nMo 20w, 20x, 20z1, 20z3 may include Pi Tau Sigma (National Honorary, Mechanical Engineering).\nMo 20w, 20z, 20z1 may include Eta Kappa Nu (Ee Honorary).\nMo 20z may include Keramos.\nMo 20z, z2, z3 may include Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honorary).\nMo 20z1 may include Alpha Sigma Mu (Metallurgical Engineering Fraternity).","Mo 20z28, 20z29 may include Sigma Pi Sigma.\nMo 20z27 may include Phi Sigma Society (Biological Sciences Honorary).\nMo 20z48 may include Pi Omega Pi (Business Education Honorary).\nMo 20z60 may include Alpha Phi Omega (National Service Fraternity).","Mo 22 may include American Society Of Agricultural Engineers and Four-H Alumni Club.\nMo 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22g may include Agronomy Club.","Mo 24 may include \"Skippers\".","Mo27 may include Dairy Science Club (American Dairy Science Association).","Mo 33 may include Chemical Club.","Mo 34 may include Industrial Arts Education Club.","Mo 35 may include Baptist Student Union, Religious Activities, and Wesley Foundation.","Mo 37 may include Engineers and Engineering Exposition.","Mo 42 may include Blacksburg Naval Reserve Research Unit.","Mo 49 may include Circle K (Student Organizatons - Service).","Mo 50 may include Apollo Club (Weightlifting Club, 1954).","Mo 52 may include Aeronautical Clubs - American Institute Of Aeronautics; American Institute Aeronautical Science; American Institute Of Aeronautics \u0026 Astronautics.","Mo 54 may include Burkhart Mining Society.","Mo 60 may include Holden Society (Student Geological Organization).","Mo 61 may include Amateur Radio Association.","Mo 64 may include Chinese Student Association.","Mo 65 may include Distributive Education, Curriculum In.","Mo 67 may include Virginia Educational Association.","Mp 7 may include Rison Bill.\nMp 54 may include Buildings - Burruss Hall.","Mp 164 may include Name Change.","Mra may include Radford University.","Mst may include Cadet Scandal and Student Unrest / Troubles / Protests.","AB may include Athletics - Track \u0026 Field.","ABB may include Athletics - Wrestling.","AF may include Scrub Football Team.\nAF 1914c may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026 VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.\nAF 1919s may include Silent Drill Company.\nAF 1922L may include Maury Literary Society.\nAF 1923z3 may include Monogram Club and Buildings - Field House (1914) (Burned).\nAF 1922z11 may include Dope Book (VPI - Vmi History).\nAF 1924 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nAF 1955 may include Sword (Ceremonial; VPI-VMI Game).\nAF 1959z10 may include Television (1959 Homecoming Game - A \"First\").","AG may include Athletics - Intra-Murals; Athletics - Women'S Sports; Athletics, Miscellaneous (Including \"Minor\", Unlisted Sports); and Miscellaneous Sports.","AG 1, 5 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nAG 5, 6 may include Southern Conference.\nAG 5, 6 may include Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.\nAG 11 may include Buildings - Miles Stadium, 1926-1964.","AT may include Athletics - Track \u0026 Field.\nAT 1900, 1903, 1920c may include Field Day.","Mu may include Buildings - University Club Building (Residence).","MW 14, 23, 34, 27, 37, 53 may include Lakes \u0026 Ponds.","W la, 7a, 7c may include American Red Cross."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives ( specref@vt.edu  or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_2bfd88fb1d82a46fb92b3adac8eb3bf1\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eIn general, the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephermera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, and the activities of members of the community or university. The collection was primarily collected by library staff through the 1960s.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["In general, the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephermera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, and the activities of members of the community or university. The collection was primarily collected by library staff through the 1960s."],"names_coll_ssim":["Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)","Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)","Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)","Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"total_component_count_is":440,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:34:55.437Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn general, the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephermera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, and the activities of members of the community or university.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMa may include Agricultural Conference Board and Institute Of Rural Affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMa 1 may include Agricultural Experiment Station \u0026amp; Field Research Stations.\nMa 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 16 may include Farmers' Institute.\nMa 3 may include Corn Day Short Course.\nMa 5, 18, 19, 29 may include Farmer'S Winter Short Course.\nMa 11, 24 may include Dairy Cattle At V.P.I.\nMa 18 may include Planters Club.\nMa 19 may include Pure-Bred Sire Campaign.\nMa 22 may include Agriculture \u0026amp; Life Sciences, College Of - Poultry Science.\nMa 22 may include Boys \u0026amp; Girls Short Course.\nMa 23 may include Virginia Aberdeen Angus Breeders' Association.\nMa 23, 24, 59, 61 may include Horticulture Club.\nMa 25, 28 may include Corn Score Card.\nMa 28 may include Dairy Science Club (American Dairy Science Association; Incl. Dairy Clubs).\nMa 30, 65 may include Hoof \u0026amp; Horn Club.\nMa 61 may include American Society Of Agricultural Engineers.\nMa 65 may include Little International Livestock Show.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMa 221, 223-233, 239 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall Centennial Celebration (1931).\nMa 222, 224, 226-228, 259, 262, 264 may include Institute Of Rural Affairs.\nM 309 may include Alumni Gate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMAAg 355 may include Jamestown Centennial Festival (VPI Horticulturists Plant Indian Tobacco).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMAEc 8, 264 may include Virginia Summer School For Town \u0026amp; Country Ministers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMAHr 223 may include Weather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMAIn 85, 86 may include Buildings - Hutcheson Hall (Formerly New Agricultural Hall).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMAM 177, 177a, 835, 208, 230a may include Institute Of Rural Affairs.\nMAM 198, 199, 203-206, 212, 215, 251, 254-260 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall.\nMAM 203, 207, 211, 1957 may include Motion Picture Unit At VPI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMAM 264 may include Atoms (Film By VPI \"Infant Giant\").\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMar O1 may include \"Pot Pourri\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMasb 22 may include High School Science Teachers Summer Institute.\nMasb 23 may include Conservation Short Course.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMAV may include Future Farmers Of America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMbl may include Community Concert Association and Earthquakes.\nMbl 1a, 2, 4, 417, 472, 473, 1438, 1441, 1445, 1564, 1592, 1603 may include \"Huckleberry\".\nMbl 5, 1206-1207 may include Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railroad.\nMbl 1052, 1054, 1189 may include Future Farmers Of America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMbl 4 may include Sham Battle.\nMbl 5 may include American Red Cross.\nMbl 9 may include \"Solitude\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMbl 77 may include Lakes \u0026amp; Ponds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMbl 1206 may include Lybrook Row.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcv may include Mall and President's Home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcv 96 may include Doorways - V.P.I. Buildings.\nMcv 99 may include Lakes \u0026amp; Ponds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcv 130 may include Buildings - R.O.T.C Building (Building 364).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMfi 18 may include Sham Battle.\nMfi 23 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association);  Hoof \u0026amp; Horn Club; and Masons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMfi 74 may include Freshmen.\nMfi 120, 149, 151, 157 may include Kohler Trophy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcon may include Community Concert Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMco 4, 7 may include Agriculture \u0026amp; Life Sciences, College Of - Poultry Science.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMco 57 may include Russian Language Course.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMda 2 may include Lynchburg Club.\nMda 29 may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026amp; VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMde may include Accidents And Deaths.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMde 6 may include Highty-Tighties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMde 28 may include Engineering, Metallurgical.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMdev may include Agriculture \u0026amp; Life Sciences, College Of - Horticulture; Campus Development Plan; and \"Pre-Centennial Development Program\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMdev 7 may include Arboretum (Sculpture).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMed 8-12, 17 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMe may include Engineering, College Of, and Geology.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMe 9 may include Buildings - Davidson Hall (Chemical Engineering).\nMe 12 may include Airport (Officially Opened In 1939).\nMe 72 may include Mall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMenr may include Freshmen and Orientation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMext may include Branch Colleges Of VPI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMf 29 may include Wine Faculty Achievement Award.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMf 360, 416 may include Buildings - Seitz Hall (Agricultural Engineering Building).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eML 1 may include Loans To Students.\nML 2, 3, 4, 5 may include Rison Bill.\nML 4 may include Engineering Experiment Station.\nML 7, 8, 9, 10 may include Bonds, V.P.I. (To Finance Building Of War Memorial Hall).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMm may include Uniforms, Military, Armistice Day, Corps Of Cadets, and  Military Organizations.\nMm 3, 7, 7c, 15, 135 may include Highty-Tighties.\nMm 42, 43, 63, 72, 94, 105, 116, 124, 130, 132, 159, 164 may include Kohler Trophy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMm 14, 16 may include Inspection, Military.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMm 21, 22, 23, 24 may include Foch Celebration.\nMM 78 may include Air R.O.T.C.\nMm 92 may include World War I and World War Ii.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM may include Armistice Day; Art, Dept. Of; Arts \u0026amp; Sciences, College Of [Obsolete]; Class Of (Different Years); Concerts \u0026amp; Plays (Not VPI); Conferences, Seminars, Workshops (Off-Campus); Conferences, Seminars, Workshops (On-Campus); Engineering Exposition; Engineering, College Of; Enrollment \u0026amp; Registration; Highty-Tighties; Horse Show; and Snow Battle.\nM 10, 119, 802 may include Faculty.\nM 10, 123, 171 may include Engineering Experiment Station.\nM 22, 54, 103, 104, 236, 245 may include Fires--On Campus.\nM 23, 24, 26a, 103, 104 may include Buildings - Field House (1914) (Burned).\nM 23, 31, 785, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Mcbryde Building Of Mechanic Arts (The Shops).\nM 23, 245, 805, 862 may include Trees--V.P.I. Campus.\nM 24, 26, 29, 115, 166, 170a, 195, 214, 218, 222 may include Science Club Obsolete.\nM 25, 31, 112, 118, 120 may include Maury Literary Society.\nM 26, 28, 73 may include Farmer's Winter Short Course.\nM 26, 85, 120, 511 may include Inspection, Military.\nM 29, 30, 134, 135 may include Grounds (Buildings \u0026amp;).\nM 31, 40, 95, 99, 113, 115, 132, 215, 236, 240, 241, 242 may include Rat System.\nM 31, 46, 263 may include Gitt, William G. (\"Uncle Bill\").\nM 54, 113 may include World War I.\nM 66, 69, 70, 534 may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026amp; VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.\nM 71, 738, 759 may include Masons.\nM 74, 233, 234 may include Student Volunteer Movement.\nM 77, 134, 139, 275, 369, 371 may include Course Of Study.\nM 82, 87-89, 134, 157, 226 may include Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railroad.\nM 82, 125, 129, 153, 517 may include American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (Asme).\nM 93, 224, 489 may include American Society Of Agricultural Engineers.\nM 97, 107a, 113, 120, 121, 123, 131, 773, 774 may include Buildings - War Memorial Gymnasium.\nM 102, 167, 203 may include Chemical Club / Chemistry Club.\nM 109, 116, 276 may include Home Demonstration.\nM 111, 113, 133, 134, 148, 718, 722, 723, 807 may include Buildings - Miles Stadium, 1926-1964.\nM 115, 116, 135, 138, 148, 139, 785, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Patton Hall.\nM 115, 168 may include Shenandoah Valley Club.\nM 122, 182 may include Fertilizer Short Course School M 122, 182.\nM 125, 178, 240, 193 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nM 127, 138, 176, 194a, 214, 236 may include American Chemical Society (Student Affiliate).\nM 128, 222, 339, 340, 442 may include Virginia Social Science Association.\nM 130, 394, 495, 513, 514 may include American Red Cross.\nM 131, 210, 786, 810, 837 may include Buildings - Academic Buildings 1 \u0026amp; 2.\nM 134, 148, 149, 160, 182, 184, 185, 195, 238, 273, 276, 278, 318, 331, 438, 447, 464, 465, 470, 471, 481, 498, 849 may include Airport (Officially Opened In 1939).\nM 135, 293 may include Stroubles Creek (Strubbles Creek).\nM 135, 330, 356, 398 may include Educators' Conference.\nM 136, 726, 11/1, 18, 31, 152 may include Dining Halls.\nM 138, 148, 738, 739, 755, 757, 763, 802 may include Buildings - Henderson Hall (Infirmary).\nM 140, 141, 147-149, 225, 326, 329, 508 may include Geology.\nM 140, 149, 835 may include Buildings - Power Plant.\nM 140, 312, 460 may include Rural Electrification Short Course.\nM 150, 223, 350, 382, 462, 464 may include Freshmen.\nM 151, 171, 380, 811 may include Quarries.\nM 151, 176 may include Lynchburg Club.\nM 151, 314, 516 may include Lakes \u0026amp; Ponds.\nM 154-1930 to M 347-1937 may include Rural Minister's Short Course.\nM 155, 455, 504, 153 may include Virginia Associated Plumbing, Heating, Contractors.\nM 157, 160, 738, 739, 802, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Saunders Hall (Dairy Science).\nM 160, 165 may include Engineering, Ceramic.\nM 161, 163, 173, 179, 189, 203, 337 (Civilian Students Union) may include Student Government Association.\nM 161, 170, 174 may include Soil Survey (Virginia).\nM 164, 165, 191, 324 may include Thanksgiving Game.\nM 173, 267, 309, 390, 433, 436, 610 may include Weather.\nM 174, 186, 187, 275, 448 may include Engineering, College Of.\nM 179a, 416 may include Noell Act.\nM 209, 709, 785, 804, 810, 825, 826, 126, 208 may include Buildings - Davidson Hall (Chemical Engineering).\nM 220, 223, 397 may include Future Farmers Of America.\nM 225, 239, 351, 458, 467 may include Home Economics, College Of (Human Resources).\nM 232, 517, 220, 224 may include Engineering, Metallurgical.\nM 235, 389 may include Engineering, Chemical.\nM 271, 886 may include Biology, Dept. Of.\nM 282a, 312 may include Out-Of-School Youth.\nM 295, 352 may include Graham Plan (Re: Athletic Aid).\nM 376, 390, 393, 394, 413, 417, 424, 714, 727, 785, 786, 804, 810, 887, 890, 891 may include Buildings - Owens Dining Hall.\nM 393, 785, 786 may include Buildings - Eggleston Hall (East Stone Dorm).\nM 397, 835a may include Institute Of Rural Affairs.\nM 407, 481 may include Sigma Xi (Honorary Faculty Research Society).\nM 443, 693 may include Treasury, V.P.I.\nM 452, 738, 739, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Holden Hall.\nM 458, 463, 468, 469, 810 may include Buildings - Hillcrest (\"Skirt Barn\").\nM 467, 483, 487, 488, 854, 223 may include Boycotts.\nM 548, 568 may include Cave Club.\nM 637, 835, 836, 837, 844 may include Buildings - Dormitories.\nM 660, 772, 773, 776, 781, 785, 786, 792, 794, 796, 796a, 804, 810, 878 may include Buildings - Williams Hall.\nM 690, 714, 731, 745, 746 may include Rad-Tech.\nM 755, 756, 763, 882, 883, 890 may include Buildings - Greenhouse (Dept. Of Horticulture).\nM 760, 761, 781, 782, 785, 791, 794, 796, 796a, 804, 810, 835, 882, 883, 886, 878, 881 may include Buildings - Randolph Hall.\nM 760, 772, 774, 835 may include Buildings - Meat \u0026amp; Processing Lab.\nM 780, 792, 805, 807, 824, 835 may include Buildings - Livestock \u0026amp; Poultry Disease Lab.\nM 785, 802, 835, 837 may include Buildings - Rasche Hall.\nM 785, 802, 879 may include Buildings - Brodie Hall and Shanks Hall (No. 4 \u0026amp; No. 7 Barracks United).\nM 787, 788, 794, 796, 797, 799-801, 804, 806, 810, 811, 819, 820, 823, 824, 827, 830, 832-834, 834a, 835-836 may include Buildings - Library - Carol M. Newman Library.\nM 810, 815, 868 may include Buildings - Commencement Hall (Old Commerce Hall).\nM 810, 835 may include Buildings - Seitz Hall (Agricultural Engineering Building).\nM 880-887, 890, 893, 738, 739, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Robeson Hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM 12 may include Christmas Card V.P.I. and Class Ticket.\nM 17a may include Virginia Agricultural \u0026amp; Mechanical College (Vamc).\nM 20 may include Pulaski Club.\nM 22, 37 may include Buildings - Preston \u0026amp; Olin Buildings.\nM 23, 24 may include Septic Tank.\nM 30 may include Little International Livestock Show.\nM 55, 76 may include Hikes - Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM 68, 69, 78, 109, 123, 137, 139 may include Farmers' Institute.\nM 73 may include Buildings - Alumni Building.\nM 80, 137 may include Dismissal.\nM 81, 82, 92, 129 may include American Society Of Civil Engineers.\nM 88 may include Buildings - Hutcheson Hall (Formerly New Agricultural Hall).\nM 94 may include Techgram.\nM 95 may include Mail Service (Campus).\nM 95, 96, 97, 108 may include Fires--Fought Off Campus.\nM 108, 155 may include May Day.\nM 115, 117 may include Buildings - University Club Building (Residence).\nM 116 may include Agriculture \u0026amp; Life Sciences, College Of - Horticulture.\nM 116, 117, 120 may include University Club.\nM 117-118 may include Agriculture \u0026amp; Life Sciences, College Of - Dairy Short Course.\nM 118 may include State Crop Pest Commission.\nM 122, 137, 154 may include Electric Meterman's Short Course.\nM 123 may include Hunt House.\nM 125 may include Agricultural Students' Honorary Council.\nM 130 may include United Daughters Of The Confederacy, 1927 Meeting At VPI.\nM 132 may include Coal.\nM 138, 139 may include Male Chorus At VPI.\nM 153 may include Publications, V.P.I.; Sham Battle; and Wine Scholarship.\nM 153, 154, 155 may include Engineer's Day.\nM 157 may include Buildings - Print Shop (Old M. E. Laboratory).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM 166, 196, 201, 218, 224 may include \"Technical Topics\" (1931-1941).\nM 167, 168, 171, 175, 188, 192, 215, 218, 231 may include Demolay Club.\nM 169 may include Industrial Surveys.\nM 170a may include Southern Collegian Magazine (1931).\nM 171 may include The Tin Horn (Co-Ed Yearbook, 1929-1931).\nM 176 may include VPI Skipper (Student Humor Magazine).\nM 179a, 180, 181 may include Landscape Design School (Short Course).\nM 180, 205 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall Centennial Celebration (1931).\nM 186, 225 may include American Country Life Association.\nM 188, 203 may include Chemistry, Dept. Of.\nM 189 may include Southern Colonels (Dance Orchestra).\nM 190 may include Roadside Landscaping.\nM 191 may include Lutheran Students' Association (Of America).\nM 195 may include Scorpions Club.\nM 196, 198, 219 may include Rifle Team.\nM 199 may include Prohibition Poll.\nM 203 may include Church Attendance.\nM 205 may include Lonesome Pine Club, Northern Neck Club, and Richmond Club.\nM 208 may include Pittsylvania Club.\nM 212 may include Rappahannock Valley Club and Roanoke Club.\nM 214, 216, 227 may include Swimming Pool.\nM 215, 230 may include Baptist Student Convention.\nM 214, 216, 227 may include Swimming Pool.\nM 215, 230 may include Baptist Student Convention.\nM 220 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nM 222, 231, 270 may include Depression \u0026amp; Recovery.\nM 223 may include Bachelor's Club.\nM 228, 239 may include Beer Licenses.\nM 230 may include American Legion.\nM 230, 231 may include Civil Works Project.\nM 230, 232, 240, 242, 285 may include Rescue Squad.\nM 231, 237, 239, 262, 276 may include Buildings - Utilities Building.\nM 234 may include Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Fraternity), Alpha Omicron Circle.\nM 234, 236, 236a may include Virginia Association Of International Relations.\nM 237 may include Cancer Research.\nM 241 may include Buildings - Faculty Center.\nM 241, 244, 245 may include Virginia Library Association.\nM 241, 258, 262 may include Federal Emergency Relief Administration.\nM 245 may include Fire Brigade.\nM 258, 262 may include Merchant Marine Officers Training School.\nM 262 may include Reflecting Pool.\nM 268, 275 may include Birds (Study).\nM 275 may include Aeronautical Course.\nM 278 may include Guidon.\nM 295 may include Evening Classes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM 323 may include American Institute Of Chemical Engineers.\nM 338 may include Street Lighting.\nM 352 may include Southern Conference.\nM 356 may include Cooking For Boys.\nM 363, 365 may include Nautical Training School.\nM 363, 387 may include Virginia Educational Association.\nM 382 may include Student Identification Cards.\nM 388 may include Post-Graduate Club.\nM 390 may include Building Layouts.\nM 404 may include Cooperatives.\nM 412, 414 may include League Of Virginia Counties.\nM 417 may include Quadrangle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM 433, 434 may include Mining Bureau.\nM 433, 449, 453, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 465, 466, 467, 481, 488, 489, 523 may include World War Ii.\nM 438, 439, 441 may include Training Plane.\nM 438, 443, 452, 459, 470, 483, 485 may include Works Progress Administration (Wpa).\nM 443 may include Association Of College Libraries Of Southwest Virginia.\nM 452 may include Buildings - Seitz Hall (Agricultural Engineering Building).\nM 481 may include Keramos and Rankine, William J. M.\nM 490 may include William \u0026amp; Mary, College Of.\nM 493 may include Recruiting (Military).\nM 513, 519 may include Water Shortage.\nM 520 may include American Institute Of Architects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM 579, 585 may include Nursery School-VPI.\nM 641 may include Napoleonana Collection.\nM 658, 660, 677, 691, 693 may include Sewage Disposal Plant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM 709 may include Buildings - R.O.T.C Building (Building 364).\nM 710, 757-760, 763, 771-772 may include Mall.\nM 723 may include Buildings - Mining Engineering Building.\nM 726, 727, 734, 735, 745, 746, 746a, 804 may include Buildings - Femoyer Hall, Monteith Hall, and Thomas Hall.\nM 735, 738, 739, 742, 755, 756, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Smyth Hall (Formerly Known As Natural Science Building).\nM 737, 741 may include Piedmont Research Laboratory (Charlottesville).\nM 738 may include Tomato Clubs.\nM 738, 739, 802, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Agnew Hall.\nM 738, 739, 804, 810 may include Buildings - Price Hall (\"Old Aggie\").\nM 746 may include Winchester Research Laboratory.\nM 752, 786, 794, 780, 781, 785 may include Buildings - Library (Old Chapel Building) (Burned).\nM 755, 756, 757 may include Buildings - Dairy Barn.\nM 757 may include Bear (Wanders Through Campus).\nM 758 may include War Memorial Chapel.\nM 773, 774 may include Radio Station - WUVT.\nM 785, 802 may include Buildings - Lane Hall.\nM 785, 804 may include Buildings - Campbell Hall (West Stone Dorm).\nM 807, 812 may include Buildings - Athletic Plant.\nM 810 may include Buildings - Hutcheson Hall (Formerly New Agricultural Hall) and Performing Arts \u0026amp; Communications Building (Ymca Building, 1899-1936; Old Military Building, 1937-1966; Student Personnel Building, 1966-1972).\nM 815 may include Motion Picture Unit At VPI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM 829 may include Racial \u0026amp; Ethnic Minorities (Campus).\nM 835-837, 870 may include Buildings - Pamplin Hall (Commerce Hall 2).\nM 862 may include Buildings - Barns.\nM 868 no. 8 may include Cornerstone Markers (Old Commerce Hall).\nM 881 may include Computing Center.\nM 882, 883 may include Buildings - Swine Center.\nM 886 may include Agriculture \u0026amp; Life Sciences, College Of - Veterinary Science.\nM 890 may include Mccormick, Cyrus Hall.\nM 890, 892 may include Buildings - Norris Hall.\nM 894, 895 may include Name Change.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMla 31 may include Colors, V.P.I. (Orange \u0026amp; Maroon).\nMla 88 may include \"GOBBLERS\" (nickname).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMla 367 may include Yells-VPI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 13, 17z may include Rankine, William J. M.\nMo 15, 16 may include Student Government Association.\nMo 20z73, 23 may include Sigma Mu Sigma (National College Masonic Service Fraternity).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 1 may include Lee Literary Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 1a, 1b, 1c, 1c1, 1c2, 1d may include Maury Literary Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 2 may include Christian Science Organization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 3 may include Fraternities \u0026amp; Sororities--Social.\nMo 3a may include Kappa Sigma.\nMo 3b may include Sigma Alpha.\nMo 3b, 3d may include Pi Kappa Alpha (Social Fraternity).\nMo 3c may include Alpha Phi.\nMo 3c no. 2 may include Beta Theta Pi (Social Fraternity).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 4 may include Music Groups and Tech Minstrels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 4m may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026amp; VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 6 may include Apple Club; Black Diamond Club; City, County \u0026amp; Sectional Clubs; Lonesome Pine Club; Lynchburg Club; Northern Neck Club; Peanut Club; Pittsylvania Club; Richmond Club; Roanoke Club; and Shenandoah Valley Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 7 may include Tech Players and Thespian Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 8 may include Virgnia Polytechnic Societies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 11 may include Student Publications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 16 may include Honor System.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 16m, 16r may include Highty-Tighties.\nMo 16p may include Kohler Trophy.\nMo 16s may include Company B, Corps Of Cadets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 17z, 31-33, 55, 56, 57, 62, 65, 66, 68, 71, 72 may include War Memorial Chapel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 17g, 17m, 17L may include Buildings - War Memorial Gymnasium.\nMo 17h, 17g may include Buildings - Alumni Building.\nMo 17s3, 17s5, 17s7 may include Buildings - Miles Stadium, 1926-1964.\nMo 17t may include V.P.I. Alumnus.\nMo 17z29 may include Campus Development Plan.\nMo 17z31 may include Victory Reunion (1946).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 17z101 may include Carillon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 20 may include Fraternities--Honorary.\nMo 20c, 20f, 20t, 20v, 20w, 20x, 20z, 20z12, 20z40, 20z76, 20z96 may include Sigma Xi (Honorary Faculty Research Society).\nMo 20g, 20o, 20w, 20y, 20z, 20z40 may include Pi Delta Epsilon (Journalism Honorary).\nMo 20j, 20m, 20o, 20t, 20w, 20x, 20z, 20zl, 20z3, 20z5, 20z95, 20z19, 20z94 may include Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Fraternity), Alpha Omicron Circle.\nMo 20q, 20s, 20z5, 20z71 may include Alpha Kappa Psi (Professional Business Fraternity).\nMo 20z22, 20z23, 20z32, 20z9, 20z70 may include Gregory Guard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 20, 20d, 20g2, 20h, 20p, 20r, 20w, 20y, 20zl, 20z2, 20z5, 20z6 may include Phi Kappa Phi (Scholarship Honorary).\nMo 20d, 20e, 20f, 20m, 20s may include Alpha Zeta (National Agriculture Society).\nMo 20e may include Scorpions Club.\nMo 20f, 20g may include Beta Tau Epsilon (Engineering).\nMo 20f, 20p, 20z, 20zl, 20z3 may include Phi Lambda Upsilon (Chemistry Honorary).\nMo 20g, 20h, 20j, 20p, 20q, 20r, 20u, 20x, 20z, 20z2, 20z11 may include Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary).\nMo 20g2 may include Theta Epsilon Theta (Research Honorary Society).\nMo 20h may include Phi Gamma Nu.\nMo 20h, 20w, 20z2, 20z6, 20z7 may include Sigma Delta Psi (Athletic Honorary).\nMo 20m, 20n, 20t, 20z, 20z3, 20z6, 20z8 may include Scabbard \u0026amp; Blade (Honorary Military Society).\nMo 20w, 20x, 20z1, 20z3 may include Pi Tau Sigma (National Honorary, Mechanical Engineering).\nMo 20w, 20z, 20z1 may include Eta Kappa Nu (Ee Honorary).\nMo 20z may include Keramos.\nMo 20z, z2, z3 may include Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honorary).\nMo 20z1 may include Alpha Sigma Mu (Metallurgical Engineering Fraternity).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 20z28, 20z29 may include Sigma Pi Sigma.\nMo 20z27 may include Phi Sigma Society (Biological Sciences Honorary).\nMo 20z48 may include Pi Omega Pi (Business Education Honorary).\nMo 20z60 may include Alpha Phi Omega (National Service Fraternity).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 22 may include American Society Of Agricultural Engineers and Four-H Alumni Club.\nMo 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22g may include Agronomy Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 24 may include \"Skippers\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo27 may include Dairy Science Club (American Dairy Science Association).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 33 may include Chemical Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 34 may include Industrial Arts Education Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 35 may include Baptist Student Union, Religious Activities, and Wesley Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 37 may include Engineers and Engineering Exposition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 42 may include Blacksburg Naval Reserve Research Unit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 49 may include Circle K (Student Organizatons - Service).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 50 may include Apollo Club (Weightlifting Club, 1954).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 52 may include Aeronautical Clubs - American Institute Of Aeronautics; American Institute Aeronautical Science; American Institute Of Aeronautics \u0026amp; Astronautics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 54 may include Burkhart Mining Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 60 may include Holden Society (Student Geological Organization).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 61 may include Amateur Radio Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 64 may include Chinese Student Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 65 may include Distributive Education, Curriculum In.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMo 67 may include Virginia Educational Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMp 7 may include Rison Bill.\nMp 54 may include Buildings - Burruss Hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMp 164 may include Name Change.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMra may include Radford University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMst may include Cadet Scandal and Student Unrest / Troubles / Protests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAB may include Athletics - Track \u0026amp; Field.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eABB may include Athletics - Wrestling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAF may include Scrub Football Team.\nAF 1914c may include Songs Of VPI Incl. Moonlight \u0026amp; VPI, Tech Triumph, Ut Prosim.\nAF 1919s may include Silent Drill Company.\nAF 1922L may include Maury Literary Society.\nAF 1923z3 may include Monogram Club and Buildings - Field House (1914) (Burned).\nAF 1922z11 may include Dope Book (VPI - Vmi History).\nAF 1924 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nAF 1955 may include Sword (Ceremonial; VPI-VMI Game).\nAF 1959z10 may include Television (1959 Homecoming Game - A \"First\").\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAG may include Athletics - Intra-Murals; Athletics - Women'S Sports; Athletics, Miscellaneous (Including \"Minor\", Unlisted Sports); and Miscellaneous Sports.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAG 1, 5 may include Athletic Department (Formerly Athletic Association).\nAG 5, 6 may include Southern Conference.\nAG 5, 6 may include Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.\nAG 11 may include Buildings - Miles Stadium, 1926-1964.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAT may include Athletics - Track \u0026amp; Field.\nAT 1900, 1903, 1920c may include Field Day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMu may include Buildings - University Club Building (Residence).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMW 14, 23, 34, 27, 37, 53 may include Lakes \u0026amp; Ponds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW la, 7a, 7c may include American Red Cross.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3151_c27_c03"}},{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574_c12_c03","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"From Her Brothers and Sisters","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574_c12_c03#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574_c12_c03","ref_ssm":["wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574_c12_c03"],"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574_c12_c03","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574_c12","parent_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574_c12","parent_ssim":["wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574","wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574_c12"],"parent_ids_ssim":["wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574","wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574_c12"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers","Series 12. Incoming Letters to Semantha Atkeson-Morgan from Her Relatives"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers","Series 12. Incoming Letters to Semantha Atkeson-Morgan from Her Relatives"],"text":["Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers","Series 12. Incoming Letters to Semantha Atkeson-Morgan from Her Relatives","From Her Brothers and Sisters","Box 2","Folder 4-6"],"title_filing_ssi":"From Her Brothers and Sisters","title_ssm":["From Her Brothers and Sisters"],"title_tesim":["From Her Brothers and Sisters"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1860–1907"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1860/1907"],"normalized_title_ssm":["From Her Brothers and Sisters"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"collection_ssim":["Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":3,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":62,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["No special access restriction applies."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"date_range_isim":[1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907],"containers_ssim":["Box 2","Folder 4-6"],"_nest_path_":"/components#11/components#2","timestamp":"2026-05-21T00:47:09.944Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_1574.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195850","title_ssm":["Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1833-1923","1850-1900"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1850-1900"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1833-1923"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 3372","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/1574"],"text":["A\u0026M 3372","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/1574","Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers","Barboursville (W. Va.)","Buffalo (Putnam County, W. Va.)","Cabell County (W. Va.)","Gallipolis (Ohio)","Kanawha County (W. Va.)","Ohio River and Valley.","Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.)","Putnam County (W. Va.)","Walnut Grove, Kanawha County.","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Agriculture  ","Hunting -- West Virginia","Poetry.","Steamboats","No special access restriction applies.","John Morgan, born in Shenandoah County, Virginia on October 10, 1840, was brought by his parents, John and Elizabeth A. (Beale) Morgan, to Putnam County where they settled in 1846.","John Morgan was married to Samantha J., daughter of Thomas and Virginia (Brown) Atkeson. She was born in Mason County in January 1843, and was married to John Morgan on 12 October 1875 in Putnam County by Reverend Crooks. They had three sons: John (born 18 August 1876), Thomas Atkeson (15 April 1878), and Rembrandt (19 June 1880). ","During the Civil War John Morgan enlisted in 1863 in Company A, 22nd Virginia Regiment, Confederate Army, serving till the surrender. His brother William S. Morgan, a member of Company A., 36th Regiment, Confederate Army, was killed at Fayette Courthouse in 1862. John Morgan was a farmer who lived on bottom land opposite the mouth of the Poca River in Putnam County, West Virginia. (From West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, 1976)","Papers of John and Sarah Atkeson-Morgan documenting Atkeson-Morgan family history and the history of the Morgan home and farm in Putnam County, West Virginia for period ca. 1840-1900.","Materials include Civil War papers; personal and business correspondence; legal documents; school compositions and poetry; one photograph; and invoices and receipts.","Subjects include: personal business (such as health, travel, and courtship), farm business, hunting, education (particularly at Barboursville College), and steamboat travel (including the vessels 'Active' and 'Chesapeake'), among others.","Individuals who are prominently documented in the collection include: John Morgan, Sr., John Morgan, Jr., James 'Jim' Morgan, Semantha Atkeson-Morgan, John Beale, James Beale, Samuel Moore, Thomas Atkeson Morgan, Rembrandt Morgan, Albert Sidney Morgan, Anna Jackson, Thomas Atkeson, and Virginia Wells.","West Virginia and Virginia locations of significance to the family include: Walnut Grove, Kanawha County; Point Pleasant; Kanawha Court House; Buffalo, Putnam County; Poca or Poca Bottom; Pocatalico or Pocatalico Bottom; Mount Jackson; Gallipolis, Raymond City, Putnam County; Barboursville; Winfield; Charleston; Rio, Hardy and Hampshire Counties; Orkney Springs; Edge Hill, Virginia; Lewisburg; Letart; Huntington; and Fowlers, Brooke County. Other states of interest include: New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Washington, D.C.","This series includes several Civil War-related letters from or to members of the Atkeson-Morgan family and a copy of a poem about the Confederacy.","This series includes business correspondence from John Morgan, Sr., John Morgan, Jr., and James Beale.","This series consists of correspondence written to John Morgan, Sr. by his siblings, his sons, James Beale, and Samuel Moore.","This series includes correspondence to and from John Morgan, Jr..","This series consists of correspondence of the sons of John Morgan, Jr. and Semantha Atkeson-Morgan: John, Thomas Atkeson, Rembrandt, and Albert Sidney; and grandson, William Morgan.","These letters originate in Mt. Jackson and Orkney Springs, and reference a local flu epidemic and related fatalities, including the youngest son of Charles Moore. They also mention the death of John's son Maurice. An 1860 letter describes the family's recent move to Orkney and the smoother ride over well graded roads. Samuel Moore also discusses business, selling forty-three acres and a mill for $14,000 and his decision to sell more land in a better market.","These letters are all written from \"Home.\" In addition to reports of health and visitors, the letters primarily regard farm business, such as the selling of livestock in Ohio, crop prices, news of hay, straw, wheat, hogs, corn, and cattle. One letter (1867) is written from Portsmouth, Ohio while Jim was on a trip.","John reports an incident on the Kanawha River in which he had to save himself on a sinking skiff. Farm news includes information about the tobacco crop and the traps they are setting to catch the culprits who are poisoning the hounds. He also relates \"ma's\" cough remedy, as boiled down bourbon, sweetened with sugar or molasses. In 1860, he is trying to muster forty-five men into a company of men at \"Mouth Poca.\"","This series consists of correspondence written to John Morgan, Jr. by several of his relatives.","This series includes general correspondence written to John Morgan, Jr. by S.A. Miller and B.B. Harding.","The majority of these letters are related to Mrs. Morgan's art supply orders.","This series includes correspondence written to Semantha Atkeson-Morgan by various relatives.","This series includes assorted correspondence written to Semantha Atkeson-Morgan by various friends and acquaintances.","This series includes correspondence written by John Beale, father of Elizabeth A. Beale-Morgan and maternal grandfather to John Morgan, Jr..","This series includes assorted correspondence not explicitly written to or by any members of the Atkeson-Morgan family.","This series includes assorted legal documents.","This series documents assorted transactions of John Morgan, Jr. and Sr. with businesses in Charleston, West Virginia and locations in Putnam County and southwestern West Virginia. Letterhead includes names of businesses and their owners and employees, addresses, goods and services offered, etc..","This series documents assorted transactions of James Beale, John Morgan, Jr., and John Morgan, Sr..","This series includes assorted ephemera regarding the Atkeson-Morgan family, including business, greeting, and other cards, checks, etc..","This series includes material regarding General Daniel Morgan's involvement in the Revolutionary War and medical regimen for one of the John Morgans.","This series includes receipts of John Morgan, Sr. and Jr. from businesses in various locations in West Virginia, including Poca, Pt. Pleasant, and Charleston.","February 21, 1896 issue of the Putnam Democrat separated for microfilming and incorporation into the Miscellaneous Newspaper Collection.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Barboursville College","Atkeson-Morgan Family","Atkins family","Morgan family","McKinley, William, 1843-1901","English"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 3372","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/1574"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Barboursville (W. Va.)","Buffalo (Putnam County, W. Va.)","Cabell County (W. Va.)","Gallipolis (Ohio)","Kanawha County (W. Va.)","Ohio River and Valley.","Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.)","Putnam County (W. Va.)","Walnut Grove, Kanawha County.","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"geogname_ssim":["Barboursville (W. Va.)","Buffalo (Putnam County, W. Va.)","Cabell County (W. Va.)","Gallipolis (Ohio)","Kanawha County (W. Va.)","Ohio River and Valley.","Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.)","Putnam County (W. Va.)","Walnut Grove, Kanawha County.","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"creator_ssm":["Atkeson-Morgan Family"],"creator_ssim":["Atkeson-Morgan Family"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Atkeson-Morgan Family"],"creators_ssim":["Atkeson-Morgan Family"],"places_ssim":["Barboursville (W. Va.)","Buffalo (Putnam County, W. Va.)","Cabell County (W. Va.)","Gallipolis (Ohio)","Kanawha County (W. Va.)","Ohio River and Valley.","Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.)","Putnam County (W. Va.)","Walnut Grove, Kanawha County.","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"access_terms_ssm":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Agriculture  ","Hunting -- West Virginia","Poetry.","Steamboats"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Agriculture  ","Hunting -- West Virginia","Poetry.","Steamboats"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.9 Linear Feet Summary: 23 in. (4 document cases, 1 flat storage box)"],"extent_tesim":["1.9 Linear Feet Summary: 23 in. (4 document cases, 1 flat storage box)"],"date_range_isim":[1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn Morgan, born in Shenandoah County, Virginia on October 10, 1840, was brought by his parents, John and Elizabeth A. (Beale) Morgan, to Putnam County where they settled in 1846.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn Morgan was married to Samantha J., daughter of Thomas and Virginia (Brown) Atkeson. She was born in Mason County in January 1843, and was married to John Morgan on 12 October 1875 in Putnam County by Reverend Crooks. They had three sons: John (born 18 August 1876), Thomas Atkeson (15 April 1878), and Rembrandt (19 June 1880). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War John Morgan enlisted in 1863 in Company A, 22nd Virginia Regiment, Confederate Army, serving till the surrender. His brother William S. Morgan, a member of Company A., 36th Regiment, Confederate Army, was killed at Fayette Courthouse in 1862. John Morgan was a farmer who lived on bottom land opposite the mouth of the Poca River in Putnam County, West Virginia. (From West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, 1976)\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["John Morgan, born in Shenandoah County, Virginia on October 10, 1840, was brought by his parents, John and Elizabeth A. (Beale) Morgan, to Putnam County where they settled in 1846.","John Morgan was married to Samantha J., daughter of Thomas and Virginia (Brown) Atkeson. She was born in Mason County in January 1843, and was married to John Morgan on 12 October 1875 in Putnam County by Reverend Crooks. They had three sons: John (born 18 August 1876), Thomas Atkeson (15 April 1878), and Rembrandt (19 June 1880). ","During the Civil War John Morgan enlisted in 1863 in Company A, 22nd Virginia Regiment, Confederate Army, serving till the surrender. His brother William S. Morgan, a member of Company A., 36th Regiment, Confederate Army, was killed at Fayette Courthouse in 1862. John Morgan was a farmer who lived on bottom land opposite the mouth of the Poca River in Putnam County, West Virginia. (From West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, 1976)"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers, A\u0026amp;M 3372, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers, A\u0026M 3372, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of John and Sarah Atkeson-Morgan documenting Atkeson-Morgan family history and the history of the Morgan home and farm in Putnam County, West Virginia for period ca. 1840-1900.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials include Civil War papers; personal and business correspondence; legal documents; school compositions and poetry; one photograph; and invoices and receipts.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: personal business (such as health, travel, and courtship), farm business, hunting, education (particularly at Barboursville College), and steamboat travel (including the vessels 'Active' and 'Chesapeake'), among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIndividuals who are prominently documented in the collection include: John Morgan, Sr., John Morgan, Jr., James 'Jim' Morgan, Semantha Atkeson-Morgan, John Beale, James Beale, Samuel Moore, Thomas Atkeson Morgan, Rembrandt Morgan, Albert Sidney Morgan, Anna Jackson, Thomas Atkeson, and Virginia Wells.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia and Virginia locations of significance to the family include: Walnut Grove, Kanawha County; Point Pleasant; Kanawha Court House; Buffalo, Putnam County; Poca or Poca Bottom; Pocatalico or Pocatalico Bottom; Mount Jackson; Gallipolis, Raymond City, Putnam County; Barboursville; Winfield; Charleston; Rio, Hardy and Hampshire Counties; Orkney Springs; Edge Hill, Virginia; Lewisburg; Letart; Huntington; and Fowlers, Brooke County. Other states of interest include: New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes several Civil War-related letters from or to members of the Atkeson-Morgan family and a copy of a poem about the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes business correspondence from John Morgan, Sr., John Morgan, Jr., and James Beale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of correspondence written to John Morgan, Sr. by his siblings, his sons, James Beale, and Samuel Moore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes correspondence to and from John Morgan, Jr..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of correspondence of the sons of John Morgan, Jr. and Semantha Atkeson-Morgan: John, Thomas Atkeson, Rembrandt, and Albert Sidney; and grandson, William Morgan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters originate in Mt. Jackson and Orkney Springs, and reference a local flu epidemic and related fatalities, including the youngest son of Charles Moore. They also mention the death of John's son Maurice. An 1860 letter describes the family's recent move to Orkney and the smoother ride over well graded roads. Samuel Moore also discusses business, selling forty-three acres and a mill for $14,000 and his decision to sell more land in a better market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters are all written from \"Home.\" In addition to reports of health and visitors, the letters primarily regard farm business, such as the selling of livestock in Ohio, crop prices, news of hay, straw, wheat, hogs, corn, and cattle. One letter (1867) is written from Portsmouth, Ohio while Jim was on a trip.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn reports an incident on the Kanawha River in which he had to save himself on a sinking skiff. Farm news includes information about the tobacco crop and the traps they are setting to catch the culprits who are poisoning the hounds. He also relates \"ma's\" cough remedy, as boiled down bourbon, sweetened with sugar or molasses. In 1860, he is trying to muster forty-five men into a company of men at \"Mouth Poca.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of correspondence written to John Morgan, Jr. by several of his relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes general correspondence written to John Morgan, Jr. by S.A. Miller and B.B. Harding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of these letters are related to Mrs. Morgan's art supply orders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes correspondence written to Semantha Atkeson-Morgan by various relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes assorted correspondence written to Semantha Atkeson-Morgan by various friends and acquaintances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes correspondence written by John Beale, father of Elizabeth A. Beale-Morgan and maternal grandfather to John Morgan, Jr..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes assorted correspondence not explicitly written to or by any members of the Atkeson-Morgan family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes assorted legal documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series documents assorted transactions of John Morgan, Jr. and Sr. with businesses in Charleston, West Virginia and locations in Putnam County and southwestern West Virginia. Letterhead includes names of businesses and their owners and employees, addresses, goods and services offered, etc..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series documents assorted transactions of James Beale, John Morgan, Jr., and John Morgan, Sr..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes assorted ephemera regarding the Atkeson-Morgan family, including business, greeting, and other cards, checks, etc..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes material regarding General Daniel Morgan's involvement in the Revolutionary War and medical regimen for one of the John Morgans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes receipts of John Morgan, Sr. and Jr. from businesses in various locations in West Virginia, including Poca, Pt. Pleasant, and Charleston.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of John and Sarah Atkeson-Morgan documenting Atkeson-Morgan family history and the history of the Morgan home and farm in Putnam County, West Virginia for period ca. 1840-1900.","Materials include Civil War papers; personal and business correspondence; legal documents; school compositions and poetry; one photograph; and invoices and receipts.","Subjects include: personal business (such as health, travel, and courtship), farm business, hunting, education (particularly at Barboursville College), and steamboat travel (including the vessels 'Active' and 'Chesapeake'), among others.","Individuals who are prominently documented in the collection include: John Morgan, Sr., John Morgan, Jr., James 'Jim' Morgan, Semantha Atkeson-Morgan, John Beale, James Beale, Samuel Moore, Thomas Atkeson Morgan, Rembrandt Morgan, Albert Sidney Morgan, Anna Jackson, Thomas Atkeson, and Virginia Wells.","West Virginia and Virginia locations of significance to the family include: Walnut Grove, Kanawha County; Point Pleasant; Kanawha Court House; Buffalo, Putnam County; Poca or Poca Bottom; Pocatalico or Pocatalico Bottom; Mount Jackson; Gallipolis, Raymond City, Putnam County; Barboursville; Winfield; Charleston; Rio, Hardy and Hampshire Counties; Orkney Springs; Edge Hill, Virginia; Lewisburg; Letart; Huntington; and Fowlers, Brooke County. Other states of interest include: New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Washington, D.C.","This series includes several Civil War-related letters from or to members of the Atkeson-Morgan family and a copy of a poem about the Confederacy.","This series includes business correspondence from John Morgan, Sr., John Morgan, Jr., and James Beale.","This series consists of correspondence written to John Morgan, Sr. by his siblings, his sons, James Beale, and Samuel Moore.","This series includes correspondence to and from John Morgan, Jr..","This series consists of correspondence of the sons of John Morgan, Jr. and Semantha Atkeson-Morgan: John, Thomas Atkeson, Rembrandt, and Albert Sidney; and grandson, William Morgan.","These letters originate in Mt. Jackson and Orkney Springs, and reference a local flu epidemic and related fatalities, including the youngest son of Charles Moore. They also mention the death of John's son Maurice. An 1860 letter describes the family's recent move to Orkney and the smoother ride over well graded roads. Samuel Moore also discusses business, selling forty-three acres and a mill for $14,000 and his decision to sell more land in a better market.","These letters are all written from \"Home.\" In addition to reports of health and visitors, the letters primarily regard farm business, such as the selling of livestock in Ohio, crop prices, news of hay, straw, wheat, hogs, corn, and cattle. One letter (1867) is written from Portsmouth, Ohio while Jim was on a trip.","John reports an incident on the Kanawha River in which he had to save himself on a sinking skiff. Farm news includes information about the tobacco crop and the traps they are setting to catch the culprits who are poisoning the hounds. He also relates \"ma's\" cough remedy, as boiled down bourbon, sweetened with sugar or molasses. In 1860, he is trying to muster forty-five men into a company of men at \"Mouth Poca.\"","This series consists of correspondence written to John Morgan, Jr. by several of his relatives.","This series includes general correspondence written to John Morgan, Jr. by S.A. Miller and B.B. Harding.","The majority of these letters are related to Mrs. Morgan's art supply orders.","This series includes correspondence written to Semantha Atkeson-Morgan by various relatives.","This series includes assorted correspondence written to Semantha Atkeson-Morgan by various friends and acquaintances.","This series includes correspondence written by John Beale, father of Elizabeth A. Beale-Morgan and maternal grandfather to John Morgan, Jr..","This series includes assorted correspondence not explicitly written to or by any members of the Atkeson-Morgan family.","This series includes assorted legal documents.","This series documents assorted transactions of John Morgan, Jr. and Sr. with businesses in Charleston, West Virginia and locations in Putnam County and southwestern West Virginia. Letterhead includes names of businesses and their owners and employees, addresses, goods and services offered, etc..","This series documents assorted transactions of James Beale, John Morgan, Jr., and John Morgan, Sr..","This series includes assorted ephemera regarding the Atkeson-Morgan family, including business, greeting, and other cards, checks, etc..","This series includes material regarding General Daniel Morgan's involvement in the Revolutionary War and medical regimen for one of the John Morgans.","This series includes receipts of John Morgan, Sr. and Jr. from businesses in various locations in West Virginia, including Poca, Pt. Pleasant, and Charleston."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFebruary 21, 1896 issue of the Putnam Democrat separated for microfilming and incorporation into the Miscellaneous Newspaper Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["February 21, 1896 issue of the Putnam Democrat separated for microfilming and incorporation into the Miscellaneous Newspaper Collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_4add46305460bc810dce1b883f0a76bb\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/"],"names_coll_ssim":["Barboursville College","Atkins family","Morgan family","McKinley, William, 1843-1901"],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Barboursville College","Atkeson-Morgan Family","Atkins family","Morgan family","McKinley, William, 1843-1901"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Barboursville College"],"famname_ssim":["Atkeson-Morgan Family","Atkins family","Morgan family"],"persname_ssim":["McKinley, William, 1843-1901"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":157,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T00:47:09.944Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1574_c12_c03"}},{"id":"viu_viu00917_c01_c21_c06","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"F. Stack Mines","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00917_c01_c21_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00917_c01_c21_c06","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00917_c01_c21_c06"],"id":"viu_viu00917_c01_c21_c06","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00917","_root_":"viu_viu00917","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00917_c01_c21","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00917_c01_c21","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00917","viu_viu00917_c01","viu_viu00917_c01_c21"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00917","viu_viu00917_c01","viu_viu00917_c01_c21"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","Bound Volumes","Payroll Books"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","Bound Volumes","Payroll Books"],"text":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","Bound Volumes","Payroll Books","F. Stack Mines","5 volumes"],"title_filing_ssi":"F. Stack Mines","title_ssm":["F. Stack Mines"],"title_tesim":["F. Stack Mines"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1881-1909"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1881/1909"],"normalized_title_ssm":["F. Stack Mines"],"component_level_isim":[3],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"physdesc_tesim":["5 volumes"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":115,"date_range_isim":[1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#20/components#5","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:10:02.328Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00917","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00917","_root_":"viu_viu00917","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00917","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00917.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"title_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["662"],"text":["662","Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","95 linear feer + 1200\n         volumes","Stored off-site. Users must request boxes 48 hours in advance of desired use. Neither drop-in nor next-day requests can be fulfilled. For additional information, contact Special Collections. \n","The word \"organization\" is used here with considerable\n         diffidence, for any researcher studying the container list\n         that follows will realize quickly that there is no\n         organization in the usual sense of the word.","As noted under \"Provenance,\" the Low Moor Iron Company\n         papers were subjected to a number of moves; when processing\n         began in the fall of 1976, no discernible scheme of\n         organization could be determined.","The first step was to review the series of coded numbers\n         placed on the bundles of papers before they were moved to\n         the dormitory attic, but these did not provide any sort of\n         useful organization. Next, the spine titles of the original\n         letter boxes were reviewed (they had been copied onto the\n         gray cardboard sheets before the move to the dormitory\n         attic), but they, too, proved useless.","These steps having provided no scheme, and after a\n         considerable hiatus due to a turnover in student processors\n         on the collection, the new student processors were\n         instructed to begin a box-by-box inventory of the contents\n         of the collection. During this inventory, old folders were\n         replaced with acid-free ones, and the original folder\n         headings were copied onto the new ones. Some removal of\n         paper clips was accomplished, and the materials were\n         reviewed and notes taken for the guide.","Some consolidation of materials was accomplished, and in\n         other cases, materials were moved. This work has created\n         some problems in the numbering of the boxes. Thus, the\n         researchers will find boxes marked \"6A\" and \"23C\"; he will\n         also discover that certain box numbers have been entirely\n         omitted. As the box numbers exist only to aid in the\n         location of material, it was not felt that the unusual\n         numbers and the omissions would cause problems in working\n         with the papers.","A certain amount of movement of boxes within the\n         collection, and of materials among boxes, probably would\n         ease use of it. But what processing was accomplished on\n         this project took far longer than had been anticipated, and\n         there was no time in the late spring of 1978, when the\n         processors had to complete their work with the project, to\n         undertake a mass movement of material. Thus, they stand in\n         the order in which we found them at the beginning of the\n         project.","The Low Moor Iron Company, the first producer of pig\n         iron in Virginia according to the company's claims, was a\n         self-contained manufacturing unit producing from its own\n         mines the coal, limestone, and iron ore needed for its iron\n         production. Located in Low Moor near Clifton Forge in\n         Alleghany County in western Virginia, an area rich in\n         mineral deposits, the company was in operation from\n         1872-1930, producing only pig iron; it never attempted to\n         produce finished iron products.","Coal came to the Low Moor furnaces from the Kay Moor\n         Mines at Kay Moor, West Virginia, about thirty miles from\n         Low Moor; limestone was produced from the Low Moor\n         limestone quarries; and iron ore came from the Fenwick,\n         Dolly Ann, Jordan, Rich Patch, Low Moor, and Longdale\n         Mines, most of them within twenty miles of Low Moor at\n         Covington or Clifton Forge.","The towns of Low Moor and Kay Moor were company towns in\n         every respect. Workers lived in company-owned houses,\n         bought food in company stores, worshiped at the company\n         church, saw movies in the company theater, were treated in\n         the company hospital, and were buried in the company\n         cemetery. Workers received part of their pay in scrip that\n         they exchanged for goods and services. According to a\n         statement from the Kay Moor Mines dated November 1904, Kay\n         Moor then employed 338 people, paid them an average wage of\n         $36.26 per month, and issued half of their pay in scrip.\n         Kay Moor had four stores; Low Moor had seven or eight. All\n         of these stores carried large inventories which are\n         detailed in the collection. These inventories are valuable\n         to anyone interested in determining the wants and needs of\n         a coal miner and his family.","In the late 1910's and 1920's Kay Moor had a company\n         theater called the Azure Theater which seated about 300\n         people. There were also plans for a company-owned social\n         center, to have pool tables, a soda fountain, and\n         provisions for dancing and skating. The company was in\n         tough economic straits by the 1920's, however, and there is\n         no evidence that the social center was built. The town of\n         Low Moor was so completely under the company's influence\n         that one of Low Moor Iron Company's assistant managers\n         served as the town sheriff. He often foreclosed on people\n         who did not pay their debts, and drove troublesome people\n         \"out of town on a rail\" as he put it.","The Low Moor Iron Company's fortunes fluctuated during\n         the various business cycles between the years 1880-1930.\n         Low Moor was one of the larger pig iron producers in\n         Virginia, but Virginia pig iron production was not\n         important nationally. Low Moor officials sometimes sold\n         their product themselves, but more often they used agents,\n         the prevalent method at the time. Low Moor Iron Company\n         used a variety of agents through the 1900's. James F. Bryan\n         acted as the exclusive agent for the sale of Kay Moor Coal\n         from September 21, 1903 to September, 1905. From about 1890\n         until about 1910 Dalton Nash and Company were the exclusive\n         eastern agents of Low Moor Iron. After that time the\n         exclusive agency went to Philips Isham and Company located\n         in New York. From about 1890 the western agency was handled\n         chiefly by Thomas Mack and Company. After 1902 Thomas Mack\n         and Company underwent a name change, becoming Walter\n         Wallingford and Company, with offices located in\n         Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.","Perhaps the Low Moor Iron Company's biggest problem over\n         the years was obtaining railroad cars for the\n         transportation of its finished product. Low Moor Iron\n         Company had its own cars for transporting its raw materials\n         among its various facilities. For the long haul necessary\n         for its finished goods, however, it depended upon the\n         services of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the\n         relationship was not always a happy one. The Low Moor\n         Company complained many times to the C \u0026 O Railroad\n         about the discrepancies between long-and shorthaul freight\n         rates. Low Moor also had trouble getting cars from the C\n         \u0026 O. In a letter to one of Low Moor Company's agents\n         from an irate customer dated 1898, the customer wrote: \"We\n         wrote you on Saturday and endeavored to question upon your\n         mind the necessity of taking care of us with Low Moor iron.\n         We are on our uppers--there is not a pound of Low Moor iron\n         in the yard. Of the one hundred tons ordered some time ago,\n         not one pound of it has been received.\" This was, according\n         to the Low Moor Iron Company, because they could not get\n         the railroad cars. In a letter from Thomas Mack and Company\n         dated November 26, 1901, to General Manager E. C. Means:\n         \"We are hopeful that the car supply will get better because\n         of the number of orders you have of ours for prompt\n         shipment. Our customers are complaining that they are not\n         getting the iron fast enough. . . . We hope that the\n         railroad will be able to supply you with empty cars.\" In\n         another letter dated 1916 to John B. Guernsey, then acting\n         General Manager of the Low Moor Iron Company, \"We were not\n         supplied with coke cars for today's loading, and\n         consequently we have been practically down of Kay Moor\n         ovens all day.\"","The problem of procuring labor also plagued the Low Moor\n         Company. The company sometimes tried to hire immigrant\n         laborers and send the men directly to Low Moor from New\n         York City. There were problems with this, as is explained\n         in the following letter dated April 7, 1906: \n          To Mr. George Wickes \n             Supt. of Mines \n             Kay Moor, Virginia \n             Dear George, \n             Tony arrived with twenty one men last night. One\n            got away in Jersey two in Washington D.C., four in\n            Charlottesville. Some of the men are very good looking,\n            but taken as a whole they are the worst lot I have ever\n            seen: Irish, German-Jews, and Italians. . . . Our New\n            York transportations to this place have never been a\n            success. Signed, \n             Ed D. Wickes Supt. of Mines Low Moor usually employed labor agencies, one\n         of which was Atwood's Employment Agency. Often the Low Moor\n         Company would request certain nationalities, believing them\n         to be better workers than others. Sometimes the company\n         would request a gang of twenty made up of \"ten Greeks and\n         ten Italians.\" Many of the immigrants fled Low Moor and Kay\n         Moor when they learned that they would have to work\n         underground. There is a fair amount of material on\n         immigrant labor and its procurement in the collection, and\n         it is noted in the description of the box contents.","Low Moor Iron Company not only had trouble procuring\n         labor, but it also had trouble with labor already employed\n         in the mines and at the factory. Labor dissension and\n         strikes troubled the Kay Moor Mines through the 1900's. The\n         great coal strike of 1902 hurt the Low Moor Company's coal\n         mining operation, but by 1903 things were \"nearly back to\n         normal\" according to the mine superintendent. There was\n         still trouble at Kay Moor Mines, however. In a letter dated\n         April 26, 1906, to the treasurer of Low Moor Company, the\n         manager of the mines wrote about the trouble in \"trying to\n         get the agitators out.\" The mines were seventy-five men\n         short of the total labor force needed because many of the\n         coal miners returned to their farms during the spring.\n         There were rumblings of another strike at Kay Moor, the\n         result of which was to be a fourteen percent increase in\n         wages for the Kay Moor Mine workers via an agreement with\n         the United Mine Workers Union in December.","The Low Moor Iron Company grew along with the rest of\n         Virginia industry in the 1890's and 1900's. Starting with\n         only one furnace in the 1870's, it opened a second furnace\n         at Covington, Virginia, in 1891. In 1911 it opened a third\n         furnace, this time at Low Moor. Covington, with its heavy\n         industry, soon became known as the \"Pittsburgh of\n         Virginia.\" Virginia's pig iron production rose from 9,000\n         short tons in 1870 to 544,034 long tons in 1903. Judging\n         from the Low Moor Company's correspondence, the most\n         prosperous period for the company fell between the years\n         1895-1907. In the years between 1907-1917 problems befell\n         the Virginia pig iron industry. In a letter from William W.\n         Hearns, the president of the Virginia based Princess Pig\n         Iron Company, to U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, Hearns\n         writes of the problems of the Virginia pig iron industry:\n         \"There is not a blast furnace in Virginia that is making\n         any money from the manufacture of pig iron. The cause of\n         this is there is an exceedingly low price on pig iron in\n         the country at the present time, and the increased cost of\n         manufacturing is due to the increase in wages in all\n         lines.\" With the outbreak of World War I prices rose\n         dramatically, but in a market report to Low Moor dated\n         November 11, 1916, it was stated that: \"In spite of the\n         high prices, it is not a picnic to be in the iron industry.\n         There is a desperate shortage of cars and equipment in the\n         coal and iron districts, and in consequence there are\n         troubles of all kinds to get materials shipped. The\n         situation has grown serious.\"","When America became involved in the First World War, it\n         meant a boost for the Low Moor Iron Company. The government\n         helped it procure labor, and even helped it repair its\n         furnaces. The problem of supplies and cars for their\n         shipments, however, plagued the company more than ever. It\n         had a good deal of trouble getting all the raw materials it\n         needed due chiefly to the \"tight ship\" run by Harry F.\n         Byrd, Sr., U.S. Fuel Administrator for Virginia. After the\n         war very serious problems began to trouble the Low Moor\n         Iron Company. The demand for iron fell precipitously and a\n         short but severe depression ensued from 1919-1922. The\n         depression seemed to hit the iron industry especially hard.\n         Prices took a huge drop due to the lack of demand, and many\n         pre-war contracts had to be revalued. To compound the\n         company's problems, the Kay Moor Mines went on strike in\n         1919. This strike was quickly settled, as the market for\n         coal was so good that the Low Moor Company ceased taking\n         orders temporarily in 1921 as it could not fill the orders\n         it had on hand.","The Low Moor Company furnaces lay idle for some twenty\n         months. Finally, in November 1922 one of Low Moor's\n         furnaces was finally fired up. While prosperity gradually\n         returned to the rest of the country, the Low Moor Iron\n         Company never recovered. Production of pig iron in the\n         Virginia iron industry declined from 544,034 tons in 1903\n         to 148,053 tons in 1923, considered a good year for the\n         industry as a whole. In February 1926 Low Moor officials\n         talked of merging with two other iron companies in order to\n         revive the iron business for the three companies. The\n         merger, however, never occurred. By late 1926 the company\n         was in the process of liquidation. An advertisement in the\n         Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail dated April 30, 1927,\n         told of a huge warehouse sale at the Low Moor Iron Company.\n         The advertisement noted \"thousands of screws, pipe\n         fittings, valves, etc.\" The last piece of correspondence\n         from the Low Moor Iron Company in the collection is dated\n         1929. It deals with the sale of a machine.","Why did the iron industry in Virginia decline as it did?\n         Some say that lack of speed, efficiency, and a decent\n         transportation system for Alleghany County caused it. In a\n         letter from C. E. Bertie, secretary of the Virginia Pig\n         Iron Association, to the \n          Manufacturers Record dated 1925, Bertie claimed that it was the\n         tremendous rise in the cost of transportation. Virginia, he\n         claimed, had almost no home market. Over 80% of its normal\n         production was shipped out to other states. The failure of\n         the Interstate Commerce Commission to treat Virginia\n         furnaces as southern furnaces was the cause of much of the\n         trouble. From 1914-1925 there were four blanket increases\n         in freight rates in the country, of which only one applied\n         equally to all localities. Southern furnaces were received\n         only two increases--a 25% increase in 1918 and a 25%\n         increase in 1920--but northern furnaces had had 5%, 15%,\n         25%, and 40% increases in their transportation costs.\n         Virginia furnaces, although recognized as southern\n         furnaces, had had freight rates increased in line with the\n         northern furnaces. Prior to the war Virginia iron reached\n         all points in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois on a\n         competitive basis with southern furnaces. After World War I\n         the advantage was limited to a small portion of\n         southeastern Ohio. All of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan\n         were now lost to the Virginia producers. The Virginia\n         producer, according to Bertie, felt that the freight rates\n         should be restored to a relationship with southern\n         furnaces. If what Bertie said was true, the other southern\n         states iron industries should not have been in the same\n         desperate economic straits as Virginia's, and statistics\n         should support this. In the 1920's production rose to new\n         heights in Alabama. In Tennessee, however, iron production\n         plunged to new lows during the 1920's. While the south\n         accounted for 10.2% of the entire U. S. production in the\n         years 1919-1924, Virginia accounted for less than 1% during\n         those years. In 1915 Virginia accounted for over 6% of the\n         U.S. iron production. One can see a decline in other areas\n         of the south than Virginia. While the discrepancies in the\n         freight rates may have helped cause the decline, clearly\n         there are other reasons.","During the 1900's there was a discovery of extremely\n         rich iron ore deposits in the mid-west. Much of this ore\n         was on or near the surface, making the mining of it both\n         easy and inexpensive. This in turn lowered production costs\n         of the pig iron. This caused iron production to shift to\n         that region, and resulted in a decline in the Virginia iron\n         industry. There was a sharp increase in iron production in\n         the mid-west through the 1920's. The iron ore in the\n         mid-west may have been of better quality than Virginia, but\n         the iron ore in Virginia was of sufficient quality to\n         produce a good pig iron. The western ore deposits were not\n         as conveniently located as Virginia deposits, but the\n         inexpensiveness of production more than made up for it.","In examining the rise and fall of the Low Moor Iron\n         Company, we can see a situation in which the conditions for\n         the manufacture of iron were nearly ideal. There was plenty\n         of land for expansion and resources for the manufacture of\n         the iron. The major internal problem faced by the Low Moor\n         Iron Company was that of transportation. External\n         developments, however, caused the final demise of the Low\n         Moor Iron Company.","Low Moor Iron Company Personnel:","Executive Staff: Managing Director, Colonel H. M.\n         Goodwin: ca. 1881. General Managers: H. G. Merry: ca.\n         1884-1902; E. C. Means: ca. 1905-1915; J. P. Guernsey: ca.\n         1915 (acting General Manager); F. U. Humbert: ca.\n         1916-1929. Assistant General Manager: E. B. Wilkinson: ca.\n         1909-1915. Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers: Edward Low:\n         ca. 1886-1898; Frank Lyman (in New York): ca. 1898-1919; S.\n         G. Cragill (Asst. Treasurer): ca. 1900-1915; H. A. Dalton:\n         ca. 1921-1929; John Lipscomb (Asst. Treasurer): ca.\n         1918-1928.","Factory and Mine Supervisors: Kay Moor Superintendents:\n         C. C. Cooke: ca. 1918; Ed. D. Wickes: ca. 1906; H. L.\n         Tansell: ca. 1903; A. H. Reed: ca. 1906. Kay Moor Managers:\n         J. W. Monteith: manager of mines. ca. 1918; promoted in\n         1925 to general superintendent in charge of mine plants,\n         coke ovens, shops, repairs, and construction; A. L.\n         Monteith: assistant superintendent of mines, ca. 1918;\n         George T. Wickes: manager of Covington mines, ca.\n         1906-1917; Ross Howell, ca. 1918. Stack Mines\n         Superintendents: J. H. Carpenter: ca. 1906; C. D.\n         Oberschain: ca. 1907; J. L. Harris: ca. 1903; John S. Ham:\n         ca. 1891-1901. Rich Patch Mines Superintendents: John R.\n         Thompson: foreman, ca. 1906. Low Moor assorted other\n         personnel: S. L. Tulley: trainmaster, ca. 1906; B. J.\n         Shenkley: foreman, Low Moor limestone quarries; L. Q. Wood:\n         assistant traffic manager, ca. 1919.","The Low Moor Iron Company ceased operations in 1930;\n            what happened to the records of the company in the years\n            immediately following is not known, but in 1939, the Green\n            Bookman, a Charlottesville bookshop, sold the records to\n            the University of Virginia Library.","The records arrived at the receiving room door of the\n            new Alderman Library on October 16, 1939, in a trailer\n            truck whose load was estimated to weigh about fourteen\n            tons. As the manuscripts staff dug around in the piles of\n            over 1200 account books, and countless boxes of papers they\n            realized that the company had saved almost all of its\n            papers including checks, invoices, vouchers, and receipts,\n            and certain of these records were destroyed as their\n            information was recorded in other records. Once the bulk of\n            the collection had been reduced, the remaining records were\n            transferred to the stack area of the Division of Rare Books\n            and Manuscripts.","By 1958, little storage space remained in Alderman\n            Library, and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division was\n            especially crowded because of the rapid growth of its\n            collections. After an examination of its storage areas, the\n            division's staff decided to move the Low Moor records to\n            the attic of one of the student dormitories. The collection\n            had had little use chiefly because there was no finding\n            aid. There seemed little likelihood of extensive researcher\n            use until the collection could be processed.","In preparation for the move, the old letter boxes in\n            which much of the collection had arrived in the Library\n            were discarded. The records from each box were placed\n            between sheets of the heavy gray cardboard used to protect\n            unbound newspapers in the Library's stacks, and the spine\n            labels of the old letter boxes were copied onto the\n            cardboard. The resulting bundles were wrapped with brown\n            Kraft paper and tied up with string. The bundles were\n            numbered. Whatever original order the letter boxes may have\n            had was lost by the time they arrived in the Library, and\n            after the bundling, removal to a dormitory attic, and\n            subsequent return to the Library in 1976, all vestiges of\n            the original order were lost.","The bundles remained in the dormitory attic for almost\n            twenty years. Occasional visits were made by the division\n            staff to check on their condition, and on very rare\n            occasions, a researcher was brave enough to ask to be shown\n            the collection. Once the researcher saw the imposing amount\n            of material and the conditions in the attic, interest in\n            using the collection invariably died.","In late 1976 a grant from the National Endowment for the\n            Humanities was obtained to allow the Library to process the\n            Low Moor Iron Company papers, and the papers of Edward L.\n            Stone and the Borderland Coal Company, another large\n            collection of records stored in the same dormitory attic.\n            All of these records and papers were moved back to the\n            Library where the bundles were cleaned and opened. The\n            contents of each were placed in a Hollinger storage box,\n            and all notes on the paper wrappings and on the gray\n            cardboard sheets were recorded.","The more than 1200 bound accounting records of the Low\n            Moor Iron Company were surveyed by the grant project staff.\n            The contents of each volume were noted on a mimeographed\n            form, and later typed on 3 x 5\" cards to create a\n            readily-accessible file for the Manuscripts Reading Room.\n            This information was also typed on pages to be added to\n            this guide.","The Low Moor Iron Company papers consist of\n         approximately 280 four-inch Hollinger archives boxes (ca.\n         95 linear feet) of records, ca. 1885-1927, and some 1200\n         bound volumes of the company's accounting records,\n         1873-1927, of this iron producing company located in Low\n         Moor (four miles southwest of Clifton Forge), Alleghany\n         County, Virginia.","This material consists of records typical of those\n         produced by a firm of this type in the period, but as the\n         company owned its own coal and iron mines and limestone\n         quarries, there is considerable information about the\n         production of these raw materials. Large numbers of the\n         records that deal with the company's employees have\n         survived: time books, payroll books, hands ledgers, and the\n         like. Because these books sometimes include information\n         about the employee's trade or job with the company, and as\n         race is indicated in some of the records, these books\n         should provide date for studies of the structure and upward\n         mobility within the labor force, patterns of\n         ethnic--possibly racial--occupational penetration and\n         mobility, material conditions of the workers, and so on.\n         The papers should permit a range of studies detailing the\n         pattern and evolution of industrial organization in the\n         iron industry, and the evolution of markets and marketing\n         structures for the entire period. Because the company was\n         dependent upon railroads to move its raw materials to the\n         furnaces, and for the marketing of its products, there is\n         considerable information about railroads and their\n         relationship to their customers.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["662"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was purchased from Green Bookman in\n            1939."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["95 linear feer + 1200\n         volumes"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eStored off-site. Users must request boxes 48 hours in advance of desired use. Neither drop-in nor next-day requests can be fulfilled. For additional information, contact Special Collections. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Stored off-site. Users must request boxes 48 hours in advance of desired use. Neither drop-in nor next-day requests can be fulfilled. For additional information, contact Special Collections. \n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe word \"organization\" is used here with considerable\n         diffidence, for any researcher studying the container list\n         that follows will realize quickly that there is no\n         organization in the usual sense of the word.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs noted under \"Provenance,\" the Low Moor Iron Company\n         papers were subjected to a number of moves; when processing\n         began in the fall of 1976, no discernible scheme of\n         organization could be determined.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first step was to review the series of coded numbers\n         placed on the bundles of papers before they were moved to\n         the dormitory attic, but these did not provide any sort of\n         useful organization. Next, the spine titles of the original\n         letter boxes were reviewed (they had been copied onto the\n         gray cardboard sheets before the move to the dormitory\n         attic), but they, too, proved useless.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese steps having provided no scheme, and after a\n         considerable hiatus due to a turnover in student processors\n         on the collection, the new student processors were\n         instructed to begin a box-by-box inventory of the contents\n         of the collection. During this inventory, old folders were\n         replaced with acid-free ones, and the original folder\n         headings were copied onto the new ones. Some removal of\n         paper clips was accomplished, and the materials were\n         reviewed and notes taken for the guide.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome consolidation of materials was accomplished, and in\n         other cases, materials were moved. This work has created\n         some problems in the numbering of the boxes. Thus, the\n         researchers will find boxes marked \"6A\" and \"23C\"; he will\n         also discover that certain box numbers have been entirely\n         omitted. As the box numbers exist only to aid in the\n         location of material, it was not felt that the unusual\n         numbers and the omissions would cause problems in working\n         with the papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA certain amount of movement of boxes within the\n         collection, and of materials among boxes, probably would\n         ease use of it. But what processing was accomplished on\n         this project took far longer than had been anticipated, and\n         there was no time in the late spring of 1978, when the\n         processors had to complete their work with the project, to\n         undertake a mass movement of material. Thus, they stand in\n         the order in which we found them at the beginning of the\n         project.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The word \"organization\" is used here with considerable\n         diffidence, for any researcher studying the container list\n         that follows will realize quickly that there is no\n         organization in the usual sense of the word.","As noted under \"Provenance,\" the Low Moor Iron Company\n         papers were subjected to a number of moves; when processing\n         began in the fall of 1976, no discernible scheme of\n         organization could be determined.","The first step was to review the series of coded numbers\n         placed on the bundles of papers before they were moved to\n         the dormitory attic, but these did not provide any sort of\n         useful organization. Next, the spine titles of the original\n         letter boxes were reviewed (they had been copied onto the\n         gray cardboard sheets before the move to the dormitory\n         attic), but they, too, proved useless.","These steps having provided no scheme, and after a\n         considerable hiatus due to a turnover in student processors\n         on the collection, the new student processors were\n         instructed to begin a box-by-box inventory of the contents\n         of the collection. During this inventory, old folders were\n         replaced with acid-free ones, and the original folder\n         headings were copied onto the new ones. Some removal of\n         paper clips was accomplished, and the materials were\n         reviewed and notes taken for the guide.","Some consolidation of materials was accomplished, and in\n         other cases, materials were moved. This work has created\n         some problems in the numbering of the boxes. Thus, the\n         researchers will find boxes marked \"6A\" and \"23C\"; he will\n         also discover that certain box numbers have been entirely\n         omitted. As the box numbers exist only to aid in the\n         location of material, it was not felt that the unusual\n         numbers and the omissions would cause problems in working\n         with the papers.","A certain amount of movement of boxes within the\n         collection, and of materials among boxes, probably would\n         ease use of it. But what processing was accomplished on\n         this project took far longer than had been anticipated, and\n         there was no time in the late spring of 1978, when the\n         processors had to complete their work with the project, to\n         undertake a mass movement of material. Thus, they stand in\n         the order in which we found them at the beginning of the\n         project."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company, the first producer of pig\n         iron in Virginia according to the company's claims, was a\n         self-contained manufacturing unit producing from its own\n         mines the coal, limestone, and iron ore needed for its iron\n         production. Located in Low Moor near Clifton Forge in\n         Alleghany County in western Virginia, an area rich in\n         mineral deposits, the company was in operation from\n         1872-1930, producing only pig iron; it never attempted to\n         produce finished iron products.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCoal came to the Low Moor furnaces from the Kay Moor\n         Mines at Kay Moor, West Virginia, about thirty miles from\n         Low Moor; limestone was produced from the Low Moor\n         limestone quarries; and iron ore came from the Fenwick,\n         Dolly Ann, Jordan, Rich Patch, Low Moor, and Longdale\n         Mines, most of them within twenty miles of Low Moor at\n         Covington or Clifton Forge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe towns of Low Moor and Kay Moor were company towns in\n         every respect. Workers lived in company-owned houses,\n         bought food in company stores, worshiped at the company\n         church, saw movies in the company theater, were treated in\n         the company hospital, and were buried in the company\n         cemetery. Workers received part of their pay in scrip that\n         they exchanged for goods and services. According to a\n         statement from the Kay Moor Mines dated November 1904, Kay\n         Moor then employed 338 people, paid them an average wage of\n         $36.26 per month, and issued half of their pay in scrip.\n         Kay Moor had four stores; Low Moor had seven or eight. All\n         of these stores carried large inventories which are\n         detailed in the collection. These inventories are valuable\n         to anyone interested in determining the wants and needs of\n         a coal miner and his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1910's and 1920's Kay Moor had a company\n         theater called the Azure Theater which seated about 300\n         people. There were also plans for a company-owned social\n         center, to have pool tables, a soda fountain, and\n         provisions for dancing and skating. The company was in\n         tough economic straits by the 1920's, however, and there is\n         no evidence that the social center was built. The town of\n         Low Moor was so completely under the company's influence\n         that one of Low Moor Iron Company's assistant managers\n         served as the town sheriff. He often foreclosed on people\n         who did not pay their debts, and drove troublesome people\n         \"out of town on a rail\" as he put it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company's fortunes fluctuated during\n         the various business cycles between the years 1880-1930.\n         Low Moor was one of the larger pig iron producers in\n         Virginia, but Virginia pig iron production was not\n         important nationally. Low Moor officials sometimes sold\n         their product themselves, but more often they used agents,\n         the prevalent method at the time. Low Moor Iron Company\n         used a variety of agents through the 1900's. James F. Bryan\n         acted as the exclusive agent for the sale of Kay Moor Coal\n         from September 21, 1903 to September, 1905. From about 1890\n         until about 1910 Dalton Nash and Company were the exclusive\n         eastern agents of Low Moor Iron. After that time the\n         exclusive agency went to Philips Isham and Company located\n         in New York. From about 1890 the western agency was handled\n         chiefly by Thomas Mack and Company. After 1902 Thomas Mack\n         and Company underwent a name change, becoming Walter\n         Wallingford and Company, with offices located in\n         Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the Low Moor Iron Company's biggest problem over\n         the years was obtaining railroad cars for the\n         transportation of its finished product. Low Moor Iron\n         Company had its own cars for transporting its raw materials\n         among its various facilities. For the long haul necessary\n         for its finished goods, however, it depended upon the\n         services of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the\n         relationship was not always a happy one. The Low Moor\n         Company complained many times to the C \u0026amp; O Railroad\n         about the discrepancies between long-and shorthaul freight\n         rates. Low Moor also had trouble getting cars from the C\n         \u0026amp; O. In a letter to one of Low Moor Company's agents\n         from an irate customer dated 1898, the customer wrote: \"We\n         wrote you on Saturday and endeavored to question upon your\n         mind the necessity of taking care of us with Low Moor iron.\n         We are on our uppers--there is not a pound of Low Moor iron\n         in the yard. Of the one hundred tons ordered some time ago,\n         not one pound of it has been received.\" This was, according\n         to the Low Moor Iron Company, because they could not get\n         the railroad cars. In a letter from Thomas Mack and Company\n         dated November 26, 1901, to General Manager E. C. Means:\n         \"We are hopeful that the car supply will get better because\n         of the number of orders you have of ours for prompt\n         shipment. Our customers are complaining that they are not\n         getting the iron fast enough. . . . We hope that the\n         railroad will be able to supply you with empty cars.\" In\n         another letter dated 1916 to John B. Guernsey, then acting\n         General Manager of the Low Moor Iron Company, \"We were not\n         supplied with coke cars for today's loading, and\n         consequently we have been practically down of Kay Moor\n         ovens all day.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe problem of procuring labor also plagued the Low Moor\n         Company. The company sometimes tried to hire immigrant\n         laborers and send the men directly to Low Moor from New\n         York City. There were problems with this, as is explained\n         in the following letter dated April 7, 1906: \n         \u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Mr. George Wickes \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSupt. of Mines \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eKay Moor, Virginia \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDear George, \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTony arrived with twenty one men last night. One\n            got away in Jersey two in Washington D.C., four in\n            Charlottesville. Some of the men are very good looking,\n            but taken as a whole they are the worst lot I have ever\n            seen: Irish, German-Jews, and Italians. . . . Our New\n            York transportations to this place have never been a\n            success.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned, \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eEd D. Wickes Supt. of Mines\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003eLow Moor usually employed labor agencies, one\n         of which was Atwood's Employment Agency. Often the Low Moor\n         Company would request certain nationalities, believing them\n         to be better workers than others. Sometimes the company\n         would request a gang of twenty made up of \"ten Greeks and\n         ten Italians.\" Many of the immigrants fled Low Moor and Kay\n         Moor when they learned that they would have to work\n         underground. There is a fair amount of material on\n         immigrant labor and its procurement in the collection, and\n         it is noted in the description of the box contents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLow Moor Iron Company not only had trouble procuring\n         labor, but it also had trouble with labor already employed\n         in the mines and at the factory. Labor dissension and\n         strikes troubled the Kay Moor Mines through the 1900's. The\n         great coal strike of 1902 hurt the Low Moor Company's coal\n         mining operation, but by 1903 things were \"nearly back to\n         normal\" according to the mine superintendent. There was\n         still trouble at Kay Moor Mines, however. In a letter dated\n         April 26, 1906, to the treasurer of Low Moor Company, the\n         manager of the mines wrote about the trouble in \"trying to\n         get the agitators out.\" The mines were seventy-five men\n         short of the total labor force needed because many of the\n         coal miners returned to their farms during the spring.\n         There were rumblings of another strike at Kay Moor, the\n         result of which was to be a fourteen percent increase in\n         wages for the Kay Moor Mine workers via an agreement with\n         the United Mine Workers Union in December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company grew along with the rest of\n         Virginia industry in the 1890's and 1900's. Starting with\n         only one furnace in the 1870's, it opened a second furnace\n         at Covington, Virginia, in 1891. In 1911 it opened a third\n         furnace, this time at Low Moor. Covington, with its heavy\n         industry, soon became known as the \"Pittsburgh of\n         Virginia.\" Virginia's pig iron production rose from 9,000\n         short tons in 1870 to 544,034 long tons in 1903. Judging\n         from the Low Moor Company's correspondence, the most\n         prosperous period for the company fell between the years\n         1895-1907. In the years between 1907-1917 problems befell\n         the Virginia pig iron industry. In a letter from William W.\n         Hearns, the president of the Virginia based Princess Pig\n         Iron Company, to U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, Hearns\n         writes of the problems of the Virginia pig iron industry:\n         \"There is not a blast furnace in Virginia that is making\n         any money from the manufacture of pig iron. The cause of\n         this is there is an exceedingly low price on pig iron in\n         the country at the present time, and the increased cost of\n         manufacturing is due to the increase in wages in all\n         lines.\" With the outbreak of World War I prices rose\n         dramatically, but in a market report to Low Moor dated\n         November 11, 1916, it was stated that: \"In spite of the\n         high prices, it is not a picnic to be in the iron industry.\n         There is a desperate shortage of cars and equipment in the\n         coal and iron districts, and in consequence there are\n         troubles of all kinds to get materials shipped. The\n         situation has grown serious.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhen America became involved in the First World War, it\n         meant a boost for the Low Moor Iron Company. The government\n         helped it procure labor, and even helped it repair its\n         furnaces. The problem of supplies and cars for their\n         shipments, however, plagued the company more than ever. It\n         had a good deal of trouble getting all the raw materials it\n         needed due chiefly to the \"tight ship\" run by Harry F.\n         Byrd, Sr., U.S. Fuel Administrator for Virginia. After the\n         war very serious problems began to trouble the Low Moor\n         Iron Company. The demand for iron fell precipitously and a\n         short but severe depression ensued from 1919-1922. The\n         depression seemed to hit the iron industry especially hard.\n         Prices took a huge drop due to the lack of demand, and many\n         pre-war contracts had to be revalued. To compound the\n         company's problems, the Kay Moor Mines went on strike in\n         1919. This strike was quickly settled, as the market for\n         coal was so good that the Low Moor Company ceased taking\n         orders temporarily in 1921 as it could not fill the orders\n         it had on hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Company furnaces lay idle for some twenty\n         months. Finally, in November 1922 one of Low Moor's\n         furnaces was finally fired up. While prosperity gradually\n         returned to the rest of the country, the Low Moor Iron\n         Company never recovered. Production of pig iron in the\n         Virginia iron industry declined from 544,034 tons in 1903\n         to 148,053 tons in 1923, considered a good year for the\n         industry as a whole. In February 1926 Low Moor officials\n         talked of merging with two other iron companies in order to\n         revive the iron business for the three companies. The\n         merger, however, never occurred. By late 1926 the company\n         was in the process of liquidation. An advertisement in the\n         Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail dated April 30, 1927,\n         told of a huge warehouse sale at the Low Moor Iron Company.\n         The advertisement noted \"thousands of screws, pipe\n         fittings, valves, etc.\" The last piece of correspondence\n         from the Low Moor Iron Company in the collection is dated\n         1929. It deals with the sale of a machine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhy did the iron industry in Virginia decline as it did?\n         Some say that lack of speed, efficiency, and a decent\n         transportation system for Alleghany County caused it. In a\n         letter from C. E. Bertie, secretary of the Virginia Pig\n         Iron Association, to the \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eManufacturers Record\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003edated 1925, Bertie claimed that it was the\n         tremendous rise in the cost of transportation. Virginia, he\n         claimed, had almost no home market. Over 80% of its normal\n         production was shipped out to other states. The failure of\n         the Interstate Commerce Commission to treat Virginia\n         furnaces as southern furnaces was the cause of much of the\n         trouble. From 1914-1925 there were four blanket increases\n         in freight rates in the country, of which only one applied\n         equally to all localities. Southern furnaces were received\n         only two increases--a 25% increase in 1918 and a 25%\n         increase in 1920--but northern furnaces had had 5%, 15%,\n         25%, and 40% increases in their transportation costs.\n         Virginia furnaces, although recognized as southern\n         furnaces, had had freight rates increased in line with the\n         northern furnaces. Prior to the war Virginia iron reached\n         all points in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois on a\n         competitive basis with southern furnaces. After World War I\n         the advantage was limited to a small portion of\n         southeastern Ohio. All of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan\n         were now lost to the Virginia producers. The Virginia\n         producer, according to Bertie, felt that the freight rates\n         should be restored to a relationship with southern\n         furnaces. If what Bertie said was true, the other southern\n         states iron industries should not have been in the same\n         desperate economic straits as Virginia's, and statistics\n         should support this. In the 1920's production rose to new\n         heights in Alabama. In Tennessee, however, iron production\n         plunged to new lows during the 1920's. While the south\n         accounted for 10.2% of the entire U. S. production in the\n         years 1919-1924, Virginia accounted for less than 1% during\n         those years. In 1915 Virginia accounted for over 6% of the\n         U.S. iron production. One can see a decline in other areas\n         of the south than Virginia. While the discrepancies in the\n         freight rates may have helped cause the decline, clearly\n         there are other reasons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1900's there was a discovery of extremely\n         rich iron ore deposits in the mid-west. Much of this ore\n         was on or near the surface, making the mining of it both\n         easy and inexpensive. This in turn lowered production costs\n         of the pig iron. This caused iron production to shift to\n         that region, and resulted in a decline in the Virginia iron\n         industry. There was a sharp increase in iron production in\n         the mid-west through the 1920's. The iron ore in the\n         mid-west may have been of better quality than Virginia, but\n         the iron ore in Virginia was of sufficient quality to\n         produce a good pig iron. The western ore deposits were not\n         as conveniently located as Virginia deposits, but the\n         inexpensiveness of production more than made up for it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn examining the rise and fall of the Low Moor Iron\n         Company, we can see a situation in which the conditions for\n         the manufacture of iron were nearly ideal. There was plenty\n         of land for expansion and resources for the manufacture of\n         the iron. The major internal problem faced by the Low Moor\n         Iron Company was that of transportation. External\n         developments, however, caused the final demise of the Low\n         Moor Iron Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLow Moor Iron Company Personnel:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExecutive Staff: Managing Director, Colonel H. M.\n         Goodwin: ca. 1881. General Managers: H. G. Merry: ca.\n         1884-1902; E. C. Means: ca. 1905-1915; J. P. Guernsey: ca.\n         1915 (acting General Manager); F. U. Humbert: ca.\n         1916-1929. Assistant General Manager: E. B. Wilkinson: ca.\n         1909-1915. Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers: Edward Low:\n         ca. 1886-1898; Frank Lyman (in New York): ca. 1898-1919; S.\n         G. Cragill (Asst. Treasurer): ca. 1900-1915; H. A. Dalton:\n         ca. 1921-1929; John Lipscomb (Asst. Treasurer): ca.\n         1918-1928.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFactory and Mine Supervisors: Kay Moor Superintendents:\n         C. C. Cooke: ca. 1918; Ed. D. Wickes: ca. 1906; H. L.\n         Tansell: ca. 1903; A. H. Reed: ca. 1906. Kay Moor Managers:\n         J. W. Monteith: manager of mines. ca. 1918; promoted in\n         1925 to general superintendent in charge of mine plants,\n         coke ovens, shops, repairs, and construction; A. L.\n         Monteith: assistant superintendent of mines, ca. 1918;\n         George T. Wickes: manager of Covington mines, ca.\n         1906-1917; Ross Howell, ca. 1918. Stack Mines\n         Superintendents: J. H. Carpenter: ca. 1906; C. D.\n         Oberschain: ca. 1907; J. L. Harris: ca. 1903; John S. Ham:\n         ca. 1891-1901. Rich Patch Mines Superintendents: John R.\n         Thompson: foreman, ca. 1906. Low Moor assorted other\n         personnel: S. L. Tulley: trainmaster, ca. 1906; B. J.\n         Shenkley: foreman, Low Moor limestone quarries; L. Q. Wood:\n         assistant traffic manager, ca. 1919.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Low Moor Iron Company, the first producer of pig\n         iron in Virginia according to the company's claims, was a\n         self-contained manufacturing unit producing from its own\n         mines the coal, limestone, and iron ore needed for its iron\n         production. Located in Low Moor near Clifton Forge in\n         Alleghany County in western Virginia, an area rich in\n         mineral deposits, the company was in operation from\n         1872-1930, producing only pig iron; it never attempted to\n         produce finished iron products.","Coal came to the Low Moor furnaces from the Kay Moor\n         Mines at Kay Moor, West Virginia, about thirty miles from\n         Low Moor; limestone was produced from the Low Moor\n         limestone quarries; and iron ore came from the Fenwick,\n         Dolly Ann, Jordan, Rich Patch, Low Moor, and Longdale\n         Mines, most of them within twenty miles of Low Moor at\n         Covington or Clifton Forge.","The towns of Low Moor and Kay Moor were company towns in\n         every respect. Workers lived in company-owned houses,\n         bought food in company stores, worshiped at the company\n         church, saw movies in the company theater, were treated in\n         the company hospital, and were buried in the company\n         cemetery. Workers received part of their pay in scrip that\n         they exchanged for goods and services. According to a\n         statement from the Kay Moor Mines dated November 1904, Kay\n         Moor then employed 338 people, paid them an average wage of\n         $36.26 per month, and issued half of their pay in scrip.\n         Kay Moor had four stores; Low Moor had seven or eight. All\n         of these stores carried large inventories which are\n         detailed in the collection. These inventories are valuable\n         to anyone interested in determining the wants and needs of\n         a coal miner and his family.","In the late 1910's and 1920's Kay Moor had a company\n         theater called the Azure Theater which seated about 300\n         people. There were also plans for a company-owned social\n         center, to have pool tables, a soda fountain, and\n         provisions for dancing and skating. The company was in\n         tough economic straits by the 1920's, however, and there is\n         no evidence that the social center was built. The town of\n         Low Moor was so completely under the company's influence\n         that one of Low Moor Iron Company's assistant managers\n         served as the town sheriff. He often foreclosed on people\n         who did not pay their debts, and drove troublesome people\n         \"out of town on a rail\" as he put it.","The Low Moor Iron Company's fortunes fluctuated during\n         the various business cycles between the years 1880-1930.\n         Low Moor was one of the larger pig iron producers in\n         Virginia, but Virginia pig iron production was not\n         important nationally. Low Moor officials sometimes sold\n         their product themselves, but more often they used agents,\n         the prevalent method at the time. Low Moor Iron Company\n         used a variety of agents through the 1900's. James F. Bryan\n         acted as the exclusive agent for the sale of Kay Moor Coal\n         from September 21, 1903 to September, 1905. From about 1890\n         until about 1910 Dalton Nash and Company were the exclusive\n         eastern agents of Low Moor Iron. After that time the\n         exclusive agency went to Philips Isham and Company located\n         in New York. From about 1890 the western agency was handled\n         chiefly by Thomas Mack and Company. After 1902 Thomas Mack\n         and Company underwent a name change, becoming Walter\n         Wallingford and Company, with offices located in\n         Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.","Perhaps the Low Moor Iron Company's biggest problem over\n         the years was obtaining railroad cars for the\n         transportation of its finished product. Low Moor Iron\n         Company had its own cars for transporting its raw materials\n         among its various facilities. For the long haul necessary\n         for its finished goods, however, it depended upon the\n         services of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the\n         relationship was not always a happy one. The Low Moor\n         Company complained many times to the C \u0026 O Railroad\n         about the discrepancies between long-and shorthaul freight\n         rates. Low Moor also had trouble getting cars from the C\n         \u0026 O. In a letter to one of Low Moor Company's agents\n         from an irate customer dated 1898, the customer wrote: \"We\n         wrote you on Saturday and endeavored to question upon your\n         mind the necessity of taking care of us with Low Moor iron.\n         We are on our uppers--there is not a pound of Low Moor iron\n         in the yard. Of the one hundred tons ordered some time ago,\n         not one pound of it has been received.\" This was, according\n         to the Low Moor Iron Company, because they could not get\n         the railroad cars. In a letter from Thomas Mack and Company\n         dated November 26, 1901, to General Manager E. C. Means:\n         \"We are hopeful that the car supply will get better because\n         of the number of orders you have of ours for prompt\n         shipment. Our customers are complaining that they are not\n         getting the iron fast enough. . . . We hope that the\n         railroad will be able to supply you with empty cars.\" In\n         another letter dated 1916 to John B. Guernsey, then acting\n         General Manager of the Low Moor Iron Company, \"We were not\n         supplied with coke cars for today's loading, and\n         consequently we have been practically down of Kay Moor\n         ovens all day.\"","The problem of procuring labor also plagued the Low Moor\n         Company. The company sometimes tried to hire immigrant\n         laborers and send the men directly to Low Moor from New\n         York City. There were problems with this, as is explained\n         in the following letter dated April 7, 1906: \n          To Mr. George Wickes \n             Supt. of Mines \n             Kay Moor, Virginia \n             Dear George, \n             Tony arrived with twenty one men last night. One\n            got away in Jersey two in Washington D.C., four in\n            Charlottesville. Some of the men are very good looking,\n            but taken as a whole they are the worst lot I have ever\n            seen: Irish, German-Jews, and Italians. . . . Our New\n            York transportations to this place have never been a\n            success. Signed, \n             Ed D. Wickes Supt. of Mines Low Moor usually employed labor agencies, one\n         of which was Atwood's Employment Agency. Often the Low Moor\n         Company would request certain nationalities, believing them\n         to be better workers than others. Sometimes the company\n         would request a gang of twenty made up of \"ten Greeks and\n         ten Italians.\" Many of the immigrants fled Low Moor and Kay\n         Moor when they learned that they would have to work\n         underground. There is a fair amount of material on\n         immigrant labor and its procurement in the collection, and\n         it is noted in the description of the box contents.","Low Moor Iron Company not only had trouble procuring\n         labor, but it also had trouble with labor already employed\n         in the mines and at the factory. Labor dissension and\n         strikes troubled the Kay Moor Mines through the 1900's. The\n         great coal strike of 1902 hurt the Low Moor Company's coal\n         mining operation, but by 1903 things were \"nearly back to\n         normal\" according to the mine superintendent. There was\n         still trouble at Kay Moor Mines, however. In a letter dated\n         April 26, 1906, to the treasurer of Low Moor Company, the\n         manager of the mines wrote about the trouble in \"trying to\n         get the agitators out.\" The mines were seventy-five men\n         short of the total labor force needed because many of the\n         coal miners returned to their farms during the spring.\n         There were rumblings of another strike at Kay Moor, the\n         result of which was to be a fourteen percent increase in\n         wages for the Kay Moor Mine workers via an agreement with\n         the United Mine Workers Union in December.","The Low Moor Iron Company grew along with the rest of\n         Virginia industry in the 1890's and 1900's. Starting with\n         only one furnace in the 1870's, it opened a second furnace\n         at Covington, Virginia, in 1891. In 1911 it opened a third\n         furnace, this time at Low Moor. Covington, with its heavy\n         industry, soon became known as the \"Pittsburgh of\n         Virginia.\" Virginia's pig iron production rose from 9,000\n         short tons in 1870 to 544,034 long tons in 1903. Judging\n         from the Low Moor Company's correspondence, the most\n         prosperous period for the company fell between the years\n         1895-1907. In the years between 1907-1917 problems befell\n         the Virginia pig iron industry. In a letter from William W.\n         Hearns, the president of the Virginia based Princess Pig\n         Iron Company, to U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, Hearns\n         writes of the problems of the Virginia pig iron industry:\n         \"There is not a blast furnace in Virginia that is making\n         any money from the manufacture of pig iron. The cause of\n         this is there is an exceedingly low price on pig iron in\n         the country at the present time, and the increased cost of\n         manufacturing is due to the increase in wages in all\n         lines.\" With the outbreak of World War I prices rose\n         dramatically, but in a market report to Low Moor dated\n         November 11, 1916, it was stated that: \"In spite of the\n         high prices, it is not a picnic to be in the iron industry.\n         There is a desperate shortage of cars and equipment in the\n         coal and iron districts, and in consequence there are\n         troubles of all kinds to get materials shipped. The\n         situation has grown serious.\"","When America became involved in the First World War, it\n         meant a boost for the Low Moor Iron Company. The government\n         helped it procure labor, and even helped it repair its\n         furnaces. The problem of supplies and cars for their\n         shipments, however, plagued the company more than ever. It\n         had a good deal of trouble getting all the raw materials it\n         needed due chiefly to the \"tight ship\" run by Harry F.\n         Byrd, Sr., U.S. Fuel Administrator for Virginia. After the\n         war very serious problems began to trouble the Low Moor\n         Iron Company. The demand for iron fell precipitously and a\n         short but severe depression ensued from 1919-1922. The\n         depression seemed to hit the iron industry especially hard.\n         Prices took a huge drop due to the lack of demand, and many\n         pre-war contracts had to be revalued. To compound the\n         company's problems, the Kay Moor Mines went on strike in\n         1919. This strike was quickly settled, as the market for\n         coal was so good that the Low Moor Company ceased taking\n         orders temporarily in 1921 as it could not fill the orders\n         it had on hand.","The Low Moor Company furnaces lay idle for some twenty\n         months. Finally, in November 1922 one of Low Moor's\n         furnaces was finally fired up. While prosperity gradually\n         returned to the rest of the country, the Low Moor Iron\n         Company never recovered. Production of pig iron in the\n         Virginia iron industry declined from 544,034 tons in 1903\n         to 148,053 tons in 1923, considered a good year for the\n         industry as a whole. In February 1926 Low Moor officials\n         talked of merging with two other iron companies in order to\n         revive the iron business for the three companies. The\n         merger, however, never occurred. By late 1926 the company\n         was in the process of liquidation. An advertisement in the\n         Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail dated April 30, 1927,\n         told of a huge warehouse sale at the Low Moor Iron Company.\n         The advertisement noted \"thousands of screws, pipe\n         fittings, valves, etc.\" The last piece of correspondence\n         from the Low Moor Iron Company in the collection is dated\n         1929. It deals with the sale of a machine.","Why did the iron industry in Virginia decline as it did?\n         Some say that lack of speed, efficiency, and a decent\n         transportation system for Alleghany County caused it. In a\n         letter from C. E. Bertie, secretary of the Virginia Pig\n         Iron Association, to the \n          Manufacturers Record dated 1925, Bertie claimed that it was the\n         tremendous rise in the cost of transportation. Virginia, he\n         claimed, had almost no home market. Over 80% of its normal\n         production was shipped out to other states. The failure of\n         the Interstate Commerce Commission to treat Virginia\n         furnaces as southern furnaces was the cause of much of the\n         trouble. From 1914-1925 there were four blanket increases\n         in freight rates in the country, of which only one applied\n         equally to all localities. Southern furnaces were received\n         only two increases--a 25% increase in 1918 and a 25%\n         increase in 1920--but northern furnaces had had 5%, 15%,\n         25%, and 40% increases in their transportation costs.\n         Virginia furnaces, although recognized as southern\n         furnaces, had had freight rates increased in line with the\n         northern furnaces. Prior to the war Virginia iron reached\n         all points in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois on a\n         competitive basis with southern furnaces. After World War I\n         the advantage was limited to a small portion of\n         southeastern Ohio. All of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan\n         were now lost to the Virginia producers. The Virginia\n         producer, according to Bertie, felt that the freight rates\n         should be restored to a relationship with southern\n         furnaces. If what Bertie said was true, the other southern\n         states iron industries should not have been in the same\n         desperate economic straits as Virginia's, and statistics\n         should support this. In the 1920's production rose to new\n         heights in Alabama. In Tennessee, however, iron production\n         plunged to new lows during the 1920's. While the south\n         accounted for 10.2% of the entire U. S. production in the\n         years 1919-1924, Virginia accounted for less than 1% during\n         those years. In 1915 Virginia accounted for over 6% of the\n         U.S. iron production. One can see a decline in other areas\n         of the south than Virginia. While the discrepancies in the\n         freight rates may have helped cause the decline, clearly\n         there are other reasons.","During the 1900's there was a discovery of extremely\n         rich iron ore deposits in the mid-west. Much of this ore\n         was on or near the surface, making the mining of it both\n         easy and inexpensive. This in turn lowered production costs\n         of the pig iron. This caused iron production to shift to\n         that region, and resulted in a decline in the Virginia iron\n         industry. There was a sharp increase in iron production in\n         the mid-west through the 1920's. The iron ore in the\n         mid-west may have been of better quality than Virginia, but\n         the iron ore in Virginia was of sufficient quality to\n         produce a good pig iron. The western ore deposits were not\n         as conveniently located as Virginia deposits, but the\n         inexpensiveness of production more than made up for it.","In examining the rise and fall of the Low Moor Iron\n         Company, we can see a situation in which the conditions for\n         the manufacture of iron were nearly ideal. There was plenty\n         of land for expansion and resources for the manufacture of\n         the iron. The major internal problem faced by the Low Moor\n         Iron Company was that of transportation. External\n         developments, however, caused the final demise of the Low\n         Moor Iron Company.","Low Moor Iron Company Personnel:","Executive Staff: Managing Director, Colonel H. M.\n         Goodwin: ca. 1881. General Managers: H. G. Merry: ca.\n         1884-1902; E. C. Means: ca. 1905-1915; J. P. Guernsey: ca.\n         1915 (acting General Manager); F. U. Humbert: ca.\n         1916-1929. Assistant General Manager: E. B. Wilkinson: ca.\n         1909-1915. Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers: Edward Low:\n         ca. 1886-1898; Frank Lyman (in New York): ca. 1898-1919; S.\n         G. Cragill (Asst. Treasurer): ca. 1900-1915; H. A. Dalton:\n         ca. 1921-1929; John Lipscomb (Asst. Treasurer): ca.\n         1918-1928.","Factory and Mine Supervisors: Kay Moor Superintendents:\n         C. C. Cooke: ca. 1918; Ed. D. Wickes: ca. 1906; H. L.\n         Tansell: ca. 1903; A. H. Reed: ca. 1906. Kay Moor Managers:\n         J. W. Monteith: manager of mines. ca. 1918; promoted in\n         1925 to general superintendent in charge of mine plants,\n         coke ovens, shops, repairs, and construction; A. L.\n         Monteith: assistant superintendent of mines, ca. 1918;\n         George T. Wickes: manager of Covington mines, ca.\n         1906-1917; Ross Howell, ca. 1918. Stack Mines\n         Superintendents: J. H. Carpenter: ca. 1906; C. D.\n         Oberschain: ca. 1907; J. L. Harris: ca. 1903; John S. Ham:\n         ca. 1891-1901. Rich Patch Mines Superintendents: John R.\n         Thompson: foreman, ca. 1906. Low Moor assorted other\n         personnel: S. L. Tulley: trainmaster, ca. 1906; B. J.\n         Shenkley: foreman, Low Moor limestone quarries; L. Q. Wood:\n         assistant traffic manager, ca. 1919."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company ceased operations in 1930;\n            what happened to the records of the company in the years\n            immediately following is not known, but in 1939, the Green\n            Bookman, a Charlottesville bookshop, sold the records to\n            the University of Virginia Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe records arrived at the receiving room door of the\n            new Alderman Library on October 16, 1939, in a trailer\n            truck whose load was estimated to weigh about fourteen\n            tons. As the manuscripts staff dug around in the piles of\n            over 1200 account books, and countless boxes of papers they\n            realized that the company had saved almost all of its\n            papers including checks, invoices, vouchers, and receipts,\n            and certain of these records were destroyed as their\n            information was recorded in other records. Once the bulk of\n            the collection had been reduced, the remaining records were\n            transferred to the stack area of the Division of Rare Books\n            and Manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The Low Moor Iron Company ceased operations in 1930;\n            what happened to the records of the company in the years\n            immediately following is not known, but in 1939, the Green\n            Bookman, a Charlottesville bookshop, sold the records to\n            the University of Virginia Library.","The records arrived at the receiving room door of the\n            new Alderman Library on October 16, 1939, in a trailer\n            truck whose load was estimated to weigh about fourteen\n            tons. As the manuscripts staff dug around in the piles of\n            over 1200 account books, and countless boxes of papers they\n            realized that the company had saved almost all of its\n            papers including checks, invoices, vouchers, and receipts,\n            and certain of these records were destroyed as their\n            information was recorded in other records. Once the bulk of\n            the collection had been reduced, the remaining records were\n            transferred to the stack area of the Division of Rare Books\n            and Manuscripts."],"otherfindaid_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSome 1200 bound accounting record books of the Low Moor\n            Iron Company came into the custody of the Library with the\n            loose papers. When the project staff investigated these\n            volumes in the dormitory attic where they were stored, they\n            found that the volumes had been shelved by size rather than\n            by series. Thus, a letterbook may stand next to a stock\n            report book for a furnace, which is, in turn, next to a\n            store account book for the Kay Moor Mines' store. No series\n            are shelved in order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembers of the project staff surveyed the volumes,\n            completing for each volume two copies of a mimeographed\n            survey form, and assigning to each volume a number. One\n            copy of the survey report form was placed in the volume,\n            and the second was returned to the Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the survey report forms, 3 x 5 inch index\n            cards--with a carbon copy of each--were typed. One set of\n            index cards has been kept in order by the numbers assigned\n            to the volumes as they stand on the shelves. This provides\n            a shelf list for the use of the library staff. The other\n            set of cards was sorted into categories as a finding aid.\n            On the list that follows, the researcher will find a number\n            of major headings such as \"Accounts,\" \"Inventories,\"\n            \"Letter Books,\" and \"Shipments-Outgoing.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsofar as it has been possible to determine from the\n            data on the survey report forms, the volumes have been\n            assigned to categories. Most of the major categories, or\n            headings, have sub-headings. Within those sub-headings, the\n            volumes have been arranged chronologically. The\n            investigators realize that after careful study of some of\n            these volumes, they will be revealed as belonging to other\n            categories than those in which they have initially been\n            placed. The card index will allow such movement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailable in the Manuscripts/Archives Reading Room in\n            the Library is the sorted card index file. There is a card\n            for every volume in this file whereas, on the pages that\n            follow, volumes have been summarized under the headings and\n            sub-headings. In each case, the number of volumes has been\n            given in the summarized list; the date ranges given are\n            inclusive in most cases, and do not reveal the many gaps in\n            sequences unless the number of volumes is small and the\n            date range wide. Occasional remarks about the content of\n            volumes have been supplied if the contents are not obvious\n            from the heading or sub-heading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to examine any of these volumes will\n            have to use the card index file in order to be able to give\n            to the staff the volume number assigned to the individual\n            volumes that are to be inspected.\u003c/p\u003e"],"otherfindaid_heading_ssm":["Other Finding Aid"],"otherfindaid_tesim":["Some 1200 bound accounting record books of the Low Moor\n            Iron Company came into the custody of the Library with the\n            loose papers. When the project staff investigated these\n            volumes in the dormitory attic where they were stored, they\n            found that the volumes had been shelved by size rather than\n            by series. Thus, a letterbook may stand next to a stock\n            report book for a furnace, which is, in turn, next to a\n            store account book for the Kay Moor Mines' store. No series\n            are shelved in order.","Members of the project staff surveyed the volumes,\n            completing for each volume two copies of a mimeographed\n            survey form, and assigning to each volume a number. One\n            copy of the survey report form was placed in the volume,\n            and the second was returned to the Library.","From the survey report forms, 3 x 5 inch index\n            cards--with a carbon copy of each--were typed. One set of\n            index cards has been kept in order by the numbers assigned\n            to the volumes as they stand on the shelves. This provides\n            a shelf list for the use of the library staff. The other\n            set of cards was sorted into categories as a finding aid.\n            On the list that follows, the researcher will find a number\n            of major headings such as \"Accounts,\" \"Inventories,\"\n            \"Letter Books,\" and \"Shipments-Outgoing.\"","Insofar as it has been possible to determine from the\n            data on the survey report forms, the volumes have been\n            assigned to categories. Most of the major categories, or\n            headings, have sub-headings. Within those sub-headings, the\n            volumes have been arranged chronologically. The\n            investigators realize that after careful study of some of\n            these volumes, they will be revealed as belonging to other\n            categories than those in which they have initially been\n            placed. The card index will allow such movement.","Available in the Manuscripts/Archives Reading Room in\n            the Library is the sorted card index file. There is a card\n            for every volume in this file whereas, on the pages that\n            follow, volumes have been summarized under the headings and\n            sub-headings. In each case, the number of volumes has been\n            given in the summarized list; the date ranges given are\n            inclusive in most cases, and do not reveal the many gaps in\n            sequences unless the number of volumes is small and the\n            date range wide. Occasional remarks about the content of\n            volumes have been supplied if the contents are not obvious\n            from the heading or sub-heading.","Researchers wishing to examine any of these volumes will\n            have to use the card index file in order to be able to give\n            to the staff the volume number assigned to the individual\n            volumes that are to be inspected."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Low Moor Iron Company, Accession #662,\n            Special Collections, University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company, Accession #662,\n            Special Collections, University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBy 1958, little storage space remained in Alderman\n            Library, and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division was\n            especially crowded because of the rapid growth of its\n            collections. After an examination of its storage areas, the\n            division's staff decided to move the Low Moor records to\n            the attic of one of the student dormitories. The collection\n            had had little use chiefly because there was no finding\n            aid. There seemed little likelihood of extensive researcher\n            use until the collection could be processed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn preparation for the move, the old letter boxes in\n            which much of the collection had arrived in the Library\n            were discarded. The records from each box were placed\n            between sheets of the heavy gray cardboard used to protect\n            unbound newspapers in the Library's stacks, and the spine\n            labels of the old letter boxes were copied onto the\n            cardboard. The resulting bundles were wrapped with brown\n            Kraft paper and tied up with string. The bundles were\n            numbered. Whatever original order the letter boxes may have\n            had was lost by the time they arrived in the Library, and\n            after the bundling, removal to a dormitory attic, and\n            subsequent return to the Library in 1976, all vestiges of\n            the original order were lost.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bundles remained in the dormitory attic for almost\n            twenty years. Occasional visits were made by the division\n            staff to check on their condition, and on very rare\n            occasions, a researcher was brave enough to ask to be shown\n            the collection. Once the researcher saw the imposing amount\n            of material and the conditions in the attic, interest in\n            using the collection invariably died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn late 1976 a grant from the National Endowment for the\n            Humanities was obtained to allow the Library to process the\n            Low Moor Iron Company papers, and the papers of Edward L.\n            Stone and the Borderland Coal Company, another large\n            collection of records stored in the same dormitory attic.\n            All of these records and papers were moved back to the\n            Library where the bundles were cleaned and opened. The\n            contents of each were placed in a Hollinger storage box,\n            and all notes on the paper wrappings and on the gray\n            cardboard sheets were recorded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe more than 1200 bound accounting records of the Low\n            Moor Iron Company were surveyed by the grant project staff.\n            The contents of each volume were noted on a mimeographed\n            form, and later typed on 3 x 5\" cards to create a\n            readily-accessible file for the Manuscripts Reading Room.\n            This information was also typed on pages to be added to\n            this guide.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["By 1958, little storage space remained in Alderman\n            Library, and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division was\n            especially crowded because of the rapid growth of its\n            collections. After an examination of its storage areas, the\n            division's staff decided to move the Low Moor records to\n            the attic of one of the student dormitories. The collection\n            had had little use chiefly because there was no finding\n            aid. There seemed little likelihood of extensive researcher\n            use until the collection could be processed.","In preparation for the move, the old letter boxes in\n            which much of the collection had arrived in the Library\n            were discarded. The records from each box were placed\n            between sheets of the heavy gray cardboard used to protect\n            unbound newspapers in the Library's stacks, and the spine\n            labels of the old letter boxes were copied onto the\n            cardboard. The resulting bundles were wrapped with brown\n            Kraft paper and tied up with string. The bundles were\n            numbered. Whatever original order the letter boxes may have\n            had was lost by the time they arrived in the Library, and\n            after the bundling, removal to a dormitory attic, and\n            subsequent return to the Library in 1976, all vestiges of\n            the original order were lost.","The bundles remained in the dormitory attic for almost\n            twenty years. Occasional visits were made by the division\n            staff to check on their condition, and on very rare\n            occasions, a researcher was brave enough to ask to be shown\n            the collection. Once the researcher saw the imposing amount\n            of material and the conditions in the attic, interest in\n            using the collection invariably died.","In late 1976 a grant from the National Endowment for the\n            Humanities was obtained to allow the Library to process the\n            Low Moor Iron Company papers, and the papers of Edward L.\n            Stone and the Borderland Coal Company, another large\n            collection of records stored in the same dormitory attic.\n            All of these records and papers were moved back to the\n            Library where the bundles were cleaned and opened. The\n            contents of each were placed in a Hollinger storage box,\n            and all notes on the paper wrappings and on the gray\n            cardboard sheets were recorded.","The more than 1200 bound accounting records of the Low\n            Moor Iron Company were surveyed by the grant project staff.\n            The contents of each volume were noted on a mimeographed\n            form, and later typed on 3 x 5\" cards to create a\n            readily-accessible file for the Manuscripts Reading Room.\n            This information was also typed on pages to be added to\n            this guide."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company papers consist of\n         approximately 280 four-inch Hollinger archives boxes (ca.\n         95 linear feet) of records, ca. 1885-1927, and some 1200\n         bound volumes of the company's accounting records,\n         1873-1927, of this iron producing company located in Low\n         Moor (four miles southwest of Clifton Forge), Alleghany\n         County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis material consists of records typical of those\n         produced by a firm of this type in the period, but as the\n         company owned its own coal and iron mines and limestone\n         quarries, there is considerable information about the\n         production of these raw materials. Large numbers of the\n         records that deal with the company's employees have\n         survived: time books, payroll books, hands ledgers, and the\n         like. Because these books sometimes include information\n         about the employee's trade or job with the company, and as\n         race is indicated in some of the records, these books\n         should provide date for studies of the structure and upward\n         mobility within the labor force, patterns of\n         ethnic--possibly racial--occupational penetration and\n         mobility, material conditions of the workers, and so on.\n         The papers should permit a range of studies detailing the\n         pattern and evolution of industrial organization in the\n         iron industry, and the evolution of markets and marketing\n         structures for the entire period. Because the company was\n         dependent upon railroads to move its raw materials to the\n         furnaces, and for the marketing of its products, there is\n         considerable information about railroads and their\n         relationship to their customers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Low Moor Iron Company papers consist of\n         approximately 280 four-inch Hollinger archives boxes (ca.\n         95 linear feet) of records, ca. 1885-1927, and some 1200\n         bound volumes of the company's accounting records,\n         1873-1927, of this iron producing company located in Low\n         Moor (four miles southwest of Clifton Forge), Alleghany\n         County, Virginia.","This material consists of records typical of those\n         produced by a firm of this type in the period, but as the\n         company owned its own coal and iron mines and limestone\n         quarries, there is considerable information about the\n         production of these raw materials. Large numbers of the\n         records that deal with the company's employees have\n         survived: time books, payroll books, hands ledgers, and the\n         like. Because these books sometimes include information\n         about the employee's trade or job with the company, and as\n         race is indicated in some of the records, these books\n         should provide date for studies of the structure and upward\n         mobility within the labor force, patterns of\n         ethnic--possibly racial--occupational penetration and\n         mobility, material conditions of the workers, and so on.\n         The papers should permit a range of studies detailing the\n         pattern and evolution of industrial organization in the\n         iron industry, and the evolution of markets and marketing\n         structures for the entire period. Because the company was\n         dependent upon railroads to move its raw materials to the\n         furnaces, and for the marketing of its products, there is\n         considerable information about railroads and their\n         relationship to their customers."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1879,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:10:02.328Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00917_c01_c21_c06"}},{"id":"viu_viu00917_c01_c14_c06","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D of\n                     lettered sequence","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00917_c01_c14_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00917_c01_c14_c06","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00917_c01_c14_c06"],"id":"viu_viu00917_c01_c14_c06","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00917","_root_":"viu_viu00917","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00917_c01_c14","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00917_c01_c14","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00917","viu_viu00917_c01","viu_viu00917_c01_c14"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00917","viu_viu00917_c01","viu_viu00917_c01_c14"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","Bound Volumes","Ledgers"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","Bound Volumes","Ledgers"],"text":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","Bound Volumes","Ledgers","F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D of\n                     lettered sequence","2 volumes"],"title_filing_ssi":"F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D of\n                     lettered sequence","title_ssm":["F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D of\n                     lettered sequence"],"title_tesim":["F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D of\n                     lettered sequence"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1882-1889"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1882/1889"],"normalized_title_ssm":["F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D of\n                     lettered sequence"],"component_level_isim":[3],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"physdesc_tesim":["2 volumes"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":71,"date_range_isim":[1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#13/components#5","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:10:02.328Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00917","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00917","_root_":"viu_viu00917","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00917","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00917.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"title_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["662"],"text":["662","Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","95 linear feer + 1200\n         volumes","Stored off-site. Users must request boxes 48 hours in advance of desired use. Neither drop-in nor next-day requests can be fulfilled. For additional information, contact Special Collections. \n","The word \"organization\" is used here with considerable\n         diffidence, for any researcher studying the container list\n         that follows will realize quickly that there is no\n         organization in the usual sense of the word.","As noted under \"Provenance,\" the Low Moor Iron Company\n         papers were subjected to a number of moves; when processing\n         began in the fall of 1976, no discernible scheme of\n         organization could be determined.","The first step was to review the series of coded numbers\n         placed on the bundles of papers before they were moved to\n         the dormitory attic, but these did not provide any sort of\n         useful organization. Next, the spine titles of the original\n         letter boxes were reviewed (they had been copied onto the\n         gray cardboard sheets before the move to the dormitory\n         attic), but they, too, proved useless.","These steps having provided no scheme, and after a\n         considerable hiatus due to a turnover in student processors\n         on the collection, the new student processors were\n         instructed to begin a box-by-box inventory of the contents\n         of the collection. During this inventory, old folders were\n         replaced with acid-free ones, and the original folder\n         headings were copied onto the new ones. Some removal of\n         paper clips was accomplished, and the materials were\n         reviewed and notes taken for the guide.","Some consolidation of materials was accomplished, and in\n         other cases, materials were moved. This work has created\n         some problems in the numbering of the boxes. Thus, the\n         researchers will find boxes marked \"6A\" and \"23C\"; he will\n         also discover that certain box numbers have been entirely\n         omitted. As the box numbers exist only to aid in the\n         location of material, it was not felt that the unusual\n         numbers and the omissions would cause problems in working\n         with the papers.","A certain amount of movement of boxes within the\n         collection, and of materials among boxes, probably would\n         ease use of it. But what processing was accomplished on\n         this project took far longer than had been anticipated, and\n         there was no time in the late spring of 1978, when the\n         processors had to complete their work with the project, to\n         undertake a mass movement of material. Thus, they stand in\n         the order in which we found them at the beginning of the\n         project.","The Low Moor Iron Company, the first producer of pig\n         iron in Virginia according to the company's claims, was a\n         self-contained manufacturing unit producing from its own\n         mines the coal, limestone, and iron ore needed for its iron\n         production. Located in Low Moor near Clifton Forge in\n         Alleghany County in western Virginia, an area rich in\n         mineral deposits, the company was in operation from\n         1872-1930, producing only pig iron; it never attempted to\n         produce finished iron products.","Coal came to the Low Moor furnaces from the Kay Moor\n         Mines at Kay Moor, West Virginia, about thirty miles from\n         Low Moor; limestone was produced from the Low Moor\n         limestone quarries; and iron ore came from the Fenwick,\n         Dolly Ann, Jordan, Rich Patch, Low Moor, and Longdale\n         Mines, most of them within twenty miles of Low Moor at\n         Covington or Clifton Forge.","The towns of Low Moor and Kay Moor were company towns in\n         every respect. Workers lived in company-owned houses,\n         bought food in company stores, worshiped at the company\n         church, saw movies in the company theater, were treated in\n         the company hospital, and were buried in the company\n         cemetery. Workers received part of their pay in scrip that\n         they exchanged for goods and services. According to a\n         statement from the Kay Moor Mines dated November 1904, Kay\n         Moor then employed 338 people, paid them an average wage of\n         $36.26 per month, and issued half of their pay in scrip.\n         Kay Moor had four stores; Low Moor had seven or eight. All\n         of these stores carried large inventories which are\n         detailed in the collection. These inventories are valuable\n         to anyone interested in determining the wants and needs of\n         a coal miner and his family.","In the late 1910's and 1920's Kay Moor had a company\n         theater called the Azure Theater which seated about 300\n         people. There were also plans for a company-owned social\n         center, to have pool tables, a soda fountain, and\n         provisions for dancing and skating. The company was in\n         tough economic straits by the 1920's, however, and there is\n         no evidence that the social center was built. The town of\n         Low Moor was so completely under the company's influence\n         that one of Low Moor Iron Company's assistant managers\n         served as the town sheriff. He often foreclosed on people\n         who did not pay their debts, and drove troublesome people\n         \"out of town on a rail\" as he put it.","The Low Moor Iron Company's fortunes fluctuated during\n         the various business cycles between the years 1880-1930.\n         Low Moor was one of the larger pig iron producers in\n         Virginia, but Virginia pig iron production was not\n         important nationally. Low Moor officials sometimes sold\n         their product themselves, but more often they used agents,\n         the prevalent method at the time. Low Moor Iron Company\n         used a variety of agents through the 1900's. James F. Bryan\n         acted as the exclusive agent for the sale of Kay Moor Coal\n         from September 21, 1903 to September, 1905. From about 1890\n         until about 1910 Dalton Nash and Company were the exclusive\n         eastern agents of Low Moor Iron. After that time the\n         exclusive agency went to Philips Isham and Company located\n         in New York. From about 1890 the western agency was handled\n         chiefly by Thomas Mack and Company. After 1902 Thomas Mack\n         and Company underwent a name change, becoming Walter\n         Wallingford and Company, with offices located in\n         Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.","Perhaps the Low Moor Iron Company's biggest problem over\n         the years was obtaining railroad cars for the\n         transportation of its finished product. Low Moor Iron\n         Company had its own cars for transporting its raw materials\n         among its various facilities. For the long haul necessary\n         for its finished goods, however, it depended upon the\n         services of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the\n         relationship was not always a happy one. The Low Moor\n         Company complained many times to the C \u0026 O Railroad\n         about the discrepancies between long-and shorthaul freight\n         rates. Low Moor also had trouble getting cars from the C\n         \u0026 O. In a letter to one of Low Moor Company's agents\n         from an irate customer dated 1898, the customer wrote: \"We\n         wrote you on Saturday and endeavored to question upon your\n         mind the necessity of taking care of us with Low Moor iron.\n         We are on our uppers--there is not a pound of Low Moor iron\n         in the yard. Of the one hundred tons ordered some time ago,\n         not one pound of it has been received.\" This was, according\n         to the Low Moor Iron Company, because they could not get\n         the railroad cars. In a letter from Thomas Mack and Company\n         dated November 26, 1901, to General Manager E. C. Means:\n         \"We are hopeful that the car supply will get better because\n         of the number of orders you have of ours for prompt\n         shipment. Our customers are complaining that they are not\n         getting the iron fast enough. . . . We hope that the\n         railroad will be able to supply you with empty cars.\" In\n         another letter dated 1916 to John B. Guernsey, then acting\n         General Manager of the Low Moor Iron Company, \"We were not\n         supplied with coke cars for today's loading, and\n         consequently we have been practically down of Kay Moor\n         ovens all day.\"","The problem of procuring labor also plagued the Low Moor\n         Company. The company sometimes tried to hire immigrant\n         laborers and send the men directly to Low Moor from New\n         York City. There were problems with this, as is explained\n         in the following letter dated April 7, 1906: \n          To Mr. George Wickes \n             Supt. of Mines \n             Kay Moor, Virginia \n             Dear George, \n             Tony arrived with twenty one men last night. One\n            got away in Jersey two in Washington D.C., four in\n            Charlottesville. Some of the men are very good looking,\n            but taken as a whole they are the worst lot I have ever\n            seen: Irish, German-Jews, and Italians. . . . Our New\n            York transportations to this place have never been a\n            success. Signed, \n             Ed D. Wickes Supt. of Mines Low Moor usually employed labor agencies, one\n         of which was Atwood's Employment Agency. Often the Low Moor\n         Company would request certain nationalities, believing them\n         to be better workers than others. Sometimes the company\n         would request a gang of twenty made up of \"ten Greeks and\n         ten Italians.\" Many of the immigrants fled Low Moor and Kay\n         Moor when they learned that they would have to work\n         underground. There is a fair amount of material on\n         immigrant labor and its procurement in the collection, and\n         it is noted in the description of the box contents.","Low Moor Iron Company not only had trouble procuring\n         labor, but it also had trouble with labor already employed\n         in the mines and at the factory. Labor dissension and\n         strikes troubled the Kay Moor Mines through the 1900's. The\n         great coal strike of 1902 hurt the Low Moor Company's coal\n         mining operation, but by 1903 things were \"nearly back to\n         normal\" according to the mine superintendent. There was\n         still trouble at Kay Moor Mines, however. In a letter dated\n         April 26, 1906, to the treasurer of Low Moor Company, the\n         manager of the mines wrote about the trouble in \"trying to\n         get the agitators out.\" The mines were seventy-five men\n         short of the total labor force needed because many of the\n         coal miners returned to their farms during the spring.\n         There were rumblings of another strike at Kay Moor, the\n         result of which was to be a fourteen percent increase in\n         wages for the Kay Moor Mine workers via an agreement with\n         the United Mine Workers Union in December.","The Low Moor Iron Company grew along with the rest of\n         Virginia industry in the 1890's and 1900's. Starting with\n         only one furnace in the 1870's, it opened a second furnace\n         at Covington, Virginia, in 1891. In 1911 it opened a third\n         furnace, this time at Low Moor. Covington, with its heavy\n         industry, soon became known as the \"Pittsburgh of\n         Virginia.\" Virginia's pig iron production rose from 9,000\n         short tons in 1870 to 544,034 long tons in 1903. Judging\n         from the Low Moor Company's correspondence, the most\n         prosperous period for the company fell between the years\n         1895-1907. In the years between 1907-1917 problems befell\n         the Virginia pig iron industry. In a letter from William W.\n         Hearns, the president of the Virginia based Princess Pig\n         Iron Company, to U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, Hearns\n         writes of the problems of the Virginia pig iron industry:\n         \"There is not a blast furnace in Virginia that is making\n         any money from the manufacture of pig iron. The cause of\n         this is there is an exceedingly low price on pig iron in\n         the country at the present time, and the increased cost of\n         manufacturing is due to the increase in wages in all\n         lines.\" With the outbreak of World War I prices rose\n         dramatically, but in a market report to Low Moor dated\n         November 11, 1916, it was stated that: \"In spite of the\n         high prices, it is not a picnic to be in the iron industry.\n         There is a desperate shortage of cars and equipment in the\n         coal and iron districts, and in consequence there are\n         troubles of all kinds to get materials shipped. The\n         situation has grown serious.\"","When America became involved in the First World War, it\n         meant a boost for the Low Moor Iron Company. The government\n         helped it procure labor, and even helped it repair its\n         furnaces. The problem of supplies and cars for their\n         shipments, however, plagued the company more than ever. It\n         had a good deal of trouble getting all the raw materials it\n         needed due chiefly to the \"tight ship\" run by Harry F.\n         Byrd, Sr., U.S. Fuel Administrator for Virginia. After the\n         war very serious problems began to trouble the Low Moor\n         Iron Company. The demand for iron fell precipitously and a\n         short but severe depression ensued from 1919-1922. The\n         depression seemed to hit the iron industry especially hard.\n         Prices took a huge drop due to the lack of demand, and many\n         pre-war contracts had to be revalued. To compound the\n         company's problems, the Kay Moor Mines went on strike in\n         1919. This strike was quickly settled, as the market for\n         coal was so good that the Low Moor Company ceased taking\n         orders temporarily in 1921 as it could not fill the orders\n         it had on hand.","The Low Moor Company furnaces lay idle for some twenty\n         months. Finally, in November 1922 one of Low Moor's\n         furnaces was finally fired up. While prosperity gradually\n         returned to the rest of the country, the Low Moor Iron\n         Company never recovered. Production of pig iron in the\n         Virginia iron industry declined from 544,034 tons in 1903\n         to 148,053 tons in 1923, considered a good year for the\n         industry as a whole. In February 1926 Low Moor officials\n         talked of merging with two other iron companies in order to\n         revive the iron business for the three companies. The\n         merger, however, never occurred. By late 1926 the company\n         was in the process of liquidation. An advertisement in the\n         Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail dated April 30, 1927,\n         told of a huge warehouse sale at the Low Moor Iron Company.\n         The advertisement noted \"thousands of screws, pipe\n         fittings, valves, etc.\" The last piece of correspondence\n         from the Low Moor Iron Company in the collection is dated\n         1929. It deals with the sale of a machine.","Why did the iron industry in Virginia decline as it did?\n         Some say that lack of speed, efficiency, and a decent\n         transportation system for Alleghany County caused it. In a\n         letter from C. E. Bertie, secretary of the Virginia Pig\n         Iron Association, to the \n          Manufacturers Record dated 1925, Bertie claimed that it was the\n         tremendous rise in the cost of transportation. Virginia, he\n         claimed, had almost no home market. Over 80% of its normal\n         production was shipped out to other states. The failure of\n         the Interstate Commerce Commission to treat Virginia\n         furnaces as southern furnaces was the cause of much of the\n         trouble. From 1914-1925 there were four blanket increases\n         in freight rates in the country, of which only one applied\n         equally to all localities. Southern furnaces were received\n         only two increases--a 25% increase in 1918 and a 25%\n         increase in 1920--but northern furnaces had had 5%, 15%,\n         25%, and 40% increases in their transportation costs.\n         Virginia furnaces, although recognized as southern\n         furnaces, had had freight rates increased in line with the\n         northern furnaces. Prior to the war Virginia iron reached\n         all points in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois on a\n         competitive basis with southern furnaces. After World War I\n         the advantage was limited to a small portion of\n         southeastern Ohio. All of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan\n         were now lost to the Virginia producers. The Virginia\n         producer, according to Bertie, felt that the freight rates\n         should be restored to a relationship with southern\n         furnaces. If what Bertie said was true, the other southern\n         states iron industries should not have been in the same\n         desperate economic straits as Virginia's, and statistics\n         should support this. In the 1920's production rose to new\n         heights in Alabama. In Tennessee, however, iron production\n         plunged to new lows during the 1920's. While the south\n         accounted for 10.2% of the entire U. S. production in the\n         years 1919-1924, Virginia accounted for less than 1% during\n         those years. In 1915 Virginia accounted for over 6% of the\n         U.S. iron production. One can see a decline in other areas\n         of the south than Virginia. While the discrepancies in the\n         freight rates may have helped cause the decline, clearly\n         there are other reasons.","During the 1900's there was a discovery of extremely\n         rich iron ore deposits in the mid-west. Much of this ore\n         was on or near the surface, making the mining of it both\n         easy and inexpensive. This in turn lowered production costs\n         of the pig iron. This caused iron production to shift to\n         that region, and resulted in a decline in the Virginia iron\n         industry. There was a sharp increase in iron production in\n         the mid-west through the 1920's. The iron ore in the\n         mid-west may have been of better quality than Virginia, but\n         the iron ore in Virginia was of sufficient quality to\n         produce a good pig iron. The western ore deposits were not\n         as conveniently located as Virginia deposits, but the\n         inexpensiveness of production more than made up for it.","In examining the rise and fall of the Low Moor Iron\n         Company, we can see a situation in which the conditions for\n         the manufacture of iron were nearly ideal. There was plenty\n         of land for expansion and resources for the manufacture of\n         the iron. The major internal problem faced by the Low Moor\n         Iron Company was that of transportation. External\n         developments, however, caused the final demise of the Low\n         Moor Iron Company.","Low Moor Iron Company Personnel:","Executive Staff: Managing Director, Colonel H. M.\n         Goodwin: ca. 1881. General Managers: H. G. Merry: ca.\n         1884-1902; E. C. Means: ca. 1905-1915; J. P. Guernsey: ca.\n         1915 (acting General Manager); F. U. Humbert: ca.\n         1916-1929. Assistant General Manager: E. B. Wilkinson: ca.\n         1909-1915. Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers: Edward Low:\n         ca. 1886-1898; Frank Lyman (in New York): ca. 1898-1919; S.\n         G. Cragill (Asst. Treasurer): ca. 1900-1915; H. A. Dalton:\n         ca. 1921-1929; John Lipscomb (Asst. Treasurer): ca.\n         1918-1928.","Factory and Mine Supervisors: Kay Moor Superintendents:\n         C. C. Cooke: ca. 1918; Ed. D. Wickes: ca. 1906; H. L.\n         Tansell: ca. 1903; A. H. Reed: ca. 1906. Kay Moor Managers:\n         J. W. Monteith: manager of mines. ca. 1918; promoted in\n         1925 to general superintendent in charge of mine plants,\n         coke ovens, shops, repairs, and construction; A. L.\n         Monteith: assistant superintendent of mines, ca. 1918;\n         George T. Wickes: manager of Covington mines, ca.\n         1906-1917; Ross Howell, ca. 1918. Stack Mines\n         Superintendents: J. H. Carpenter: ca. 1906; C. D.\n         Oberschain: ca. 1907; J. L. Harris: ca. 1903; John S. Ham:\n         ca. 1891-1901. Rich Patch Mines Superintendents: John R.\n         Thompson: foreman, ca. 1906. Low Moor assorted other\n         personnel: S. L. Tulley: trainmaster, ca. 1906; B. J.\n         Shenkley: foreman, Low Moor limestone quarries; L. Q. Wood:\n         assistant traffic manager, ca. 1919.","The Low Moor Iron Company ceased operations in 1930;\n            what happened to the records of the company in the years\n            immediately following is not known, but in 1939, the Green\n            Bookman, a Charlottesville bookshop, sold the records to\n            the University of Virginia Library.","The records arrived at the receiving room door of the\n            new Alderman Library on October 16, 1939, in a trailer\n            truck whose load was estimated to weigh about fourteen\n            tons. As the manuscripts staff dug around in the piles of\n            over 1200 account books, and countless boxes of papers they\n            realized that the company had saved almost all of its\n            papers including checks, invoices, vouchers, and receipts,\n            and certain of these records were destroyed as their\n            information was recorded in other records. Once the bulk of\n            the collection had been reduced, the remaining records were\n            transferred to the stack area of the Division of Rare Books\n            and Manuscripts.","By 1958, little storage space remained in Alderman\n            Library, and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division was\n            especially crowded because of the rapid growth of its\n            collections. After an examination of its storage areas, the\n            division's staff decided to move the Low Moor records to\n            the attic of one of the student dormitories. The collection\n            had had little use chiefly because there was no finding\n            aid. There seemed little likelihood of extensive researcher\n            use until the collection could be processed.","In preparation for the move, the old letter boxes in\n            which much of the collection had arrived in the Library\n            were discarded. The records from each box were placed\n            between sheets of the heavy gray cardboard used to protect\n            unbound newspapers in the Library's stacks, and the spine\n            labels of the old letter boxes were copied onto the\n            cardboard. The resulting bundles were wrapped with brown\n            Kraft paper and tied up with string. The bundles were\n            numbered. Whatever original order the letter boxes may have\n            had was lost by the time they arrived in the Library, and\n            after the bundling, removal to a dormitory attic, and\n            subsequent return to the Library in 1976, all vestiges of\n            the original order were lost.","The bundles remained in the dormitory attic for almost\n            twenty years. Occasional visits were made by the division\n            staff to check on their condition, and on very rare\n            occasions, a researcher was brave enough to ask to be shown\n            the collection. Once the researcher saw the imposing amount\n            of material and the conditions in the attic, interest in\n            using the collection invariably died.","In late 1976 a grant from the National Endowment for the\n            Humanities was obtained to allow the Library to process the\n            Low Moor Iron Company papers, and the papers of Edward L.\n            Stone and the Borderland Coal Company, another large\n            collection of records stored in the same dormitory attic.\n            All of these records and papers were moved back to the\n            Library where the bundles were cleaned and opened. The\n            contents of each were placed in a Hollinger storage box,\n            and all notes on the paper wrappings and on the gray\n            cardboard sheets were recorded.","The more than 1200 bound accounting records of the Low\n            Moor Iron Company were surveyed by the grant project staff.\n            The contents of each volume were noted on a mimeographed\n            form, and later typed on 3 x 5\" cards to create a\n            readily-accessible file for the Manuscripts Reading Room.\n            This information was also typed on pages to be added to\n            this guide.","The Low Moor Iron Company papers consist of\n         approximately 280 four-inch Hollinger archives boxes (ca.\n         95 linear feet) of records, ca. 1885-1927, and some 1200\n         bound volumes of the company's accounting records,\n         1873-1927, of this iron producing company located in Low\n         Moor (four miles southwest of Clifton Forge), Alleghany\n         County, Virginia.","This material consists of records typical of those\n         produced by a firm of this type in the period, but as the\n         company owned its own coal and iron mines and limestone\n         quarries, there is considerable information about the\n         production of these raw materials. Large numbers of the\n         records that deal with the company's employees have\n         survived: time books, payroll books, hands ledgers, and the\n         like. Because these books sometimes include information\n         about the employee's trade or job with the company, and as\n         race is indicated in some of the records, these books\n         should provide date for studies of the structure and upward\n         mobility within the labor force, patterns of\n         ethnic--possibly racial--occupational penetration and\n         mobility, material conditions of the workers, and so on.\n         The papers should permit a range of studies detailing the\n         pattern and evolution of industrial organization in the\n         iron industry, and the evolution of markets and marketing\n         structures for the entire period. Because the company was\n         dependent upon railroads to move its raw materials to the\n         furnaces, and for the marketing of its products, there is\n         considerable information about railroads and their\n         relationship to their customers.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["662"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was purchased from Green Bookman in\n            1939."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["95 linear feer + 1200\n         volumes"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eStored off-site. Users must request boxes 48 hours in advance of desired use. Neither drop-in nor next-day requests can be fulfilled. For additional information, contact Special Collections. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Stored off-site. Users must request boxes 48 hours in advance of desired use. Neither drop-in nor next-day requests can be fulfilled. For additional information, contact Special Collections. \n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe word \"organization\" is used here with considerable\n         diffidence, for any researcher studying the container list\n         that follows will realize quickly that there is no\n         organization in the usual sense of the word.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs noted under \"Provenance,\" the Low Moor Iron Company\n         papers were subjected to a number of moves; when processing\n         began in the fall of 1976, no discernible scheme of\n         organization could be determined.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first step was to review the series of coded numbers\n         placed on the bundles of papers before they were moved to\n         the dormitory attic, but these did not provide any sort of\n         useful organization. Next, the spine titles of the original\n         letter boxes were reviewed (they had been copied onto the\n         gray cardboard sheets before the move to the dormitory\n         attic), but they, too, proved useless.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese steps having provided no scheme, and after a\n         considerable hiatus due to a turnover in student processors\n         on the collection, the new student processors were\n         instructed to begin a box-by-box inventory of the contents\n         of the collection. During this inventory, old folders were\n         replaced with acid-free ones, and the original folder\n         headings were copied onto the new ones. Some removal of\n         paper clips was accomplished, and the materials were\n         reviewed and notes taken for the guide.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome consolidation of materials was accomplished, and in\n         other cases, materials were moved. This work has created\n         some problems in the numbering of the boxes. Thus, the\n         researchers will find boxes marked \"6A\" and \"23C\"; he will\n         also discover that certain box numbers have been entirely\n         omitted. As the box numbers exist only to aid in the\n         location of material, it was not felt that the unusual\n         numbers and the omissions would cause problems in working\n         with the papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA certain amount of movement of boxes within the\n         collection, and of materials among boxes, probably would\n         ease use of it. But what processing was accomplished on\n         this project took far longer than had been anticipated, and\n         there was no time in the late spring of 1978, when the\n         processors had to complete their work with the project, to\n         undertake a mass movement of material. Thus, they stand in\n         the order in which we found them at the beginning of the\n         project.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The word \"organization\" is used here with considerable\n         diffidence, for any researcher studying the container list\n         that follows will realize quickly that there is no\n         organization in the usual sense of the word.","As noted under \"Provenance,\" the Low Moor Iron Company\n         papers were subjected to a number of moves; when processing\n         began in the fall of 1976, no discernible scheme of\n         organization could be determined.","The first step was to review the series of coded numbers\n         placed on the bundles of papers before they were moved to\n         the dormitory attic, but these did not provide any sort of\n         useful organization. Next, the spine titles of the original\n         letter boxes were reviewed (they had been copied onto the\n         gray cardboard sheets before the move to the dormitory\n         attic), but they, too, proved useless.","These steps having provided no scheme, and after a\n         considerable hiatus due to a turnover in student processors\n         on the collection, the new student processors were\n         instructed to begin a box-by-box inventory of the contents\n         of the collection. During this inventory, old folders were\n         replaced with acid-free ones, and the original folder\n         headings were copied onto the new ones. Some removal of\n         paper clips was accomplished, and the materials were\n         reviewed and notes taken for the guide.","Some consolidation of materials was accomplished, and in\n         other cases, materials were moved. This work has created\n         some problems in the numbering of the boxes. Thus, the\n         researchers will find boxes marked \"6A\" and \"23C\"; he will\n         also discover that certain box numbers have been entirely\n         omitted. As the box numbers exist only to aid in the\n         location of material, it was not felt that the unusual\n         numbers and the omissions would cause problems in working\n         with the papers.","A certain amount of movement of boxes within the\n         collection, and of materials among boxes, probably would\n         ease use of it. But what processing was accomplished on\n         this project took far longer than had been anticipated, and\n         there was no time in the late spring of 1978, when the\n         processors had to complete their work with the project, to\n         undertake a mass movement of material. Thus, they stand in\n         the order in which we found them at the beginning of the\n         project."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company, the first producer of pig\n         iron in Virginia according to the company's claims, was a\n         self-contained manufacturing unit producing from its own\n         mines the coal, limestone, and iron ore needed for its iron\n         production. Located in Low Moor near Clifton Forge in\n         Alleghany County in western Virginia, an area rich in\n         mineral deposits, the company was in operation from\n         1872-1930, producing only pig iron; it never attempted to\n         produce finished iron products.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCoal came to the Low Moor furnaces from the Kay Moor\n         Mines at Kay Moor, West Virginia, about thirty miles from\n         Low Moor; limestone was produced from the Low Moor\n         limestone quarries; and iron ore came from the Fenwick,\n         Dolly Ann, Jordan, Rich Patch, Low Moor, and Longdale\n         Mines, most of them within twenty miles of Low Moor at\n         Covington or Clifton Forge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe towns of Low Moor and Kay Moor were company towns in\n         every respect. Workers lived in company-owned houses,\n         bought food in company stores, worshiped at the company\n         church, saw movies in the company theater, were treated in\n         the company hospital, and were buried in the company\n         cemetery. Workers received part of their pay in scrip that\n         they exchanged for goods and services. According to a\n         statement from the Kay Moor Mines dated November 1904, Kay\n         Moor then employed 338 people, paid them an average wage of\n         $36.26 per month, and issued half of their pay in scrip.\n         Kay Moor had four stores; Low Moor had seven or eight. All\n         of these stores carried large inventories which are\n         detailed in the collection. These inventories are valuable\n         to anyone interested in determining the wants and needs of\n         a coal miner and his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1910's and 1920's Kay Moor had a company\n         theater called the Azure Theater which seated about 300\n         people. There were also plans for a company-owned social\n         center, to have pool tables, a soda fountain, and\n         provisions for dancing and skating. The company was in\n         tough economic straits by the 1920's, however, and there is\n         no evidence that the social center was built. The town of\n         Low Moor was so completely under the company's influence\n         that one of Low Moor Iron Company's assistant managers\n         served as the town sheriff. He often foreclosed on people\n         who did not pay their debts, and drove troublesome people\n         \"out of town on a rail\" as he put it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company's fortunes fluctuated during\n         the various business cycles between the years 1880-1930.\n         Low Moor was one of the larger pig iron producers in\n         Virginia, but Virginia pig iron production was not\n         important nationally. Low Moor officials sometimes sold\n         their product themselves, but more often they used agents,\n         the prevalent method at the time. Low Moor Iron Company\n         used a variety of agents through the 1900's. James F. Bryan\n         acted as the exclusive agent for the sale of Kay Moor Coal\n         from September 21, 1903 to September, 1905. From about 1890\n         until about 1910 Dalton Nash and Company were the exclusive\n         eastern agents of Low Moor Iron. After that time the\n         exclusive agency went to Philips Isham and Company located\n         in New York. From about 1890 the western agency was handled\n         chiefly by Thomas Mack and Company. After 1902 Thomas Mack\n         and Company underwent a name change, becoming Walter\n         Wallingford and Company, with offices located in\n         Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the Low Moor Iron Company's biggest problem over\n         the years was obtaining railroad cars for the\n         transportation of its finished product. Low Moor Iron\n         Company had its own cars for transporting its raw materials\n         among its various facilities. For the long haul necessary\n         for its finished goods, however, it depended upon the\n         services of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the\n         relationship was not always a happy one. The Low Moor\n         Company complained many times to the C \u0026amp; O Railroad\n         about the discrepancies between long-and shorthaul freight\n         rates. Low Moor also had trouble getting cars from the C\n         \u0026amp; O. In a letter to one of Low Moor Company's agents\n         from an irate customer dated 1898, the customer wrote: \"We\n         wrote you on Saturday and endeavored to question upon your\n         mind the necessity of taking care of us with Low Moor iron.\n         We are on our uppers--there is not a pound of Low Moor iron\n         in the yard. Of the one hundred tons ordered some time ago,\n         not one pound of it has been received.\" This was, according\n         to the Low Moor Iron Company, because they could not get\n         the railroad cars. In a letter from Thomas Mack and Company\n         dated November 26, 1901, to General Manager E. C. Means:\n         \"We are hopeful that the car supply will get better because\n         of the number of orders you have of ours for prompt\n         shipment. Our customers are complaining that they are not\n         getting the iron fast enough. . . . We hope that the\n         railroad will be able to supply you with empty cars.\" In\n         another letter dated 1916 to John B. Guernsey, then acting\n         General Manager of the Low Moor Iron Company, \"We were not\n         supplied with coke cars for today's loading, and\n         consequently we have been practically down of Kay Moor\n         ovens all day.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe problem of procuring labor also plagued the Low Moor\n         Company. The company sometimes tried to hire immigrant\n         laborers and send the men directly to Low Moor from New\n         York City. There were problems with this, as is explained\n         in the following letter dated April 7, 1906: \n         \u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Mr. George Wickes \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSupt. of Mines \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eKay Moor, Virginia \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDear George, \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTony arrived with twenty one men last night. One\n            got away in Jersey two in Washington D.C., four in\n            Charlottesville. Some of the men are very good looking,\n            but taken as a whole they are the worst lot I have ever\n            seen: Irish, German-Jews, and Italians. . . . Our New\n            York transportations to this place have never been a\n            success.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned, \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eEd D. Wickes Supt. of Mines\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003eLow Moor usually employed labor agencies, one\n         of which was Atwood's Employment Agency. Often the Low Moor\n         Company would request certain nationalities, believing them\n         to be better workers than others. Sometimes the company\n         would request a gang of twenty made up of \"ten Greeks and\n         ten Italians.\" Many of the immigrants fled Low Moor and Kay\n         Moor when they learned that they would have to work\n         underground. There is a fair amount of material on\n         immigrant labor and its procurement in the collection, and\n         it is noted in the description of the box contents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLow Moor Iron Company not only had trouble procuring\n         labor, but it also had trouble with labor already employed\n         in the mines and at the factory. Labor dissension and\n         strikes troubled the Kay Moor Mines through the 1900's. The\n         great coal strike of 1902 hurt the Low Moor Company's coal\n         mining operation, but by 1903 things were \"nearly back to\n         normal\" according to the mine superintendent. There was\n         still trouble at Kay Moor Mines, however. In a letter dated\n         April 26, 1906, to the treasurer of Low Moor Company, the\n         manager of the mines wrote about the trouble in \"trying to\n         get the agitators out.\" The mines were seventy-five men\n         short of the total labor force needed because many of the\n         coal miners returned to their farms during the spring.\n         There were rumblings of another strike at Kay Moor, the\n         result of which was to be a fourteen percent increase in\n         wages for the Kay Moor Mine workers via an agreement with\n         the United Mine Workers Union in December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company grew along with the rest of\n         Virginia industry in the 1890's and 1900's. Starting with\n         only one furnace in the 1870's, it opened a second furnace\n         at Covington, Virginia, in 1891. In 1911 it opened a third\n         furnace, this time at Low Moor. Covington, with its heavy\n         industry, soon became known as the \"Pittsburgh of\n         Virginia.\" Virginia's pig iron production rose from 9,000\n         short tons in 1870 to 544,034 long tons in 1903. Judging\n         from the Low Moor Company's correspondence, the most\n         prosperous period for the company fell between the years\n         1895-1907. In the years between 1907-1917 problems befell\n         the Virginia pig iron industry. In a letter from William W.\n         Hearns, the president of the Virginia based Princess Pig\n         Iron Company, to U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, Hearns\n         writes of the problems of the Virginia pig iron industry:\n         \"There is not a blast furnace in Virginia that is making\n         any money from the manufacture of pig iron. The cause of\n         this is there is an exceedingly low price on pig iron in\n         the country at the present time, and the increased cost of\n         manufacturing is due to the increase in wages in all\n         lines.\" With the outbreak of World War I prices rose\n         dramatically, but in a market report to Low Moor dated\n         November 11, 1916, it was stated that: \"In spite of the\n         high prices, it is not a picnic to be in the iron industry.\n         There is a desperate shortage of cars and equipment in the\n         coal and iron districts, and in consequence there are\n         troubles of all kinds to get materials shipped. The\n         situation has grown serious.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhen America became involved in the First World War, it\n         meant a boost for the Low Moor Iron Company. The government\n         helped it procure labor, and even helped it repair its\n         furnaces. The problem of supplies and cars for their\n         shipments, however, plagued the company more than ever. It\n         had a good deal of trouble getting all the raw materials it\n         needed due chiefly to the \"tight ship\" run by Harry F.\n         Byrd, Sr., U.S. Fuel Administrator for Virginia. After the\n         war very serious problems began to trouble the Low Moor\n         Iron Company. The demand for iron fell precipitously and a\n         short but severe depression ensued from 1919-1922. The\n         depression seemed to hit the iron industry especially hard.\n         Prices took a huge drop due to the lack of demand, and many\n         pre-war contracts had to be revalued. To compound the\n         company's problems, the Kay Moor Mines went on strike in\n         1919. This strike was quickly settled, as the market for\n         coal was so good that the Low Moor Company ceased taking\n         orders temporarily in 1921 as it could not fill the orders\n         it had on hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Company furnaces lay idle for some twenty\n         months. Finally, in November 1922 one of Low Moor's\n         furnaces was finally fired up. While prosperity gradually\n         returned to the rest of the country, the Low Moor Iron\n         Company never recovered. Production of pig iron in the\n         Virginia iron industry declined from 544,034 tons in 1903\n         to 148,053 tons in 1923, considered a good year for the\n         industry as a whole. In February 1926 Low Moor officials\n         talked of merging with two other iron companies in order to\n         revive the iron business for the three companies. The\n         merger, however, never occurred. By late 1926 the company\n         was in the process of liquidation. An advertisement in the\n         Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail dated April 30, 1927,\n         told of a huge warehouse sale at the Low Moor Iron Company.\n         The advertisement noted \"thousands of screws, pipe\n         fittings, valves, etc.\" The last piece of correspondence\n         from the Low Moor Iron Company in the collection is dated\n         1929. It deals with the sale of a machine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhy did the iron industry in Virginia decline as it did?\n         Some say that lack of speed, efficiency, and a decent\n         transportation system for Alleghany County caused it. In a\n         letter from C. E. Bertie, secretary of the Virginia Pig\n         Iron Association, to the \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eManufacturers Record\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003edated 1925, Bertie claimed that it was the\n         tremendous rise in the cost of transportation. Virginia, he\n         claimed, had almost no home market. Over 80% of its normal\n         production was shipped out to other states. The failure of\n         the Interstate Commerce Commission to treat Virginia\n         furnaces as southern furnaces was the cause of much of the\n         trouble. From 1914-1925 there were four blanket increases\n         in freight rates in the country, of which only one applied\n         equally to all localities. Southern furnaces were received\n         only two increases--a 25% increase in 1918 and a 25%\n         increase in 1920--but northern furnaces had had 5%, 15%,\n         25%, and 40% increases in their transportation costs.\n         Virginia furnaces, although recognized as southern\n         furnaces, had had freight rates increased in line with the\n         northern furnaces. Prior to the war Virginia iron reached\n         all points in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois on a\n         competitive basis with southern furnaces. After World War I\n         the advantage was limited to a small portion of\n         southeastern Ohio. All of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan\n         were now lost to the Virginia producers. The Virginia\n         producer, according to Bertie, felt that the freight rates\n         should be restored to a relationship with southern\n         furnaces. If what Bertie said was true, the other southern\n         states iron industries should not have been in the same\n         desperate economic straits as Virginia's, and statistics\n         should support this. In the 1920's production rose to new\n         heights in Alabama. In Tennessee, however, iron production\n         plunged to new lows during the 1920's. While the south\n         accounted for 10.2% of the entire U. S. production in the\n         years 1919-1924, Virginia accounted for less than 1% during\n         those years. In 1915 Virginia accounted for over 6% of the\n         U.S. iron production. One can see a decline in other areas\n         of the south than Virginia. While the discrepancies in the\n         freight rates may have helped cause the decline, clearly\n         there are other reasons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1900's there was a discovery of extremely\n         rich iron ore deposits in the mid-west. Much of this ore\n         was on or near the surface, making the mining of it both\n         easy and inexpensive. This in turn lowered production costs\n         of the pig iron. This caused iron production to shift to\n         that region, and resulted in a decline in the Virginia iron\n         industry. There was a sharp increase in iron production in\n         the mid-west through the 1920's. The iron ore in the\n         mid-west may have been of better quality than Virginia, but\n         the iron ore in Virginia was of sufficient quality to\n         produce a good pig iron. The western ore deposits were not\n         as conveniently located as Virginia deposits, but the\n         inexpensiveness of production more than made up for it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn examining the rise and fall of the Low Moor Iron\n         Company, we can see a situation in which the conditions for\n         the manufacture of iron were nearly ideal. There was plenty\n         of land for expansion and resources for the manufacture of\n         the iron. The major internal problem faced by the Low Moor\n         Iron Company was that of transportation. External\n         developments, however, caused the final demise of the Low\n         Moor Iron Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLow Moor Iron Company Personnel:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExecutive Staff: Managing Director, Colonel H. M.\n         Goodwin: ca. 1881. General Managers: H. G. Merry: ca.\n         1884-1902; E. C. Means: ca. 1905-1915; J. P. Guernsey: ca.\n         1915 (acting General Manager); F. U. Humbert: ca.\n         1916-1929. Assistant General Manager: E. B. Wilkinson: ca.\n         1909-1915. Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers: Edward Low:\n         ca. 1886-1898; Frank Lyman (in New York): ca. 1898-1919; S.\n         G. Cragill (Asst. Treasurer): ca. 1900-1915; H. A. Dalton:\n         ca. 1921-1929; John Lipscomb (Asst. Treasurer): ca.\n         1918-1928.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFactory and Mine Supervisors: Kay Moor Superintendents:\n         C. C. Cooke: ca. 1918; Ed. D. Wickes: ca. 1906; H. L.\n         Tansell: ca. 1903; A. H. Reed: ca. 1906. Kay Moor Managers:\n         J. W. Monteith: manager of mines. ca. 1918; promoted in\n         1925 to general superintendent in charge of mine plants,\n         coke ovens, shops, repairs, and construction; A. L.\n         Monteith: assistant superintendent of mines, ca. 1918;\n         George T. Wickes: manager of Covington mines, ca.\n         1906-1917; Ross Howell, ca. 1918. Stack Mines\n         Superintendents: J. H. Carpenter: ca. 1906; C. D.\n         Oberschain: ca. 1907; J. L. Harris: ca. 1903; John S. Ham:\n         ca. 1891-1901. Rich Patch Mines Superintendents: John R.\n         Thompson: foreman, ca. 1906. Low Moor assorted other\n         personnel: S. L. Tulley: trainmaster, ca. 1906; B. J.\n         Shenkley: foreman, Low Moor limestone quarries; L. Q. Wood:\n         assistant traffic manager, ca. 1919.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Low Moor Iron Company, the first producer of pig\n         iron in Virginia according to the company's claims, was a\n         self-contained manufacturing unit producing from its own\n         mines the coal, limestone, and iron ore needed for its iron\n         production. Located in Low Moor near Clifton Forge in\n         Alleghany County in western Virginia, an area rich in\n         mineral deposits, the company was in operation from\n         1872-1930, producing only pig iron; it never attempted to\n         produce finished iron products.","Coal came to the Low Moor furnaces from the Kay Moor\n         Mines at Kay Moor, West Virginia, about thirty miles from\n         Low Moor; limestone was produced from the Low Moor\n         limestone quarries; and iron ore came from the Fenwick,\n         Dolly Ann, Jordan, Rich Patch, Low Moor, and Longdale\n         Mines, most of them within twenty miles of Low Moor at\n         Covington or Clifton Forge.","The towns of Low Moor and Kay Moor were company towns in\n         every respect. Workers lived in company-owned houses,\n         bought food in company stores, worshiped at the company\n         church, saw movies in the company theater, were treated in\n         the company hospital, and were buried in the company\n         cemetery. Workers received part of their pay in scrip that\n         they exchanged for goods and services. According to a\n         statement from the Kay Moor Mines dated November 1904, Kay\n         Moor then employed 338 people, paid them an average wage of\n         $36.26 per month, and issued half of their pay in scrip.\n         Kay Moor had four stores; Low Moor had seven or eight. All\n         of these stores carried large inventories which are\n         detailed in the collection. These inventories are valuable\n         to anyone interested in determining the wants and needs of\n         a coal miner and his family.","In the late 1910's and 1920's Kay Moor had a company\n         theater called the Azure Theater which seated about 300\n         people. There were also plans for a company-owned social\n         center, to have pool tables, a soda fountain, and\n         provisions for dancing and skating. The company was in\n         tough economic straits by the 1920's, however, and there is\n         no evidence that the social center was built. The town of\n         Low Moor was so completely under the company's influence\n         that one of Low Moor Iron Company's assistant managers\n         served as the town sheriff. He often foreclosed on people\n         who did not pay their debts, and drove troublesome people\n         \"out of town on a rail\" as he put it.","The Low Moor Iron Company's fortunes fluctuated during\n         the various business cycles between the years 1880-1930.\n         Low Moor was one of the larger pig iron producers in\n         Virginia, but Virginia pig iron production was not\n         important nationally. Low Moor officials sometimes sold\n         their product themselves, but more often they used agents,\n         the prevalent method at the time. Low Moor Iron Company\n         used a variety of agents through the 1900's. James F. Bryan\n         acted as the exclusive agent for the sale of Kay Moor Coal\n         from September 21, 1903 to September, 1905. From about 1890\n         until about 1910 Dalton Nash and Company were the exclusive\n         eastern agents of Low Moor Iron. After that time the\n         exclusive agency went to Philips Isham and Company located\n         in New York. From about 1890 the western agency was handled\n         chiefly by Thomas Mack and Company. After 1902 Thomas Mack\n         and Company underwent a name change, becoming Walter\n         Wallingford and Company, with offices located in\n         Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.","Perhaps the Low Moor Iron Company's biggest problem over\n         the years was obtaining railroad cars for the\n         transportation of its finished product. Low Moor Iron\n         Company had its own cars for transporting its raw materials\n         among its various facilities. For the long haul necessary\n         for its finished goods, however, it depended upon the\n         services of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the\n         relationship was not always a happy one. The Low Moor\n         Company complained many times to the C \u0026 O Railroad\n         about the discrepancies between long-and shorthaul freight\n         rates. Low Moor also had trouble getting cars from the C\n         \u0026 O. In a letter to one of Low Moor Company's agents\n         from an irate customer dated 1898, the customer wrote: \"We\n         wrote you on Saturday and endeavored to question upon your\n         mind the necessity of taking care of us with Low Moor iron.\n         We are on our uppers--there is not a pound of Low Moor iron\n         in the yard. Of the one hundred tons ordered some time ago,\n         not one pound of it has been received.\" This was, according\n         to the Low Moor Iron Company, because they could not get\n         the railroad cars. In a letter from Thomas Mack and Company\n         dated November 26, 1901, to General Manager E. C. Means:\n         \"We are hopeful that the car supply will get better because\n         of the number of orders you have of ours for prompt\n         shipment. Our customers are complaining that they are not\n         getting the iron fast enough. . . . We hope that the\n         railroad will be able to supply you with empty cars.\" In\n         another letter dated 1916 to John B. Guernsey, then acting\n         General Manager of the Low Moor Iron Company, \"We were not\n         supplied with coke cars for today's loading, and\n         consequently we have been practically down of Kay Moor\n         ovens all day.\"","The problem of procuring labor also plagued the Low Moor\n         Company. The company sometimes tried to hire immigrant\n         laborers and send the men directly to Low Moor from New\n         York City. There were problems with this, as is explained\n         in the following letter dated April 7, 1906: \n          To Mr. George Wickes \n             Supt. of Mines \n             Kay Moor, Virginia \n             Dear George, \n             Tony arrived with twenty one men last night. One\n            got away in Jersey two in Washington D.C., four in\n            Charlottesville. Some of the men are very good looking,\n            but taken as a whole they are the worst lot I have ever\n            seen: Irish, German-Jews, and Italians. . . . Our New\n            York transportations to this place have never been a\n            success. Signed, \n             Ed D. Wickes Supt. of Mines Low Moor usually employed labor agencies, one\n         of which was Atwood's Employment Agency. Often the Low Moor\n         Company would request certain nationalities, believing them\n         to be better workers than others. Sometimes the company\n         would request a gang of twenty made up of \"ten Greeks and\n         ten Italians.\" Many of the immigrants fled Low Moor and Kay\n         Moor when they learned that they would have to work\n         underground. There is a fair amount of material on\n         immigrant labor and its procurement in the collection, and\n         it is noted in the description of the box contents.","Low Moor Iron Company not only had trouble procuring\n         labor, but it also had trouble with labor already employed\n         in the mines and at the factory. Labor dissension and\n         strikes troubled the Kay Moor Mines through the 1900's. The\n         great coal strike of 1902 hurt the Low Moor Company's coal\n         mining operation, but by 1903 things were \"nearly back to\n         normal\" according to the mine superintendent. There was\n         still trouble at Kay Moor Mines, however. In a letter dated\n         April 26, 1906, to the treasurer of Low Moor Company, the\n         manager of the mines wrote about the trouble in \"trying to\n         get the agitators out.\" The mines were seventy-five men\n         short of the total labor force needed because many of the\n         coal miners returned to their farms during the spring.\n         There were rumblings of another strike at Kay Moor, the\n         result of which was to be a fourteen percent increase in\n         wages for the Kay Moor Mine workers via an agreement with\n         the United Mine Workers Union in December.","The Low Moor Iron Company grew along with the rest of\n         Virginia industry in the 1890's and 1900's. Starting with\n         only one furnace in the 1870's, it opened a second furnace\n         at Covington, Virginia, in 1891. In 1911 it opened a third\n         furnace, this time at Low Moor. Covington, with its heavy\n         industry, soon became known as the \"Pittsburgh of\n         Virginia.\" Virginia's pig iron production rose from 9,000\n         short tons in 1870 to 544,034 long tons in 1903. Judging\n         from the Low Moor Company's correspondence, the most\n         prosperous period for the company fell between the years\n         1895-1907. In the years between 1907-1917 problems befell\n         the Virginia pig iron industry. In a letter from William W.\n         Hearns, the president of the Virginia based Princess Pig\n         Iron Company, to U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, Hearns\n         writes of the problems of the Virginia pig iron industry:\n         \"There is not a blast furnace in Virginia that is making\n         any money from the manufacture of pig iron. The cause of\n         this is there is an exceedingly low price on pig iron in\n         the country at the present time, and the increased cost of\n         manufacturing is due to the increase in wages in all\n         lines.\" With the outbreak of World War I prices rose\n         dramatically, but in a market report to Low Moor dated\n         November 11, 1916, it was stated that: \"In spite of the\n         high prices, it is not a picnic to be in the iron industry.\n         There is a desperate shortage of cars and equipment in the\n         coal and iron districts, and in consequence there are\n         troubles of all kinds to get materials shipped. The\n         situation has grown serious.\"","When America became involved in the First World War, it\n         meant a boost for the Low Moor Iron Company. The government\n         helped it procure labor, and even helped it repair its\n         furnaces. The problem of supplies and cars for their\n         shipments, however, plagued the company more than ever. It\n         had a good deal of trouble getting all the raw materials it\n         needed due chiefly to the \"tight ship\" run by Harry F.\n         Byrd, Sr., U.S. Fuel Administrator for Virginia. After the\n         war very serious problems began to trouble the Low Moor\n         Iron Company. The demand for iron fell precipitously and a\n         short but severe depression ensued from 1919-1922. The\n         depression seemed to hit the iron industry especially hard.\n         Prices took a huge drop due to the lack of demand, and many\n         pre-war contracts had to be revalued. To compound the\n         company's problems, the Kay Moor Mines went on strike in\n         1919. This strike was quickly settled, as the market for\n         coal was so good that the Low Moor Company ceased taking\n         orders temporarily in 1921 as it could not fill the orders\n         it had on hand.","The Low Moor Company furnaces lay idle for some twenty\n         months. Finally, in November 1922 one of Low Moor's\n         furnaces was finally fired up. While prosperity gradually\n         returned to the rest of the country, the Low Moor Iron\n         Company never recovered. Production of pig iron in the\n         Virginia iron industry declined from 544,034 tons in 1903\n         to 148,053 tons in 1923, considered a good year for the\n         industry as a whole. In February 1926 Low Moor officials\n         talked of merging with two other iron companies in order to\n         revive the iron business for the three companies. The\n         merger, however, never occurred. By late 1926 the company\n         was in the process of liquidation. An advertisement in the\n         Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail dated April 30, 1927,\n         told of a huge warehouse sale at the Low Moor Iron Company.\n         The advertisement noted \"thousands of screws, pipe\n         fittings, valves, etc.\" The last piece of correspondence\n         from the Low Moor Iron Company in the collection is dated\n         1929. It deals with the sale of a machine.","Why did the iron industry in Virginia decline as it did?\n         Some say that lack of speed, efficiency, and a decent\n         transportation system for Alleghany County caused it. In a\n         letter from C. E. Bertie, secretary of the Virginia Pig\n         Iron Association, to the \n          Manufacturers Record dated 1925, Bertie claimed that it was the\n         tremendous rise in the cost of transportation. Virginia, he\n         claimed, had almost no home market. Over 80% of its normal\n         production was shipped out to other states. The failure of\n         the Interstate Commerce Commission to treat Virginia\n         furnaces as southern furnaces was the cause of much of the\n         trouble. From 1914-1925 there were four blanket increases\n         in freight rates in the country, of which only one applied\n         equally to all localities. Southern furnaces were received\n         only two increases--a 25% increase in 1918 and a 25%\n         increase in 1920--but northern furnaces had had 5%, 15%,\n         25%, and 40% increases in their transportation costs.\n         Virginia furnaces, although recognized as southern\n         furnaces, had had freight rates increased in line with the\n         northern furnaces. Prior to the war Virginia iron reached\n         all points in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois on a\n         competitive basis with southern furnaces. After World War I\n         the advantage was limited to a small portion of\n         southeastern Ohio. All of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan\n         were now lost to the Virginia producers. The Virginia\n         producer, according to Bertie, felt that the freight rates\n         should be restored to a relationship with southern\n         furnaces. If what Bertie said was true, the other southern\n         states iron industries should not have been in the same\n         desperate economic straits as Virginia's, and statistics\n         should support this. In the 1920's production rose to new\n         heights in Alabama. In Tennessee, however, iron production\n         plunged to new lows during the 1920's. While the south\n         accounted for 10.2% of the entire U. S. production in the\n         years 1919-1924, Virginia accounted for less than 1% during\n         those years. In 1915 Virginia accounted for over 6% of the\n         U.S. iron production. One can see a decline in other areas\n         of the south than Virginia. While the discrepancies in the\n         freight rates may have helped cause the decline, clearly\n         there are other reasons.","During the 1900's there was a discovery of extremely\n         rich iron ore deposits in the mid-west. Much of this ore\n         was on or near the surface, making the mining of it both\n         easy and inexpensive. This in turn lowered production costs\n         of the pig iron. This caused iron production to shift to\n         that region, and resulted in a decline in the Virginia iron\n         industry. There was a sharp increase in iron production in\n         the mid-west through the 1920's. The iron ore in the\n         mid-west may have been of better quality than Virginia, but\n         the iron ore in Virginia was of sufficient quality to\n         produce a good pig iron. The western ore deposits were not\n         as conveniently located as Virginia deposits, but the\n         inexpensiveness of production more than made up for it.","In examining the rise and fall of the Low Moor Iron\n         Company, we can see a situation in which the conditions for\n         the manufacture of iron were nearly ideal. There was plenty\n         of land for expansion and resources for the manufacture of\n         the iron. The major internal problem faced by the Low Moor\n         Iron Company was that of transportation. External\n         developments, however, caused the final demise of the Low\n         Moor Iron Company.","Low Moor Iron Company Personnel:","Executive Staff: Managing Director, Colonel H. M.\n         Goodwin: ca. 1881. General Managers: H. G. Merry: ca.\n         1884-1902; E. C. Means: ca. 1905-1915; J. P. Guernsey: ca.\n         1915 (acting General Manager); F. U. Humbert: ca.\n         1916-1929. Assistant General Manager: E. B. Wilkinson: ca.\n         1909-1915. Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers: Edward Low:\n         ca. 1886-1898; Frank Lyman (in New York): ca. 1898-1919; S.\n         G. Cragill (Asst. Treasurer): ca. 1900-1915; H. A. Dalton:\n         ca. 1921-1929; John Lipscomb (Asst. Treasurer): ca.\n         1918-1928.","Factory and Mine Supervisors: Kay Moor Superintendents:\n         C. C. Cooke: ca. 1918; Ed. D. Wickes: ca. 1906; H. L.\n         Tansell: ca. 1903; A. H. Reed: ca. 1906. Kay Moor Managers:\n         J. W. Monteith: manager of mines. ca. 1918; promoted in\n         1925 to general superintendent in charge of mine plants,\n         coke ovens, shops, repairs, and construction; A. L.\n         Monteith: assistant superintendent of mines, ca. 1918;\n         George T. Wickes: manager of Covington mines, ca.\n         1906-1917; Ross Howell, ca. 1918. Stack Mines\n         Superintendents: J. H. Carpenter: ca. 1906; C. D.\n         Oberschain: ca. 1907; J. L. Harris: ca. 1903; John S. Ham:\n         ca. 1891-1901. Rich Patch Mines Superintendents: John R.\n         Thompson: foreman, ca. 1906. Low Moor assorted other\n         personnel: S. L. Tulley: trainmaster, ca. 1906; B. J.\n         Shenkley: foreman, Low Moor limestone quarries; L. Q. Wood:\n         assistant traffic manager, ca. 1919."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company ceased operations in 1930;\n            what happened to the records of the company in the years\n            immediately following is not known, but in 1939, the Green\n            Bookman, a Charlottesville bookshop, sold the records to\n            the University of Virginia Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe records arrived at the receiving room door of the\n            new Alderman Library on October 16, 1939, in a trailer\n            truck whose load was estimated to weigh about fourteen\n            tons. As the manuscripts staff dug around in the piles of\n            over 1200 account books, and countless boxes of papers they\n            realized that the company had saved almost all of its\n            papers including checks, invoices, vouchers, and receipts,\n            and certain of these records were destroyed as their\n            information was recorded in other records. Once the bulk of\n            the collection had been reduced, the remaining records were\n            transferred to the stack area of the Division of Rare Books\n            and Manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The Low Moor Iron Company ceased operations in 1930;\n            what happened to the records of the company in the years\n            immediately following is not known, but in 1939, the Green\n            Bookman, a Charlottesville bookshop, sold the records to\n            the University of Virginia Library.","The records arrived at the receiving room door of the\n            new Alderman Library on October 16, 1939, in a trailer\n            truck whose load was estimated to weigh about fourteen\n            tons. As the manuscripts staff dug around in the piles of\n            over 1200 account books, and countless boxes of papers they\n            realized that the company had saved almost all of its\n            papers including checks, invoices, vouchers, and receipts,\n            and certain of these records were destroyed as their\n            information was recorded in other records. Once the bulk of\n            the collection had been reduced, the remaining records were\n            transferred to the stack area of the Division of Rare Books\n            and Manuscripts."],"otherfindaid_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSome 1200 bound accounting record books of the Low Moor\n            Iron Company came into the custody of the Library with the\n            loose papers. When the project staff investigated these\n            volumes in the dormitory attic where they were stored, they\n            found that the volumes had been shelved by size rather than\n            by series. Thus, a letterbook may stand next to a stock\n            report book for a furnace, which is, in turn, next to a\n            store account book for the Kay Moor Mines' store. No series\n            are shelved in order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembers of the project staff surveyed the volumes,\n            completing for each volume two copies of a mimeographed\n            survey form, and assigning to each volume a number. One\n            copy of the survey report form was placed in the volume,\n            and the second was returned to the Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the survey report forms, 3 x 5 inch index\n            cards--with a carbon copy of each--were typed. One set of\n            index cards has been kept in order by the numbers assigned\n            to the volumes as they stand on the shelves. This provides\n            a shelf list for the use of the library staff. The other\n            set of cards was sorted into categories as a finding aid.\n            On the list that follows, the researcher will find a number\n            of major headings such as \"Accounts,\" \"Inventories,\"\n            \"Letter Books,\" and \"Shipments-Outgoing.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsofar as it has been possible to determine from the\n            data on the survey report forms, the volumes have been\n            assigned to categories. Most of the major categories, or\n            headings, have sub-headings. Within those sub-headings, the\n            volumes have been arranged chronologically. The\n            investigators realize that after careful study of some of\n            these volumes, they will be revealed as belonging to other\n            categories than those in which they have initially been\n            placed. The card index will allow such movement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailable in the Manuscripts/Archives Reading Room in\n            the Library is the sorted card index file. There is a card\n            for every volume in this file whereas, on the pages that\n            follow, volumes have been summarized under the headings and\n            sub-headings. In each case, the number of volumes has been\n            given in the summarized list; the date ranges given are\n            inclusive in most cases, and do not reveal the many gaps in\n            sequences unless the number of volumes is small and the\n            date range wide. Occasional remarks about the content of\n            volumes have been supplied if the contents are not obvious\n            from the heading or sub-heading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to examine any of these volumes will\n            have to use the card index file in order to be able to give\n            to the staff the volume number assigned to the individual\n            volumes that are to be inspected.\u003c/p\u003e"],"otherfindaid_heading_ssm":["Other Finding Aid"],"otherfindaid_tesim":["Some 1200 bound accounting record books of the Low Moor\n            Iron Company came into the custody of the Library with the\n            loose papers. When the project staff investigated these\n            volumes in the dormitory attic where they were stored, they\n            found that the volumes had been shelved by size rather than\n            by series. Thus, a letterbook may stand next to a stock\n            report book for a furnace, which is, in turn, next to a\n            store account book for the Kay Moor Mines' store. No series\n            are shelved in order.","Members of the project staff surveyed the volumes,\n            completing for each volume two copies of a mimeographed\n            survey form, and assigning to each volume a number. One\n            copy of the survey report form was placed in the volume,\n            and the second was returned to the Library.","From the survey report forms, 3 x 5 inch index\n            cards--with a carbon copy of each--were typed. One set of\n            index cards has been kept in order by the numbers assigned\n            to the volumes as they stand on the shelves. This provides\n            a shelf list for the use of the library staff. The other\n            set of cards was sorted into categories as a finding aid.\n            On the list that follows, the researcher will find a number\n            of major headings such as \"Accounts,\" \"Inventories,\"\n            \"Letter Books,\" and \"Shipments-Outgoing.\"","Insofar as it has been possible to determine from the\n            data on the survey report forms, the volumes have been\n            assigned to categories. Most of the major categories, or\n            headings, have sub-headings. Within those sub-headings, the\n            volumes have been arranged chronologically. The\n            investigators realize that after careful study of some of\n            these volumes, they will be revealed as belonging to other\n            categories than those in which they have initially been\n            placed. The card index will allow such movement.","Available in the Manuscripts/Archives Reading Room in\n            the Library is the sorted card index file. There is a card\n            for every volume in this file whereas, on the pages that\n            follow, volumes have been summarized under the headings and\n            sub-headings. In each case, the number of volumes has been\n            given in the summarized list; the date ranges given are\n            inclusive in most cases, and do not reveal the many gaps in\n            sequences unless the number of volumes is small and the\n            date range wide. Occasional remarks about the content of\n            volumes have been supplied if the contents are not obvious\n            from the heading or sub-heading.","Researchers wishing to examine any of these volumes will\n            have to use the card index file in order to be able to give\n            to the staff the volume number assigned to the individual\n            volumes that are to be inspected."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Low Moor Iron Company, Accession #662,\n            Special Collections, University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company, Accession #662,\n            Special Collections, University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBy 1958, little storage space remained in Alderman\n            Library, and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division was\n            especially crowded because of the rapid growth of its\n            collections. After an examination of its storage areas, the\n            division's staff decided to move the Low Moor records to\n            the attic of one of the student dormitories. The collection\n            had had little use chiefly because there was no finding\n            aid. There seemed little likelihood of extensive researcher\n            use until the collection could be processed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn preparation for the move, the old letter boxes in\n            which much of the collection had arrived in the Library\n            were discarded. The records from each box were placed\n            between sheets of the heavy gray cardboard used to protect\n            unbound newspapers in the Library's stacks, and the spine\n            labels of the old letter boxes were copied onto the\n            cardboard. The resulting bundles were wrapped with brown\n            Kraft paper and tied up with string. The bundles were\n            numbered. Whatever original order the letter boxes may have\n            had was lost by the time they arrived in the Library, and\n            after the bundling, removal to a dormitory attic, and\n            subsequent return to the Library in 1976, all vestiges of\n            the original order were lost.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bundles remained in the dormitory attic for almost\n            twenty years. Occasional visits were made by the division\n            staff to check on their condition, and on very rare\n            occasions, a researcher was brave enough to ask to be shown\n            the collection. Once the researcher saw the imposing amount\n            of material and the conditions in the attic, interest in\n            using the collection invariably died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn late 1976 a grant from the National Endowment for the\n            Humanities was obtained to allow the Library to process the\n            Low Moor Iron Company papers, and the papers of Edward L.\n            Stone and the Borderland Coal Company, another large\n            collection of records stored in the same dormitory attic.\n            All of these records and papers were moved back to the\n            Library where the bundles were cleaned and opened. The\n            contents of each were placed in a Hollinger storage box,\n            and all notes on the paper wrappings and on the gray\n            cardboard sheets were recorded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe more than 1200 bound accounting records of the Low\n            Moor Iron Company were surveyed by the grant project staff.\n            The contents of each volume were noted on a mimeographed\n            form, and later typed on 3 x 5\" cards to create a\n            readily-accessible file for the Manuscripts Reading Room.\n            This information was also typed on pages to be added to\n            this guide.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["By 1958, little storage space remained in Alderman\n            Library, and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division was\n            especially crowded because of the rapid growth of its\n            collections. After an examination of its storage areas, the\n            division's staff decided to move the Low Moor records to\n            the attic of one of the student dormitories. The collection\n            had had little use chiefly because there was no finding\n            aid. There seemed little likelihood of extensive researcher\n            use until the collection could be processed.","In preparation for the move, the old letter boxes in\n            which much of the collection had arrived in the Library\n            were discarded. The records from each box were placed\n            between sheets of the heavy gray cardboard used to protect\n            unbound newspapers in the Library's stacks, and the spine\n            labels of the old letter boxes were copied onto the\n            cardboard. The resulting bundles were wrapped with brown\n            Kraft paper and tied up with string. The bundles were\n            numbered. Whatever original order the letter boxes may have\n            had was lost by the time they arrived in the Library, and\n            after the bundling, removal to a dormitory attic, and\n            subsequent return to the Library in 1976, all vestiges of\n            the original order were lost.","The bundles remained in the dormitory attic for almost\n            twenty years. Occasional visits were made by the division\n            staff to check on their condition, and on very rare\n            occasions, a researcher was brave enough to ask to be shown\n            the collection. Once the researcher saw the imposing amount\n            of material and the conditions in the attic, interest in\n            using the collection invariably died.","In late 1976 a grant from the National Endowment for the\n            Humanities was obtained to allow the Library to process the\n            Low Moor Iron Company papers, and the papers of Edward L.\n            Stone and the Borderland Coal Company, another large\n            collection of records stored in the same dormitory attic.\n            All of these records and papers were moved back to the\n            Library where the bundles were cleaned and opened. The\n            contents of each were placed in a Hollinger storage box,\n            and all notes on the paper wrappings and on the gray\n            cardboard sheets were recorded.","The more than 1200 bound accounting records of the Low\n            Moor Iron Company were surveyed by the grant project staff.\n            The contents of each volume were noted on a mimeographed\n            form, and later typed on 3 x 5\" cards to create a\n            readily-accessible file for the Manuscripts Reading Room.\n            This information was also typed on pages to be added to\n            this guide."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company papers consist of\n         approximately 280 four-inch Hollinger archives boxes (ca.\n         95 linear feet) of records, ca. 1885-1927, and some 1200\n         bound volumes of the company's accounting records,\n         1873-1927, of this iron producing company located in Low\n         Moor (four miles southwest of Clifton Forge), Alleghany\n         County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis material consists of records typical of those\n         produced by a firm of this type in the period, but as the\n         company owned its own coal and iron mines and limestone\n         quarries, there is considerable information about the\n         production of these raw materials. Large numbers of the\n         records that deal with the company's employees have\n         survived: time books, payroll books, hands ledgers, and the\n         like. Because these books sometimes include information\n         about the employee's trade or job with the company, and as\n         race is indicated in some of the records, these books\n         should provide date for studies of the structure and upward\n         mobility within the labor force, patterns of\n         ethnic--possibly racial--occupational penetration and\n         mobility, material conditions of the workers, and so on.\n         The papers should permit a range of studies detailing the\n         pattern and evolution of industrial organization in the\n         iron industry, and the evolution of markets and marketing\n         structures for the entire period. Because the company was\n         dependent upon railroads to move its raw materials to the\n         furnaces, and for the marketing of its products, there is\n         considerable information about railroads and their\n         relationship to their customers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Low Moor Iron Company papers consist of\n         approximately 280 four-inch Hollinger archives boxes (ca.\n         95 linear feet) of records, ca. 1885-1927, and some 1200\n         bound volumes of the company's accounting records,\n         1873-1927, of this iron producing company located in Low\n         Moor (four miles southwest of Clifton Forge), Alleghany\n         County, Virginia.","This material consists of records typical of those\n         produced by a firm of this type in the period, but as the\n         company owned its own coal and iron mines and limestone\n         quarries, there is considerable information about the\n         production of these raw materials. Large numbers of the\n         records that deal with the company's employees have\n         survived: time books, payroll books, hands ledgers, and the\n         like. Because these books sometimes include information\n         about the employee's trade or job with the company, and as\n         race is indicated in some of the records, these books\n         should provide date for studies of the structure and upward\n         mobility within the labor force, patterns of\n         ethnic--possibly racial--occupational penetration and\n         mobility, material conditions of the workers, and so on.\n         The papers should permit a range of studies detailing the\n         pattern and evolution of industrial organization in the\n         iron industry, and the evolution of markets and marketing\n         structures for the entire period. Because the company was\n         dependent upon railroads to move its raw materials to the\n         furnaces, and for the marketing of its products, there is\n         considerable information about railroads and their\n         relationship to their customers."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1879,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:10:02.328Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00917_c01_c14_c06"}},{"id":"viu_viu00917_c01_c16_c06","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D. of\n                     lettered sequence","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00917_c01_c16_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00917_c01_c16_c06","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00917_c01_c16_c06"],"id":"viu_viu00917_c01_c16_c06","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00917","_root_":"viu_viu00917","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00917_c01_c16","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00917_c01_c16","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00917","viu_viu00917_c01","viu_viu00917_c01_c16"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00917","viu_viu00917_c01","viu_viu00917_c01_c16"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","Bound Volumes","Ledgers"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","Bound Volumes","Ledgers"],"text":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","Bound Volumes","Ledgers","F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D. of\n                     lettered sequence","2 volumes"],"title_filing_ssi":"F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D. of\n                     lettered sequence","title_ssm":["F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D. of\n                     lettered sequence"],"title_tesim":["F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D. of\n                     lettered sequence"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1882-1889"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1882/1889"],"normalized_title_ssm":["F. Stack Mine; volumes B and D. of\n                     lettered sequence"],"component_level_isim":[3],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"physdesc_tesim":["2 volumes"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":85,"date_range_isim":[1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#15/components#5","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:10:02.328Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00917","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00917","_root_":"viu_viu00917","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00917","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00917.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"title_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["662"],"text":["662","Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927","95 linear feer + 1200\n         volumes","Stored off-site. Users must request boxes 48 hours in advance of desired use. Neither drop-in nor next-day requests can be fulfilled. For additional information, contact Special Collections. \n","The word \"organization\" is used here with considerable\n         diffidence, for any researcher studying the container list\n         that follows will realize quickly that there is no\n         organization in the usual sense of the word.","As noted under \"Provenance,\" the Low Moor Iron Company\n         papers were subjected to a number of moves; when processing\n         began in the fall of 1976, no discernible scheme of\n         organization could be determined.","The first step was to review the series of coded numbers\n         placed on the bundles of papers before they were moved to\n         the dormitory attic, but these did not provide any sort of\n         useful organization. Next, the spine titles of the original\n         letter boxes were reviewed (they had been copied onto the\n         gray cardboard sheets before the move to the dormitory\n         attic), but they, too, proved useless.","These steps having provided no scheme, and after a\n         considerable hiatus due to a turnover in student processors\n         on the collection, the new student processors were\n         instructed to begin a box-by-box inventory of the contents\n         of the collection. During this inventory, old folders were\n         replaced with acid-free ones, and the original folder\n         headings were copied onto the new ones. Some removal of\n         paper clips was accomplished, and the materials were\n         reviewed and notes taken for the guide.","Some consolidation of materials was accomplished, and in\n         other cases, materials were moved. This work has created\n         some problems in the numbering of the boxes. Thus, the\n         researchers will find boxes marked \"6A\" and \"23C\"; he will\n         also discover that certain box numbers have been entirely\n         omitted. As the box numbers exist only to aid in the\n         location of material, it was not felt that the unusual\n         numbers and the omissions would cause problems in working\n         with the papers.","A certain amount of movement of boxes within the\n         collection, and of materials among boxes, probably would\n         ease use of it. But what processing was accomplished on\n         this project took far longer than had been anticipated, and\n         there was no time in the late spring of 1978, when the\n         processors had to complete their work with the project, to\n         undertake a mass movement of material. Thus, they stand in\n         the order in which we found them at the beginning of the\n         project.","The Low Moor Iron Company, the first producer of pig\n         iron in Virginia according to the company's claims, was a\n         self-contained manufacturing unit producing from its own\n         mines the coal, limestone, and iron ore needed for its iron\n         production. Located in Low Moor near Clifton Forge in\n         Alleghany County in western Virginia, an area rich in\n         mineral deposits, the company was in operation from\n         1872-1930, producing only pig iron; it never attempted to\n         produce finished iron products.","Coal came to the Low Moor furnaces from the Kay Moor\n         Mines at Kay Moor, West Virginia, about thirty miles from\n         Low Moor; limestone was produced from the Low Moor\n         limestone quarries; and iron ore came from the Fenwick,\n         Dolly Ann, Jordan, Rich Patch, Low Moor, and Longdale\n         Mines, most of them within twenty miles of Low Moor at\n         Covington or Clifton Forge.","The towns of Low Moor and Kay Moor were company towns in\n         every respect. Workers lived in company-owned houses,\n         bought food in company stores, worshiped at the company\n         church, saw movies in the company theater, were treated in\n         the company hospital, and were buried in the company\n         cemetery. Workers received part of their pay in scrip that\n         they exchanged for goods and services. According to a\n         statement from the Kay Moor Mines dated November 1904, Kay\n         Moor then employed 338 people, paid them an average wage of\n         $36.26 per month, and issued half of their pay in scrip.\n         Kay Moor had four stores; Low Moor had seven or eight. All\n         of these stores carried large inventories which are\n         detailed in the collection. These inventories are valuable\n         to anyone interested in determining the wants and needs of\n         a coal miner and his family.","In the late 1910's and 1920's Kay Moor had a company\n         theater called the Azure Theater which seated about 300\n         people. There were also plans for a company-owned social\n         center, to have pool tables, a soda fountain, and\n         provisions for dancing and skating. The company was in\n         tough economic straits by the 1920's, however, and there is\n         no evidence that the social center was built. The town of\n         Low Moor was so completely under the company's influence\n         that one of Low Moor Iron Company's assistant managers\n         served as the town sheriff. He often foreclosed on people\n         who did not pay their debts, and drove troublesome people\n         \"out of town on a rail\" as he put it.","The Low Moor Iron Company's fortunes fluctuated during\n         the various business cycles between the years 1880-1930.\n         Low Moor was one of the larger pig iron producers in\n         Virginia, but Virginia pig iron production was not\n         important nationally. Low Moor officials sometimes sold\n         their product themselves, but more often they used agents,\n         the prevalent method at the time. Low Moor Iron Company\n         used a variety of agents through the 1900's. James F. Bryan\n         acted as the exclusive agent for the sale of Kay Moor Coal\n         from September 21, 1903 to September, 1905. From about 1890\n         until about 1910 Dalton Nash and Company were the exclusive\n         eastern agents of Low Moor Iron. After that time the\n         exclusive agency went to Philips Isham and Company located\n         in New York. From about 1890 the western agency was handled\n         chiefly by Thomas Mack and Company. After 1902 Thomas Mack\n         and Company underwent a name change, becoming Walter\n         Wallingford and Company, with offices located in\n         Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.","Perhaps the Low Moor Iron Company's biggest problem over\n         the years was obtaining railroad cars for the\n         transportation of its finished product. Low Moor Iron\n         Company had its own cars for transporting its raw materials\n         among its various facilities. For the long haul necessary\n         for its finished goods, however, it depended upon the\n         services of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the\n         relationship was not always a happy one. The Low Moor\n         Company complained many times to the C \u0026 O Railroad\n         about the discrepancies between long-and shorthaul freight\n         rates. Low Moor also had trouble getting cars from the C\n         \u0026 O. In a letter to one of Low Moor Company's agents\n         from an irate customer dated 1898, the customer wrote: \"We\n         wrote you on Saturday and endeavored to question upon your\n         mind the necessity of taking care of us with Low Moor iron.\n         We are on our uppers--there is not a pound of Low Moor iron\n         in the yard. Of the one hundred tons ordered some time ago,\n         not one pound of it has been received.\" This was, according\n         to the Low Moor Iron Company, because they could not get\n         the railroad cars. In a letter from Thomas Mack and Company\n         dated November 26, 1901, to General Manager E. C. Means:\n         \"We are hopeful that the car supply will get better because\n         of the number of orders you have of ours for prompt\n         shipment. Our customers are complaining that they are not\n         getting the iron fast enough. . . . We hope that the\n         railroad will be able to supply you with empty cars.\" In\n         another letter dated 1916 to John B. Guernsey, then acting\n         General Manager of the Low Moor Iron Company, \"We were not\n         supplied with coke cars for today's loading, and\n         consequently we have been practically down of Kay Moor\n         ovens all day.\"","The problem of procuring labor also plagued the Low Moor\n         Company. The company sometimes tried to hire immigrant\n         laborers and send the men directly to Low Moor from New\n         York City. There were problems with this, as is explained\n         in the following letter dated April 7, 1906: \n          To Mr. George Wickes \n             Supt. of Mines \n             Kay Moor, Virginia \n             Dear George, \n             Tony arrived with twenty one men last night. One\n            got away in Jersey two in Washington D.C., four in\n            Charlottesville. Some of the men are very good looking,\n            but taken as a whole they are the worst lot I have ever\n            seen: Irish, German-Jews, and Italians. . . . Our New\n            York transportations to this place have never been a\n            success. Signed, \n             Ed D. Wickes Supt. of Mines Low Moor usually employed labor agencies, one\n         of which was Atwood's Employment Agency. Often the Low Moor\n         Company would request certain nationalities, believing them\n         to be better workers than others. Sometimes the company\n         would request a gang of twenty made up of \"ten Greeks and\n         ten Italians.\" Many of the immigrants fled Low Moor and Kay\n         Moor when they learned that they would have to work\n         underground. There is a fair amount of material on\n         immigrant labor and its procurement in the collection, and\n         it is noted in the description of the box contents.","Low Moor Iron Company not only had trouble procuring\n         labor, but it also had trouble with labor already employed\n         in the mines and at the factory. Labor dissension and\n         strikes troubled the Kay Moor Mines through the 1900's. The\n         great coal strike of 1902 hurt the Low Moor Company's coal\n         mining operation, but by 1903 things were \"nearly back to\n         normal\" according to the mine superintendent. There was\n         still trouble at Kay Moor Mines, however. In a letter dated\n         April 26, 1906, to the treasurer of Low Moor Company, the\n         manager of the mines wrote about the trouble in \"trying to\n         get the agitators out.\" The mines were seventy-five men\n         short of the total labor force needed because many of the\n         coal miners returned to their farms during the spring.\n         There were rumblings of another strike at Kay Moor, the\n         result of which was to be a fourteen percent increase in\n         wages for the Kay Moor Mine workers via an agreement with\n         the United Mine Workers Union in December.","The Low Moor Iron Company grew along with the rest of\n         Virginia industry in the 1890's and 1900's. Starting with\n         only one furnace in the 1870's, it opened a second furnace\n         at Covington, Virginia, in 1891. In 1911 it opened a third\n         furnace, this time at Low Moor. Covington, with its heavy\n         industry, soon became known as the \"Pittsburgh of\n         Virginia.\" Virginia's pig iron production rose from 9,000\n         short tons in 1870 to 544,034 long tons in 1903. Judging\n         from the Low Moor Company's correspondence, the most\n         prosperous period for the company fell between the years\n         1895-1907. In the years between 1907-1917 problems befell\n         the Virginia pig iron industry. In a letter from William W.\n         Hearns, the president of the Virginia based Princess Pig\n         Iron Company, to U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, Hearns\n         writes of the problems of the Virginia pig iron industry:\n         \"There is not a blast furnace in Virginia that is making\n         any money from the manufacture of pig iron. The cause of\n         this is there is an exceedingly low price on pig iron in\n         the country at the present time, and the increased cost of\n         manufacturing is due to the increase in wages in all\n         lines.\" With the outbreak of World War I prices rose\n         dramatically, but in a market report to Low Moor dated\n         November 11, 1916, it was stated that: \"In spite of the\n         high prices, it is not a picnic to be in the iron industry.\n         There is a desperate shortage of cars and equipment in the\n         coal and iron districts, and in consequence there are\n         troubles of all kinds to get materials shipped. The\n         situation has grown serious.\"","When America became involved in the First World War, it\n         meant a boost for the Low Moor Iron Company. The government\n         helped it procure labor, and even helped it repair its\n         furnaces. The problem of supplies and cars for their\n         shipments, however, plagued the company more than ever. It\n         had a good deal of trouble getting all the raw materials it\n         needed due chiefly to the \"tight ship\" run by Harry F.\n         Byrd, Sr., U.S. Fuel Administrator for Virginia. After the\n         war very serious problems began to trouble the Low Moor\n         Iron Company. The demand for iron fell precipitously and a\n         short but severe depression ensued from 1919-1922. The\n         depression seemed to hit the iron industry especially hard.\n         Prices took a huge drop due to the lack of demand, and many\n         pre-war contracts had to be revalued. To compound the\n         company's problems, the Kay Moor Mines went on strike in\n         1919. This strike was quickly settled, as the market for\n         coal was so good that the Low Moor Company ceased taking\n         orders temporarily in 1921 as it could not fill the orders\n         it had on hand.","The Low Moor Company furnaces lay idle for some twenty\n         months. Finally, in November 1922 one of Low Moor's\n         furnaces was finally fired up. While prosperity gradually\n         returned to the rest of the country, the Low Moor Iron\n         Company never recovered. Production of pig iron in the\n         Virginia iron industry declined from 544,034 tons in 1903\n         to 148,053 tons in 1923, considered a good year for the\n         industry as a whole. In February 1926 Low Moor officials\n         talked of merging with two other iron companies in order to\n         revive the iron business for the three companies. The\n         merger, however, never occurred. By late 1926 the company\n         was in the process of liquidation. An advertisement in the\n         Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail dated April 30, 1927,\n         told of a huge warehouse sale at the Low Moor Iron Company.\n         The advertisement noted \"thousands of screws, pipe\n         fittings, valves, etc.\" The last piece of correspondence\n         from the Low Moor Iron Company in the collection is dated\n         1929. It deals with the sale of a machine.","Why did the iron industry in Virginia decline as it did?\n         Some say that lack of speed, efficiency, and a decent\n         transportation system for Alleghany County caused it. In a\n         letter from C. E. Bertie, secretary of the Virginia Pig\n         Iron Association, to the \n          Manufacturers Record dated 1925, Bertie claimed that it was the\n         tremendous rise in the cost of transportation. Virginia, he\n         claimed, had almost no home market. Over 80% of its normal\n         production was shipped out to other states. The failure of\n         the Interstate Commerce Commission to treat Virginia\n         furnaces as southern furnaces was the cause of much of the\n         trouble. From 1914-1925 there were four blanket increases\n         in freight rates in the country, of which only one applied\n         equally to all localities. Southern furnaces were received\n         only two increases--a 25% increase in 1918 and a 25%\n         increase in 1920--but northern furnaces had had 5%, 15%,\n         25%, and 40% increases in their transportation costs.\n         Virginia furnaces, although recognized as southern\n         furnaces, had had freight rates increased in line with the\n         northern furnaces. Prior to the war Virginia iron reached\n         all points in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois on a\n         competitive basis with southern furnaces. After World War I\n         the advantage was limited to a small portion of\n         southeastern Ohio. All of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan\n         were now lost to the Virginia producers. The Virginia\n         producer, according to Bertie, felt that the freight rates\n         should be restored to a relationship with southern\n         furnaces. If what Bertie said was true, the other southern\n         states iron industries should not have been in the same\n         desperate economic straits as Virginia's, and statistics\n         should support this. In the 1920's production rose to new\n         heights in Alabama. In Tennessee, however, iron production\n         plunged to new lows during the 1920's. While the south\n         accounted for 10.2% of the entire U. S. production in the\n         years 1919-1924, Virginia accounted for less than 1% during\n         those years. In 1915 Virginia accounted for over 6% of the\n         U.S. iron production. One can see a decline in other areas\n         of the south than Virginia. While the discrepancies in the\n         freight rates may have helped cause the decline, clearly\n         there are other reasons.","During the 1900's there was a discovery of extremely\n         rich iron ore deposits in the mid-west. Much of this ore\n         was on or near the surface, making the mining of it both\n         easy and inexpensive. This in turn lowered production costs\n         of the pig iron. This caused iron production to shift to\n         that region, and resulted in a decline in the Virginia iron\n         industry. There was a sharp increase in iron production in\n         the mid-west through the 1920's. The iron ore in the\n         mid-west may have been of better quality than Virginia, but\n         the iron ore in Virginia was of sufficient quality to\n         produce a good pig iron. The western ore deposits were not\n         as conveniently located as Virginia deposits, but the\n         inexpensiveness of production more than made up for it.","In examining the rise and fall of the Low Moor Iron\n         Company, we can see a situation in which the conditions for\n         the manufacture of iron were nearly ideal. There was plenty\n         of land for expansion and resources for the manufacture of\n         the iron. The major internal problem faced by the Low Moor\n         Iron Company was that of transportation. External\n         developments, however, caused the final demise of the Low\n         Moor Iron Company.","Low Moor Iron Company Personnel:","Executive Staff: Managing Director, Colonel H. M.\n         Goodwin: ca. 1881. General Managers: H. G. Merry: ca.\n         1884-1902; E. C. Means: ca. 1905-1915; J. P. Guernsey: ca.\n         1915 (acting General Manager); F. U. Humbert: ca.\n         1916-1929. Assistant General Manager: E. B. Wilkinson: ca.\n         1909-1915. Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers: Edward Low:\n         ca. 1886-1898; Frank Lyman (in New York): ca. 1898-1919; S.\n         G. Cragill (Asst. Treasurer): ca. 1900-1915; H. A. Dalton:\n         ca. 1921-1929; John Lipscomb (Asst. Treasurer): ca.\n         1918-1928.","Factory and Mine Supervisors: Kay Moor Superintendents:\n         C. C. Cooke: ca. 1918; Ed. D. Wickes: ca. 1906; H. L.\n         Tansell: ca. 1903; A. H. Reed: ca. 1906. Kay Moor Managers:\n         J. W. Monteith: manager of mines. ca. 1918; promoted in\n         1925 to general superintendent in charge of mine plants,\n         coke ovens, shops, repairs, and construction; A. L.\n         Monteith: assistant superintendent of mines, ca. 1918;\n         George T. Wickes: manager of Covington mines, ca.\n         1906-1917; Ross Howell, ca. 1918. Stack Mines\n         Superintendents: J. H. Carpenter: ca. 1906; C. D.\n         Oberschain: ca. 1907; J. L. Harris: ca. 1903; John S. Ham:\n         ca. 1891-1901. Rich Patch Mines Superintendents: John R.\n         Thompson: foreman, ca. 1906. Low Moor assorted other\n         personnel: S. L. Tulley: trainmaster, ca. 1906; B. J.\n         Shenkley: foreman, Low Moor limestone quarries; L. Q. Wood:\n         assistant traffic manager, ca. 1919.","The Low Moor Iron Company ceased operations in 1930;\n            what happened to the records of the company in the years\n            immediately following is not known, but in 1939, the Green\n            Bookman, a Charlottesville bookshop, sold the records to\n            the University of Virginia Library.","The records arrived at the receiving room door of the\n            new Alderman Library on October 16, 1939, in a trailer\n            truck whose load was estimated to weigh about fourteen\n            tons. As the manuscripts staff dug around in the piles of\n            over 1200 account books, and countless boxes of papers they\n            realized that the company had saved almost all of its\n            papers including checks, invoices, vouchers, and receipts,\n            and certain of these records were destroyed as their\n            information was recorded in other records. Once the bulk of\n            the collection had been reduced, the remaining records were\n            transferred to the stack area of the Division of Rare Books\n            and Manuscripts.","By 1958, little storage space remained in Alderman\n            Library, and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division was\n            especially crowded because of the rapid growth of its\n            collections. After an examination of its storage areas, the\n            division's staff decided to move the Low Moor records to\n            the attic of one of the student dormitories. The collection\n            had had little use chiefly because there was no finding\n            aid. There seemed little likelihood of extensive researcher\n            use until the collection could be processed.","In preparation for the move, the old letter boxes in\n            which much of the collection had arrived in the Library\n            were discarded. The records from each box were placed\n            between sheets of the heavy gray cardboard used to protect\n            unbound newspapers in the Library's stacks, and the spine\n            labels of the old letter boxes were copied onto the\n            cardboard. The resulting bundles were wrapped with brown\n            Kraft paper and tied up with string. The bundles were\n            numbered. Whatever original order the letter boxes may have\n            had was lost by the time they arrived in the Library, and\n            after the bundling, removal to a dormitory attic, and\n            subsequent return to the Library in 1976, all vestiges of\n            the original order were lost.","The bundles remained in the dormitory attic for almost\n            twenty years. Occasional visits were made by the division\n            staff to check on their condition, and on very rare\n            occasions, a researcher was brave enough to ask to be shown\n            the collection. Once the researcher saw the imposing amount\n            of material and the conditions in the attic, interest in\n            using the collection invariably died.","In late 1976 a grant from the National Endowment for the\n            Humanities was obtained to allow the Library to process the\n            Low Moor Iron Company papers, and the papers of Edward L.\n            Stone and the Borderland Coal Company, another large\n            collection of records stored in the same dormitory attic.\n            All of these records and papers were moved back to the\n            Library where the bundles were cleaned and opened. The\n            contents of each were placed in a Hollinger storage box,\n            and all notes on the paper wrappings and on the gray\n            cardboard sheets were recorded.","The more than 1200 bound accounting records of the Low\n            Moor Iron Company were surveyed by the grant project staff.\n            The contents of each volume were noted on a mimeographed\n            form, and later typed on 3 x 5\" cards to create a\n            readily-accessible file for the Manuscripts Reading Room.\n            This information was also typed on pages to be added to\n            this guide.","The Low Moor Iron Company papers consist of\n         approximately 280 four-inch Hollinger archives boxes (ca.\n         95 linear feet) of records, ca. 1885-1927, and some 1200\n         bound volumes of the company's accounting records,\n         1873-1927, of this iron producing company located in Low\n         Moor (four miles southwest of Clifton Forge), Alleghany\n         County, Virginia.","This material consists of records typical of those\n         produced by a firm of this type in the period, but as the\n         company owned its own coal and iron mines and limestone\n         quarries, there is considerable information about the\n         production of these raw materials. Large numbers of the\n         records that deal with the company's employees have\n         survived: time books, payroll books, hands ledgers, and the\n         like. Because these books sometimes include information\n         about the employee's trade or job with the company, and as\n         race is indicated in some of the records, these books\n         should provide date for studies of the structure and upward\n         mobility within the labor force, patterns of\n         ethnic--possibly racial--occupational penetration and\n         mobility, material conditions of the workers, and so on.\n         The papers should permit a range of studies detailing the\n         pattern and evolution of industrial organization in the\n         iron industry, and the evolution of markets and marketing\n         structures for the entire period. Because the company was\n         dependent upon railroads to move its raw materials to the\n         furnaces, and for the marketing of its products, there is\n         considerable information about railroads and their\n         relationship to their customers.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["662"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company \n         1873-1927"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was purchased from Green Bookman in\n            1939."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["95 linear feer + 1200\n         volumes"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eStored off-site. Users must request boxes 48 hours in advance of desired use. Neither drop-in nor next-day requests can be fulfilled. For additional information, contact Special Collections. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Stored off-site. Users must request boxes 48 hours in advance of desired use. Neither drop-in nor next-day requests can be fulfilled. For additional information, contact Special Collections. \n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe word \"organization\" is used here with considerable\n         diffidence, for any researcher studying the container list\n         that follows will realize quickly that there is no\n         organization in the usual sense of the word.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs noted under \"Provenance,\" the Low Moor Iron Company\n         papers were subjected to a number of moves; when processing\n         began in the fall of 1976, no discernible scheme of\n         organization could be determined.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first step was to review the series of coded numbers\n         placed on the bundles of papers before they were moved to\n         the dormitory attic, but these did not provide any sort of\n         useful organization. Next, the spine titles of the original\n         letter boxes were reviewed (they had been copied onto the\n         gray cardboard sheets before the move to the dormitory\n         attic), but they, too, proved useless.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese steps having provided no scheme, and after a\n         considerable hiatus due to a turnover in student processors\n         on the collection, the new student processors were\n         instructed to begin a box-by-box inventory of the contents\n         of the collection. During this inventory, old folders were\n         replaced with acid-free ones, and the original folder\n         headings were copied onto the new ones. Some removal of\n         paper clips was accomplished, and the materials were\n         reviewed and notes taken for the guide.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome consolidation of materials was accomplished, and in\n         other cases, materials were moved. This work has created\n         some problems in the numbering of the boxes. Thus, the\n         researchers will find boxes marked \"6A\" and \"23C\"; he will\n         also discover that certain box numbers have been entirely\n         omitted. As the box numbers exist only to aid in the\n         location of material, it was not felt that the unusual\n         numbers and the omissions would cause problems in working\n         with the papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA certain amount of movement of boxes within the\n         collection, and of materials among boxes, probably would\n         ease use of it. But what processing was accomplished on\n         this project took far longer than had been anticipated, and\n         there was no time in the late spring of 1978, when the\n         processors had to complete their work with the project, to\n         undertake a mass movement of material. Thus, they stand in\n         the order in which we found them at the beginning of the\n         project.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The word \"organization\" is used here with considerable\n         diffidence, for any researcher studying the container list\n         that follows will realize quickly that there is no\n         organization in the usual sense of the word.","As noted under \"Provenance,\" the Low Moor Iron Company\n         papers were subjected to a number of moves; when processing\n         began in the fall of 1976, no discernible scheme of\n         organization could be determined.","The first step was to review the series of coded numbers\n         placed on the bundles of papers before they were moved to\n         the dormitory attic, but these did not provide any sort of\n         useful organization. Next, the spine titles of the original\n         letter boxes were reviewed (they had been copied onto the\n         gray cardboard sheets before the move to the dormitory\n         attic), but they, too, proved useless.","These steps having provided no scheme, and after a\n         considerable hiatus due to a turnover in student processors\n         on the collection, the new student processors were\n         instructed to begin a box-by-box inventory of the contents\n         of the collection. During this inventory, old folders were\n         replaced with acid-free ones, and the original folder\n         headings were copied onto the new ones. Some removal of\n         paper clips was accomplished, and the materials were\n         reviewed and notes taken for the guide.","Some consolidation of materials was accomplished, and in\n         other cases, materials were moved. This work has created\n         some problems in the numbering of the boxes. Thus, the\n         researchers will find boxes marked \"6A\" and \"23C\"; he will\n         also discover that certain box numbers have been entirely\n         omitted. As the box numbers exist only to aid in the\n         location of material, it was not felt that the unusual\n         numbers and the omissions would cause problems in working\n         with the papers.","A certain amount of movement of boxes within the\n         collection, and of materials among boxes, probably would\n         ease use of it. But what processing was accomplished on\n         this project took far longer than had been anticipated, and\n         there was no time in the late spring of 1978, when the\n         processors had to complete their work with the project, to\n         undertake a mass movement of material. Thus, they stand in\n         the order in which we found them at the beginning of the\n         project."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company, the first producer of pig\n         iron in Virginia according to the company's claims, was a\n         self-contained manufacturing unit producing from its own\n         mines the coal, limestone, and iron ore needed for its iron\n         production. Located in Low Moor near Clifton Forge in\n         Alleghany County in western Virginia, an area rich in\n         mineral deposits, the company was in operation from\n         1872-1930, producing only pig iron; it never attempted to\n         produce finished iron products.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCoal came to the Low Moor furnaces from the Kay Moor\n         Mines at Kay Moor, West Virginia, about thirty miles from\n         Low Moor; limestone was produced from the Low Moor\n         limestone quarries; and iron ore came from the Fenwick,\n         Dolly Ann, Jordan, Rich Patch, Low Moor, and Longdale\n         Mines, most of them within twenty miles of Low Moor at\n         Covington or Clifton Forge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe towns of Low Moor and Kay Moor were company towns in\n         every respect. Workers lived in company-owned houses,\n         bought food in company stores, worshiped at the company\n         church, saw movies in the company theater, were treated in\n         the company hospital, and were buried in the company\n         cemetery. Workers received part of their pay in scrip that\n         they exchanged for goods and services. According to a\n         statement from the Kay Moor Mines dated November 1904, Kay\n         Moor then employed 338 people, paid them an average wage of\n         $36.26 per month, and issued half of their pay in scrip.\n         Kay Moor had four stores; Low Moor had seven or eight. All\n         of these stores carried large inventories which are\n         detailed in the collection. These inventories are valuable\n         to anyone interested in determining the wants and needs of\n         a coal miner and his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1910's and 1920's Kay Moor had a company\n         theater called the Azure Theater which seated about 300\n         people. There were also plans for a company-owned social\n         center, to have pool tables, a soda fountain, and\n         provisions for dancing and skating. The company was in\n         tough economic straits by the 1920's, however, and there is\n         no evidence that the social center was built. The town of\n         Low Moor was so completely under the company's influence\n         that one of Low Moor Iron Company's assistant managers\n         served as the town sheriff. He often foreclosed on people\n         who did not pay their debts, and drove troublesome people\n         \"out of town on a rail\" as he put it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company's fortunes fluctuated during\n         the various business cycles between the years 1880-1930.\n         Low Moor was one of the larger pig iron producers in\n         Virginia, but Virginia pig iron production was not\n         important nationally. Low Moor officials sometimes sold\n         their product themselves, but more often they used agents,\n         the prevalent method at the time. Low Moor Iron Company\n         used a variety of agents through the 1900's. James F. Bryan\n         acted as the exclusive agent for the sale of Kay Moor Coal\n         from September 21, 1903 to September, 1905. From about 1890\n         until about 1910 Dalton Nash and Company were the exclusive\n         eastern agents of Low Moor Iron. After that time the\n         exclusive agency went to Philips Isham and Company located\n         in New York. From about 1890 the western agency was handled\n         chiefly by Thomas Mack and Company. After 1902 Thomas Mack\n         and Company underwent a name change, becoming Walter\n         Wallingford and Company, with offices located in\n         Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the Low Moor Iron Company's biggest problem over\n         the years was obtaining railroad cars for the\n         transportation of its finished product. Low Moor Iron\n         Company had its own cars for transporting its raw materials\n         among its various facilities. For the long haul necessary\n         for its finished goods, however, it depended upon the\n         services of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the\n         relationship was not always a happy one. The Low Moor\n         Company complained many times to the C \u0026amp; O Railroad\n         about the discrepancies between long-and shorthaul freight\n         rates. Low Moor also had trouble getting cars from the C\n         \u0026amp; O. In a letter to one of Low Moor Company's agents\n         from an irate customer dated 1898, the customer wrote: \"We\n         wrote you on Saturday and endeavored to question upon your\n         mind the necessity of taking care of us with Low Moor iron.\n         We are on our uppers--there is not a pound of Low Moor iron\n         in the yard. Of the one hundred tons ordered some time ago,\n         not one pound of it has been received.\" This was, according\n         to the Low Moor Iron Company, because they could not get\n         the railroad cars. In a letter from Thomas Mack and Company\n         dated November 26, 1901, to General Manager E. C. Means:\n         \"We are hopeful that the car supply will get better because\n         of the number of orders you have of ours for prompt\n         shipment. Our customers are complaining that they are not\n         getting the iron fast enough. . . . We hope that the\n         railroad will be able to supply you with empty cars.\" In\n         another letter dated 1916 to John B. Guernsey, then acting\n         General Manager of the Low Moor Iron Company, \"We were not\n         supplied with coke cars for today's loading, and\n         consequently we have been practically down of Kay Moor\n         ovens all day.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe problem of procuring labor also plagued the Low Moor\n         Company. The company sometimes tried to hire immigrant\n         laborers and send the men directly to Low Moor from New\n         York City. There were problems with this, as is explained\n         in the following letter dated April 7, 1906: \n         \u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Mr. George Wickes \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSupt. of Mines \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eKay Moor, Virginia \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDear George, \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eTony arrived with twenty one men last night. One\n            got away in Jersey two in Washington D.C., four in\n            Charlottesville. Some of the men are very good looking,\n            but taken as a whole they are the worst lot I have ever\n            seen: Irish, German-Jews, and Italians. . . . Our New\n            York transportations to this place have never been a\n            success.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned, \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eEd D. Wickes Supt. of Mines\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003eLow Moor usually employed labor agencies, one\n         of which was Atwood's Employment Agency. Often the Low Moor\n         Company would request certain nationalities, believing them\n         to be better workers than others. Sometimes the company\n         would request a gang of twenty made up of \"ten Greeks and\n         ten Italians.\" Many of the immigrants fled Low Moor and Kay\n         Moor when they learned that they would have to work\n         underground. There is a fair amount of material on\n         immigrant labor and its procurement in the collection, and\n         it is noted in the description of the box contents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLow Moor Iron Company not only had trouble procuring\n         labor, but it also had trouble with labor already employed\n         in the mines and at the factory. Labor dissension and\n         strikes troubled the Kay Moor Mines through the 1900's. The\n         great coal strike of 1902 hurt the Low Moor Company's coal\n         mining operation, but by 1903 things were \"nearly back to\n         normal\" according to the mine superintendent. There was\n         still trouble at Kay Moor Mines, however. In a letter dated\n         April 26, 1906, to the treasurer of Low Moor Company, the\n         manager of the mines wrote about the trouble in \"trying to\n         get the agitators out.\" The mines were seventy-five men\n         short of the total labor force needed because many of the\n         coal miners returned to their farms during the spring.\n         There were rumblings of another strike at Kay Moor, the\n         result of which was to be a fourteen percent increase in\n         wages for the Kay Moor Mine workers via an agreement with\n         the United Mine Workers Union in December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company grew along with the rest of\n         Virginia industry in the 1890's and 1900's. Starting with\n         only one furnace in the 1870's, it opened a second furnace\n         at Covington, Virginia, in 1891. In 1911 it opened a third\n         furnace, this time at Low Moor. Covington, with its heavy\n         industry, soon became known as the \"Pittsburgh of\n         Virginia.\" Virginia's pig iron production rose from 9,000\n         short tons in 1870 to 544,034 long tons in 1903. Judging\n         from the Low Moor Company's correspondence, the most\n         prosperous period for the company fell between the years\n         1895-1907. In the years between 1907-1917 problems befell\n         the Virginia pig iron industry. In a letter from William W.\n         Hearns, the president of the Virginia based Princess Pig\n         Iron Company, to U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, Hearns\n         writes of the problems of the Virginia pig iron industry:\n         \"There is not a blast furnace in Virginia that is making\n         any money from the manufacture of pig iron. The cause of\n         this is there is an exceedingly low price on pig iron in\n         the country at the present time, and the increased cost of\n         manufacturing is due to the increase in wages in all\n         lines.\" With the outbreak of World War I prices rose\n         dramatically, but in a market report to Low Moor dated\n         November 11, 1916, it was stated that: \"In spite of the\n         high prices, it is not a picnic to be in the iron industry.\n         There is a desperate shortage of cars and equipment in the\n         coal and iron districts, and in consequence there are\n         troubles of all kinds to get materials shipped. The\n         situation has grown serious.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhen America became involved in the First World War, it\n         meant a boost for the Low Moor Iron Company. The government\n         helped it procure labor, and even helped it repair its\n         furnaces. The problem of supplies and cars for their\n         shipments, however, plagued the company more than ever. It\n         had a good deal of trouble getting all the raw materials it\n         needed due chiefly to the \"tight ship\" run by Harry F.\n         Byrd, Sr., U.S. Fuel Administrator for Virginia. After the\n         war very serious problems began to trouble the Low Moor\n         Iron Company. The demand for iron fell precipitously and a\n         short but severe depression ensued from 1919-1922. The\n         depression seemed to hit the iron industry especially hard.\n         Prices took a huge drop due to the lack of demand, and many\n         pre-war contracts had to be revalued. To compound the\n         company's problems, the Kay Moor Mines went on strike in\n         1919. This strike was quickly settled, as the market for\n         coal was so good that the Low Moor Company ceased taking\n         orders temporarily in 1921 as it could not fill the orders\n         it had on hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Company furnaces lay idle for some twenty\n         months. Finally, in November 1922 one of Low Moor's\n         furnaces was finally fired up. While prosperity gradually\n         returned to the rest of the country, the Low Moor Iron\n         Company never recovered. Production of pig iron in the\n         Virginia iron industry declined from 544,034 tons in 1903\n         to 148,053 tons in 1923, considered a good year for the\n         industry as a whole. In February 1926 Low Moor officials\n         talked of merging with two other iron companies in order to\n         revive the iron business for the three companies. The\n         merger, however, never occurred. By late 1926 the company\n         was in the process of liquidation. An advertisement in the\n         Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail dated April 30, 1927,\n         told of a huge warehouse sale at the Low Moor Iron Company.\n         The advertisement noted \"thousands of screws, pipe\n         fittings, valves, etc.\" The last piece of correspondence\n         from the Low Moor Iron Company in the collection is dated\n         1929. It deals with the sale of a machine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhy did the iron industry in Virginia decline as it did?\n         Some say that lack of speed, efficiency, and a decent\n         transportation system for Alleghany County caused it. In a\n         letter from C. E. Bertie, secretary of the Virginia Pig\n         Iron Association, to the \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eManufacturers Record\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003edated 1925, Bertie claimed that it was the\n         tremendous rise in the cost of transportation. Virginia, he\n         claimed, had almost no home market. Over 80% of its normal\n         production was shipped out to other states. The failure of\n         the Interstate Commerce Commission to treat Virginia\n         furnaces as southern furnaces was the cause of much of the\n         trouble. From 1914-1925 there were four blanket increases\n         in freight rates in the country, of which only one applied\n         equally to all localities. Southern furnaces were received\n         only two increases--a 25% increase in 1918 and a 25%\n         increase in 1920--but northern furnaces had had 5%, 15%,\n         25%, and 40% increases in their transportation costs.\n         Virginia furnaces, although recognized as southern\n         furnaces, had had freight rates increased in line with the\n         northern furnaces. Prior to the war Virginia iron reached\n         all points in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois on a\n         competitive basis with southern furnaces. After World War I\n         the advantage was limited to a small portion of\n         southeastern Ohio. All of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan\n         were now lost to the Virginia producers. The Virginia\n         producer, according to Bertie, felt that the freight rates\n         should be restored to a relationship with southern\n         furnaces. If what Bertie said was true, the other southern\n         states iron industries should not have been in the same\n         desperate economic straits as Virginia's, and statistics\n         should support this. In the 1920's production rose to new\n         heights in Alabama. In Tennessee, however, iron production\n         plunged to new lows during the 1920's. While the south\n         accounted for 10.2% of the entire U. S. production in the\n         years 1919-1924, Virginia accounted for less than 1% during\n         those years. In 1915 Virginia accounted for over 6% of the\n         U.S. iron production. One can see a decline in other areas\n         of the south than Virginia. While the discrepancies in the\n         freight rates may have helped cause the decline, clearly\n         there are other reasons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1900's there was a discovery of extremely\n         rich iron ore deposits in the mid-west. Much of this ore\n         was on or near the surface, making the mining of it both\n         easy and inexpensive. This in turn lowered production costs\n         of the pig iron. This caused iron production to shift to\n         that region, and resulted in a decline in the Virginia iron\n         industry. There was a sharp increase in iron production in\n         the mid-west through the 1920's. The iron ore in the\n         mid-west may have been of better quality than Virginia, but\n         the iron ore in Virginia was of sufficient quality to\n         produce a good pig iron. The western ore deposits were not\n         as conveniently located as Virginia deposits, but the\n         inexpensiveness of production more than made up for it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn examining the rise and fall of the Low Moor Iron\n         Company, we can see a situation in which the conditions for\n         the manufacture of iron were nearly ideal. There was plenty\n         of land for expansion and resources for the manufacture of\n         the iron. The major internal problem faced by the Low Moor\n         Iron Company was that of transportation. External\n         developments, however, caused the final demise of the Low\n         Moor Iron Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLow Moor Iron Company Personnel:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExecutive Staff: Managing Director, Colonel H. M.\n         Goodwin: ca. 1881. General Managers: H. G. Merry: ca.\n         1884-1902; E. C. Means: ca. 1905-1915; J. P. Guernsey: ca.\n         1915 (acting General Manager); F. U. Humbert: ca.\n         1916-1929. Assistant General Manager: E. B. Wilkinson: ca.\n         1909-1915. Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers: Edward Low:\n         ca. 1886-1898; Frank Lyman (in New York): ca. 1898-1919; S.\n         G. Cragill (Asst. Treasurer): ca. 1900-1915; H. A. Dalton:\n         ca. 1921-1929; John Lipscomb (Asst. Treasurer): ca.\n         1918-1928.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFactory and Mine Supervisors: Kay Moor Superintendents:\n         C. C. Cooke: ca. 1918; Ed. D. Wickes: ca. 1906; H. L.\n         Tansell: ca. 1903; A. H. Reed: ca. 1906. Kay Moor Managers:\n         J. W. Monteith: manager of mines. ca. 1918; promoted in\n         1925 to general superintendent in charge of mine plants,\n         coke ovens, shops, repairs, and construction; A. L.\n         Monteith: assistant superintendent of mines, ca. 1918;\n         George T. Wickes: manager of Covington mines, ca.\n         1906-1917; Ross Howell, ca. 1918. Stack Mines\n         Superintendents: J. H. Carpenter: ca. 1906; C. D.\n         Oberschain: ca. 1907; J. L. Harris: ca. 1903; John S. Ham:\n         ca. 1891-1901. Rich Patch Mines Superintendents: John R.\n         Thompson: foreman, ca. 1906. Low Moor assorted other\n         personnel: S. L. Tulley: trainmaster, ca. 1906; B. J.\n         Shenkley: foreman, Low Moor limestone quarries; L. Q. Wood:\n         assistant traffic manager, ca. 1919.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Low Moor Iron Company, the first producer of pig\n         iron in Virginia according to the company's claims, was a\n         self-contained manufacturing unit producing from its own\n         mines the coal, limestone, and iron ore needed for its iron\n         production. Located in Low Moor near Clifton Forge in\n         Alleghany County in western Virginia, an area rich in\n         mineral deposits, the company was in operation from\n         1872-1930, producing only pig iron; it never attempted to\n         produce finished iron products.","Coal came to the Low Moor furnaces from the Kay Moor\n         Mines at Kay Moor, West Virginia, about thirty miles from\n         Low Moor; limestone was produced from the Low Moor\n         limestone quarries; and iron ore came from the Fenwick,\n         Dolly Ann, Jordan, Rich Patch, Low Moor, and Longdale\n         Mines, most of them within twenty miles of Low Moor at\n         Covington or Clifton Forge.","The towns of Low Moor and Kay Moor were company towns in\n         every respect. Workers lived in company-owned houses,\n         bought food in company stores, worshiped at the company\n         church, saw movies in the company theater, were treated in\n         the company hospital, and were buried in the company\n         cemetery. Workers received part of their pay in scrip that\n         they exchanged for goods and services. According to a\n         statement from the Kay Moor Mines dated November 1904, Kay\n         Moor then employed 338 people, paid them an average wage of\n         $36.26 per month, and issued half of their pay in scrip.\n         Kay Moor had four stores; Low Moor had seven or eight. All\n         of these stores carried large inventories which are\n         detailed in the collection. These inventories are valuable\n         to anyone interested in determining the wants and needs of\n         a coal miner and his family.","In the late 1910's and 1920's Kay Moor had a company\n         theater called the Azure Theater which seated about 300\n         people. There were also plans for a company-owned social\n         center, to have pool tables, a soda fountain, and\n         provisions for dancing and skating. The company was in\n         tough economic straits by the 1920's, however, and there is\n         no evidence that the social center was built. The town of\n         Low Moor was so completely under the company's influence\n         that one of Low Moor Iron Company's assistant managers\n         served as the town sheriff. He often foreclosed on people\n         who did not pay their debts, and drove troublesome people\n         \"out of town on a rail\" as he put it.","The Low Moor Iron Company's fortunes fluctuated during\n         the various business cycles between the years 1880-1930.\n         Low Moor was one of the larger pig iron producers in\n         Virginia, but Virginia pig iron production was not\n         important nationally. Low Moor officials sometimes sold\n         their product themselves, but more often they used agents,\n         the prevalent method at the time. Low Moor Iron Company\n         used a variety of agents through the 1900's. James F. Bryan\n         acted as the exclusive agent for the sale of Kay Moor Coal\n         from September 21, 1903 to September, 1905. From about 1890\n         until about 1910 Dalton Nash and Company were the exclusive\n         eastern agents of Low Moor Iron. After that time the\n         exclusive agency went to Philips Isham and Company located\n         in New York. From about 1890 the western agency was handled\n         chiefly by Thomas Mack and Company. After 1902 Thomas Mack\n         and Company underwent a name change, becoming Walter\n         Wallingford and Company, with offices located in\n         Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.","Perhaps the Low Moor Iron Company's biggest problem over\n         the years was obtaining railroad cars for the\n         transportation of its finished product. Low Moor Iron\n         Company had its own cars for transporting its raw materials\n         among its various facilities. For the long haul necessary\n         for its finished goods, however, it depended upon the\n         services of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the\n         relationship was not always a happy one. The Low Moor\n         Company complained many times to the C \u0026 O Railroad\n         about the discrepancies between long-and shorthaul freight\n         rates. Low Moor also had trouble getting cars from the C\n         \u0026 O. In a letter to one of Low Moor Company's agents\n         from an irate customer dated 1898, the customer wrote: \"We\n         wrote you on Saturday and endeavored to question upon your\n         mind the necessity of taking care of us with Low Moor iron.\n         We are on our uppers--there is not a pound of Low Moor iron\n         in the yard. Of the one hundred tons ordered some time ago,\n         not one pound of it has been received.\" This was, according\n         to the Low Moor Iron Company, because they could not get\n         the railroad cars. In a letter from Thomas Mack and Company\n         dated November 26, 1901, to General Manager E. C. Means:\n         \"We are hopeful that the car supply will get better because\n         of the number of orders you have of ours for prompt\n         shipment. Our customers are complaining that they are not\n         getting the iron fast enough. . . . We hope that the\n         railroad will be able to supply you with empty cars.\" In\n         another letter dated 1916 to John B. Guernsey, then acting\n         General Manager of the Low Moor Iron Company, \"We were not\n         supplied with coke cars for today's loading, and\n         consequently we have been practically down of Kay Moor\n         ovens all day.\"","The problem of procuring labor also plagued the Low Moor\n         Company. The company sometimes tried to hire immigrant\n         laborers and send the men directly to Low Moor from New\n         York City. There were problems with this, as is explained\n         in the following letter dated April 7, 1906: \n          To Mr. George Wickes \n             Supt. of Mines \n             Kay Moor, Virginia \n             Dear George, \n             Tony arrived with twenty one men last night. One\n            got away in Jersey two in Washington D.C., four in\n            Charlottesville. Some of the men are very good looking,\n            but taken as a whole they are the worst lot I have ever\n            seen: Irish, German-Jews, and Italians. . . . Our New\n            York transportations to this place have never been a\n            success. Signed, \n             Ed D. Wickes Supt. of Mines Low Moor usually employed labor agencies, one\n         of which was Atwood's Employment Agency. Often the Low Moor\n         Company would request certain nationalities, believing them\n         to be better workers than others. Sometimes the company\n         would request a gang of twenty made up of \"ten Greeks and\n         ten Italians.\" Many of the immigrants fled Low Moor and Kay\n         Moor when they learned that they would have to work\n         underground. There is a fair amount of material on\n         immigrant labor and its procurement in the collection, and\n         it is noted in the description of the box contents.","Low Moor Iron Company not only had trouble procuring\n         labor, but it also had trouble with labor already employed\n         in the mines and at the factory. Labor dissension and\n         strikes troubled the Kay Moor Mines through the 1900's. The\n         great coal strike of 1902 hurt the Low Moor Company's coal\n         mining operation, but by 1903 things were \"nearly back to\n         normal\" according to the mine superintendent. There was\n         still trouble at Kay Moor Mines, however. In a letter dated\n         April 26, 1906, to the treasurer of Low Moor Company, the\n         manager of the mines wrote about the trouble in \"trying to\n         get the agitators out.\" The mines were seventy-five men\n         short of the total labor force needed because many of the\n         coal miners returned to their farms during the spring.\n         There were rumblings of another strike at Kay Moor, the\n         result of which was to be a fourteen percent increase in\n         wages for the Kay Moor Mine workers via an agreement with\n         the United Mine Workers Union in December.","The Low Moor Iron Company grew along with the rest of\n         Virginia industry in the 1890's and 1900's. Starting with\n         only one furnace in the 1870's, it opened a second furnace\n         at Covington, Virginia, in 1891. In 1911 it opened a third\n         furnace, this time at Low Moor. Covington, with its heavy\n         industry, soon became known as the \"Pittsburgh of\n         Virginia.\" Virginia's pig iron production rose from 9,000\n         short tons in 1870 to 544,034 long tons in 1903. Judging\n         from the Low Moor Company's correspondence, the most\n         prosperous period for the company fell between the years\n         1895-1907. In the years between 1907-1917 problems befell\n         the Virginia pig iron industry. In a letter from William W.\n         Hearns, the president of the Virginia based Princess Pig\n         Iron Company, to U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, Hearns\n         writes of the problems of the Virginia pig iron industry:\n         \"There is not a blast furnace in Virginia that is making\n         any money from the manufacture of pig iron. The cause of\n         this is there is an exceedingly low price on pig iron in\n         the country at the present time, and the increased cost of\n         manufacturing is due to the increase in wages in all\n         lines.\" With the outbreak of World War I prices rose\n         dramatically, but in a market report to Low Moor dated\n         November 11, 1916, it was stated that: \"In spite of the\n         high prices, it is not a picnic to be in the iron industry.\n         There is a desperate shortage of cars and equipment in the\n         coal and iron districts, and in consequence there are\n         troubles of all kinds to get materials shipped. The\n         situation has grown serious.\"","When America became involved in the First World War, it\n         meant a boost for the Low Moor Iron Company. The government\n         helped it procure labor, and even helped it repair its\n         furnaces. The problem of supplies and cars for their\n         shipments, however, plagued the company more than ever. It\n         had a good deal of trouble getting all the raw materials it\n         needed due chiefly to the \"tight ship\" run by Harry F.\n         Byrd, Sr., U.S. Fuel Administrator for Virginia. After the\n         war very serious problems began to trouble the Low Moor\n         Iron Company. The demand for iron fell precipitously and a\n         short but severe depression ensued from 1919-1922. The\n         depression seemed to hit the iron industry especially hard.\n         Prices took a huge drop due to the lack of demand, and many\n         pre-war contracts had to be revalued. To compound the\n         company's problems, the Kay Moor Mines went on strike in\n         1919. This strike was quickly settled, as the market for\n         coal was so good that the Low Moor Company ceased taking\n         orders temporarily in 1921 as it could not fill the orders\n         it had on hand.","The Low Moor Company furnaces lay idle for some twenty\n         months. Finally, in November 1922 one of Low Moor's\n         furnaces was finally fired up. While prosperity gradually\n         returned to the rest of the country, the Low Moor Iron\n         Company never recovered. Production of pig iron in the\n         Virginia iron industry declined from 544,034 tons in 1903\n         to 148,053 tons in 1923, considered a good year for the\n         industry as a whole. In February 1926 Low Moor officials\n         talked of merging with two other iron companies in order to\n         revive the iron business for the three companies. The\n         merger, however, never occurred. By late 1926 the company\n         was in the process of liquidation. An advertisement in the\n         Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail dated April 30, 1927,\n         told of a huge warehouse sale at the Low Moor Iron Company.\n         The advertisement noted \"thousands of screws, pipe\n         fittings, valves, etc.\" The last piece of correspondence\n         from the Low Moor Iron Company in the collection is dated\n         1929. It deals with the sale of a machine.","Why did the iron industry in Virginia decline as it did?\n         Some say that lack of speed, efficiency, and a decent\n         transportation system for Alleghany County caused it. In a\n         letter from C. E. Bertie, secretary of the Virginia Pig\n         Iron Association, to the \n          Manufacturers Record dated 1925, Bertie claimed that it was the\n         tremendous rise in the cost of transportation. Virginia, he\n         claimed, had almost no home market. Over 80% of its normal\n         production was shipped out to other states. The failure of\n         the Interstate Commerce Commission to treat Virginia\n         furnaces as southern furnaces was the cause of much of the\n         trouble. From 1914-1925 there were four blanket increases\n         in freight rates in the country, of which only one applied\n         equally to all localities. Southern furnaces were received\n         only two increases--a 25% increase in 1918 and a 25%\n         increase in 1920--but northern furnaces had had 5%, 15%,\n         25%, and 40% increases in their transportation costs.\n         Virginia furnaces, although recognized as southern\n         furnaces, had had freight rates increased in line with the\n         northern furnaces. Prior to the war Virginia iron reached\n         all points in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois on a\n         competitive basis with southern furnaces. After World War I\n         the advantage was limited to a small portion of\n         southeastern Ohio. All of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan\n         were now lost to the Virginia producers. The Virginia\n         producer, according to Bertie, felt that the freight rates\n         should be restored to a relationship with southern\n         furnaces. If what Bertie said was true, the other southern\n         states iron industries should not have been in the same\n         desperate economic straits as Virginia's, and statistics\n         should support this. In the 1920's production rose to new\n         heights in Alabama. In Tennessee, however, iron production\n         plunged to new lows during the 1920's. While the south\n         accounted for 10.2% of the entire U. S. production in the\n         years 1919-1924, Virginia accounted for less than 1% during\n         those years. In 1915 Virginia accounted for over 6% of the\n         U.S. iron production. One can see a decline in other areas\n         of the south than Virginia. While the discrepancies in the\n         freight rates may have helped cause the decline, clearly\n         there are other reasons.","During the 1900's there was a discovery of extremely\n         rich iron ore deposits in the mid-west. Much of this ore\n         was on or near the surface, making the mining of it both\n         easy and inexpensive. This in turn lowered production costs\n         of the pig iron. This caused iron production to shift to\n         that region, and resulted in a decline in the Virginia iron\n         industry. There was a sharp increase in iron production in\n         the mid-west through the 1920's. The iron ore in the\n         mid-west may have been of better quality than Virginia, but\n         the iron ore in Virginia was of sufficient quality to\n         produce a good pig iron. The western ore deposits were not\n         as conveniently located as Virginia deposits, but the\n         inexpensiveness of production more than made up for it.","In examining the rise and fall of the Low Moor Iron\n         Company, we can see a situation in which the conditions for\n         the manufacture of iron were nearly ideal. There was plenty\n         of land for expansion and resources for the manufacture of\n         the iron. The major internal problem faced by the Low Moor\n         Iron Company was that of transportation. External\n         developments, however, caused the final demise of the Low\n         Moor Iron Company.","Low Moor Iron Company Personnel:","Executive Staff: Managing Director, Colonel H. M.\n         Goodwin: ca. 1881. General Managers: H. G. Merry: ca.\n         1884-1902; E. C. Means: ca. 1905-1915; J. P. Guernsey: ca.\n         1915 (acting General Manager); F. U. Humbert: ca.\n         1916-1929. Assistant General Manager: E. B. Wilkinson: ca.\n         1909-1915. Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers: Edward Low:\n         ca. 1886-1898; Frank Lyman (in New York): ca. 1898-1919; S.\n         G. Cragill (Asst. Treasurer): ca. 1900-1915; H. A. Dalton:\n         ca. 1921-1929; John Lipscomb (Asst. Treasurer): ca.\n         1918-1928.","Factory and Mine Supervisors: Kay Moor Superintendents:\n         C. C. Cooke: ca. 1918; Ed. D. Wickes: ca. 1906; H. L.\n         Tansell: ca. 1903; A. H. Reed: ca. 1906. Kay Moor Managers:\n         J. W. Monteith: manager of mines. ca. 1918; promoted in\n         1925 to general superintendent in charge of mine plants,\n         coke ovens, shops, repairs, and construction; A. L.\n         Monteith: assistant superintendent of mines, ca. 1918;\n         George T. Wickes: manager of Covington mines, ca.\n         1906-1917; Ross Howell, ca. 1918. Stack Mines\n         Superintendents: J. H. Carpenter: ca. 1906; C. D.\n         Oberschain: ca. 1907; J. L. Harris: ca. 1903; John S. Ham:\n         ca. 1891-1901. Rich Patch Mines Superintendents: John R.\n         Thompson: foreman, ca. 1906. Low Moor assorted other\n         personnel: S. L. Tulley: trainmaster, ca. 1906; B. J.\n         Shenkley: foreman, Low Moor limestone quarries; L. Q. Wood:\n         assistant traffic manager, ca. 1919."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company ceased operations in 1930;\n            what happened to the records of the company in the years\n            immediately following is not known, but in 1939, the Green\n            Bookman, a Charlottesville bookshop, sold the records to\n            the University of Virginia Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe records arrived at the receiving room door of the\n            new Alderman Library on October 16, 1939, in a trailer\n            truck whose load was estimated to weigh about fourteen\n            tons. As the manuscripts staff dug around in the piles of\n            over 1200 account books, and countless boxes of papers they\n            realized that the company had saved almost all of its\n            papers including checks, invoices, vouchers, and receipts,\n            and certain of these records were destroyed as their\n            information was recorded in other records. Once the bulk of\n            the collection had been reduced, the remaining records were\n            transferred to the stack area of the Division of Rare Books\n            and Manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The Low Moor Iron Company ceased operations in 1930;\n            what happened to the records of the company in the years\n            immediately following is not known, but in 1939, the Green\n            Bookman, a Charlottesville bookshop, sold the records to\n            the University of Virginia Library.","The records arrived at the receiving room door of the\n            new Alderman Library on October 16, 1939, in a trailer\n            truck whose load was estimated to weigh about fourteen\n            tons. As the manuscripts staff dug around in the piles of\n            over 1200 account books, and countless boxes of papers they\n            realized that the company had saved almost all of its\n            papers including checks, invoices, vouchers, and receipts,\n            and certain of these records were destroyed as their\n            information was recorded in other records. Once the bulk of\n            the collection had been reduced, the remaining records were\n            transferred to the stack area of the Division of Rare Books\n            and Manuscripts."],"otherfindaid_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSome 1200 bound accounting record books of the Low Moor\n            Iron Company came into the custody of the Library with the\n            loose papers. When the project staff investigated these\n            volumes in the dormitory attic where they were stored, they\n            found that the volumes had been shelved by size rather than\n            by series. Thus, a letterbook may stand next to a stock\n            report book for a furnace, which is, in turn, next to a\n            store account book for the Kay Moor Mines' store. No series\n            are shelved in order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembers of the project staff surveyed the volumes,\n            completing for each volume two copies of a mimeographed\n            survey form, and assigning to each volume a number. One\n            copy of the survey report form was placed in the volume,\n            and the second was returned to the Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the survey report forms, 3 x 5 inch index\n            cards--with a carbon copy of each--were typed. One set of\n            index cards has been kept in order by the numbers assigned\n            to the volumes as they stand on the shelves. This provides\n            a shelf list for the use of the library staff. The other\n            set of cards was sorted into categories as a finding aid.\n            On the list that follows, the researcher will find a number\n            of major headings such as \"Accounts,\" \"Inventories,\"\n            \"Letter Books,\" and \"Shipments-Outgoing.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsofar as it has been possible to determine from the\n            data on the survey report forms, the volumes have been\n            assigned to categories. Most of the major categories, or\n            headings, have sub-headings. Within those sub-headings, the\n            volumes have been arranged chronologically. The\n            investigators realize that after careful study of some of\n            these volumes, they will be revealed as belonging to other\n            categories than those in which they have initially been\n            placed. The card index will allow such movement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailable in the Manuscripts/Archives Reading Room in\n            the Library is the sorted card index file. There is a card\n            for every volume in this file whereas, on the pages that\n            follow, volumes have been summarized under the headings and\n            sub-headings. In each case, the number of volumes has been\n            given in the summarized list; the date ranges given are\n            inclusive in most cases, and do not reveal the many gaps in\n            sequences unless the number of volumes is small and the\n            date range wide. Occasional remarks about the content of\n            volumes have been supplied if the contents are not obvious\n            from the heading or sub-heading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to examine any of these volumes will\n            have to use the card index file in order to be able to give\n            to the staff the volume number assigned to the individual\n            volumes that are to be inspected.\u003c/p\u003e"],"otherfindaid_heading_ssm":["Other Finding Aid"],"otherfindaid_tesim":["Some 1200 bound accounting record books of the Low Moor\n            Iron Company came into the custody of the Library with the\n            loose papers. When the project staff investigated these\n            volumes in the dormitory attic where they were stored, they\n            found that the volumes had been shelved by size rather than\n            by series. Thus, a letterbook may stand next to a stock\n            report book for a furnace, which is, in turn, next to a\n            store account book for the Kay Moor Mines' store. No series\n            are shelved in order.","Members of the project staff surveyed the volumes,\n            completing for each volume two copies of a mimeographed\n            survey form, and assigning to each volume a number. One\n            copy of the survey report form was placed in the volume,\n            and the second was returned to the Library.","From the survey report forms, 3 x 5 inch index\n            cards--with a carbon copy of each--were typed. One set of\n            index cards has been kept in order by the numbers assigned\n            to the volumes as they stand on the shelves. This provides\n            a shelf list for the use of the library staff. The other\n            set of cards was sorted into categories as a finding aid.\n            On the list that follows, the researcher will find a number\n            of major headings such as \"Accounts,\" \"Inventories,\"\n            \"Letter Books,\" and \"Shipments-Outgoing.\"","Insofar as it has been possible to determine from the\n            data on the survey report forms, the volumes have been\n            assigned to categories. Most of the major categories, or\n            headings, have sub-headings. Within those sub-headings, the\n            volumes have been arranged chronologically. The\n            investigators realize that after careful study of some of\n            these volumes, they will be revealed as belonging to other\n            categories than those in which they have initially been\n            placed. The card index will allow such movement.","Available in the Manuscripts/Archives Reading Room in\n            the Library is the sorted card index file. There is a card\n            for every volume in this file whereas, on the pages that\n            follow, volumes have been summarized under the headings and\n            sub-headings. In each case, the number of volumes has been\n            given in the summarized list; the date ranges given are\n            inclusive in most cases, and do not reveal the many gaps in\n            sequences unless the number of volumes is small and the\n            date range wide. Occasional remarks about the content of\n            volumes have been supplied if the contents are not obvious\n            from the heading or sub-heading.","Researchers wishing to examine any of these volumes will\n            have to use the card index file in order to be able to give\n            to the staff the volume number assigned to the individual\n            volumes that are to be inspected."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Low Moor Iron Company, Accession #662,\n            Special Collections, University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company, Accession #662,\n            Special Collections, University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBy 1958, little storage space remained in Alderman\n            Library, and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division was\n            especially crowded because of the rapid growth of its\n            collections. After an examination of its storage areas, the\n            division's staff decided to move the Low Moor records to\n            the attic of one of the student dormitories. The collection\n            had had little use chiefly because there was no finding\n            aid. There seemed little likelihood of extensive researcher\n            use until the collection could be processed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn preparation for the move, the old letter boxes in\n            which much of the collection had arrived in the Library\n            were discarded. The records from each box were placed\n            between sheets of the heavy gray cardboard used to protect\n            unbound newspapers in the Library's stacks, and the spine\n            labels of the old letter boxes were copied onto the\n            cardboard. The resulting bundles were wrapped with brown\n            Kraft paper and tied up with string. The bundles were\n            numbered. Whatever original order the letter boxes may have\n            had was lost by the time they arrived in the Library, and\n            after the bundling, removal to a dormitory attic, and\n            subsequent return to the Library in 1976, all vestiges of\n            the original order were lost.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bundles remained in the dormitory attic for almost\n            twenty years. Occasional visits were made by the division\n            staff to check on their condition, and on very rare\n            occasions, a researcher was brave enough to ask to be shown\n            the collection. Once the researcher saw the imposing amount\n            of material and the conditions in the attic, interest in\n            using the collection invariably died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn late 1976 a grant from the National Endowment for the\n            Humanities was obtained to allow the Library to process the\n            Low Moor Iron Company papers, and the papers of Edward L.\n            Stone and the Borderland Coal Company, another large\n            collection of records stored in the same dormitory attic.\n            All of these records and papers were moved back to the\n            Library where the bundles were cleaned and opened. The\n            contents of each were placed in a Hollinger storage box,\n            and all notes on the paper wrappings and on the gray\n            cardboard sheets were recorded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe more than 1200 bound accounting records of the Low\n            Moor Iron Company were surveyed by the grant project staff.\n            The contents of each volume were noted on a mimeographed\n            form, and later typed on 3 x 5\" cards to create a\n            readily-accessible file for the Manuscripts Reading Room.\n            This information was also typed on pages to be added to\n            this guide.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["By 1958, little storage space remained in Alderman\n            Library, and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division was\n            especially crowded because of the rapid growth of its\n            collections. After an examination of its storage areas, the\n            division's staff decided to move the Low Moor records to\n            the attic of one of the student dormitories. The collection\n            had had little use chiefly because there was no finding\n            aid. There seemed little likelihood of extensive researcher\n            use until the collection could be processed.","In preparation for the move, the old letter boxes in\n            which much of the collection had arrived in the Library\n            were discarded. The records from each box were placed\n            between sheets of the heavy gray cardboard used to protect\n            unbound newspapers in the Library's stacks, and the spine\n            labels of the old letter boxes were copied onto the\n            cardboard. The resulting bundles were wrapped with brown\n            Kraft paper and tied up with string. The bundles were\n            numbered. Whatever original order the letter boxes may have\n            had was lost by the time they arrived in the Library, and\n            after the bundling, removal to a dormitory attic, and\n            subsequent return to the Library in 1976, all vestiges of\n            the original order were lost.","The bundles remained in the dormitory attic for almost\n            twenty years. Occasional visits were made by the division\n            staff to check on their condition, and on very rare\n            occasions, a researcher was brave enough to ask to be shown\n            the collection. Once the researcher saw the imposing amount\n            of material and the conditions in the attic, interest in\n            using the collection invariably died.","In late 1976 a grant from the National Endowment for the\n            Humanities was obtained to allow the Library to process the\n            Low Moor Iron Company papers, and the papers of Edward L.\n            Stone and the Borderland Coal Company, another large\n            collection of records stored in the same dormitory attic.\n            All of these records and papers were moved back to the\n            Library where the bundles were cleaned and opened. The\n            contents of each were placed in a Hollinger storage box,\n            and all notes on the paper wrappings and on the gray\n            cardboard sheets were recorded.","The more than 1200 bound accounting records of the Low\n            Moor Iron Company were surveyed by the grant project staff.\n            The contents of each volume were noted on a mimeographed\n            form, and later typed on 3 x 5\" cards to create a\n            readily-accessible file for the Manuscripts Reading Room.\n            This information was also typed on pages to be added to\n            this guide."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Low Moor Iron Company papers consist of\n         approximately 280 four-inch Hollinger archives boxes (ca.\n         95 linear feet) of records, ca. 1885-1927, and some 1200\n         bound volumes of the company's accounting records,\n         1873-1927, of this iron producing company located in Low\n         Moor (four miles southwest of Clifton Forge), Alleghany\n         County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis material consists of records typical of those\n         produced by a firm of this type in the period, but as the\n         company owned its own coal and iron mines and limestone\n         quarries, there is considerable information about the\n         production of these raw materials. Large numbers of the\n         records that deal with the company's employees have\n         survived: time books, payroll books, hands ledgers, and the\n         like. Because these books sometimes include information\n         about the employee's trade or job with the company, and as\n         race is indicated in some of the records, these books\n         should provide date for studies of the structure and upward\n         mobility within the labor force, patterns of\n         ethnic--possibly racial--occupational penetration and\n         mobility, material conditions of the workers, and so on.\n         The papers should permit a range of studies detailing the\n         pattern and evolution of industrial organization in the\n         iron industry, and the evolution of markets and marketing\n         structures for the entire period. Because the company was\n         dependent upon railroads to move its raw materials to the\n         furnaces, and for the marketing of its products, there is\n         considerable information about railroads and their\n         relationship to their customers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Low Moor Iron Company papers consist of\n         approximately 280 four-inch Hollinger archives boxes (ca.\n         95 linear feet) of records, ca. 1885-1927, and some 1200\n         bound volumes of the company's accounting records,\n         1873-1927, of this iron producing company located in Low\n         Moor (four miles southwest of Clifton Forge), Alleghany\n         County, Virginia.","This material consists of records typical of those\n         produced by a firm of this type in the period, but as the\n         company owned its own coal and iron mines and limestone\n         quarries, there is considerable information about the\n         production of these raw materials. Large numbers of the\n         records that deal with the company's employees have\n         survived: time books, payroll books, hands ledgers, and the\n         like. Because these books sometimes include information\n         about the employee's trade or job with the company, and as\n         race is indicated in some of the records, these books\n         should provide date for studies of the structure and upward\n         mobility within the labor force, patterns of\n         ethnic--possibly racial--occupational penetration and\n         mobility, material conditions of the workers, and so on.\n         The papers should permit a range of studies detailing the\n         pattern and evolution of industrial organization in the\n         iron industry, and the evolution of markets and marketing\n         structures for the entire period. Because the company was\n         dependent upon railroads to move its raw materials to the\n         furnaces, and for the marketing of its products, there is\n         considerable information about railroads and their\n         relationship to their customers."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":1879,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:10:02.328Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00917_c01_c16_c06"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766_c04_c01","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"Galt Family","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8766_c04_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766_c04_c01","ref_ssm":["viw_repositories_2_resources_8766_c04_c01"],"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766_c04_c01","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766_c04","parent_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766_c04","parent_ssim":["viw_repositories_2_resources_8766","viw_repositories_2_resources_8766_c04"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viw_repositories_2_resources_8766","viw_repositories_2_resources_8766_c04"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Grigsby-Galt Papers","Series 4: Grigsby and Galt Family Photographs"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Grigsby-Galt Papers","Series 4: Grigsby and Galt Family Photographs"],"text":["Grigsby-Galt Papers","Series 4: Grigsby and Galt Family Photographs","Galt Family"],"title_filing_ssi":"Galt Family","title_ssm":["Galt Family"],"title_tesim":["Galt Family"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1865-1929"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1865/1929"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Galt Family"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"collection_ssim":["Grigsby-Galt Papers"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":2,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":362,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"date_range_isim":[1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929],"_nest_path_":"/components#3/components#0","timestamp":"2026-05-21T04:10:44.245Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8766","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8766.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Grigsby-Galt Papers","title_ssm":["Grigsby-Galt Papers"],"title_tesim":["Grigsby-Galt Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1736-1982","1840-1930"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1840-1930"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1736-1982"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 2009.308","/repositories/2/resources/8766"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 2009.308","/repositories/2/resources/8766","Grigsby-Galt Papers","Charlotte County (Va.)--History--19th century","Japan--Description and travel","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century","Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century","College of William and Mary--History--19th century","Farms--Virginia--History--19th century","Genealogy","Indians of North America","Legal documents","Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898","Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898--Pictorial works","Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century","Report cards","Spanish-American War, 1898","Tobacco farmers--Virginia","United States. Navy","United States. Navy--History--19th century","United States. Navy--History--20th century","Cabinet photographs","Carte de visite photographs","Certificates","Clippings (information artifacts)","Correspondence","Financial records","Genealogical tables","Greeting cards","Letters (correspondence)","Manuscripts for publication","Marriage certificates","Photographs","Poems","Postcards","Receipts (financial records)","Speeches","Stock certificates","Visiting cards","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Mss. Acc. 2011.269 addition given as a gift by William R. Galt.","The collection has been divided into Series 1, Galt Family; Series 2,  Grigsby Family; Series 3 for material from both families; and Series 4 for photographs from both families. Series 1, Galt Family, includes most of the correspondence from the Galt Family and is filed in chronological order, regardless of recipient.","Captain William W. Galt (1852-1934) was a direct descendent of John Minson Galt, the senior surgeon at the Battle of Yorktown and founder of the insane asylum in Williamsburg. Captain Galt's application for the position of Assistant Paymaster with the US Navy was dated March 20, 1876. He reached the ranks of Paymaster by 1893 when he was dispatched for duty to Norfolk. He served in the Navy for 50 years and won a promotion from Congress to Captain. He married Mary Blair Grigsby and they had six children. Mrs. Galt was the daughter of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Chancellor of The College of William and Mary from 1871 to 1881. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Arranged and described by Jeffrey Flanagan, SCRC staff in September 2009-February 2010."," Processing completed in late 2010 and early 2011 by Anne Johnson.","Hugh Blair Grigsby Papers (Mss. 95 G87).","Many collections concerning various branches of the Galt Family are part of the Special Collections Research Center. Hugh Blair Grigsby documents also appear in William \u0026 Mary College collections.","The Virginia Historical Society has a large Grigsby Family collection: Hugh Blair Grigsby Papers (Mss 1 G8782 b).","This collection contains the family papers of members of the Grigsby and Galt Families. Mary Blair Grigsby married William W. Galt in 1881. The collection contains papers of various members of the Grigsby family, particulary Hugh Blair Grigsby who was a historian and Chancellor of The College of William and Mary and his son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby who lived his entire life at the family farm, Edgehill, in Charlotte County, Virginia.","The collection also contains the personal papers and some navy material of William W. Galt, U. S. Navy Paymaster and author of a book on the Battle of Manila Bay. Extensive correspondence to and from all the members of his family is included.","Both these groups contain correspondence, genealogy, financial papers and personal papers. ","The Galt Family resided in Norfolk, Virginia and the Grigsby Family at Edgehill, Drakes Branch, Charlotte County, Virginia.","Gift of the Zimermann family of Susan Galt, daughter of William W. Galt.","The Galt Family was from Norfolk, Virginia. William Wilson Galt, a Naval officer, lived at various addresses in Norfolk and overseas. In 1881, he married Mary Blair Grigsby, daughter of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary Venable Carrington, also of Norfolk, Virginia, then later of Charlotte County, Virginia. Hugh Blair Grigsby was a historian, president of the Virginia Historical Society and chancellor of William \u0026 Mary. Mary Blair Grigsby and William Wilson Galt had 6 children: Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Robert W. Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Susan D. Galt and Carrington G. Galt. These Galt Papers are the family papers of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt, William Wilson Galt and their children. Includes letters written to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt before her marriage to William Wilson Galt. Includes some Naval correspondence of William Wilson Galt, but also check subseries 4 , the personal papers of William Wilson Galt.","This sub-series is primarily comprised of letters between William Wilson Galt and his family, friends, and colleagues from 1863-1927. Correspondents and recipients include William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Grigsby Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and others. Considerable number of letters are between other Galt family members and their friends, family, and colleagues. William Wilson Galt was a Navy Paymaster and wrote letters to his family from all over the world. Topics of this correspondence include the courtship of his wife, family news such as births, deaths, and job changes, the financial and parental administration of his home, his naval career, his publishing career, and Masonic Lodge business. See also the sub-series for each family member for more correspondence and papers.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and his family, friends, and colleagues; Handwritten copy of Galt's application for Assistant Paymaster with the Navy, dated 1876 March 20, and resignation as Junior Deacon at Owens Lodge in Norfolk, Virginia, dated 1878 April 9; Reference letters written on behalf of Galt by T. M. Barner of Norfolk, Virginia, 1871, and Banking House of Burruss, Son, \u0026 Co. of Norfolk, Virginia, 1873. 1878 January 25, confidential letter from C.P. Thompson noting that Galt's application was possibly complicated by the fact that Galt's two brothers were also in the Navy.","Love letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby, to William Wilson Galt from Hugh Carrington Grigsby and from S. C. Daniel at Hampden-Sydney College to Mary Blair Grigsby. 1879 February 21 Hampton Sidney anniversary invitation. 1879 February 5 fun letter from William Wilson Galt, approved by Mary B. Grigsby, future mate, to Hugh Blair Grigsby saying in part, \"I have the honor respectfully to transmit herewith a requisition for a mate for this vessel...\" with an attached \"Jewel\" requisition, and1879 April 22 and 26 letters from William Wilson Galt to Hugh Blair Grigsby asking to court and marry his daughter, Mary Blair Grigsby. Correspondence about his position as an assistant Navy Paymaster. 1879 May 27 letter to James S. Galt from assistant Paymaster William Wilson Galt appointing him clerk to the Pay Office at the Naval Station in Key West, Florida, plus related correspondence about the appointment.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from J. H. Dillard (Mary Blair Grigsby's cousin), father William Richard Galt, friend and naval colleague C. P. Thompson; letter from William Wilson Galt to Mary Blair Grigsby. 1879 October 30 letter from R.W. Thompson thanks Galt for rescuing the officers and crew of the disabled schooner, Empress.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from parents, sister Molly, C. P. Thompson; letter from L. R. Hamersly, publisher of \"United Service\" publication, regarding article William Wilson Galt wrote on Key West Naval Station.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Barton Myers, father William Richard Galt, sister Molly, and brother Rogers.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, brother Rogers, J. H. Dillard, C. P. Thompson, A. K. Micheler, C. Hubbell; letter from Livingston W. Bethel, mayor of Key West, regarding James S. Galt; letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby. Invitation to wedding of Elizabeth Easley and William Carrington Lancaster on 1880 September 25.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter from William Wilson Galt to Mary Blair Grigsby's mother Mary V. Grigsby; clipping of advertisement for William Richard Galt's school.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to William Wilson Galt from C. P. Thompson; Copies of general orders 255 and 256 from Navy Department.","Christmas cards sent to William Wilson Galt; letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to William Wilson Galt from sister Annie; letter, written in Spanish, to William Wilson Galt from Mrs. M. A. Thornbury of Albany, GA.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from Annie Galt (William's sister); letter to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt; William Wilson Galt's ticket to the Leap Year Ball at the Odd Fellows Hall on 1881 January 13.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; Dinner party invitation to William Wilson Galt from Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; Photograph negatives of unidentified subjects.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; Postcards to William Wilson Galt from Mary Blair Grigsby. Much of this correspondence refers to failing health of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Mary's father and former chancellor of the College of William \u0026 Mary.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from Corinne and Frank (no last names given) from Key West, E. O. Locke; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from cousin P. E. Pearl. Much of this correspondence refers to failing health of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Mary's father and former chancellor of the College of William \u0026 Mary.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from cousin Samuel W. Morton. Most letters refer to failing health and eventual death of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Mary's father and former chancellor of the College of William \u0026 Mary.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby from Walker M. Hill, Freddie Venable, Robert Winthrop, C. Carrington, \"Sue\" from Stockdale, Nannie Hannah, and Mary F. Vaughn. Most letters express condolences for death of Hugh Blair Grigsby.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother James Galt and Angela Baldwin.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Bob, brother Jim, E. O. Locke, Virginia Ritchie, J. H. Dillard, and anonymous writer who signed only \"A Friend\" to his or her note; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from Cynthia B. T. Lohman.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Jim, sister Susan W. W. Galt, and E. O. Locke.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Annie, sister Susan W. W. Galt, cousin Jane, and T. L. Skinner.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt, sister Annie, brother Jim, and brother Rogers.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Jim and sister Molly; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from brother Hugh Carrington Grigsby concerning the exchange of Mary's share in Edgehill farm in Charlotte County, Virginia for property in Norfolk, Virginia.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from Aunt J. W. R. Galt, T. W. Clark, and E. O. Locke.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Jim and sister Molly.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt and E. O. Locke.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt and E. O. Locke; Program for Yorktowne Centennial Commission's Promenade Concert and Hop on October 18, 1881.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brothers Bob and Jim; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby from William's father William Richard Galt and sister Annie.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to William Wilson Galt from S. G. Baylor.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby Galt; letters to William Wilson Galt from A. K. Micheler, S. Hubbell, cousin Kate, sister Susan W. W. Galt, brother Rogers, and mother Mary W. Galt; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt from cousin Lance Watkins and William's sister Annie; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt's mother Mary V. Grigsby from Annie Galt; letter to mother Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt. Most correspondence relates to the wedding of William Wilson Galt to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt. Drawings of various persons, animals, weapons, and musical instruments.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt and E. O. Locke; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William's sister Molly, William's brother Bob, and Mary's cousin J. W. Morton; letter to mother Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt and sister Annie; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; drawing of William Wilson Galt's martins while deployed in Santo Domingo, drawn by William.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from uncle George, father William Richard Galt, brother Jim, Thomas C. Walton, and S. F. Earle; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, cousin Leila, Mother Mary V. Grigsby, Nannie Hannah, Emma Bates, Lizzie Boykin, William's sister Susan W. W. Galt, and \"M. F. V.\" of Franklin County, Virginia.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from uncle George; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, Nannie Hannah, and William's sister Annie Galt; letter to mother Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Molly, and Mary V. Grigsby; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Nannie Hannah, mother Mary V. Grigsby, and William's sister Molly; letter to cousin Lizzie from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from N. G. Wilson, Charlie Anisdue, C. W. Littlefield, R. W. Ball, N. P. Markham, and brother Bob; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, and William's sister Susan W. W. Galt.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, T. W. Lester, and A. E. L. Lester; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Clara Morris; postcards to Mary Blair Galt from mother Mary V. Grigsby; letter to \"Alice\" from Mary Blair Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt, Robert Wilson, and Mary V. Grigsby; letter to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; postcard to William Wilson Galt from Robert Wilson.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from J. W. Stewart; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susan W. W. Galt and Clara Morris; letter to Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter written by G. R. Pavis certifying that he \"exhonerates Dr. John M. Galt from all charges that have been or may be brought against him,\" dated 1882 October 23.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and E. B. Baylor; letter to Hugh Carrington Grigsby from Lyon G. Tyler; postcards to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Fannie Barringer, Sallie Jones, \"Evaline\", and \"Langhorne\".","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Molly Galt, Annie Galt, Susan W. W. Galt, and Nannie Hannah.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Susan W. W. Galt, and Mary A. Galt (William's grandmother).","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt, brother John Galt, brother Jim Galt, uncle George, Thom Donough, Thom Caswell, Robert Winthrop, S. D. Greeve, Charlie Anisdue, J. D. Doyle, and T. W. Lester; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, and Susan W. W. Galt; primary focus of all August correspondence congratulates Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson Galt on the birth of their son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt on 1883 August 3.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Sallie Jones; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; invitation to wedding of Emma Bates and Sterling E. Edmunds on 1883 September 12.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from grandmother S. M. Christian; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Susan W. W. Galt; letter to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, uncle George, brother Rogers, brother Bob, sister Susan W. W. Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, E. O. Locke, T. W. Lester, Edward D. Washburn, and J. M. West; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, \"MLC\" from Mulberry Hill, Virginia, and Nannie Hannah; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Jim Galt from brother Rogers, brother Zander, brother Alex, \"Neal\", and \"Angel\"; letters to Jim were generally concerned with his failing health; letters dated late June through early July express condolences to Galts regarding Jim's death.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, uncle James D. Galt, brother Rogers, brother Zander, brother Bob, sister Annie, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, and Charlie Anisdue; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, and Mary W. Galt; receipt from George P. Zurhorst for (William's brother) John Galt's funeral expenses, dated 1885 January 16.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, mother Mary W. Galt, uncle James D. Galt, brother Zander, brother Rogers, brother Bob, grandmother S. M. Christian, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, Charlie Anisdue, G. L. Dyer, C. A. Stanly, William T. Saunders, and Dr. Donald Phais; postcard to William Wilson Galt from Bancroft Gherardi; telegram to William Richard Galt from Mary Blair Galt. Much of the correspondence in June is regarding the birth of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson Galt's second son, William Richard.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from T. W. Lester; letters to Mary Blair Galt from mother Mary V. Grigsby, William Wilson Galt, Robert Winthrop, Hallie R. Grier; letter to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt; postcard to Mary Blair Galt from Mary V. Grigsby. Prescription for quinine treatment for William Wilson Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from uncle James D. Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, cousin Emily, Nannie Bobbing, Annie Galt, Mary W. Galt, and Susan W. W. Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, cousin P. E. Pearl, L. B. Cary, and John B. Phase.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and mother Mary V. Grigsby.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Harriet Gridley and Eluior Allen.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from cousin Emily; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Davidson, and George K. Mullin, proprietor of Luray Inn in the Shenandoah Valley. Advertisements for Luray Inn attached to Mullin's letter to Mary Blair Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Xander and T. W. Lester; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, and William Richard Galt; letter to father William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt and Louisa Baxter.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, W. T. Churtain, and Barton Myers; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt; Easter card to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Winthrop.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and W. Farvot Walk; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to William Richard Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and uncle John Whitehead; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and aunt Molly; William Wilson Galt's invitation to join Cosmos Club in San Francisco as extended by W. R. Wheeler and S. E. Tucker, dated 1891 November 10.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to William Richard Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; two photographs, one is too damaged to distinguish the subject, the second is seemingly a photo of William Wilson Galt with four of his children, presumably Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, and Robert Ware Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, uncle John Whitehead, Kate Venable, Olga Dour, and M. H. Macrae; letter to son William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to daughter Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to grandfather William Richard Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, father-in-law William Richard Galt, sister-in-law Annie Galt, and Emma Prud.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Annie Galt, and M. R. Catlin; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, sister-in-law Molly, sister-in-law Annie, brother-in-law Bob, and father-in-law William Richard Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Emily Galt, Annie Galt, Sallie Aibinson, M. H. Macrae, Eustace B. Rogers, and Lucie Watkins; letter from \"Howard\" to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letter to Zena Galt from William Wilson Galt; telegram to Mary Blair Galt from Eustace B. Rogers.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from C. A. Stanly, G. W. Crusselle, E. A. Morecock, and F. M. Bostwick; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Susie Galt, Mary M. Galt, Sue B. Glennon, M. H. Macrae, and W. L. Cosby. Much of the correspondence in this period is regarding the birth of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson Galt's daughter Susie Alexina.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to William Wilson Galt from H. Lee Holcombe; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Molly Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; telegram to William Wilson Galt from H. Lee Holcombe.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from cousin Lucy and Charles Swift; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Mary Blair Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers, son William Richard Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt Duane, John S. Williams, and Acting Secretary of the Navy William McAdoo; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, C. L. Loyale, and Emily V. Galt; telegrams to William Wilson Galt from George Brown and Shields; invitation to wedding of Guilielma Lawton and Abram Carrington Read on 1894 October 10.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, and Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son William Richard Galt, Secretary of the Navy Hilary Abner Herbert, and Dr. John Wyeth; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, J. P. Lawrence, and W. A. Boykin; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from \"Charles\".","Letters to William Wilson Galt from J. Saunders Taylor and T. F. Rogers; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and uncle John Whitehead; letter to daughter Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to daughter Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to son Robert Ware Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to T. F. Rogers from Mary Blair Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from R. M. Wells and William A. Varty, Jr.; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; invitation to wedding of Catharine Sampson and Richard Harrison Jackson on 1897 January 6.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Alexander Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Edmund S. Ruffin and Rupert W. Tomlin, R. M. Wells, F. A. Salomonson, Hammond B. Gayfer, A. K. Micheler, M. B. Crowell, and S. Cleburne Browne; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Marie B. Sheppard; invitation to wedding of Katharyn Salome and John B. Maher on 1897 May 26.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from George Dragoman, George Casanova, Joseph Starkey, and L. Haller Mingarda; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and Barton Meyers. William Wilson Galt's letters to Mary Blair Galt were sent from a variety of locations: Gibraltar, Algiers, Smyrna, Piraeus.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from W. R. Drida; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and Dr. Southgate Leigh. William Wilson Galt's letters to Mary Blair Galt were written from a variety of locations: Smyrna, Gibraltar, Algiers, Tangier.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, F. Scinicariello, Horatio Sprague, and H. L. Gregg; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and daughter Mary Carrington Galt; postcards to wife Mary Blair Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, daughter Susie Alexina Galt, and sister Mollie Galt from William Wilson Galt; menus from Hotel-Restaurant de la Paix and Grand Hotel Brunate; bill for plumbing services from E. E. Guy \u0026 Sons in Norfolk, Virginia; William Wilson Galt's letters and postcards were written from Genoa, Rome, and Mersina, Italy.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and daughter Mary Carrington Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, nephew Rogers Harrison Galt, niece Mary M. Galt, niece Elizabeth Ashe Galt, Mary H. Boyd, Dr. Alexander Duane, Dr. Southgate Leigh, Ada Harvey, J. T. Van Patten, and the Army-Navy Journal; letter to son William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, including photographs of a torpedo gust leaving the tube when fired from the Raleigh at Mersina, after it left the tube, entering the water after it was fired, about 10 feet from the ship as the torpedo entered in for its course towards the target. Letter to daughter Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt, including one photograph of Dr. Marsteller and WWG, Mersina, 1897 November 25, USS Raleigh; letter to children Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Mary Carrington Galt , and Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt, including a chart detailing the cities and ports visited by the USS Raleigh over nearly a one year period; letter to aunt Molly Galt from William Richard Galt; Reference letter written by William Wilson Galt on behalf of J. T. Van Patten.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Charles H. Eldridge, Max Rosenberg, Demege, Reid, \u0026 Co., and Delmege, Forsythe, \u0026 Co.; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, uncle John Whitehead, cousin Lara, Dr. Alexander Duane, Virginia Mason, Emma Prud, Lizzie Boykin, Mary E. Carrington, Annie Watkins, Susan Morton, and Alice Green; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to J. B. Coghlan from William Wilson Galt; invitation to celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Military Service Institution of the United States on February 10.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son William Richard Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, and J. T. Van Patten; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Saunders, \"Belle\", E. H. Marsteller, and T. W. Wood \u0026 Sons; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to all children from William Wilson Galt. Topics include William Wilson Galt's observations of the people and lifestyle of Hong Kong and the oncoming Spanish-American War.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from daughter Mary Carrington Galt and Henry Romeike; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, Alexander Galt, I. B. McPhail, Emma Prud, T. Hall \u0026 Mingardo, Anne Letham, A. S. Kenny, and \"Belle\"; letter to children from William Wilson Galt; translation of a proclamation by the Governor-General of the Philippines; clipping from Army and Navy Journal relating William Wilson Galt's good health after Battle of Manila Bay; printed picture of USS Raleigh; newspaper clipping relating death of Captain Charles Vernon Gridley (William Wilson Galt is mentioned in the article as having reported the death to the Navy Department). Most of William Wilson Galt's letters deal with the Battle of Manila Bay (1898 May 1). Included in his letter to Mary Blair Galt on May 1 is a hand-drawn map of the American battle plan.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and Katherine Gridley; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, L. B. Cary, W. L. Cosby, \"Lillie\", \"Sue\", and J. G. Shackelford.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, son William Richard Galt, Annie Galt, Emily Galt, J. G. Shackelford, L. B. Cary, Dr. Southgate Leigh, and Lyon G. Tyler; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to \"Miss Nannie\" from William Richard Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and son William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, son William Richard Galt, W. J. Upshur, and W. L. Cosby.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from daughter Mary Carrington Galt and son William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Annie Galt, J. G. Shackelford, P. B. Eggleston, Stern Brothers, Larkin Soap Company, Emily Watkins, W. L. Cosby, and Alice B. Greer; invitation to wedding of Cecile Amelie and Cornelius de Witt on 1898 November 15.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Robert Ware Galt, son William Richard Galt, and son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, daughter Mary Carrington Galt, daughter Susie Alexina Galt, son William Richard Galt, niece Elizabeth Ashe Galt, niece Mary M. Galt, W. A. Boykin, J. P. Lawrence, J. C. Byenes, and N. Sherwell.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son William Richard Galt, Laura Sherwood Picking, and C. L. Chamberlaine; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, uncle John Whitehead, cousin Lottie Carrington, Marie Marsteller, W. A. Boykin, B. Boykin, L. B. Cary, C. M. Meginley, and J. G. Shackelford; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Bessie Daniel. Invitations to wedding of Rosalie Smith and Dr. Isaac Carrington Harrison on January 24, Katharine Storrow and William C. Scott on February 21. Program for 10th Anniversary Service at St. John's Church in Portsmouth, Virginia. Lakewood, New Jersey Railroad timetable.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Mann L. Quarles and Dr. William T. Bull; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, cousin Margaretta Clingh, Annie Galt, Dr. Alexander Duane, N. C. Lalcolt, C. M. Meginley, J. G. Shackelford, and W. L. Cosby.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from E. J. Bogart and L. B. McPhail; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Rogers Galt, W. L. Cosby, and Inez Wichus Montague; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr. with a collection of stamps included. Invitation to wedding of Susan Hedge Amsden and Carl Sutherland Parker on 1899 June 7, Emily Louisa Sawyer and John Nichols Moore on 1899 June 28.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and \"Lillie\"; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr.; freight bill from Southern Railway Co. for William Wilson Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers Galt, Charles H. Consolvo and Edward C. Cheshire, and Mann L. Quarles; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, N. Sherwell, J. B. Lovett, W. S. Friend, Leopold Levy, and Jackson \u0026 Co.; letter to W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr. from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; invitation to wedding of Clara Fuller and Philip Andrews on 1899 August 16; advertisement for Hoge Memorial Military Academy.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Gerry W. Simpson and the New York Yacht Club; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, J. B. Lovett, W. L. Cosby, Marjorie March, and J. G. Shackelford; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Lucy Watkins, and Alexander Martin. Much of the correspondence relates to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt starting college at William \u0026 Mary.","Letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Lucy Watkins, Sue Watkins, George H. Watkins, and Hugh Carrington Grigsby.","Letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from brother William Richard Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Joel Hill Watkins, Lucy Watkins, George H. Watkins, John Lloyd Newcomb, William Read Martin, Emily Christian, C. Vernon Spratley, N. Sherwell, \"Lloyd\", and \"Joe\"; invitation to Twentieth Annual Celebration of the Sigma Rho Delta Literary Society of the Shenandoah Valley Academy on May 4.","Letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Joel Hill Watkins, William Read Martin, Dr. Southgate Leigh, George H. Watkins, George L. R. Stevens, Wright, Kay, \u0026 Co., and Lyon G. Tyler.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt Duane, and J. F. Carr; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Eva C. Lalcolt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, William Richard Galt, Bob Galt, Elizabeth Ashe Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Joel Hill Watkins, Lucy Watkins, George H. Watkins, Dr. Southgate Leigh, William Read Martin, and C. Vernon Spratley; Prescription written by Dr. Alexander Duane for Mary Carrington Galt; Wright, Kay, \u0026 Co. catalog for Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Includes a 1900 August 16 letter from L.D. Starke.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers Galt, R. H. Townley, and Arent Schuyler Crowninshield; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Annie Galt, Molly Galt, Elizabeth Ashe Galt, Lucius F. Cary, Emily Christian, C. Vernon Spratley, Elsie S. Hannah, George H. Watkins, Lucy Watkins, Joel Hill Watkins, William Read Martin, and Wright, Kay, \u0026 Co.; bill from Hospital St. Vincent de Paul for services rendered to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Annie Galt, C. Vernon Spratley, George H. Watkins, George Pugh, J. E. Williams, Lucius F. Cary, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., and Dr. Southgate Leigh; letter to Annie Galt from William Richard Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from brother Alexander Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, cousin \"Bob\" given), W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Joel Hill Watkins, William Read Martin, Lucius F. Cary, Dr. Southgate Leigh, and Thomas H. Carter. Invitation to wedding of Martha Cabell Bouldin and Albert Humes Gentry on 1901 July 24.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and \"Sue\"; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Annie Galt, John Lloyd Newcomb, D. C. Watkins, and W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr.; mathematics word problem.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from David C. Reis and Cornelia McBlair; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., and William Read Martin; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from David C. Reis; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Molly Galt, Annie Galt, George H. Watkins, Mary Daniel, and Cornelia McBlair; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, and Sam Daniel.","Letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, George H. Watkins, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Cornelia McBlair, William Read Martin, Mary B. Daniel, and Wright, Kay, \u0026 Co.; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and Annie Galt; invitation to wedding of Emily Cary and Thomas Marshall, Jr. on 1901 November 12; description of \"Paul Jones\" mixer dance.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Laura Sherwood Picking; letter to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Mary Blair Galt, William Richard Galt, Cornelia McBlair, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Mary B. Daniel, William Read Martin, and \"Joe\"; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and \"Flea\"; Manila Day Reunion Poem by Commander Corwin P. Rees.","Letter to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Molly Galt, William Richard Galt, Annie Galt, George H. Watkins, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Jul H. Watkins, and \"Elsie\"; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from R. G. Skerrett and B. F. Coble; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Agnes Douglas West, and W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr.; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., M. J. Morton, and Lily B. Cary; receipt for Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt's board at University of Virginia.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Laura Sherwood Picking, and R. G. Skerrett; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; a poem entitled \"At Sea\" written by William Wilson Galt; William Wilson Galt's letters were written primarily in Hong Kong and Singapore.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from W. D. Southhall; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from Carroll R. Wright, Jr.; letter to J. W. Patterson from Mary Blair Galt; invitation to wedding of Mattie Lacey and Thomas J Pennybacker on1903 September 9. William Wilson Galt's letters were written primarily in Yokohama, Nagasaki and Kobe, Japan, Chefoo [Yantai] and Tsingtau [Qingdao], China, and Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Daniel Barnes; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from A. H. Flint. Invitation to wedding of Ruth Waldron and Frank Peard Thomas on 1904 January 12, Minnie Bolling and James Duncan Puller on 1904 February 3, Lucy Daniel and Charles Kingston von Weise on 1904 June 29, Ethel Sharp and Ralph Mancill Griswold on 1904 July 28. William Wilson Galt's letters were written primarily from Manila Bay, Hong Kong, Naples, and Gibraltar.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from J. B. Coghlan, Thorvald Solberg, and the Virginia Club of Norfolk; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Lewis Crenshaw. Library of Congress document regarding William Wilson Galt's book \"The Battle of Manila Bay\".","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Rhoderick H. Watkins, and Janice H. Read; Postcards to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from D. D. E. and anonymous; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Sniky Byers, Louise Bocereeau, \"Stuart\", \"Mac\" (female), and \"Dave\"; postcard to Mary Carrington Galt from anonymous; letter to Aaron Marx from Claude Swanson.","Postcard to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from R. H. W.; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, L. B. Cox, Sniky Byers, H. J. Putnam \u0026 Co., R. H. Payn, H. G. McCormick, and R. Stuart Royer; letter to Robert Ware Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from J. B. Coghlan; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt; Postcard to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from \"E. W. C.\"; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Guy S. Lurty, and \"Stuart\".","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from J. J. Vogel and Dr. J. B. Murphy; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Bill Oglesby, E. W. Lawson, and Daisy Eggleston; letter to Mary Meares Galt from Rogers Galt; Robert Ware Galt's Navy enlistment papers, dated 1906 November 30, listing his examination date as 1907 April 16; invitation to wedding of Gertrude Abyvon Walke and Edward Dickinson Tayloe on October 25. Two letters written as poems to \"Uncle Bill\" from Rogers H. Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Leonard Draper, J. E. Duke and G. A. D. Galt at the \"Soldiers Home\" in Richmond, Virginia; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, Lily B. Cary, T. Catesby Jones, and cousin \"Bettie\"; Advertisements and reviews. Letter form E.B. Roy in response to Galt's concern that his Pay Director term is for three years instead of four years.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt and H. H. Ewing; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt and William Richard Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, and Mary Carrington Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from George J. Durfey and telegram fro Hugh Blair G. Galt announcing \"Made the degree all right.\"","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Bettie Marton. Invitations to weddings of Basil Gordon Montague and Lt. Col. George Barnett 1908 January 1, Elizabeth Welsh Galt and William Davidson 1908 January 16, Fanny Lewis Bouldin and Thomas Sprattley 1908 February 26, Elizabeth Virginia Jones and Joseph Hugh Neville 1908 April 16, Hilda Bateson and Laurance Jones 1908 June 18, Lily Brooke Booker and William Cutler Cole 1908 September 5, Evelyn Byrd Trigg and George Harris Sargeant, Jr. 1908 September 15, May Annette Luttmer and Rishworth Nicholson 1908 November 5, Anne McMaster and Davis Wills Jordan 1909 October 20, Margaret Nash Old and John Stone Stump, Jr. 1909 November 3, and Gladys Gertrude Hethorn and Wilford Grigsby Epes 1909 November 24. Note from Thomas E. Watkins 1909 March 25 saying that Carrington is very sick.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt and Louise Lelden; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt. Invitation to wedding of Delle Fay Norris and Henry Allen Pearson on February 2. Letter of condolence about the death of Roger Galt from James Riddle 1910 August 27 .","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Susie Alexina Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Mary C. Carrington, and W. L. Cosby.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susie Alexina Galt, William Richard Galt, Alexander Galt, Annie Read, J. Watkins Lacy, Sara R. Martin, and Agnes E. Lancaster; invitation to wedding of Helen Howard and Charles Clifford Gill on April 25.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susie Alexina Galt, Robert Ware Galt, and \"Betty\".","Letter to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, Mary Meares Galt, and Edwin Brockenbrough.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susie Alexina Galt, Nannie C. Bolling, and W. L. Cosby.","Letter to Mary Blair Galt from W. L. Cosby; invitation and program for Susie Alexina Galt's graduation ceremony at the College for Women in Columbia, South Carolina on June 6. Invitations to weddings of Louise Keeling Taylor and John Wright Stribling June 12, Lois Drake Millard and Frank Edwin Preston Uberroth June 22, Nancy Collins Nash and Logan Cresap June 29, Lela Coles Bouldin and Oscar Lane Shewmake June 26, Katharine Jones and Reginald Page June 27, Mary Ambler Willcox and Worrall Reed Carter July 2, Lilly Johnson Poor and Henry Morris Johnston July 9.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from R. C. Marshall; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Lucy Gray Harrison and H. A. Hunter; letter to Williamsburg, Virginia Postmaster from Lucy Pemberton, seeking addresses of relatives of late Hugh Blair Grigsby. Invitations to weddings of Cora Isabel Westcott and Laurence Stowell Adams August 1, Maude Walker and Charles Semmes Stanworth September 18, Lottie Washington Lambert and John Walton Grandy, Jr. September 19, and Dorothy Evleth Brown and Stewart Varona Hellings September 30.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt and Philip Andrews informing Galt that he has been awarded a \"Special Meritorious Medal\" for his actions in the Battle of Manila Bay. Invitations to weddings of Marie Louise Ryan and George Wirt Simpson on October 2, 1912, Susan Barnett Persons and Lewis Bowen McBride on October 9, Eloise Hirst and William Couper, on October 9, Virginia Klein Cooke and Edward Keville Glennan on October 9, Flournoy Adams Hopkins and Gilbert Alexander Boswell Eliott on October 10, Emily Ward and Otto Barten McLean on, October 17, and Clare Beatrice Rudgard Wigg and Newton Armistead Coggsdale on October 19.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Mary Meares Galt, and nephew Rogers H. Galt; Christmas card from W. L. Cosby. Invitations to weddings of Susan Pendleton Howard and Hartwell Heathe Hume on November 6, Josephine Engelhard Boylan and Ellsworth Harper Van Patten on November 23, Mary Lewis Sharp and Irving Brinton Holley on November 27, and Emily Fuller Johnston and Joshua Warren White on December 14.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Robert Ware Galt, William Richard Galt, Annie Galt, and Lucy Pemberton; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from Mary Meares Galt; invitation to wedding of Harriotte Jones Winchester and Edward Griffith Dodson on January 29. List of members of the Puff Club (a business men's club in Norfolk, Virginia), with attached memos and poem entitled \"The Campaign of the Puffs against the Great Destroyer.\"","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, and William Richard Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, and Robert Ware Galt; invitation to wedding of Bessie Armistead Doyle and Joseph Virginius Bidgood, Jr. on October 25.","Letters to William W. Galt from Florence J. Grant and Maria Ward Skelton; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Belle Boykin, and Maria Ward Skelton; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letter to Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels from William Wilson Galt; letter to Senator Thomas S. Martin from William Wilson Galt; letter to Alfred P. Thom from William Wilson Galt; Galt's letters to Daniels, Martin, and Thom are regarding his request for a promotion to Rear Admiral upon his retirement.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from John R. Edwards; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Carrington G. Galt, Annie Galt, and E. B. Martin; letter to Alfred P. Thom from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert W. Shultice from S. B. Avis; letter to W. H. Venable from Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels; letter to Senator Thomas S. Martin from W. H. Venable; invitation to wedding of Alice Louise Preston and Albert Weston Grant, Jr. on October 17.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Hugh Blair Jordan; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William W.  Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, Mary Meares Galt, and Ward Skelton Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, William Richard Galt, and Susie Alexina Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt, Alfred George Zimmerman, Annie Galt, John M. Galt, Secretary of the Navy Edwin Wenby, T. S. Dunaway, George L. Hunt, Philip Andrews, John Teicher, Joseph W. Eggleston, A. Closdon, Frank Lester, John S. Bottimore, \"Alfred\", \"Aleck\", and \"Frank\"; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and William Richard Galt; letter to Annie Galt from C. G. Smith; letter to Dr. Pickrell from Annie Galt; letter to Hugh Blair from Aunt Molly and carbon copy of his answer.  Much of the correspondence in 1922 is regarding William Wilson Galt's health as in that year he had his right foot amputated and suffered from pneumonia.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt, Ward Skelton Galt, Annie Galt, Zander Galt, \"Alfred\" (husband of daughter Susie), Hugh Blair Galt, Mrs. A. G. Zimermann and James B. Denny; letter to sister Susie from William Wilson Galt; letter to brother Zander from William Wilson Galt; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Mary Carrington Galt, William R. Galt and Hugh Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, letter to Bill from Zander; letter from Billy Galt to Grandfather; list of stockholders of Lynnhaven Beach and Park Co.; 1923 December 23 letter from J. H. D. to \"Dill\" with an attached news clipping \"Dr. J.H. Dillard to visit Africa\". 1924 March 3 letter from William Wilson Galt to his son includes a poem; 1923 July 13 letter from Hugh Blair Galt to William Wilson Galt also includes a poem. Most of the correspondence during these years are typed or carbons of typed letters.","Invitations to marriages and other events, plus a few calling cards. A dried plant was transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection Mss. 1.03.","Letters to Mary Galt from Hugh G. Grigsby, William Galt, Annie Galt, Mrs. Conway Robinson, M. L. Nowlin, Laure E. Read, Carrington Galt and Roger Galt.  Letters to William Galt from Roger Galt, P. A. Williams, Louise H. Carter, Mary B. Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary Meares Galt.  Includes a note from W. R. Galt and a letter from William Galt Hubbell.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Mary Blair Galt, Annie Galt, L. B. Cary, A. K. Micheler, and Virginia (illegible last name); letters to Mary Blair Galt from Carmela Loyale, George Chappell, Annie Galt, L. B. Cary, Louisa L. Read, Nannie Winston, Bradford (illegible first name), Lizzie Boykin, and Kate Gaulding.","Letters to Hugh Blair Galt from \"Aunt Molly\",\" Elsie\", Emily M. Watkins, J. Morton, Mary Blair Galt, Lucy D. Thornton and Cordelia McBlair. Letter to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt while on the USS Kentucky. Letter to William Wilson Galt from Mary. Letter to Granddaddy or Grandpa from William R. Galt, Jr., and unknown. Letter to Granddaddy and Mamie from William R. Galt, Jr. Letter to Grandma from Grandson who was in Vallejo, California. Letters to Mother from Mary B. G. Galt and Robert. Letters to \"Father\" from \"Alfred\", \"Susie\", Robert W. Galt, and \"Will\".","Letters to William Wilson Galt from nephew John M. Galt, Maria, Mary B. Grigsby and Louise H. Carter. Letters to Mary B. G. Galt from cousin Cantey E. Reed, \"Annie\", \"M. L. Y.\", C.A . Stanely, Margaret B. Roper, \"Susan\", \"Dorothy\", Susie Crane, Sarah S. Read and others. Letters to family from Robert W. Galt, Susie D. Galt, Mary Galt and Carrington Galt. Includes a letter to William Wilson Galt from S. T. Early in which Early sends him a branch of the original Poets Laurel, and a letter from William Lamb, T. M. Whitehurst and John B. Jenkins asking William Galt to donate some land to the City of Norfolk. A legal document from Allegheny County about an 1837 debt of Andrew Fudge.","Two carbon typescripts of a short biography of Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.","Invitation, newspaper articles and rough drafts with a typescript of Hugh B. G. Galt's speech on the Cape Henry Lighthouse Celebration at Cape Henry, Virginia in 1939.","Correspondence with Estelle Haskins, daughter of Bettie Morton. Bettie Morton was a servant in the Galt household at \"Oak Grove\" in Charlotte County. Estelle and her mother live in a house on the former \"Oak Grove\" property. Estelle often writes for help with legal problems and financial problems. Hugh Blair G. Galt responds with advice, gifts of money and hand-me-down clothes, and often intercedes to help with legal problems. Estelle helps him pack up old books and papers that belonged to the Grigsby family after some property was sold. Some correspondence deals with the land that Bettie Morton receives as the dower of 1/3 of the property of Albert Morton. Hugh Blair G Galt sends Betty Morton a deed to the house, which is given for life on 1925 January 10. Eventually, the entire parcel was sold to the Charlotte County School Board by Homer A. Lester and wife. The land had been conveyed to Mrs. Lester by the Galt family.","1934 letter from Galt's nephew \"Bill\"; 1939 article about First National Seashore Park in North Carolina; 1941 letter from Office of the Marshal of the Supreme Court saying seats will be saved for him and Mrs. Galt; 1943 letter from nephew \"Richard\" while in the Army Air Forces Bombardier School in Texas; business card of Henry G. Barbee.","Notepad from \"The Pocomoke...Guano Company\" with notes on farm products, household products, Morse code, and prices of goods.","Report by Miss Elizabeth V. Gaines of Saxe, Virginia on the libraries of Charlotte County, particularly the Edgehill Library of Hugh Blair Grigsby.","Class schedules, grades, certificates, notes, invoices, assignments and reports of Hugh B.G. Galt. Includes 1899 paper \"The Romantic School in English Poetry\". 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1906 University of Virginia grades; 1903, 1904, and 1906 University of Virginia pass certificates; 1906 document stating \"Degree of Bachelor of Arts conferred, June 12, 1906\"; 1938 bill for the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association; 1939 \"University of Virginia Newsletter\" with article on Virginia's Forest Resources by F.C. Pederson. Undated lecture schedule and notes. University of Virginia report card for November 1901.","Audits of the estate of Mary B. G. Galt by Hugh B. G. Galt, her son and William Wilson Galt, her husband. Includes three copies of 1935 February report \"Second Report by Hugh B. G. Galt, Surviving Executor of Mary G. Galt, Deceased\"; one copy of 1935 April 9 report \"A Report by Hugh B. G. Galt, Surviving Executor of Mary B. Galt, Deceased to the present Beneficiaries of the Same.\"","Concerns Grigsby Family property \"Edgehill\", located in Charlotte County, Virginia which Mary B. G. Galt inherited from her brother, Carrington Grigsby. Includes 1914 plat of the Charlotte County property, 1914 Deed of Trust note on the property, correspondence with potential purchasers of the property, and correspondence and legal documents on the sale of the property to L. E. Rogers, John O. Walker, and C.E. Hunter in 1916.","1916-1928 correspondence between Otis M. Locke and William Wilson Galt about rental of property in Charlotte County. Mr. Locke rented a piece of property, possibly since 1907, and tried to purchase it a number of times. The property was originally part of the Grigsby estate. 1919-1925 correspondence about selling other parcels of land that were part of the Grigsby estate, including part of the Cardwell Tract. Correspondence and legal documents on the 1936 sale of one part of the Charlotte County, Virginia property to F. Watts Burgess and L. P. White. Correspondence and legal documents on the 1952 sale of the final piece of property to Boyd Hensley. Includes tax statements, county and property maps, and legal documents given to Hugh B. G. Galt by the remaining descendants of Mary B.G. Galt the right to sell the property.","Handwritten list of some of the furnishings of Mary B. G. Galt with a history of the item.  Includes photographs of some of the paintings.","Tax documents and correspondence regarding inheritance tax after the death of William Wilson Galt.","Inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Wilson Galt and Mary B. Galt.  Agreement between Carrington G. Galt and his siblings where he releases all his rights to the tangible personal property as a legatee of Mary B. and William Wilson Galt, 1934 July 14.  A ledger with lists and appraisals of estate.","1934 death certificate of William Wilson Galt; 1934 certification of H. G. G. Galt as executor to William Wilson Galt's estate; 1934 document giving Hugh Blair G. Galt permission to make repairs to 1104 Westover Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia (home of William Wilson Galt); 1934 inventory of 1104 Westover Avenue. Other legal documents between the beneficiaries of William W. and Mary B. G. Galt, 1916 will of William Wilson Galt, financial notes and ledgers and tax documents.","Application of relief from taxes on property in Charlotte County, Virginia.  Cancelled checks and bank statements.  Correspondence related to tax and banking issues.","Correspondence and documents of Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt as the executor of the estates of both William Wilson Galt and Mary B.G. Galt, his parents. He dealt with all the aspects of the estate: making an inventory of the contents of the house, selling items not wanted by his siblings, organizing papers, fixing up and selling the house, and maintaining accounts and legal forms to document his work. The correspondence with his siblings is often in triplicate. The names of his siblings are William R. Galt, Susan D. Zimermann, and Carrington G. Galt. Items from the home are mentioned, plus items given or on loan to institutions.","Ledger kept by Hugh B. G. Galt as administrator of the personal estate of Hugh Carrington Grigsby. Pages 6-22 include the inventory of personal estate and page 196 includes an account of finances. Between pages 22 and 23 are three loose items: two pages with pencil drawn scenes set in Colorado and probably drawn by Hugh B. G. Galt, and one letter dated 1892 December 27 addressed to \"My precious Mother\" (her mother-in-law) from Mary B. G. Galt about the sadness she feels with the death of her father-in-law. Loose memo book in back of ledger includes a few accounts and notes from 1889. All pages in between are blank.","Correspondence with Fitzgerald Flournoy, Henry Riely, other genealogists, family members and organizations about the Grigsby and Galt families. Of particular note is Fitzgerald Flournoy who organized the Grigsby Papers for Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, and his writings about different family members. One unpublished report, \"The Lot of the Defeated\" is included. Correspondence with Henry Riely, a lawyer with the firm McGuire, Riely and Eggleston in Richmond, Virginia centers on the Carrington Family. Includes notes on the families and Norfolk Historical Society inquiries.","Notes on Dr. Alexander Dickie Galt by William R. Galt and a handwritten paper on Alexander Galt, the sculptor, by Hugh B. Grigsby with a carbon typescript, published 1863 February 3 in the Richmond Inquirer. A \"Memoria Sacrum\" poem by James Barron Hope in memory of \"Alexander Galt, The Sculptor.\"","Undated handwritten and typescript of  \"Memoir of John Minson Galt, Jr.\" by W. R. Grigsby. 1941 September issue of \"Virginia Medical Monthly\" with an article on \"Dr. John Minson Galt and the Williamsburg Asylum\" by P. G. Hamlin.","Carbon typescript of paper entitled \"Mr. Grigsby: Athlete, Orator, Author\", author and date unknown.","Notes, correspondence and copies of documents relating to the Grigsby and Galt Families. Includes notes on the Whitehead Family. Other notes on collateral families of Scervant, Ware, Marston, Finch, McPherson, Silvester, and others. Includes a reprint of the 1863 obituary of Captain Reuben Grigsby from the Richmond Enquirer; 1896 article from the Central Presbyterian on the Old Stone Church in Lewistown, Virginia with a mention of Reverend Benjamin Grigsby, the father of Hugh Blair Grigsby and a handwritten copy of the James Galt family Bible. Some reports written by Mary Meares Galt. Includes a note written on a paper bag, \"Home - Woodside, Mrs. Dr. John M. Galt, Dr. John M. Galt, MD - C.S.A. Children, Eva Dulaney Galt, Herbert Randolph Galt\" and a 1870 November 14 invoice for tuition for the \"Misses C. \u0026 M. Skinner\" paid by Honorable J. B. Whitehead.","1898 April 19 confirmation certification by the Bishop of Southern Virginia in the Ascension Church in Keysville, Virginia. 1938 January 25 letter from the  Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution invitation to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt for membership via John Grigsby or Benjamin Porter.","Includes a 1871 obituary of Judge William Leigh of Halifax County, Virginia.  Most clippings deal with events in the Norfolk, Virginia area, either articles or editorials.","Newsletters, brochures and programs from various groups and events. Undated material includes \"General Regulations\" from William \u0026 Mary; map of New York City; reproduction map of \"Champlain's Map of New France 1632\"; order from for The George Jaberg Music Company of Cincinnati, Ohio; empty notepad from \"R.J. Edwards, Smithfield, Virginia\"; three copies of \"America,\" one copy of \"Yankee Doodle\" (3\"x2\") as advertisements for W. G. Williams, Smithville, Virginia; advertising card for E. E. Guys of Norfolk, Virginia.","Manuscript draft of essay on \"The First President of William \u0026 Mary,\" also called \"Commissary James Blair,\" dated 1913, typescript of paper, \"Commodore John Paul Jones,\" undated and an 1899 poem written on the Norfolk Boat Club letterhead using both English and German.","Booklet for The Galt Literary Society which was organized by \"the young men of William R. Galt's school.\"","Typed transcript of a letter written to W. R. Galt by Colonel John B. Cary of Richmond, Virginia about the Scervant Family, dated 1875 August 16.  Handwritten note on bottom of letter: original of this letter is in the possession of W.R. Galt's granddaughter, Mary M. Galt.","Certificate to William R. Galt from The Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America saying that he is \"A Noble of the Mystic Shrine in Accas Temple in Richmond, Virginia.\" 1900 May 16.","1903 form letter announcing meeting of the Orient Mark Lodge of Japan; 1903 menu of the \"traditional banquet to the Members of Aloha Temple...in Honolulu; 1907 Funeral Service procedures \"as prescribed by The Grand Lodge of Virginia\"; 1911 bylaws of the Owens Lodge in Norfolk, Virginia; \"Laying of the Cornerstone of St. Andrews Episcopal Church\" by Owen Lodge No. 164 in Norfolk, Virginia 1920 June 30; 1918 February 15 Virginia Masonic Journal Newsletter; February 1917 newsletter \"Atlantic Lodge News\" with an article on William Wilson Galt; The Temple News of Norfolk, Virginia dated 1920 September (Volume 3, Number 9). Includes newspaper clippings about the Masons, William Wilson Galt, and Hugh B. Galt.","Speeches given at the 10th Annual Convention of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association (undated),  and a paper entitled \"Harmony.\"","Manuscript speech on the History of Masonry.  39 pages.","Manuscript address explaining \"certain words and passages of our work that are not very clear in their meaning or application\".   26 pages.","Manuscript speech on the \"source of the Sublime Degree, the foundation of Masonry\".  Gives sources at the end of the paper.  61 pages.","Includes a tribute to William Richard Galt written by James H. Dillard. Originally published in the Southern Churchman, dated 1922 September 25.","Personal papers of William Wilson Galt which include financial material, business correspondence, material as executor of family members' estates, real estate transactions, tax and insurance documents, news clippings, printed and published written material, papers from his time as Navy Paymaster, and his last will and testament. William Wilson Galt joined the Navy about 1877 and served in the Navy for 50 years. He was a Navy Paymaster for most of those years. In 1881, he married Mary Blair Grigsby, daughter of Hugh Blair Grigsby, the Chancellor of William \u0026 Mary from 1871 to 1881.","Calling cards from Galt Family members and others.","Grades for Robert W. Galt and Mary C. Galt during one school session. 1901 tuition invoice to Mrs. J. T. Carr for music lessons on guitar for Hugh Blair Galt.","Newspaper and other clippings collected by William Wilson Galt. Some topics are Norfolk, Florida and the Navy. Some clippings are poems.","Newspaper and other clippings about the Galt Family. Obituaries and articles about Roger H. Galt, William Wilson Galt, William Richard Galt, and others.","Correspondence from the U.S. Navy and related people to William Wilson Galt. Correspondence regarding H. R. Bills 18701 and 19313 about giving officers an option of voluntary retirement. Medical examination material for 1909 and 1910. 1911 October 6 letter transferring his position at the Navy Pay Office to Pay Inspector Harry E. Biscoe and October 18 and 21 letters commanding him for duty as Paymaster of Yard under the command of the Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk. 1912 correspondence about receipt of a medal, receipts for a meal, Naval Communication Service invoices and a carbon copy of a letter to Miss Serpell from Arthur P. Ware about a War Department plat. Some of William Wilson Galt's Naval correspondence is also filed in date order in Sub-series 1, Galt Family Correspondence.","Small leather covered daybook which includes daily notations, addresses, and account information.","Insurance invoices.","Includes tombstone inscription and order for tombstone; \"list of books taken from library at Edgehill Oct. 9th, 1884 by Mrs. William Wilson Galt\"; receipts for payments from the estate; 1881 prenuptial contract between Mary Blair Grigsby and W. W. Galt stating that William Wilson Galt will not interfere with the rents and profits of the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby; legal documents with Mary Blair Grigsby Galt as one of the executors of her father's estate; accounts of the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby.","Leather account book from the Norfolk National Bank with approximately seven pages of accounts relating to the estate of Mary B. Grigsby, which include lists of items, possibly as inventories, under the headings: \"Mary Blair Carrington\", \"For Grove/For Edgehill\", and \"Farming Implements\". Also includes an account of the security stock of the Charlotte Banking and Insurance Company belonging to the estate of Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby.","Invoices of interest payment to Robert R. Prentis on note due Joseph B. Whitehead's estate.","Canceled checks, bank statements, check stub books, deposit slips and bank notes.","Two bank books for Mrs. Mary Blair Galt. Leather notepad wallet moved to Manuscripts Artifact Collection, Mss. 1.03.","Typed list of Galt's expenses when he was a candidate for the House of Delegates. List addressed to the Chairman City Democratic Committee.","Invoices for purchases from local businesses and businesses across the country. Many invoices list items purchased. Receipts from businesses. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster.","Invoices and receipts for purchases from local businesses and businesses across the country. Many invoices list items purchased. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster. Includes receipts for payments to the City Gas Company of Norfolk, and Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.","Invoices and receipts for local and world-wide purchases. Many invoices list items purchased. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster. Includes purchase of a guitar for $7.00 in 1900 and a General Catalogue No. 66 from Montgomery Ward \u0026 Co.","Correspondence, receipts and bonds for the Tidewater Mineral and Oil Corporation and Norfolk-Princess Anne Oil Corporation.","William Wilson Galt elected an Honorary Member of St. Johns Masonic Lodge 1908. Carbon copy of a 1911 June 21 letter from William Wilson Galt, as Representative of the United Grand Lodge, to Sir Edward Letchworth, the Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge...Freemasons' Hall in England, about the honor conferred upon him. Related Mason material, some about William Wilson Galt, is filed in Sub-Series 3, William R. Galt.","1908 contract for telephone service and a 1916 Virginia State Hunter's License. 1896-1899 insurance records which include a policy, payment receipts of premiums and correspondence.","1881 December 1 Charlotte County, Virginia marriage license between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby with a Minister's Return of Marriage.","William Wilson Galt wrote a poem entitled \"The Battle of Manila Bay\". The poem was printed in various publications and eventually incorporated into a book, also called \"The Battle of Manila Bay\". Copies of the poem from various sources, newspaper articles about the poem, and order slips for purchasing the book. Research correspondence and requests for photographs from men who participated in the battle, copyright information and letters from appreciative readers. Some correspondence on the lectures Galt gave on the Battle of Manila Bay.   Note: accounting details from the sale of the book are located with various financial documents as noted on the inventory.","Leather bound diary kept by William Wilson Galt while stationed at Punta de los Cerritos from 1882 April 19-31.","Two certificates of membership for the Navy Relief Society; one for Paymaster W. W. Galt and one for Mrs. William Wilson Galt.","Newspaper clippings about the Navy, Navy personnel, and William Wilson Galt.","Membership material for the Navy Mutual Aid Association, Allotment Check transmissions and Statement of Account for his pay. Leave requests from 1903-1906. 1922 letter exchange with the Judge Advocate General about bonds.","Report \"574 C\" reconciling statement of William Wilson Galt, Paymaster, U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia. for 1st quarter of 1896, and Auditor memos from 1913 and 1914.","Clarence N. Howell is an Assistant Chief Clerk in the Paymaster's Office. In 1907, he accuses the Paymaster's Office of misconduct and mismanagement. William Wilson Galt is investigated and the newspapers carry articles about the situation (see news clipping files). Correspondence includes many letters written to William Wilson Galt from creditors of Clarence N. Howell from 1902 to 1907. Includes the official report written by William Wilson Galt where he answers each accusation. Correspondence to and from William Wilson Galt about the accusations. Folder title used by William Wilson Galt.","Receipt slips for navy personnel which include the names of the men.","Chart listing names of men, how many days worked, pay per day, and total pay.","Ledger which is a cash book for the USS. Kentucky (1903-unknown), but also records 1906-1907 sales of \"The Battle of Manila Bay\" on pages 54-63, 89-90. Near the end of the book are entries for the USS Vicksburg from 1902-1903. Loose papers include sheets listing men and their positions on the Boston, the Raleigh, the Baltimore, and other ships. Includes a few paymaster receipts. Printed list of arrival and departure dates and name of ports for the \"Cruise of USS Kentucky\" (1900-1904); 1903 issue of \"The Open Door: Thanksgiving Number\" which includes names of all crew members; 1904 February 20 issue of \"The Open Door\". Correspondence about physical exam before receiving a promotion and other material included.","Correspondence, supply orders, memos, and other supply related material while stationed in Gibraltar, Hong Kong, and Smyrna. Includes a barber bill for 1899 with names of the men, their pay number and rating; 1898 list from the Treasury Department of the \"Values of Foreign Coins\"; handmade card signed by members of the crew entitled \"You May Fire When You are Ready, Gridley, May 1, 1898 to May 1st, 1901\", and a 1898 March 26 letter relieving Galt of duty on the USS Raleigh.","Photo print of \"Genl Dewey\". Receipts from the Grand Hotel in Guatemala, the Kilaneau Volcano House in Hawaii, the Grand Hotel in Yokohama, and the Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita. Pamphlet for the Panic Mail Steamship Company Peru with a list of passengers (1902), and receipt for clothing from \"Ah Sing and Co.\" in Shanghai.","Copy of the \"General Service Code\" with homographic signals, typed extract from 1898 May 27 China Daily Press; 1907 January 19 partial issue of Army and Navy Register; list of \"District Joint Communications Visited\"; 1890 pass for W. W. Galt for San Jose De Gu Temala, Central America; 1871 map of Santo Domingo; prospectus pamphlet for the Ostrander Repeating Gun Company, and a pamphlet for the Ostrander Gun.","1898 July 9 order to report to the USS Delmonico; note giving the time of the \"Sword presentations \u0026 c to officers of the Navy\"; 1902 appointment and commission as Pay Inspector in the Navy, with the rank of Commander; 1903 appointment order to be on a \"Navy Examining Board\" and a Congressional Bill (S. 5693) from the 63rd Congress, 2nd Session \"To provide for the promotion of Pay Director William Wilson Galt...to the rank of Rear Admiral in the Pay Corps of the Navy upon his retirement from the service\" (1914). Correspondence in regard to promotions, including letters of recommendations.","Resolutions adopted at the last meeting on 1909 May 1. Two copies of the \"Constitution and List of Members of the Society of Manila Bay\" and a 1920 brochure for the Twenty-Second Annual Banquet at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC with signatures on the inside front cover. Tissue paper carbon of a 1926 letter addressed to Captain Dudley N. Carpenter about the May meeting of the Manila Bay Society.","Proposed amendment to House Bill #6616, \"That after completing the prescribed course of four years' instruction at the Naval Academy ... there shall be retained each year for service in the Navy and Marine Corps...only so many as shall equal the number of vacancies...\"","Notes about spheres, torture, Spanish sentence structure and a medicinal formula. Shopping list, a mostly blank small notebook, list of automobile travel expenditures with names of Virginia towns and the vehicle odometer reading, code labeled \"Grimm's Law,\" drawing of a possible boat, drawing of the floor plan of a house and a doodle drawing.","Poems and prose with titles such as \"Our Idyll,\" \"A Prayer\" and \"To One Who Knows\" (1923). Most are handwritten. 1923 typed Christmas poem addressed to Mary Meares from \"Uncle Bill\".","Brochures, pamphlets, sales advertising, \"how to play whist\" pamphlet, postcards, printed poems, recipes, programs, safe driver's manual, \"a Summary History of the Palazzo Dandolo now Royal Hotel Danieli in Venice\" (1896), postcards of Venice, tourist photographs of Venice, an 1894 Missionary Calendar of Prayer, and a 1904 pamphlet Concerning Old Norfolk about Norfolk, Virginia.","Deeds and other legal documents for property in Norfolk, Virginia, Colorado, and Florida.","Scrapbook of newspaper clippings with notes and poems, some by William Wilson Galt, pasted into an account book. Beginning on page 100, accounts for the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary V. Grigsby from 1885-1886. Includes loose papers of handwritten poetry, an 1887 map of Alaska, an 1890 broadside for San Salvador and Guatemala, a printed poem \"A Ballad of Manila Bay\" by Timothy Wilfred Oakley and other printed material.","Tax bills and receipts for personal and property taxes.","Typed carbon copy of the Last Will and Testament of William Wilson Galt dated 1927 August 11.","Certificate dated 1878 January 25,  appointing William Wilson Galt as Assistant Paymaster of the Navy, signed by Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, and R.W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate dated 1881 October 15, appointing William Wilson Galt as Passed Assistant Paymaster with the relative rank of Master, signed by Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, and  William H. Hunt, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate dated 1893 September 26, appointing William Wilson Galt as Paymaster of the Navy with the relative rank of Lieutenant, signed by Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, and H. A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate, dated 1899 March 3, appointing William Wilson Galt as Paymaster of the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant Commander, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy. Certificate dated 1901 February 19, assigning William Wilson Galt as number one in the Rank of List of Paymasters in the Navy for Extraordinary Heroism, signed by William McKinley, President of the United States, and John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate dated 1902 April 10, appointing William Wilson Galt as Pay Inspector of the Navy with the rank of Commander, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and William H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate, dated 1903 December 2, appointing William Wilson Galt as Pay Director of the Navy, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and William H. Wood, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate of Membership in the Society of Manila Bay for William Wilson Galt, USS Raleigh, signed by George Dewey, Commodore US Navy, undated.    Picture and roster of the members of the Society of Manila Bay who attended the banquet at Admiral Dewey's resident in Washington, DC on 1914 May 1.  Photograph is very fragile and rolled.  All certificates are loosely rolled.","Includes individual items for Susie Galt, Carrington G. Galt, Herbert Randolph Galt, Mary Carrington Galt and Robert W. Galt, plus newspaper clippings about various family members and homes.","Correspondence, mostly regarding genealogy of the Galt Family, plus her files on the Galt Family genealogy.","Correspondence to Mamie Garland and her father Maurice Garland about the Galt Family with some general letters and invitations from members of the Galt Family.","Correspondence to Mary \"Mamie\" Garland about the Galt Family with some personal correspondence with friends and family and business correspondence in relation to her jobs at the Valentine Museum and the Richmond Public Library.","Charts, notes, news clippings, and correspondence about Galt Family genealogy.","Empty envelopes, blank greeting cards and blank notepaper.","Some items were moldy when accessioned. They have been boxed separately and are currently unavailable to the public.","These documents are in conservation and unavailable to the public. Letters to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt from her husband, William Wilson Galt. 3 letters.","These documents are in conservation and unavailable to the public. Small notebook with two pages of accounts.","These documents are in conservation and unavailable to the public. Speeches, reports, and poem about the Masons.","1809 property tax bill, and 1808 letter from Lewis Stuart of Greenbrier.","These papers mainly deal with Hugh Blair Grigsby's business and family in Charlotte County, Virginia. Includes some early family papers, deeds and correspondence. The papers were accessioned as a group of loose papers and a group of file folders in a wooden box. In organizing these papers, this original grouping has been kept. The loose papers are arranged alphabetically by subject, then the papers in the wooden box are also arranged alphabetically by subject. There is an overlap.","15 business or calling cards with Hugh Blair Grigsby's signature.","Letter from Annie Christian to Mrs. Anne Fleming about Indian attacks and related troubles, plus her desire to be in Botetourt County, dated 1780 April 1. Hugh Blair Grigsby collected her letters. Most of the letters are housed in the Hugh Blair Grigsby Papers at the Virginia Historical Society.","1842 letter has a note \"The only piece of the handwriting of my mother that I possess.\" 1840 letter deals with results of the presidential election, 1841 letter to his wife about his visit to Norfolk, Virginia; undated response to a complaint by Joseph Caldwell; 1855 letter regarding his purchase of \"Pocohantas\"; undated letter from Mary Blair Grigsby Galt to her Mother; undated letter to Mrs. Grigsby at Edgehill from \"Cousin P. E. R.\"","1881 receipt from John E. Holt. Agreement of Partition between H. Carrington Grigsby and William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair his wife, dated January 24, 1882. February 8, 1882 agreement between Mrs. M. V. Grigsby, administratrix of the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby from Thomas Word.","Receipts, invoices, accounts and business correspondence relating to items purchased for home, business and farm.  Includes an 1828-1831 account sheet for money received and money expended, requests for loans from neighbors, bond material, and a small book, \"Account of John E. Holt\" from 1869-1879.  Two accounts were grouped separately when accessioned and have been grouped separately in the back of this folder:  Accounts with W. H. Smith from 1875-1882 and Accounts with John E. Holt and J. W. Eggleston from 1869-1881.","Account book for family and farm expenses and payments from 1887-1896. Does not include an index, but names of people and merchants are noted on each page. One small \"daily\" notebook with financial information, undated. Bank book from \"Exchange National Bank in Norfolk\" with entries from 1871-1880.","Notes on the early history of Virginia and a tribute written \"to the memory of my father the Rev. Benjamin Porter Grigsby\" by Hugh Blair Grigsby.","Small group of papers belonging to Mary Venable Grigsby, the wife of Hugh Blair Grigsby. Circa 1829 letter from a friend in Richmond, Virginia; a calling card; an 1882 application for life insurance; two undated letters from her son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby (one while at Hampden-Sydney College); undated letter from her sister.","Plats, deeds and related material for land in Charlotte County. Includes a 1736 survey by William Westbrook with notes on \"Booker Survey\"; 1793 survey for Thomas Read; Edward Fitzgerald deed to Hugh B. Grigsby; 1870 survey of the \"Low Grounds of Edgehill\" by Thomas F. Petters, correspondence on land bought from the Cardwell Family (1870's and 80's) and more.","1839 deed from George Garraway to Edward Fitzgerald for land on East Street; 1855 deed from Rosina Karcher to Simon S. Stubbs for property on Main Street; 1858 deed from Hugh B. Grigsby to Charles B. Duffield for property on East Street.","List of items taxed for 1879 and Grigsby's copy of the letter sent when paying bill.","Handwritten copy of an indenture, 1859 April 2, in the \"City of Williamsburg between Hugh Blair Grigsby...in his own behalf and in behalf of his infant son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, of his infant nephews, Hugh Grigsby Whitehead, Henry Colgate Whitehead, John Boswell Whitehead, Jr., Holbrook Whitehead and Park Lewis Poindexter, and of his nieces Cornelia Grigsby, Irwin, Jr, Billie Poindexter and Mary Irwin...and the President and Masters or professors of William \u0026 Mary in Virginia...a certificate of debt...of One Thousand dollars bearing six per cent interest per annum payable half yearly to have and to hold.... Copy of signatures of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Benjamin S. Ewell. Paragraph in the indenture explains why he is listing his son, nieces and nephews on the document. Document from Benjamin S. Ewell that states \"whereas the late Hugh Blair Grigsby...endow in said college, 'The Chancellor Scholarship\" with his bond, dated 1881 January 18. 1881 Resolution from the Convocation of the Board of Visitors and Governors of William \u0026 Mary in memory of the death of Hugh Blair Grigsby, LL. D.","Handwritten poems, a hymn, a shopping list, published tributes to Hugh Blair Grigsby at his death, printed sheets of the hymn written by Hugh B. Grigsby in 1877, and two copies of pamphlet Lines, to my Daughter on her Fourteenth Birthday, privately printed in Norfolk. 1881 May 20 Richmond Dispatch clipping with a poem, \"Lines: Suggested by the Death of Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby, April 28, 1881,\" \"Hymn written on the morning of the 22d of November 1877, when I entered my seventy-second year\" by Hugh Blair Grigsby and \"A Sonnet on Spring\" from Farmville.","Deeds, surveys and plats of land in Charlotte County. Names on documents include Joel Watkins, Brooks Becker, Thomas H. Spencer and William L. Morton.","Nine 1861 confederate certificates at 8 per cent and four 1864 confederate bonds at 4 per cent.","Handwritten  letter written by Hugh Blair Grigsby to Mr. Grinnan of Orange County, Virginia about the Porter Family genealogy and Grigsby Family genealogy.  Stamped envelope included.","Receipts, accounts, agreements, invoices, and correspondence for bank business, personal loans, bonds, and purchases.","Receipts for purchase and sale of slaves by the Whitehead and Grigsby families in Charlotte County and Norfolk, Virginia.  Slave names included:  Louisa, Richard, Emanual, Elexena and her three children Jenny, Fanny and \"blank\", Virginia and Richard and Rachal and child Diana.","1856 document electing Hugh Blair Grigsby as a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and an 1861 letter inviting him to a meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society.","Agreement on rental or use of farm property.","Handwritten and printed poetry. One poem, \"Life's Latest Pleasures\" was written when Grigsby was 85 years old. Includes 1867 poem, \"Lines to Hugh Blair Grigsby, L.L.D, President of the Virginia Historical Society\" by Emma Early.","Includes 1779 January 14 plat and description of land which was part of the estate of Thomas Watkins and part of the tract of land owned by Beverly Randolph in Charlotte County, 1805 deed from Joel Watkins to Clement Carrington, 1862 letter from John McPhail sending \"old deeds pertaining to the Edgehill Estate,\" 1878 survey for \"T. N. Jones and Catlet\" to sell the lands of W. Cardwell in Charlotte County, 1879 deed where Robert Catlet sells the Cardwell land to Hugh Blair Grigsby, 1887 deed between Mary V. Grigsby and H. Carrington Grigsby transferring Edgehill tract to H. Carrington Grigsby, 1905 sketch of the \"lines between the farms of Carrington Grigsby and J. Flood Morton as agreed upon by them and established by J. D. Morton\", and an undated survey description of land on the Little Roanoke River.","Papers concerning the lawsuit between Pugh and Cardwell which centered on land that Grigsby wanted to purchase.  Includes deeds, financial information and property related documents.  The land belonged William Cardwell and Thomas Cardwell.","Papers concerning the purchase of the William W. Read property which adjoined Edgehill. Includes deed of sale, correspondence and notes. Appears that Read refused to sell the property after he had agreed in writing to the sale.","List of personal property which included 42 slaves above the age of 16, 9 slaves aged 12-16 years old, 21 horses, 1 piano, 1 gold watch, 1 carriage, stock shares and $125 in value of silver plate.","1872 letter written by H.C. Grigsby to Miss Margaret Venable about boarding at her house when he visits Hampden-Sidney and 1875 letter from H. Carrington Grigsby to \"Cousin Mag\" sending his regards.","Papers of Hugh Carrington Grigsby, which also includes some material for his sister, Mary Blair Grigsby before and after her marriage to William Wilson Galt.   Hugh Carrington Grigsby resided at Edgehill in Charlotte County, Virginia.  His papers concern family matters, such as the estate of his father Hugh Blair Grigsby, business affairs of the family and relationships with his sister Mary Blair Grigsby, William Wilson Galt and other relatives who lived in Charlotte County and elsewhere.  Even though he invited many ladies to local events, often with the collusion of friends, he never married.  He was engaged to Mary H. Holt in 1897 but she evidently broke the engagement because she loved someone else.  Many letters deal with the local community regarding farming, money, local politics, clubs, and more.  After his Father's death, Hugh Carrington Grigsby slowly becomes more involved in the local community.  Letters from his Mother express concern about his welfare, opinions on family matters, reports of her daily routines and advice.","Correspondents include Mary B. Grigsby (sister), Paulus A. Irving (friend) and Hugh Blair Grigsby (father). Mary B. Grigsby asks for advice on how to dress and how to behave when she visits him, probably at Hampton-Sydney College in 1876.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include his father Hugh Blair Grigsby, his sister Mary B. Grigsby, and other family members and friends. W. Irving Taylor writes about a portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby. John Whitehead, Carrington's uncle, sends a letter from Mr. Brock who asks for the original minutes of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of William and Mary which should be with his Father's papers. Family letters often concern Hugh Blair Grigsby's death and estate. Other letters offer condolences on the death of Hugh Blair Grigsby. Lucie Knight and Alice Marrow write concerning invitations from Carrington Grigsby.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. W. G. Morton asks to buy a Revolutionary War flint lock gun, Nina Bouldin solicits donations for a library at the Mt. Pisgah Academy. Letters from brother-in-law William Wilson Galt, J. B. Whitehead, Rev. J. J. Kirkpatrick, and others. Includes draft of a letter from H.C. Grigsby to R. C. Reid where he states that Reid was out of line to publically correct him, letter from B. Johnson Barbour who wants an interview about Hugh Blair Grigsby, letters from W.P. Dye and others about farming and livestock practices, letters from neighbors and friends extending invitations, letter from Robert Armistead of Richmond, Virginia about purchases made by Mary Galt, and a letter from A. E. T. Bradford about a \"J. W. Madison\" desk given to Hugh Blair Grigsby which was to be returned to him after Hugh Blair Grigsby's death.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include:  Miss Alice Murrow accepting an invitation, Louise Carrington, great grandson of John Grigsby A.B. McCorkle, relative J. B. Whitehead, mother Mary V. Grigsby, sister Mary G. Galt, cousin B.A. White), neighbor J. W. Morton, and cousin Louise Carrington. Includes letters from Mary G. Galt to her mother, a letter from Cousin Thomas B. Venable to Mrs. Mary Grigsby about a portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby, family letters concerning his father's estate, invitations from F. H. Bouldin and other neighbors, replies from invitations to young ladies, letter about membership in Aspin Grove Range, and letters concerning the price of corn and other farm items.  Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby, Carrington's mother, is living with different relatives after the death of her husband.","Includes family, friend, and business correspondence. Correspondents include:  brother-in-law William Wilson Galt, cousin John B. Whitehead, sister Mary G. Galt, Lucy A. Priddy asking for a loan, cousin J. C. Carrington, friend and old neighbor J. W. Morton,  Miss M. G. Nowlins, L. H. Hayes regarding horses, Miss S. A. Boswell with an invitation to church, an invitation from Mrs. McKelway, a driving invitation from Jennie Watkins, cousin Nellie Watkins, Alice Marrow regarding a visit, and cousin Louise Carrington.   Includes a letter from W. H. Grigsby in Washington, DC about reviewing an enclosed crayon portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby, letter from Lyon G. Tyler asking for any correspondence between Hugh Blair Grigsby and President Tyler for his research on President Tyler, letters from neighbors about escaped sheep and a loan, letters from young ladies and a letter from a local farmer J. E. Holt to Mrs. Grigsby about his family and farming.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence, invitations and wedding announcements. Correspondents include: Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt, Mrs. Grigsby, Charles Deane of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Louise Carrington, Emmett M. Dickson and other friends and relatives. Includes letters of introduction by friends for Carrington Grigsby to use during a visit to Kentucky, letter from Mrs. Louise Leigh (cousin) with a note on the back by Carrington about his friendship with her and how he'll miss talking with her now that she is married, a poem by Miss Bigalow, a letter from W. H. Grigsby about a crayon likeness of Hugh Blair Grigsby, an analysis of \"Vivorilla Guano\" and a copy of his letter to Mrs. Reuben (Virginia) Grigsby Chandler. Mary V. Grigsby's letters relate her daily routines and visits plus she gives advice to Carrington.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence, invitations, and wedding announcements. Correspondents include:  Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt, Mrs. Grigsby, Mary Bolling, Charles Deane, Marie Shepperdson, John Whitehead, C.T . Hanson, P. R. Carrington about the Carrington genealogy, cousin Henrietta McCormick of Chicago, T. R. Rogers, S. W. Morton, Marianne E. Skelton, and Pattie Finch. Includes a handwritten program for a local \"musical soiree\" at Mrs. Kate McKelway's home, letter from Frank G. Ruffin who wants copy of Hugh Blair Grigsby's address to the Virginia Convention about the Federal constitution, notes from neighbors about oats and nails, letter from Boylan Green about a new debating society, and letters from extended family members about genealogy.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt , Mary V. Grigsby, M. L. Nowlin,  G. T. Hersfelt, Mary E. Bollings, cousin John Whitehead, Miss Bigelow, and W. M. Cary. Includes 1884 invitation to Hampton Sidney College's graduation, letter from Sheriff C.V. Marshall appointing Carrington as one of the commissioners to view proposed new road, invitation to 1884 leap year party, letter from B. Johnston Barbour about one of Hugh Blair Grigsby's addresses, and letter electing Grigsby as delegate to represent the Walton Magistrate District at the Democratic convention in Roanoke.  Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby continues to give advice and talk of her daily routine and health.  William Wilson Galt mentions that he may be sent to Europe.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt , Mrs. Grigsby, Miss Willie Garland, and other family members, friends, and business acquaintances. Includes invitations to local functions and homes, thank you notes for books, notes from Peachy Gilmer, Miss Jeffress and other female friends, note from Dr. Thackston about teeth and dentist problems, Lillian Lee genealogy, and letter from Mrs. G. P. Rice telling him bluntly that she will not congratulate him on his appointment to the Russian Delegation.  Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby has further serious health problems.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: J. D. Shepperson, cousin Annie Read, Victor Murguiondo, William Wilson Galt, W. W. Glasgow, Charles Deane, Mary B. Grigsby Galt, Mary V. Grigsby, and others. Includes invitations to the \"jois de Vie\", copy of letter from Carrington to his Mother while he was visiting White Sulphur Springs, responses from lady friends, letters of introductions, letters concerning ladies (one letter from H.H. Booker telling Carrington that a certain young lady was \"at church\" today), letters about genealogy, letters from neighbors about farming matters, letter fom J. D. Shepperson about helping with a negro club, and letter from William W. Glasgow about the changes in Virginia and \"the race of true Virginians.\" William Wilson Galt writes about his family's move into a new home and business/land dealings that concern the Grigsby Family. John Whitehead writes about Hugh Blair Grigsby's estate.  Mary B.Grisby Galt tells of her growing family and activities.  Mrs. Galt is staying with friends.","Family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: Mrs. L. Carrington, William Wilson Galt, Mrs. Grigsby, John Whitehead, and others. Mrs. L. Carrington asks for a loan in a flowery letter. William Wilson Galt relates financial information and family affairs . Letter from a Mrs. Crampton (?) who wants her son to receive some education and asks Carrington to ask Mr. Galt about Navy prospects, reply from William Galt about the Navy and about a lady \"prospectz' for Carrington. Mrs. Grigsby's eyes are not doing well. She appears to be living with the Galt Family. Miss Maria Davison about genealogy of the Ross Family. W. S. Morton complains about two loose colts.","Family, friend, and business correspondence. Mr. P. B. Price wants to publish a Hampton Sydney address by Hugh Blair Grigsby.  Farming related correspondence about prices, orders, and more.  William Wilson Galt writes about selling Main Street house, family affairs, and Mrs. Grigsby.  Letters and replies to invitations from ladies, plus a letter from P. Morison who writes, \"I should prefer not going out with you...I go with are usually college boys and the younger Seminary students in whom I feel some special interest...\"  Kate Bigelow writes about her teaching job and \"if I see or know of any one whom I think will suit you, I will certainly remember you\".  W. T. Ewell writes from William \u0026 Mary about the bond deeded to William \u0026 Mary by Hugh Blair Grigsby and the portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby.  Invitations from neighbors.  Lottie Carrington sells seven of a dozen of autographed letters from George Washington for $25 each, and is trying to locate some of the other letters that belong to her.","Family, friend and business correspondence. Cousin Bettie Johnson sends a journal article, Lizzie J. Hunt requests a buggy ride to the court house, William Wilson Galt writes about Grigsby business and the Main Street House, J. W. Hooper  and others want to see Hugh Blair Grigsby's papers from Hampden  Sidney, business letters about farming and banking, Miss Lulie Watkins prays that he meant it when he said he wanted to accept Jesus and explains the plan of Salvation, Nancy Stuart requests his picture for a young lady, Mrs. Grigsby writes of her personal and family affairs and lectures him on other matters, relatives and friends appear to be concerned that he's not married yet, W. W. Read warns about a tenant and  J. D. Griselin requests Hugh Blair Grigsby's letters for Miss Sallie Tazewell who is republishing a series of her father's letters.","Family, friend and business correspondence. Cousin Bettie Gaines has organized a female reading club and is still teaching, Major Gaines reports that Col. Whitehead has nominated Gaines to the State Board of Agriculture, Mrs. Viola Minor asks for beef steak \"I wanted to ask you this but could not summon up courage\", and other correspondence from neighbors and relatives who write of family and local news, the illness of his Mother, and send replies or requests to invitations for visits or functions. Telegram from his Mother about the birth of Robert Ware Galt, son of Mary Blair Grigsby and William Wilson Galt. Appears that Mrs. Grigsby is staying at Edgehill during the later part of the year where friends and neighbors care for her. Letters from \"cousins\" suggest that he is leading a boring and dull life and sympathize that he cannot find a companion, though there are many notes about \"dates\" with ladies. Cousin Berta Lackey writes in February of a horse and carriage accident that injured her, about not knowing what love is and implies there might be something going on between the two of them but in March she writes \"I will ever regard you with the cousinly interest that first led me to address a letter to you\". She later writes more letters, mentioning going to Richmond to get a fragment of bone removed due to her carriage accident. Her writing style is Victorian and her subject matter introspective and analytical. She is a teacher and lives near Lexington, Virginia. By the end of the year, after meeting Carrington and his family in both Lexington and Richmond, the \"relationship\" seems to be completely platonic. A Mrs. Minor and her daughter, Viola, write to Mrs. Grigsby about an incident at Edgehill where the daughter was either renting rooms or staying as a housekeeper. Evidently Carrington Grigsby became enraged by an incident, suggesting Viola did something dishonest, but Mrs. Minor has found that no one else is surprised by his behavior, and her children are raised to be honest people.","There are only five letters for 1889. William Wilson Galt writes about financial issues and Annie Read writes to Mrs. Grigsby about the death of her father. Includes a bond from Mary V. Grigsby to Carrington Grigsby.","There are only five letters for 1890. Three letters are addressed to Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby from friends and relatives. The other letters to Carrington concern selling stock.","Seven letters, mostly dealing with stock and other financial matters. Lizzie Nash offers condolences on the death of a family member, but is unclear who died.","Four letters. Includes a request for apples by Cousin Annie Read, the selling of Carrington's tobacco by Moss, Eanes and Gills, and matters about Hugh Blair Grigsby's estate from John Whitehead.","Five items. Includes letters from neighbors, William Wilson Galt and a bond between Carrington Grigsby, Dr. McPhail, and H. L. Smith.","Letters about farming, requests for Hugh Blair Grigsby's writings, and personal and family finances. Includes a list of books with the number of volumes in each set, a letter from Dr. A. S. Priddy requesting Carrington's recommendation to Walter H. Taylor for the open position at Eastern Virginia Hospital, and letters from a woman friend who is upset that Carrington will not reply to her letters. Members of the Read family, cousins to Carrington, write about different local and personal matters.","Correspondence with businesses, family and friends. Includes financial matters such as bonds, stock quotes and family concerns, business matters such as price of crops and farming items and a request for farming items for the \"Cotton States and International Exposition,\"   Ms. Blair of Walnut Grove, a regular correspondent in other years, continues to write of local events. William Wilson Galt continues as executor of the estates of both Hugh Blair and Mary Venable Grigsby, and Uncle John Carrington appears to manage other aspects of Carrington's finances. S. D. Morton writes about the low salaries of local teachers and requests Carrington's opinion and Richard Gaine asks him to attend a meeting to discuss county affairs. The William Wilson Galt family moved into a new house in Norfolk which he calls #1 Grigsby Place. Miss Nellie Daniel continues to write and issue invitations for visits. He receives requests for copies of his Father's addresses, and even requests for books from the library.","Includes financial matters such as bonds, stock quotes and family concerns and business matters such as price of crops and farming items. Mary B. Galt writes about her visit with the Galt Family plus asks Carrington to check on Miss Ada at The Grove, nephew Will Galt writes his first letter to \"Uncle Carrington\", Cousin Emma Early writes about her family in Texas, Nannie Daniel continues writing about books, local events, and invites Carrington to visit with the caveat that he better come and stay longer.P. G. Miller, clerk of Court in Goochland County, requests Grigsby genealogical information. The Shepperson and Read families continue to write and extend invitations. Mr. Shepperson writes that he found Carrington's colt dead in the stable.   R. C. Winthrop, Jr. writes that his father's estate includes 114 letters from Hugh Blair Grigsby and over 100 letters written by his father to Hugh Blair Grigsby which were given to his father by Carrington. He suggests that this collection should be kept together, possibly at the Virginia Historical Society. He plans to have the collection arranged chronologically and bound. Joseph Bryan, President of the Virginia Historical Society, writes about the potential loan/gift.","Five letters. N. Daniel invites him to the Presbytery at Bethlehem on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th. Dr. A. Duane of New York answers Carrington's query about his eye problems with a possible diagnosis and treatments. Sue Wainwright writes two letters that suggest they may have an interest in each other, but questions why he is always too busy.","Carrington has \"the grippe\" in January and his eyes continue to bother him. On January 9, W. W. Galt writes from Arabia that \"probably about this time...you will have left the estate of 'single blessedness' and will have settled down\". But other letters from family and friends during this time period do not mention a wedding and he appears to be unmarried due to his activities. Mary B. Galt writes often to Carrington, giving news of her family, William Wilson Galt and his navy travels and the Galt family in Norfolk. Uncle John Carrington continues to send financial accountings. One note from Carrington to Uncle John discusses a misunderstanding about money owed. In January and February, Carrington prepares for a visit to Norfolk, writing the Carringtons and Galts about his plans. Annie Galt of Williamsburg, Virginia suggests he come when the weather is nicer. Emma Early Stringfellow, a cousin from Texas, scolds him for never answering her letters. Cousin Maggie Venable asks for a donation to help build a Presbyterian Church in Lawrenceville. J. Morton White of the William \u0026 Mary Quarterly tells of their intention to publish the life of Hugh Blair Grigsby in the February issue and requests any information he can send. Topics once again include the sale of tobacco and other farm items plus business correspondence concerning the farm, banking and stocks. Includes a membership card to the Merrimac Club for twenty days. Beginning in late 1896 and early 1897, many business letters are typed rather than handwritten.","Cousin Kate Flournoy asks if Carrington has a picture of Colonel William Cabell and DC Jackson writes a full description of a carriage and phaeton he is selling and various relatives and business write of farm and local matters. A list \"Patrons of Miss K. Boyds' School\" is included. Carrington Grigsby met, courted and then became engaged to Miss Mary H. Boyd in 1897. She is a teacher, possibly at the Shepperson home. By December 13, something occurred and the engagement was ended. Correspondence from friends, family, and Miss Boyd. Mary B. Galt writes that she would not \"call on Miss M. Hugh Blair because it would be premature.\" On November 10, Mrs. Mary B. Galt writes \"I am truly delighted that she has at last decided positively...and I have written her a real nice sisterly note\". Miss Boyd writes, \"Thank you for what you said in regard to my fine judgement. I promise you that all of my influence (if I have any) shall be used in your behalf.\" Cousin Emma Lou Stringfellow writes to Mary H. Boyd in which she says \"I know he is one of nature's best nobleman...\" and gives many other attributes of Carrington. The December 13 breakup letter from Mary H. Boyd says, \"if I could have been launched in to matrimony on the high-tide of my feelings...all would have been well but those things that have broken my dream of yours...frightened and chilled me and I cannot find it in my heart to forgive the fate that makes it so\". John Whitehead writes, \"I presume...the estrangement is permanent...there are thousands of lovely ladies in Virginia.\" Some undated letters from Miss Boyd are at the end of the folder. Mrs. Cynthia B. T. Coleman of Williamsburg answers a letter from Carrington about purchasing two chairs belonging to her Uncle William Randolph. She jokes that she barely has two hundred cents much less $200 to buy them. She notes \"if Randolfhians is at such a premium I think I had better make my fortune selling off my silver and glass that he brought with him from England. Poor as I am I think I will keep these treasures and hand them down to my children's children.\"","Letter from Mary Boyd to Carrington discussing the breakup, the rumors around Smithville and how well he is behaving like a \"manly man.\" A draft of a letter from Carrington to Mary Boyd about the termination of their engagement. Other relatives and friends give him support after the termination, especially John Whitehead, Nancy Daniel and Cousin Stringfellow. Nancy Daniel notes that Mary Boyd only wanted \"to carry on a fliration...and she did not love any body but Mr. F.\" Miss Shewall tells of seeing Mary Boyd with Cabell Flourney and they might be engaged.   Nancy Daniel continues to write letters asking why he doesn't write or visit often, suggesting he thinks she is uninteresting and wanting to know all about his activities, especially with ladies. Emily Christian from William and Mary asks if he wants a subscription to The William and Mary Quarterly. Mary B. Galt is in Presbyterian Hospital in New York because of possible heart problems. Walter Anderson asks about his Blair Family ancestors. Langhorne Crosby is desperate to know if \"Willie Galt\" is all right since he is in Manila. Sue Wainwright writes, \"When you get this - I will have left Charlotte - I am too sick at heart to write - goodby - God bless you.\" T. P. Wilson responds to his query about how to kill tobacco worms. Samuel Hannah apologises, asks forgiveness and explains what happened when he stopped by Mrs. Galt's house after he'd had too much to drink. Includes correspondence about farm crops and implements, business transactions and local and family matters with invitations from family and local residents. Includes a November 3 letter from William Wilson Galt in Jamaica to Mrs. Mary B. Galt, list of Kathryn Boyd's patrons for 1898 and a letter from Mrs. Mary B. Galt saying her husband has returned from Manila.","Three letters. Two letters written for Beverly Thomas asking for an extension for a payment for land and one note requesting flour.","1900 Mrs. Mary B. Galt writes that her son, Hugh, is better but \"I don't want him to return to Wm \u0026 Mary at all, for I don't believe they can get decent food there at all.\" Samuel Read asks how he can obtain a copy of \"History of South Side Virginia\" by Hugh Blair Grigsby. Nannie Daniel writes \"You seem to have quite a fondness for widows. Now there are four...I think it is time you were getting married...some one said you were in love with yourself and would never love any body else.\" Mary B. and William Wilson Galt have a new son named Carrington Grigsby Galt. Carrington is a member of the State Board of Agriculture. He still receives letters from friends who tell him about ladies visiting the area. The Virginia Historical Society asks him about some newspapers that he had talked about giving to them. Mary B. Galt speaks of Miss Nannie who is looking after the children and wishes that Carrington was living such a family life. Includes letters from relatives and neighbors. Appears that he is helping some of his poorer relations and neighbors. Includes correspondence about farm purchases such as seeds, fertilizer and machinery and selling farm products. 1908 Correspondence 2 letters. Philip Alexander Bruce about his work on the early history of Virginia and Mrs. Kate B. Page of Danville accepts a request for Carrington to visit her at Edwins.","Mainly personal letters from family and friends, but also business correspondence about the farm and Edgehill. Invitations, acceptances, family news and local news. Includes letters from Mary B. Galt, Kathryn Boyd, Shepperson Family, Read Family, Mary Scott about teaching James, a price list and catalogue for Fanny Clark \u0026 Co's in Connecticut, rough draft of Carrington's letter to Mrs. Deane and the \"By-laws Governing the Joie de Vie Club of Charlotte\".","Correspondence and accounts with banks and uncle John Whitehead about the estate. An inventory of Edgehill with value assigned, a list and division of the plaster casts and busts, a list and division of house linens, an inventory list entitled \"Odds\" and a statement of \"cost of sale of real estate property\". A power of attorney document where Mary V. Grigsby appoints John C. Williams her attorney.","Ledger of expenses of Edgehill and salaries of employees. Includes index.","Ledger of expenses of Edgehill and salaries of employees.  Includes a loose leaf account sheets for 1888 with personal expenses noted.","Small book with personal accounts. Many entries relate to money transactions with friends, neighbors and relatives.","Ten small memoranda account books. These small pads were probably carried with him as he did his daily business. He records business dealings, cost of farm related items and a few personal notes or reminders.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle, and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby. Includes a February 4, 1897 receipt from The Colonial Hotel in Williamsburg, Virginia.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle, and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Ledger sheets for accounts with T. J. Berry, who appears to be a metal worker.  Other accounts and invoices for T. J. Berry may be included in the chronological \"Finances - Accounts\" folders.","Ledger sheets for accounts with W. T. Faris, who appears to be an owner of a general store. Other accounts and invoices for W. T. Faris may be included in the chronological \"Finances - Accounts\" folders.","Ledger sheets for accounts with H. M. Smith and Company, which appears to be a grocery and general store.  Many other invoices for H. M. Smith and Company are filed in the chronological \"Finances - Accounts\" folders.","Three bank check stub books and one page of a saving book account with Franklin Savings Bank.","List of securities in safe at Charlotte Bank Insurance Company.","Correspondence, invoices and contracts about stocks and bonds. 25 or more stock certificates for \"Florence Railroad and Improvement Company\" purchased in 1888.","Personal Property and other tax bills and payments. Some years involve the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Blair Grigsby. Includes a 1897 list of taxable property.","1892 certificate as an active member of the Smithville Democratic Club; 1895 notices to \"Tax Payers of Charlotte County, Virginia\" from a committee charged with reviewing the county budget of which Carrington was a member; 1900 printed list of committees for the \"Laying of the Cornerstone of the Confederate Monument\" of which Carrington was on the Executive Committee .","Invoices, receipts, correspondence, and policies for property and life insurance.  Some material on the life insurance policies of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary V. Grigsby, with the policy documents for Mary V. Grigsby.  Includes insurance policy transfers from William L. Nelson to Carrington Grigsby and  John B. Holt to Carrington Grigsby, both in 1882.","Small notepad listing items from the Grigsby Family by category, then by Mr. Grigsby and Mrs. Galt.  Appears to be a division of the estate of Hugh Blair and Mary V. Grigsby.","Two small daily journals with entries about daily activities and genealogy notes.","Includes hand drawn plot of Cumberland Street Property in Norfolk, Virginia from 1889; purchase documents with the Grottoes Company for villa lots at Shendun, Virginia; 1899 deed between Beverly and Alice Thomas and H.C. Marshall for land originally purchased by Beverly and Alice Thomas from Carrington Grigsby and Mary B. Galt; 1893 deed between Mary V. Grigsby and Hugh Carrington Grigsby where she gives him Edgehill in Charlotte County as collateral for a debt of Lelia B. Walker.","There is some overlapping in the financial and correspondence papers. Contains bonds, notes, road surveys, merchant's license for operating a dry goods and grocery story, license for \"standing\" a jack (mule) and a stallion, $15,080 note with William Wilson Galt, a farming contract with Tazewell Taylor, administrator papers for Mary and Louisa Cooper and an appointment to survey the lands of William W. Read.","Broadside announcement of the \"Resolutions of Respect in the memory of Judge Wood Bouldin\" which were passed at a \"meeting of the citizens of Charlotte County, Court Day, November 6th, 1876.\" Broadsides for farm machinery, \"Spring Hill Nursery\" in Prospect, Virginia, \"Greensboro Nurseries\" in Greensboro, North Carolina, tobacco, chemicals, bookstores, kettles, and manure. March 1900 flyer for the Southern Historical Association, price list for plows from \"Charles E. Hunter\" in Richmond, Virginia; how-to cards from \"A.H. Patch\" of Clarksville, Tennessee, two copies of Volume II, No. 11, 1891 March 14 \"Knowledge, a Weekly Magazine\", reprint of \"Use and Abuse of the Obstetric Forceps,\" and flyer with prices from tobacco to groceries for \"Sublett \u0026 Cary\" General Commission Merchants.","1876 article on Lord Botetourt, undated article \"Bowie of Alamo Fame\" and an 1896 page from \"The Sun\" in New York.","List of months and their flowers and meanings, 1879 April 13 love poem, paper on Algernon Sidney (paper may possibly be by Hugh Blair Grigsby), 1870 paper entitled \"Education.\"","Material that could not be definitely associated with either the Grigsby or Galt Family.","Blank Valentine greeting card and empty envelopes from Cassiday and Thorp, Iroquois Club of San Diego California, and Vaughan's Seed Store in New York.","Newspaper clippings, mostly with events in Williamsburg, Virginia but some historical and society news.","Includes a drawing of a bookshelf, financial estimates, costs of materials, illegible address of Richard Henry, handwritten poetry in various handwritings, and an essay on religion.","Includes news clippings; a printed John Knox poem, a program of \"The Little Duke\" performed in at the Broad Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1879-80; a pamphlet \"Ode Commemorating the Entrance of the Hon. Horace Binney on his Ninety-Third Year\" dated 1872 January 4 and printed in Norfolk, Virginia; 1939 brochure by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities \"Pocahontas Bright Stream Between Two Hills\", and two other pamphlets for Jamestown Island, 1941 and undated.","These photographs have been grouped by Galt Family, Grigsby Family, provenance unknown. Includes a few tintypes and daguerreotypes.","Galt Family Photographs","\n*Dimensions range from 5\"x7\" to 6\"x9\"","Galt House in Williamsburg, 20th Century","Dicky Galt, CSA","Maurice Hamner Garland","Lucy B. Galt Garland (2)","Herbert Randolph Galt","Eva Galt","Lucy Galt","Landon Cabell Garland","Herbert Galt Garland (2)","William Wilson Galt in uniform, formal pose","Mary Meares Galt, Betty Ashe Galt, Rogers H. Galt, Jr., and John Meares Galt","Mary Ware Galt (2)","Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt","Unknown Subject","Dimensions average, 4\"x6\"","Postcard of Will Galt","Alfred Galt (?)","Annie Alexina Galt","Bettie Galt","Elizabeth Ash Galt","Elizabeth Welsh Galt","Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt","Hugh Carrington Galt","James S. Galt","John Mears Galt","Mary Blair Grigsby Galt","Mary Carrington Galt","Mary Mears Galt","Mary Williams Ware Galt (wife of William Richard Galt)","Robert Ware Galt","Rogers H. Galt, Jr.","Susan Duane Galt","William Richard Galt","William Richard Galt, Jr.","William Wilson Galt","*Group Photographs:","Miss Mary Ware Galt and Mrs. Mary Ware Galt","Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Mary Eggleston, C. C. Field, William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, and Mary C. Ward","Betsy and Germaine Minson Galt","Betsy Andrews, Thomas Randolph, and James Minson","Mary Mears Galt, Roger H. Galt, Bettie Galt, John M. Galt, and Mary Ware Galt","William Wilson Galt, \"Will in uniform\", ","Mary M. Galt, 7 weeks old","William Wilson Galt in uniform (3)","William Wilson Galt in uniform standing on ship (not labeled)","William Wilson Galt, 1873 (3)","William Wilson Galt (2)","Two children on porch","Mary Blair Grigsby Galt","\"John G. Zimermann and Alfred G. Zimermann on latter's entering the Naval Academy\" (Postcard)","Mary Carrington Galt","*Friends and Others, Many Navy Related","Photograph of a medal with a bust of an Officer of the Navy","Wallace Burnett","Capt. W. R. Capron, Bernkastel Germany 1919 January 19","Ensign H. C. Chadwick (2)","Mrs. A. Duane","Dr. John M. Edga, USN","Fishback, USN","Captain Charles V. Gridley, Lt. Benjamin Tappan,  USS Raleigh","Miss Lilla Howard","J. Y. Rhorer, Guatemala, 1890","Robottom, USN","Lt. Hugh Rodman, (USS Raleigh)","Admr. Fabius Stanly","Susan Armistead Marston Williams (Mrs. Robert S. Christian Ware)","Provost unknown","Unnamed navy man","Unnamed navy man in Hong Kong","F. B. Wilson (in uniform)","Group of Navy Officers","*Navy Related","Postcard of Valle Di Pombei, Grand Hotel","Group picture of five men leaning on a fence with a tent in the background ","Three men riding in cart behind an ox (2) ","Major John G. Tucker and J. W. Mason of Cheyenne, Wyoming","Lighthouse (3 views) ","Ship near harbour ","Shanghai, China harbour scene, Postcard from Edgar to William Wilson Galt","Street scene, 1898, Battle of Manila Bay","Soldiers in tents, 1898, Battle of Manila Bay","\"Corregidor Island\", 1898, Battle of Manila Bay (2)","Group picture of \"Third Division Consort\", 1898, Battle of Manila Bay","\"Gun dismantled at Sangley after the Battle\", 1898, Battle of Manila Bay (2)","\"USS Boston, May 1st, 1898\", Battle of Manila Bay","\"USS Boston, May 1, 1898 about 8 am\", Battle of Manila Bay","\"Fort Malate after bombardment when we took Manila\", Battle of Manila Bay","\"Second Division Consort, Ensign Kaiser, May 1, 1898 8 am\", Battle of Manila Bay","Beach scene","Army and Navy Club, Washington, DC (2, both with William Wilson Galt, one with E.K. Moore) ","Large sailing ships","Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby, USN, Flag Lieutenant","Lt. (J. G.) Charles S. Stanworth, USN, No. 10","Six men gathering around a table, drinking","5 men sitting in the War Room of Thetic","Lt. R. H. Galt, USN on the USS Montreal","*Tintypes, Negatives and More","Tintype of A. A. Galt and William Wilson Galt","Framed tintype of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt","Tintype of an unknown man","Negatives of photographs of the Galt home with a pencil drawing and note \"Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt\" ","Negative proofs of William Wilson Galt in uniform (very faded) ","Negatives and photographs of silhouettes and busts","Postcard of Science Hall at Virginia Tech","Postcard of Mt. Vernon","Galt Photograph album or possibly a Grigsby album, but most of the identified photographs belong to Galt Family members. Leather covered album. Cover decorated with birds and flowers. Most of the photographs are not identified. Includes photographs of Alexander Galt, Conway Roberson, Sarah N. Randolph, Hugh Blair Grigsby, Charles Read, Augusta Talcott, William Wilson Galt, Robert W. Galt, Jr., and others.","These photographs have been grouped by size, then subject.","Grigsby Family and Relatives","*Dimension average, 4\" x 6\" ","Jan Watkins Carrington, silhouette","Hugh Blair Grigsby ","William T. Hamilton (cousin of Hugh Blair Grigsby) ","Thomas Jefferson Randolph of Edgehill ","John B. Whitehead ","Mrs. John B. Whitehead","Hugh Blair Grigsby and Marion Clark Smith ","*Dimension average, 2.5\" x 3.5\" ","Photograph of a young lady with an envelope notation \"For Carrington to keep for Alice Blair\" ","Mary Venable Carrington Grigsby (Hugh Blair Grigsby's wife)","John B. Whitehead","*Dimensions range from 5\" x 7\" to 6\" x 9\" ","\"Huge elm at Edgehill B. H. G. standing under gives idea of size. This was taken by H. B. G. Galt\".","Ruins of the house at Edgehill (3) ","Hugh Blair Grigsby's birthplace on Bank Street (4) ","Hugh Blair Grigsby Hugh Blair Grigsby (probably)","Mary Venable Carrington Grigsby (possibly) ","Mary (Cousin) ","Edgehill ","Two girls and a boy, taken by C. C. Firesheets in South Boston, Virginia ","Hugh Blair Grigsby's birthplace in Norfolk, Virginia(3)  ","\"Bill Oglesby, Bill Galt. A ppair to draw to\"","Friends and Others\nMany of these photographs appear to be part of a collection from Hugh Blair Grigsby of friends and famous people. ","*Dimension average, 4\" x 6\" ","Horace Binney ","Lily Cary ","Edward Coles ","Langhorne Cosby ","Quago Dorman ","\"David Duncan written in my 84th year Wofford College S. C.\" ","\"To Hugh Blair Grigsby from David Duncan, Photograph of Rev. Jas. A. Duncan, D. D. of Virginia\"","William Frazier ","Miss Mattie Gaines (Dowell, Charlotte County, Virginia) ","G. C. Hannah, Jr. ","Paul Jones ","Gertrude Lannehill ","Cincinnatus Newton ","Mrs. George Newton ","Carter Braxton Poindexter","Edmund Quincy ","Wyndam Robertson, Acting Governor of Virginia 1836–1837","Rev. Philip Slaughter","\"Master George McPhail Smith\" (child)","Henry, William, and Robert Smith","Littleton Waller Tazewell (surname changed from birth name of Bradford to Tazewell) ","Martha Trimble ","\"Annie Tazewell Walker, daughter of Mrs. Richard Walker Norfolk, April 28, 1879\"","Robert C. Winthrop (3) ","*Dimension average, 2.5\" x 3.5\" ","Mr. Graybill ","P. B. Simms ","Mr. Noyes ","Mary Vaughan ","C. Bouldin ","C. V. L. Marshall","Jim Smith ","Edmonia Reed, Greenfield, Charlotte County, Virginia","Mrs. Megehee ","Thomas Hicks Wynne ","Walker Hill ","Miss Harrison ","Mr. Forbes ","Josh Otley (tinplate) ","Mrs. General Greener ","Madame A. Berghmand, formerly Miss Lilly Macalister of Philadelphia ","Mr. Binney ","Group collage of men from 19th Century","\nMr. Tedham's turnout (with man in wagon) ","Mrs. H. F. Hamilton ","Willie Locke ","John Masters (2) ","Archer Jeffrey ","Miss Jane Comfort ","Mr. Dexter and daughter ","Charles Deane ","William C. Hutter ","R. A. Brock ","Miss Mary Bradford ","B. B. Bonhden ","Mrs. Allibone ","Miss Fannie S. Daniel, Smithville, Charlotte County, Virginia ","Eleanor Harrison Carr ","Gussie Talcott ","Alibone ","Mrs. Noyes ","Miss S. Leadon ","Thomas R. Jones of Accomack ","Lyman C. Raper ","George","Miss Emily Doyle ","Aaron Jeffry ","*Dimension average, 4\" x 6\" ","Lt. William Freeman Zeilin, Marine Corps ","\nJohn Daniel, US Senator","Julian Harrison ","Eugene O'Locke ","Includes tintypes of Judd Brush, and Walter and Edna Brush, and a framed daguerreotype of Mary Venable Grigsby.","Grigsby Family Photograph Albums Three small leather photograph albums with photographs of friends and family. 1858-1880. Album One Some photographs are labeled incorrectly and there are some photographs without names. N.C. Winthrop Sarah N. Randolph T. Jefferson Randolph Gov. Edward Coles Miss Lizzie ? of Philadelphia Hugh Blair Grigsby McChesney Mr. Peabody General Pendleton Gov. Henry Tazewell Mrs. Henry Tazewell Colonel John Niveson Mrs. John Niveson Mrs. Tazewell Gov. L.W. Tazewell Col. John N. Tazewell Mrs. Skipwith (photograph of a painting) Mrs. Isaac Coles William Nivison Mrs. D. Allihone (Allibone) (J. Austin, Edmonia) Captain Lahrbush (age 109) Mrs. Lilly Berghman Charles Campbell J. Nelson Tappon Col William Lamb Dr. Hugh L. Hodge Jennie Schwartz Clement G. Owens Conway Robinson, Jr.   Album Two Most photographs are labeled, but some are too faded to read. Some photographs are labeled on the reverse, but inaccessible without destroying the album. Unknown Badford Unknown Winthrop Mrs. J.G. Payton Major J. Gardner Payton Mary N. Payton Susan W. Payton J. Gardner Payton, Jun. Mrs. Leander McCormick Cousin Lucy McCormick Ella J. Bradford W. McCormick Emira Louise McCormick Robert S. McCormick Anne Reubina McCormick Lucy Virginia McCormick Mrs. J McChesney Charles E. Deans W. Noyes Mrs. J. Henry John Henry Mrs. Trimble Unknown Grigsby Miss Harriet Nash Dr. E.E. Balfour Delaney Chandler Warren Moore Chandler A. J. Smith Mrs. John Henry William W. Henry Mrs. William W. Henry Hugh Blair Grigsby Miss Allebone   Album Three Most photographs are labeled, but some are too faded to read. Some photographs are labeled on the reverse, but inaccessible without destroying the album. John B. Whitehead Mrs. J. B. Whitehead Henry C. Whitehead Miss Emily H. Whitehead (John) B. Whitehead William C. Whitehead Daria Griffith Mrs. Griffith Reia White Charles Reed Mrs. W.L. (Scott) William L. (Scott) Mrs. Lucy A. Morton Mrs. Ann Allen Mr. Hogan Mrs. Hogan Miss Maria Hogan Miss Emma Early Mrs. James D. Davidson James D. Davidson Greenlea Davidson Charles Davidson Robert Davidson Gen. Jenkins Robert Tunstall Hugh Grigsby Whitehead","*Unknown Provenance, Photographs Without Names, and Outdoor Scenes, circa 1860 to c. 1920.","Approximately 50 unnamed photographs ","Daguerreotype of an unknown child","Group photo of a black family, circa 1880, includes mother, father, son and twin daughters","*Unknown provenance of photgraphs with names. Many of these photographs may belong to Hugh Blair Grigsby who collected photographs of friends and famous people. ","Mary Jeffery Wells and Paul Wells, Jr. \nSusie Amesten","President Chester Arthur ","Mrs. Purley Date Bayler ","Beer (female)","Beverington ","Cordelia ","Francis DeCordy ","L. P. Godwin ","Colonel William Lamb ","Bessie Locke ","Marjorie Lowell ","James Lyons ","McCormick ","Bessie McDonald ","H. E. Parminte","Arnold Walke ","Lizzie Wiley ","Daniel Webster, copy of a print \"from the last Picture ever taken\" ","*Outdoor Scenes ","White house with striped awning, postcard from John W. Edgar ","Dark shingled house, 1104 Weston (3 copies)","Street scene, labeled \"A typical street scene in Abacia Town\" ","Old Masonic Lodge in Williamsburg, Virginia Postcard from M. M. Galt to W. W. Galt","New York and Virginia Steamboat advertising card","The Fisher Girl, Corner of Main and Church Street, Norfok, Virginia ","Mormon Tabernacle (2 scenes) ","Bust ","Obelisk ","Dark shingled house (probably 1104 Weston)","Drawing of a sailboat ","Three women, two men and two children on porch of white house","Primarily correspondence of Capt. William Wilson Galt with his wife Mary Blair Grigsby Galt and their sons, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Richard Galt. Letters are written from California, Charlotte County, Norfolk, and Williamsburg, Virginia. Other letters are between Grigsby family members, particularly to Hugh Carrington Grigsby, the brother of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt. William Wilson Galt's letters are written on while on voyages to California, Mexico, Cyprus, Gibraltar, the Azores, and Italy. One letter is dated 1898 April 30, the day before the Battle of Manila Bay while on board the USS Raleigh which was engaged in the battle. Letters from Eastern Publishing Company, a potential publisher of \"The Battle of Manila Bay,\" who were unable to publish the book. Accounts concerning the estate of Mary Venable Carrington Grigsby, the mother-in-law of William Wilson Galt.","Envelopes that did not match correspondence. Addressed to Hugh Blair Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, William R. Galt, Mary V. Grigsby, and William Wilson Galt.","Three letters to and from William Wilson Galt. 1894 June 7 letter from John L. Williams and Sons (bankers) to W. W. Galt regarding bonds registered in name of H. Carrington Grigsby; 1897 February 9 letter from William Wilson Galt, Paymaster, U.S. Navy to W. D. Boxom, Governor of Florida, acknowledging his receipt of his \"commission as delegate to the Seaboard and Harbor Defense Convention\", and 1897 June 4 letter from H. L. Mitchell appointing Paymaster Galt as delegate to the \"Gulf and Atlantic Coast Defense Convention.\"","Letters from E. Eugene May of the Eastern Publishing Company in Boston, Massachusetts to William Wilson Galt about publishing Galt's book, \"The Battle of Manila Bay\". Includes costs, layout decisions and corrections to the manuscript. It appears that the Eastern Publishing Company had financial problems, plus a burglary of their printing plates, and never published the book for William Wilson Galt.","Correspondence between the William Wilson Galt family members. 1881 April 12, William Wilson Galt writes Mary B. Grigsby about the health of her father and gives advice about keeping healthy in mind and body. 1881 December 1, William Wilson Galt, Edgehill, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Galt, about his small wedding at Edgehill and plans to stay in Washington, DC until his ship sails. 1883 August 2, two letters, one to his Mother and one to his Father, about the birth of his son; he draws a baby with an elongated head to describe his son. 1884 August 2 John B. Whitehead to William Wilson Galt about the price of soy on the stock market. 1885 June 2, William Wilson Galt, Williamsburg, Virginia, to his Mother about the birth of his second son, William Richard Galt. 1886 May 15 letter written by Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt which is a page of scribbles. 1890 July 17, William Wilson Galt, written aboard the USS Thetis while at sea, to his son; explains how fast the ship travels with comparison to the time his son takes to eat and to sleep, what he sees from the deck of the ship, the Southern Cross used for navigation, whales and large birds. 1891 February 4, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Vallejos, California, to his Grandmother Galt about the USS Thetis being grounded because of worms and family news. 1891 October 25, Grandfather Galt to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt about family news and Hugh Blair Grigsby's account of the earthquake. 1892 December 3, William Wilson Galt, USS Thetis while at sea, to his Mother about arriving soon in San Diego. 1893 February 20, M. M. Galt (wife of Rogers Galt), Naval Academy, to Mary Grigsby Galt about the death of Mamie and family news. 1894 November 8, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Smithville, to his Mother about family news.","Letters from family and friends of the William Wilson Galt Family. 1895 John B. McPhail of Mulberry Hill (a cousin on the Carrington side of the family) replies to an invitation from Mary Blair G. Galt; Reginald F. Poindexter to Mary Blair G. Galt about the work done on the house in anticipation of her arrival; Mary B. G. Galt, Smithville, to her mother-in-law about family news and the Rogers Galt family and Carrington Grigsby to his sister, Mary B. G. Galt about news of the farm and the community in Charlotte County. 1896-97 Hugh B.G. Galt, while in Smithville, writes letters to his father about local and family news and his activities, which include hunting squirrels and rabbits, hog killing, problems with his gun, his health, ice skating, school, summer studies, courthouse visits to hear trials, bicycle rides, searching for Native American, visiting relatives in Norfolk and Williamsburg and his desire for a hound puppy. On 1897 September 18, he mentions that \"Uncle Carrington is going to get married to Miss Mary Boyd, but I don't think he will.\" On 1897 December 18, he writes about the death of Mary W. Ware Galt, his grandmother. William R. Galt, while in Smithville, writes a letter to his father about the marriage of Albert and his activities, which includes his desire for a \"doublebarrel muzzleloader,\" hog killing, trapping, hunting, and raising chickens. Robert Galt, while in Smithville, writes to his Father about the pig killing. In 1897 May, William Wilson Galt, New York, writes his mother about his visit with Susie and Rogers Galt. Rogers leaves for target practice the next day. William Wilson Galt's ship also leaves the next day for one or two years of duty. On 1897 May 16, William Wilson Galt, while at sea near Pico Island in the Azores, tells Hugh B. G. Galt about how the ship operates, what he has seen so far on his voyage and asks, \"I want you to read up on all the places I go to and tell Will, Robert and Mary all about them.\" He also writes Hugh B.G. Galt while in Tangier, Morocco, and Genoa, Italy and at sea in the Mediterranean.","Mostly letters between William Wilson Galt and his family while he is in the Navy. Many letters are from Hugh B.G. Galt to his Father. On February 13, 1898, he writes about his hurt arm, \"the doctor had my arm put under the x-rays every night while I was down there (Norfolk)\" and that his Mother was rundown, got sick in New York and was hospitalized for two weeks. On March 26, 1898, his Mother is home, but still unwell. He writes about his summer plans, his schoolwork and a bicycle accident of a friend. He thanks his Father for the stamps and other items in the boxes he sent. On May 10, 1898, Hugh BlairG. Galt writes, \"...glader to hear of Dewey's victory at Manila, and still more so to hear by a telegram that you were well and sound.\" On March 21, 1899, Hugh B.G. Galt shows his concern about his Father's operation. On April 13, 1898, J. P. Lawrence writes Mary Blair Galt about church work. In his April 30, 1898 letter to his wife, William Wilson Galt is just entering Manila Bay. Sketches the ships in squadron formation. Mentions the possibility of dying during the battle, then proceeds to tell her what assets they have and how to handle everything if he should die. In February 23, 1899, William Wilson Galt is in New York and hopes to come home and \"stay with you all for a long time.\" Undated letters at the end of the folder include letters from Mrs. W.R. Galt to son, William Wilson Galt and family, plus a letter from Hugh B.G. Galt to his Grandmother Galt. A recipe for sweet pickle written on an incomplete letter by Mary B.G. Galt.","Majority of the letters are to Hugh Carrington Grigsby from family and friends, but two undated letters are to \"Mrs. Grigsby\" from H. C. Nowlin in Richmond, Virginia about buying items for Mrs. Grigsby, and health problems. Hugh Carrington Grigsby attended \"The Cluster School\" at \"Blackwalnut P. O.\" in Halifax, Virginia in 1871 and 1872. 1871 January 8 letter from \"Johnny\" at Hampden-Sidney College talks about how wonderful college life is. Letters from both his mother and father are full of advice and some criticisms. His father, Hugh Blair Grigsby, often tells Hugh Carrington Grigsby, with many examples, that the work he does now will enable him to be successful later. Clem D. Lewis writes twice in late 1871 about his troubles with the whooping cough and recent and future parties. In 1872, Hugh Blair Grigsby writes about the death of cousin Clem C. Read \"who was named after Grandfather.\" Hugh Blair Grigsby tells Hugh Carrington Grigsby \"Father cannot tell you how much his heart is set upon you and how anxiously he wishes you to be what you can so easily become if you are true to yourself.\" In 1872, Hugh Carrington attends Hampden-Sidney College. In 1873, his sophomore year, his father is writing with suggestions about his difficulty in mathmatics and \"as you stand in the Sophomore year, so you stand for the rest of your course. I wish you to be a scholar for many reasons, and not the least is that your future fortunes depend on your success. You will have to make your own way in the world; and the more accomplished you are in your studies, the greater the probability of success.\" 1874 May 4, his Father writes, \"Both my health and your mother's is frail, and we look to you as our support in our declining years, and we are solicitious that your conduct will entitle you to the esteem of all men and women with you associate.\" 1890 October 26, letter from William T. Grigsby, Union City, Tennessee, to Mrs Grigsby, Relict of Honorable Hugh B. Grigsby, requesting a photograph of Hugh Blair Grigsby. An undated letter from Hugh Carrington Grigsby relates a story he heard from a \"youth\" about \"cogitations upon the prospect of entering college\".","Taxes related to the estate, 1890-1894; invoices for items paid by or charged to the estate, many of them by Mrs. Grigsby prior to her death, with receipts and canceled checks (1889-1898); poem, possibly written by William Wilson Galt, and probably about his mother-in-law, Mary V. Grigsby; copies of deeds and other legal documents, beginning in 1882; notebook with entries for expenditures in regard to Mary V. Grigsby's estate (1891-1894) and receipts of payments made to Grigsby Family members during the division of the estate, particularly the sale of Virginia bonds in 1894. Some items concern administrative matters that carried over from the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby who died in 1881. Mary Blair Grigsby Galt was an administrator to his estate.","A photocopy of a Galt family tree with notation, \"This chart was made in 1934 by Rogers Harrison Galt, in collaboration with Mary Meares Galt\".  The chart begins with Samuel Galt (circa 1700-1761).","Typed carbon copy on tissue paper of the Naval Record of Captain William Wilson Galt entitled \"Record of William Wilson Galt, Captain (S C) U.S.N.\" The record begins in 1877 and ends in 1925 when he retired. Gives a short biographical background which was noted on his entrance examination in 1877. October 30 letter to Paymaster W. W. Galt from R. W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, thanking him and commending him for the rescue of the disabled schooner \"Express\" and bringing her safely to Key West harbor; 1899 July 29 letter from the Secretary of the Navy with an excerpt from a letter from Captain J. B. Coghlan praising Paymaster Galt in sailing through rough seas to deliver a pump to the \"Raleigh\" just before the Manila Bay attack. Handwritten on cover page, \"For A.G. Zimermann, Jr.\"","List of new members to the National Grigsby Family Society.","Typed poem written by William Wilson Galt entitled \"July the 9th, 1897\" with handwritten notes \"Birthday of his wife-Mary B. Galt\" and \"written by WW Galt \u0026 mailed from Algiers, Africa, 14 Augt 97-.\" Handwritten poem about death and living in the present, author unknown.","Report cards of Hugh Galt from Smithville High School, 1897 June 14 and 1899 February. 1899 invoices from the Episcopal Male Academy for Mrs. W. W. Galt for the expenditures of Willie Galt. Letter from Instructor Elizabeth A. Rowe, \"Miss Mary C. Galt has successfully completed an elementary course in Botany,\" dated 1915 February.","Artifacts have been removed from the collection and filed in the Mss. Artifact Collection."," The collection contains moldy material and is shelved separately.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Eastern Publishing Co","United States. Navy. Office of the Paymaster","Carrington family","Galt family","Garland family","Grigsby family","Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892","Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881","English Spanish;Castilian"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. Acc. 2009.308","/repositories/2/resources/8766"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Grigsby-Galt Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Grigsby-Galt Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Grigsby-Galt Papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Charlotte County (Va.)--History--19th century","Japan--Description and travel","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century","Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Charlotte County (Va.)--History--19th century","Japan--Description and travel","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century","Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century"],"creator_ssm":["Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892","Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881"],"creator_ssim":["Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892","Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892","Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881"],"creators_ssim":["Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892","Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881"],"places_ssim":["Charlotte County (Va.)--History--19th century","Japan--Description and travel","Virginia--Genealogy","Virginia--History--19th century","Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift"],"access_subjects_ssim":["College of William and Mary--History--19th century","Farms--Virginia--History--19th century","Genealogy","Indians of North America","Legal documents","Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898","Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898--Pictorial works","Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century","Report cards","Spanish-American War, 1898","Tobacco farmers--Virginia","United States. Navy","United States. Navy--History--19th century","United States. Navy--History--20th century","Cabinet photographs","Carte de visite photographs","Certificates","Clippings (information artifacts)","Correspondence","Financial records","Genealogical tables","Greeting cards","Letters (correspondence)","Manuscripts for publication","Marriage certificates","Photographs","Poems","Postcards","Receipts (financial records)","Speeches","Stock certificates","Visiting cards"],"access_subjects_ssm":["College of William and Mary--History--19th century","Farms--Virginia--History--19th century","Genealogy","Indians of North America","Legal documents","Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898","Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898--Pictorial works","Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century","Report cards","Spanish-American War, 1898","Tobacco farmers--Virginia","United States. Navy","United States. Navy--History--19th century","United States. Navy--History--20th century","Cabinet photographs","Carte de visite photographs","Certificates","Clippings (information artifacts)","Correspondence","Financial records","Genealogical tables","Greeting cards","Letters (correspondence)","Manuscripts for publication","Marriage certificates","Photographs","Poems","Postcards","Receipts (financial records)","Speeches","Stock certificates","Visiting cards"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["16.75 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["16.75 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Cabinet photographs","Carte de visite photographs","Certificates","Clippings (information artifacts)","Correspondence","Financial records","Genealogical tables","Greeting cards","Letters (correspondence)","Manuscripts for publication","Marriage certificates","Photographs","Poems","Postcards","Receipts (financial records)","Speeches","Stock certificates","Visiting cards"],"date_range_isim":[1736,1737,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"accruals_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMss. Acc. 2011.269 addition given as a gift by William R. Galt.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accruals_heading_ssm":["Accruals:"],"accruals_tesim":["Mss. Acc. 2011.269 addition given as a gift by William R. Galt."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into Series 1, Galt Family; Series 2,  Grigsby Family; Series 3 for material from both families; and Series 4 for photographs from both families. Series 1, Galt Family, includes most of the correspondence from the Galt Family and is filed in chronological order, regardless of recipient.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection has been divided into Series 1, Galt Family; Series 2,  Grigsby Family; Series 3 for material from both families; and Series 4 for photographs from both families. Series 1, Galt Family, includes most of the correspondence from the Galt Family and is filed in chronological order, regardless of recipient."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCaptain William W. Galt (1852-1934) was a direct descendent of John Minson Galt, the senior surgeon at the Battle of Yorktown and founder of the insane asylum in Williamsburg. Captain Galt's application for the position of Assistant Paymaster with the US Navy was dated March 20, 1876. He reached the ranks of Paymaster by 1893 when he was dispatched for duty to Norfolk. He served in the Navy for 50 years and won a promotion from Congress to Captain. He married Mary Blair Grigsby and they had six children. Mrs. Galt was the daughter of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Chancellor of The College of William and Mary from 1871 to 1881. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: \u003cextref href=\"http://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/William_W._Galt\" title=\"William W. Galt\"\u003e\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Captain William W. Galt (1852-1934) was a direct descendent of John Minson Galt, the senior surgeon at the Battle of Yorktown and founder of the insane asylum in Williamsburg. Captain Galt's application for the position of Assistant Paymaster with the US Navy was dated March 20, 1876. He reached the ranks of Paymaster by 1893 when he was dispatched for duty to Norfolk. He served in the Navy for 50 years and won a promotion from Congress to Captain. He married Mary Blair Grigsby and they had six children. Mrs. Galt was the daughter of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Chancellor of The College of William and Mary from 1871 to 1881. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  ."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged and described by Jeffrey Flanagan, SCRC staff in September 2009-February 2010.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Processing completed in late 2010 and early 2011 by Anne Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Arranged and described by Jeffrey Flanagan, SCRC staff in September 2009-February 2010."," Processing completed in late 2010 and early 2011 by Anne Johnson."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHugh Blair Grigsby Papers (Mss. 95 G87).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMany collections concerning various branches of the Galt Family are part of the Special Collections Research Center. Hugh Blair Grigsby documents also appear in William \u0026amp; Mary College collections.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Historical Society has a large Grigsby Family collection: Hugh Blair Grigsby Papers (Mss 1 G8782 b).\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Hugh Blair Grigsby Papers (Mss. 95 G87).","Many collections concerning various branches of the Galt Family are part of the Special Collections Research Center. Hugh Blair Grigsby documents also appear in William \u0026 Mary College collections.","The Virginia Historical Society has a large Grigsby Family collection: Hugh Blair Grigsby Papers (Mss 1 G8782 b)."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the family papers of members of the Grigsby and Galt Families. Mary Blair Grigsby married William W. Galt in 1881. The collection contains papers of various members of the Grigsby family, particulary Hugh Blair Grigsby who was a historian and Chancellor of The College of William and Mary and his son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby who lived his entire life at the family farm, Edgehill, in Charlotte County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also contains the personal papers and some navy material of William W. Galt, U. S. Navy Paymaster and author of a book on the Battle of Manila Bay. Extensive correspondence to and from all the members of his family is included.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoth these groups contain correspondence, genealogy, financial papers and personal papers. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Galt Family resided in Norfolk, Virginia and the Grigsby Family at Edgehill, Drakes Branch, Charlotte County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGift of the Zimermann family of Susan Galt, daughter of William W. Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Galt Family was from Norfolk, Virginia. William Wilson Galt, a Naval officer, lived at various addresses in Norfolk and overseas. In 1881, he married Mary Blair Grigsby, daughter of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary Venable Carrington, also of Norfolk, Virginia, then later of Charlotte County, Virginia. Hugh Blair Grigsby was a historian, president of the Virginia Historical Society and chancellor of William \u0026amp; Mary. Mary Blair Grigsby and William Wilson Galt had 6 children: Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Robert W. Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Susan D. Galt and Carrington G. Galt. These Galt Papers are the family papers of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt, William Wilson Galt and their children. Includes letters written to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt before her marriage to William Wilson Galt. Includes some Naval correspondence of William Wilson Galt, but also check subseries 4 , the personal papers of William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series is primarily comprised of letters between William Wilson Galt and his family, friends, and colleagues from 1863-1927. Correspondents and recipients include William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Grigsby Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and others. Considerable number of letters are between other Galt family members and their friends, family, and colleagues. William Wilson Galt was a Navy Paymaster and wrote letters to his family from all over the world. Topics of this correspondence include the courtship of his wife, family news such as births, deaths, and job changes, the financial and parental administration of his home, his naval career, his publishing career, and Masonic Lodge business. See also the sub-series for each family member for more correspondence and papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and his family, friends, and colleagues; Handwritten copy of Galt's application for Assistant Paymaster with the Navy, dated 1876 March 20, and resignation as Junior Deacon at Owens Lodge in Norfolk, Virginia, dated 1878 April 9; Reference letters written on behalf of Galt by T. M. Barner of Norfolk, Virginia, 1871, and Banking House of Burruss, Son, \u0026amp; Co. of Norfolk, Virginia, 1873. 1878 January 25, confidential letter from C.P. Thompson noting that Galt's application was possibly complicated by the fact that Galt's two brothers were also in the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLove letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby, to William Wilson Galt from Hugh Carrington Grigsby and from S. C. Daniel at Hampden-Sydney College to Mary Blair Grigsby. 1879 February 21 Hampton Sidney anniversary invitation. 1879 February 5 fun letter from William Wilson Galt, approved by Mary B. Grigsby, future mate, to Hugh Blair Grigsby saying in part, \"I have the honor respectfully to transmit herewith a requisition for a mate for this vessel...\" with an attached \"Jewel\" requisition, and1879 April 22 and 26 letters from William Wilson Galt to Hugh Blair Grigsby asking to court and marry his daughter, Mary Blair Grigsby. Correspondence about his position as an assistant Navy Paymaster. 1879 May 27 letter to James S. Galt from assistant Paymaster William Wilson Galt appointing him clerk to the Pay Office at the Naval Station in Key West, Florida, plus related correspondence about the appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from J. H. Dillard (Mary Blair Grigsby's cousin), father William Richard Galt, friend and naval colleague C. P. Thompson; letter from William Wilson Galt to Mary Blair Grigsby. 1879 October 30 letter from R.W. Thompson thanks Galt for rescuing the officers and crew of the disabled schooner, Empress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from parents, sister Molly, C. P. Thompson; letter from L. R. Hamersly, publisher of \"United Service\" publication, regarding article William Wilson Galt wrote on Key West Naval Station.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from Barton Myers, father William Richard Galt, sister Molly, and brother Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, brother Rogers, J. H. Dillard, C. P. Thompson, A. K. Micheler, C. Hubbell; letter from Livingston W. Bethel, mayor of Key West, regarding James S. Galt; letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby. Invitation to wedding of Elizabeth Easley and William Carrington Lancaster on 1880 September 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter from William Wilson Galt to Mary Blair Grigsby's mother Mary V. Grigsby; clipping of advertisement for William Richard Galt's school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to William Wilson Galt from C. P. Thompson; Copies of general orders 255 and 256 from Navy Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChristmas cards sent to William Wilson Galt; letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to William Wilson Galt from sister Annie; letter, written in Spanish, to William Wilson Galt from Mrs. M. A. Thornbury of Albany, GA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from Annie Galt (William's sister); letter to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt; William Wilson Galt's ticket to the Leap Year Ball at the Odd Fellows Hall on 1881 January 13.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; Dinner party invitation to William Wilson Galt from Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; Photograph negatives of unidentified subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; Postcards to William Wilson Galt from Mary Blair Grigsby. Much of this correspondence refers to failing health of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Mary's father and former chancellor of the College of William \u0026amp; Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from Corinne and Frank (no last names given) from Key West, E. O. Locke; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from cousin P. E. Pearl. Much of this correspondence refers to failing health of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Mary's father and former chancellor of the College of William \u0026amp; Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from cousin Samuel W. Morton. Most letters refer to failing health and eventual death of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Mary's father and former chancellor of the College of William \u0026amp; Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby from Walker M. Hill, Freddie Venable, Robert Winthrop, C. Carrington, \"Sue\" from Stockdale, Nannie Hannah, and Mary F. Vaughn. Most letters express condolences for death of Hugh Blair Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother James Galt and Angela Baldwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Bob, brother Jim, E. O. Locke, Virginia Ritchie, J. H. Dillard, and anonymous writer who signed only \"A Friend\" to his or her note; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from Cynthia B. T. Lohman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Jim, sister Susan W. W. Galt, and E. O. Locke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Annie, sister Susan W. W. Galt, cousin Jane, and T. L. Skinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt, sister Annie, brother Jim, and brother Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Jim and sister Molly; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from brother Hugh Carrington Grigsby concerning the exchange of Mary's share in Edgehill farm in Charlotte County, Virginia for property in Norfolk, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from Aunt J. W. R. Galt, T. W. Clark, and E. O. Locke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Jim and sister Molly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt and E. O. Locke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt and E. O. Locke; Program for Yorktowne Centennial Commission's Promenade Concert and Hop on October 18, 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brothers Bob and Jim; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby from William's father William Richard Galt and sister Annie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to William Wilson Galt from S. G. Baylor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby Galt; letters to William Wilson Galt from A. K. Micheler, S. Hubbell, cousin Kate, sister Susan W. W. Galt, brother Rogers, and mother Mary W. Galt; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt from cousin Lance Watkins and William's sister Annie; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt's mother Mary V. Grigsby from Annie Galt; letter to mother Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt. Most correspondence relates to the wedding of William Wilson Galt to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt. Drawings of various persons, animals, weapons, and musical instruments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt and E. O. Locke; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William's sister Molly, William's brother Bob, and Mary's cousin J. W. Morton; letter to mother Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt and sister Annie; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; drawing of William Wilson Galt's martins while deployed in Santo Domingo, drawn by William.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from uncle George, father William Richard Galt, brother Jim, Thomas C. Walton, and S. F. Earle; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, cousin Leila, Mother Mary V. Grigsby, Nannie Hannah, Emma Bates, Lizzie Boykin, William's sister Susan W. W. Galt, and \"M. F. V.\" of Franklin County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from uncle George; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, Nannie Hannah, and William's sister Annie Galt; letter to mother Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Molly, and Mary V. Grigsby; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Nannie Hannah, mother Mary V. Grigsby, and William's sister Molly; letter to cousin Lizzie from William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from N. G. Wilson, Charlie Anisdue, C. W. Littlefield, R. W. Ball, N. P. Markham, and brother Bob; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, and William's sister Susan W. W. Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, T. W. Lester, and A. E. L. Lester; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Clara Morris; postcards to Mary Blair Galt from mother Mary V. Grigsby; letter to \"Alice\" from Mary Blair Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt, Robert Wilson, and Mary V. Grigsby; letter to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; postcard to William Wilson Galt from Robert Wilson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from J. W. Stewart; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susan W. W. Galt and Clara Morris; letter to Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter written by G. R. Pavis certifying that he \"exhonerates Dr. John M. Galt from all charges that have been or may be brought against him,\" dated 1882 October 23.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and E. B. Baylor; letter to Hugh Carrington Grigsby from Lyon G. Tyler; postcards to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Fannie Barringer, Sallie Jones, \"Evaline\", and \"Langhorne\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Molly Galt, Annie Galt, Susan W. W. Galt, and Nannie Hannah.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Susan W. W. Galt, and Mary A. Galt (William's grandmother).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt, brother John Galt, brother Jim Galt, uncle George, Thom Donough, Thom Caswell, Robert Winthrop, S. D. Greeve, Charlie Anisdue, J. D. Doyle, and T. W. Lester; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, and Susan W. W. Galt; primary focus of all August correspondence congratulates Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson Galt on the birth of their son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt on 1883 August 3.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Sallie Jones; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; invitation to wedding of Emma Bates and Sterling E. Edmunds on 1883 September 12.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from grandmother S. M. Christian; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Susan W. W. Galt; letter to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, uncle George, brother Rogers, brother Bob, sister Susan W. W. Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, E. O. Locke, T. W. Lester, Edward D. Washburn, and J. M. West; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, \"MLC\" from Mulberry Hill, Virginia, and Nannie Hannah; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Jim Galt from brother Rogers, brother Zander, brother Alex, \"Neal\", and \"Angel\"; letters to Jim were generally concerned with his failing health; letters dated late June through early July express condolences to Galts regarding Jim's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, uncle James D. Galt, brother Rogers, brother Zander, brother Bob, sister Annie, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, and Charlie Anisdue; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, and Mary W. Galt; receipt from George P. Zurhorst for (William's brother) John Galt's funeral expenses, dated 1885 January 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, mother Mary W. Galt, uncle James D. Galt, brother Zander, brother Rogers, brother Bob, grandmother S. M. Christian, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, Charlie Anisdue, G. L. Dyer, C. A. Stanly, William T. Saunders, and Dr. Donald Phais; postcard to William Wilson Galt from Bancroft Gherardi; telegram to William Richard Galt from Mary Blair Galt. Much of the correspondence in June is regarding the birth of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson Galt's second son, William Richard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from T. W. Lester; letters to Mary Blair Galt from mother Mary V. Grigsby, William Wilson Galt, Robert Winthrop, Hallie R. Grier; letter to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt; postcard to Mary Blair Galt from Mary V. Grigsby. Prescription for quinine treatment for William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from uncle James D. Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, cousin Emily, Nannie Bobbing, Annie Galt, Mary W. Galt, and Susan W. W. Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, cousin P. E. Pearl, L. B. Cary, and John B. Phase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and mother Mary V. Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Harriet Gridley and Eluior Allen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from cousin Emily; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Davidson, and George K. Mullin, proprietor of Luray Inn in the Shenandoah Valley. Advertisements for Luray Inn attached to Mullin's letter to Mary Blair Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from brother Xander and T. W. Lester; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, and William Richard Galt; letter to father William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt and Louisa Baxter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, W. T. Churtain, and Barton Myers; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt; Easter card to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Winthrop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and W. Farvot Walk; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to William Richard Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and uncle John Whitehead; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and aunt Molly; William Wilson Galt's invitation to join Cosmos Club in San Francisco as extended by W. R. Wheeler and S. E. Tucker, dated 1891 November 10.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to William Richard Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; two photographs, one is too damaged to distinguish the subject, the second is seemingly a photo of William Wilson Galt with four of his children, presumably Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, and Robert Ware Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, uncle John Whitehead, Kate Venable, Olga Dour, and M. H. Macrae; letter to son William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to daughter Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to grandfather William Richard Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, father-in-law William Richard Galt, sister-in-law Annie Galt, and Emma Prud.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Annie Galt, and M. R. Catlin; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, sister-in-law Molly, sister-in-law Annie, brother-in-law Bob, and father-in-law William Richard Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Emily Galt, Annie Galt, Sallie Aibinson, M. H. Macrae, Eustace B. Rogers, and Lucie Watkins; letter from \"Howard\" to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letter to Zena Galt from William Wilson Galt; telegram to Mary Blair Galt from Eustace B. Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from C. A. Stanly, G. W. Crusselle, E. A. Morecock, and F. M. Bostwick; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Susie Galt, Mary M. Galt, Sue B. Glennon, M. H. Macrae, and W. L. Cosby. Much of the correspondence in this period is regarding the birth of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson Galt's daughter Susie Alexina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to William Wilson Galt from H. Lee Holcombe; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Molly Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; telegram to William Wilson Galt from H. Lee Holcombe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from cousin Lucy and Charles Swift; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Mary Blair Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers, son William Richard Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt Duane, John S. Williams, and Acting Secretary of the Navy William McAdoo; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, C. L. Loyale, and Emily V. Galt; telegrams to William Wilson Galt from George Brown and Shields; invitation to wedding of Guilielma Lawton and Abram Carrington Read on 1894 October 10.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, and Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from son William Richard Galt, Secretary of the Navy Hilary Abner Herbert, and Dr. John Wyeth; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, J. P. Lawrence, and W. A. Boykin; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from \"Charles\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from J. Saunders Taylor and T. F. Rogers; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and uncle John Whitehead; letter to daughter Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to daughter Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to son Robert Ware Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to T. F. Rogers from Mary Blair Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from R. M. Wells and William A. Varty, Jr.; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; invitation to wedding of Catharine Sampson and Richard Harrison Jackson on 1897 January 6.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from brother Alexander Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Edmund S. Ruffin and Rupert W. Tomlin, R. M. Wells, F. A. Salomonson, Hammond B. Gayfer, A. K. Micheler, M. B. Crowell, and S. Cleburne Browne; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Marie B. Sheppard; invitation to wedding of Katharyn Salome and John B. Maher on 1897 May 26.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from George Dragoman, George Casanova, Joseph Starkey, and L. Haller Mingarda; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and Barton Meyers. William Wilson Galt's letters to Mary Blair Galt were sent from a variety of locations: Gibraltar, Algiers, Smyrna, Piraeus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from W. R. Drida; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and Dr. Southgate Leigh. William Wilson Galt's letters to Mary Blair Galt were written from a variety of locations: Smyrna, Gibraltar, Algiers, Tangier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, F. Scinicariello, Horatio Sprague, and H. L. Gregg; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and daughter Mary Carrington Galt; postcards to wife Mary Blair Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, daughter Susie Alexina Galt, and sister Mollie Galt from William Wilson Galt; menus from Hotel-Restaurant de la Paix and Grand Hotel Brunate; bill for plumbing services from E. E. Guy \u0026amp; Sons in Norfolk, Virginia; William Wilson Galt's letters and postcards were written from Genoa, Rome, and Mersina, Italy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and daughter Mary Carrington Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, nephew Rogers Harrison Galt, niece Mary M. Galt, niece Elizabeth Ashe Galt, Mary H. Boyd, Dr. Alexander Duane, Dr. Southgate Leigh, Ada Harvey, J. T. Van Patten, and the Army-Navy Journal; letter to son William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, including photographs of a torpedo gust leaving the tube when fired from the Raleigh at Mersina, after it left the tube, entering the water after it was fired, about 10 feet from the ship as the torpedo entered in for its course towards the target. Letter to daughter Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt, including one photograph of Dr. Marsteller and WWG, Mersina, 1897 November 25, USS Raleigh; letter to children Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Mary Carrington Galt , and Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt, including a chart detailing the cities and ports visited by the USS Raleigh over nearly a one year period; letter to aunt Molly Galt from William Richard Galt; Reference letter written by William Wilson Galt on behalf of J. T. Van Patten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from Charles H. Eldridge, Max Rosenberg, Demege, Reid, \u0026amp; Co., and Delmege, Forsythe, \u0026amp; Co.; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, uncle John Whitehead, cousin Lara, Dr. Alexander Duane, Virginia Mason, Emma Prud, Lizzie Boykin, Mary E. Carrington, Annie Watkins, Susan Morton, and Alice Green; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to J. B. Coghlan from William Wilson Galt; invitation to celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Military Service Institution of the United States on February 10.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from son William Richard Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, and J. T. Van Patten; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Saunders, \"Belle\", E. H. Marsteller, and T. W. Wood \u0026amp; Sons; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to all children from William Wilson Galt. Topics include William Wilson Galt's observations of the people and lifestyle of Hong Kong and the oncoming Spanish-American War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from daughter Mary Carrington Galt and Henry Romeike; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, Alexander Galt, I. B. McPhail, Emma Prud, T. Hall \u0026amp; Mingardo, Anne Letham, A. S. Kenny, and \"Belle\"; letter to children from William Wilson Galt; translation of a proclamation by the Governor-General of the Philippines; clipping from Army and Navy Journal relating William Wilson Galt's good health after Battle of Manila Bay; printed picture of USS Raleigh; newspaper clipping relating death of Captain Charles Vernon Gridley (William Wilson Galt is mentioned in the article as having reported the death to the Navy Department). Most of William Wilson Galt's letters deal with the Battle of Manila Bay (1898 May 1). Included in his letter to Mary Blair Galt on May 1 is a hand-drawn map of the American battle plan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and Katherine Gridley; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, L. B. Cary, W. L. Cosby, \"Lillie\", \"Sue\", and J. G. Shackelford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, son William Richard Galt, Annie Galt, Emily Galt, J. G. Shackelford, L. B. Cary, Dr. Southgate Leigh, and Lyon G. Tyler; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to \"Miss Nannie\" from William Richard Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and son William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, son William Richard Galt, W. J. Upshur, and W. L. Cosby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from daughter Mary Carrington Galt and son William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Annie Galt, J. G. Shackelford, P. B. Eggleston, Stern Brothers, Larkin Soap Company, Emily Watkins, W. L. Cosby, and Alice B. Greer; invitation to wedding of Cecile Amelie and Cornelius de Witt on 1898 November 15.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from son Robert Ware Galt, son William Richard Galt, and son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, daughter Mary Carrington Galt, daughter Susie Alexina Galt, son William Richard Galt, niece Elizabeth Ashe Galt, niece Mary M. Galt, W. A. Boykin, J. P. Lawrence, J. C. Byenes, and N. Sherwell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from son William Richard Galt, Laura Sherwood Picking, and C. L. Chamberlaine; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, uncle John Whitehead, cousin Lottie Carrington, Marie Marsteller, W. A. Boykin, B. Boykin, L. B. Cary, C. M. Meginley, and J. G. Shackelford; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Bessie Daniel. Invitations to wedding of Rosalie Smith and Dr. Isaac Carrington Harrison on January 24, Katharine Storrow and William C. Scott on February 21. Program for 10th Anniversary Service at St. John's Church in Portsmouth, Virginia. Lakewood, New Jersey Railroad timetable.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from Mann L. Quarles and Dr. William T. Bull; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, cousin Margaretta Clingh, Annie Galt, Dr. Alexander Duane, N. C. Lalcolt, C. M. Meginley, J. G. Shackelford, and W. L. Cosby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from E. J. Bogart and L. B. McPhail; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Rogers Galt, W. L. Cosby, and Inez Wichus Montague; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr. with a collection of stamps included. Invitation to wedding of Susan Hedge Amsden and Carl Sutherland Parker on 1899 June 7, Emily Louisa Sawyer and John Nichols Moore on 1899 June 28.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and \"Lillie\"; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr.; freight bill from Southern Railway Co. for William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers Galt, Charles H. Consolvo and Edward C. Cheshire, and Mann L. Quarles; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, N. Sherwell, J. B. Lovett, W. S. Friend, Leopold Levy, and Jackson \u0026amp; Co.; letter to W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr. from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; invitation to wedding of Clara Fuller and Philip Andrews on 1899 August 16; advertisement for Hoge Memorial Military Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from Gerry W. Simpson and the New York Yacht Club; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, J. B. Lovett, W. L. Cosby, Marjorie March, and J. G. Shackelford; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Lucy Watkins, and Alexander Martin. Much of the correspondence relates to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt starting college at William \u0026amp; Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Lucy Watkins, Sue Watkins, George H. Watkins, and Hugh Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from brother William Richard Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Joel Hill Watkins, Lucy Watkins, George H. Watkins, John Lloyd Newcomb, William Read Martin, Emily Christian, C. Vernon Spratley, N. Sherwell, \"Lloyd\", and \"Joe\"; invitation to Twentieth Annual Celebration of the Sigma Rho Delta Literary Society of the Shenandoah Valley Academy on May 4.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Joel Hill Watkins, William Read Martin, Dr. Southgate Leigh, George H. Watkins, George L. R. Stevens, Wright, Kay, \u0026amp; Co., and Lyon G. Tyler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt Duane, and J. F. Carr; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Eva C. Lalcolt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, William Richard Galt, Bob Galt, Elizabeth Ashe Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Joel Hill Watkins, Lucy Watkins, George H. Watkins, Dr. Southgate Leigh, William Read Martin, and C. Vernon Spratley; Prescription written by Dr. Alexander Duane for Mary Carrington Galt; Wright, Kay, \u0026amp; Co. catalog for Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Includes a 1900 August 16 letter from L.D. Starke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers Galt, R. H. Townley, and Arent Schuyler Crowninshield; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Annie Galt, Molly Galt, Elizabeth Ashe Galt, Lucius F. Cary, Emily Christian, C. Vernon Spratley, Elsie S. Hannah, George H. Watkins, Lucy Watkins, Joel Hill Watkins, William Read Martin, and Wright, Kay, \u0026amp; Co.; bill from Hospital St. Vincent de Paul for services rendered to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Annie Galt, C. Vernon Spratley, George H. Watkins, George Pugh, J. E. Williams, Lucius F. Cary, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., and Dr. Southgate Leigh; letter to Annie Galt from William Richard Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from brother Alexander Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, cousin \"Bob\" given), W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Joel Hill Watkins, William Read Martin, Lucius F. Cary, Dr. Southgate Leigh, and Thomas H. Carter. Invitation to wedding of Martha Cabell Bouldin and Albert Humes Gentry on 1901 July 24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and \"Sue\"; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Annie Galt, John Lloyd Newcomb, D. C. Watkins, and W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr.; mathematics word problem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from David C. Reis and Cornelia McBlair; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., and William Read Martin; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from David C. Reis; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Molly Galt, Annie Galt, George H. Watkins, Mary Daniel, and Cornelia McBlair; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, and Sam Daniel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, George H. Watkins, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Cornelia McBlair, William Read Martin, Mary B. Daniel, and Wright, Kay, \u0026amp; Co.; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and Annie Galt; invitation to wedding of Emily Cary and Thomas Marshall, Jr. on 1901 November 12; description of \"Paul Jones\" mixer dance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from Laura Sherwood Picking; letter to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Mary Blair Galt, William Richard Galt, Cornelia McBlair, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Mary B. Daniel, William Read Martin, and \"Joe\"; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and \"Flea\"; Manila Day Reunion Poem by Commander Corwin P. Rees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Molly Galt, William Richard Galt, Annie Galt, George H. Watkins, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Jul H. Watkins, and \"Elsie\"; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from R. G. Skerrett and B. F. Coble; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Agnes Douglas West, and W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr.; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., M. J. Morton, and Lily B. Cary; receipt for Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt's board at University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Laura Sherwood Picking, and R. G. Skerrett; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; a poem entitled \"At Sea\" written by William Wilson Galt; William Wilson Galt's letters were written primarily in Hong Kong and Singapore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from W. D. Southhall; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from Carroll R. Wright, Jr.; letter to J. W. Patterson from Mary Blair Galt; invitation to wedding of Mattie Lacey and Thomas J Pennybacker on1903 September 9. William Wilson Galt's letters were written primarily in Yokohama, Nagasaki and Kobe, Japan, Chefoo [Yantai] and Tsingtau [Qingdao], China, and Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from Daniel Barnes; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from A. H. Flint. Invitation to wedding of Ruth Waldron and Frank Peard Thomas on 1904 January 12, Minnie Bolling and James Duncan Puller on 1904 February 3, Lucy Daniel and Charles Kingston von Weise on 1904 June 29, Ethel Sharp and Ralph Mancill Griswold on 1904 July 28. William Wilson Galt's letters were written primarily from Manila Bay, Hong Kong, Naples, and Gibraltar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from J. B. Coghlan, Thorvald Solberg, and the Virginia Club of Norfolk; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Lewis Crenshaw. Library of Congress document regarding William Wilson Galt's book \"The Battle of Manila Bay\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Rhoderick H. Watkins, and Janice H. Read; Postcards to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from D. D. E. and anonymous; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Sniky Byers, Louise Bocereeau, \"Stuart\", \"Mac\" (female), and \"Dave\"; postcard to Mary Carrington Galt from anonymous; letter to Aaron Marx from Claude Swanson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcard to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from R. H. W.; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, L. B. Cox, Sniky Byers, H. J. Putnam \u0026amp; Co., R. H. Payn, H. G. McCormick, and R. Stuart Royer; letter to Robert Ware Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from J. B. Coghlan; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt; Postcard to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from \"E. W. C.\"; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Guy S. Lurty, and \"Stuart\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from J. J. Vogel and Dr. J. B. Murphy; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Bill Oglesby, E. W. Lawson, and Daisy Eggleston; letter to Mary Meares Galt from Rogers Galt; Robert Ware Galt's Navy enlistment papers, dated 1906 November 30, listing his examination date as 1907 April 16; invitation to wedding of Gertrude Abyvon Walke and Edward Dickinson Tayloe on October 25. Two letters written as poems to \"Uncle Bill\" from Rogers H. Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from Leonard Draper, J. E. Duke and G. A. D. Galt at the \"Soldiers Home\" in Richmond, Virginia; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, Lily B. Cary, T. Catesby Jones, and cousin \"Bettie\"; Advertisements and reviews. Letter form E.B. Roy in response to Galt's concern that his Pay Director term is for three years instead of four years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt and H. H. Ewing; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt and William Richard Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, and Mary Carrington Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from George J. Durfey and telegram fro Hugh Blair G. Galt announcing \"Made the degree all right.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Bettie Marton. Invitations to weddings of Basil Gordon Montague and Lt. Col. George Barnett 1908 January 1, Elizabeth Welsh Galt and William Davidson 1908 January 16, Fanny Lewis Bouldin and Thomas Sprattley 1908 February 26, Elizabeth Virginia Jones and Joseph Hugh Neville 1908 April 16, Hilda Bateson and Laurance Jones 1908 June 18, Lily Brooke Booker and William Cutler Cole 1908 September 5, Evelyn Byrd Trigg and George Harris Sargeant, Jr. 1908 September 15, May Annette Luttmer and Rishworth Nicholson 1908 November 5, Anne McMaster and Davis Wills Jordan 1909 October 20, Margaret Nash Old and John Stone Stump, Jr. 1909 November 3, and Gladys Gertrude Hethorn and Wilford Grigsby Epes 1909 November 24. Note from Thomas E. Watkins 1909 March 25 saying that Carrington is very sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt and Louise Lelden; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt. Invitation to wedding of Delle Fay Norris and Henry Allen Pearson on February 2. Letter of condolence about the death of Roger Galt from James Riddle 1910 August 27 .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from Susie Alexina Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Mary C. Carrington, and W. L. Cosby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susie Alexina Galt, William Richard Galt, Alexander Galt, Annie Read, J. Watkins Lacy, Sara R. Martin, and Agnes E. Lancaster; invitation to wedding of Helen Howard and Charles Clifford Gill on April 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susie Alexina Galt, Robert Ware Galt, and \"Betty\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, Mary Meares Galt, and Edwin Brockenbrough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from Susie Alexina Galt, Nannie C. Bolling, and W. L. Cosby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Mary Blair Galt from W. L. Cosby; invitation and program for Susie Alexina Galt's graduation ceremony at the College for Women in Columbia, South Carolina on June 6. Invitations to weddings of Louise Keeling Taylor and John Wright Stribling June 12, Lois Drake Millard and Frank Edwin Preston Uberroth June 22, Nancy Collins Nash and Logan Cresap June 29, Lela Coles Bouldin and Oscar Lane Shewmake June 26, Katharine Jones and Reginald Page June 27, Mary Ambler Willcox and Worrall Reed Carter July 2, Lilly Johnson Poor and Henry Morris Johnston July 9.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from R. C. Marshall; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Lucy Gray Harrison and H. A. Hunter; letter to Williamsburg, Virginia Postmaster from Lucy Pemberton, seeking addresses of relatives of late Hugh Blair Grigsby. Invitations to weddings of Cora Isabel Westcott and Laurence Stowell Adams August 1, Maude Walker and Charles Semmes Stanworth September 18, Lottie Washington Lambert and John Walton Grandy, Jr. September 19, and Dorothy Evleth Brown and Stewart Varona Hellings September 30.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt and Philip Andrews informing Galt that he has been awarded a \"Special Meritorious Medal\" for his actions in the Battle of Manila Bay. Invitations to weddings of Marie Louise Ryan and George Wirt Simpson on October 2, 1912, Susan Barnett Persons and Lewis Bowen McBride on October 9, Eloise Hirst and William Couper, on October 9, Virginia Klein Cooke and Edward Keville Glennan on October 9, Flournoy Adams Hopkins and Gilbert Alexander Boswell Eliott on October 10, Emily Ward and Otto Barten McLean on, October 17, and Clare Beatrice Rudgard Wigg and Newton Armistead Coggsdale on October 19.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Mary Meares Galt, and nephew Rogers H. Galt; Christmas card from W. L. Cosby. Invitations to weddings of Susan Pendleton Howard and Hartwell Heathe Hume on November 6, Josephine Engelhard Boylan and Ellsworth Harper Van Patten on November 23, Mary Lewis Sharp and Irving Brinton Holley on November 27, and Emily Fuller Johnston and Joshua Warren White on December 14.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Robert Ware Galt, William Richard Galt, Annie Galt, and Lucy Pemberton; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from Mary Meares Galt; invitation to wedding of Harriotte Jones Winchester and Edward Griffith Dodson on January 29. List of members of the Puff Club (a business men's club in Norfolk, Virginia), with attached memos and poem entitled \"The Campaign of the Puffs against the Great Destroyer.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, and William Richard Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, and Robert Ware Galt; invitation to wedding of Bessie Armistead Doyle and Joseph Virginius Bidgood, Jr. on October 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William W. Galt from Florence J. Grant and Maria Ward Skelton; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Belle Boykin, and Maria Ward Skelton; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letter to Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels from William Wilson Galt; letter to Senator Thomas S. Martin from William Wilson Galt; letter to Alfred P. Thom from William Wilson Galt; Galt's letters to Daniels, Martin, and Thom are regarding his request for a promotion to Rear Admiral upon his retirement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from John R. Edwards; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Carrington G. Galt, Annie Galt, and E. B. Martin; letter to Alfred P. Thom from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert W. Shultice from S. B. Avis; letter to W. H. Venable from Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels; letter to Senator Thomas S. Martin from W. H. Venable; invitation to wedding of Alice Louise Preston and Albert Weston Grant, Jr. on October 17.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to William Wilson Galt from Hugh Blair Jordan; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William W.  Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, Mary Meares Galt, and Ward Skelton Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, William Richard Galt, and Susie Alexina Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt, Alfred George Zimmerman, Annie Galt, John M. Galt, Secretary of the Navy Edwin Wenby, T. S. Dunaway, George L. Hunt, Philip Andrews, John Teicher, Joseph W. Eggleston, A. Closdon, Frank Lester, John S. Bottimore, \"Alfred\", \"Aleck\", and \"Frank\"; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and William Richard Galt; letter to Annie Galt from C. G. Smith; letter to Dr. Pickrell from Annie Galt; letter to Hugh Blair from Aunt Molly and carbon copy of his answer.  Much of the correspondence in 1922 is regarding William Wilson Galt's health as in that year he had his right foot amputated and suffered from pneumonia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt, Ward Skelton Galt, Annie Galt, Zander Galt, \"Alfred\" (husband of daughter Susie), Hugh Blair Galt, Mrs. A. G. Zimermann and James B. Denny; letter to sister Susie from William Wilson Galt; letter to brother Zander from William Wilson Galt; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Mary Carrington Galt, William R. Galt and Hugh Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, letter to Bill from Zander; letter from Billy Galt to Grandfather; list of stockholders of Lynnhaven Beach and Park Co.; 1923 December 23 letter from J. H. D. to \"Dill\" with an attached news clipping \"Dr. J.H. Dillard to visit Africa\". 1924 March 3 letter from William Wilson Galt to his son includes a poem; 1923 July 13 letter from Hugh Blair Galt to William Wilson Galt also includes a poem. Most of the correspondence during these years are typed or carbons of typed letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitations to marriages and other events, plus a few calling cards. A dried plant was transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection Mss. 1.03.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Mary Galt from Hugh G. Grigsby, William Galt, Annie Galt, Mrs. Conway Robinson, M. L. Nowlin, Laure E. Read, Carrington Galt and Roger Galt.  Letters to William Galt from Roger Galt, P. A. Williams, Louise H. Carter, Mary B. Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary Meares Galt.  Includes a note from W. R. Galt and a letter from William Galt Hubbell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from Mary Blair Galt, Annie Galt, L. B. Cary, A. K. Micheler, and Virginia (illegible last name); letters to Mary Blair Galt from Carmela Loyale, George Chappell, Annie Galt, L. B. Cary, Louisa L. Read, Nannie Winston, Bradford (illegible first name), Lizzie Boykin, and Kate Gaulding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Hugh Blair Galt from \"Aunt Molly\",\" Elsie\", Emily M. Watkins, J. Morton, Mary Blair Galt, Lucy D. Thornton and Cordelia McBlair. Letter to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt while on the USS Kentucky. Letter to William Wilson Galt from Mary. Letter to Granddaddy or Grandpa from William R. Galt, Jr., and unknown. Letter to Granddaddy and Mamie from William R. Galt, Jr. Letter to Grandma from Grandson who was in Vallejo, California. Letters to Mother from Mary B. G. Galt and Robert. Letters to \"Father\" from \"Alfred\", \"Susie\", Robert W. Galt, and \"Will\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to William Wilson Galt from nephew John M. Galt, Maria, Mary B. Grigsby and Louise H. Carter. Letters to Mary B. G. Galt from cousin Cantey E. Reed, \"Annie\", \"M. L. Y.\", C.A . Stanely, Margaret B. Roper, \"Susan\", \"Dorothy\", Susie Crane, Sarah S. Read and others. Letters to family from Robert W. Galt, Susie D. Galt, Mary Galt and Carrington Galt. Includes a letter to William Wilson Galt from S. T. Early in which Early sends him a branch of the original Poets Laurel, and a letter from William Lamb, T. M. Whitehurst and John B. Jenkins asking William Galt to donate some land to the City of Norfolk. A legal document from Allegheny County about an 1837 debt of Andrew Fudge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo carbon typescripts of a short biography of Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation, newspaper articles and rough drafts with a typescript of Hugh B. G. Galt's speech on the Cape Henry Lighthouse Celebration at Cape Henry, Virginia in 1939.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Estelle Haskins, daughter of Bettie Morton. Bettie Morton was a servant in the Galt household at \"Oak Grove\" in Charlotte County. Estelle and her mother live in a house on the former \"Oak Grove\" property. Estelle often writes for help with legal problems and financial problems. Hugh Blair G. Galt responds with advice, gifts of money and hand-me-down clothes, and often intercedes to help with legal problems. Estelle helps him pack up old books and papers that belonged to the Grigsby family after some property was sold. Some correspondence deals with the land that Bettie Morton receives as the dower of 1/3 of the property of Albert Morton. Hugh Blair G Galt sends Betty Morton a deed to the house, which is given for life on 1925 January 10. Eventually, the entire parcel was sold to the Charlotte County School Board by Homer A. Lester and wife. The land had been conveyed to Mrs. Lester by the Galt family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1934 letter from Galt's nephew \"Bill\"; 1939 article about First National Seashore Park in North Carolina; 1941 letter from Office of the Marshal of the Supreme Court saying seats will be saved for him and Mrs. Galt; 1943 letter from nephew \"Richard\" while in the Army Air Forces Bombardier School in Texas; business card of Henry G. Barbee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotepad from \"The Pocomoke...Guano Company\" with notes on farm products, household products, Morse code, and prices of goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport by Miss Elizabeth V. Gaines of Saxe, Virginia on the libraries of Charlotte County, particularly the Edgehill Library of Hugh Blair Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClass schedules, grades, certificates, notes, invoices, assignments and reports of Hugh B.G. Galt. Includes 1899 paper \"The Romantic School in English Poetry\". 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1906 University of Virginia grades; 1903, 1904, and 1906 University of Virginia pass certificates; 1906 document stating \"Degree of Bachelor of Arts conferred, June 12, 1906\"; 1938 bill for the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association; 1939 \"University of Virginia Newsletter\" with article on Virginia's Forest Resources by F.C. Pederson. Undated lecture schedule and notes. University of Virginia report card for November 1901.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAudits of the estate of Mary B. G. Galt by Hugh B. G. Galt, her son and William Wilson Galt, her husband. Includes three copies of 1935 February report \"Second Report by Hugh B. G. Galt, Surviving Executor of Mary G. Galt, Deceased\"; one copy of 1935 April 9 report \"A Report by Hugh B. G. Galt, Surviving Executor of Mary B. Galt, Deceased to the present Beneficiaries of the Same.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Grigsby Family property \"Edgehill\", located in Charlotte County, Virginia which Mary B. G. Galt inherited from her brother, Carrington Grigsby. Includes 1914 plat of the Charlotte County property, 1914 Deed of Trust note on the property, correspondence with potential purchasers of the property, and correspondence and legal documents on the sale of the property to L. E. Rogers, John O. Walker, and C.E. Hunter in 1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1916-1928 correspondence between Otis M. Locke and William Wilson Galt about rental of property in Charlotte County. Mr. Locke rented a piece of property, possibly since 1907, and tried to purchase it a number of times. The property was originally part of the Grigsby estate. 1919-1925 correspondence about selling other parcels of land that were part of the Grigsby estate, including part of the Cardwell Tract. Correspondence and legal documents on the 1936 sale of one part of the Charlotte County, Virginia property to F. Watts Burgess and L. P. White. Correspondence and legal documents on the 1952 sale of the final piece of property to Boyd Hensley. Includes tax statements, county and property maps, and legal documents given to Hugh B. G. Galt by the remaining descendants of Mary B.G. Galt the right to sell the property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten list of some of the furnishings of Mary B. G. Galt with a history of the item.  Includes photographs of some of the paintings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax documents and correspondence regarding inheritance tax after the death of William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInventory and appraisement of the estate of William Wilson Galt and Mary B. Galt.  Agreement between Carrington G. Galt and his siblings where he releases all his rights to the tangible personal property as a legatee of Mary B. and William Wilson Galt, 1934 July 14.  A ledger with lists and appraisals of estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1934 death certificate of William Wilson Galt; 1934 certification of H. G. G. Galt as executor to William Wilson Galt's estate; 1934 document giving Hugh Blair G. Galt permission to make repairs to 1104 Westover Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia (home of William Wilson Galt); 1934 inventory of 1104 Westover Avenue. Other legal documents between the beneficiaries of William W. and Mary B. G. Galt, 1916 will of William Wilson Galt, financial notes and ledgers and tax documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApplication of relief from taxes on property in Charlotte County, Virginia.  Cancelled checks and bank statements.  Correspondence related to tax and banking issues.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and documents of Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt as the executor of the estates of both William Wilson Galt and Mary B.G. Galt, his parents. He dealt with all the aspects of the estate: making an inventory of the contents of the house, selling items not wanted by his siblings, organizing papers, fixing up and selling the house, and maintaining accounts and legal forms to document his work. The correspondence with his siblings is often in triplicate. The names of his siblings are William R. Galt, Susan D. Zimermann, and Carrington G. Galt. Items from the home are mentioned, plus items given or on loan to institutions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger kept by Hugh B. G. Galt as administrator of the personal estate of Hugh Carrington Grigsby. Pages 6-22 include the inventory of personal estate and page 196 includes an account of finances. Between pages 22 and 23 are three loose items: two pages with pencil drawn scenes set in Colorado and probably drawn by Hugh B. G. Galt, and one letter dated 1892 December 27 addressed to \"My precious Mother\" (her mother-in-law) from Mary B. G. Galt about the sadness she feels with the death of her father-in-law. Loose memo book in back of ledger includes a few accounts and notes from 1889. All pages in between are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Fitzgerald Flournoy, Henry Riely, other genealogists, family members and organizations about the Grigsby and Galt families. Of particular note is Fitzgerald Flournoy who organized the Grigsby Papers for Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, and his writings about different family members. One unpublished report, \"The Lot of the Defeated\" is included. Correspondence with Henry Riely, a lawyer with the firm McGuire, Riely and Eggleston in Richmond, Virginia centers on the Carrington Family. Includes notes on the families and Norfolk Historical Society inquiries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on Dr. Alexander Dickie Galt by William R. Galt and a handwritten paper on Alexander Galt, the sculptor, by Hugh B. Grigsby with a carbon typescript, published 1863 February 3 in the Richmond Inquirer. A \"Memoria Sacrum\" poem by James Barron Hope in memory of \"Alexander Galt, The Sculptor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated handwritten and typescript of  \"Memoir of John Minson Galt, Jr.\" by W. R. Grigsby. 1941 September issue of \"Virginia Medical Monthly\" with an article on \"Dr. John Minson Galt and the Williamsburg Asylum\" by P. G. Hamlin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarbon typescript of paper entitled \"Mr. Grigsby: Athlete, Orator, Author\", author and date unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, correspondence and copies of documents relating to the Grigsby and Galt Families. Includes notes on the Whitehead Family. Other notes on collateral families of Scervant, Ware, Marston, Finch, McPherson, Silvester, and others. Includes a reprint of the 1863 obituary of Captain Reuben Grigsby from the Richmond Enquirer; 1896 article from the Central Presbyterian on the Old Stone Church in Lewistown, Virginia with a mention of Reverend Benjamin Grigsby, the father of Hugh Blair Grigsby and a handwritten copy of the James Galt family Bible. Some reports written by Mary Meares Galt. Includes a note written on a paper bag, \"Home - Woodside, Mrs. Dr. John M. Galt, Dr. John M. Galt, MD - C.S.A. Children, Eva Dulaney Galt, Herbert Randolph Galt\" and a 1870 November 14 invoice for tuition for the \"Misses C. \u0026amp; M. Skinner\" paid by Honorable J. B. Whitehead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1898 April 19 confirmation certification by the Bishop of Southern Virginia in the Ascension Church in Keysville, Virginia. 1938 January 25 letter from the  Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution invitation to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt for membership via John Grigsby or Benjamin Porter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a 1871 obituary of Judge William Leigh of Halifax County, Virginia.  Most clippings deal with events in the Norfolk, Virginia area, either articles or editorials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewsletters, brochures and programs from various groups and events. Undated material includes \"General Regulations\" from William \u0026amp; Mary; map of New York City; reproduction map of \"Champlain's Map of New France 1632\"; order from for The George Jaberg Music Company of Cincinnati, Ohio; empty notepad from \"R.J. Edwards, Smithfield, Virginia\"; three copies of \"America,\" one copy of \"Yankee Doodle\" (3\"x2\") as advertisements for W. G. Williams, Smithville, Virginia; advertising card for E. E. Guys of Norfolk, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript draft of essay on \"The First President of William \u0026amp; Mary,\" also called \"Commissary James Blair,\" dated 1913, typescript of paper, \"Commodore John Paul Jones,\" undated and an 1899 poem written on the Norfolk Boat Club letterhead using both English and German.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet for The Galt Literary Society which was organized by \"the young men of William R. Galt's school.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped transcript of a letter written to W. R. Galt by Colonel John B. Cary of Richmond, Virginia about the Scervant Family, dated 1875 August 16.  Handwritten note on bottom of letter: original of this letter is in the possession of W.R. Galt's granddaughter, Mary M. Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate to William R. Galt from The Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America saying that he is \"A Noble of the Mystic Shrine in Accas Temple in Richmond, Virginia.\" 1900 May 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1903 form letter announcing meeting of the Orient Mark Lodge of Japan; 1903 menu of the \"traditional banquet to the Members of Aloha Temple...in Honolulu; 1907 Funeral Service procedures \"as prescribed by The Grand Lodge of Virginia\"; 1911 bylaws of the Owens Lodge in Norfolk, Virginia; \"Laying of the Cornerstone of St. Andrews Episcopal Church\" by Owen Lodge No. 164 in Norfolk, Virginia 1920 June 30; 1918 February 15 Virginia Masonic Journal Newsletter; February 1917 newsletter \"Atlantic Lodge News\" with an article on William Wilson Galt; The Temple News of Norfolk, Virginia dated 1920 September (Volume 3, Number 9). Includes newspaper clippings about the Masons, William Wilson Galt, and Hugh B. Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeeches given at the 10th Annual Convention of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association (undated),  and a paper entitled \"Harmony.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript speech on the History of Masonry.  39 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript address explaining \"certain words and passages of our work that are not very clear in their meaning or application\".   26 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript speech on the \"source of the Sublime Degree, the foundation of Masonry\".  Gives sources at the end of the paper.  61 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a tribute to William Richard Galt written by James H. Dillard. Originally published in the Southern Churchman, dated 1922 September 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal papers of William Wilson Galt which include financial material, business correspondence, material as executor of family members' estates, real estate transactions, tax and insurance documents, news clippings, printed and published written material, papers from his time as Navy Paymaster, and his last will and testament. William Wilson Galt joined the Navy about 1877 and served in the Navy for 50 years. He was a Navy Paymaster for most of those years. In 1881, he married Mary Blair Grigsby, daughter of Hugh Blair Grigsby, the Chancellor of William \u0026amp; Mary from 1871 to 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalling cards from Galt Family members and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGrades for Robert W. Galt and Mary C. Galt during one school session. 1901 tuition invoice to Mrs. J. T. Carr for music lessons on guitar for Hugh Blair Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper and other clippings collected by William Wilson Galt. Some topics are Norfolk, Florida and the Navy. Some clippings are poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper and other clippings about the Galt Family. Obituaries and articles about Roger H. Galt, William Wilson Galt, William Richard Galt, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from the U.S. Navy and related people to William Wilson Galt. Correspondence regarding H. R. Bills 18701 and 19313 about giving officers an option of voluntary retirement. Medical examination material for 1909 and 1910. 1911 October 6 letter transferring his position at the Navy Pay Office to Pay Inspector Harry E. Biscoe and October 18 and 21 letters commanding him for duty as Paymaster of Yard under the command of the Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk. 1912 correspondence about receipt of a medal, receipts for a meal, Naval Communication Service invoices and a carbon copy of a letter to Miss Serpell from Arthur P. Ware about a War Department plat. Some of William Wilson Galt's Naval correspondence is also filed in date order in Sub-series 1, Galt Family Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall leather covered daybook which includes daily notations, addresses, and account information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsurance invoices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes tombstone inscription and order for tombstone; \"list of books taken from library at Edgehill Oct. 9th, 1884 by Mrs. William Wilson Galt\"; receipts for payments from the estate; 1881 prenuptial contract between Mary Blair Grigsby and W. W. Galt stating that William Wilson Galt will not interfere with the rents and profits of the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby; legal documents with Mary Blair Grigsby Galt as one of the executors of her father's estate; accounts of the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeather account book from the Norfolk National Bank with approximately seven pages of accounts relating to the estate of Mary B. Grigsby, which include lists of items, possibly as inventories, under the headings: \"Mary Blair Carrington\", \"For Grove/For Edgehill\", and \"Farming Implements\". Also includes an account of the security stock of the Charlotte Banking and Insurance Company belonging to the estate of Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices of interest payment to Robert R. Prentis on note due Joseph B. Whitehead's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCanceled checks, bank statements, check stub books, deposit slips and bank notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bank books for Mrs. Mary Blair Galt. Leather notepad wallet moved to Manuscripts Artifact Collection, Mss. 1.03.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped list of Galt's expenses when he was a candidate for the House of Delegates. List addressed to the Chairman City Democratic Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices for purchases from local businesses and businesses across the country. Many invoices list items purchased. Receipts from businesses. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices and receipts for purchases from local businesses and businesses across the country. Many invoices list items purchased. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster. Includes receipts for payments to the City Gas Company of Norfolk, and Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices and receipts for local and world-wide purchases. Many invoices list items purchased. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster. Includes purchase of a guitar for $7.00 in 1900 and a General Catalogue No. 66 from Montgomery Ward \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, receipts and bonds for the Tidewater Mineral and Oil Corporation and Norfolk-Princess Anne Oil Corporation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wilson Galt elected an Honorary Member of St. Johns Masonic Lodge 1908. Carbon copy of a 1911 June 21 letter from William Wilson Galt, as Representative of the United Grand Lodge, to Sir Edward Letchworth, the Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge...Freemasons' Hall in England, about the honor conferred upon him. Related Mason material, some about William Wilson Galt, is filed in Sub-Series 3, William R. Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1908 contract for telephone service and a 1916 Virginia State Hunter's License. 1896-1899 insurance records which include a policy, payment receipts of premiums and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1881 December 1 Charlotte County, Virginia marriage license between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby with a Minister's Return of Marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wilson Galt wrote a poem entitled \"The Battle of Manila Bay\". The poem was printed in various publications and eventually incorporated into a book, also called \"The Battle of Manila Bay\". Copies of the poem from various sources, newspaper articles about the poem, and order slips for purchasing the book. Research correspondence and requests for photographs from men who participated in the battle, copyright information and letters from appreciative readers. Some correspondence on the lectures Galt gave on the Battle of Manila Bay.   Note: accounting details from the sale of the book are located with various financial documents as noted on the inventory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeather bound diary kept by William Wilson Galt while stationed at Punta de los Cerritos from 1882 April 19-31.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo certificates of membership for the Navy Relief Society; one for Paymaster W. W. Galt and one for Mrs. William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings about the Navy, Navy personnel, and William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembership material for the Navy Mutual Aid Association, Allotment Check transmissions and Statement of Account for his pay. Leave requests from 1903-1906. 1922 letter exchange with the Judge Advocate General about bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport \"574 C\" reconciling statement of William Wilson Galt, Paymaster, U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia. for 1st quarter of 1896, and Auditor memos from 1913 and 1914.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClarence N. Howell is an Assistant Chief Clerk in the Paymaster's Office. In 1907, he accuses the Paymaster's Office of misconduct and mismanagement. William Wilson Galt is investigated and the newspapers carry articles about the situation (see news clipping files). Correspondence includes many letters written to William Wilson Galt from creditors of Clarence N. Howell from 1902 to 1907. Includes the official report written by William Wilson Galt where he answers each accusation. Correspondence to and from William Wilson Galt about the accusations. Folder title used by William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt slips for navy personnel which include the names of the men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChart listing names of men, how many days worked, pay per day, and total pay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger which is a cash book for the USS. Kentucky (1903-unknown), but also records 1906-1907 sales of \"The Battle of Manila Bay\" on pages 54-63, 89-90. Near the end of the book are entries for the USS Vicksburg from 1902-1903. Loose papers include sheets listing men and their positions on the Boston, the Raleigh, the Baltimore, and other ships. Includes a few paymaster receipts. Printed list of arrival and departure dates and name of ports for the \"Cruise of USS Kentucky\" (1900-1904); 1903 issue of \"The Open Door: Thanksgiving Number\" which includes names of all crew members; 1904 February 20 issue of \"The Open Door\". Correspondence about physical exam before receiving a promotion and other material included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, supply orders, memos, and other supply related material while stationed in Gibraltar, Hong Kong, and Smyrna. Includes a barber bill for 1899 with names of the men, their pay number and rating; 1898 list from the Treasury Department of the \"Values of Foreign Coins\"; handmade card signed by members of the crew entitled \"You May Fire When You are Ready, Gridley, May 1, 1898 to May 1st, 1901\", and a 1898 March 26 letter relieving Galt of duty on the USS Raleigh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhoto print of \"Genl Dewey\". Receipts from the Grand Hotel in Guatemala, the Kilaneau Volcano House in Hawaii, the Grand Hotel in Yokohama, and the Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita. Pamphlet for the Panic Mail Steamship Company Peru with a list of passengers (1902), and receipt for clothing from \"Ah Sing and Co.\" in Shanghai.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the \"General Service Code\" with homographic signals, typed extract from 1898 May 27 China Daily Press; 1907 January 19 partial issue of Army and Navy Register; list of \"District Joint Communications Visited\"; 1890 pass for W. W. Galt for San Jose De Gu Temala, Central America; 1871 map of Santo Domingo; prospectus pamphlet for the Ostrander Repeating Gun Company, and a pamphlet for the Ostrander Gun.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1898 July 9 order to report to the USS Delmonico; note giving the time of the \"Sword presentations \u0026amp; c to officers of the Navy\"; 1902 appointment and commission as Pay Inspector in the Navy, with the rank of Commander; 1903 appointment order to be on a \"Navy Examining Board\" and a Congressional Bill (S. 5693) from the 63rd Congress, 2nd Session \"To provide for the promotion of Pay Director William Wilson Galt...to the rank of Rear Admiral in the Pay Corps of the Navy upon his retirement from the service\" (1914). Correspondence in regard to promotions, including letters of recommendations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResolutions adopted at the last meeting on 1909 May 1. Two copies of the \"Constitution and List of Members of the Society of Manila Bay\" and a 1920 brochure for the Twenty-Second Annual Banquet at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC with signatures on the inside front cover. Tissue paper carbon of a 1926 letter addressed to Captain Dudley N. Carpenter about the May meeting of the Manila Bay Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProposed amendment to House Bill #6616, \"That after completing the prescribed course of four years' instruction at the Naval Academy ... there shall be retained each year for service in the Navy and Marine Corps...only so many as shall equal the number of vacancies...\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes about spheres, torture, Spanish sentence structure and a medicinal formula. Shopping list, a mostly blank small notebook, list of automobile travel expenditures with names of Virginia towns and the vehicle odometer reading, code labeled \"Grimm's Law,\" drawing of a possible boat, drawing of the floor plan of a house and a doodle drawing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoems and prose with titles such as \"Our Idyll,\" \"A Prayer\" and \"To One Who Knows\" (1923). Most are handwritten. 1923 typed Christmas poem addressed to Mary Meares from \"Uncle Bill\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochures, pamphlets, sales advertising, \"how to play whist\" pamphlet, postcards, printed poems, recipes, programs, safe driver's manual, \"a Summary History of the Palazzo Dandolo now Royal Hotel Danieli in Venice\" (1896), postcards of Venice, tourist photographs of Venice, an 1894 Missionary Calendar of Prayer, and a 1904 pamphlet Concerning Old Norfolk about Norfolk, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeeds and other legal documents for property in Norfolk, Virginia, Colorado, and Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook of newspaper clippings with notes and poems, some by William Wilson Galt, pasted into an account book. Beginning on page 100, accounts for the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary V. Grigsby from 1885-1886. Includes loose papers of handwritten poetry, an 1887 map of Alaska, an 1890 broadside for San Salvador and Guatemala, a printed poem \"A Ballad of Manila Bay\" by Timothy Wilfred Oakley and other printed material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax bills and receipts for personal and property taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped carbon copy of the Last Will and Testament of William Wilson Galt dated 1927 August 11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate dated 1878 January 25,  appointing William Wilson Galt as Assistant Paymaster of the Navy, signed by Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, and R.W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate dated 1881 October 15, appointing William Wilson Galt as Passed Assistant Paymaster with the relative rank of Master, signed by Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, and  William H. Hunt, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate dated 1893 September 26, appointing William Wilson Galt as Paymaster of the Navy with the relative rank of Lieutenant, signed by Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, and H. A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate, dated 1899 March 3, appointing William Wilson Galt as Paymaster of the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant Commander, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy. Certificate dated 1901 February 19, assigning William Wilson Galt as number one in the Rank of List of Paymasters in the Navy for Extraordinary Heroism, signed by William McKinley, President of the United States, and John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate dated 1902 April 10, appointing William Wilson Galt as Pay Inspector of the Navy with the rank of Commander, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and William H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate, dated 1903 December 2, appointing William Wilson Galt as Pay Director of the Navy, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and William H. Wood, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate of Membership in the Society of Manila Bay for William Wilson Galt, USS Raleigh, signed by George Dewey, Commodore US Navy, undated.    Picture and roster of the members of the Society of Manila Bay who attended the banquet at Admiral Dewey's resident in Washington, DC on 1914 May 1.  Photograph is very fragile and rolled.  All certificates are loosely rolled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes individual items for Susie Galt, Carrington G. Galt, Herbert Randolph Galt, Mary Carrington Galt and Robert W. Galt, plus newspaper clippings about various family members and homes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, mostly regarding genealogy of the Galt Family, plus her files on the Galt Family genealogy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence to Mamie Garland and her father Maurice Garland about the Galt Family with some general letters and invitations from members of the Galt Family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence to Mary \"Mamie\" Garland about the Galt Family with some personal correspondence with friends and family and business correspondence in relation to her jobs at the Valentine Museum and the Richmond Public Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharts, notes, news clippings, and correspondence about Galt Family genealogy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmpty envelopes, blank greeting cards and blank notepaper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome items were moldy when accessioned. They have been boxed separately and are currently unavailable to the public.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese documents are in conservation and unavailable to the public. Letters to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt from her husband, William Wilson Galt. 3 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese documents are in conservation and unavailable to the public. Small notebook with two pages of accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese documents are in conservation and unavailable to the public. Speeches, reports, and poem about the Masons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1809 property tax bill, and 1808 letter from Lewis Stuart of Greenbrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese papers mainly deal with Hugh Blair Grigsby's business and family in Charlotte County, Virginia. Includes some early family papers, deeds and correspondence. The papers were accessioned as a group of loose papers and a group of file folders in a wooden box. In organizing these papers, this original grouping has been kept. The loose papers are arranged alphabetically by subject, then the papers in the wooden box are also arranged alphabetically by subject. There is an overlap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 business or calling cards with Hugh Blair Grigsby's signature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Annie Christian to Mrs. Anne Fleming about Indian attacks and related troubles, plus her desire to be in Botetourt County, dated 1780 April 1. Hugh Blair Grigsby collected her letters. Most of the letters are housed in the Hugh Blair Grigsby Papers at the Virginia Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1842 letter has a note \"The only piece of the handwriting of my mother that I possess.\" 1840 letter deals with results of the presidential election, 1841 letter to his wife about his visit to Norfolk, Virginia; undated response to a complaint by Joseph Caldwell; 1855 letter regarding his purchase of \"Pocohantas\"; undated letter from Mary Blair Grigsby Galt to her Mother; undated letter to Mrs. Grigsby at Edgehill from \"Cousin P. E. R.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1881 receipt from John E. Holt. Agreement of Partition between H. Carrington Grigsby and William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair his wife, dated January 24, 1882. February 8, 1882 agreement between Mrs. M. V. Grigsby, administratrix of the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby from Thomas Word.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts, invoices, accounts and business correspondence relating to items purchased for home, business and farm.  Includes an 1828-1831 account sheet for money received and money expended, requests for loans from neighbors, bond material, and a small book, \"Account of John E. Holt\" from 1869-1879.  Two accounts were grouped separately when accessioned and have been grouped separately in the back of this folder:  Accounts with W. H. Smith from 1875-1882 and Accounts with John E. Holt and J. W. Eggleston from 1869-1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount book for family and farm expenses and payments from 1887-1896. Does not include an index, but names of people and merchants are noted on each page. One small \"daily\" notebook with financial information, undated. Bank book from \"Exchange National Bank in Norfolk\" with entries from 1871-1880.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on the early history of Virginia and a tribute written \"to the memory of my father the Rev. Benjamin Porter Grigsby\" by Hugh Blair Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall group of papers belonging to Mary Venable Grigsby, the wife of Hugh Blair Grigsby. Circa 1829 letter from a friend in Richmond, Virginia; a calling card; an 1882 application for life insurance; two undated letters from her son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby (one while at Hampden-Sydney College); undated letter from her sister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlats, deeds and related material for land in Charlotte County. Includes a 1736 survey by William Westbrook with notes on \"Booker Survey\"; 1793 survey for Thomas Read; Edward Fitzgerald deed to Hugh B. Grigsby; 1870 survey of the \"Low Grounds of Edgehill\" by Thomas F. Petters, correspondence on land bought from the Cardwell Family (1870's and 80's) and more.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1839 deed from George Garraway to Edward Fitzgerald for land on East Street; 1855 deed from Rosina Karcher to Simon S. Stubbs for property on Main Street; 1858 deed from Hugh B. Grigsby to Charles B. Duffield for property on East Street.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of items taxed for 1879 and Grigsby's copy of the letter sent when paying bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten copy of an indenture, 1859 April 2, in the \"City of Williamsburg between Hugh Blair Grigsby...in his own behalf and in behalf of his infant son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, of his infant nephews, Hugh Grigsby Whitehead, Henry Colgate Whitehead, John Boswell Whitehead, Jr., Holbrook Whitehead and Park Lewis Poindexter, and of his nieces Cornelia Grigsby, Irwin, Jr, Billie Poindexter and Mary Irwin...and the President and Masters or professors of William \u0026amp; Mary in Virginia...a certificate of debt...of One Thousand dollars bearing six per cent interest per annum payable half yearly to have and to hold.... Copy of signatures of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Benjamin S. Ewell. Paragraph in the indenture explains why he is listing his son, nieces and nephews on the document. Document from Benjamin S. Ewell that states \"whereas the late Hugh Blair Grigsby...endow in said college, 'The Chancellor Scholarship\" with his bond, dated 1881 January 18. 1881 Resolution from the Convocation of the Board of Visitors and Governors of William \u0026amp; Mary in memory of the death of Hugh Blair Grigsby, LL. D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten poems, a hymn, a shopping list, published tributes to Hugh Blair Grigsby at his death, printed sheets of the hymn written by Hugh B. Grigsby in 1877, and two copies of pamphlet Lines, to my Daughter on her Fourteenth Birthday, privately printed in Norfolk. 1881 May 20 Richmond Dispatch clipping with a poem, \"Lines: Suggested by the Death of Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby, April 28, 1881,\" \"Hymn written on the morning of the 22d of November 1877, when I entered my seventy-second year\" by Hugh Blair Grigsby and \"A Sonnet on Spring\" from Farmville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeeds, surveys and plats of land in Charlotte County. Names on documents include Joel Watkins, Brooks Becker, Thomas H. Spencer and William L. Morton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNine 1861 confederate certificates at 8 per cent and four 1864 confederate bonds at 4 per cent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten  letter written by Hugh Blair Grigsby to Mr. Grinnan of Orange County, Virginia about the Porter Family genealogy and Grigsby Family genealogy.  Stamped envelope included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts, accounts, agreements, invoices, and correspondence for bank business, personal loans, bonds, and purchases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for purchase and sale of slaves by the Whitehead and Grigsby families in Charlotte County and Norfolk, Virginia.  Slave names included:  Louisa, Richard, Emanual, Elexena and her three children Jenny, Fanny and \"blank\", Virginia and Richard and Rachal and child Diana.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1856 document electing Hugh Blair Grigsby as a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and an 1861 letter inviting him to a meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement on rental or use of farm property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten and printed poetry. One poem, \"Life's Latest Pleasures\" was written when Grigsby was 85 years old. Includes 1867 poem, \"Lines to Hugh Blair Grigsby, L.L.D, President of the Virginia Historical Society\" by Emma Early.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes 1779 January 14 plat and description of land which was part of the estate of Thomas Watkins and part of the tract of land owned by Beverly Randolph in Charlotte County, 1805 deed from Joel Watkins to Clement Carrington, 1862 letter from John McPhail sending \"old deeds pertaining to the Edgehill Estate,\" 1878 survey for \"T. N. Jones and Catlet\" to sell the lands of W. Cardwell in Charlotte County, 1879 deed where Robert Catlet sells the Cardwell land to Hugh Blair Grigsby, 1887 deed between Mary V. Grigsby and H. Carrington Grigsby transferring Edgehill tract to H. Carrington Grigsby, 1905 sketch of the \"lines between the farms of Carrington Grigsby and J. Flood Morton as agreed upon by them and established by J. D. Morton\", and an undated survey description of land on the Little Roanoke River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers concerning the lawsuit between Pugh and Cardwell which centered on land that Grigsby wanted to purchase.  Includes deeds, financial information and property related documents.  The land belonged William Cardwell and Thomas Cardwell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers concerning the purchase of the William W. Read property which adjoined Edgehill. Includes deed of sale, correspondence and notes. Appears that Read refused to sell the property after he had agreed in writing to the sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of personal property which included 42 slaves above the age of 16, 9 slaves aged 12-16 years old, 21 horses, 1 piano, 1 gold watch, 1 carriage, stock shares and $125 in value of silver plate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1872 letter written by H.C. Grigsby to Miss Margaret Venable about boarding at her house when he visits Hampden-Sidney and 1875 letter from H. Carrington Grigsby to \"Cousin Mag\" sending his regards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers of Hugh Carrington Grigsby, which also includes some material for his sister, Mary Blair Grigsby before and after her marriage to William Wilson Galt.   Hugh Carrington Grigsby resided at Edgehill in Charlotte County, Virginia.  His papers concern family matters, such as the estate of his father Hugh Blair Grigsby, business affairs of the family and relationships with his sister Mary Blair Grigsby, William Wilson Galt and other relatives who lived in Charlotte County and elsewhere.  Even though he invited many ladies to local events, often with the collusion of friends, he never married.  He was engaged to Mary H. Holt in 1897 but she evidently broke the engagement because she loved someone else.  Many letters deal with the local community regarding farming, money, local politics, clubs, and more.  After his Father's death, Hugh Carrington Grigsby slowly becomes more involved in the local community.  Letters from his Mother express concern about his welfare, opinions on family matters, reports of her daily routines and advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Mary B. Grigsby (sister), Paulus A. Irving (friend) and Hugh Blair Grigsby (father). Mary B. Grigsby asks for advice on how to dress and how to behave when she visits him, probably at Hampton-Sydney College in 1876.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include his father Hugh Blair Grigsby, his sister Mary B. Grigsby, and other family members and friends. W. Irving Taylor writes about a portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby. John Whitehead, Carrington's uncle, sends a letter from Mr. Brock who asks for the original minutes of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of William and Mary which should be with his Father's papers. Family letters often concern Hugh Blair Grigsby's death and estate. Other letters offer condolences on the death of Hugh Blair Grigsby. Lucie Knight and Alice Marrow write concerning invitations from Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes family, friend and business correspondence. W. G. Morton asks to buy a Revolutionary War flint lock gun, Nina Bouldin solicits donations for a library at the Mt. Pisgah Academy. Letters from brother-in-law William Wilson Galt, J. B. Whitehead, Rev. J. J. Kirkpatrick, and others. Includes draft of a letter from H.C. Grigsby to R. C. Reid where he states that Reid was out of line to publically correct him, letter from B. Johnson Barbour who wants an interview about Hugh Blair Grigsby, letters from W.P. Dye and others about farming and livestock practices, letters from neighbors and friends extending invitations, letter from Robert Armistead of Richmond, Virginia about purchases made by Mary Galt, and a letter from A. E. T. Bradford about a \"J. W. Madison\" desk given to Hugh Blair Grigsby which was to be returned to him after Hugh Blair Grigsby's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include:  Miss Alice Murrow accepting an invitation, Louise Carrington, great grandson of John Grigsby A.B. McCorkle, relative J. B. Whitehead, mother Mary V. Grigsby, sister Mary G. Galt, cousin B.A. White), neighbor J. W. Morton, and cousin Louise Carrington. Includes letters from Mary G. Galt to her mother, a letter from Cousin Thomas B. Venable to Mrs. Mary Grigsby about a portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby, family letters concerning his father's estate, invitations from F. H. Bouldin and other neighbors, replies from invitations to young ladies, letter about membership in Aspin Grove Range, and letters concerning the price of corn and other farm items.  Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby, Carrington's mother, is living with different relatives after the death of her husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes family, friend, and business correspondence. Correspondents include:  brother-in-law William Wilson Galt, cousin John B. Whitehead, sister Mary G. Galt, Lucy A. Priddy asking for a loan, cousin J. C. Carrington, friend and old neighbor J. W. Morton,  Miss M. G. Nowlins, L. H. Hayes regarding horses, Miss S. A. Boswell with an invitation to church, an invitation from Mrs. McKelway, a driving invitation from Jennie Watkins, cousin Nellie Watkins, Alice Marrow regarding a visit, and cousin Louise Carrington.   Includes a letter from W. H. Grigsby in Washington, DC about reviewing an enclosed crayon portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby, letter from Lyon G. Tyler asking for any correspondence between Hugh Blair Grigsby and President Tyler for his research on President Tyler, letters from neighbors about escaped sheep and a loan, letters from young ladies and a letter from a local farmer J. E. Holt to Mrs. Grigsby about his family and farming.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes family, friend and business correspondence, invitations and wedding announcements. Correspondents include: Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt, Mrs. Grigsby, Charles Deane of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Louise Carrington, Emmett M. Dickson and other friends and relatives. Includes letters of introduction by friends for Carrington Grigsby to use during a visit to Kentucky, letter from Mrs. Louise Leigh (cousin) with a note on the back by Carrington about his friendship with her and how he'll miss talking with her now that she is married, a poem by Miss Bigalow, a letter from W. H. Grigsby about a crayon likeness of Hugh Blair Grigsby, an analysis of \"Vivorilla Guano\" and a copy of his letter to Mrs. Reuben (Virginia) Grigsby Chandler. Mary V. Grigsby's letters relate her daily routines and visits plus she gives advice to Carrington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes family, friend and business correspondence, invitations, and wedding announcements. Correspondents include:  Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt, Mrs. Grigsby, Mary Bolling, Charles Deane, Marie Shepperdson, John Whitehead, C.T . Hanson, P. R. Carrington about the Carrington genealogy, cousin Henrietta McCormick of Chicago, T. R. Rogers, S. W. Morton, Marianne E. Skelton, and Pattie Finch. Includes a handwritten program for a local \"musical soiree\" at Mrs. Kate McKelway's home, letter from Frank G. Ruffin who wants copy of Hugh Blair Grigsby's address to the Virginia Convention about the Federal constitution, notes from neighbors about oats and nails, letter from Boylan Green about a new debating society, and letters from extended family members about genealogy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt , Mary V. Grigsby, M. L. Nowlin,  G. T. Hersfelt, Mary E. Bollings, cousin John Whitehead, Miss Bigelow, and W. M. Cary. Includes 1884 invitation to Hampton Sidney College's graduation, letter from Sheriff C.V. Marshall appointing Carrington as one of the commissioners to view proposed new road, invitation to 1884 leap year party, letter from B. Johnston Barbour about one of Hugh Blair Grigsby's addresses, and letter electing Grigsby as delegate to represent the Walton Magistrate District at the Democratic convention in Roanoke.  Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby continues to give advice and talk of her daily routine and health.  William Wilson Galt mentions that he may be sent to Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt , Mrs. Grigsby, Miss Willie Garland, and other family members, friends, and business acquaintances. Includes invitations to local functions and homes, thank you notes for books, notes from Peachy Gilmer, Miss Jeffress and other female friends, note from Dr. Thackston about teeth and dentist problems, Lillian Lee genealogy, and letter from Mrs. G. P. Rice telling him bluntly that she will not congratulate him on his appointment to the Russian Delegation.  Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby has further serious health problems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: J. D. Shepperson, cousin Annie Read, Victor Murguiondo, William Wilson Galt, W. W. Glasgow, Charles Deane, Mary B. Grigsby Galt, Mary V. Grigsby, and others. Includes invitations to the \"jois de Vie\", copy of letter from Carrington to his Mother while he was visiting White Sulphur Springs, responses from lady friends, letters of introductions, letters concerning ladies (one letter from H.H. Booker telling Carrington that a certain young lady was \"at church\" today), letters about genealogy, letters from neighbors about farming matters, letter fom J. D. Shepperson about helping with a negro club, and letter from William W. Glasgow about the changes in Virginia and \"the race of true Virginians.\" William Wilson Galt writes about his family's move into a new home and business/land dealings that concern the Grigsby Family. John Whitehead writes about Hugh Blair Grigsby's estate.  Mary B.Grisby Galt tells of her growing family and activities.  Mrs. Galt is staying with friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: Mrs. L. Carrington, William Wilson Galt, Mrs. Grigsby, John Whitehead, and others. Mrs. L. Carrington asks for a loan in a flowery letter. William Wilson Galt relates financial information and family affairs . Letter from a Mrs. Crampton (?) who wants her son to receive some education and asks Carrington to ask Mr. Galt about Navy prospects, reply from William Galt about the Navy and about a lady \"prospectz' for Carrington. Mrs. Grigsby's eyes are not doing well. She appears to be living with the Galt Family. Miss Maria Davison about genealogy of the Ross Family. W. S. Morton complains about two loose colts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily, friend, and business correspondence. Mr. P. B. Price wants to publish a Hampton Sydney address by Hugh Blair Grigsby.  Farming related correspondence about prices, orders, and more.  William Wilson Galt writes about selling Main Street house, family affairs, and Mrs. Grigsby.  Letters and replies to invitations from ladies, plus a letter from P. Morison who writes, \"I should prefer not going out with you...I go with are usually college boys and the younger Seminary students in whom I feel some special interest...\"  Kate Bigelow writes about her teaching job and \"if I see or know of any one whom I think will suit you, I will certainly remember you\".  W. T. Ewell writes from William \u0026amp; Mary about the bond deeded to William \u0026amp; Mary by Hugh Blair Grigsby and the portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby.  Invitations from neighbors.  Lottie Carrington sells seven of a dozen of autographed letters from George Washington for $25 each, and is trying to locate some of the other letters that belong to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily, friend and business correspondence. Cousin Bettie Johnson sends a journal article, Lizzie J. Hunt requests a buggy ride to the court house, William Wilson Galt writes about Grigsby business and the Main Street House, J. W. Hooper  and others want to see Hugh Blair Grigsby's papers from Hampden  Sidney, business letters about farming and banking, Miss Lulie Watkins prays that he meant it when he said he wanted to accept Jesus and explains the plan of Salvation, Nancy Stuart requests his picture for a young lady, Mrs. Grigsby writes of her personal and family affairs and lectures him on other matters, relatives and friends appear to be concerned that he's not married yet, W. W. Read warns about a tenant and  J. D. Griselin requests Hugh Blair Grigsby's letters for Miss Sallie Tazewell who is republishing a series of her father's letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily, friend and business correspondence. Cousin Bettie Gaines has organized a female reading club and is still teaching, Major Gaines reports that Col. Whitehead has nominated Gaines to the State Board of Agriculture, Mrs. Viola Minor asks for beef steak \"I wanted to ask you this but could not summon up courage\", and other correspondence from neighbors and relatives who write of family and local news, the illness of his Mother, and send replies or requests to invitations for visits or functions. Telegram from his Mother about the birth of Robert Ware Galt, son of Mary Blair Grigsby and William Wilson Galt. Appears that Mrs. Grigsby is staying at Edgehill during the later part of the year where friends and neighbors care for her. Letters from \"cousins\" suggest that he is leading a boring and dull life and sympathize that he cannot find a companion, though there are many notes about \"dates\" with ladies. Cousin Berta Lackey writes in February of a horse and carriage accident that injured her, about not knowing what love is and implies there might be something going on between the two of them but in March she writes \"I will ever regard you with the cousinly interest that first led me to address a letter to you\". She later writes more letters, mentioning going to Richmond to get a fragment of bone removed due to her carriage accident. Her writing style is Victorian and her subject matter introspective and analytical. She is a teacher and lives near Lexington, Virginia. By the end of the year, after meeting Carrington and his family in both Lexington and Richmond, the \"relationship\" seems to be completely platonic. A Mrs. Minor and her daughter, Viola, write to Mrs. Grigsby about an incident at Edgehill where the daughter was either renting rooms or staying as a housekeeper. Evidently Carrington Grigsby became enraged by an incident, suggesting Viola did something dishonest, but Mrs. Minor has found that no one else is surprised by his behavior, and her children are raised to be honest people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are only five letters for 1889. William Wilson Galt writes about financial issues and Annie Read writes to Mrs. Grigsby about the death of her father. Includes a bond from Mary V. Grigsby to Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are only five letters for 1890. Three letters are addressed to Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby from friends and relatives. The other letters to Carrington concern selling stock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeven letters, mostly dealing with stock and other financial matters. Lizzie Nash offers condolences on the death of a family member, but is unclear who died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour letters. Includes a request for apples by Cousin Annie Read, the selling of Carrington's tobacco by Moss, Eanes and Gills, and matters about Hugh Blair Grigsby's estate from John Whitehead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive items. Includes letters from neighbors, William Wilson Galt and a bond between Carrington Grigsby, Dr. McPhail, and H. L. Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters about farming, requests for Hugh Blair Grigsby's writings, and personal and family finances. Includes a list of books with the number of volumes in each set, a letter from Dr. A. S. Priddy requesting Carrington's recommendation to Walter H. Taylor for the open position at Eastern Virginia Hospital, and letters from a woman friend who is upset that Carrington will not reply to her letters. Members of the Read family, cousins to Carrington, write about different local and personal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with businesses, family and friends. Includes financial matters such as bonds, stock quotes and family concerns, business matters such as price of crops and farming items and a request for farming items for the \"Cotton States and International Exposition,\"   Ms. Blair of Walnut Grove, a regular correspondent in other years, continues to write of local events. William Wilson Galt continues as executor of the estates of both Hugh Blair and Mary Venable Grigsby, and Uncle John Carrington appears to manage other aspects of Carrington's finances. S. D. Morton writes about the low salaries of local teachers and requests Carrington's opinion and Richard Gaine asks him to attend a meeting to discuss county affairs. The William Wilson Galt family moved into a new house in Norfolk which he calls #1 Grigsby Place. Miss Nellie Daniel continues to write and issue invitations for visits. He receives requests for copies of his Father's addresses, and even requests for books from the library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes financial matters such as bonds, stock quotes and family concerns and business matters such as price of crops and farming items. Mary B. Galt writes about her visit with the Galt Family plus asks Carrington to check on Miss Ada at The Grove, nephew Will Galt writes his first letter to \"Uncle Carrington\", Cousin Emma Early writes about her family in Texas, Nannie Daniel continues writing about books, local events, and invites Carrington to visit with the caveat that he better come and stay longer.P. G. Miller, clerk of Court in Goochland County, requests Grigsby genealogical information. The Shepperson and Read families continue to write and extend invitations. Mr. Shepperson writes that he found Carrington's colt dead in the stable.   R. C. Winthrop, Jr. writes that his father's estate includes 114 letters from Hugh Blair Grigsby and over 100 letters written by his father to Hugh Blair Grigsby which were given to his father by Carrington. He suggests that this collection should be kept together, possibly at the Virginia Historical Society. He plans to have the collection arranged chronologically and bound. Joseph Bryan, President of the Virginia Historical Society, writes about the potential loan/gift.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive letters. N. Daniel invites him to the Presbytery at Bethlehem on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th. Dr. A. Duane of New York answers Carrington's query about his eye problems with a possible diagnosis and treatments. Sue Wainwright writes two letters that suggest they may have an interest in each other, but questions why he is always too busy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarrington has \"the grippe\" in January and his eyes continue to bother him. On January 9, W. W. Galt writes from Arabia that \"probably about this time...you will have left the estate of 'single blessedness' and will have settled down\". But other letters from family and friends during this time period do not mention a wedding and he appears to be unmarried due to his activities. Mary B. Galt writes often to Carrington, giving news of her family, William Wilson Galt and his navy travels and the Galt family in Norfolk. Uncle John Carrington continues to send financial accountings. One note from Carrington to Uncle John discusses a misunderstanding about money owed. In January and February, Carrington prepares for a visit to Norfolk, writing the Carringtons and Galts about his plans. Annie Galt of Williamsburg, Virginia suggests he come when the weather is nicer. Emma Early Stringfellow, a cousin from Texas, scolds him for never answering her letters. Cousin Maggie Venable asks for a donation to help build a Presbyterian Church in Lawrenceville. J. Morton White of the William \u0026amp; Mary Quarterly tells of their intention to publish the life of Hugh Blair Grigsby in the February issue and requests any information he can send. Topics once again include the sale of tobacco and other farm items plus business correspondence concerning the farm, banking and stocks. Includes a membership card to the Merrimac Club for twenty days. Beginning in late 1896 and early 1897, many business letters are typed rather than handwritten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCousin Kate Flournoy asks if Carrington has a picture of Colonel William Cabell and DC Jackson writes a full description of a carriage and phaeton he is selling and various relatives and business write of farm and local matters. A list \"Patrons of Miss K. Boyds' School\" is included. Carrington Grigsby met, courted and then became engaged to Miss Mary H. Boyd in 1897. She is a teacher, possibly at the Shepperson home. By December 13, something occurred and the engagement was ended. Correspondence from friends, family, and Miss Boyd. Mary B. Galt writes that she would not \"call on Miss M. Hugh Blair because it would be premature.\" On November 10, Mrs. Mary B. Galt writes \"I am truly delighted that she has at last decided positively...and I have written her a real nice sisterly note\". Miss Boyd writes, \"Thank you for what you said in regard to my fine judgement. I promise you that all of my influence (if I have any) shall be used in your behalf.\" Cousin Emma Lou Stringfellow writes to Mary H. Boyd in which she says \"I know he is one of nature's best nobleman...\" and gives many other attributes of Carrington. The December 13 breakup letter from Mary H. Boyd says, \"if I could have been launched in to matrimony on the high-tide of my feelings...all would have been well but those things that have broken my dream of yours...frightened and chilled me and I cannot find it in my heart to forgive the fate that makes it so\". John Whitehead writes, \"I presume...the estrangement is permanent...there are thousands of lovely ladies in Virginia.\" Some undated letters from Miss Boyd are at the end of the folder. Mrs. Cynthia B. T. Coleman of Williamsburg answers a letter from Carrington about purchasing two chairs belonging to her Uncle William Randolph. She jokes that she barely has two hundred cents much less $200 to buy them. She notes \"if Randolfhians is at such a premium I think I had better make my fortune selling off my silver and glass that he brought with him from England. Poor as I am I think I will keep these treasures and hand them down to my children's children.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Mary Boyd to Carrington discussing the breakup, the rumors around Smithville and how well he is behaving like a \"manly man.\" A draft of a letter from Carrington to Mary Boyd about the termination of their engagement. Other relatives and friends give him support after the termination, especially John Whitehead, Nancy Daniel and Cousin Stringfellow. Nancy Daniel notes that Mary Boyd only wanted \"to carry on a fliration...and she did not love any body but Mr. F.\" Miss Shewall tells of seeing Mary Boyd with Cabell Flourney and they might be engaged.   Nancy Daniel continues to write letters asking why he doesn't write or visit often, suggesting he thinks she is uninteresting and wanting to know all about his activities, especially with ladies. Emily Christian from William and Mary asks if he wants a subscription to The William and Mary Quarterly. Mary B. Galt is in Presbyterian Hospital in New York because of possible heart problems. Walter Anderson asks about his Blair Family ancestors. Langhorne Crosby is desperate to know if \"Willie Galt\" is all right since he is in Manila. Sue Wainwright writes, \"When you get this - I will have left Charlotte - I am too sick at heart to write - goodby - God bless you.\" T. P. Wilson responds to his query about how to kill tobacco worms. Samuel Hannah apologises, asks forgiveness and explains what happened when he stopped by Mrs. Galt's house after he'd had too much to drink. Includes correspondence about farm crops and implements, business transactions and local and family matters with invitations from family and local residents. Includes a November 3 letter from William Wilson Galt in Jamaica to Mrs. Mary B. Galt, list of Kathryn Boyd's patrons for 1898 and a letter from Mrs. Mary B. Galt saying her husband has returned from Manila.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters. Two letters written for Beverly Thomas asking for an extension for a payment for land and one note requesting flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1900 Mrs. Mary B. Galt writes that her son, Hugh, is better but \"I don't want him to return to Wm \u0026amp; Mary at all, for I don't believe they can get decent food there at all.\" Samuel Read asks how he can obtain a copy of \"History of South Side Virginia\" by Hugh Blair Grigsby. Nannie Daniel writes \"You seem to have quite a fondness for widows. Now there are four...I think it is time you were getting married...some one said you were in love with yourself and would never love any body else.\" Mary B. and William Wilson Galt have a new son named Carrington Grigsby Galt. Carrington is a member of the State Board of Agriculture. He still receives letters from friends who tell him about ladies visiting the area. The Virginia Historical Society asks him about some newspapers that he had talked about giving to them. Mary B. Galt speaks of Miss Nannie who is looking after the children and wishes that Carrington was living such a family life. Includes letters from relatives and neighbors. Appears that he is helping some of his poorer relations and neighbors. Includes correspondence about farm purchases such as seeds, fertilizer and machinery and selling farm products. 1908 Correspondence 2 letters. Philip Alexander Bruce about his work on the early history of Virginia and Mrs. Kate B. Page of Danville accepts a request for Carrington to visit her at Edwins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMainly personal letters from family and friends, but also business correspondence about the farm and Edgehill. Invitations, acceptances, family news and local news. Includes letters from Mary B. Galt, Kathryn Boyd, Shepperson Family, Read Family, Mary Scott about teaching James, a price list and catalogue for Fanny Clark \u0026amp; Co's in Connecticut, rough draft of Carrington's letter to Mrs. Deane and the \"By-laws Governing the Joie de Vie Club of Charlotte\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and accounts with banks and uncle John Whitehead about the estate. An inventory of Edgehill with value assigned, a list and division of the plaster casts and busts, a list and division of house linens, an inventory list entitled \"Odds\" and a statement of \"cost of sale of real estate property\". A power of attorney document where Mary V. Grigsby appoints John C. Williams her attorney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger of expenses of Edgehill and salaries of employees. Includes index.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger of expenses of Edgehill and salaries of employees.  Includes a loose leaf account sheets for 1888 with personal expenses noted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall book with personal accounts. Many entries relate to money transactions with friends, neighbors and relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTen small memoranda account books. These small pads were probably carried with him as he did his daily business. He records business dealings, cost of farm related items and a few personal notes or reminders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle, and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby. Includes a February 4, 1897 receipt from The Colonial Hotel in Williamsburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle, and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger sheets for accounts with T. J. Berry, who appears to be a metal worker.  Other accounts and invoices for T. J. Berry may be included in the chronological \"Finances - Accounts\" folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger sheets for accounts with W. T. Faris, who appears to be an owner of a general store. Other accounts and invoices for W. T. Faris may be included in the chronological \"Finances - Accounts\" folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger sheets for accounts with H. M. Smith and Company, which appears to be a grocery and general store.  Many other invoices for H. M. Smith and Company are filed in the chronological \"Finances - Accounts\" folders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree bank check stub books and one page of a saving book account with Franklin Savings Bank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of securities in safe at Charlotte Bank Insurance Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, invoices and contracts about stocks and bonds. 25 or more stock certificates for \"Florence Railroad and Improvement Company\" purchased in 1888.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal Property and other tax bills and payments. Some years involve the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Blair Grigsby. Includes a 1897 list of taxable property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1892 certificate as an active member of the Smithville Democratic Club; 1895 notices to \"Tax Payers of Charlotte County, Virginia\" from a committee charged with reviewing the county budget of which Carrington was a member; 1900 printed list of committees for the \"Laying of the Cornerstone of the Confederate Monument\" of which Carrington was on the Executive Committee .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices, receipts, correspondence, and policies for property and life insurance.  Some material on the life insurance policies of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary V. Grigsby, with the policy documents for Mary V. Grigsby.  Includes insurance policy transfers from William L. Nelson to Carrington Grigsby and  John B. Holt to Carrington Grigsby, both in 1882.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall notepad listing items from the Grigsby Family by category, then by Mr. Grigsby and Mrs. Galt.  Appears to be a division of the estate of Hugh Blair and Mary V. Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo small daily journals with entries about daily activities and genealogy notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes hand drawn plot of Cumberland Street Property in Norfolk, Virginia from 1889; purchase documents with the Grottoes Company for villa lots at Shendun, Virginia; 1899 deed between Beverly and Alice Thomas and H.C. Marshall for land originally purchased by Beverly and Alice Thomas from Carrington Grigsby and Mary B. Galt; 1893 deed between Mary V. Grigsby and Hugh Carrington Grigsby where she gives him Edgehill in Charlotte County as collateral for a debt of Lelia B. Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is some overlapping in the financial and correspondence papers. Contains bonds, notes, road surveys, merchant's license for operating a dry goods and grocery story, license for \"standing\" a jack (mule) and a stallion, $15,080 note with William Wilson Galt, a farming contract with Tazewell Taylor, administrator papers for Mary and Louisa Cooper and an appointment to survey the lands of William W. Read.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside announcement of the \"Resolutions of Respect in the memory of Judge Wood Bouldin\" which were passed at a \"meeting of the citizens of Charlotte County, Court Day, November 6th, 1876.\" Broadsides for farm machinery, \"Spring Hill Nursery\" in Prospect, Virginia, \"Greensboro Nurseries\" in Greensboro, North Carolina, tobacco, chemicals, bookstores, kettles, and manure. March 1900 flyer for the Southern Historical Association, price list for plows from \"Charles E. Hunter\" in Richmond, Virginia; how-to cards from \"A.H. Patch\" of Clarksville, Tennessee, two copies of Volume II, No. 11, 1891 March 14 \"Knowledge, a Weekly Magazine\", reprint of \"Use and Abuse of the Obstetric Forceps,\" and flyer with prices from tobacco to groceries for \"Sublett \u0026amp; Cary\" General Commission Merchants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1876 article on Lord Botetourt, undated article \"Bowie of Alamo Fame\" and an 1896 page from \"The Sun\" in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of months and their flowers and meanings, 1879 April 13 love poem, paper on Algernon Sidney (paper may possibly be by Hugh Blair Grigsby), 1870 paper entitled \"Education.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial that could not be definitely associated with either the Grigsby or Galt Family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlank Valentine greeting card and empty envelopes from Cassiday and Thorp, Iroquois Club of San Diego California, and Vaughan's Seed Store in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings, mostly with events in Williamsburg, Virginia but some historical and society news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a drawing of a bookshelf, financial estimates, costs of materials, illegible address of Richard Henry, handwritten poetry in various handwritings, and an essay on religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes news clippings; a printed John Knox poem, a program of \"The Little Duke\" performed in at the Broad Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1879-80; a pamphlet \"Ode Commemorating the Entrance of the Hon. Horace Binney on his Ninety-Third Year\" dated 1872 January 4 and printed in Norfolk, Virginia; 1939 brochure by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities \"Pocahontas Bright Stream Between Two Hills\", and two other pamphlets for Jamestown Island, 1941 and undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photographs have been grouped by Galt Family, Grigsby Family, provenance unknown. Includes a few tintypes and daguerreotypes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGalt Family Photographs\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n*Dimensions range from 5\"x7\" to 6\"x9\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGalt House in Williamsburg, 20th Century\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDicky Galt, CSA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaurice Hamner Garland\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLucy B. Galt Garland (2)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHerbert Randolph Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEva Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLucy Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLandon Cabell Garland\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHerbert Galt Garland (2)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wilson Galt in uniform, formal pose\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Meares Galt, Betty Ashe Galt, Rogers H. Galt, Jr., and John Meares Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Ware Galt (2)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Blair Grigsby Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eUnknown Subject\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDimensions average, 4\"x6\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePostcard of Will Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlfred Galt (?)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAnnie Alexina Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBettie Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Ash Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Welsh Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Blair Grigsby Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Carrington Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames S. Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn Mears Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Blair Grigsby Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Carrington Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Mears Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Williams Ware Galt (wife of William Richard Galt)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRobert Ware Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRogers H. Galt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSusan Duane Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Richard Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Richard Galt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wilson Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Group Photographs:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiss Mary Ware Galt and Mrs. Mary Ware Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Mary Eggleston, C. C. Field, William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, and Mary C. Ward\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBetsy and Germaine Minson Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBetsy Andrews, Thomas Randolph, and James Minson\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Mears Galt, Roger H. Galt, Bettie Galt, John M. Galt, and Mary Ware Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wilson Galt, \"Will in uniform\", \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary M. Galt, 7 weeks old\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wilson Galt in uniform (3)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wilson Galt in uniform standing on ship (not labeled)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wilson Galt, 1873 (3)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wilson Galt (2)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTwo children on porch\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Blair Grigsby Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"John G. Zimermann and Alfred G. Zimermann on latter's entering the Naval Academy\" (Postcard)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Carrington Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Friends and Others, Many Navy Related\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of a medal with a bust of an Officer of the Navy\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWallace Burnett\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCapt. W. R. Capron, Bernkastel Germany 1919 January 19\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEnsign H. C. Chadwick (2)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. A. Duane\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDr. John M. Edga, USN\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFishback, USN\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Charles V. Gridley, Lt. Benjamin Tappan,  USS Raleigh\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiss Lilla Howard\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJ. Y. Rhorer, Guatemala, 1890\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRobottom, USN\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLt. Hugh Rodman, (USS Raleigh)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAdmr. Fabius Stanly\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSusan Armistead Marston Williams (Mrs. Robert S. Christian Ware)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eProvost unknown\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eUnnamed navy man\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eUnnamed navy man in Hong Kong\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eF. B. Wilson (in uniform)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGroup of Navy Officers\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Navy Related\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePostcard of Valle Di Pombei, Grand Hotel\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGroup picture of five men leaning on a fence with a tent in the background \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThree men riding in cart behind an ox (2) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMajor John G. Tucker and J. W. Mason of Cheyenne, Wyoming\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLighthouse (3 views) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eShip near harbour \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eShanghai, China harbour scene, Postcard from Edgar to William Wilson Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStreet scene, 1898, Battle of Manila Bay\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSoldiers in tents, 1898, Battle of Manila Bay\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Corregidor Island\", 1898, Battle of Manila Bay (2)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGroup picture of \"Third Division Consort\", 1898, Battle of Manila Bay\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Gun dismantled at Sangley after the Battle\", 1898, Battle of Manila Bay (2)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"USS Boston, May 1st, 1898\", Battle of Manila Bay\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"USS Boston, May 1, 1898 about 8 am\", Battle of Manila Bay\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Fort Malate after bombardment when we took Manila\", Battle of Manila Bay\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Second Division Consort, Ensign Kaiser, May 1, 1898 8 am\", Battle of Manila Bay\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBeach scene\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArmy and Navy Club, Washington, DC (2, both with William Wilson Galt, one with E.K. Moore) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLarge sailing ships\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Thomas M. Brumby, USN, Flag Lieutenant\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLt. (J. G.) Charles S. Stanworth, USN, No. 10\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSix men gathering around a table, drinking\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e5 men sitting in the War Room of Thetic\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLt. R. H. Galt, USN on the USS Montreal\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Tintypes, Negatives and More\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTintype of A. A. Galt and William Wilson Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFramed tintype of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTintype of an unknown man\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNegatives of photographs of the Galt home with a pencil drawing and note \"Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNegative proofs of William Wilson Galt in uniform (very faded) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNegatives and photographs of silhouettes and busts\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePostcard of Science Hall at Virginia Tech\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePostcard of Mt. Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGalt Photograph album or possibly a Grigsby album, but most of the identified photographs belong to Galt Family members. Leather covered album. Cover decorated with birds and flowers. Most of the photographs are not identified. Includes photographs of Alexander Galt, Conway Roberson, Sarah N. Randolph, Hugh Blair Grigsby, Charles Read, Augusta Talcott, William Wilson Galt, Robert W. Galt, Jr., and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photographs have been grouped by size, then subject.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGrigsby Family and Relatives\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Dimension average, 4\" x 6\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJan Watkins Carrington, silhouette\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Blair Grigsby \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam T. Hamilton (cousin of Hugh Blair Grigsby) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson Randolph of Edgehill \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn B. Whitehead \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John B. Whitehead\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Blair Grigsby and Marion Clark Smith \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Dimension average, 2.5\" x 3.5\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of a young lady with an envelope notation \"For Carrington to keep for Alice Blair\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Venable Carrington Grigsby (Hugh Blair Grigsby's wife)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn B. Whitehead\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Dimensions range from 5\" x 7\" to 6\" x 9\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Huge elm at Edgehill B. H. G. standing under gives idea of size. This was taken by H. B. G. Galt\".\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRuins of the house at Edgehill (3) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Blair Grigsby's birthplace on Bank Street (4) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Blair Grigsby Hugh Blair Grigsby (probably)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Venable Carrington Grigsby (possibly) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary (Cousin) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdgehill \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTwo girls and a boy, taken by C. C. Firesheets in South Boston, Virginia \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Blair Grigsby's birthplace in Norfolk, Virginia(3)  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Bill Oglesby, Bill Galt. A ppair to draw to\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFriends and Others\nMany of these photographs appear to be part of a collection from Hugh Blair Grigsby of friends and famous people. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Dimension average, 4\" x 6\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHorace Binney \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLily Cary \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdward Coles \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLanghorne Cosby \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eQuago Dorman \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"David Duncan written in my 84th year Wofford College S. C.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"To Hugh Blair Grigsby from David Duncan, Photograph of Rev. Jas. A. Duncan, D. D. of Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Frazier \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiss Mattie Gaines (Dowell, Charlotte County, Virginia) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eG. C. Hannah, Jr. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePaul Jones \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGertrude Lannehill \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCincinnatus Newton \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. George Newton \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCarter Braxton Poindexter\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Quincy \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWyndam Robertson, Acting Governor of Virginia 1836–1837\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRev. Philip Slaughter\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Master George McPhail Smith\" (child)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHenry, William, and Robert Smith\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLittleton Waller Tazewell (surname changed from birth name of Bradford to Tazewell) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMartha Trimble \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Annie Tazewell Walker, daughter of Mrs. Richard Walker Norfolk, April 28, 1879\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRobert C. Winthrop (3) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Dimension average, 2.5\" x 3.5\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMr. Graybill \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eP. B. Simms \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMr. Noyes \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Vaughan \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eC. Bouldin \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eC. V. L. Marshall\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJim Smith \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdmonia Reed, Greenfield, Charlotte County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Megehee \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas Hicks Wynne \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWalker Hill \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiss Harrison \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMr. Forbes \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJosh Otley (tinplate) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. General Greener \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMadame A. Berghmand, formerly Miss Lilly Macalister of Philadelphia \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMr. Binney \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGroup collage of men from 19th Century\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMr. Tedham's turnout (with man in wagon) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. H. F. Hamilton \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWillie Locke \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn Masters (2) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArcher Jeffrey \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiss Jane Comfort \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMr. Dexter and daughter \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCharles Deane \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Hutter \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eR. A. Brock \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiss Mary Bradford \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eB. B. Bonhden \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Allibone \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiss Fannie S. Daniel, Smithville, Charlotte County, Virginia \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEleanor Harrison Carr \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGussie Talcott \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlibone \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Noyes \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiss S. Leadon \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas R. Jones of Accomack \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLyman C. Raper \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiss Emily Doyle \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAaron Jeffry \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Dimension average, 4\" x 6\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLt. William Freeman Zeilin, Marine Corps \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nJohn Daniel, US Senator\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJulian Harrison \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEugene O'Locke \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes tintypes of Judd Brush, and Walter and Edna Brush, and a framed daguerreotype of Mary Venable Grigsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGrigsby Family Photograph Albums Three small leather photograph albums with photographs of friends and family. 1858-1880. Album One Some photographs are labeled incorrectly and there are some photographs without names. N.C. Winthrop Sarah N. Randolph T. Jefferson Randolph Gov. Edward Coles Miss Lizzie ? of Philadelphia Hugh Blair Grigsby McChesney Mr. Peabody General Pendleton Gov. Henry Tazewell Mrs. Henry Tazewell Colonel John Niveson Mrs. John Niveson Mrs. Tazewell Gov. L.W. Tazewell Col. John N. Tazewell Mrs. Skipwith (photograph of a painting) Mrs. Isaac Coles William Nivison Mrs. D. Allihone (Allibone) (J. Austin, Edmonia) Captain Lahrbush (age 109) Mrs. Lilly Berghman Charles Campbell J. Nelson Tappon Col William Lamb Dr. Hugh L. Hodge Jennie Schwartz Clement G. Owens Conway Robinson, Jr.   Album Two Most photographs are labeled, but some are too faded to read. Some photographs are labeled on the reverse, but inaccessible without destroying the album. Unknown Badford Unknown Winthrop Mrs. J.G. Payton Major J. Gardner Payton Mary N. Payton Susan W. Payton J. Gardner Payton, Jun. Mrs. Leander McCormick Cousin Lucy McCormick Ella J. Bradford W. McCormick Emira Louise McCormick Robert S. McCormick Anne Reubina McCormick Lucy Virginia McCormick Mrs. J McChesney Charles E. Deans W. Noyes Mrs. J. Henry John Henry Mrs. Trimble Unknown Grigsby Miss Harriet Nash Dr. E.E. Balfour Delaney Chandler Warren Moore Chandler A. J. Smith Mrs. John Henry William W. Henry Mrs. William W. Henry Hugh Blair Grigsby Miss Allebone   Album Three Most photographs are labeled, but some are too faded to read. Some photographs are labeled on the reverse, but inaccessible without destroying the album. John B. Whitehead Mrs. J. B. Whitehead Henry C. Whitehead Miss Emily H. Whitehead (John) B. Whitehead William C. Whitehead Daria Griffith Mrs. Griffith Reia White Charles Reed Mrs. W.L. (Scott) William L. (Scott) Mrs. Lucy A. Morton Mrs. Ann Allen Mr. Hogan Mrs. Hogan Miss Maria Hogan Miss Emma Early Mrs. James D. Davidson James D. Davidson Greenlea Davidson Charles Davidson Robert Davidson Gen. Jenkins Robert Tunstall Hugh Grigsby Whitehead\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e*Unknown Provenance, Photographs Without Names, and Outdoor Scenes, circa 1860 to c. 1920.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eApproximately 50 unnamed photographs \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDaguerreotype of an unknown child\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGroup photo of a black family, circa 1880, includes mother, father, son and twin daughters\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Unknown provenance of photgraphs with names. Many of these photographs may belong to Hugh Blair Grigsby who collected photographs of friends and famous people. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Jeffery Wells and Paul Wells, Jr. \nSusie Amesten\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePresident Chester Arthur \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Purley Date Bayler \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBeer (female)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBeverington \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCordelia \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrancis DeCordy \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eL. P. Godwin \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eColonel William Lamb \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBessie Locke \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMarjorie Lowell \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Lyons \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMcCormick \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBessie McDonald \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eH. E. Parminte\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArnold Walke \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLizzie Wiley \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDaniel Webster, copy of a print \"from the last Picture ever taken\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e*Outdoor Scenes \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhite house with striped awning, postcard from John W. Edgar \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDark shingled house, 1104 Weston (3 copies)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStreet scene, labeled \"A typical street scene in Abacia Town\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOld Masonic Lodge in Williamsburg, Virginia Postcard from M. M. Galt to W. W. Galt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNew York and Virginia Steamboat advertising card\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Fisher Girl, Corner of Main and Church Street, Norfok, Virginia \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMormon Tabernacle (2 scenes) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBust \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eObelisk \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDark shingled house (probably 1104 Weston)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of a sailboat \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThree women, two men and two children on porch of white house\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrimarily correspondence of Capt. William Wilson Galt with his wife Mary Blair Grigsby Galt and their sons, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Richard Galt. Letters are written from California, Charlotte County, Norfolk, and Williamsburg, Virginia. Other letters are between Grigsby family members, particularly to Hugh Carrington Grigsby, the brother of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt. William Wilson Galt's letters are written on while on voyages to California, Mexico, Cyprus, Gibraltar, the Azores, and Italy. One letter is dated 1898 April 30, the day before the Battle of Manila Bay while on board the USS Raleigh which was engaged in the battle. Letters from Eastern Publishing Company, a potential publisher of \"The Battle of Manila Bay,\" who were unable to publish the book. Accounts concerning the estate of Mary Venable Carrington Grigsby, the mother-in-law of William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnvelopes that did not match correspondence. Addressed to Hugh Blair Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, William R. Galt, Mary V. Grigsby, and William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters to and from William Wilson Galt. 1894 June 7 letter from John L. Williams and Sons (bankers) to W. W. Galt regarding bonds registered in name of H. Carrington Grigsby; 1897 February 9 letter from William Wilson Galt, Paymaster, U.S. Navy to W. D. Boxom, Governor of Florida, acknowledging his receipt of his \"commission as delegate to the Seaboard and Harbor Defense Convention\", and 1897 June 4 letter from H. L. Mitchell appointing Paymaster Galt as delegate to the \"Gulf and Atlantic Coast Defense Convention.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from E. Eugene May of the Eastern Publishing Company in Boston, Massachusetts to William Wilson Galt about publishing Galt's book, \"The Battle of Manila Bay\". Includes costs, layout decisions and corrections to the manuscript. It appears that the Eastern Publishing Company had financial problems, plus a burglary of their printing plates, and never published the book for William Wilson Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between the William Wilson Galt family members. 1881 April 12, William Wilson Galt writes Mary B. Grigsby about the health of her father and gives advice about keeping healthy in mind and body. 1881 December 1, William Wilson Galt, Edgehill, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Galt, about his small wedding at Edgehill and plans to stay in Washington, DC until his ship sails. 1883 August 2, two letters, one to his Mother and one to his Father, about the birth of his son; he draws a baby with an elongated head to describe his son. 1884 August 2 John B. Whitehead to William Wilson Galt about the price of soy on the stock market. 1885 June 2, William Wilson Galt, Williamsburg, Virginia, to his Mother about the birth of his second son, William Richard Galt. 1886 May 15 letter written by Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt which is a page of scribbles. 1890 July 17, William Wilson Galt, written aboard the USS Thetis while at sea, to his son; explains how fast the ship travels with comparison to the time his son takes to eat and to sleep, what he sees from the deck of the ship, the Southern Cross used for navigation, whales and large birds. 1891 February 4, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Vallejos, California, to his Grandmother Galt about the USS Thetis being grounded because of worms and family news. 1891 October 25, Grandfather Galt to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt about family news and Hugh Blair Grigsby's account of the earthquake. 1892 December 3, William Wilson Galt, USS Thetis while at sea, to his Mother about arriving soon in San Diego. 1893 February 20, M. M. Galt (wife of Rogers Galt), Naval Academy, to Mary Grigsby Galt about the death of Mamie and family news. 1894 November 8, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Smithville, to his Mother about family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from family and friends of the William Wilson Galt Family. 1895 John B. McPhail of Mulberry Hill (a cousin on the Carrington side of the family) replies to an invitation from Mary Blair G. Galt; Reginald F. Poindexter to Mary Blair G. Galt about the work done on the house in anticipation of her arrival; Mary B. G. Galt, Smithville, to her mother-in-law about family news and the Rogers Galt family and Carrington Grigsby to his sister, Mary B. G. Galt about news of the farm and the community in Charlotte County. 1896-97 Hugh B.G. Galt, while in Smithville, writes letters to his father about local and family news and his activities, which include hunting squirrels and rabbits, hog killing, problems with his gun, his health, ice skating, school, summer studies, courthouse visits to hear trials, bicycle rides, searching for Native American, visiting relatives in Norfolk and Williamsburg and his desire for a hound puppy. On 1897 September 18, he mentions that \"Uncle Carrington is going to get married to Miss Mary Boyd, but I don't think he will.\" On 1897 December 18, he writes about the death of Mary W. Ware Galt, his grandmother. William R. Galt, while in Smithville, writes a letter to his father about the marriage of Albert and his activities, which includes his desire for a \"doublebarrel muzzleloader,\" hog killing, trapping, hunting, and raising chickens. Robert Galt, while in Smithville, writes to his Father about the pig killing. In 1897 May, William Wilson Galt, New York, writes his mother about his visit with Susie and Rogers Galt. Rogers leaves for target practice the next day. William Wilson Galt's ship also leaves the next day for one or two years of duty. On 1897 May 16, William Wilson Galt, while at sea near Pico Island in the Azores, tells Hugh B. G. Galt about how the ship operates, what he has seen so far on his voyage and asks, \"I want you to read up on all the places I go to and tell Will, Robert and Mary all about them.\" He also writes Hugh B.G. Galt while in Tangier, Morocco, and Genoa, Italy and at sea in the Mediterranean.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly letters between William Wilson Galt and his family while he is in the Navy. Many letters are from Hugh B.G. Galt to his Father. On February 13, 1898, he writes about his hurt arm, \"the doctor had my arm put under the x-rays every night while I was down there (Norfolk)\" and that his Mother was rundown, got sick in New York and was hospitalized for two weeks. On March 26, 1898, his Mother is home, but still unwell. He writes about his summer plans, his schoolwork and a bicycle accident of a friend. He thanks his Father for the stamps and other items in the boxes he sent. On May 10, 1898, Hugh BlairG. Galt writes, \"...glader to hear of Dewey's victory at Manila, and still more so to hear by a telegram that you were well and sound.\" On March 21, 1899, Hugh B.G. Galt shows his concern about his Father's operation. On April 13, 1898, J. P. Lawrence writes Mary Blair Galt about church work. In his April 30, 1898 letter to his wife, William Wilson Galt is just entering Manila Bay. Sketches the ships in squadron formation. Mentions the possibility of dying during the battle, then proceeds to tell her what assets they have and how to handle everything if he should die. In February 23, 1899, William Wilson Galt is in New York and hopes to come home and \"stay with you all for a long time.\" Undated letters at the end of the folder include letters from Mrs. W.R. Galt to son, William Wilson Galt and family, plus a letter from Hugh B.G. Galt to his Grandmother Galt. A recipe for sweet pickle written on an incomplete letter by Mary B.G. Galt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajority of the letters are to Hugh Carrington Grigsby from family and friends, but two undated letters are to \"Mrs. Grigsby\" from H. C. Nowlin in Richmond, Virginia about buying items for Mrs. Grigsby, and health problems. Hugh Carrington Grigsby attended \"The Cluster School\" at \"Blackwalnut P. O.\" in Halifax, Virginia in 1871 and 1872. 1871 January 8 letter from \"Johnny\" at Hampden-Sidney College talks about how wonderful college life is. Letters from both his mother and father are full of advice and some criticisms. His father, Hugh Blair Grigsby, often tells Hugh Carrington Grigsby, with many examples, that the work he does now will enable him to be successful later. Clem D. Lewis writes twice in late 1871 about his troubles with the whooping cough and recent and future parties. In 1872, Hugh Blair Grigsby writes about the death of cousin Clem C. Read \"who was named after Grandfather.\" Hugh Blair Grigsby tells Hugh Carrington Grigsby \"Father cannot tell you how much his heart is set upon you and how anxiously he wishes you to be what you can so easily become if you are true to yourself.\" In 1872, Hugh Carrington attends Hampden-Sidney College. In 1873, his sophomore year, his father is writing with suggestions about his difficulty in mathmatics and \"as you stand in the Sophomore year, so you stand for the rest of your course. I wish you to be a scholar for many reasons, and not the least is that your future fortunes depend on your success. You will have to make your own way in the world; and the more accomplished you are in your studies, the greater the probability of success.\" 1874 May 4, his Father writes, \"Both my health and your mother's is frail, and we look to you as our support in our declining years, and we are solicitious that your conduct will entitle you to the esteem of all men and women with you associate.\" 1890 October 26, letter from William T. Grigsby, Union City, Tennessee, to Mrs Grigsby, Relict of Honorable Hugh B. Grigsby, requesting a photograph of Hugh Blair Grigsby. An undated letter from Hugh Carrington Grigsby relates a story he heard from a \"youth\" about \"cogitations upon the prospect of entering college\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaxes related to the estate, 1890-1894; invoices for items paid by or charged to the estate, many of them by Mrs. Grigsby prior to her death, with receipts and canceled checks (1889-1898); poem, possibly written by William Wilson Galt, and probably about his mother-in-law, Mary V. Grigsby; copies of deeds and other legal documents, beginning in 1882; notebook with entries for expenditures in regard to Mary V. Grigsby's estate (1891-1894) and receipts of payments made to Grigsby Family members during the division of the estate, particularly the sale of Virginia bonds in 1894. Some items concern administrative matters that carried over from the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby who died in 1881. Mary Blair Grigsby Galt was an administrator to his estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA photocopy of a Galt family tree with notation, \"This chart was made in 1934 by Rogers Harrison Galt, in collaboration with Mary Meares Galt\".  The chart begins with Samuel Galt (circa 1700-1761).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped carbon copy on tissue paper of the Naval Record of Captain William Wilson Galt entitled \"Record of William Wilson Galt, Captain (S C) U.S.N.\" The record begins in 1877 and ends in 1925 when he retired. Gives a short biographical background which was noted on his entrance examination in 1877. October 30 letter to Paymaster W. W. Galt from R. W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, thanking him and commending him for the rescue of the disabled schooner \"Express\" and bringing her safely to Key West harbor; 1899 July 29 letter from the Secretary of the Navy with an excerpt from a letter from Captain J. B. Coghlan praising Paymaster Galt in sailing through rough seas to deliver a pump to the \"Raleigh\" just before the Manila Bay attack. Handwritten on cover page, \"For A.G. Zimermann, Jr.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of new members to the National Grigsby Family Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped poem written by William Wilson Galt entitled \"July the 9th, 1897\" with handwritten notes \"Birthday of his wife-Mary B. Galt\" and \"written by WW Galt \u0026amp; mailed from Algiers, Africa, 14 Augt 97-.\" Handwritten poem about death and living in the present, author unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport cards of Hugh Galt from Smithville High School, 1897 June 14 and 1899 February. 1899 invoices from the Episcopal Male Academy for Mrs. W. W. Galt for the expenditures of Willie Galt. Letter from Instructor Elizabeth A. Rowe, \"Miss Mary C. Galt has successfully completed an elementary course in Botany,\" dated 1915 February.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains the family papers of members of the Grigsby and Galt Families. Mary Blair Grigsby married William W. Galt in 1881. The collection contains papers of various members of the Grigsby family, particulary Hugh Blair Grigsby who was a historian and Chancellor of The College of William and Mary and his son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby who lived his entire life at the family farm, Edgehill, in Charlotte County, Virginia.","The collection also contains the personal papers and some navy material of William W. Galt, U. S. Navy Paymaster and author of a book on the Battle of Manila Bay. Extensive correspondence to and from all the members of his family is included.","Both these groups contain correspondence, genealogy, financial papers and personal papers. ","The Galt Family resided in Norfolk, Virginia and the Grigsby Family at Edgehill, Drakes Branch, Charlotte County, Virginia.","Gift of the Zimermann family of Susan Galt, daughter of William W. Galt.","The Galt Family was from Norfolk, Virginia. William Wilson Galt, a Naval officer, lived at various addresses in Norfolk and overseas. In 1881, he married Mary Blair Grigsby, daughter of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary Venable Carrington, also of Norfolk, Virginia, then later of Charlotte County, Virginia. Hugh Blair Grigsby was a historian, president of the Virginia Historical Society and chancellor of William \u0026 Mary. Mary Blair Grigsby and William Wilson Galt had 6 children: Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Robert W. Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Susan D. Galt and Carrington G. Galt. These Galt Papers are the family papers of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt, William Wilson Galt and their children. Includes letters written to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt before her marriage to William Wilson Galt. Includes some Naval correspondence of William Wilson Galt, but also check subseries 4 , the personal papers of William Wilson Galt.","This sub-series is primarily comprised of letters between William Wilson Galt and his family, friends, and colleagues from 1863-1927. Correspondents and recipients include William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Grigsby Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and others. Considerable number of letters are between other Galt family members and their friends, family, and colleagues. William Wilson Galt was a Navy Paymaster and wrote letters to his family from all over the world. Topics of this correspondence include the courtship of his wife, family news such as births, deaths, and job changes, the financial and parental administration of his home, his naval career, his publishing career, and Masonic Lodge business. See also the sub-series for each family member for more correspondence and papers.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and his family, friends, and colleagues; Handwritten copy of Galt's application for Assistant Paymaster with the Navy, dated 1876 March 20, and resignation as Junior Deacon at Owens Lodge in Norfolk, Virginia, dated 1878 April 9; Reference letters written on behalf of Galt by T. M. Barner of Norfolk, Virginia, 1871, and Banking House of Burruss, Son, \u0026 Co. of Norfolk, Virginia, 1873. 1878 January 25, confidential letter from C.P. Thompson noting that Galt's application was possibly complicated by the fact that Galt's two brothers were also in the Navy.","Love letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby, to William Wilson Galt from Hugh Carrington Grigsby and from S. C. Daniel at Hampden-Sydney College to Mary Blair Grigsby. 1879 February 21 Hampton Sidney anniversary invitation. 1879 February 5 fun letter from William Wilson Galt, approved by Mary B. Grigsby, future mate, to Hugh Blair Grigsby saying in part, \"I have the honor respectfully to transmit herewith a requisition for a mate for this vessel...\" with an attached \"Jewel\" requisition, and1879 April 22 and 26 letters from William Wilson Galt to Hugh Blair Grigsby asking to court and marry his daughter, Mary Blair Grigsby. Correspondence about his position as an assistant Navy Paymaster. 1879 May 27 letter to James S. Galt from assistant Paymaster William Wilson Galt appointing him clerk to the Pay Office at the Naval Station in Key West, Florida, plus related correspondence about the appointment.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from J. H. Dillard (Mary Blair Grigsby's cousin), father William Richard Galt, friend and naval colleague C. P. Thompson; letter from William Wilson Galt to Mary Blair Grigsby. 1879 October 30 letter from R.W. Thompson thanks Galt for rescuing the officers and crew of the disabled schooner, Empress.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from parents, sister Molly, C. P. Thompson; letter from L. R. Hamersly, publisher of \"United Service\" publication, regarding article William Wilson Galt wrote on Key West Naval Station.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Barton Myers, father William Richard Galt, sister Molly, and brother Rogers.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, brother Rogers, J. H. Dillard, C. P. Thompson, A. K. Micheler, C. Hubbell; letter from Livingston W. Bethel, mayor of Key West, regarding James S. Galt; letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby. Invitation to wedding of Elizabeth Easley and William Carrington Lancaster on 1880 September 25.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter from William Wilson Galt to Mary Blair Grigsby's mother Mary V. Grigsby; clipping of advertisement for William Richard Galt's school.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to William Wilson Galt from C. P. Thompson; Copies of general orders 255 and 256 from Navy Department.","Christmas cards sent to William Wilson Galt; letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to William Wilson Galt from sister Annie; letter, written in Spanish, to William Wilson Galt from Mrs. M. A. Thornbury of Albany, GA.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from Annie Galt (William's sister); letter to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt; William Wilson Galt's ticket to the Leap Year Ball at the Odd Fellows Hall on 1881 January 13.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; Dinner party invitation to William Wilson Galt from Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; Photograph negatives of unidentified subjects.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; Postcards to William Wilson Galt from Mary Blair Grigsby. Much of this correspondence refers to failing health of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Mary's father and former chancellor of the College of William \u0026 Mary.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from Corinne and Frank (no last names given) from Key West, E. O. Locke; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from cousin P. E. Pearl. Much of this correspondence refers to failing health of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Mary's father and former chancellor of the College of William \u0026 Mary.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from cousin Samuel W. Morton. Most letters refer to failing health and eventual death of Hugh Blair Grigsby, Mary's father and former chancellor of the College of William \u0026 Mary.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby from Walker M. Hill, Freddie Venable, Robert Winthrop, C. Carrington, \"Sue\" from Stockdale, Nannie Hannah, and Mary F. Vaughn. Most letters express condolences for death of Hugh Blair Grigsby.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother James Galt and Angela Baldwin.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Bob, brother Jim, E. O. Locke, Virginia Ritchie, J. H. Dillard, and anonymous writer who signed only \"A Friend\" to his or her note; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from Cynthia B. T. Lohman.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Jim, sister Susan W. W. Galt, and E. O. Locke.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Annie, sister Susan W. W. Galt, cousin Jane, and T. L. Skinner.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt, sister Annie, brother Jim, and brother Rogers.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Jim and sister Molly; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby from brother Hugh Carrington Grigsby concerning the exchange of Mary's share in Edgehill farm in Charlotte County, Virginia for property in Norfolk, Virginia.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from Aunt J. W. R. Galt, T. W. Clark, and E. O. Locke.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Jim and sister Molly.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt and E. O. Locke.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt and E. O. Locke; Program for Yorktowne Centennial Commission's Promenade Concert and Hop on October 18, 1881.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letters to William Wilson Galt from brothers Bob and Jim; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby from William's father William Richard Galt and sister Annie.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby; letter to William Wilson Galt from S. G. Baylor.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby Galt; letters to William Wilson Galt from A. K. Micheler, S. Hubbell, cousin Kate, sister Susan W. W. Galt, brother Rogers, and mother Mary W. Galt; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt from cousin Lance Watkins and William's sister Annie; letter to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt's mother Mary V. Grigsby from Annie Galt; letter to mother Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt. Most correspondence relates to the wedding of William Wilson Galt to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt. Drawings of various persons, animals, weapons, and musical instruments.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letters to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt and E. O. Locke; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William's sister Molly, William's brother Bob, and Mary's cousin J. W. Morton; letter to mother Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt and sister Annie; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; drawing of William Wilson Galt's martins while deployed in Santo Domingo, drawn by William.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from uncle George, father William Richard Galt, brother Jim, Thomas C. Walton, and S. F. Earle; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, cousin Leila, Mother Mary V. Grigsby, Nannie Hannah, Emma Bates, Lizzie Boykin, William's sister Susan W. W. Galt, and \"M. F. V.\" of Franklin County, Virginia.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from uncle George; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, Nannie Hannah, and William's sister Annie Galt; letter to mother Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Molly, and Mary V. Grigsby; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Nannie Hannah, mother Mary V. Grigsby, and William's sister Molly; letter to cousin Lizzie from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from N. G. Wilson, Charlie Anisdue, C. W. Littlefield, R. W. Ball, N. P. Markham, and brother Bob; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, and William's sister Susan W. W. Galt.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, T. W. Lester, and A. E. L. Lester; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Clara Morris; postcards to Mary Blair Galt from mother Mary V. Grigsby; letter to \"Alice\" from Mary Blair Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt, Robert Wilson, and Mary V. Grigsby; letter to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; postcard to William Wilson Galt from Robert Wilson.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from J. W. Stewart; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susan W. W. Galt and Clara Morris; letter to Mary W. Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter written by G. R. Pavis certifying that he \"exhonerates Dr. John M. Galt from all charges that have been or may be brought against him,\" dated 1882 October 23.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and E. B. Baylor; letter to Hugh Carrington Grigsby from Lyon G. Tyler; postcards to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Fannie Barringer, Sallie Jones, \"Evaline\", and \"Langhorne\".","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Molly Galt, Annie Galt, Susan W. W. Galt, and Nannie Hannah.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Susan W. W. Galt, and Mary A. Galt (William's grandmother).","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt, brother John Galt, brother Jim Galt, uncle George, Thom Donough, Thom Caswell, Robert Winthrop, S. D. Greeve, Charlie Anisdue, J. D. Doyle, and T. W. Lester; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, and Susan W. W. Galt; primary focus of all August correspondence congratulates Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson Galt on the birth of their son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt on 1883 August 3.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Sallie Jones; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; invitation to wedding of Emma Bates and Sterling E. Edmunds on 1883 September 12.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from grandmother S. M. Christian; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Susan W. W. Galt; letter to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, uncle George, brother Rogers, brother Bob, sister Susan W. W. Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, E. O. Locke, T. W. Lester, Edward D. Washburn, and J. M. West; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, \"MLC\" from Mulberry Hill, Virginia, and Nannie Hannah; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Jim Galt from brother Rogers, brother Zander, brother Alex, \"Neal\", and \"Angel\"; letters to Jim were generally concerned with his failing health; letters dated late June through early July express condolences to Galts regarding Jim's death.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, uncle James D. Galt, brother Rogers, brother Zander, brother Bob, sister Annie, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, and Charlie Anisdue; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, and Mary W. Galt; receipt from George P. Zurhorst for (William's brother) John Galt's funeral expenses, dated 1885 January 16.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, mother Mary W. Galt, uncle James D. Galt, brother Zander, brother Rogers, brother Bob, grandmother S. M. Christian, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, Charlie Anisdue, G. L. Dyer, C. A. Stanly, William T. Saunders, and Dr. Donald Phais; postcard to William Wilson Galt from Bancroft Gherardi; telegram to William Richard Galt from Mary Blair Galt. Much of the correspondence in June is regarding the birth of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson Galt's second son, William Richard.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from T. W. Lester; letters to Mary Blair Galt from mother Mary V. Grigsby, William Wilson Galt, Robert Winthrop, Hallie R. Grier; letter to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt; postcard to Mary Blair Galt from Mary V. Grigsby. Prescription for quinine treatment for William Wilson Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from uncle James D. Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, cousin Emily, Nannie Bobbing, Annie Galt, Mary W. Galt, and Susan W. W. Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, cousin P. E. Pearl, L. B. Cary, and John B. Phase.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and mother Mary V. Grigsby.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Harriet Gridley and Eluior Allen.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from cousin Emily; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Davidson, and George K. Mullin, proprietor of Luray Inn in the Shenandoah Valley. Advertisements for Luray Inn attached to Mullin's letter to Mary Blair Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Xander and T. W. Lester; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, and William Richard Galt; letter to father William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt and Louisa Baxter.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, W. T. Churtain, and Barton Myers; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Mary V. Grigsby from Mary Blair Galt; Easter card to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Winthrop.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and W. Farvot Walk; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to William Richard Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and uncle John Whitehead; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and aunt Molly; William Wilson Galt's invitation to join Cosmos Club in San Francisco as extended by W. R. Wheeler and S. E. Tucker, dated 1891 November 10.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to William Richard Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; two photographs, one is too damaged to distinguish the subject, the second is seemingly a photo of William Wilson Galt with four of his children, presumably Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, and Robert Ware Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, mother Mary V. Grigsby, uncle John Whitehead, Kate Venable, Olga Dour, and M. H. Macrae; letter to son William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to daughter Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to grandfather William Richard Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, father-in-law William Richard Galt, sister-in-law Annie Galt, and Emma Prud.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from father William Richard Galt, sister Annie Galt, and M. R. Catlin; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, sister-in-law Molly, sister-in-law Annie, brother-in-law Bob, and father-in-law William Richard Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from sister Susan W. W. Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Emily Galt, Annie Galt, Sallie Aibinson, M. H. Macrae, Eustace B. Rogers, and Lucie Watkins; letter from \"Howard\" to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letter to Zena Galt from William Wilson Galt; telegram to Mary Blair Galt from Eustace B. Rogers.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from C. A. Stanly, G. W. Crusselle, E. A. Morecock, and F. M. Bostwick; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Susie Galt, Mary M. Galt, Sue B. Glennon, M. H. Macrae, and W. L. Cosby. Much of the correspondence in this period is regarding the birth of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson Galt's daughter Susie Alexina.","Letters between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to William Wilson Galt from H. Lee Holcombe; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Molly Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; telegram to William Wilson Galt from H. Lee Holcombe.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from cousin Lucy and Charles Swift; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Mary Blair Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers, son William Richard Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt Duane, John S. Williams, and Acting Secretary of the Navy William McAdoo; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, C. L. Loyale, and Emily V. Galt; telegrams to William Wilson Galt from George Brown and Shields; invitation to wedding of Guilielma Lawton and Abram Carrington Read on 1894 October 10.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, and Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son William Richard Galt, Secretary of the Navy Hilary Abner Herbert, and Dr. John Wyeth; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, J. P. Lawrence, and W. A. Boykin; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from \"Charles\".","Letters to William Wilson Galt from J. Saunders Taylor and T. F. Rogers; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and uncle John Whitehead; letter to daughter Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to daughter Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to son Robert Ware Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to T. F. Rogers from Mary Blair Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from R. M. Wells and William A. Varty, Jr.; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; invitation to wedding of Catharine Sampson and Richard Harrison Jackson on 1897 January 6.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Alexander Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Edmund S. Ruffin and Rupert W. Tomlin, R. M. Wells, F. A. Salomonson, Hammond B. Gayfer, A. K. Micheler, M. B. Crowell, and S. Cleburne Browne; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Marie B. Sheppard; invitation to wedding of Katharyn Salome and John B. Maher on 1897 May 26.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from George Dragoman, George Casanova, Joseph Starkey, and L. Haller Mingarda; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and Barton Meyers. William Wilson Galt's letters to Mary Blair Galt were sent from a variety of locations: Gibraltar, Algiers, Smyrna, Piraeus.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from W. R. Drida; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and Dr. Southgate Leigh. William Wilson Galt's letters to Mary Blair Galt were written from a variety of locations: Smyrna, Gibraltar, Algiers, Tangier.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, F. Scinicariello, Horatio Sprague, and H. L. Gregg; letters to Mary Blair Grigsby from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and daughter Mary Carrington Galt; postcards to wife Mary Blair Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, daughter Susie Alexina Galt, and sister Mollie Galt from William Wilson Galt; menus from Hotel-Restaurant de la Paix and Grand Hotel Brunate; bill for plumbing services from E. E. Guy \u0026 Sons in Norfolk, Virginia; William Wilson Galt's letters and postcards were written from Genoa, Rome, and Mersina, Italy.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and daughter Mary Carrington Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, nephew Rogers Harrison Galt, niece Mary M. Galt, niece Elizabeth Ashe Galt, Mary H. Boyd, Dr. Alexander Duane, Dr. Southgate Leigh, Ada Harvey, J. T. Van Patten, and the Army-Navy Journal; letter to son William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, including photographs of a torpedo gust leaving the tube when fired from the Raleigh at Mersina, after it left the tube, entering the water after it was fired, about 10 feet from the ship as the torpedo entered in for its course towards the target. Letter to daughter Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt, including one photograph of Dr. Marsteller and WWG, Mersina, 1897 November 25, USS Raleigh; letter to children Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Mary Carrington Galt , and Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt, including a chart detailing the cities and ports visited by the USS Raleigh over nearly a one year period; letter to aunt Molly Galt from William Richard Galt; Reference letter written by William Wilson Galt on behalf of J. T. Van Patten.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Charles H. Eldridge, Max Rosenberg, Demege, Reid, \u0026 Co., and Delmege, Forsythe, \u0026 Co.; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, uncle John Whitehead, cousin Lara, Dr. Alexander Duane, Virginia Mason, Emma Prud, Lizzie Boykin, Mary E. Carrington, Annie Watkins, Susan Morton, and Alice Green; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to J. B. Coghlan from William Wilson Galt; invitation to celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Military Service Institution of the United States on February 10.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son William Richard Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, and J. T. Van Patten; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Saunders, \"Belle\", E. H. Marsteller, and T. W. Wood \u0026 Sons; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to all children from William Wilson Galt. Topics include William Wilson Galt's observations of the people and lifestyle of Hong Kong and the oncoming Spanish-American War.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from daughter Mary Carrington Galt and Henry Romeike; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, Alexander Galt, I. B. McPhail, Emma Prud, T. Hall \u0026 Mingardo, Anne Letham, A. S. Kenny, and \"Belle\"; letter to children from William Wilson Galt; translation of a proclamation by the Governor-General of the Philippines; clipping from Army and Navy Journal relating William Wilson Galt's good health after Battle of Manila Bay; printed picture of USS Raleigh; newspaper clipping relating death of Captain Charles Vernon Gridley (William Wilson Galt is mentioned in the article as having reported the death to the Navy Department). Most of William Wilson Galt's letters deal with the Battle of Manila Bay (1898 May 1). Included in his letter to Mary Blair Galt on May 1 is a hand-drawn map of the American battle plan.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and Katherine Gridley; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, L. B. Cary, W. L. Cosby, \"Lillie\", \"Sue\", and J. G. Shackelford.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, son William Richard Galt, Annie Galt, Emily Galt, J. G. Shackelford, L. B. Cary, Dr. Southgate Leigh, and Lyon G. Tyler; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to \"Miss Nannie\" from William Richard Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and son William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, son William Richard Galt, W. J. Upshur, and W. L. Cosby.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from daughter Mary Carrington Galt and son William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Annie Galt, J. G. Shackelford, P. B. Eggleston, Stern Brothers, Larkin Soap Company, Emily Watkins, W. L. Cosby, and Alice B. Greer; invitation to wedding of Cecile Amelie and Cornelius de Witt on 1898 November 15.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son Robert Ware Galt, son William Richard Galt, and son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son Robert Ware Galt, daughter Mary Carrington Galt, daughter Susie Alexina Galt, son William Richard Galt, niece Elizabeth Ashe Galt, niece Mary M. Galt, W. A. Boykin, J. P. Lawrence, J. C. Byenes, and N. Sherwell.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from son William Richard Galt, Laura Sherwood Picking, and C. L. Chamberlaine; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, uncle John Whitehead, cousin Lottie Carrington, Marie Marsteller, W. A. Boykin, B. Boykin, L. B. Cary, C. M. Meginley, and J. G. Shackelford; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Bessie Daniel. Invitations to wedding of Rosalie Smith and Dr. Isaac Carrington Harrison on January 24, Katharine Storrow and William C. Scott on February 21. Program for 10th Anniversary Service at St. John's Church in Portsmouth, Virginia. Lakewood, New Jersey Railroad timetable.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Mann L. Quarles and Dr. William T. Bull; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, cousin Margaretta Clingh, Annie Galt, Dr. Alexander Duane, N. C. Lalcolt, C. M. Meginley, J. G. Shackelford, and W. L. Cosby.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from E. J. Bogart and L. B. McPhail; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, son William Richard Galt, son Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Rogers Galt, W. L. Cosby, and Inez Wichus Montague; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr. with a collection of stamps included. Invitation to wedding of Susan Hedge Amsden and Carl Sutherland Parker on 1899 June 7, Emily Louisa Sawyer and John Nichols Moore on 1899 June 28.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, uncle John Whitehead, and \"Lillie\"; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr.; freight bill from Southern Railway Co. for William Wilson Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers Galt, Charles H. Consolvo and Edward C. Cheshire, and Mann L. Quarles; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, N. Sherwell, J. B. Lovett, W. S. Friend, Leopold Levy, and Jackson \u0026 Co.; letter to W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr. from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt; invitation to wedding of Clara Fuller and Philip Andrews on 1899 August 16; advertisement for Hoge Memorial Military Academy.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Gerry W. Simpson and the New York Yacht Club; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, J. B. Lovett, W. L. Cosby, Marjorie March, and J. G. Shackelford; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Lucy Watkins, and Alexander Martin. Much of the correspondence relates to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt starting college at William \u0026 Mary.","Letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Lucy Watkins, Sue Watkins, George H. Watkins, and Hugh Carrington Grigsby.","Letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from brother William Richard Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Joel Hill Watkins, Lucy Watkins, George H. Watkins, John Lloyd Newcomb, William Read Martin, Emily Christian, C. Vernon Spratley, N. Sherwell, \"Lloyd\", and \"Joe\"; invitation to Twentieth Annual Celebration of the Sigma Rho Delta Literary Society of the Shenandoah Valley Academy on May 4.","Letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Joel Hill Watkins, William Read Martin, Dr. Southgate Leigh, George H. Watkins, George L. R. Stevens, Wright, Kay, \u0026 Co., and Lyon G. Tyler.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers Galt, sister Susan W. W. Galt Duane, and J. F. Carr; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Eva C. Lalcolt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, William Richard Galt, Bob Galt, Elizabeth Ashe Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Joel Hill Watkins, Lucy Watkins, George H. Watkins, Dr. Southgate Leigh, William Read Martin, and C. Vernon Spratley; Prescription written by Dr. Alexander Duane for Mary Carrington Galt; Wright, Kay, \u0026 Co. catalog for Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Includes a 1900 August 16 letter from L.D. Starke.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from brother Rogers Galt, R. H. Townley, and Arent Schuyler Crowninshield; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Annie Galt, Molly Galt, Elizabeth Ashe Galt, Lucius F. Cary, Emily Christian, C. Vernon Spratley, Elsie S. Hannah, George H. Watkins, Lucy Watkins, Joel Hill Watkins, William Read Martin, and Wright, Kay, \u0026 Co.; bill from Hospital St. Vincent de Paul for services rendered to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Annie Galt, C. Vernon Spratley, George H. Watkins, George Pugh, J. E. Williams, Lucius F. Cary, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., and Dr. Southgate Leigh; letter to Annie Galt from William Richard Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from brother Alexander Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, cousin \"Bob\" given), W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Joel Hill Watkins, William Read Martin, Lucius F. Cary, Dr. Southgate Leigh, and Thomas H. Carter. Invitation to wedding of Martha Cabell Bouldin and Albert Humes Gentry on 1901 July 24.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and \"Sue\"; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Annie Galt, John Lloyd Newcomb, D. C. Watkins, and W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr.; mathematics word problem.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from David C. Reis and Cornelia McBlair; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., and William Read Martin; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from David C. Reis; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Molly Galt, Annie Galt, George H. Watkins, Mary Daniel, and Cornelia McBlair; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, and Sam Daniel.","Letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Annie Galt, George H. Watkins, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Cornelia McBlair, William Read Martin, Mary B. Daniel, and Wright, Kay, \u0026 Co.; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and Annie Galt; invitation to wedding of Emily Cary and Thomas Marshall, Jr. on 1901 November 12; description of \"Paul Jones\" mixer dance.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Laura Sherwood Picking; letter to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Mary Blair Galt, William Richard Galt, Cornelia McBlair, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Mary B. Daniel, William Read Martin, and \"Joe\"; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and \"Flea\"; Manila Day Reunion Poem by Commander Corwin P. Rees.","Letter to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Molly Galt, William Richard Galt, Annie Galt, George H. Watkins, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., Jul H. Watkins, and \"Elsie\"; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt and Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from R. G. Skerrett and B. F. Coble; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Agnes Douglas West, and W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr.; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, W. C. \"Charlie\" Hardy, Jr., M. J. Morton, and Lily B. Cary; receipt for Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt's board at University of Virginia.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from William Wilson Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Laura Sherwood Picking, and R. G. Skerrett; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to Susie Alexina Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt; a poem entitled \"At Sea\" written by William Wilson Galt; William Wilson Galt's letters were written primarily in Hong Kong and Singapore.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from W. D. Southhall; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from Carroll R. Wright, Jr.; letter to J. W. Patterson from Mary Blair Galt; invitation to wedding of Mattie Lacey and Thomas J Pennybacker on1903 September 9. William Wilson Galt's letters were written primarily in Yokohama, Nagasaki and Kobe, Japan, Chefoo [Yantai] and Tsingtau [Qingdao], China, and Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Daniel Barnes; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from A. H. Flint. Invitation to wedding of Ruth Waldron and Frank Peard Thomas on 1904 January 12, Minnie Bolling and James Duncan Puller on 1904 February 3, Lucy Daniel and Charles Kingston von Weise on 1904 June 29, Ethel Sharp and Ralph Mancill Griswold on 1904 July 28. William Wilson Galt's letters were written primarily from Manila Bay, Hong Kong, Naples, and Gibraltar.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from J. B. Coghlan, Thorvald Solberg, and the Virginia Club of Norfolk; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Lewis Crenshaw. Library of Congress document regarding William Wilson Galt's book \"The Battle of Manila Bay\".","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Rhoderick H. Watkins, and Janice H. Read; Postcards to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from D. D. E. and anonymous; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Sniky Byers, Louise Bocereeau, \"Stuart\", \"Mac\" (female), and \"Dave\"; postcard to Mary Carrington Galt from anonymous; letter to Aaron Marx from Claude Swanson.","Postcard to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from R. H. W.; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, L. B. Cox, Sniky Byers, H. J. Putnam \u0026 Co., R. H. Payn, H. G. McCormick, and R. Stuart Royer; letter to Robert Ware Galt from Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from J. B. Coghlan; letter to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt; Postcard to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from \"E. W. C.\"; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Guy S. Lurty, and \"Stuart\".","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from J. J. Vogel and Dr. J. B. Murphy; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Bill Oglesby, E. W. Lawson, and Daisy Eggleston; letter to Mary Meares Galt from Rogers Galt; Robert Ware Galt's Navy enlistment papers, dated 1906 November 30, listing his examination date as 1907 April 16; invitation to wedding of Gertrude Abyvon Walke and Edward Dickinson Tayloe on October 25. Two letters written as poems to \"Uncle Bill\" from Rogers H. Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Leonard Draper, J. E. Duke and G. A. D. Galt at the \"Soldiers Home\" in Richmond, Virginia; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, Lily B. Cary, T. Catesby Jones, and cousin \"Bettie\"; Advertisements and reviews. Letter form E.B. Roy in response to Galt's concern that his Pay Director term is for three years instead of four years.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt and H. H. Ewing; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Robert Ware Galt and William Richard Galt; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, and Mary Carrington Galt; letter to Robert Ware Galt from George J. Durfey and telegram fro Hugh Blair G. Galt announcing \"Made the degree all right.\"","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and Bettie Marton. Invitations to weddings of Basil Gordon Montague and Lt. Col. George Barnett 1908 January 1, Elizabeth Welsh Galt and William Davidson 1908 January 16, Fanny Lewis Bouldin and Thomas Sprattley 1908 February 26, Elizabeth Virginia Jones and Joseph Hugh Neville 1908 April 16, Hilda Bateson and Laurance Jones 1908 June 18, Lily Brooke Booker and William Cutler Cole 1908 September 5, Evelyn Byrd Trigg and George Harris Sargeant, Jr. 1908 September 15, May Annette Luttmer and Rishworth Nicholson 1908 November 5, Anne McMaster and Davis Wills Jordan 1909 October 20, Margaret Nash Old and John Stone Stump, Jr. 1909 November 3, and Gladys Gertrude Hethorn and Wilford Grigsby Epes 1909 November 24. Note from Thomas E. Watkins 1909 March 25 saying that Carrington is very sick.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt and Louise Lelden; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from William Wilson Galt. Invitation to wedding of Delle Fay Norris and Henry Allen Pearson on February 2. Letter of condolence about the death of Roger Galt from James Riddle 1910 August 27 .","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Susie Alexina Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Mary Meares Galt, Mary C. Carrington, and W. L. Cosby.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susie Alexina Galt, William Richard Galt, Alexander Galt, Annie Read, J. Watkins Lacy, Sara R. Martin, and Agnes E. Lancaster; invitation to wedding of Helen Howard and Charles Clifford Gill on April 25.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susie Alexina Galt, Robert Ware Galt, and \"Betty\".","Letter to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, Mary Meares Galt, and Edwin Brockenbrough.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from Susie Alexina Galt, Nannie C. Bolling, and W. L. Cosby.","Letter to Mary Blair Galt from W. L. Cosby; invitation and program for Susie Alexina Galt's graduation ceremony at the College for Women in Columbia, South Carolina on June 6. Invitations to weddings of Louise Keeling Taylor and John Wright Stribling June 12, Lois Drake Millard and Frank Edwin Preston Uberroth June 22, Nancy Collins Nash and Logan Cresap June 29, Lela Coles Bouldin and Oscar Lane Shewmake June 26, Katharine Jones and Reginald Page June 27, Mary Ambler Willcox and Worrall Reed Carter July 2, Lilly Johnson Poor and Henry Morris Johnston July 9.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from R. C. Marshall; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Lucy Gray Harrison and H. A. Hunter; letter to Williamsburg, Virginia Postmaster from Lucy Pemberton, seeking addresses of relatives of late Hugh Blair Grigsby. Invitations to weddings of Cora Isabel Westcott and Laurence Stowell Adams August 1, Maude Walker and Charles Semmes Stanworth September 18, Lottie Washington Lambert and John Walton Grandy, Jr. September 19, and Dorothy Evleth Brown and Stewart Varona Hellings September 30.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt and Philip Andrews informing Galt that he has been awarded a \"Special Meritorious Medal\" for his actions in the Battle of Manila Bay. Invitations to weddings of Marie Louise Ryan and George Wirt Simpson on October 2, 1912, Susan Barnett Persons and Lewis Bowen McBride on October 9, Eloise Hirst and William Couper, on October 9, Virginia Klein Cooke and Edward Keville Glennan on October 9, Flournoy Adams Hopkins and Gilbert Alexander Boswell Eliott on October 10, Emily Ward and Otto Barten McLean on, October 17, and Clare Beatrice Rudgard Wigg and Newton Armistead Coggsdale on October 19.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Mary Meares Galt, and nephew Rogers H. Galt; Christmas card from W. L. Cosby. Invitations to weddings of Susan Pendleton Howard and Hartwell Heathe Hume on November 6, Josephine Engelhard Boylan and Ellsworth Harper Van Patten on November 23, Mary Lewis Sharp and Irving Brinton Holley on November 27, and Emily Fuller Johnston and Joshua Warren White on December 14.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Robert Ware Galt, William Richard Galt, Annie Galt, and Lucy Pemberton; letter to Mary Carrington Galt from Mary Meares Galt; invitation to wedding of Harriotte Jones Winchester and Edward Griffith Dodson on January 29. List of members of the Puff Club (a business men's club in Norfolk, Virginia), with attached memos and poem entitled \"The Campaign of the Puffs against the Great Destroyer.\"","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, and William Richard Galt.","Letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, and Robert Ware Galt; invitation to wedding of Bessie Armistead Doyle and Joseph Virginius Bidgood, Jr. on October 25.","Letters to William W. Galt from Florence J. Grant and Maria Ward Skelton; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Richard Galt, Robert Ware Galt, Belle Boykin, and Maria Ward Skelton; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from Robert Ware Galt; letter to Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels from William Wilson Galt; letter to Senator Thomas S. Martin from William Wilson Galt; letter to Alfred P. Thom from William Wilson Galt; Galt's letters to Daniels, Martin, and Thom are regarding his request for a promotion to Rear Admiral upon his retirement.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from John R. Edwards; letters to Mary Blair Galt from Carrington G. Galt, Annie Galt, and E. B. Martin; letter to Alfred P. Thom from William Wilson Galt; letter to Robert W. Shultice from S. B. Avis; letter to W. H. Venable from Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels; letter to Senator Thomas S. Martin from W. H. Venable; invitation to wedding of Alice Louise Preston and Albert Weston Grant, Jr. on October 17.","Letter to William Wilson Galt from Hugh Blair Jordan; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William W.  Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Susie Alexina Galt, Mary Meares Galt, and Ward Skelton Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, William Richard Galt, and Susie Alexina Galt.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt, Alfred George Zimmerman, Annie Galt, John M. Galt, Secretary of the Navy Edwin Wenby, T. S. Dunaway, George L. Hunt, Philip Andrews, John Teicher, Joseph W. Eggleston, A. Closdon, Frank Lester, John S. Bottimore, \"Alfred\", \"Aleck\", and \"Frank\"; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt and William Richard Galt; letter to Annie Galt from C. G. Smith; letter to Dr. Pickrell from Annie Galt; letter to Hugh Blair from Aunt Molly and carbon copy of his answer.  Much of the correspondence in 1922 is regarding William Wilson Galt's health as in that year he had his right foot amputated and suffered from pneumonia.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt, Ward Skelton Galt, Annie Galt, Zander Galt, \"Alfred\" (husband of daughter Susie), Hugh Blair Galt, Mrs. A. G. Zimermann and James B. Denny; letter to sister Susie from William Wilson Galt; letter to brother Zander from William Wilson Galt; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Mary Carrington Galt, William R. Galt and Hugh Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, letter to Bill from Zander; letter from Billy Galt to Grandfather; list of stockholders of Lynnhaven Beach and Park Co.; 1923 December 23 letter from J. H. D. to \"Dill\" with an attached news clipping \"Dr. J.H. Dillard to visit Africa\". 1924 March 3 letter from William Wilson Galt to his son includes a poem; 1923 July 13 letter from Hugh Blair Galt to William Wilson Galt also includes a poem. Most of the correspondence during these years are typed or carbons of typed letters.","Invitations to marriages and other events, plus a few calling cards. A dried plant was transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection Mss. 1.03.","Letters to Mary Galt from Hugh G. Grigsby, William Galt, Annie Galt, Mrs. Conway Robinson, M. L. Nowlin, Laure E. Read, Carrington Galt and Roger Galt.  Letters to William Galt from Roger Galt, P. A. Williams, Louise H. Carter, Mary B. Galt, Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary Meares Galt.  Includes a note from W. R. Galt and a letter from William Galt Hubbell.","Letters to William Wilson Galt from Mary Blair Galt, Annie Galt, L. B. Cary, A. K. Micheler, and Virginia (illegible last name); letters to Mary Blair Galt from Carmela Loyale, George Chappell, Annie Galt, L. B. Cary, Louisa L. Read, Nannie Winston, Bradford (illegible first name), Lizzie Boykin, and Kate Gaulding.","Letters to Hugh Blair Galt from \"Aunt Molly\",\" Elsie\", Emily M. Watkins, J. Morton, Mary Blair Galt, Lucy D. Thornton and Cordelia McBlair. Letter to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt while on the USS Kentucky. Letter to William Wilson Galt from Mary. Letter to Granddaddy or Grandpa from William R. Galt, Jr., and unknown. Letter to Granddaddy and Mamie from William R. Galt, Jr. Letter to Grandma from Grandson who was in Vallejo, California. Letters to Mother from Mary B. G. Galt and Robert. Letters to \"Father\" from \"Alfred\", \"Susie\", Robert W. Galt, and \"Will\".","Letters to William Wilson Galt from nephew John M. Galt, Maria, Mary B. Grigsby and Louise H. Carter. Letters to Mary B. G. Galt from cousin Cantey E. Reed, \"Annie\", \"M. L. Y.\", C.A . Stanely, Margaret B. Roper, \"Susan\", \"Dorothy\", Susie Crane, Sarah S. Read and others. Letters to family from Robert W. Galt, Susie D. Galt, Mary Galt and Carrington Galt. Includes a letter to William Wilson Galt from S. T. Early in which Early sends him a branch of the original Poets Laurel, and a letter from William Lamb, T. M. Whitehurst and John B. Jenkins asking William Galt to donate some land to the City of Norfolk. A legal document from Allegheny County about an 1837 debt of Andrew Fudge.","Two carbon typescripts of a short biography of Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt.","Invitation, newspaper articles and rough drafts with a typescript of Hugh B. G. Galt's speech on the Cape Henry Lighthouse Celebration at Cape Henry, Virginia in 1939.","Correspondence with Estelle Haskins, daughter of Bettie Morton. Bettie Morton was a servant in the Galt household at \"Oak Grove\" in Charlotte County. Estelle and her mother live in a house on the former \"Oak Grove\" property. Estelle often writes for help with legal problems and financial problems. Hugh Blair G. Galt responds with advice, gifts of money and hand-me-down clothes, and often intercedes to help with legal problems. Estelle helps him pack up old books and papers that belonged to the Grigsby family after some property was sold. Some correspondence deals with the land that Bettie Morton receives as the dower of 1/3 of the property of Albert Morton. Hugh Blair G Galt sends Betty Morton a deed to the house, which is given for life on 1925 January 10. Eventually, the entire parcel was sold to the Charlotte County School Board by Homer A. Lester and wife. The land had been conveyed to Mrs. Lester by the Galt family.","1934 letter from Galt's nephew \"Bill\"; 1939 article about First National Seashore Park in North Carolina; 1941 letter from Office of the Marshal of the Supreme Court saying seats will be saved for him and Mrs. Galt; 1943 letter from nephew \"Richard\" while in the Army Air Forces Bombardier School in Texas; business card of Henry G. Barbee.","Notepad from \"The Pocomoke...Guano Company\" with notes on farm products, household products, Morse code, and prices of goods.","Report by Miss Elizabeth V. Gaines of Saxe, Virginia on the libraries of Charlotte County, particularly the Edgehill Library of Hugh Blair Grigsby.","Class schedules, grades, certificates, notes, invoices, assignments and reports of Hugh B.G. Galt. Includes 1899 paper \"The Romantic School in English Poetry\". 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1906 University of Virginia grades; 1903, 1904, and 1906 University of Virginia pass certificates; 1906 document stating \"Degree of Bachelor of Arts conferred, June 12, 1906\"; 1938 bill for the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association; 1939 \"University of Virginia Newsletter\" with article on Virginia's Forest Resources by F.C. Pederson. Undated lecture schedule and notes. University of Virginia report card for November 1901.","Audits of the estate of Mary B. G. Galt by Hugh B. G. Galt, her son and William Wilson Galt, her husband. Includes three copies of 1935 February report \"Second Report by Hugh B. G. Galt, Surviving Executor of Mary G. Galt, Deceased\"; one copy of 1935 April 9 report \"A Report by Hugh B. G. Galt, Surviving Executor of Mary B. Galt, Deceased to the present Beneficiaries of the Same.\"","Concerns Grigsby Family property \"Edgehill\", located in Charlotte County, Virginia which Mary B. G. Galt inherited from her brother, Carrington Grigsby. Includes 1914 plat of the Charlotte County property, 1914 Deed of Trust note on the property, correspondence with potential purchasers of the property, and correspondence and legal documents on the sale of the property to L. E. Rogers, John O. Walker, and C.E. Hunter in 1916.","1916-1928 correspondence between Otis M. Locke and William Wilson Galt about rental of property in Charlotte County. Mr. Locke rented a piece of property, possibly since 1907, and tried to purchase it a number of times. The property was originally part of the Grigsby estate. 1919-1925 correspondence about selling other parcels of land that were part of the Grigsby estate, including part of the Cardwell Tract. Correspondence and legal documents on the 1936 sale of one part of the Charlotte County, Virginia property to F. Watts Burgess and L. P. White. Correspondence and legal documents on the 1952 sale of the final piece of property to Boyd Hensley. Includes tax statements, county and property maps, and legal documents given to Hugh B. G. Galt by the remaining descendants of Mary B.G. Galt the right to sell the property.","Handwritten list of some of the furnishings of Mary B. G. Galt with a history of the item.  Includes photographs of some of the paintings.","Tax documents and correspondence regarding inheritance tax after the death of William Wilson Galt.","Inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Wilson Galt and Mary B. Galt.  Agreement between Carrington G. Galt and his siblings where he releases all his rights to the tangible personal property as a legatee of Mary B. and William Wilson Galt, 1934 July 14.  A ledger with lists and appraisals of estate.","1934 death certificate of William Wilson Galt; 1934 certification of H. G. G. Galt as executor to William Wilson Galt's estate; 1934 document giving Hugh Blair G. Galt permission to make repairs to 1104 Westover Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia (home of William Wilson Galt); 1934 inventory of 1104 Westover Avenue. Other legal documents between the beneficiaries of William W. and Mary B. G. Galt, 1916 will of William Wilson Galt, financial notes and ledgers and tax documents.","Application of relief from taxes on property in Charlotte County, Virginia.  Cancelled checks and bank statements.  Correspondence related to tax and banking issues.","Correspondence and documents of Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt as the executor of the estates of both William Wilson Galt and Mary B.G. Galt, his parents. He dealt with all the aspects of the estate: making an inventory of the contents of the house, selling items not wanted by his siblings, organizing papers, fixing up and selling the house, and maintaining accounts and legal forms to document his work. The correspondence with his siblings is often in triplicate. The names of his siblings are William R. Galt, Susan D. Zimermann, and Carrington G. Galt. Items from the home are mentioned, plus items given or on loan to institutions.","Ledger kept by Hugh B. G. Galt as administrator of the personal estate of Hugh Carrington Grigsby. Pages 6-22 include the inventory of personal estate and page 196 includes an account of finances. Between pages 22 and 23 are three loose items: two pages with pencil drawn scenes set in Colorado and probably drawn by Hugh B. G. Galt, and one letter dated 1892 December 27 addressed to \"My precious Mother\" (her mother-in-law) from Mary B. G. Galt about the sadness she feels with the death of her father-in-law. Loose memo book in back of ledger includes a few accounts and notes from 1889. All pages in between are blank.","Correspondence with Fitzgerald Flournoy, Henry Riely, other genealogists, family members and organizations about the Grigsby and Galt families. Of particular note is Fitzgerald Flournoy who organized the Grigsby Papers for Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, and his writings about different family members. One unpublished report, \"The Lot of the Defeated\" is included. Correspondence with Henry Riely, a lawyer with the firm McGuire, Riely and Eggleston in Richmond, Virginia centers on the Carrington Family. Includes notes on the families and Norfolk Historical Society inquiries.","Notes on Dr. Alexander Dickie Galt by William R. Galt and a handwritten paper on Alexander Galt, the sculptor, by Hugh B. Grigsby with a carbon typescript, published 1863 February 3 in the Richmond Inquirer. A \"Memoria Sacrum\" poem by James Barron Hope in memory of \"Alexander Galt, The Sculptor.\"","Undated handwritten and typescript of  \"Memoir of John Minson Galt, Jr.\" by W. R. Grigsby. 1941 September issue of \"Virginia Medical Monthly\" with an article on \"Dr. John Minson Galt and the Williamsburg Asylum\" by P. G. Hamlin.","Carbon typescript of paper entitled \"Mr. Grigsby: Athlete, Orator, Author\", author and date unknown.","Notes, correspondence and copies of documents relating to the Grigsby and Galt Families. Includes notes on the Whitehead Family. Other notes on collateral families of Scervant, Ware, Marston, Finch, McPherson, Silvester, and others. Includes a reprint of the 1863 obituary of Captain Reuben Grigsby from the Richmond Enquirer; 1896 article from the Central Presbyterian on the Old Stone Church in Lewistown, Virginia with a mention of Reverend Benjamin Grigsby, the father of Hugh Blair Grigsby and a handwritten copy of the James Galt family Bible. Some reports written by Mary Meares Galt. Includes a note written on a paper bag, \"Home - Woodside, Mrs. Dr. John M. Galt, Dr. John M. Galt, MD - C.S.A. Children, Eva Dulaney Galt, Herbert Randolph Galt\" and a 1870 November 14 invoice for tuition for the \"Misses C. \u0026 M. Skinner\" paid by Honorable J. B. Whitehead.","1898 April 19 confirmation certification by the Bishop of Southern Virginia in the Ascension Church in Keysville, Virginia. 1938 January 25 letter from the  Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution invitation to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt for membership via John Grigsby or Benjamin Porter.","Includes a 1871 obituary of Judge William Leigh of Halifax County, Virginia.  Most clippings deal with events in the Norfolk, Virginia area, either articles or editorials.","Newsletters, brochures and programs from various groups and events. Undated material includes \"General Regulations\" from William \u0026 Mary; map of New York City; reproduction map of \"Champlain's Map of New France 1632\"; order from for The George Jaberg Music Company of Cincinnati, Ohio; empty notepad from \"R.J. Edwards, Smithfield, Virginia\"; three copies of \"America,\" one copy of \"Yankee Doodle\" (3\"x2\") as advertisements for W. G. Williams, Smithville, Virginia; advertising card for E. E. Guys of Norfolk, Virginia.","Manuscript draft of essay on \"The First President of William \u0026 Mary,\" also called \"Commissary James Blair,\" dated 1913, typescript of paper, \"Commodore John Paul Jones,\" undated and an 1899 poem written on the Norfolk Boat Club letterhead using both English and German.","Booklet for The Galt Literary Society which was organized by \"the young men of William R. Galt's school.\"","Typed transcript of a letter written to W. R. Galt by Colonel John B. Cary of Richmond, Virginia about the Scervant Family, dated 1875 August 16.  Handwritten note on bottom of letter: original of this letter is in the possession of W.R. Galt's granddaughter, Mary M. Galt.","Certificate to William R. Galt from The Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America saying that he is \"A Noble of the Mystic Shrine in Accas Temple in Richmond, Virginia.\" 1900 May 16.","1903 form letter announcing meeting of the Orient Mark Lodge of Japan; 1903 menu of the \"traditional banquet to the Members of Aloha Temple...in Honolulu; 1907 Funeral Service procedures \"as prescribed by The Grand Lodge of Virginia\"; 1911 bylaws of the Owens Lodge in Norfolk, Virginia; \"Laying of the Cornerstone of St. Andrews Episcopal Church\" by Owen Lodge No. 164 in Norfolk, Virginia 1920 June 30; 1918 February 15 Virginia Masonic Journal Newsletter; February 1917 newsletter \"Atlantic Lodge News\" with an article on William Wilson Galt; The Temple News of Norfolk, Virginia dated 1920 September (Volume 3, Number 9). Includes newspaper clippings about the Masons, William Wilson Galt, and Hugh B. Galt.","Speeches given at the 10th Annual Convention of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association (undated),  and a paper entitled \"Harmony.\"","Manuscript speech on the History of Masonry.  39 pages.","Manuscript address explaining \"certain words and passages of our work that are not very clear in their meaning or application\".   26 pages.","Manuscript speech on the \"source of the Sublime Degree, the foundation of Masonry\".  Gives sources at the end of the paper.  61 pages.","Includes a tribute to William Richard Galt written by James H. Dillard. Originally published in the Southern Churchman, dated 1922 September 25.","Personal papers of William Wilson Galt which include financial material, business correspondence, material as executor of family members' estates, real estate transactions, tax and insurance documents, news clippings, printed and published written material, papers from his time as Navy Paymaster, and his last will and testament. William Wilson Galt joined the Navy about 1877 and served in the Navy for 50 years. He was a Navy Paymaster for most of those years. In 1881, he married Mary Blair Grigsby, daughter of Hugh Blair Grigsby, the Chancellor of William \u0026 Mary from 1871 to 1881.","Calling cards from Galt Family members and others.","Grades for Robert W. Galt and Mary C. Galt during one school session. 1901 tuition invoice to Mrs. J. T. Carr for music lessons on guitar for Hugh Blair Galt.","Newspaper and other clippings collected by William Wilson Galt. Some topics are Norfolk, Florida and the Navy. Some clippings are poems.","Newspaper and other clippings about the Galt Family. Obituaries and articles about Roger H. Galt, William Wilson Galt, William Richard Galt, and others.","Correspondence from the U.S. Navy and related people to William Wilson Galt. Correspondence regarding H. R. Bills 18701 and 19313 about giving officers an option of voluntary retirement. Medical examination material for 1909 and 1910. 1911 October 6 letter transferring his position at the Navy Pay Office to Pay Inspector Harry E. Biscoe and October 18 and 21 letters commanding him for duty as Paymaster of Yard under the command of the Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk. 1912 correspondence about receipt of a medal, receipts for a meal, Naval Communication Service invoices and a carbon copy of a letter to Miss Serpell from Arthur P. Ware about a War Department plat. Some of William Wilson Galt's Naval correspondence is also filed in date order in Sub-series 1, Galt Family Correspondence.","Small leather covered daybook which includes daily notations, addresses, and account information.","Insurance invoices.","Includes tombstone inscription and order for tombstone; \"list of books taken from library at Edgehill Oct. 9th, 1884 by Mrs. William Wilson Galt\"; receipts for payments from the estate; 1881 prenuptial contract between Mary Blair Grigsby and W. W. Galt stating that William Wilson Galt will not interfere with the rents and profits of the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby; legal documents with Mary Blair Grigsby Galt as one of the executors of her father's estate; accounts of the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby.","Leather account book from the Norfolk National Bank with approximately seven pages of accounts relating to the estate of Mary B. Grigsby, which include lists of items, possibly as inventories, under the headings: \"Mary Blair Carrington\", \"For Grove/For Edgehill\", and \"Farming Implements\". Also includes an account of the security stock of the Charlotte Banking and Insurance Company belonging to the estate of Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby.","Invoices of interest payment to Robert R. Prentis on note due Joseph B. Whitehead's estate.","Canceled checks, bank statements, check stub books, deposit slips and bank notes.","Two bank books for Mrs. Mary Blair Galt. Leather notepad wallet moved to Manuscripts Artifact Collection, Mss. 1.03.","Typed list of Galt's expenses when he was a candidate for the House of Delegates. List addressed to the Chairman City Democratic Committee.","Invoices for purchases from local businesses and businesses across the country. Many invoices list items purchased. Receipts from businesses. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster.","Invoices and receipts for purchases from local businesses and businesses across the country. Many invoices list items purchased. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster. Includes receipts for payments to the City Gas Company of Norfolk, and Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.","Invoices and receipts for local and world-wide purchases. Many invoices list items purchased. Most of the accounts are for personal purchases, but a few of them may be related to his position as Navy Paymaster. Includes purchase of a guitar for $7.00 in 1900 and a General Catalogue No. 66 from Montgomery Ward \u0026 Co.","Correspondence, receipts and bonds for the Tidewater Mineral and Oil Corporation and Norfolk-Princess Anne Oil Corporation.","William Wilson Galt elected an Honorary Member of St. Johns Masonic Lodge 1908. Carbon copy of a 1911 June 21 letter from William Wilson Galt, as Representative of the United Grand Lodge, to Sir Edward Letchworth, the Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge...Freemasons' Hall in England, about the honor conferred upon him. Related Mason material, some about William Wilson Galt, is filed in Sub-Series 3, William R. Galt.","1908 contract for telephone service and a 1916 Virginia State Hunter's License. 1896-1899 insurance records which include a policy, payment receipts of premiums and correspondence.","1881 December 1 Charlotte County, Virginia marriage license between William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair Grigsby with a Minister's Return of Marriage.","William Wilson Galt wrote a poem entitled \"The Battle of Manila Bay\". The poem was printed in various publications and eventually incorporated into a book, also called \"The Battle of Manila Bay\". Copies of the poem from various sources, newspaper articles about the poem, and order slips for purchasing the book. Research correspondence and requests for photographs from men who participated in the battle, copyright information and letters from appreciative readers. Some correspondence on the lectures Galt gave on the Battle of Manila Bay.   Note: accounting details from the sale of the book are located with various financial documents as noted on the inventory.","Leather bound diary kept by William Wilson Galt while stationed at Punta de los Cerritos from 1882 April 19-31.","Two certificates of membership for the Navy Relief Society; one for Paymaster W. W. Galt and one for Mrs. William Wilson Galt.","Newspaper clippings about the Navy, Navy personnel, and William Wilson Galt.","Membership material for the Navy Mutual Aid Association, Allotment Check transmissions and Statement of Account for his pay. Leave requests from 1903-1906. 1922 letter exchange with the Judge Advocate General about bonds.","Report \"574 C\" reconciling statement of William Wilson Galt, Paymaster, U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia. for 1st quarter of 1896, and Auditor memos from 1913 and 1914.","Clarence N. Howell is an Assistant Chief Clerk in the Paymaster's Office. In 1907, he accuses the Paymaster's Office of misconduct and mismanagement. William Wilson Galt is investigated and the newspapers carry articles about the situation (see news clipping files). Correspondence includes many letters written to William Wilson Galt from creditors of Clarence N. Howell from 1902 to 1907. Includes the official report written by William Wilson Galt where he answers each accusation. Correspondence to and from William Wilson Galt about the accusations. Folder title used by William Wilson Galt.","Receipt slips for navy personnel which include the names of the men.","Chart listing names of men, how many days worked, pay per day, and total pay.","Ledger which is a cash book for the USS. Kentucky (1903-unknown), but also records 1906-1907 sales of \"The Battle of Manila Bay\" on pages 54-63, 89-90. Near the end of the book are entries for the USS Vicksburg from 1902-1903. Loose papers include sheets listing men and their positions on the Boston, the Raleigh, the Baltimore, and other ships. Includes a few paymaster receipts. Printed list of arrival and departure dates and name of ports for the \"Cruise of USS Kentucky\" (1900-1904); 1903 issue of \"The Open Door: Thanksgiving Number\" which includes names of all crew members; 1904 February 20 issue of \"The Open Door\". Correspondence about physical exam before receiving a promotion and other material included.","Correspondence, supply orders, memos, and other supply related material while stationed in Gibraltar, Hong Kong, and Smyrna. Includes a barber bill for 1899 with names of the men, their pay number and rating; 1898 list from the Treasury Department of the \"Values of Foreign Coins\"; handmade card signed by members of the crew entitled \"You May Fire When You are Ready, Gridley, May 1, 1898 to May 1st, 1901\", and a 1898 March 26 letter relieving Galt of duty on the USS Raleigh.","Photo print of \"Genl Dewey\". Receipts from the Grand Hotel in Guatemala, the Kilaneau Volcano House in Hawaii, the Grand Hotel in Yokohama, and the Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita. Pamphlet for the Panic Mail Steamship Company Peru with a list of passengers (1902), and receipt for clothing from \"Ah Sing and Co.\" in Shanghai.","Copy of the \"General Service Code\" with homographic signals, typed extract from 1898 May 27 China Daily Press; 1907 January 19 partial issue of Army and Navy Register; list of \"District Joint Communications Visited\"; 1890 pass for W. W. Galt for San Jose De Gu Temala, Central America; 1871 map of Santo Domingo; prospectus pamphlet for the Ostrander Repeating Gun Company, and a pamphlet for the Ostrander Gun.","1898 July 9 order to report to the USS Delmonico; note giving the time of the \"Sword presentations \u0026 c to officers of the Navy\"; 1902 appointment and commission as Pay Inspector in the Navy, with the rank of Commander; 1903 appointment order to be on a \"Navy Examining Board\" and a Congressional Bill (S. 5693) from the 63rd Congress, 2nd Session \"To provide for the promotion of Pay Director William Wilson Galt...to the rank of Rear Admiral in the Pay Corps of the Navy upon his retirement from the service\" (1914). Correspondence in regard to promotions, including letters of recommendations.","Resolutions adopted at the last meeting on 1909 May 1. Two copies of the \"Constitution and List of Members of the Society of Manila Bay\" and a 1920 brochure for the Twenty-Second Annual Banquet at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC with signatures on the inside front cover. Tissue paper carbon of a 1926 letter addressed to Captain Dudley N. Carpenter about the May meeting of the Manila Bay Society.","Proposed amendment to House Bill #6616, \"That after completing the prescribed course of four years' instruction at the Naval Academy ... there shall be retained each year for service in the Navy and Marine Corps...only so many as shall equal the number of vacancies...\"","Notes about spheres, torture, Spanish sentence structure and a medicinal formula. Shopping list, a mostly blank small notebook, list of automobile travel expenditures with names of Virginia towns and the vehicle odometer reading, code labeled \"Grimm's Law,\" drawing of a possible boat, drawing of the floor plan of a house and a doodle drawing.","Poems and prose with titles such as \"Our Idyll,\" \"A Prayer\" and \"To One Who Knows\" (1923). Most are handwritten. 1923 typed Christmas poem addressed to Mary Meares from \"Uncle Bill\".","Brochures, pamphlets, sales advertising, \"how to play whist\" pamphlet, postcards, printed poems, recipes, programs, safe driver's manual, \"a Summary History of the Palazzo Dandolo now Royal Hotel Danieli in Venice\" (1896), postcards of Venice, tourist photographs of Venice, an 1894 Missionary Calendar of Prayer, and a 1904 pamphlet Concerning Old Norfolk about Norfolk, Virginia.","Deeds and other legal documents for property in Norfolk, Virginia, Colorado, and Florida.","Scrapbook of newspaper clippings with notes and poems, some by William Wilson Galt, pasted into an account book. Beginning on page 100, accounts for the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary V. Grigsby from 1885-1886. Includes loose papers of handwritten poetry, an 1887 map of Alaska, an 1890 broadside for San Salvador and Guatemala, a printed poem \"A Ballad of Manila Bay\" by Timothy Wilfred Oakley and other printed material.","Tax bills and receipts for personal and property taxes.","Typed carbon copy of the Last Will and Testament of William Wilson Galt dated 1927 August 11.","Certificate dated 1878 January 25,  appointing William Wilson Galt as Assistant Paymaster of the Navy, signed by Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, and R.W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate dated 1881 October 15, appointing William Wilson Galt as Passed Assistant Paymaster with the relative rank of Master, signed by Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, and  William H. Hunt, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate dated 1893 September 26, appointing William Wilson Galt as Paymaster of the Navy with the relative rank of Lieutenant, signed by Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, and H. A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate, dated 1899 March 3, appointing William Wilson Galt as Paymaster of the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant Commander, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy. Certificate dated 1901 February 19, assigning William Wilson Galt as number one in the Rank of List of Paymasters in the Navy for Extraordinary Heroism, signed by William McKinley, President of the United States, and John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate dated 1902 April 10, appointing William Wilson Galt as Pay Inspector of the Navy with the rank of Commander, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and William H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate, dated 1903 December 2, appointing William Wilson Galt as Pay Director of the Navy, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and William H. Wood, Secretary of the Navy.  Certificate of Membership in the Society of Manila Bay for William Wilson Galt, USS Raleigh, signed by George Dewey, Commodore US Navy, undated.    Picture and roster of the members of the Society of Manila Bay who attended the banquet at Admiral Dewey's resident in Washington, DC on 1914 May 1.  Photograph is very fragile and rolled.  All certificates are loosely rolled.","Includes individual items for Susie Galt, Carrington G. Galt, Herbert Randolph Galt, Mary Carrington Galt and Robert W. Galt, plus newspaper clippings about various family members and homes.","Correspondence, mostly regarding genealogy of the Galt Family, plus her files on the Galt Family genealogy.","Correspondence to Mamie Garland and her father Maurice Garland about the Galt Family with some general letters and invitations from members of the Galt Family.","Correspondence to Mary \"Mamie\" Garland about the Galt Family with some personal correspondence with friends and family and business correspondence in relation to her jobs at the Valentine Museum and the Richmond Public Library.","Charts, notes, news clippings, and correspondence about Galt Family genealogy.","Empty envelopes, blank greeting cards and blank notepaper.","Some items were moldy when accessioned. They have been boxed separately and are currently unavailable to the public.","These documents are in conservation and unavailable to the public. Letters to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt from her husband, William Wilson Galt. 3 letters.","These documents are in conservation and unavailable to the public. Small notebook with two pages of accounts.","These documents are in conservation and unavailable to the public. Speeches, reports, and poem about the Masons.","1809 property tax bill, and 1808 letter from Lewis Stuart of Greenbrier.","These papers mainly deal with Hugh Blair Grigsby's business and family in Charlotte County, Virginia. Includes some early family papers, deeds and correspondence. The papers were accessioned as a group of loose papers and a group of file folders in a wooden box. In organizing these papers, this original grouping has been kept. The loose papers are arranged alphabetically by subject, then the papers in the wooden box are also arranged alphabetically by subject. There is an overlap.","15 business or calling cards with Hugh Blair Grigsby's signature.","Letter from Annie Christian to Mrs. Anne Fleming about Indian attacks and related troubles, plus her desire to be in Botetourt County, dated 1780 April 1. Hugh Blair Grigsby collected her letters. Most of the letters are housed in the Hugh Blair Grigsby Papers at the Virginia Historical Society.","1842 letter has a note \"The only piece of the handwriting of my mother that I possess.\" 1840 letter deals with results of the presidential election, 1841 letter to his wife about his visit to Norfolk, Virginia; undated response to a complaint by Joseph Caldwell; 1855 letter regarding his purchase of \"Pocohantas\"; undated letter from Mary Blair Grigsby Galt to her Mother; undated letter to Mrs. Grigsby at Edgehill from \"Cousin P. E. R.\"","1881 receipt from John E. Holt. Agreement of Partition between H. Carrington Grigsby and William Wilson Galt and Mary Blair his wife, dated January 24, 1882. February 8, 1882 agreement between Mrs. M. V. Grigsby, administratrix of the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby from Thomas Word.","Receipts, invoices, accounts and business correspondence relating to items purchased for home, business and farm.  Includes an 1828-1831 account sheet for money received and money expended, requests for loans from neighbors, bond material, and a small book, \"Account of John E. Holt\" from 1869-1879.  Two accounts were grouped separately when accessioned and have been grouped separately in the back of this folder:  Accounts with W. H. Smith from 1875-1882 and Accounts with John E. Holt and J. W. Eggleston from 1869-1881.","Account book for family and farm expenses and payments from 1887-1896. Does not include an index, but names of people and merchants are noted on each page. One small \"daily\" notebook with financial information, undated. Bank book from \"Exchange National Bank in Norfolk\" with entries from 1871-1880.","Notes on the early history of Virginia and a tribute written \"to the memory of my father the Rev. Benjamin Porter Grigsby\" by Hugh Blair Grigsby.","Small group of papers belonging to Mary Venable Grigsby, the wife of Hugh Blair Grigsby. Circa 1829 letter from a friend in Richmond, Virginia; a calling card; an 1882 application for life insurance; two undated letters from her son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby (one while at Hampden-Sydney College); undated letter from her sister.","Plats, deeds and related material for land in Charlotte County. Includes a 1736 survey by William Westbrook with notes on \"Booker Survey\"; 1793 survey for Thomas Read; Edward Fitzgerald deed to Hugh B. Grigsby; 1870 survey of the \"Low Grounds of Edgehill\" by Thomas F. Petters, correspondence on land bought from the Cardwell Family (1870's and 80's) and more.","1839 deed from George Garraway to Edward Fitzgerald for land on East Street; 1855 deed from Rosina Karcher to Simon S. Stubbs for property on Main Street; 1858 deed from Hugh B. Grigsby to Charles B. Duffield for property on East Street.","List of items taxed for 1879 and Grigsby's copy of the letter sent when paying bill.","Handwritten copy of an indenture, 1859 April 2, in the \"City of Williamsburg between Hugh Blair Grigsby...in his own behalf and in behalf of his infant son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, of his infant nephews, Hugh Grigsby Whitehead, Henry Colgate Whitehead, John Boswell Whitehead, Jr., Holbrook Whitehead and Park Lewis Poindexter, and of his nieces Cornelia Grigsby, Irwin, Jr, Billie Poindexter and Mary Irwin...and the President and Masters or professors of William \u0026 Mary in Virginia...a certificate of debt...of One Thousand dollars bearing six per cent interest per annum payable half yearly to have and to hold.... Copy of signatures of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Benjamin S. Ewell. Paragraph in the indenture explains why he is listing his son, nieces and nephews on the document. Document from Benjamin S. Ewell that states \"whereas the late Hugh Blair Grigsby...endow in said college, 'The Chancellor Scholarship\" with his bond, dated 1881 January 18. 1881 Resolution from the Convocation of the Board of Visitors and Governors of William \u0026 Mary in memory of the death of Hugh Blair Grigsby, LL. D.","Handwritten poems, a hymn, a shopping list, published tributes to Hugh Blair Grigsby at his death, printed sheets of the hymn written by Hugh B. Grigsby in 1877, and two copies of pamphlet Lines, to my Daughter on her Fourteenth Birthday, privately printed in Norfolk. 1881 May 20 Richmond Dispatch clipping with a poem, \"Lines: Suggested by the Death of Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby, April 28, 1881,\" \"Hymn written on the morning of the 22d of November 1877, when I entered my seventy-second year\" by Hugh Blair Grigsby and \"A Sonnet on Spring\" from Farmville.","Deeds, surveys and plats of land in Charlotte County. Names on documents include Joel Watkins, Brooks Becker, Thomas H. Spencer and William L. Morton.","Nine 1861 confederate certificates at 8 per cent and four 1864 confederate bonds at 4 per cent.","Handwritten  letter written by Hugh Blair Grigsby to Mr. Grinnan of Orange County, Virginia about the Porter Family genealogy and Grigsby Family genealogy.  Stamped envelope included.","Receipts, accounts, agreements, invoices, and correspondence for bank business, personal loans, bonds, and purchases.","Receipts for purchase and sale of slaves by the Whitehead and Grigsby families in Charlotte County and Norfolk, Virginia.  Slave names included:  Louisa, Richard, Emanual, Elexena and her three children Jenny, Fanny and \"blank\", Virginia and Richard and Rachal and child Diana.","1856 document electing Hugh Blair Grigsby as a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and an 1861 letter inviting him to a meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society.","Agreement on rental or use of farm property.","Handwritten and printed poetry. One poem, \"Life's Latest Pleasures\" was written when Grigsby was 85 years old. Includes 1867 poem, \"Lines to Hugh Blair Grigsby, L.L.D, President of the Virginia Historical Society\" by Emma Early.","Includes 1779 January 14 plat and description of land which was part of the estate of Thomas Watkins and part of the tract of land owned by Beverly Randolph in Charlotte County, 1805 deed from Joel Watkins to Clement Carrington, 1862 letter from John McPhail sending \"old deeds pertaining to the Edgehill Estate,\" 1878 survey for \"T. N. Jones and Catlet\" to sell the lands of W. Cardwell in Charlotte County, 1879 deed where Robert Catlet sells the Cardwell land to Hugh Blair Grigsby, 1887 deed between Mary V. Grigsby and H. Carrington Grigsby transferring Edgehill tract to H. Carrington Grigsby, 1905 sketch of the \"lines between the farms of Carrington Grigsby and J. Flood Morton as agreed upon by them and established by J. D. Morton\", and an undated survey description of land on the Little Roanoke River.","Papers concerning the lawsuit between Pugh and Cardwell which centered on land that Grigsby wanted to purchase.  Includes deeds, financial information and property related documents.  The land belonged William Cardwell and Thomas Cardwell.","Papers concerning the purchase of the William W. Read property which adjoined Edgehill. Includes deed of sale, correspondence and notes. Appears that Read refused to sell the property after he had agreed in writing to the sale.","List of personal property which included 42 slaves above the age of 16, 9 slaves aged 12-16 years old, 21 horses, 1 piano, 1 gold watch, 1 carriage, stock shares and $125 in value of silver plate.","1872 letter written by H.C. Grigsby to Miss Margaret Venable about boarding at her house when he visits Hampden-Sidney and 1875 letter from H. Carrington Grigsby to \"Cousin Mag\" sending his regards.","Papers of Hugh Carrington Grigsby, which also includes some material for his sister, Mary Blair Grigsby before and after her marriage to William Wilson Galt.   Hugh Carrington Grigsby resided at Edgehill in Charlotte County, Virginia.  His papers concern family matters, such as the estate of his father Hugh Blair Grigsby, business affairs of the family and relationships with his sister Mary Blair Grigsby, William Wilson Galt and other relatives who lived in Charlotte County and elsewhere.  Even though he invited many ladies to local events, often with the collusion of friends, he never married.  He was engaged to Mary H. Holt in 1897 but she evidently broke the engagement because she loved someone else.  Many letters deal with the local community regarding farming, money, local politics, clubs, and more.  After his Father's death, Hugh Carrington Grigsby slowly becomes more involved in the local community.  Letters from his Mother express concern about his welfare, opinions on family matters, reports of her daily routines and advice.","Correspondents include Mary B. Grigsby (sister), Paulus A. Irving (friend) and Hugh Blair Grigsby (father). Mary B. Grigsby asks for advice on how to dress and how to behave when she visits him, probably at Hampton-Sydney College in 1876.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include his father Hugh Blair Grigsby, his sister Mary B. Grigsby, and other family members and friends. W. Irving Taylor writes about a portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby. John Whitehead, Carrington's uncle, sends a letter from Mr. Brock who asks for the original minutes of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of William and Mary which should be with his Father's papers. Family letters often concern Hugh Blair Grigsby's death and estate. Other letters offer condolences on the death of Hugh Blair Grigsby. Lucie Knight and Alice Marrow write concerning invitations from Carrington Grigsby.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. W. G. Morton asks to buy a Revolutionary War flint lock gun, Nina Bouldin solicits donations for a library at the Mt. Pisgah Academy. Letters from brother-in-law William Wilson Galt, J. B. Whitehead, Rev. J. J. Kirkpatrick, and others. Includes draft of a letter from H.C. Grigsby to R. C. Reid where he states that Reid was out of line to publically correct him, letter from B. Johnson Barbour who wants an interview about Hugh Blair Grigsby, letters from W.P. Dye and others about farming and livestock practices, letters from neighbors and friends extending invitations, letter from Robert Armistead of Richmond, Virginia about purchases made by Mary Galt, and a letter from A. E. T. Bradford about a \"J. W. Madison\" desk given to Hugh Blair Grigsby which was to be returned to him after Hugh Blair Grigsby's death.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include:  Miss Alice Murrow accepting an invitation, Louise Carrington, great grandson of John Grigsby A.B. McCorkle, relative J. B. Whitehead, mother Mary V. Grigsby, sister Mary G. Galt, cousin B.A. White), neighbor J. W. Morton, and cousin Louise Carrington. Includes letters from Mary G. Galt to her mother, a letter from Cousin Thomas B. Venable to Mrs. Mary Grigsby about a portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby, family letters concerning his father's estate, invitations from F. H. Bouldin and other neighbors, replies from invitations to young ladies, letter about membership in Aspin Grove Range, and letters concerning the price of corn and other farm items.  Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby, Carrington's mother, is living with different relatives after the death of her husband.","Includes family, friend, and business correspondence. Correspondents include:  brother-in-law William Wilson Galt, cousin John B. Whitehead, sister Mary G. Galt, Lucy A. Priddy asking for a loan, cousin J. C. Carrington, friend and old neighbor J. W. Morton,  Miss M. G. Nowlins, L. H. Hayes regarding horses, Miss S. A. Boswell with an invitation to church, an invitation from Mrs. McKelway, a driving invitation from Jennie Watkins, cousin Nellie Watkins, Alice Marrow regarding a visit, and cousin Louise Carrington.   Includes a letter from W. H. Grigsby in Washington, DC about reviewing an enclosed crayon portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby, letter from Lyon G. Tyler asking for any correspondence between Hugh Blair Grigsby and President Tyler for his research on President Tyler, letters from neighbors about escaped sheep and a loan, letters from young ladies and a letter from a local farmer J. E. Holt to Mrs. Grigsby about his family and farming.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence, invitations and wedding announcements. Correspondents include: Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt, Mrs. Grigsby, Charles Deane of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Louise Carrington, Emmett M. Dickson and other friends and relatives. Includes letters of introduction by friends for Carrington Grigsby to use during a visit to Kentucky, letter from Mrs. Louise Leigh (cousin) with a note on the back by Carrington about his friendship with her and how he'll miss talking with her now that she is married, a poem by Miss Bigalow, a letter from W. H. Grigsby about a crayon likeness of Hugh Blair Grigsby, an analysis of \"Vivorilla Guano\" and a copy of his letter to Mrs. Reuben (Virginia) Grigsby Chandler. Mary V. Grigsby's letters relate her daily routines and visits plus she gives advice to Carrington.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence, invitations, and wedding announcements. Correspondents include:  Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt, Mrs. Grigsby, Mary Bolling, Charles Deane, Marie Shepperdson, John Whitehead, C.T . Hanson, P. R. Carrington about the Carrington genealogy, cousin Henrietta McCormick of Chicago, T. R. Rogers, S. W. Morton, Marianne E. Skelton, and Pattie Finch. Includes a handwritten program for a local \"musical soiree\" at Mrs. Kate McKelway's home, letter from Frank G. Ruffin who wants copy of Hugh Blair Grigsby's address to the Virginia Convention about the Federal constitution, notes from neighbors about oats and nails, letter from Boylan Green about a new debating society, and letters from extended family members about genealogy.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt , Mary V. Grigsby, M. L. Nowlin,  G. T. Hersfelt, Mary E. Bollings, cousin John Whitehead, Miss Bigelow, and W. M. Cary. Includes 1884 invitation to Hampton Sidney College's graduation, letter from Sheriff C.V. Marshall appointing Carrington as one of the commissioners to view proposed new road, invitation to 1884 leap year party, letter from B. Johnston Barbour about one of Hugh Blair Grigsby's addresses, and letter electing Grigsby as delegate to represent the Walton Magistrate District at the Democratic convention in Roanoke.  Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby continues to give advice and talk of her daily routine and health.  William Wilson Galt mentions that he may be sent to Europe.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: Mary G. Galt, William Wilson Galt , Mrs. Grigsby, Miss Willie Garland, and other family members, friends, and business acquaintances. Includes invitations to local functions and homes, thank you notes for books, notes from Peachy Gilmer, Miss Jeffress and other female friends, note from Dr. Thackston about teeth and dentist problems, Lillian Lee genealogy, and letter from Mrs. G. P. Rice telling him bluntly that she will not congratulate him on his appointment to the Russian Delegation.  Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby has further serious health problems.","Includes family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: J. D. Shepperson, cousin Annie Read, Victor Murguiondo, William Wilson Galt, W. W. Glasgow, Charles Deane, Mary B. Grigsby Galt, Mary V. Grigsby, and others. Includes invitations to the \"jois de Vie\", copy of letter from Carrington to his Mother while he was visiting White Sulphur Springs, responses from lady friends, letters of introductions, letters concerning ladies (one letter from H.H. Booker telling Carrington that a certain young lady was \"at church\" today), letters about genealogy, letters from neighbors about farming matters, letter fom J. D. Shepperson about helping with a negro club, and letter from William W. Glasgow about the changes in Virginia and \"the race of true Virginians.\" William Wilson Galt writes about his family's move into a new home and business/land dealings that concern the Grigsby Family. John Whitehead writes about Hugh Blair Grigsby's estate.  Mary B.Grisby Galt tells of her growing family and activities.  Mrs. Galt is staying with friends.","Family, friend and business correspondence. Correspondents include: Mrs. L. Carrington, William Wilson Galt, Mrs. Grigsby, John Whitehead, and others. Mrs. L. Carrington asks for a loan in a flowery letter. William Wilson Galt relates financial information and family affairs . Letter from a Mrs. Crampton (?) who wants her son to receive some education and asks Carrington to ask Mr. Galt about Navy prospects, reply from William Galt about the Navy and about a lady \"prospectz' for Carrington. Mrs. Grigsby's eyes are not doing well. She appears to be living with the Galt Family. Miss Maria Davison about genealogy of the Ross Family. W. S. Morton complains about two loose colts.","Family, friend, and business correspondence. Mr. P. B. Price wants to publish a Hampton Sydney address by Hugh Blair Grigsby.  Farming related correspondence about prices, orders, and more.  William Wilson Galt writes about selling Main Street house, family affairs, and Mrs. Grigsby.  Letters and replies to invitations from ladies, plus a letter from P. Morison who writes, \"I should prefer not going out with you...I go with are usually college boys and the younger Seminary students in whom I feel some special interest...\"  Kate Bigelow writes about her teaching job and \"if I see or know of any one whom I think will suit you, I will certainly remember you\".  W. T. Ewell writes from William \u0026 Mary about the bond deeded to William \u0026 Mary by Hugh Blair Grigsby and the portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby.  Invitations from neighbors.  Lottie Carrington sells seven of a dozen of autographed letters from George Washington for $25 each, and is trying to locate some of the other letters that belong to her.","Family, friend and business correspondence. Cousin Bettie Johnson sends a journal article, Lizzie J. Hunt requests a buggy ride to the court house, William Wilson Galt writes about Grigsby business and the Main Street House, J. W. Hooper  and others want to see Hugh Blair Grigsby's papers from Hampden  Sidney, business letters about farming and banking, Miss Lulie Watkins prays that he meant it when he said he wanted to accept Jesus and explains the plan of Salvation, Nancy Stuart requests his picture for a young lady, Mrs. Grigsby writes of her personal and family affairs and lectures him on other matters, relatives and friends appear to be concerned that he's not married yet, W. W. Read warns about a tenant and  J. D. Griselin requests Hugh Blair Grigsby's letters for Miss Sallie Tazewell who is republishing a series of her father's letters.","Family, friend and business correspondence. Cousin Bettie Gaines has organized a female reading club and is still teaching, Major Gaines reports that Col. Whitehead has nominated Gaines to the State Board of Agriculture, Mrs. Viola Minor asks for beef steak \"I wanted to ask you this but could not summon up courage\", and other correspondence from neighbors and relatives who write of family and local news, the illness of his Mother, and send replies or requests to invitations for visits or functions. Telegram from his Mother about the birth of Robert Ware Galt, son of Mary Blair Grigsby and William Wilson Galt. Appears that Mrs. Grigsby is staying at Edgehill during the later part of the year where friends and neighbors care for her. Letters from \"cousins\" suggest that he is leading a boring and dull life and sympathize that he cannot find a companion, though there are many notes about \"dates\" with ladies. Cousin Berta Lackey writes in February of a horse and carriage accident that injured her, about not knowing what love is and implies there might be something going on between the two of them but in March she writes \"I will ever regard you with the cousinly interest that first led me to address a letter to you\". She later writes more letters, mentioning going to Richmond to get a fragment of bone removed due to her carriage accident. Her writing style is Victorian and her subject matter introspective and analytical. She is a teacher and lives near Lexington, Virginia. By the end of the year, after meeting Carrington and his family in both Lexington and Richmond, the \"relationship\" seems to be completely platonic. A Mrs. Minor and her daughter, Viola, write to Mrs. Grigsby about an incident at Edgehill where the daughter was either renting rooms or staying as a housekeeper. Evidently Carrington Grigsby became enraged by an incident, suggesting Viola did something dishonest, but Mrs. Minor has found that no one else is surprised by his behavior, and her children are raised to be honest people.","There are only five letters for 1889. William Wilson Galt writes about financial issues and Annie Read writes to Mrs. Grigsby about the death of her father. Includes a bond from Mary V. Grigsby to Carrington Grigsby.","There are only five letters for 1890. Three letters are addressed to Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby from friends and relatives. The other letters to Carrington concern selling stock.","Seven letters, mostly dealing with stock and other financial matters. Lizzie Nash offers condolences on the death of a family member, but is unclear who died.","Four letters. Includes a request for apples by Cousin Annie Read, the selling of Carrington's tobacco by Moss, Eanes and Gills, and matters about Hugh Blair Grigsby's estate from John Whitehead.","Five items. Includes letters from neighbors, William Wilson Galt and a bond between Carrington Grigsby, Dr. McPhail, and H. L. Smith.","Letters about farming, requests for Hugh Blair Grigsby's writings, and personal and family finances. Includes a list of books with the number of volumes in each set, a letter from Dr. A. S. Priddy requesting Carrington's recommendation to Walter H. Taylor for the open position at Eastern Virginia Hospital, and letters from a woman friend who is upset that Carrington will not reply to her letters. Members of the Read family, cousins to Carrington, write about different local and personal matters.","Correspondence with businesses, family and friends. Includes financial matters such as bonds, stock quotes and family concerns, business matters such as price of crops and farming items and a request for farming items for the \"Cotton States and International Exposition,\"   Ms. Blair of Walnut Grove, a regular correspondent in other years, continues to write of local events. William Wilson Galt continues as executor of the estates of both Hugh Blair and Mary Venable Grigsby, and Uncle John Carrington appears to manage other aspects of Carrington's finances. S. D. Morton writes about the low salaries of local teachers and requests Carrington's opinion and Richard Gaine asks him to attend a meeting to discuss county affairs. The William Wilson Galt family moved into a new house in Norfolk which he calls #1 Grigsby Place. Miss Nellie Daniel continues to write and issue invitations for visits. He receives requests for copies of his Father's addresses, and even requests for books from the library.","Includes financial matters such as bonds, stock quotes and family concerns and business matters such as price of crops and farming items. Mary B. Galt writes about her visit with the Galt Family plus asks Carrington to check on Miss Ada at The Grove, nephew Will Galt writes his first letter to \"Uncle Carrington\", Cousin Emma Early writes about her family in Texas, Nannie Daniel continues writing about books, local events, and invites Carrington to visit with the caveat that he better come and stay longer.P. G. Miller, clerk of Court in Goochland County, requests Grigsby genealogical information. The Shepperson and Read families continue to write and extend invitations. Mr. Shepperson writes that he found Carrington's colt dead in the stable.   R. C. Winthrop, Jr. writes that his father's estate includes 114 letters from Hugh Blair Grigsby and over 100 letters written by his father to Hugh Blair Grigsby which were given to his father by Carrington. He suggests that this collection should be kept together, possibly at the Virginia Historical Society. He plans to have the collection arranged chronologically and bound. Joseph Bryan, President of the Virginia Historical Society, writes about the potential loan/gift.","Five letters. N. Daniel invites him to the Presbytery at Bethlehem on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th. Dr. A. Duane of New York answers Carrington's query about his eye problems with a possible diagnosis and treatments. Sue Wainwright writes two letters that suggest they may have an interest in each other, but questions why he is always too busy.","Carrington has \"the grippe\" in January and his eyes continue to bother him. On January 9, W. W. Galt writes from Arabia that \"probably about this time...you will have left the estate of 'single blessedness' and will have settled down\". But other letters from family and friends during this time period do not mention a wedding and he appears to be unmarried due to his activities. Mary B. Galt writes often to Carrington, giving news of her family, William Wilson Galt and his navy travels and the Galt family in Norfolk. Uncle John Carrington continues to send financial accountings. One note from Carrington to Uncle John discusses a misunderstanding about money owed. In January and February, Carrington prepares for a visit to Norfolk, writing the Carringtons and Galts about his plans. Annie Galt of Williamsburg, Virginia suggests he come when the weather is nicer. Emma Early Stringfellow, a cousin from Texas, scolds him for never answering her letters. Cousin Maggie Venable asks for a donation to help build a Presbyterian Church in Lawrenceville. J. Morton White of the William \u0026 Mary Quarterly tells of their intention to publish the life of Hugh Blair Grigsby in the February issue and requests any information he can send. Topics once again include the sale of tobacco and other farm items plus business correspondence concerning the farm, banking and stocks. Includes a membership card to the Merrimac Club for twenty days. Beginning in late 1896 and early 1897, many business letters are typed rather than handwritten.","Cousin Kate Flournoy asks if Carrington has a picture of Colonel William Cabell and DC Jackson writes a full description of a carriage and phaeton he is selling and various relatives and business write of farm and local matters. A list \"Patrons of Miss K. Boyds' School\" is included. Carrington Grigsby met, courted and then became engaged to Miss Mary H. Boyd in 1897. She is a teacher, possibly at the Shepperson home. By December 13, something occurred and the engagement was ended. Correspondence from friends, family, and Miss Boyd. Mary B. Galt writes that she would not \"call on Miss M. Hugh Blair because it would be premature.\" On November 10, Mrs. Mary B. Galt writes \"I am truly delighted that she has at last decided positively...and I have written her a real nice sisterly note\". Miss Boyd writes, \"Thank you for what you said in regard to my fine judgement. I promise you that all of my influence (if I have any) shall be used in your behalf.\" Cousin Emma Lou Stringfellow writes to Mary H. Boyd in which she says \"I know he is one of nature's best nobleman...\" and gives many other attributes of Carrington. The December 13 breakup letter from Mary H. Boyd says, \"if I could have been launched in to matrimony on the high-tide of my feelings...all would have been well but those things that have broken my dream of yours...frightened and chilled me and I cannot find it in my heart to forgive the fate that makes it so\". John Whitehead writes, \"I presume...the estrangement is permanent...there are thousands of lovely ladies in Virginia.\" Some undated letters from Miss Boyd are at the end of the folder. Mrs. Cynthia B. T. Coleman of Williamsburg answers a letter from Carrington about purchasing two chairs belonging to her Uncle William Randolph. She jokes that she barely has two hundred cents much less $200 to buy them. She notes \"if Randolfhians is at such a premium I think I had better make my fortune selling off my silver and glass that he brought with him from England. Poor as I am I think I will keep these treasures and hand them down to my children's children.\"","Letter from Mary Boyd to Carrington discussing the breakup, the rumors around Smithville and how well he is behaving like a \"manly man.\" A draft of a letter from Carrington to Mary Boyd about the termination of their engagement. Other relatives and friends give him support after the termination, especially John Whitehead, Nancy Daniel and Cousin Stringfellow. Nancy Daniel notes that Mary Boyd only wanted \"to carry on a fliration...and she did not love any body but Mr. F.\" Miss Shewall tells of seeing Mary Boyd with Cabell Flourney and they might be engaged.   Nancy Daniel continues to write letters asking why he doesn't write or visit often, suggesting he thinks she is uninteresting and wanting to know all about his activities, especially with ladies. Emily Christian from William and Mary asks if he wants a subscription to The William and Mary Quarterly. Mary B. Galt is in Presbyterian Hospital in New York because of possible heart problems. Walter Anderson asks about his Blair Family ancestors. Langhorne Crosby is desperate to know if \"Willie Galt\" is all right since he is in Manila. Sue Wainwright writes, \"When you get this - I will have left Charlotte - I am too sick at heart to write - goodby - God bless you.\" T. P. Wilson responds to his query about how to kill tobacco worms. Samuel Hannah apologises, asks forgiveness and explains what happened when he stopped by Mrs. Galt's house after he'd had too much to drink. Includes correspondence about farm crops and implements, business transactions and local and family matters with invitations from family and local residents. Includes a November 3 letter from William Wilson Galt in Jamaica to Mrs. Mary B. Galt, list of Kathryn Boyd's patrons for 1898 and a letter from Mrs. Mary B. Galt saying her husband has returned from Manila.","Three letters. Two letters written for Beverly Thomas asking for an extension for a payment for land and one note requesting flour.","1900 Mrs. Mary B. Galt writes that her son, Hugh, is better but \"I don't want him to return to Wm \u0026 Mary at all, for I don't believe they can get decent food there at all.\" Samuel Read asks how he can obtain a copy of \"History of South Side Virginia\" by Hugh Blair Grigsby. Nannie Daniel writes \"You seem to have quite a fondness for widows. Now there are four...I think it is time you were getting married...some one said you were in love with yourself and would never love any body else.\" Mary B. and William Wilson Galt have a new son named Carrington Grigsby Galt. Carrington is a member of the State Board of Agriculture. He still receives letters from friends who tell him about ladies visiting the area. The Virginia Historical Society asks him about some newspapers that he had talked about giving to them. Mary B. Galt speaks of Miss Nannie who is looking after the children and wishes that Carrington was living such a family life. Includes letters from relatives and neighbors. Appears that he is helping some of his poorer relations and neighbors. Includes correspondence about farm purchases such as seeds, fertilizer and machinery and selling farm products. 1908 Correspondence 2 letters. Philip Alexander Bruce about his work on the early history of Virginia and Mrs. Kate B. Page of Danville accepts a request for Carrington to visit her at Edwins.","Mainly personal letters from family and friends, but also business correspondence about the farm and Edgehill. Invitations, acceptances, family news and local news. Includes letters from Mary B. Galt, Kathryn Boyd, Shepperson Family, Read Family, Mary Scott about teaching James, a price list and catalogue for Fanny Clark \u0026 Co's in Connecticut, rough draft of Carrington's letter to Mrs. Deane and the \"By-laws Governing the Joie de Vie Club of Charlotte\".","Correspondence and accounts with banks and uncle John Whitehead about the estate. An inventory of Edgehill with value assigned, a list and division of the plaster casts and busts, a list and division of house linens, an inventory list entitled \"Odds\" and a statement of \"cost of sale of real estate property\". A power of attorney document where Mary V. Grigsby appoints John C. Williams her attorney.","Ledger of expenses of Edgehill and salaries of employees. Includes index.","Ledger of expenses of Edgehill and salaries of employees.  Includes a loose leaf account sheets for 1888 with personal expenses noted.","Small book with personal accounts. Many entries relate to money transactions with friends, neighbors and relatives.","Ten small memoranda account books. These small pads were probably carried with him as he did his daily business. He records business dealings, cost of farm related items and a few personal notes or reminders.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Mostly accounts for Hugh Carrington Grigsby, but some accounts for Mary Blair Grigsby. Includes invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle, and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby. Includes a February 4, 1897 receipt from The Colonial Hotel in Williamsburg, Virginia.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Invoices for household items, farm equipment, horses, livestock, crop items, physicians, apothecaries, and food items; receipts for sale of tobacco, cattle, and other commodities; ledger accounts from local businesses; checks and receipts from banks in Smithville, Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia; financial business correspondence, and bonds, requests, payments, and receipts from local men and women who were lent money by Carrington Grigsby.","Ledger sheets for accounts with T. J. Berry, who appears to be a metal worker.  Other accounts and invoices for T. J. Berry may be included in the chronological \"Finances - Accounts\" folders.","Ledger sheets for accounts with W. T. Faris, who appears to be an owner of a general store. Other accounts and invoices for W. T. Faris may be included in the chronological \"Finances - Accounts\" folders.","Ledger sheets for accounts with H. M. Smith and Company, which appears to be a grocery and general store.  Many other invoices for H. M. Smith and Company are filed in the chronological \"Finances - Accounts\" folders.","Three bank check stub books and one page of a saving book account with Franklin Savings Bank.","List of securities in safe at Charlotte Bank Insurance Company.","Correspondence, invoices and contracts about stocks and bonds. 25 or more stock certificates for \"Florence Railroad and Improvement Company\" purchased in 1888.","Personal Property and other tax bills and payments. Some years involve the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Blair Grigsby. Includes a 1897 list of taxable property.","1892 certificate as an active member of the Smithville Democratic Club; 1895 notices to \"Tax Payers of Charlotte County, Virginia\" from a committee charged with reviewing the county budget of which Carrington was a member; 1900 printed list of committees for the \"Laying of the Cornerstone of the Confederate Monument\" of which Carrington was on the Executive Committee .","Invoices, receipts, correspondence, and policies for property and life insurance.  Some material on the life insurance policies of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary V. Grigsby, with the policy documents for Mary V. Grigsby.  Includes insurance policy transfers from William L. Nelson to Carrington Grigsby and  John B. Holt to Carrington Grigsby, both in 1882.","Small notepad listing items from the Grigsby Family by category, then by Mr. Grigsby and Mrs. Galt.  Appears to be a division of the estate of Hugh Blair and Mary V. Grigsby.","Two small daily journals with entries about daily activities and genealogy notes.","Includes hand drawn plot of Cumberland Street Property in Norfolk, Virginia from 1889; purchase documents with the Grottoes Company for villa lots at Shendun, Virginia; 1899 deed between Beverly and Alice Thomas and H.C. Marshall for land originally purchased by Beverly and Alice Thomas from Carrington Grigsby and Mary B. Galt; 1893 deed between Mary V. Grigsby and Hugh Carrington Grigsby where she gives him Edgehill in Charlotte County as collateral for a debt of Lelia B. Walker.","There is some overlapping in the financial and correspondence papers. Contains bonds, notes, road surveys, merchant's license for operating a dry goods and grocery story, license for \"standing\" a jack (mule) and a stallion, $15,080 note with William Wilson Galt, a farming contract with Tazewell Taylor, administrator papers for Mary and Louisa Cooper and an appointment to survey the lands of William W. Read.","Broadside announcement of the \"Resolutions of Respect in the memory of Judge Wood Bouldin\" which were passed at a \"meeting of the citizens of Charlotte County, Court Day, November 6th, 1876.\" Broadsides for farm machinery, \"Spring Hill Nursery\" in Prospect, Virginia, \"Greensboro Nurseries\" in Greensboro, North Carolina, tobacco, chemicals, bookstores, kettles, and manure. March 1900 flyer for the Southern Historical Association, price list for plows from \"Charles E. Hunter\" in Richmond, Virginia; how-to cards from \"A.H. Patch\" of Clarksville, Tennessee, two copies of Volume II, No. 11, 1891 March 14 \"Knowledge, a Weekly Magazine\", reprint of \"Use and Abuse of the Obstetric Forceps,\" and flyer with prices from tobacco to groceries for \"Sublett \u0026 Cary\" General Commission Merchants.","1876 article on Lord Botetourt, undated article \"Bowie of Alamo Fame\" and an 1896 page from \"The Sun\" in New York.","List of months and their flowers and meanings, 1879 April 13 love poem, paper on Algernon Sidney (paper may possibly be by Hugh Blair Grigsby), 1870 paper entitled \"Education.\"","Material that could not be definitely associated with either the Grigsby or Galt Family.","Blank Valentine greeting card and empty envelopes from Cassiday and Thorp, Iroquois Club of San Diego California, and Vaughan's Seed Store in New York.","Newspaper clippings, mostly with events in Williamsburg, Virginia but some historical and society news.","Includes a drawing of a bookshelf, financial estimates, costs of materials, illegible address of Richard Henry, handwritten poetry in various handwritings, and an essay on religion.","Includes news clippings; a printed John Knox poem, a program of \"The Little Duke\" performed in at the Broad Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1879-80; a pamphlet \"Ode Commemorating the Entrance of the Hon. Horace Binney on his Ninety-Third Year\" dated 1872 January 4 and printed in Norfolk, Virginia; 1939 brochure by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities \"Pocahontas Bright Stream Between Two Hills\", and two other pamphlets for Jamestown Island, 1941 and undated.","These photographs have been grouped by Galt Family, Grigsby Family, provenance unknown. Includes a few tintypes and daguerreotypes.","Galt Family Photographs","\n*Dimensions range from 5\"x7\" to 6\"x9\"","Galt House in Williamsburg, 20th Century","Dicky Galt, CSA","Maurice Hamner Garland","Lucy B. Galt Garland (2)","Herbert Randolph Galt","Eva Galt","Lucy Galt","Landon Cabell Garland","Herbert Galt Garland (2)","William Wilson Galt in uniform, formal pose","Mary Meares Galt, Betty Ashe Galt, Rogers H. Galt, Jr., and John Meares Galt","Mary Ware Galt (2)","Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt","Unknown Subject","Dimensions average, 4\"x6\"","Postcard of Will Galt","Alfred Galt (?)","Annie Alexina Galt","Bettie Galt","Elizabeth Ash Galt","Elizabeth Welsh Galt","Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt","Hugh Carrington Galt","James S. Galt","John Mears Galt","Mary Blair Grigsby Galt","Mary Carrington Galt","Mary Mears Galt","Mary Williams Ware Galt (wife of William Richard Galt)","Robert Ware Galt","Rogers H. Galt, Jr.","Susan Duane Galt","William Richard Galt","William Richard Galt, Jr.","William Wilson Galt","*Group Photographs:","Miss Mary Ware Galt and Mrs. Mary Ware Galt","Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Mary Eggleston, C. C. Field, William Wilson Galt, Mary Blair Galt, and Mary C. Ward","Betsy and Germaine Minson Galt","Betsy Andrews, Thomas Randolph, and James Minson","Mary Mears Galt, Roger H. Galt, Bettie Galt, John M. Galt, and Mary Ware Galt","William Wilson Galt, \"Will in uniform\", ","Mary M. Galt, 7 weeks old","William Wilson Galt in uniform (3)","William Wilson Galt in uniform standing on ship (not labeled)","William Wilson Galt, 1873 (3)","William Wilson Galt (2)","Two children on porch","Mary Blair Grigsby Galt","\"John G. Zimermann and Alfred G. Zimermann on latter's entering the Naval Academy\" (Postcard)","Mary Carrington Galt","*Friends and Others, Many Navy Related","Photograph of a medal with a bust of an Officer of the Navy","Wallace Burnett","Capt. W. R. Capron, Bernkastel Germany 1919 January 19","Ensign H. C. Chadwick (2)","Mrs. A. Duane","Dr. John M. Edga, USN","Fishback, USN","Captain Charles V. Gridley, Lt. Benjamin Tappan,  USS Raleigh","Miss Lilla Howard","J. Y. Rhorer, Guatemala, 1890","Robottom, USN","Lt. Hugh Rodman, (USS Raleigh)","Admr. Fabius Stanly","Susan Armistead Marston Williams (Mrs. Robert S. Christian Ware)","Provost unknown","Unnamed navy man","Unnamed navy man in Hong Kong","F. B. Wilson (in uniform)","Group of Navy Officers","*Navy Related","Postcard of Valle Di Pombei, Grand Hotel","Group picture of five men leaning on a fence with a tent in the background ","Three men riding in cart behind an ox (2) ","Major John G. Tucker and J. W. Mason of Cheyenne, Wyoming","Lighthouse (3 views) ","Ship near harbour ","Shanghai, China harbour scene, Postcard from Edgar to William Wilson Galt","Street scene, 1898, Battle of Manila Bay","Soldiers in tents, 1898, Battle of Manila Bay","\"Corregidor Island\", 1898, Battle of Manila Bay (2)","Group picture of \"Third Division Consort\", 1898, Battle of Manila Bay","\"Gun dismantled at Sangley after the Battle\", 1898, Battle of Manila Bay (2)","\"USS Boston, May 1st, 1898\", Battle of Manila Bay","\"USS Boston, May 1, 1898 about 8 am\", Battle of Manila Bay","\"Fort Malate after bombardment when we took Manila\", Battle of Manila Bay","\"Second Division Consort, Ensign Kaiser, May 1, 1898 8 am\", Battle of Manila Bay","Beach scene","Army and Navy Club, Washington, DC (2, both with William Wilson Galt, one with E.K. Moore) ","Large sailing ships","Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby, USN, Flag Lieutenant","Lt. (J. G.) Charles S. Stanworth, USN, No. 10","Six men gathering around a table, drinking","5 men sitting in the War Room of Thetic","Lt. R. H. Galt, USN on the USS Montreal","*Tintypes, Negatives and More","Tintype of A. A. Galt and William Wilson Galt","Framed tintype of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt","Tintype of an unknown man","Negatives of photographs of the Galt home with a pencil drawing and note \"Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt\" ","Negative proofs of William Wilson Galt in uniform (very faded) ","Negatives and photographs of silhouettes and busts","Postcard of Science Hall at Virginia Tech","Postcard of Mt. Vernon","Galt Photograph album or possibly a Grigsby album, but most of the identified photographs belong to Galt Family members. Leather covered album. Cover decorated with birds and flowers. Most of the photographs are not identified. Includes photographs of Alexander Galt, Conway Roberson, Sarah N. Randolph, Hugh Blair Grigsby, Charles Read, Augusta Talcott, William Wilson Galt, Robert W. Galt, Jr., and others.","These photographs have been grouped by size, then subject.","Grigsby Family and Relatives","*Dimension average, 4\" x 6\" ","Jan Watkins Carrington, silhouette","Hugh Blair Grigsby ","William T. Hamilton (cousin of Hugh Blair Grigsby) ","Thomas Jefferson Randolph of Edgehill ","John B. Whitehead ","Mrs. John B. Whitehead","Hugh Blair Grigsby and Marion Clark Smith ","*Dimension average, 2.5\" x 3.5\" ","Photograph of a young lady with an envelope notation \"For Carrington to keep for Alice Blair\" ","Mary Venable Carrington Grigsby (Hugh Blair Grigsby's wife)","John B. Whitehead","*Dimensions range from 5\" x 7\" to 6\" x 9\" ","\"Huge elm at Edgehill B. H. G. standing under gives idea of size. This was taken by H. B. G. Galt\".","Ruins of the house at Edgehill (3) ","Hugh Blair Grigsby's birthplace on Bank Street (4) ","Hugh Blair Grigsby Hugh Blair Grigsby (probably)","Mary Venable Carrington Grigsby (possibly) ","Mary (Cousin) ","Edgehill ","Two girls and a boy, taken by C. C. Firesheets in South Boston, Virginia ","Hugh Blair Grigsby's birthplace in Norfolk, Virginia(3)  ","\"Bill Oglesby, Bill Galt. A ppair to draw to\"","Friends and Others\nMany of these photographs appear to be part of a collection from Hugh Blair Grigsby of friends and famous people. ","*Dimension average, 4\" x 6\" ","Horace Binney ","Lily Cary ","Edward Coles ","Langhorne Cosby ","Quago Dorman ","\"David Duncan written in my 84th year Wofford College S. C.\" ","\"To Hugh Blair Grigsby from David Duncan, Photograph of Rev. Jas. A. Duncan, D. D. of Virginia\"","William Frazier ","Miss Mattie Gaines (Dowell, Charlotte County, Virginia) ","G. C. Hannah, Jr. ","Paul Jones ","Gertrude Lannehill ","Cincinnatus Newton ","Mrs. George Newton ","Carter Braxton Poindexter","Edmund Quincy ","Wyndam Robertson, Acting Governor of Virginia 1836–1837","Rev. Philip Slaughter","\"Master George McPhail Smith\" (child)","Henry, William, and Robert Smith","Littleton Waller Tazewell (surname changed from birth name of Bradford to Tazewell) ","Martha Trimble ","\"Annie Tazewell Walker, daughter of Mrs. Richard Walker Norfolk, April 28, 1879\"","Robert C. Winthrop (3) ","*Dimension average, 2.5\" x 3.5\" ","Mr. Graybill ","P. B. Simms ","Mr. Noyes ","Mary Vaughan ","C. Bouldin ","C. V. L. Marshall","Jim Smith ","Edmonia Reed, Greenfield, Charlotte County, Virginia","Mrs. Megehee ","Thomas Hicks Wynne ","Walker Hill ","Miss Harrison ","Mr. Forbes ","Josh Otley (tinplate) ","Mrs. General Greener ","Madame A. Berghmand, formerly Miss Lilly Macalister of Philadelphia ","Mr. Binney ","Group collage of men from 19th Century","\nMr. Tedham's turnout (with man in wagon) ","Mrs. H. F. Hamilton ","Willie Locke ","John Masters (2) ","Archer Jeffrey ","Miss Jane Comfort ","Mr. Dexter and daughter ","Charles Deane ","William C. Hutter ","R. A. Brock ","Miss Mary Bradford ","B. B. Bonhden ","Mrs. Allibone ","Miss Fannie S. Daniel, Smithville, Charlotte County, Virginia ","Eleanor Harrison Carr ","Gussie Talcott ","Alibone ","Mrs. Noyes ","Miss S. Leadon ","Thomas R. Jones of Accomack ","Lyman C. Raper ","George","Miss Emily Doyle ","Aaron Jeffry ","*Dimension average, 4\" x 6\" ","Lt. William Freeman Zeilin, Marine Corps ","\nJohn Daniel, US Senator","Julian Harrison ","Eugene O'Locke ","Includes tintypes of Judd Brush, and Walter and Edna Brush, and a framed daguerreotype of Mary Venable Grigsby.","Grigsby Family Photograph Albums Three small leather photograph albums with photographs of friends and family. 1858-1880. Album One Some photographs are labeled incorrectly and there are some photographs without names. N.C. Winthrop Sarah N. Randolph T. Jefferson Randolph Gov. Edward Coles Miss Lizzie ? of Philadelphia Hugh Blair Grigsby McChesney Mr. Peabody General Pendleton Gov. Henry Tazewell Mrs. Henry Tazewell Colonel John Niveson Mrs. John Niveson Mrs. Tazewell Gov. L.W. Tazewell Col. John N. Tazewell Mrs. Skipwith (photograph of a painting) Mrs. Isaac Coles William Nivison Mrs. D. Allihone (Allibone) (J. Austin, Edmonia) Captain Lahrbush (age 109) Mrs. Lilly Berghman Charles Campbell J. Nelson Tappon Col William Lamb Dr. Hugh L. Hodge Jennie Schwartz Clement G. Owens Conway Robinson, Jr.   Album Two Most photographs are labeled, but some are too faded to read. Some photographs are labeled on the reverse, but inaccessible without destroying the album. Unknown Badford Unknown Winthrop Mrs. J.G. Payton Major J. Gardner Payton Mary N. Payton Susan W. Payton J. Gardner Payton, Jun. Mrs. Leander McCormick Cousin Lucy McCormick Ella J. Bradford W. McCormick Emira Louise McCormick Robert S. McCormick Anne Reubina McCormick Lucy Virginia McCormick Mrs. J McChesney Charles E. Deans W. Noyes Mrs. J. Henry John Henry Mrs. Trimble Unknown Grigsby Miss Harriet Nash Dr. E.E. Balfour Delaney Chandler Warren Moore Chandler A. J. Smith Mrs. John Henry William W. Henry Mrs. William W. Henry Hugh Blair Grigsby Miss Allebone   Album Three Most photographs are labeled, but some are too faded to read. Some photographs are labeled on the reverse, but inaccessible without destroying the album. John B. Whitehead Mrs. J. B. Whitehead Henry C. Whitehead Miss Emily H. Whitehead (John) B. Whitehead William C. Whitehead Daria Griffith Mrs. Griffith Reia White Charles Reed Mrs. W.L. (Scott) William L. (Scott) Mrs. Lucy A. Morton Mrs. Ann Allen Mr. Hogan Mrs. Hogan Miss Maria Hogan Miss Emma Early Mrs. James D. Davidson James D. Davidson Greenlea Davidson Charles Davidson Robert Davidson Gen. Jenkins Robert Tunstall Hugh Grigsby Whitehead","*Unknown Provenance, Photographs Without Names, and Outdoor Scenes, circa 1860 to c. 1920.","Approximately 50 unnamed photographs ","Daguerreotype of an unknown child","Group photo of a black family, circa 1880, includes mother, father, son and twin daughters","*Unknown provenance of photgraphs with names. Many of these photographs may belong to Hugh Blair Grigsby who collected photographs of friends and famous people. ","Mary Jeffery Wells and Paul Wells, Jr. \nSusie Amesten","President Chester Arthur ","Mrs. Purley Date Bayler ","Beer (female)","Beverington ","Cordelia ","Francis DeCordy ","L. P. Godwin ","Colonel William Lamb ","Bessie Locke ","Marjorie Lowell ","James Lyons ","McCormick ","Bessie McDonald ","H. E. Parminte","Arnold Walke ","Lizzie Wiley ","Daniel Webster, copy of a print \"from the last Picture ever taken\" ","*Outdoor Scenes ","White house with striped awning, postcard from John W. Edgar ","Dark shingled house, 1104 Weston (3 copies)","Street scene, labeled \"A typical street scene in Abacia Town\" ","Old Masonic Lodge in Williamsburg, Virginia Postcard from M. M. Galt to W. W. Galt","New York and Virginia Steamboat advertising card","The Fisher Girl, Corner of Main and Church Street, Norfok, Virginia ","Mormon Tabernacle (2 scenes) ","Bust ","Obelisk ","Dark shingled house (probably 1104 Weston)","Drawing of a sailboat ","Three women, two men and two children on porch of white house","Primarily correspondence of Capt. William Wilson Galt with his wife Mary Blair Grigsby Galt and their sons, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Richard Galt. Letters are written from California, Charlotte County, Norfolk, and Williamsburg, Virginia. Other letters are between Grigsby family members, particularly to Hugh Carrington Grigsby, the brother of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt. William Wilson Galt's letters are written on while on voyages to California, Mexico, Cyprus, Gibraltar, the Azores, and Italy. One letter is dated 1898 April 30, the day before the Battle of Manila Bay while on board the USS Raleigh which was engaged in the battle. Letters from Eastern Publishing Company, a potential publisher of \"The Battle of Manila Bay,\" who were unable to publish the book. Accounts concerning the estate of Mary Venable Carrington Grigsby, the mother-in-law of William Wilson Galt.","Envelopes that did not match correspondence. Addressed to Hugh Blair Galt, Hugh Carrington Grigsby, William R. Galt, Mary V. Grigsby, and William Wilson Galt.","Three letters to and from William Wilson Galt. 1894 June 7 letter from John L. Williams and Sons (bankers) to W. W. Galt regarding bonds registered in name of H. Carrington Grigsby; 1897 February 9 letter from William Wilson Galt, Paymaster, U.S. Navy to W. D. Boxom, Governor of Florida, acknowledging his receipt of his \"commission as delegate to the Seaboard and Harbor Defense Convention\", and 1897 June 4 letter from H. L. Mitchell appointing Paymaster Galt as delegate to the \"Gulf and Atlantic Coast Defense Convention.\"","Letters from E. Eugene May of the Eastern Publishing Company in Boston, Massachusetts to William Wilson Galt about publishing Galt's book, \"The Battle of Manila Bay\". Includes costs, layout decisions and corrections to the manuscript. It appears that the Eastern Publishing Company had financial problems, plus a burglary of their printing plates, and never published the book for William Wilson Galt.","Correspondence between the William Wilson Galt family members. 1881 April 12, William Wilson Galt writes Mary B. Grigsby about the health of her father and gives advice about keeping healthy in mind and body. 1881 December 1, William Wilson Galt, Edgehill, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Galt, about his small wedding at Edgehill and plans to stay in Washington, DC until his ship sails. 1883 August 2, two letters, one to his Mother and one to his Father, about the birth of his son; he draws a baby with an elongated head to describe his son. 1884 August 2 John B. Whitehead to William Wilson Galt about the price of soy on the stock market. 1885 June 2, William Wilson Galt, Williamsburg, Virginia, to his Mother about the birth of his second son, William Richard Galt. 1886 May 15 letter written by Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt which is a page of scribbles. 1890 July 17, William Wilson Galt, written aboard the USS Thetis while at sea, to his son; explains how fast the ship travels with comparison to the time his son takes to eat and to sleep, what he sees from the deck of the ship, the Southern Cross used for navigation, whales and large birds. 1891 February 4, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Vallejos, California, to his Grandmother Galt about the USS Thetis being grounded because of worms and family news. 1891 October 25, Grandfather Galt to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt about family news and Hugh Blair Grigsby's account of the earthquake. 1892 December 3, William Wilson Galt, USS Thetis while at sea, to his Mother about arriving soon in San Diego. 1893 February 20, M. M. Galt (wife of Rogers Galt), Naval Academy, to Mary Grigsby Galt about the death of Mamie and family news. 1894 November 8, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, Smithville, to his Mother about family news.","Letters from family and friends of the William Wilson Galt Family. 1895 John B. McPhail of Mulberry Hill (a cousin on the Carrington side of the family) replies to an invitation from Mary Blair G. Galt; Reginald F. Poindexter to Mary Blair G. Galt about the work done on the house in anticipation of her arrival; Mary B. G. Galt, Smithville, to her mother-in-law about family news and the Rogers Galt family and Carrington Grigsby to his sister, Mary B. G. Galt about news of the farm and the community in Charlotte County. 1896-97 Hugh B.G. Galt, while in Smithville, writes letters to his father about local and family news and his activities, which include hunting squirrels and rabbits, hog killing, problems with his gun, his health, ice skating, school, summer studies, courthouse visits to hear trials, bicycle rides, searching for Native American, visiting relatives in Norfolk and Williamsburg and his desire for a hound puppy. On 1897 September 18, he mentions that \"Uncle Carrington is going to get married to Miss Mary Boyd, but I don't think he will.\" On 1897 December 18, he writes about the death of Mary W. Ware Galt, his grandmother. William R. Galt, while in Smithville, writes a letter to his father about the marriage of Albert and his activities, which includes his desire for a \"doublebarrel muzzleloader,\" hog killing, trapping, hunting, and raising chickens. Robert Galt, while in Smithville, writes to his Father about the pig killing. In 1897 May, William Wilson Galt, New York, writes his mother about his visit with Susie and Rogers Galt. Rogers leaves for target practice the next day. William Wilson Galt's ship also leaves the next day for one or two years of duty. On 1897 May 16, William Wilson Galt, while at sea near Pico Island in the Azores, tells Hugh B. G. Galt about how the ship operates, what he has seen so far on his voyage and asks, \"I want you to read up on all the places I go to and tell Will, Robert and Mary all about them.\" He also writes Hugh B.G. Galt while in Tangier, Morocco, and Genoa, Italy and at sea in the Mediterranean.","Mostly letters between William Wilson Galt and his family while he is in the Navy. Many letters are from Hugh B.G. Galt to his Father. On February 13, 1898, he writes about his hurt arm, \"the doctor had my arm put under the x-rays every night while I was down there (Norfolk)\" and that his Mother was rundown, got sick in New York and was hospitalized for two weeks. On March 26, 1898, his Mother is home, but still unwell. He writes about his summer plans, his schoolwork and a bicycle accident of a friend. He thanks his Father for the stamps and other items in the boxes he sent. On May 10, 1898, Hugh BlairG. Galt writes, \"...glader to hear of Dewey's victory at Manila, and still more so to hear by a telegram that you were well and sound.\" On March 21, 1899, Hugh B.G. Galt shows his concern about his Father's operation. On April 13, 1898, J. P. Lawrence writes Mary Blair Galt about church work. In his April 30, 1898 letter to his wife, William Wilson Galt is just entering Manila Bay. Sketches the ships in squadron formation. Mentions the possibility of dying during the battle, then proceeds to tell her what assets they have and how to handle everything if he should die. In February 23, 1899, William Wilson Galt is in New York and hopes to come home and \"stay with you all for a long time.\" Undated letters at the end of the folder include letters from Mrs. W.R. Galt to son, William Wilson Galt and family, plus a letter from Hugh B.G. Galt to his Grandmother Galt. A recipe for sweet pickle written on an incomplete letter by Mary B.G. Galt.","Majority of the letters are to Hugh Carrington Grigsby from family and friends, but two undated letters are to \"Mrs. Grigsby\" from H. C. Nowlin in Richmond, Virginia about buying items for Mrs. Grigsby, and health problems. Hugh Carrington Grigsby attended \"The Cluster School\" at \"Blackwalnut P. O.\" in Halifax, Virginia in 1871 and 1872. 1871 January 8 letter from \"Johnny\" at Hampden-Sidney College talks about how wonderful college life is. Letters from both his mother and father are full of advice and some criticisms. His father, Hugh Blair Grigsby, often tells Hugh Carrington Grigsby, with many examples, that the work he does now will enable him to be successful later. Clem D. Lewis writes twice in late 1871 about his troubles with the whooping cough and recent and future parties. In 1872, Hugh Blair Grigsby writes about the death of cousin Clem C. Read \"who was named after Grandfather.\" Hugh Blair Grigsby tells Hugh Carrington Grigsby \"Father cannot tell you how much his heart is set upon you and how anxiously he wishes you to be what you can so easily become if you are true to yourself.\" In 1872, Hugh Carrington attends Hampden-Sidney College. In 1873, his sophomore year, his father is writing with suggestions about his difficulty in mathmatics and \"as you stand in the Sophomore year, so you stand for the rest of your course. I wish you to be a scholar for many reasons, and not the least is that your future fortunes depend on your success. You will have to make your own way in the world; and the more accomplished you are in your studies, the greater the probability of success.\" 1874 May 4, his Father writes, \"Both my health and your mother's is frail, and we look to you as our support in our declining years, and we are solicitious that your conduct will entitle you to the esteem of all men and women with you associate.\" 1890 October 26, letter from William T. Grigsby, Union City, Tennessee, to Mrs Grigsby, Relict of Honorable Hugh B. Grigsby, requesting a photograph of Hugh Blair Grigsby. An undated letter from Hugh Carrington Grigsby relates a story he heard from a \"youth\" about \"cogitations upon the prospect of entering college\".","Taxes related to the estate, 1890-1894; invoices for items paid by or charged to the estate, many of them by Mrs. Grigsby prior to her death, with receipts and canceled checks (1889-1898); poem, possibly written by William Wilson Galt, and probably about his mother-in-law, Mary V. Grigsby; copies of deeds and other legal documents, beginning in 1882; notebook with entries for expenditures in regard to Mary V. Grigsby's estate (1891-1894) and receipts of payments made to Grigsby Family members during the division of the estate, particularly the sale of Virginia bonds in 1894. Some items concern administrative matters that carried over from the estate of Hugh Blair Grigsby who died in 1881. Mary Blair Grigsby Galt was an administrator to his estate.","A photocopy of a Galt family tree with notation, \"This chart was made in 1934 by Rogers Harrison Galt, in collaboration with Mary Meares Galt\".  The chart begins with Samuel Galt (circa 1700-1761).","Typed carbon copy on tissue paper of the Naval Record of Captain William Wilson Galt entitled \"Record of William Wilson Galt, Captain (S C) U.S.N.\" The record begins in 1877 and ends in 1925 when he retired. Gives a short biographical background which was noted on his entrance examination in 1877. October 30 letter to Paymaster W. W. Galt from R. W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, thanking him and commending him for the rescue of the disabled schooner \"Express\" and bringing her safely to Key West harbor; 1899 July 29 letter from the Secretary of the Navy with an excerpt from a letter from Captain J. B. Coghlan praising Paymaster Galt in sailing through rough seas to deliver a pump to the \"Raleigh\" just before the Manila Bay attack. Handwritten on cover page, \"For A.G. Zimermann, Jr.\"","List of new members to the National Grigsby Family Society.","Typed poem written by William Wilson Galt entitled \"July the 9th, 1897\" with handwritten notes \"Birthday of his wife-Mary B. Galt\" and \"written by WW Galt \u0026 mailed from Algiers, Africa, 14 Augt 97-.\" Handwritten poem about death and living in the present, author unknown.","Report cards of Hugh Galt from Smithville High School, 1897 June 14 and 1899 February. 1899 invoices from the Episcopal Male Academy for Mrs. W. W. Galt for the expenditures of Willie Galt. Letter from Instructor Elizabeth A. Rowe, \"Miss Mary C. Galt has successfully completed an elementary course in Botany,\" dated 1915 February."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtifacts have been removed from the collection and filed in the Mss. Artifact Collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The collection contains moldy material and is shelved separately.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Artifacts have been removed from the collection and filed in the Mss. Artifact Collection."," The collection contains moldy material and is shelved separately."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_coll_ssim":["Eastern Publishing Co","United States. Navy. Office of the Paymaster","Carrington family","Galt family","Garland family","Grigsby family","Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Eastern Publishing Co","United States. Navy. Office of the Paymaster","Carrington family","Galt family","Garland family","Grigsby family","Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892","Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Eastern Publishing Co","United States. Navy. Office of the Paymaster"],"famname_ssim":["Carrington family","Galt family","Garland family","Grigsby family"],"persname_ssim":["Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892","Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881"],"language_ssim":["English Spanish;Castilian"],"total_component_count_is":384,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T04:10:44.245Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8766_c04_c01"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07_c04","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"Genealogy Research","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07_c04#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07_c04#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07_c04","ref_ssm":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07_c04"],"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07_c04","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07","parent_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07","parent_ssim":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290","viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290","viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers","Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers","Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers"],"text":["Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers","Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers","Genealogy Research","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families."],"title_filing_ssi":"Genealogy Research","title_ssm":["Genealogy Research"],"title_tesim":["Genealogy Research"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1827-1984"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1827/1984"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Genealogy Research"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"collection_ssim":["Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":15,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":125,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["The collection is open to research."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"date_range_isim":[1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged alphabetically by name of family being researched.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement note"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families."],"_nest_path_":"/components#6/components#3","timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:25:26.069Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1290.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers","title_ssm":["Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1779-1984"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1779-1984"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.1974.003"],"text":["Ms.1974.003","Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers","Blacksburg (Va.)","Huntsville (Ala.)","Marion (Va.)","Civil War","Folk, historical, and patent medicine","Genealogy","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Medicine","Medicine, Military -- History","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries","Women -- History","The collection is open to research.","Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.","A microfilm edition of the diary, 1847-1850, of Harvey Black and the American Civil War diaries of John S. Apperson was made by the Library of Virginia in January 1976 and is available at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The Civil War letters of Harvey Black were published in 1995 in a volume edited by Glenn L. McMullen, which is available in the Rare Book Collection and in Newman Library.","The papers are arranged into series corresponding to the creators of the material and subseries by type of material.","Series include the following:","Series I. Harvey Black Papers Series II. Black Family Papers Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers Series IV. Black Family Business Records Series V. John S. Apperson Papers Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company Series X. Assorted Papers","This series is arranged by format.","This series is arranged by format.","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched.","In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183 A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995) Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183 \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.","The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\"","See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040","The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and  The Christian Union  publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","This small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.","In this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.","This folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.","Accounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.","Materials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.","This file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.","This series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026 Son.","This subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.","These letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.","This file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.","The Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.","This series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.","This subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.","File contains three items in French.","Documents in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.","Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.","Five scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.","This series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.","The diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","A. W. Luster","Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade","Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia","Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.)","Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.)","Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","W. Stone \u0026 Son","Apperson family","Black family","Kent family","Amiss, Edwin","Apperson, Alex","Apperson, Elizabeth Black","Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948","Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904","Apperson, Mary","Black, Harvey, 1827-1888","Black, Kent, active 1876-1890","Black, Mary Kent, b.1836","Caton, Louise","Kent, Germanicus, 1791-1862","Lemon, Lewis","Kent, Lewis (enslaved person)","The materials in the collection are in English."],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.1974.003"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"geogname_ssm":["Blacksburg (Va.)","Huntsville (Ala.)","Marion (Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Blacksburg (Va.)","Huntsville (Ala.)","Marion (Va.)"],"places_ssim":["Blacksburg (Va.)","Huntsville (Ala.)","Marion (Va.)"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers were donated to Virginia Tech from 1955 to 1990. The American Civil War letters of Harvey Black and the Civil War diaries of John Apperson were donated in 1974."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Civil War","Folk, historical, and patent medicine","Genealogy","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Medicine","Medicine, Military -- History","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries","Women -- History"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Civil War","Folk, historical, and patent medicine","Genealogy","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Medicine","Medicine, Military -- History","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries","Women -- History"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["ca. 7 Cubic Feet 21 boxes and 1 oversize folder"],"extent_tesim":["ca. 7 Cubic Feet 21 boxes and 1 oversize folder"],"date_range_isim":[1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open to research."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca show=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/collections/show/38\"\u003eSome of this collection has been digitized and is available online.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA microfilm edition of the diary, 1847-1850, of Harvey Black and the American Civil War diaries of John S. Apperson was made by the Library of Virginia in January 1976 and is available at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The Civil War letters of Harvey Black were published in 1995 in a volume edited by Glenn L. McMullen, which is available in the Rare Book Collection and in Newman Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Existence and Location of Copies"],"altformavail_tesim":["Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.","A microfilm edition of the diary, 1847-1850, of Harvey Black and the American Civil War diaries of John S. Apperson was made by the Library of Virginia in January 1976 and is available at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The Civil War letters of Harvey Black were published in 1995 in a volume edited by Glenn L. McMullen, which is available in the Rare Book Collection and in Newman Library."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers are arranged into series corresponding to the creators of the material and subseries by type of material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries include the following:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries I. Harvey Black Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries II. Black Family Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries IV. Black Family Business Records\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries VII. Alexander Apperson Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries X. Assorted Papers\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged by format.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged by format.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArranged alphabetically by name of family being researched.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement note"],"arrangement_tesim":["The papers are arranged into series corresponding to the creators of the material and subseries by type of material.","Series include the following:","Series I. Harvey Black Papers Series II. Black Family Papers Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers Series IV. Black Family Business Records Series V. John S. Apperson Papers Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company Series X. Assorted Papers","This series is arranged by format.","This series is arranged by format.","Arranged alphabetically by name of family being researched."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGermanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eSources\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGlenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eA Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995)\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eBiographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1889, Elizabeth Black of Blacksburg, Virginia, married John Apperson of Marion, joining the Black and Kent families of Blacksburg with the Apperson family. Elizabeth Black's father Harvey Black and John S. Apperson served together in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade during the American Civil War. Black was a regimental surgeon and Apperson was a hospital steward under his command.","Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg.","On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863.","After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors.","From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.","John S. Apperson (1837-1908) was born in Locust Grove, Virginia, and moved to Smyth County in 1859. He took a job splitting rails and began to study medicine under local physician William Faris. In 1861, Apperson enlisted in the Smyth Blues, organized as Company D, 4th Virginia. After the Civil War, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia, earning a degree in 1867. He returned to Smyth County and married Victoria Hull in 1868. They lived in Chilhowie, and Apperson practiced medicine and farmed. They had seven children.","John Apperson's first wife died in 1887. The same year, he took a job as assistant physician under Harvey Black at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia in Marion. When Harvey Black died in 1888, Apperson resigned his position at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum and established a medical practice in Marion. In 1889, he married Elizabeth, daughter of his friend and mentor Harvey Black. They had four children: Harvey, Alexander, Kent, and Mary.","After his second marriage, John Apperson pursued a career in business. He was one of eight founders of Staley's Creek Manganese and Iron Company. In 1906, he expanded the operations of the Marion Foundry and Milling Company into the Marion Foundry and Machine Works. He also promoted the building of the Marion and Rye Valley Railroad.","In 1892, the Virginia Board of World's Fair Managers employed Apperson to collect items and transport Virginia exhibits to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Apperson died in Marion in 1908. His wife Elizabeth died in Blacksburg in 1942.","Harvey Black Apperson (1890-1948), the oldest child of John Apperson and Elizabeth Black, lived in Salem, Virginia, and practiced law in Roanoke for thirty years. He became active in Democratic Party politics in the 1920s. In a special election in 1933, he was elected to represent Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties and the cities of Radford and Roanoke in the State Senate. He served on the State Corporation Commission from 1944 to 1947 and was Chairman of the Commission from June 1944 to 1947. Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General in August 1947, and he took office October 7, 1947. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Richmond on February 2, 1948. Alexander Apperson worked at the Marion Foundry and Machine Works for a period and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama.","Germanicus Kent (1791-1861) and Arabella Amiss Kent (1809-1951), parents of Harvey Black's wife Mary, are also documented in this collection. Germanicus Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and attended Yale College. Circa 1822, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked as a cotton merchant. In 1827, he married Arabella Amiss of Blacksburg. According to a family account, Germanicus Kent left Huntsville in 1834 at the insistence of his brother Aratus Kent, a missionary in Illinois who opposed slavery. Aratus Kent was a founder of Beloit and Rockford colleges in Illinois. The family moved to Illinois in 1834. Lewis Kent (also known as Lewis Lemon), who was enslaved by Germanicus Kent in North Carolina when he was a boy, moved with the family and later purchased his freedom and settled in Iowa. Germanicus Kent is considered a founder of the town of Rockford, Illinois, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Mary Kent, born in 1836, was the first child of European ancestry born in Rockford. The family returned to Arabella's hometown of Blacksburg in 1843.","Sources Glenn L. McMullen, \"Tending the Wounded: Two Virginians in the Confederate Medical Corps,\" Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 1991), 172-183 A Surgeon with Stonewall Jackson: The Civil War Letters of Dr. Harvey Black, edited by Glenn L. McMullen (Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1995) Biographical sketches of John S. Apperson by Glenn McMullen and of Harvey Black Apperson, by Crandall Shiflett in John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tartar, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1 (The Library of Virginia, 1998), 181-183 \"Germanicus A. Kent: Founder of Rockford, Illinois,\" published by the Rockford Historical Society, n.d."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information","Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The papers were previously organized into three collections: the Black Family Papers, Ms1974-003; the Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-017; and the Kent Family Papers, Ms1974-018. They were further processed and merged into one collection in 2002. Additional description was completed in 2021.","Three boxes are unprocessed. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This item was previously listed on the finding aid as \"General Store, Blacksburg, 1857-1862.\""],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1474.xml\"\u003eJames Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1779.xml\"\u003eElizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2503.xml\"\u003eMedical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2361.xml\"\u003eBell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black, Ms2009-084","Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Christian Union\u003c/emph\u003e publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026amp; Son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFile contains three items in French.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFive scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents note","Scope and Contents note"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (bulk 1821-1948) documents the families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection comprises American Civil War letters of Dr. Harvey Black, Civil War diaries of John Apperson, records and correspondence pertaining to nineteenth-century Blacksburg residents Edwin Amiss, his sister Arabella Amiss Kent, and her husband Germanicus Kent, cotton trader and Rockford, Illinois pioneer; and account books, correspondence, and photographs of several members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion, Virginia. The collection is divided into the following major series: Harvey Black Papers, Black Family Papers, Germanicus Kent Papers, Black Family Business Records, John S. Apperson Papers, Mary E. Apperson Papers, Alexander Apperson Papers, and Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks.","Series I. Harvey Black Papers, 1847-1888, contains the following subseries: Diaries, Civil War Letters, General Correspondence, Medical Career Records, and Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. It also includes one photograph, ca. 1865, of Harvey Black.","Dating 1861 to 1864, the Civil War Letters document Black's experiences as a regimental surgeon in the Stonewall Brigade and as surgeon in charge of the Second Corps field hospital. The series comprises letters Black wrote to his wife Mary (Molly) in Blacksburg. Black usually wrote to his wife two to three days after a major battle and reported who, from Blacksburg, had been killed or wounded. He describes the effects of disease on the troops, looking for his brother-in-law Lewis Kent among the Union wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the delirium of Stonewall Jackson as he lay dying at Guinea Station, and the difficulties of keeping his family clothed and fed during the war.","The Diaries consist of a short diary Black kept of his journey from Christiansburg to Mexico to fight in the Mexican War and a diary of a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee in the fall of 1849. The Mexican War diary details Black's trip from Christiansburg to Norfolk and eventually Buena Vista, but provides little information about serving in the war. Both diaries contain mainly Black's observations about the towns and cities he passes through. The diary of the trip west compares culture and society in Virginia and the West and references encounters with Virginians who had moved west.","General Correspondence, 1847-1871, comprises two letters Black wrote while he was studying medicine at the University of Virginia, his proposal of marriage to Mary (Molly) Kent, and a folder of letters Black received from family members between 1848 and 1871. One letter describes pioneering in Island County, Washington Territory, in 1853; and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regard the establishment of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, forerunner of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.","The Medical Career Records, dating 1848 to 1888, documents Harvey Black's medical career before and after the Civil War and letters of recommendation for the position of Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia and the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia. This series also contains an 1887 annual report for the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia.","The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Records span the years 1870 to 1873. This small series consists of a subscription list for the Preston and Olin Institute, an early history of the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and certificates of appointment to the college's Board of Visitors.","Series II. Black Family Papers, 1779-1911 (bulk 1845-1911): Materials include an 1845 bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Adaline; an 1856 letter from Charles to Alexander Black; photographs of Alexander Black, Kent Black, and Kent's wife Mary Bell Black; a 1911 letter from Mary Kent to her children; and a quilt given to Kent Black by his medical patients, ca. 1890. Additionally, the series has the wedding register of Mary and Kent Black and an invitation to the 1885 Blacksburg Grand Annual Ball.","Series III. Germanicus Kent Papers, 1818-1899: The series comprises Germanicus Kent's cotton books and correspondence with his sons Lewis and John, his brother Aratus Kent, and his brother-in- law Edwin Amiss. The cotton books document Kent's experience as a cotton merchant based in Huntsville, Alabama, 1821 to 1823. They provide lists of cotton prices and copies of correspondence to clients in Nashville and New Orleans. The correspondence describes life in Blacksburg in the 1830s, the Kent family's decision to settle in Virginia after living in Illinois, and Kent's business investments in the west and in Blacksburg. Letters from Edwin Amiss to Arabella and Germanicus Kent pertain to Arabella Kent continuing to enslave people by inheriting her mother's estate. An 1860 letter from Germanicus Kent to Aratus Kent discusses Germanicus Kent's desire to establish contact with the man he formerly enslaved Lewis Lemon Kent, then living in Iowa.","Series IV. Black Family Business Records, 1832-1924: Account books for mercantile establishments in Blacksburg make up the bulk of this series.. It also contains an account book for A.W. Luster; a 1908 inventory for W. Stone \u0026 Son; and a copy of an undated newspaper advertisement for A. Black and Company.","Series V. John S. Apperson Papers, 1858-1915: John Apperson's Civil War Diary is the centerpiece. The diary consist of Apperson's account of his journey, in 1859, from his home in Locust Grove, Virginia to Smyth County in Southwest Virginia. In the Civil War diaries, he describes medical care of soldiers and lists monthly figures of wounded and dead for the Second Corps field hospital. He discusses going onto the battlefield after the fighting stopped at First Manassas, the scene on the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; performing his first amputation; and his efforts to continue his medical education during the Civil War. Additionally, this series contains correspondence about Apperson's business career, 1900 and 1910, a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, and photographs of John Apperson, Elizabeth Black, and their children.","Series VI. Mary E. Apperson Papers, 1889-1977, and Series VII. Alexander Apperson Papers, 1827-1984: Research files on the Black, Kent, and Apperson families of Blacksburg and Marion compose the bulk of these two series. Materials also include publications pertaining to family history; correspondence with the Rockford, Illinois Historical Society regarding research on Germanicus Kent; correspondence related to other genealogy research; the recollections of Elizabeth Black Apperson about Blacksburg history and buildings; family photographs and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Alexander Black house in Blacksburg; and family artifacts.","Series VIII. Harvey B. Apperson Political Scrapbooks, 1933-1950: The scrapbooks largely consist of newspaper clippings detailing Harvey B. Apperson's political career and Democratic Party politics in the Roanoke area in the 1930s and in Richmond in the 1940s. Additionally, there are letters and telegrams of congratulation Apperson received when he was appointed Attorney General of Virginia in 1947, telegrams and letters of condolence his wife received upon his death four months later, photographs, and political ephemera.","Series IX. Blacksburg Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1826-1965: Legal documents and correspondence pertain to the division of proceeds of mining investments among the Apperson descendants of Harvey Black. The series also contains maps of Black and Apperson property in Blacksburg, ca. 1949.","Series X. Assorted Papers, 1872, 1912: The last series includes two items, the Louise Caton Travel Diary, 1912, and  The Christian Union  publication, 1872. The diary of Louise Caton's four-month tour of Europe in 1912 describes her voyage from New York to Genoa on the Laxmia and from Liverpool back to New York on the Celtic. The relationship of Louise Caton to the Black, Kent, and Apperson families is unknown.","This small series includes a letter Harvey Black received from family who had settled in Wisconsin; a letter from a member of the Crockett family pioneering in Washington Territory, and two letters from Virginia State Senator John Penn regarding the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.","In this subseries of five letters from Germanicus Kent to his sons and his brother Aratus, Kent discusses investments, family, and Lewis Lemon (Kent), who bought his freedom from Kent ca. 1835.","This folder contains four family letters presumed to pertain to the extended Kent Amiss family. The correspondents are Edith Boggs, David and E. Cook, Mary Sloutermires, William G., and his son Nelson.","Accounts and correspondence in these two bound cotton books detail Germanicus Kent's business as a cotton merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.","Materials corncern the Kent family's move from Alabama to Illinois.","This file contains a contract outlining the terms of a proposed business partnership between Edwin Amiss and Germanicus Kent and a contract to build a home in Blacksburg.","This series is composed primarily of five ledgers containing alphabetically indexed customer account histories for various mercantile establishments, probably in Blacksburg. Also included are documents and correspondence pertaining to Black family investments in oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This ledger includes an inventory, July 1908, for W. Stone \u0026 Son.","This subseries comprises documents pertaining to investments in the Radford Land Improvement Company, 1889; the Radford West End Land Company, 1909; and oil drilling operations in Texas, 1912-1924.","This subseries comprises miscellaneous receipts, 1862; Business Correspondence, 1900-1910; and a catalog for the Marion Foundry and Machine Works, 1915.","These letters discuss the illness of the daughter of Mrs. Cyprus McCormick and John S. Apperson.","This file contains newspaper clippings on Blacksburg history and members of the Black, Kent, and Apperson families.","The Directory's cover illustration is a photograph of a sculpture commemorating the role played by Germanicus Kent and Lewis Lemon, Kent's former slave, in the founding of Rockford, Illinois.","This series is primarily composed of research files on the genealogy of the Black, Kent, Apperson and related families. It also contains family photographs, including a picture of the Alexander Black House, later burned, ca. 1900; a folder of correspondence pertaining to Alexander Black's service on the vestry of Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954; a 1914 edition of \"The X-Ray,\" the yearbook of Marion High School; and a program from the 1962 annual convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This subseries contains one folder of correspondence pertaining to a proposed memorial to Harvey Black at Virginia Tech from 1953; one folder of correspondence concerning Mountainbrook Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1944-1954, and one letter, 1934, from A.J. Oliver to Harvey Black Apperson, discussing Oliver's father, who worked for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1870s and helped plant the first trees on the campus.","This subseries includes the Marion High School yearbook, 1914; and a program from the Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1962.","This subseries comprises correspondence, applications to family heritage organizations, and copies of documents regarding genealogy research on the Black, Kent, Apperson, and related families.","File contains three items in French.","Documents in this subseries pertain to applications, by members of the Black family, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Magna Carta Barons, National Society of Colonial Wars, and the Society of Colonial Dames.","Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, incoming correspondence and telegrams, photographs, and ephemera documenting Harvey Apperson's political career from 1933, when he ran for the State Senate, to his death in 1948, four months after Governor William Tuck appointed him Attorney General.","Five scrapbooks and one box of items removed from the scrapbooks and copied for preservation. Photographs and ephemera removed from the scrapbooks are stored in Box 15.","This series is comprised of deeds, reports, correspondence, lease agreements, and receipts pertaining to Apperson family investments in mining operations at Poverty Hollow, Tom's Creek Road, the Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company, and M.C. Slusser and Company. It also contains maps of Blacksburg Manufacturing and Mining Company coal land sold to the Hoge heirs in 1928 and maps showing property owned by the Alexander and Lizzie O. Black estate and Apperson Properties in 1937 and 1948.","The diary is an account of Louise Caton's voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy, her travels through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, and England, and her return from Liverpool to New York in the summer of 1912."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_36b4a62ab56ab232aa259e6ea40349e2\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson."],"names_coll_ssim":["A. W. Luster","Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade","Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia","Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.)","Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.)","Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","W. Stone \u0026 Son","Apperson family","Black family","Kent family","Amiss, Edwin","Apperson, Alex","Apperson, Elizabeth Black","Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948","Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904","Apperson, Mary","Black, Harvey, 1827-1888","Black, Kent, active 1876-1890","Black, Mary Kent, b.1836","Caton, Louise","Kent, Germanicus, 1791-1862","Lemon, Lewis","Kent, Lewis (enslaved person)"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","A. W. Luster","Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade","Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia","Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.)","Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.)","Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","W. Stone \u0026 Son","Apperson family","Black family","Kent family","Amiss, Edwin","Apperson, Alex","Apperson, Elizabeth Black","Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948","Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904","Apperson, Mary","Black, Harvey, 1827-1888","Black, Kent, active 1876-1890","Black, Mary Kent, b.1836","Caton, Louise","Kent, Germanicus, 1791-1862","Lemon, Lewis","Kent, Lewis (enslaved person)"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","A. W. Luster","Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade","Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia","Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.)","Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.)","Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935)","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)","W. Stone \u0026 Son"],"famname_ssim":["Apperson family","Black family","Kent family"],"persname_ssim":["Amiss, Edwin","Apperson, Alex","Apperson, Elizabeth Black","Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948","Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904","Apperson, Mary","Black, Harvey, 1827-1888","Black, Kent, active 1876-1890","Black, Mary Kent, b.1836","Caton, Louise","Kent, Germanicus, 1791-1862","Lemon, Lewis","Kent, Lewis (enslaved person)"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":172,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:25:26.069Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1290_c07_c04"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428_c03_c06","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"General History","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428_c03_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428_c03_c06","ref_ssm":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428_c03_c06"],"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428_c03_c06","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428_c03","parent_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428_c03","parent_ssim":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428_c03"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428_c03"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Ruby Bishop West Collection","Series III. Floyd County History"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Ruby Bishop West Collection","Series III. Floyd County History"],"text":["Ruby Bishop West Collection","Series III. Floyd County History","General History"],"title_filing_ssi":"General History","title_ssm":["General History"],"title_tesim":["General History"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1885-1981"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1885/1981"],"normalized_title_ssm":["General History"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"collection_ssim":["Ruby Bishop West Collection"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":6,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":34,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["The collection is open for research."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"date_range_isim":[1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981],"_nest_path_":"/components#2/components#5","timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:01:00.952Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1428.xml","title_filing_ssi":"West, Ruby Bishop, Collection","title_ssm":["Ruby Bishop West Collection"],"title_tesim":["Ruby Bishop West Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1858-1981"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1858-1981"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.1986.002"],"text":["Ms.1986.002","Ruby Bishop West Collection","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","The collection is open for research.","I. Floyd County Churches, 1892-1980, n.d. This series contains research notes, maps, and printed materials relating to the history of Lutheran, Methodist, Primitive Baptist and other congregations in Floyd County. Arranged alphabetically by denomination.","II. Floyd County Education, 1898-1979, n.d. In addition to research notes and printed materials, this series includes photographs and historical sketches of local schools, most seemingly collected by West while a student, and later as a teacher and administrator, when she also collected statistics on county enrollment and test scores. The series is further divided into the following subseries:","Floyd County High School, 1913-1979, n.d. Contains two brief sketches on school history and a large collection of programs for school-related events (mostly commencement exercises). Also contains a 1940 yearbook, various newsclippings and photos of the school and various class groups, including photos of the earlier Floyd Academy. Arranged by material function.","Other Schools, 1898-1957, n.d. Materials related to other schools in Floyd County are located here and include historical sketches, photographs, programs and other printed material. The subseries also contains an advertisement for the Floyd Normal School's 1898 term and a pamphlet entitled \"God's Cosy Corner\" by Mildred Welch concerning the need for Presbyteran mission schools in Floyd County. Arranged by material function.","Floyd County School System, 1937-1976, n.d. Containing materials relating to the county's school system, this subseries consists of various historical sketches, essays and newsclippings. The subseries also contains tabulations of county school enrollment, test scores, withdrawals and failures during the 1930s and 1940s. The subseries concludes with a small collection of correspondence, forms, reports and lists of county school teachers. arranged by material function.","III. Floyd County History, 1885-1981, n.d. This series contains materials relating to the history of the county as a whole and consists mostly of research notes made by West and others on specific topics. The series also contains various essays on Floyd County history and items regarding the county's centennial and sesquicentennial celebrations. The series is divided among the following subseries, arranged alphabetically by topic, with general materials at the end of the series:","Civil War, n.d. Contains a few typescript notes on general Civil War history, a list of soldiers buried in Floyd Cemetery and a newsclipping about a Civil War letter written by Floyd Countian William P. Walters.","Genealogy, n.d. Includes pages from a published genealogy of the Goodykoontz family, and brief notes on other local families.","Mining, 1972, n.d. Floyd County iron and copper mining ventures are discussed in this small collection of newsclippings and research notes.","Postal Service, 1968-1970, n.d. Contained in this subseries are materials relating to post offices, postmasters and rural routes within Floyd County. It includes such materials as lists, maps, correspondence and newsclippings.","Telephone Service, n.d. Includes a county map and a brief sketch of the Pilot Telephone System, written in 1980.","General County History, 1885-1981. Includes a 1951 historical sketch by Curtis Sumpter, as well as other compiled sketches and data on Floyd County history. The subseries also includes a speech delivered on the county's centennial in 1931 and meeting minutes, notes and printed material compiled by Ruby Bishop West during her coordination of the sesquicentennial celebration in 1981.","IV. Personal Materials, 1879-1960. Materials from West's personal life are found in this series and include such items as West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College; a small family photo album from the early twentieth century, other assorted photographs and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music. Arranged by material function.","V. Oversize Materials, 1858-1960. This series contains items which were too large to be filed with other materials. Items in this series are arranged according to the order in which they would have been filed had they remained in their respective series.","Ruby Bishop, Floyd County educator and local historian, was born near Falling Branch (Floyd County), Virginia, the only daughter of Wesley and Lydia Caldwell Bishop. When Bishop was still a child, the family moved to Floyd, where she graduated from Floyd Academy in 1920. (She later attended Radford College, obtaining a two-year degree in 1930, and a bachelor's degree in 1938.)","In 1920, Bishop was hired to teach in a one-room school in Floyd County's Little River District. In 1925, she began teaching seventh grade at Floyd County High School, a post she would retain until 1940, when she was appointed elementary supervisor of the county's schools. She also served for a time as administrative assistant to the county's superintendent for instruction and as acting superintendent of Floyd County schools. Bishop married Judge George D. West (born April 19, 1897) in 1957; she retired in 1967.","Ruby Bishop West maintained an interest in local history throughout her life; she organized Floyd County's sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. She joined the Methodist Church in 1915, and was an active member, serving at various times as teacher and church historian. She died on May 8, 1984 (her husband having died in 1975) and is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd.","The guide to the Ruby Bishop West Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement and description of the West Collection commenced in March 2003 and was completed in April 2003.","This collection contains the papers of Ruby Bishop West, an educator and local historian from Floyd, Virginia. The papers are divided into five series: Floyd County Churches, Floyd County Education, Floyd County History, Personal Materials and Oversize Materials.","The Floyd County Churches Series includes research notes, maps and printed materials on various churches located in Floyd County, particularly Lutheran, Methodist and Primitive Baptist congregations.","Within the Floyd County Education Series are historical data, printed materials (mostly programs for school events) and photographs of various Floyd County schools. Much of the material centers on Floyd High School, but other schools are represented as well. The series also contains tabulations on county school enrollment, test scores and withdrawals during the 1930s and 1940s.","The Floyd County History Series contains mostly research notes on various topics relating to Floyd County history, particularly the Civil War, genealogy, mining, and postal and telephone service. The series also includes historical sketches and data on the county's settlement and development and materials relating to the celebration of the county's centennial (1931) and sesquicentennial (1981).","Items relating to West's personal life are found in the Personal Materials Series. The series includes West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College, a small early twentieth century photo album, other assorted photos and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music.","The Oversize Materials series consists of items which were too large to be inter-filed with their respective series. The series includes a large photo of Floyd Academy, a 1960 Floyd High School newspaper and oversized sheet music publications.","The following books were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Rare Book Collection: Arnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B. Gilbert.  Stepping stones to literature . New York: Silver, Burdett and Co., 1902. Coleradge, S. T.  Biographia literaria , vol. I. New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817. Daily, John R.  Primitive Baptist hymn and tune book . Indianapolis, Ind.: Earl and William T. Daily, n.d. Daniel, J. R. V.  A hornbook of Virginia history . Richmond, Va.: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, 1949. Debnam, W. E.  Weep no more, my lady: a southerner answers Mrs. Roosevelt's report on the \"poor and unhappy\" South . Raleigh, N. C.: W. E. Debnam, 1950. Durand, Silas H. and P. G. Lester.  Hymn and tune book for use in old school or primitive Baptist churches . Greenfield, Ind.: D. H. Goble, 1886. A Listing of men from Floyd County who served as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War or War Between the States, 1861-1865, compiled from the records of Camp III . [S.l.: s.n., 198-?] Monteith, James.  First lessons in geography . New York: A. S. Barnes, 1876. The Old school hymnal . Macon, Ga.: J. A. Monsees, 1937.","The following newspapers were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Newspaper Collection: Bluff City News  (Bluff City, TN), Nov 16 1889 Bristol Courier  (Bristol, TN), Oct 2 1879; Sep 17, Nov 19 1885; Nov 15 1888; Sep 5 1889; Feb 27 1890; Jan 21, Jun 16 1892 Central Star  (Blountville, TN), Nov 20, 1884 Christian Advocate  (Nashville, TN): Feb 21 1874 Christian Advocate  (St. Louis, MO): Jun 8 1887 Floyd Press  (Floyd, VA), Jun 6 1940; Aug 21 1941; Jun 8 1949; Jul 27 1950; Jan 18, Feb 15, 22, Aug 9, 16, Oct 18 1951; May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Jun 19, Aug 7, 14, 21 1952; Apr 8, May 6, 13, 27, Jun 3, 10, 11, 24, Jul 15, 22, 29, Aug 5 1954; Feb 3 10, 17, 24, Jun 16, 23, 30, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 18, 25, Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 5, 10, 17, 24, Dec 8, 15, 22 1955; Jan 1, 12, 19, 26, Feb 16, Mar 8, 22, 29, Jul 26 1956; Oct 2 1958; Feb 12, Mar 12, 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 1959; Sep 1, Dec 1 1960; Jan 5, Dec 28 1961; Jul 1 1976; Jul 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27, Sep 3, 10 1981. Holston Methodist  (Knoxville, TN): Mar 20 1875; May 8 1885; Nov 16 1892 Sullivan Landmark  (Blountville, TN), Sep 17 1879 Western North Carolina Methodist  (Asheville, NC), Dec 3 1891","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This is a collection of materials related to Floyd County, Virginia history, particularly--but not limited to--church and education history, as well as materials related to the county's general history and its sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. Also includes personal materials, consisting of school records and diplomas from Radford College, personal photographs and ephemera, and sheet music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984","The materials in the collection are in English."],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.1986.002"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ruby Bishop West Collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["Ruby Bishop West Collection"],"collection_ssim":["Ruby Bishop West Collection"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"creator_ssm":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"creator_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"creator_persname_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"creators_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Ruby Bishop West Collection was given to the Floyd County Historical Society following West's death in 1984. The collection was donated to Special Collections at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University by the society in 1986. The collection was accessioned under the title \"Floyd County Historical Society Records\" but was renamed during processing in 2003 to more accurately reflect its contents."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["2 Cubic Feet 4 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["2 Cubic Feet 4 boxes"],"date_range_isim":[1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eI. Floyd County Churches, 1892-1980, n.d. This series contains research notes, maps, and printed materials relating to the history of Lutheran, Methodist, Primitive Baptist and other congregations in Floyd County. Arranged alphabetically by denomination.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eII. Floyd County Education, 1898-1979, n.d. In addition to research notes and printed materials, this series includes photographs and historical sketches of local schools, most seemingly collected by West while a student, and later as a teacher and administrator, when she also collected statistics on county enrollment and test scores. The series is further divided into the following subseries:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFloyd County High School, 1913-1979, n.d. Contains two brief sketches on school history and a large collection of programs for school-related events (mostly commencement exercises). Also contains a 1940 yearbook, various newsclippings and photos of the school and various class groups, including photos of the earlier Floyd Academy. Arranged by material function.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther Schools, 1898-1957, n.d. Materials related to other schools in Floyd County are located here and include historical sketches, photographs, programs and other printed material. The subseries also contains an advertisement for the Floyd Normal School's 1898 term and a pamphlet entitled \"God's Cosy Corner\" by Mildred Welch concerning the need for Presbyteran mission schools in Floyd County. Arranged by material function.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFloyd County School System, 1937-1976, n.d. Containing materials relating to the county's school system, this subseries consists of various historical sketches, essays and newsclippings. The subseries also contains tabulations of county school enrollment, test scores, withdrawals and failures during the 1930s and 1940s. The subseries concludes with a small collection of correspondence, forms, reports and lists of county school teachers. arranged by material function.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIII. Floyd County History, 1885-1981, n.d. This series contains materials relating to the history of the county as a whole and consists mostly of research notes made by West and others on specific topics. The series also contains various essays on Floyd County history and items regarding the county's centennial and sesquicentennial celebrations. The series is divided among the following subseries, arranged alphabetically by topic, with general materials at the end of the series:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCivil War, n.d. Contains a few typescript notes on general Civil War history, a list of soldiers buried in Floyd Cemetery and a newsclipping about a Civil War letter written by Floyd Countian William P. Walters.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGenealogy, n.d. Includes pages from a published genealogy of the Goodykoontz family, and brief notes on other local families.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMining, 1972, n.d. Floyd County iron and copper mining ventures are discussed in this small collection of newsclippings and research notes.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePostal Service, 1968-1970, n.d. Contained in this subseries are materials relating to post offices, postmasters and rural routes within Floyd County. It includes such materials as lists, maps, correspondence and newsclippings.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTelephone Service, n.d. Includes a county map and a brief sketch of the Pilot Telephone System, written in 1980.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeneral County History, 1885-1981. Includes a 1951 historical sketch by Curtis Sumpter, as well as other compiled sketches and data on Floyd County history. The subseries also includes a speech delivered on the county's centennial in 1931 and meeting minutes, notes and printed material compiled by Ruby Bishop West during her coordination of the sesquicentennial celebration in 1981.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIV. Personal Materials, 1879-1960. Materials from West's personal life are found in this series and include such items as West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College; a small family photo album from the early twentieth century, other assorted photographs and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music. Arranged by material function.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eV. Oversize Materials, 1858-1960. This series contains items which were too large to be filed with other materials. Items in this series are arranged according to the order in which they would have been filed had they remained in their respective series.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["I. Floyd County Churches, 1892-1980, n.d. This series contains research notes, maps, and printed materials relating to the history of Lutheran, Methodist, Primitive Baptist and other congregations in Floyd County. Arranged alphabetically by denomination.","II. Floyd County Education, 1898-1979, n.d. In addition to research notes and printed materials, this series includes photographs and historical sketches of local schools, most seemingly collected by West while a student, and later as a teacher and administrator, when she also collected statistics on county enrollment and test scores. The series is further divided into the following subseries:","Floyd County High School, 1913-1979, n.d. Contains two brief sketches on school history and a large collection of programs for school-related events (mostly commencement exercises). Also contains a 1940 yearbook, various newsclippings and photos of the school and various class groups, including photos of the earlier Floyd Academy. Arranged by material function.","Other Schools, 1898-1957, n.d. Materials related to other schools in Floyd County are located here and include historical sketches, photographs, programs and other printed material. The subseries also contains an advertisement for the Floyd Normal School's 1898 term and a pamphlet entitled \"God's Cosy Corner\" by Mildred Welch concerning the need for Presbyteran mission schools in Floyd County. Arranged by material function.","Floyd County School System, 1937-1976, n.d. Containing materials relating to the county's school system, this subseries consists of various historical sketches, essays and newsclippings. The subseries also contains tabulations of county school enrollment, test scores, withdrawals and failures during the 1930s and 1940s. The subseries concludes with a small collection of correspondence, forms, reports and lists of county school teachers. arranged by material function.","III. Floyd County History, 1885-1981, n.d. This series contains materials relating to the history of the county as a whole and consists mostly of research notes made by West and others on specific topics. The series also contains various essays on Floyd County history and items regarding the county's centennial and sesquicentennial celebrations. The series is divided among the following subseries, arranged alphabetically by topic, with general materials at the end of the series:","Civil War, n.d. Contains a few typescript notes on general Civil War history, a list of soldiers buried in Floyd Cemetery and a newsclipping about a Civil War letter written by Floyd Countian William P. Walters.","Genealogy, n.d. Includes pages from a published genealogy of the Goodykoontz family, and brief notes on other local families.","Mining, 1972, n.d. Floyd County iron and copper mining ventures are discussed in this small collection of newsclippings and research notes.","Postal Service, 1968-1970, n.d. Contained in this subseries are materials relating to post offices, postmasters and rural routes within Floyd County. It includes such materials as lists, maps, correspondence and newsclippings.","Telephone Service, n.d. Includes a county map and a brief sketch of the Pilot Telephone System, written in 1980.","General County History, 1885-1981. Includes a 1951 historical sketch by Curtis Sumpter, as well as other compiled sketches and data on Floyd County history. The subseries also includes a speech delivered on the county's centennial in 1931 and meeting minutes, notes and printed material compiled by Ruby Bishop West during her coordination of the sesquicentennial celebration in 1981.","IV. Personal Materials, 1879-1960. Materials from West's personal life are found in this series and include such items as West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College; a small family photo album from the early twentieth century, other assorted photographs and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music. Arranged by material function.","V. Oversize Materials, 1858-1960. This series contains items which were too large to be filed with other materials. Items in this series are arranged according to the order in which they would have been filed had they remained in their respective series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRuby Bishop, Floyd County educator and local historian, was born near Falling Branch (Floyd County), Virginia, the only daughter of Wesley and Lydia Caldwell Bishop. When Bishop was still a child, the family moved to Floyd, where she graduated from Floyd Academy in 1920. (She later attended Radford College, obtaining a two-year degree in 1930, and a bachelor's degree in 1938.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1920, Bishop was hired to teach in a one-room school in Floyd County's Little River District. In 1925, she began teaching seventh grade at Floyd County High School, a post she would retain until 1940, when she was appointed elementary supervisor of the county's schools. She also served for a time as administrative assistant to the county's superintendent for instruction and as acting superintendent of Floyd County schools. Bishop married Judge George D. West (born April 19, 1897) in 1957; she retired in 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bishop West maintained an interest in local history throughout her life; she organized Floyd County's sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. She joined the Methodist Church in 1915, and was an active member, serving at various times as teacher and church historian. She died on May 8, 1984 (her husband having died in 1975) and is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ruby Bishop, Floyd County educator and local historian, was born near Falling Branch (Floyd County), Virginia, the only daughter of Wesley and Lydia Caldwell Bishop. When Bishop was still a child, the family moved to Floyd, where she graduated from Floyd Academy in 1920. (She later attended Radford College, obtaining a two-year degree in 1930, and a bachelor's degree in 1938.)","In 1920, Bishop was hired to teach in a one-room school in Floyd County's Little River District. In 1925, she began teaching seventh grade at Floyd County High School, a post she would retain until 1940, when she was appointed elementary supervisor of the county's schools. She also served for a time as administrative assistant to the county's superintendent for instruction and as acting superintendent of Floyd County schools. Bishop married Judge George D. West (born April 19, 1897) in 1957; she retired in 1967.","Ruby Bishop West maintained an interest in local history throughout her life; she organized Floyd County's sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. She joined the Methodist Church in 1915, and was an active member, serving at various times as teacher and church historian. She died on May 8, 1984 (her husband having died in 1975) and is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Ruby Bishop West Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description "],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Ruby Bishop West Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1877-1981, Ms1986-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1877-1981, Ms1986-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement and description of the West Collection commenced in March 2003 and was completed in April 2003.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement and description of the West Collection commenced in March 2003 and was completed in April 2003."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the papers of Ruby Bishop West, an educator and local historian from Floyd, Virginia. The papers are divided into five series: Floyd County Churches, Floyd County Education, Floyd County History, Personal Materials and Oversize Materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Floyd County Churches Series includes research notes, maps and printed materials on various churches located in Floyd County, particularly Lutheran, Methodist and Primitive Baptist congregations.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWithin the Floyd County Education Series are historical data, printed materials (mostly programs for school events) and photographs of various Floyd County schools. Much of the material centers on Floyd High School, but other schools are represented as well. The series also contains tabulations on county school enrollment, test scores and withdrawals during the 1930s and 1940s.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Floyd County History Series contains mostly research notes on various topics relating to Floyd County history, particularly the Civil War, genealogy, mining, and postal and telephone service. The series also includes historical sketches and data on the county's settlement and development and materials relating to the celebration of the county's centennial (1931) and sesquicentennial (1981).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eItems relating to West's personal life are found in the Personal Materials Series. The series includes West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College, a small early twentieth century photo album, other assorted photos and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Oversize Materials series consists of items which were too large to be inter-filed with their respective series. The series includes a large photo of Floyd Academy, a 1960 Floyd High School newspaper and oversized sheet music publications.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains the papers of Ruby Bishop West, an educator and local historian from Floyd, Virginia. The papers are divided into five series: Floyd County Churches, Floyd County Education, Floyd County History, Personal Materials and Oversize Materials.","The Floyd County Churches Series includes research notes, maps and printed materials on various churches located in Floyd County, particularly Lutheran, Methodist and Primitive Baptist congregations.","Within the Floyd County Education Series are historical data, printed materials (mostly programs for school events) and photographs of various Floyd County schools. Much of the material centers on Floyd High School, but other schools are represented as well. The series also contains tabulations on county school enrollment, test scores and withdrawals during the 1930s and 1940s.","The Floyd County History Series contains mostly research notes on various topics relating to Floyd County history, particularly the Civil War, genealogy, mining, and postal and telephone service. The series also includes historical sketches and data on the county's settlement and development and materials relating to the celebration of the county's centennial (1931) and sesquicentennial (1981).","Items relating to West's personal life are found in the Personal Materials Series. The series includes West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College, a small early twentieth century photo album, other assorted photos and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music.","The Oversize Materials series consists of items which were too large to be inter-filed with their respective series. The series includes a large photo of Floyd Academy, a 1960 Floyd High School newspaper and oversized sheet music publications."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eThe following books were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Rare Book Collection:\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eArnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B. Gilbert. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eStepping stones to literature\u003c/title\u003e. New York: Silver, Burdett and Co., 1902.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eColeradge, S. T. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBiographia literaria\u003c/title\u003e, vol. I. New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eDaily, John R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePrimitive Baptist hymn and tune book\u003c/title\u003e. Indianapolis, Ind.: Earl and William T. Daily, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eDaniel, J. R. V. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eA hornbook of Virginia history\u003c/title\u003e. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, 1949.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eDebnam, W. E. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWeep no more, my lady: a southerner answers Mrs. Roosevelt's report on the \"poor and unhappy\" South\u003c/title\u003e. Raleigh, N. C.: W. E. Debnam, 1950.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eDurand, Silas H. and P. G. Lester. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHymn and tune book for use in old school or primitive Baptist churches\u003c/title\u003e. Greenfield, Ind.: D. H. Goble, 1886.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eA Listing of men from Floyd County who served as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War or War Between the States, 1861-1865, compiled from the records of Camp III\u003c/title\u003e. [S.l.: s.n., 198-?]\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eMonteith, James. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFirst lessons in geography\u003c/title\u003e. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1876.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Old school hymnal\u003c/title\u003e. Macon, Ga.: J. A. Monsees, 1937.\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eThe following newspapers were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Newspaper Collection:\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBluff City News\u003c/title\u003e (Bluff City, TN), Nov 16 1889\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBristol Courier\u003c/title\u003e (Bristol, TN), Oct 2 1879; Sep 17, Nov 19 1885; Nov 15 1888; Sep 5 1889; Feb 27 1890; Jan 21, Jun 16 1892\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCentral Star\u003c/title\u003e (Blountville, TN), Nov 20, 1884\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChristian Advocate\u003c/title\u003e (Nashville, TN): Feb 21 1874\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChristian Advocate\u003c/title\u003e (St. Louis, MO): Jun 8 1887\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFloyd Press\u003c/title\u003e (Floyd, VA), Jun 6 1940; Aug 21 1941; Jun 8 1949; Jul 27 1950; Jan 18, Feb 15, 22, Aug 9, 16, Oct 18 1951; May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Jun 19, Aug 7, 14, 21 1952; Apr 8, May 6, 13, 27, Jun 3, 10, 11, 24, Jul 15, 22, 29, Aug 5 1954; Feb 3 10, 17, 24, Jun 16, 23, 30, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 18, 25, Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 5, 10, 17, 24, Dec 8, 15, 22 1955; Jan 1, 12, 19, 26, Feb 16, Mar 8, 22, 29, Jul 26 1956; Oct 2 1958; Feb 12, Mar 12, 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 1959; Sep 1, Dec 1 1960; Jan 5, Dec 28 1961; Jul 1 1976; Jul 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27, Sep 3, 10 1981.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHolston Methodist\u003c/title\u003e (Knoxville, TN): Mar 20 1875; May 8 1885; Nov 16 1892\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSullivan Landmark\u003c/title\u003e (Blountville, TN), Sep 17 1879\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWestern North Carolina Methodist\u003c/title\u003e (Asheville, NC), Dec 3 1891\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The following books were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Rare Book Collection: Arnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B. Gilbert.  Stepping stones to literature . New York: Silver, Burdett and Co., 1902. Coleradge, S. T.  Biographia literaria , vol. I. New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817. Daily, John R.  Primitive Baptist hymn and tune book . Indianapolis, Ind.: Earl and William T. Daily, n.d. Daniel, J. R. V.  A hornbook of Virginia history . Richmond, Va.: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, 1949. Debnam, W. E.  Weep no more, my lady: a southerner answers Mrs. Roosevelt's report on the \"poor and unhappy\" South . Raleigh, N. C.: W. E. Debnam, 1950. Durand, Silas H. and P. G. Lester.  Hymn and tune book for use in old school or primitive Baptist churches . Greenfield, Ind.: D. H. Goble, 1886. A Listing of men from Floyd County who served as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War or War Between the States, 1861-1865, compiled from the records of Camp III . [S.l.: s.n., 198-?] Monteith, James.  First lessons in geography . New York: A. S. Barnes, 1876. The Old school hymnal . Macon, Ga.: J. A. Monsees, 1937.","The following newspapers were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Newspaper Collection: Bluff City News  (Bluff City, TN), Nov 16 1889 Bristol Courier  (Bristol, TN), Oct 2 1879; Sep 17, Nov 19 1885; Nov 15 1888; Sep 5 1889; Feb 27 1890; Jan 21, Jun 16 1892 Central Star  (Blountville, TN), Nov 20, 1884 Christian Advocate  (Nashville, TN): Feb 21 1874 Christian Advocate  (St. Louis, MO): Jun 8 1887 Floyd Press  (Floyd, VA), Jun 6 1940; Aug 21 1941; Jun 8 1949; Jul 27 1950; Jan 18, Feb 15, 22, Aug 9, 16, Oct 18 1951; May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Jun 19, Aug 7, 14, 21 1952; Apr 8, May 6, 13, 27, Jun 3, 10, 11, 24, Jul 15, 22, 29, Aug 5 1954; Feb 3 10, 17, 24, Jun 16, 23, 30, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 18, 25, Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 5, 10, 17, 24, Dec 8, 15, 22 1955; Jan 1, 12, 19, 26, Feb 16, Mar 8, 22, 29, Jul 26 1956; Oct 2 1958; Feb 12, Mar 12, 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 1959; Sep 1, Dec 1 1960; Jan 5, Dec 28 1961; Jul 1 1976; Jul 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27, Sep 3, 10 1981. Holston Methodist  (Knoxville, TN): Mar 20 1875; May 8 1885; Nov 16 1892 Sullivan Landmark  (Blountville, TN), Sep 17 1879 Western North Carolina Methodist  (Asheville, NC), Dec 3 1891"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_c5ebcea8a5f9ab67bd7c068af29054e2\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis is a collection of materials related to Floyd County, Virginia history, particularly--but not limited to--church and education history, as well as materials related to the county's general history and its sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. Also includes personal materials, consisting of school records and diplomas from Radford College, personal photographs and ephemera, and sheet music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This is a collection of materials related to Floyd County, Virginia history, particularly--but not limited to--church and education history, as well as materials related to the county's general history and its sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. Also includes personal materials, consisting of school records and diplomas from Radford College, personal photographs and ephemera, and sheet music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"persname_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":51,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T02:01:00.952Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428_c03_c06"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01_c06","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"George B. Austin","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01_c06#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01_c06","ref_ssm":["viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01_c06"],"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01_c06","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01","parent_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01","parent_ssim":["viw_repositories_2_resources_392","viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01","viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viw_repositories_2_resources_392","viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01","viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Austin-Twyman Papers","Series 1: Letters","Subseries 1.1: Letters to, from, or about the Austin Family"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Austin-Twyman Papers","Series 1: Letters","Subseries 1.1: Letters to, from, or about the Austin Family"],"text":["Austin-Twyman Papers","Series 1: Letters","Subseries 1.1: Letters to, from, or about the Austin Family","George B. Austin","14 items."],"title_filing_ssi":"George B. Austin","title_ssm":["George B. Austin"],"title_tesim":["George B. Austin"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1848-1888 and undated"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1848/1888"],"normalized_title_ssm":["George B. Austin"],"component_level_isim":[3],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"collection_ssim":["Austin-Twyman Papers"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":1,"level_ssm":["Subseries"],"level_ssim":["Subseries"],"sort_isi":21,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"date_range_isim":[1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e14 items.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["14 items."],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#0/components#5","timestamp":"2026-05-20T22:55:06.862Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_392","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_392.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Austin-Twyman Papers","title_ssm":["Austin-Twyman Papers"],"title_tesim":["Austin-Twyman Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1765-1939"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1765-1939"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 69 Au7","/repositories/2/resources/392"],"text":["Mss. 69 Au7","/repositories/2/resources/392","Austin-Twyman Papers","Amherst County (Va.)--History--19th century","Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century","Legal documents","Medicine--Practice--Virginia","Medicine--Study and teaching--Virginia","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century","Slaves--United States--Correspondence","Slaves--Virginia--Correspondence","Slaves--Virginia--Social conditions","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","United States--History--War of 1812","Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates","Account books","Correspondence","Manuscripts (document genre)","10,764.00 items","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Organization: This collection is organized into 5 series: Series 1 contains letters, Series 2 contains the James River and Kanawha Company papers, Series 3 contains accounts and legal papers, Series 4 contains genealogical material, and Series 5 contains manuscript volumes. Arrangement: This collection is arranged into series and then subseries. These subseries are arranged by family names, then by individual name and finally by date. Also available on microfilm University Publications of America.","Additional information may be found at: http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00045.frame","When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.","Papers, 1765 (1800-1890) 1939, of the Austin, Twyman, Spiller and Horsley families of Amherst and Buckingham counties, Virginia.","The papers include correspondence, accounts, legal papers and manuscript volumes. Includes papers of Archibald Austin (1772-1837), member of Congress, 1817-1819, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1815-1816, 1835-1837, his wife, Grace R. (Booker) Austin and their children, James M. Austin, John Austin and Bernard Austin, Grace Austin and Frances (Austin) Wright.","Correspondents of Archibald Austin include William H. Cabell, Walter L. Fontaine, Charles Yancey, Waller Taylor, George Booker, and Robert T. Hubard.","Subjects include the War of 1812, national politics and the business of the Virginia General Assembly. Papers include correspondence of Archibald Austin's son-in-law, Doctor Iverson Lewis Twyman (1810-1864) who married first, Mary Lavinia Horsley and second, Martha E. Austin. His correspondence concerns slavery, farm management, the study and practice of medicine and the education of his children whose letters are also part of the collection. His children were Iverson Lewis Twyman (1849-1921), John Austin Twyman, Superintendent of Schools in Buckingham County, Samuel Rogers Twyman (concerning Twyman genealogy), Augusta Giles Twyman and Mabel Booker Twyman.","Austin twyman papers collection 1765-1865 Amherst and Buckingham Counties is available on 35 reels of microform in Swem Library's Microforms area call number HD1471 .U5 R43","Papers also contain a few items concerning the Horsley family and much correspondence and many accounts of James Madison Spiller, a friend of Dr. Iverson Lewis Twyman and the father-in-law of Iverson Lewis Twyman, Jr. The collection includes several items relating to Peter Francisco, Revolutionary War hero; materials relating to the James River and Kanawha Canal; letters pertaining to the Civil War; accounts and legal documents concerning Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell, Cumberland, Goochland, King and Queen, Nelson, Powhatan and Prince Edward Counties; genealogical materials relating to the Austin, Booker, Byrd, Clark, Gaines, Lewis, Montague, Rogers, Twyman and Walker families; and miscellaneous material consisting of poetry, religious manuscripts, recipes, memoranda and photographs.","Letters are filed in chronological order within each folder. Consequently, there may be more than one letter in the folder written by the person listed in the inventory and also, the letters written by this person may not be filed together within the folder. If the researcher is interested in a person, look throughout the folder. If the researcher is interested in a subject, each letter by the person writing about the subject must be looked at make sure all of the information about the subject has been seen. This series is divided into subseries by family name.","22 items.","5 items. Includes letters to Thomas Leland, John Austin (concerning a survey of James Breckenridge's grant). William A. Perkins and Robert Garland.","17 items. Includes letters by James Austin (brother, concerning candidates for House of Delegates in election of 1837), Grace R. Austin (wife), James M. Austin (son, concerning candidates for House of Delegates in election of 1837), Bernard Austin (son, while studying at an unidentified college which he compares to Hampden-Sydney College; and concerning his law practice and that of his father; and politics), John Austin (son).","72 items.","11 items. Includes letters by Bernard Austin (to his mother asserting his independence in regard to a marriage choice and concerning his leaving Virginia), B. G. Booker (brother of Mrs. Austin, concerning his move to the West), I. L. Twyman (asking assent from Grace R. Austin to marry her daughter), Eliza B. Austin, Susan Austin (ensalved woman), Martha E. (Austin) Twyman.","Susan Austin letter, 18 July 1851 includes transcription of the letter.","8 items. Includes letters by James Walker (concerning inoculation), William H. Cabell, Waller Taylor, Thomas McCleland (sending French clover seed from Botetourt Co., Va.), Jeremiah Weaver (money owed for a racehorse and carriage horses), Samuel P. Christian (soldiers from Buckingham County stationed on Craney Island in War of 1812), George Booker (written 26 March 1814, while serving with troops east of Lynnhaven), Gideon Spencer (asking Archibald Austin to run for Congress).","19 items. Includes letters by Richard Dabbs (setting up a schedule for preaching), Charles Yancey (written 10 February 1820, concerning session of General Assembly and the Missouri Compromise), Waller Taylor ([several items] Florida Question; Missouri Compromise; death of Stephen Decatur; insanity of John Randolph of Roanoke; Daniel D. Tompkins; opinion of Henry Clay; fear of Jackson and Calhoun; and election of John Q. Adams), Walter L. Fontaine (written 30 January 1821, concerning business of the General Assembly), Ro. B. Jones, Isham Talbot (laying off the town of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; description of Alabama; his crops), S. Branch, Samuel C. Scott, John Fauntieroy, A. Caldwell.","12 items. Includes letters by A. White, Hampden-Sydney College (monthly report), George Booker (concerning business of General Assembly and revision of Virginia Court System in 1831), Stephen Hubbard, E. Booker (concerning anti-tariff convention to be held in Philadelphia September 1821), J. Mills, C. Fontaine, John W. Haskins, Samuel Ford, James W. Bouldin.","11 items. Includes letters by George Booker (declining to run again for House of Delegates), Charles Yancey (declining to run again for House of Delegates), John Morgan (asking Archibald Austin to run for House of Delegates), James Bouldin (discussing his mailing list to constituents), M. C. Spencer, P. P. Smith, Stephen Hubbard, C. Fontaine, H. Lipscomb, Samuel Ford.","11 items. Includes letters by P. P. Smith, P. H. Fontaine (news of politics in Washington and Virginia in 1836), Ro. T. Hubard, Thomas McCoy (concerning Bernard G. Austin), W. P. Mosley, University of Virginia (monthly report), Thomas H. Merryman, W. C. Nicholas.","7 items.","Letters by Archibald Austin, Jr.","17 items.","Letters by (and to) Bernard Gaines Austin. Concerning his life in Missouri; and an operation by Doctor [John Peter] Mettauer. To brothers and to Dr. I. L. Twyman.","111 items.","29 items. Payment for hire of slave Beverly while he was in the woods. Possible sale of slaves to pay off debt. Letters written to John Austin while he was attending the University of Virginia. Family going to the Centennial on borrowed money. News of the centennial. Reconstruction.","64 items. Concerning a homesick overseer, preparations for Christmas; food; clothes; hiring and selling of slaves; plants for the yard; slaves weaving cloth and making shoes. Slave Beverly.","18 items. Includes two slave letters (Mary to her mother and father; and Lucy Patterson to Beverly, her son). Includes letter, 7 May 1859, of R. Elariage stating he has no objection to a slave marriage and endorsing the prospective husband. Letter outlining how to manage the estate of Archibald Austin ['If we lose when we own the negroes, how much more loss we would sustain when the negroes are hired.\"] and what has transpired financially since Austin's death twelve years previously including the sale of forty-three slaves. Also letters written from Virginia Female Institute, Staunton, Va.","14 items.","Letters by George B. Austin. Also 2 letters to George B. Austin, 1847 and 1853. Sale of slaves; price of slaves in Richmond in 1854 and Austin's life as a schoolteacher in West Virginia.","6 items.","Letters to Grace Austin. Hiring of slaves in February 1865; and religion.","26 items.","12 items. Studying medicine at the University of Virginia and at Philadelphia College of Medicine. Hiring out of enslaved persons.","14 items. Letters written by J. L. Cabell (describing location of rooms at University of Virginia and recommending Austin), Charles J. Gee (concerning studying medicine and University of Virginia) and Thomas W. Hix (concerning studies at Philadelphia College of Medicine). Hiring of enslaved persons.","5 items.","Letters to Martha Austin, (before her marriage in 1848 to I.L. Twyman - see that file). Letter describing wedding plans and a cap.","29 items.","11 items. Family rift. Letters, 25 July - 5 September 1861, written by Austin while serving in [Company E, 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment.]","18 items. Includes letter about Civil War, 1861, from S. E. Austin, wife of Dr. James M. Austin and letters, 1838, written by Thomas F. Perkins concerning University of Virginia. Other letters concern hiring slaves to work on railroad and runaway slave.","513 items.","6 items. Includes letters to Miss Mary Lavinia Horsley (1838), Mrs. Mary Lavinia Horsley Twyman, capt. Robert Horsley, Miss Rebecca P. Horsley. (See letter, 4 March 1839, to Lavinia Horsley concerning eastern Tennessee).","16 items. Includes letters to Capt. A. W. Flippin, Capt. Harrington, George B. Austin, Martha E. Austin (written during her engagement to Twyman), Mrs. Martha E. Twyman (concerning the practice of medicine; care of a slave's child while she is in the field; sudden death of a slave mourned both as loss of property and as loss of a member of the family; and sale of slave \" [?] will tell the negroes and send them to crying and howling.\"","11 items. Includes letters to Frances Austin, Thomas Austin (concerning Rebecca Horsley), Grace B. Austin, Bernard Austin, Mrs. Martha E. Twyman, John Austin (hire of the slave Beverly; suggests taking him to a slave trader to see how much he would give for him to know whether to sell him or hire him out).","5 items. Includes letters to Daniel Woodson, Glass \u0026 Woodson, Lynchburg, Va., Thomas Austin, John Austin. Advice to John Austin concerning the study of medicine. Selling of slaves.","19 items. Includes letters to John Austin (writing a thesis for Austin while Austin is studying medicine in Philadelphia; hiring of slaves), Thomas Austin, Mrs. Martha E. Twyman.","12 items. Includes letters to Martha A. Twyman, Frances A. Austin (concerning hiring of slaves), John Austin, Thomas Austin, B. M. DeWitt (concerning family rift), M. M. Pendleton.","15 items. Includes letters to James M. Spiller, Thomas Austin (concerning sale of a slave child), Martha E. Twyman (concerning a division of slaves; advice on raising their son; selling slaves), B. M. DeWitt, W. M. Cabell, Iverson L. Twyman ([b. 1849] encouraging him to learn to read.)","15 items. Includes letters to James M. Spiller, Dr. Isaac Hays, R. S. Ellis, Dr. W. A Horsley (concerning cure for tapeworm), Orville Allen, Gen. Ro. A. Banks (politics), Gen. A. Brown, D. A. Snow (termination of a female schoolteacher's school because of her opinions on the hanging of the John Brown conspirators), Jno. Thompson.","17 items. Civil War comments in letters to Thomas Austin, J. M. Spiller, Iverson L. Twyman (b. 1849), J. B. McCaw (war injury of an Alabama soldier), Martha E. Twyman (concerning his illness and stay at Coyner's Springs), Col. R. H. Gilliam.","8 items. Includes note concerning trying to make slaves look better before they are sold.","14 items. Seth Woodruff (buying slaves in Richmond and taking them south), P. G. Gillum (concerning medical studies in Philadelphia), W. N. Rodes (Tennessee life), Orville Allen, B. M. DeWitt, F. Hopkins.","10 items. Includes letters from F. Hopkins, Samuel Jackson (medical advice), Chas. P. Lee, George S. Thornton (study of medicine in Philadelphia), William H. Diggs.","12 items. Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt, F. Hopkins, John Early (1786-1873), Anthony Thornton, John H. Rodes, Lea \u0026 Blanchard, Philadelphia, Pa., Andrew White, Benjamin White.","5 items. Includes letters from Benjamin F. Rodes, F. T. Stribling (superintendent of Western Asylum), A. Pamplin, Shelton F. Leake, and B. M. DeWitt.","17 items. Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt, F. Hopkins, Jessie T. Agee, J. B. Reswick \u0026 Co., David B. Phelps, S. C. Banks, H. Mongomerie, Julia DeWitt, Francis T. Stribling (superintendent of Western Asylum), G. T. Thornton. Letters concern hiring of slaves.","14 items. Includes letters from Geo. T. Thornton (concerning his courtship), B. M. DeWitt (concerning his financial condition), Martha M. Phillips, P[aulus] Powell ([1809-1874] Congressman), James Alexander, D. T. C. Peters, V. Mosby.","18 items. Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt (concerning George T. Thornton; and the Richmond Examiner), V. P. Mosby, John G. McClanahan, Daniel P. Woodson, James M. Harris, S. P. [Vauter ?], D. P. Gooch, Seth Woodruff (evaluating slaves), W. A. Payne, Charles Scott (by Robert Pleasants), Anthony Thornton.","18 items. Includes letters from George T. Thornton (concerning Paulus Powell), James Brown (concerning a slavetrader, Samuel Rees), James M. Harris, E. Wingfield, D. P. Gooch, W. A. Payne (concerning possibility of gonorrhea among slaves), Andrew White, D. C. Jones, W. T. Young, Frances Rogers, E. Franklin, Jr. William H. Brown.","16 items. Includes letters from DeWitt H. White (concerning his medical practice), R. B. Gooch (concerning The Southern Planter), W. C. Jordan (granting permission for his slave to marry one of Twyman's slaves if Twyman approves), [Meem ?] Gwatkin, Thomas Robert, Anthony Thornton (concerning George Thornton), David S. Kaufman (describing Texas), Daniel Woodson (concerning Texas), R. D. Palmer, unidentified writer (concerning candidates for Convention for 1850; and poisoning by slaves), Bennitt M. DeWitt (concerning Richmond Examiner), E. A. Palmer, J. B. Strong (concerning hiring slaves).","10 items. Includes letters from Robert A. Stephens (concerning hiring slaves), William M. Blackford, [?] Hopkins, Daniel Woodson (concerning east-west plit of Virginia), Benjamin Winter, Ritchie \u0026 Dunnavant, R. Strabler \u0026 Co.","13 items. Includes letters from James D. Watts (asking Twyman to act as a protector and advisor to Watt's slave), R. C. Woody, Nathaniel Woodhouse, F. M. Cabell, L. Brown, Zullock \u0026 Crenshaw, Seth Woodruff (asking for slave to be delivered so she can be sent south with others), William N. Chick, William M. Cabell, J. W. Cameron, Mary M. Cameron.","15 items. Includes letters from H. Mundy (his medical studies at University of Virginia; and death of John Austin), Smith Bosworth, L H. Wingfield, B. M. DeWitt (concerning family rift; and editing newspaper in Alabama), Thomas A Carter (punishment of slave), Silas P. Vauter, Joseph Kyle, R. W. Shaw (hiring slave), George T. Thornton, John F. White, B. Gildersleeve, Jackson L. Thornton (concerning George T. Thornton), James M. [Fulks ?], Jno. F. Hix (hiring slaves).","15 items. Includes letters from J. B. Scott (illness of slave), Smith Bosworth (hiring slave), John C. Mundy (medical studies at University of Pennsylvania), James E. Horner (hiring slave), W. H. Perkins (meeting of General Assembly), Samuel Scott, J. B. Wilkinson (hiring slaves), Jefferson Mays, George T. Thornton (his medical practice), Jesse L. Wilkinson, Benjamin S. Vawter (his medical studies at University of Virginia), R. H. Dickinson \u0026 Brother (evaluation of slaves), Jno. S. Cocke, Robert H. Gray (hiring slaves to work on Virginia \u0026 Tennessee Railroad).","30 items. Includes letters from A. M. Montgomery (hiring slaves to lay railroad track), Dickinson, Hill \u0026 Co. (value of slaves), Pulliam \u0026 Davis (value of slaves), James D. Watts (illness of slaves), George G. Curle (hiring of slaves), Jno. W. Haskins, M. F. Perkins (hiring overseer), L. H. Wingfield, George T. Thornton, James M. Cunningham (his illness), Walter S. Dunn ([of James River and Kanawha Canal]; runaway hired slaved), Francis A. Blu[?], W. P. Hill (appointing Twyman delegate for Medical Society of Virginia to National Medical Association in Philadelphia), William M. Cabell, George B. Thurman, B. M. DeWitt, J. C. Mundy, James B. Hargrove, L. H. Wingfield, A. N. Montgomery, W. T. Anderson, L. P. Mercer, James M. Fulks, Smith Bosworth.","34 items. Includes letters from J. C. Mundy, Taliaferro \u0026 Hamilton, S. F. Lucado, N. F. Bocock (runaway slave), B. M. DeWitt, James M. Harris (hire of slaves; runaway hired slave), J. D. Damson, Lewis H. Wingfield, A. Hopkins, Charles R. Shepard, H. Wilson Hix (hire of slave), Lawson G. Tyler (sending slave nurse), John Harry (his illness), James Bolton (treatment of injured eye), David R. Lew, Isaac Hays (treatment of injured eye), Adie Gray, Th. F. Perkins, Eliza Spencer, Mary Miller, D. M. Pulliam \u0026 Co. (sale of runaway slave), James M. Fulks (hire of slave), S. J. Woolridge, Elizabeth A. Harvey, Mayo Cabell, R. T. Ellis, Jr., William J. Spencer (overseer of the poor, Buckingham Co., Va.), William D. Cabell (hire of slave and his treatment.)","35 items. Includes letters from Absalom (slave letter), W. Gill (concerning slave Absalom), James M. Harris (hiring slaves for James River and Kanawha Canal), Robert A. Banks (politics), L. D. Mercer, R. H. Gilliam, Doctor James Bolton, Jordan Taylor (health of slave), D. H. Landon, J. Lawrence Meem, Alfred Iverson (concerning geneology of Iverson family), J. L. Thornton (illness and death of George T. Thornton), M. G. C. Long, W. M. Woodward, Adeline A. Sands (applying for teaching position), E. J. Snow (her firing as teacher), D. A. Snow (for A. Snow concerning firing of E. J. Snow), Hableston \u0026 Bro., T. Lyon, A. M. Ford(applying for teaching position), Mary F. Dandridge, John G. Meem, M. E. Walsh (negotiating and accepting teaching position), Lucy C. Bondurant (applying for teaching position), E. H. Gill (hiring slaves for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad), Ada B. Bocock.","Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt, W. P. Mosley (candidate for Secession Convention), McCorkle \u0026 Co. (hiring enslaved persons), E. H. Gill (hiring enslaved persons for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad), unidentified writer (hiring of enslaved persons), Ella T. Watson (her education), C. Emma Moore, James M. Harris, Lucy C. Bondurant, William Knabe \u0026 Co. (piano), John G. Meem, Conrad Freimann (piano), Peter R. Patterson, C. A. Preots (Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute), James L. Stephens, Robert (Keats?), L. D. Jones, T. T. Omohundro, E. H. Gill, R. H. Gillam, John Farriss (hiring enslaved persons), Elsom Bro. \u0026 Co., Howardsville, Va., Jacob Garrett, H. M. Bondurant, Robert L. Ragland, John H. Bondurant (hiring enslaved persons), Judith B. Smith, Charles R. Ackerly, Z. G. Wood, Sarah S.. Carnifer, Wilson Hix (to Martha (Austin) Twyman), Thomas P. Childress, Mary Clegg (applying for teaching position), R. S. Powers.","Includes letters by Thomas Dodermead (hiring slaves for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Co.; runaway hired hand, Beverly); \"A Methodist\" (concerning a teaching position; she studied at Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute), W. A. Turner (hiring slaves), Jno. J. Riggins (teaching), Bocock \u0026 Parrish, John W. Wingfield (paymaster for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, hiring slaves), Mary (Annis?) DeWitt (illness of B. M. DeWitt, bears letter of J. C. Mundy), Jno. F Hix (death of B. M. DeWitt), Mary A. Morris (requesting that her husband be re-committed to Western State Asylum), R. B. Shaw, Jr. (speculating that Lee may attack Hooker), Samuel Read (Confederate government's hiring of slaves), J. A. Hefelfinger (Coyner's Springs), Adeline A. Sands (teaching position), Hetty R. Gillam, N. F. Bocock, Stabler \u0026 Jones, C. Amanda Hix, J. L. Thornton (describing Union raid in Orange County, Virginia), Robert Atkinson, Hill, Dickinson \u0026 Co., Richmond, Virginia, (price of slaves), R. P. Pattison, W. W. Forbes (hiring slaves for Joseph R. Anderson \u0026 Co. Tredegar), Brown \u0026 Deane, Richmond, Virginia (scarcity of schoolbooks), E. A. Cabell, Thomas F. Perkins (school), Julia E. DeWitt, W. M. Jerdone (his school), Alfred Hughes, A. Brooks (Confederate cavalryman from Georgia).","36 items. Includes letters by George T. Thornton, J. M. Harris, Jno. F. Hix, Cambridge Austin (slave letter), James Jones, Ths. M. Watson, E. A. Cabell (hiring slaves), Mrs. E. H. Gill, L. D. Jones, Th[omas] Wilson Hix, V. P. Mosby, Francis A. Blair, R. S. Ellis, Jr., Benjamin F. Rodes, E. H. Gill, William D. Hix, E. D. Moore, Jesse A. Watts (at the University of Virginia), Bennitt M. DeWitt (family rift), George W. Clark, O. A. (speech by Governor Barbour), W. C. Jordan (describing how to build a hot bed to grow potatoes), M. F. [Perkins ?], Doctor James Bolton (from Twyman), P[aulus] Powell, Hiram C. Kyle, [?] Austin, L. W. Cabell.","218 items.","7 items. Includes letters to Frances Austin Wright (mother's female illness; an alleged malingering and burglarizing female slave; fixing new clothes to sell a slave in; sewing slave clothing; selling of slaves), John Austin (fixing up slaves to sell), mother Grace R. Austin (having teeth fixed - bears letter of Iverson Lewis Twyman to George B. Austin).","7 items. Includes letters to sister Grace Austin, Frances Austin (family rift), John Austin, Iverson L. Twyman.","16 items. Letters to Iverson L. Twyman (letter, 13 September 1853 bears letter of Frances A. Austin concerning slave leaving to visit his wife). Other letters concern dressing slaves up to sell them and slave Beverly apparently with Confederate Army during Gettysburg Campaign), James M. Spiller, R. S. Ellis, Jr. (to Martha Twyman), J. Avis Bartley and Sarah F. Harris.","25 items. Includes letters to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921), concerning her worry about him, the education of his brothers and sisters, an umber mine on her farm, and sharecropping with freed blacks. Includes a letter to James A. Wright and one letter from Mabel Twyman to her brother Iverson Twyman.","27 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concerns the family's poverty and her concern over the sale of family land. Includes a letter to Mary Spiller and a letter from Mabel B. Twyman. Includes a draft of a letter to C. L. Cocke concerning Hollins Institute.","16 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concerns the family's poverty and her concern over the sale of family land. Includes a letter to Mary Spiller.","16 items. Concerns the family's poverty and money owed to West \u0026 Agee which may force the sale of her land.","17 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concern the family's poverty and her concern over her son's safety.","10 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concern the family's poverty and her concern for her son.","13 items. Written to her son John Twyman. Includes letters to John Twyman from Sam Twyman, Iverson L. Twyman and Augusta G. Twyman and a letter of Martha E. (Austin) Twyman to Iverson L. Twyman.","6 items. Written to Iverson L Twyman (1810-1864). Frances (Austin) Wright, Nannie [?], John Austin, Iverson L. Twyman (b. 1849) and Grace Austin.","25 items. Includes letters from L. J. Payne, W. C. Jordan, an unidentified woman (complaining of verbal abuse by slaves), Penariah Layne, Samuel McCorkle, M. A. Robertson, Kate F. Evans, I. B. Garden (sprinkling of chloride of lime about the [slave] cabins to prevent the spread of fever), W. M. Cabell, Samuel Read (hire of slave by Confederate States Army), [James M. Spiller ?], Junius E. Leigh, James Avis Bartley, Seymour W. Holman (bears engraving of Washington College now Washington and Lee University), Internal Revenue Service (enclosing bank income tax form for 1868) and William J. Spencer.","10 items. Includes letters from E. A. Carter, James M. Harris, Seymour W. Holman (concerning Iverson Twyman's courtship of a Georgia woman), Charles Lewis Cocke (concerning his deduction for indigent students and his standard for hiring teachers at Hollins Institute [now Hollins College]), N. F. Ellis, [Sue Asa Washington ? - former slave ?], J. S. Tompkins (at Hollins Institute [now Hollins College] sending his treatment for typhoid fever), M. N. Cabell (concerning will of James M. Wright).","23 items. Includes letters from R. S. Ellis, Jr., Nannie F. Ellis (concerning Hollins Institute [now Hollins College]), L. C. P., [John Dismuke ?], George J. Hundley, M. A. Robertson, Eliza M. Eldridge (bears draft of a letter to [?] concerning the hiring of a teacher), M. K. Cabell, Amanda [?], N. A. Moseley (concerning a slave marriage), K. M. Perkins, and Samuel B. Partin.","390 items.","26 items. Includes letters written (while teaching school in Georgia) to father Iverson L. Twyman (1810-1864), mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances A. Wright, [?] Gill (draft, 5 July 1871, of a love letter), and sister Augusta Giles Twyman.","21 items. Includes letters written (while teaching school in Georgia, from New Orleans and while moving to Texas) to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Dan [?], Hank [Frances A. Wright], Uncle Paschal Twyman, Fannie [?], Annie [?] (love letter), James M. Spiller, M. Edwards.","19 items. Includes letters written (while teaching school in Texas) to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances (Austin) Wright, Annie [?] (love letter), [?] Lowe, Augusta Giles Twyman, John Twyman.","14 items. Includes letters written from Texas to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances (Austin) Wright, Annie [?], John Twyman, Alice Johnson (love letter), Letter, 14 September 1874, concerns Texas and Black persons.","8 items. Includes letters written from Texas to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances (Austin) Wright, John A. Twyman, Samuel R. Twyman, William Dixon, Augusta Giles Twyman.","28 items. Includes letters written to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Augusta Giles Twyman, John A. Twyman, Samuel A. Twyman.","30 items. Includes letters written from Texas to Augusta Giles Twyman, John Austin, Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Hank (Frances A. Wright), Mabel Booker Twyman.","30 items. Includes letters (written from Texas) to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Thomas Austin, Augusta Giles Twyman, Miss Yelverton, John A. Austin (concerning Greenback Party).","15 items. Includes letters (written from Texas) to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Mabel Booker Twyman, Emma Buson, Thomas [?], Albert Langley. Last letter in folder written from Virginia.","6 items. From Virginia to brother John in Nashville, Tennesse. One letter bears composition \"Management of Common Schools\" and another bears note of M. E. Twyman asking her son not to drink.","28 items. Include letters from Virginia to brother John Twyman in Nashville (where he is attending college at State Normal College, now Peabody College) and in Texas. Two letters bear letters of Augusta Giles Twyman. Letters concern Readjuster politics in Buckingham County. \"The Readjusters all over the county voted for the negro [Shed Dungee] and John Eldridge says he is prouder of that one act than of any other in his whole life.\" Lists other individuals who voted for Dungee. Turkey and deer hunting.","16 items. Letters to brother John Twyman in Texas. Concerns Mabel Booker Twyman leaving State Normal School (Peabody College) and Eben Sperry Stearns. Includes letter to Antonia (Spiller) Twyman (whom he married in 1884). Letters to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman and a letter, n.d., to J. Avis Bartley.","5 items. Includes letters written by Seymour W. Holman, John A. Twyman. Also includes letters from J. W. Fishburne to W. J. Moseley, B. F. Outze and J. R. Taylor concerning I. L. Twyman and Twyman's teaching certificate, 1871, issued in Meriwether County, Ga.","14 items. Includes letters written by Seymour W. Holman (of Mexia, Texas), Fannie [?], Stanley P. Mosley, Addie M. Walker, W. W. Wisdom, a school agreement drawn up by Twyman and letters of recommendation written by Holman concerning Twyman's qualifications to teach school.","25 items. Love letters from Miss Annie Vickers (See also folders 66-68 for drafts of Twyman's letters).","30 items. Includes letters from J. L. Lowe, Seymour W. Holman, W. P. Moseley, Mary P. Moreland, Gussie Moreland, W. H. Richardson (to George J. Hundley concerning appointment of John A Twyman to VMI), P. H. Dunson, J. P. Philpott, Wilson, Hinkle \u0026 Co., Cincinnati, Ohio (concerning schoolbooks), Hattie Harris, A. M. Johnson, Maggie Harris, A. M. Johnson, L. D. Forbes. Letters concern Mexia, Texas and teaching school.","15 items. Includes letters from W. M. Thornton, George J. Hundley, John M. Colby, J. W. Fishburne, M. Washington, C. F. Scott. Letters concern teaching school.","20 items. Includes letters from R. F. Mills, Jno. T. Blalock, Thomas F. Lewis, Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, W. B. Blalock, W. L. Price, and letters concerning Twyman's church membership and letters of recommendation. Includes a teaching certificate for Limestone, Texas.","24 items. Includes letters from Seymour W. Holman, (letter, 8 May 1878, concerns lynching of a black), W. P. Moseley, Rush G. Kimball, James B. Thurman, Thomas Waters, S. P. Moseley, Fanny Prendergast, Laura Rogers. Letters concern Mexia, Texas and teaching school.","12 items. Includes letters from M. E. Robertson, H. Beall, Albert Langley, C. P. Estill, Jno. F. Blalock, R[ush] G. Kimball, Henry L. Holman. Letters concern Mexia, Texas and teaching school.","4 items. W. T. Williams, S. W. Holman (of Mexia, Texas), F. P. Moseley, S. A. Moreland (bears letter of Holman), J. P. Philpott, Bass Williams, letter of recommendation of Twyman signed by citizens of Buckingham.","383 items.","10 items. Letters to Iverson L. Twyman bear letters from Samuel R. Twyman and Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, concerning family's poverty and his desire for an education; two people in jail for whipping children to death. Letter (draft) to Joseph Dupuy Eggleston , State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and teachers certificates signed in 1902-1905 by Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va.","21 items. Includes copies of letters to Joseph Dupuy Eggleston concerning a controversy over the location of a school; copies of love letters to \"\"Miss Smith\"\" in December 1907 - January 1908 and copies of love letters to Josephine White, December 1922 - January 1923.","10 items. Includes letters from William Merry Perkins, N. A. Moseley, J. R. Blackburn, Eben S. Stearns (concerning Twyman's attendence at State Normal School, now Peabody College) and William S. Eldridge. Includes teachers certificates. One letter is to Iverson L. Twyman from John M. Colby concerning sale of Lee's Reminiscences.","17 items. Letters to Twyman in Starrville, Texas concerning State Normal College, Nashville, Tenn. (now Peabody), from Charles W. Bache, E. G. Littlejohn, Jr., J. S. Dobbins.","7 items. Letters to him in Texas and Virginia. Includes letters from Joseph E. Dobbins, E. G. Maller, J. A. Mundy, E. W. Twyman, [W. M. or Wm.] Cabell. Concern State Normal College, Nashville, Tenn. (now Peabody) and dissension in Mulberry Grove Church, Buckingham County.","6 items. Includes four letters from Miss Sally M. Smith (see folder 87 for copies of his letters to her) and C. M. [Feigenspan ?].","17 items. Letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. from James M. Thomas, Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, Courtney Irving, William G. Ransom. Includes letter, 11 January 1906, concerning Sally M. Smith (see folders 91 and 87).","34 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. from James S. Thomas, Walter R. Smith, A. L. Smith, Willis A. Jenkins (concerning Virginia Education Exhibit of Jamestown Exposition), Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, E. H. Russell, James S. Thomas, J. S. Jarman (president State female Normal School, Farmville, Va., now Longwood College).","32 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools in Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Willis A. Jenkins (concerning Jamestown Exposition), Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, James S. Thomas, William G. Ransom, Willie Sue Nicholas, Calva Watson, Lila Waller Duval, Charles M. Robinson, J. W. Hebditch, Hattie E. Forbes (concerning Sally M. Smith).","26 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools in Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Calva Watson, Willie Sue Nichols, A. L. Pitts, L. O. Prince, Jno. W. Prince, James S. Thomas, Love Hardy, Joseph D. Eggleston, J. W. Hebditch, G. W. Patteson, Wm. G. Ransom, Lila Waller Duval, Courtney Irving, W. B. Forbes, C. J. Morris, W. W. Haskins.","23 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include James B. Thomas, James H. Dilliard (concerning Jeanes Fund for black teachers), Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, T. E. Williams, Agnes White, H. Blankinship, Edna Wright, A. W. Carter, W. G. Edwards, Jackson Davis, Annie C. Coleman, A. W. Moore. Includes petitions requesting Twyman's reappointment as Superintendent.","8 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include O. J. Morgan, Nannie Baldwin, Calva Watson, Anna Roy[ster ?] Rogers, Eliza [?] (deciding not to marry Twyman because if her mother's objections), Plummer F. Jones (Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va.)","50 items. Letters to State Board of Education from W. L. Boatwright, A. H. Clement, A. C. Garnett, George Braxton Taylor, E. V. Anderson, A. S. Hall, Frank P. Brent, Sands Gayle requesting that Twyman be appointed again as school superintendent in place of Plummer F. Jones. Includes petitions.","22 items. Include letters written to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. and to R. C. Stearns, Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction. Correspondents include Florence L. Pettit, W. W. Haskins, Joseph W. Everett, Jno. B. Terrell, C. G. Baughan, R. F. Andrews, D. A. Christie, Jackson Davis, Joe B. [Davis ?], Sands Gayle, C. J. Holsinger, E. E. Worrell.","19 items. Include letters written to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Everett E. Worrell, H. L. Webb (to W. W. Haskins), Joseph W. Everett, R. C. Stearns. Includes regulations and grading system of Arvonia High School, 1915-1916.","22 items. Letters written to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Harris Hart, J. A. C. Chandler (asking that teachers be paid even though school sessions were shortened because of the influenza epidemic of 1918), Chandler \u0026 Blakey, Jno. P. McConnell, G. L. Brown, Arthur D. Wright, W. W. Haskins, George Braxton Taylor, Olivia L. Wyson (to P. P. Glover), Harris Hart (to Frank T. West), Josephine White, [Edward ?] C. Spencer, Polly Garnett Saunders, nan Edwards, James W. Wigginton, Harry F. Byrd (concerning Shenandoah National Park). Includes wedding announcement; and minutes, 1925, of Democratic County Committee.","12 items. Include letters to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Claude R. Wood, W. J. Hubard, G. L. Morris (and A. J. Terill and A. W. Carter to Morris), Edyth Jenkins, Carey M. Scales, R. S. Burruss, A. H. Trent.","16 items. Letters concerning Anti-Smith Democratic Movement. Correspondents include Lewis Twyman, J. Sidney Peters, Frank B. Dunford, G. W. M. [Taylor ?], J. Dwight Martin, James Cannon. Includes speech by T. N. Hass.","10 items. Mostly concern Republican party politics. Correspondents include Dr. P. E. Tucker, L. F. Harris, Emmett D. Gregory, J. W. Blackwell, Harry F. Byrd. Includes broadside, 1930, entitled \"Notice to the Republican voters of Buckingham County.\"","21 items. Correspondents include Grover Hudgins, Cora Wood, Lilliam Eldridge, Russell Moon, Gertrude Sadler, Harry Byrd, Carter Glass, Rebekah Ellis, Hunter McGuire (dictated), Charles M. Barrell. Letters from Byrd and Carter Glass thank Twyman for opposition to packing U. S. Supreme Court.","229 items.","10 items. To his brother Iverson L. Twyman or John A. Twyman. Concern family's poverty.","17 items. Includes letters to John A. Twyman, 1881-1882. Other letters concern Austin and Twyman genealogy.","18 items. Correspondents include Addison Spencer, Alice H. Bagby, L. F. Walker, W. R. Twyman, Iverson Twyman (of Bonham, Texas), Lizzie Twyman, C. Humphry, Julia Shipp, W. G. Stanard (concerning membership in the Virginia Historical Society), Lou. E. Twyman, John M. Daniel, Sm. L. [Clothworthy ?], John Lamb. Concern genealogical inquiries on Twyman family.","32 items. Correspondents include R. L. D. McAllister, Robert O. Garrett, Thomas M. Green, H. J. Eckenrode, William F. Bagby, Carl A. Lewis, John C. Underwood, George Braxton Taylor, Mrs. F. Handy, Anna Royster Rogers, James Y. Lloyd, Jno. W. Richardson, W. R. Twyman, E. V. Anderson, H. R. McIlwaine, George E. Booker, Lillie Beall Lewis, Ruth Beall, Jackson Davis (bears letter of Plummer F. Jones), E. W. Twyman. Concern genealogical inquiries on Twyman family.","22 items. Correspondents include Ruth Beall, Sands Gayle, H. Silverthorn Co., Benjamin Twyman, M. A. Twyman, H. R. McIlwaine, H. J. Eckenrode, Nusbaum Book \u0026 Art Co., Mrs. M. A. Twyman, Daphne A. Carter. Concern genealogical inquiries on Twyman family and Twyman crest.","26 items. Correspondents include Benjamin Twyman, Nusbaum Book \u0026 Art Co., Champ Clark, Margaret Huff (paper bears Twyman-coat-of-arms), D. W. Twyman, Jr., Thomas S. Martin, Leila C. Handy, Mrs. M. A. Twyman, Ruth Beall, Jno. C. Underwood, G. W. D. Twyman, Anna Roy[ster] Rogers, Sands Gayle, Lillie Geall Lewis. Concern genealogical inquiries on the Twyman family.","16 items. Correspondents include Leila C. Handy, Jno. C. Underwood, The Genealogical Association [William A. Crozier], Benjamin Twyman, Augusta G. Twyman (in Rome, Italy), Margaret H. Concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family.","10 items. Correspondents include Leila C. Handy, Anna Roy[ster] Rogers, Jno. C. Underwood, Ruth Beall, Mrs. R. J. Gilbert. Concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family.","14 items. Correspondents include Benjamin Twyman (enclosing photos), Mrs. R. J. Gilbert, H. D. Flood (concerning statue in Richmond to George Rogers Clark), J. M. Street, Laura K. Crozier, [?] Nichols, Fannie Twyman Gilbert. Concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family.","17 items. Correspondents include Mary Twyman Klayder, Lewis Twyman, Margaret Huff, Mrs. Robert J. Gilbert, I. M. S., William Ellyson (for State Mission Board of Baptist General Association), W. R. Boyd, Jr. (League to Enforce Peace), David Hepburn (Anti-Saloon League and pamphlet - Liquor vs. Life: Anarchy vs. Law by George W. McDaniel. Letters concern World War I, Influenza Epidemic of 1918.","22 items. Correspondents include Mary Twyman Klayder, Ruby M. Naylor, Oliver J. Sands, H. R. McIlwaine, Julia Twyman, George E. Booker, Duval Porter, C. M. Barrell, Effle E. Carney, Mrs. R. J. Gilbert, Arthur Kyle Davis, David Hepburn (Anti-Saloon League), Julien Gunn, J. H. Lewis, J. E. West, L. E. Mauch, Mildred Jones Lewis (concerning Lewis Association). Many letters concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family and death of Augusta Twyman.","17 items. Correspondents include Nettie [?], Mrs. Richard Floyd burke, James William Wigginton, Ruth Beall, Mrs. Robert J. Gilbert, Buford Twyman, Mary Twyman Klayder, H. F. Byrd (announcing his candidacy for governor), Eula May Burke, George Braxton Taylor, W. J. Hubard (concerning Lee Last Camp Association.)","8 items. Correspondents include Kate M. Cannon, Margaret Beale, James Lewis (English dog postcard), Lillie [?], Jamie Rouston Boulware, Kate M. Cannon, Mary T. Klayder.","84 items.","23 items. Letters written to Iverson L. Twyman (concerning teaching and the family's poverty), Bettie [?], Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, [Seymour W.] Holman.","31 items. Letters written to Iverson L. Twyman, Mabel B. Twyman, Samuel R. Twyman, Addie Walker.","30 items. Letters written by Louise E. Twyman, Daphne [?], Benjamin Twyman, V[irginia] Aldridge, S. F. Kitchen, Lucy Twyman (describing Episcopal Home in Richmond), M. V. Scruggs, M. M. Ellis, M. G. Carter, Ella Watson, Julia W. [Viditz?], L. F. Walker, [Nettie ?] Wright. Includes booklet (The Light of Christmastide).","17 items.","Letters by and to Julia Twyman. Correspondents include her mother, Uncle John Twyman, letter of recommendation of her as a teacher, Florida teaching certificates, M. Gordon Twyman while studying law at the University of Virginia.","46 items.","29 items. Correspondents are Iverson L. Twyman, John A. Twyman (one letter bears note by Iverson L. Twyman; most letters written while she was attending State Normal School, Nashville, Tenn., [now Peabody College]), Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Augusta G. Twyman (concerning Mabel Twyman's ill-health, Dr. Edward McGuire, Dr. Hunter McGuire, streetcars in Richmond), Dr. Hunter McGuire.","Letters written from Nellie [?].","15 items. Photograph of Jack Twyman (as Lorenzo in \"Merchant of Venice\"), spiritual autobiography (copy), 1811, of George Twyman. Letters of Julia [?] and A. S. H. to Mary Lavinia Twyman, Alexander H. Sands (to Dr. William P. Twyman), Lizzie Twyman, Ben Twyman, Mrs. John Eldridge and Grover Hudgins to Lewis Twyman, Emmett D. Gregory, M. Gordon Twyman (to Edith Twyman and Julia Twyman), Mrs. M. V. Ayres, Belle [?] to Pa.","5 items. Letter of E. P. Richardson to sister Ann S. Horsley, 1840, concerning qualms of her husband concerning slavery; letters, undated, of A. E. Horsley, letters, 1849 and n.d., of F. C. Horsley to Iverson L. Twyman (concerning his not being appointed to faculty of U. Va. : \"The faculty always intended to make their selections from the lower classes...They wanted to conciliate ragtag \u0026 bobtail because ragtag \u0026 bobtail vote for the delegates and the delegates vote for the annuity); John Horsley to James M. Spiller.","5 items. Letters, 1837 and n.d., written by Mary Lavinia Horsley to Henry Rodes. Letters, 1837-1838, of Henry A. Cabell and Henriann Cabell to Mary Lavinia Horsley. Mary Lavinia Horsley was the first wife of Iverson L. Twyman (1810-1864). They were married in Nov. 1838; she died in 1844.","6 items. Letters, 1853 and undated by Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin to Geo. B. Austin (concerning her separation from Austin) and to Iverson L. Twyman concerning her separation. Letters to Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin.","7 items. Correspondence, 1834-1853, of Robert Y. Horsley with to Iverson L. Twyman, Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin, George Austin and Lorenzo Norvell. Includes letter of Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin to George B. Austin.","7 items. Correspondence, 1838-1859, of Doctor William A. Horsley with Iverson L. Twyman (concerning Horsley's study of medicine at MCV) and William H. Summerell (concerning graduation at a medical school in Philadelphia).","15 items. 2 letters, Margaret Miller to Antonia (Tony) Spiller, 1868-1869. (In 1884 she married Iverson L. Twyman [1849-1921]. Letter, undated, by Hampden Spiller to George Spiller. Letters, 1851-1883 \u0026 undated, of Mary Frances Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman [bear letters of J. M. Spiller], Mrs [?] Bocock and letter, 1903, by F. G. Woodson to Mary F. Spiller.","8 items. Letters written by or addressed to Sue M. Payne, Caroline Spiller, Emma Spiller, H. B. Spiller, J. H. Spiller, James Spiller, P. H. Spiller, I. L. Twyman.","36 items. Letters, 1849, by G. A. Spiller to I. L. Twyman and James M. Spiller, George Spiller (while a student at VMI in 1862, working for New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad, Mobile, Ala., Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Jackson, Tennesse; Texas Investment Co., Ltd., Fort Worth, Texas; Cattle Raisers Association, Jacksboro, Texas; Daily and Weekly Gazette, Fort Worth, Texas) to James M. Spiller and Mary Francis Spiller. Letters, 1855- , written to George Spiller by Charles B. Stewart, J. A. Kinnter, C. W. Figgat, L. W. Frazer, John Dooley.","219 items.","9 items. Letters by J. M. Spiller, Guard Lock No. 4, James River \u0026 Kanawha Canal. One, 2 October 1848, is a detailed account of appearance and conversations of Thomas Hart Benton. Other letters concern politics, [Spiller's hatred of Whigs], slavery [\"I did not intend you to make a cook of Sally. Please leave her to herself to attend to the cows and her business - the women who suckle can and must cook\"] and requesting Twyman's aid in keeping Spiller's sister from going back to her former husband.","13 items. Letters written by J. M. Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman and George B. Austin concerning slaves (buying and selling) and farm management.","15 items. Letters of J. M. Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman (one letter bears letter of Mary F. Spiller to Twyman), John H. Johnson, William McCorkle, H. Johns.","16 items. Letters by J. M. Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman, Pauline V. Reid, Virginia J. McDowell, William A. Glasgow. Letters concern Civil War.","11 items. Letters by J. M. Spiller to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Iverson L. Twyman, and S. M. Bocock, concerning Reconstruction, povery of Twyman family and Readjusters.","18 items. Letters from C[hapman] Johnson, George Booker, F. Jones, John A. Cooke, Josiah Samuel, Charles T. Bocock (concerning separation from Sarah Ann (Spiller) Bocock (concerning disposition of slaves and her ex- husband Charles T. Bocock), Mathew McDaniel, Henry Loving (concerning settling Balc people in Ohio), Holison Johns, Walter Gwynn, Eliza Carrington, John J. Grasty.","24 items. Letters written by Eliza H. Carrington, D. P. Gooch, J. D. Davidson, H. C. Snyder, Reuben Sorrel (disposition of slaves), B. T. Stanley, N. H. Massie.","21 items. Letters written by A. H. Benson (of 11th Va. Infantry Regiment ?, bears drawing of engagement at Dranesville, Va., 20 December 1861), B. C. Megginson, N. F. Bocock, B. M. DeWitt, J. D. Davidson, T. Henry Thompson, [?] Rowland, Jones \u0026 Miller, Lynchburg, Va., F[rancis] H[enney] Smith (concerning supplies in 1865 for Virginia Military Institute), H. S. Lochery, George T. Lyle, John S. Grasty, B. Gould, A. C. Smith, Hall A. Winston \u0026 Co., Baltimore, Md., E. F. Blair.","15 items. Letters written by J. W. Walkup, Ben A. Donald (describing his recommendations for stuccoing), B. C. Megginson, Edward J. Chaffin, W. A. Deas (treasurer of VMI), Jno. K. Watkins, B. Gould, John T. Bocock, Charles A. Davidson, John S. Grasty (Presbyterian minister).","11 items. Includes letters from John S. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), S. M. Bocock, Elliott Spiller (while student at Hampden-Sydney College and including report) and M. N. Hylum (bears seal of and concerns Patrons of Husbandry, State Grange of Va.)","23 items. Many letters about death of Elliott Spiller by gunshot wound at Hampden-Sydney College. Other letters concern Patrons of Husbandry, State Grange of Virginia. Correspondents include John A. Preston, William M. McPheeters, J. M. Blanton, D. W. Sparks, M. N. Hayburn, J. M. R. Sprinkel, Charles J. Jones, C. M. Reynolds, John F. White, L. T. Wilson, Frank G. Ruffin, William B. Cowper, Mary E. K. Damson, J. B. Seeley, Snow \u0026 Johnson, [n. p.]","10 items. Letters written by A. F. Robertson, John T. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), William Mahone (calling a conference of Readjusters), Fannie Hamilton.","11 items. Letters written by John T. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), John F. White, William E. Cameron, Frank G. Ruffin (concerning election of ? and his own office in state government), J. M. Reynolds.","16 items. Letters written by John F. White (d. 1883), S. V. Reid, Mary Jasper Bocock, John S. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), Dr. James Madison Blanton, Jno. Henry Loving, George Hylton, William A. White.","15 items. Letters written by Fleming Harris (former slave in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio), Charles J. Jones, J. M. Harris, S. T. Young, Ro[bert] F. Mays, W. G. Payne, William L. Royall, R. W. Glass, Catherine E. Phelps, William Mahone (letters, 25 June 1886 and 16 October 1887; concerning tariff and providing campaign strategy to Joseph B. Buhoman in his race against [?] Figgatt).","15 items. Letters written by Catherine E. Phelps, R. W. Glass, William Mahone (Republican patronage), W [Skeny ?], Fulvia [?], P. H. McCaull, Robert M. Hudson, C. W. Humphreys, Elliott Spiller, James Spiller (grandson).","16 items. Letters written by or addressed to Dudley Brooke, Edward Cunningham, Joseph Curd, Joseph Davis, Alexander Fulton, James Govan, Mary (Twyman) Greenwood (b. 1733 - copy), Micajah [?], Henry McClurg, Jonathan Maxey, Richard North, Richard C. Potter, Richard Phelps, Thomas Pleasants (Quaker), Charles H. Saunders, John Seayres, Reuben Sims (issuing slave pass), George Twyman, Dr. James Walker, Willis Wills, Hill \u0026 Rea.","20 items. Letters written by or addressed to Christopher Anthony, John Baskerville, J. Bolling, David Bondurant, Jeffrey Bondurant, George Booker, Thomas Boulware, William Dunford, Henry Flood, Walter L. Fontaine, Charles Garrote (or Garrott), James T. Hubard, Ben Maxey, Jacob Maxey, Jonathan Maxey, Zachariah Nevit, J. Pittman, Thomas E. Pleasants, Philip Slaughter, John Taylor of Caroline (2 letters written by him), Mutual Assurance Society, Messrs. Scott \u0026 Gilliam, Ca Ira, Va.","22 items. Many letters are permissions for slaves to join Mulberry Grove Baptist Church or are letters of dismissal from churches. Include letters written by or addressed to George Booker, James Christian, John Couch, R. Eldridge, Jr., Levy Gibson (petition to get out of jail), J. P. Gipson, D. Guerrant, William Horsley, James T. Hubard, James Jones, W. B. Jones, Peter Klipstine, Richard G. Morris (agrees to slaves being baptized, but objects to their being immersed in November), William Moseley, William P. Moseley, Mildred Rose, Poindexter P. Scott, Seymour Scott, Frances W. Talbot, Isham Talbot, Frances W. Taylor, M. P. Thomas, Jno. M. Walker (bears opinion of Benjamin Watkins Leigh), Gilbert Walker, Warner Williams, Charles Yancey, and the Mulberry Grove Baptist Church.","13 items. Includes letters concerning slaves joining the church. Letters written by or addressed to W. Alexander, [?] Austen, William H. Carter (slave Patty), [?] M. Hollingsworth, Josias Jones, Thomas Jones, S. H. Laughlin, Jacob Maxey, William B. Maxey, R. E. Moseley, Reuben B. Patterson (slave), Charles Perrow, Robert A. Phelps, Robert Rives, Moses Spencer (concerning slave) and Lewis C. Tindall (concerning slave).","13 items. Letters written by or addressed to James Brown, E. W. Cabell, Jno. Crews, Mr. and Mrs. crews (invitation), B. M. DeWitt, Julia DeWitt, P. A. Forbes, Richard H. Gambria (Western State Lunatic Asylum), Elizabeth Glover, Charles Perrow, Margret S. Phillips, W. H. Plunkett, Webb, Brown \u0026 Co., [?] and a letter concerning Frederick C. Horsley's application for a position at the University of Virginia.","31 items. Letters written by or addressed to John M. Atkinson, Robert Atkinson, Sarah Austin, Anika Blew (black and perhaps slaves), Dr. James Bolton, [?] Breckinridge, F. M. Cabell, John B. Childers, Bennitt DeWitt, Samuel H. Dunn, Susie Ford, W. Franklin, James M. Fulks (hiring slaves), Sarah J. Garland, Joseph Grow, Jno. F. Hix, W. Hix, Joseph Kyle, Marcus T. C. Loving, Samuel McCorkle, W. A. Miller, [?] Moseley, R. D. Palmer, Peter S. Parker, J. W. Randolph, James H. Rodes, V. W. Southall, Jno. R. Thompson, Charles C. Tucker (land warrant claims), Iverson L. Twyman (concerning eye injury of Iverson L. Twyman, Jr.), George C. Walton, Jno. Walton, Seth Woodruff (selling of slave girls) \u0026 McCorkle, Simpson \u0026 Jones.","28 items. Letters written by or addressed to Ben (slave working on Richmond defenses, 14 August 1864), Ada Bocock, [?] Brownes, Eliza H. Carrington, R. A. Coghill, N. F. Ellis, Richard Ellis, James H. Fitzgerald, P. A. Forbes (concerning escape of Bennett Dodge from Central Lunatic Asylum, Staunton, Va.), H. M. Garland, Jr., William A. Glasgow, J. H. Howell, R. R. Irving, Jeter \u0026 Dickinson, Kensey Johns, Harry O. Locher, Samuel McCorkle, A. D. Martin, Doctor John Peter Mettauer, B. G. Morris, Charles Y., Morris (concerning turning in names of all slaves aged between eighteen and fifty-five: 9 February 1864), William F. Oliver (commanding Davidson's Battery and concerning service record of Jessie A. Peters), Camm Pattison, Peyton, Cary \u0026 Co., Samuel Read, Jno. J. Riggins, Robert Shaw, Francis T. Stribling (superintendent of Central Lunatic Asylum), J. L. Thornton, Dr. [?] Walton (concerning Robert A. Gilliam, Co. F, 18th Virginia Regiment), James A. Wright.","22 items. Letters written by or addressed to Grace R. Bagby, Joseph Brown, Jno. J. Echol, A. Eubank (describing a shooting outside saloon in San Antonio, Tx.), R. H. Gilliam, S. O. Larche, Bennie Lynn, Albert McDaniel, W. D. Moore, W. P. Moseley, Eva S. Newton, William Merry Perkins, Mary Philpott, Willie B. Philpott, Frank G. Ruffin (concerning Grange), James R. Thompson, William E. Walkup (concerning person who needs assistance from county), Samuel Lother Wynn, Jeter \u0026 Dickinson, Richmond, Virginia.","16 items. Letters written by or addressed to Mrs. J. Curry Abbitt (transfer of church membership for Thomas J. Davidson), Alice Bagby, A. J. Clore, Jr., Rosa V. Cole, J. W. Falson, George Hylton, Mrs. Paul A. Klayder (concerning Twyman genealogy), Nelia Miller (concerning Twyman genealogy), J. H. Montgomery, D. A. Richardson (for Armenian Relief Committee of Chicago), W. J. Sadler, Idah Meacham Stobridge, Robert M. Tarleton, S. Reed Vaughn, New Canton Motor Company.","Many are incomplete and fragmentary. Genealogical material. Includes letters written by or addressed to George E. Booker, Charles L. Cocke, Bennitt M. DeWitt, Minnie Ellis, John Abner Eubank, Charles R. Fontaine, Thomas W. Garnett, E. G. Grasty, V. Hill, W. Hubard, David Kyle, Carol Martin, [?] Perkins, James Rowland, William Sands, W. Thompson, Nettie Walker (enclosing photograph of \"The Willows\"), Samuel D. Williams, E. A. Wright, James A. Wright, cloth fragment. Genealogical material, ca. 1850.","12 items. Includes letters written by Flippen \u0026 Montgomery, [Lynchburg ? Virginia], W. Gill, James M. Harris, John H. Hill, J. M. Spiller, James C. Turner, Iverson Lewis Twyman. See also J. M. Spiller letters and Twyman and Spiller manuscript volumes.","15 items. Papers relating to the canal. Letters written toJames M. Spiller by Thomas Harding Ellis and E. Lorraine. Minutes of the President and Directors of the James River and Kanawha Company. James M. Harris to Iverson L. Twyman.","25 items. Papers relating to the canal. Includes letters written by or addressed to Frances A. Austin, Grace B. Austin, J. G. S. Boyd, E. L. Chinn, Thomas H. DeWitt, Thomas Harding Ellis, J. M. Harris, William P. Munford, Jno. B. Robertson, Francis H. Smith (of Virginia Military Institute), James M. Spiller; and receipts.","2 items. Papers relating to the canal. Time book for Gwynn Dam \u0026 Lock. Drawing - section of fender. Gwynn Dam, undated.","17 items.","24 items.","41 items.","50 items.","63 items.","41 items.","55 items.","82 items","82 items","88 items.","88 items.","65 items.","65 items.","53 items. Folder 180 includes a copy of John Randolph agreement with James Hall, dated 27 April 1809.","53 items. Folder 180 includes a copy of John Randolph agreement with James Hall, dated 27 April 1809.","73 items.","73 items.","84 items. Folder 184 includes 2 items involving Thomas Jefferson, Jr.","84 items. Folder 184 includes 2 items involving Thomas Jefferson, Jr.","84 items. Folder 184 includes 2 items involving Thomas Jefferson, Jr.","44 items.","57 items.","57 items.","50 items. Folder 190 includes 2 items signed by Edmund Henry.","50 items. Folder 190 includes 2 items signed by Edmund Henry.","54 items.","54 items.","60 items.","60 items.","29 items.","24 items. Includes item signed by Edmund Henry about a legal matter.","34 items.","43 items.","43 items.","40 items. Includes copy of legal paper involving Edmund Henry.","49 items.","45 items.","31 items.","32 items.","33 items.","35 items.","41 items.","23 items.","26 items.","31 items.","31 items.","27 items.","27 items.","20 items.","20 items.","15 items.","21 items.","38 items.","26 items.","74 items.","12 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","13 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","47 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","108 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","91 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","12 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","101 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Apparently more than one person by this name.","2 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. See also Martha E. Twyman.","126 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Apparently more than one person by this name.","44 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","84 items.","13 items.","71 items.","40 items.","66 items.","66 items.","62 items.","49 items.","73 items.","65 items.","38 items.","40 items.","64 items.","57 items.","73 items.","94 items.","117 items.","69 items.","97 items. Includes statement of 27 February 1858 of sale of a Negro man for $1075.00 by D. M. Pulliam \u0026 Co., Richmond, Va. A/c Dr. and Mrs. Iverson L. Twyman.","78 items.","93 items.","84 items.","89 items.","51 items.","37 items. Includes receipt, 6 August 1864, for Negro slave to work on fortifications.","20 items.","36 items.","302 items.","48 items.","73 items.","35 items.","20 items.","86 items.","55 items.","38 items.","17 items.","17 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Copy of a George Twyman will of 1733, and last advices of another George Twyman, 1803. Other Twyman items 1873-1939.","223 items.","14 items.","33 items.","24 items.","49 items.","11 items.","75 items.","17 items.","44 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","4 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","112 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Papers involving both names.","250 items. Papers involving both names.","30 items.","55 items.","51 items.","21 items.","27 items.","42 items.","24 items.","56 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Papers involving both names.","31 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","142 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","117 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","24 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","7 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Horsely - Austin, 1811. Horsley -Spiller, 1818-1850. Papers involving both names.","195 items.","55 items.","22 items.","58 items.","60 items.","64 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","58 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","19 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","22 items.","49 items.","44 items.","59 items.","118 items.","87 items.","70 items.","70 items.","99 items.","103 items.","40 items.","29 items.","21 items. Includes bill of James M. Spiller of 1863-1864 to Confederate States of America for hay, corn, etc. Also pardon from Andrew Johnson to James M. Spiller for \"taking part in the late rebellion.\"","195 items.","106 items.","81 items.","161 items.","164 items.","103 items.","28 items.","26 items.","30 items.","46 items.","32 items.","16 items.","32 items.","57 items. Includes dentist's bill of period 1873-1883 finally settled in 1887.","63 items. Includes copies of will of 1889 of J. M. Spiller.","73 items. The majority of the material concerns Miss Mary Spiller.","41 items.","65 items. Includes part of deed dated 1 May 1784 signed by Benjamin Harrison, Governor.","40 items.","27 items. Includes papers on the estate of William Adams.","20 items.","30 items.","32 items.","33 items.","32 items.","33 items.","49 items.","25 items.","45 items.","44 items.","34 items. Includes document dated \"Cold Comfort 5 February 1812\" and signed by Mary and Martha Harrison, sisters of Benjamin Harrison dealing with his slave estate.","93 items.","14 items.","28 items.","17 items.","21 items.","15 items.","19 items.","21 items.","16 items.","33 items.","40 items.","24 items.","17 items.","12 items.","11 items.","11 items.","32 items.","30 items.","30 items.","42 items.","99 items.","52 items.","57 items.","23 items.","22 items.","27 items. Includes extract of Special Order #64 of May 29, 1865 concerning \"harsh or cruel treatment\" of employees.","38 items.","23 items.","217 items.","217 items.","217 items.","217 items.","16 items. Includes land grant of 1789 signed by Governor Beverly Randolph.","21 items. Includes \"A list of Magistrates as also those named in different Commissions of the Peace for Buckingham County\" for 1777-1800.","24 items.","8 items.","16 items.","18 items.","14 items.","21 items.","46 items. Includes judgment involving Randolph Jefferson and John Jefferson.","33 items.","7 items.","27 items.","35 items.","23 items.","29 items.","35 items.","28 items. Includes \"A list of a Company of Light Infantry --- of the 100th Regiment (of) Buckingham Militia,\" 19 April 1812.","18 items.","18 items.","33 items.","23 items.","14 items.","173 items.","16 items.","16 items.","6 items.","23 items.","77 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","16 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","29 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","21 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","20 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","57 items.","Minutes of a meeting of citizens of Buckingham County, \"friendly to the Election of General Andrew Jackson as...[the] next President.\"","5 items. Genealogical Materials.","7 items. Genealogical Materials.","1 item. Genealogical Materials.","2 items. Genealogical Materials. See also Rogers and Twyman.","15 items. Genealogical Materials.","34 items. Genealogical Materials. See also Rogers.","2 items. Genealogical Materials.","16 items. Genealogical Materials.","1 item. Genealogical Materials. See also J. M. Spiller Ledger (cash accounts). 1839-57, pp. 80-81 and pp. 292-294 for family notes by Spiller.","135 items. Genealogical Materials.","135 items. Genealogical Materials.","135 items. Genealogical Materials.","135 items. Genealogical Materials.","5 items. Genealogical Materials.","10 items. Genealogical Materials.","116 items. Entire box. Genealogical Materials. Includes metal sign \"B. Austin, Attorney at Law\"","Account book of William Adams and his estate.","Accounts of Archibald, 1824-1828. Court records, 1847-1848.","Includes James River and Kanawha Canal accounts.","Includes James River and Kanawha Canal accounts.","Account books, 1849-1856, including farm notes, 1860-1864.","Including farm notes and notes of calls on patients.","Includes farm notes in back, 1840.","Including the estate of George Spiller.","Includes time charts for worker in the James River and Kanawha Canal.","Ledger of J. M. Spiller, 1839-1859, other accounts 1886-1892. Spiller genealogical data, pp. 80-81, 292-294.","Including time sheets of work on locks, James River and Kanawha Canal.","Includes work on the James River and Kanawha Canal.","Includes vouchers of Ada and Sarah Bocock.","2 items. Draft of note about whipping a slave. Form of bill of sale of slave. (Other slavery items among dated papers).","24 items. Legal papers involving him. Concerns money owed by Francisco.","7 items. Photographs.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","James River and Kanawha Canal (Va.)","Horsley family","Spiller family","Austin family","Twyman family","Austin, Archibald, 1772-1837","Francisco, Peter, d. 1831","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 69 Au7","/repositories/2/resources/392"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Austin-Twyman Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Austin-Twyman Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Austin-Twyman Papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Amherst County (Va.)--History--19th century","Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Amherst County (Va.)--History--19th century","Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century"],"creator_ssm":["Austin, Archibald, 1772-1837","Horsley family","Spiller family"],"creator_ssim":["Austin, Archibald, 1772-1837","Horsley family","Spiller family"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Austin, Archibald, 1772-1837"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Horsley family","Spiller family"],"creators_ssim":["Austin, Archibald, 1772-1837","Horsley family","Spiller family"],"places_ssim":["Amherst County (Va.)--History--19th century","Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased: 10,706 items, 1969."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Legal documents","Medicine--Practice--Virginia","Medicine--Study and teaching--Virginia","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century","Slaves--United States--Correspondence","Slaves--Virginia--Correspondence","Slaves--Virginia--Social conditions","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","United States--History--War of 1812","Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates","Account books","Correspondence","Manuscripts (document genre)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Legal documents","Medicine--Practice--Virginia","Medicine--Study and teaching--Virginia","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century","Slaves--United States--Correspondence","Slaves--Virginia--Correspondence","Slaves--Virginia--Social conditions","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","United States--History--War of 1812","Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates","Account books","Correspondence","Manuscripts (document genre)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["10,764.00 items"],"extent_ssm":["27.50 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["27.50 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Account books","Correspondence","Manuscripts (document genre)"],"date_range_isim":[1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganization: This collection is organized into 5 series: Series 1 contains letters, Series 2 contains the James River and Kanawha Company papers, Series 3 contains accounts and legal papers, Series 4 contains genealogical material, and Series 5 contains manuscript volumes. Arrangement: This collection is arranged into series and then subseries. These subseries are arranged by family names, then by individual name and finally by date. Also available on microfilm University Publications of America.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization: This collection is organized into 5 series: Series 1 contains letters, Series 2 contains the James River and Kanawha Company papers, Series 3 contains accounts and legal papers, Series 4 contains genealogical material, and Series 5 contains manuscript volumes. Arrangement: This collection is arranged into series and then subseries. These subseries are arranged by family names, then by individual name and finally by date. Also available on microfilm University Publications of America."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdditional information may be found at: http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00045.frame\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["Additional information may be found at: http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00045.frame"],"phystech_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWhen available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.\u003c/p\u003e"],"phystech_heading_ssm":["Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements:"],"phystech_tesim":["When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAustin-Twyman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Austin-Twyman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1765 (1800-1890) 1939, of the Austin, Twyman, Spiller and Horsley families of Amherst and Buckingham counties, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include correspondence, accounts, legal papers and manuscript volumes. Includes papers of Archibald Austin (1772-1837), member of Congress, 1817-1819, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1815-1816, 1835-1837, his wife, Grace R. (Booker) Austin and their children, James M. Austin, John Austin and Bernard Austin, Grace Austin and Frances (Austin) Wright.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents of Archibald Austin include William H. Cabell, Walter L. Fontaine, Charles Yancey, Waller Taylor, George Booker, and Robert T. Hubard.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include the War of 1812, national politics and the business of the Virginia General Assembly. Papers include correspondence of Archibald Austin's son-in-law, Doctor Iverson Lewis Twyman (1810-1864) who married first, Mary Lavinia Horsley and second, Martha E. Austin. His correspondence concerns slavery, farm management, the study and practice of medicine and the education of his children whose letters are also part of the collection. His children were Iverson Lewis Twyman (1849-1921), John Austin Twyman, Superintendent of Schools in Buckingham County, Samuel Rogers Twyman (concerning Twyman genealogy), Augusta Giles Twyman and Mabel Booker Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAustin twyman papers collection 1765-1865 Amherst and Buckingham Counties is available on 35 reels of microform in Swem Library's Microforms area call number HD1471 .U5 R43\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePapers also contain a few items concerning the Horsley family and much correspondence and many accounts of James Madison Spiller, a friend of Dr. Iverson Lewis Twyman and the father-in-law of Iverson Lewis Twyman, Jr. The collection includes several items relating to Peter Francisco, Revolutionary War hero; materials relating to the James River and Kanawha Canal; letters pertaining to the Civil War; accounts and legal documents concerning Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell, Cumberland, Goochland, King and Queen, Nelson, Powhatan and Prince Edward Counties; genealogical materials relating to the Austin, Booker, Byrd, Clark, Gaines, Lewis, Montague, Rogers, Twyman and Walker families; and miscellaneous material consisting of poetry, religious manuscripts, recipes, memoranda and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are filed in chronological order within each folder. Consequently, there may be more than one letter in the folder written by the person listed in the inventory and also, the letters written by this person may not be filed together within the folder. If the researcher is interested in a person, look throughout the folder. If the researcher is interested in a subject, each letter by the person writing about the subject must be looked at make sure all of the information about the subject has been seen. This series is divided into subseries by family name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Includes letters to Thomas Leland, John Austin (concerning a survey of James Breckenridge's grant). William A. Perkins and Robert Garland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items. Includes letters by James Austin (brother, concerning candidates for House of Delegates in election of 1837), Grace R. Austin (wife), James M. Austin (son, concerning candidates for House of Delegates in election of 1837), Bernard Austin (son, while studying at an unidentified college which he compares to Hampden-Sydney College; and concerning his law practice and that of his father; and politics), John Austin (son).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e72 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items. Includes letters by Bernard Austin (to his mother asserting his independence in regard to a marriage choice and concerning his leaving Virginia), B. G. Booker (brother of Mrs. Austin, concerning his move to the West), I. L. Twyman (asking assent from Grace R. Austin to marry her daughter), Eliza B. Austin, Susan Austin (ensalved woman), Martha E. (Austin) Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSusan Austin letter, 18 July 1851 includes transcription of the letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 items. Includes letters by James Walker (concerning inoculation), William H. Cabell, Waller Taylor, Thomas McCleland (sending French clover seed from Botetourt Co., Va.), Jeremiah Weaver (money owed for a racehorse and carriage horses), Samuel P. Christian (soldiers from Buckingham County stationed on Craney Island in War of 1812), George Booker (written 26 March 1814, while serving with troops east of Lynnhaven), Gideon Spencer (asking Archibald Austin to run for Congress).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 items. Includes letters by Richard Dabbs (setting up a schedule for preaching), Charles Yancey (written 10 February 1820, concerning session of General Assembly and the Missouri Compromise), Waller Taylor ([several items] Florida Question; Missouri Compromise; death of Stephen Decatur; insanity of John Randolph of Roanoke; Daniel D. Tompkins; opinion of Henry Clay; fear of Jackson and Calhoun; and election of John Q. Adams), Walter L. Fontaine (written 30 January 1821, concerning business of the General Assembly), Ro. B. Jones, Isham Talbot (laying off the town of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; description of Alabama; his crops), S. Branch, Samuel C. Scott, John Fauntieroy, A. Caldwell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items. Includes letters by A. White, Hampden-Sydney College (monthly report), George Booker (concerning business of General Assembly and revision of Virginia Court System in 1831), Stephen Hubbard, E. Booker (concerning anti-tariff convention to be held in Philadelphia September 1821), J. Mills, C. Fontaine, John W. Haskins, Samuel Ford, James W. Bouldin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items. Includes letters by George Booker (declining to run again for House of Delegates), Charles Yancey (declining to run again for House of Delegates), John Morgan (asking Archibald Austin to run for House of Delegates), James Bouldin (discussing his mailing list to constituents), M. C. Spencer, P. P. Smith, Stephen Hubbard, C. Fontaine, H. Lipscomb, Samuel Ford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items. Includes letters by P. P. Smith, P. H. Fontaine (news of politics in Washington and Virginia in 1836), Ro. T. Hubard, Thomas McCoy (concerning Bernard G. Austin), W. P. Mosley, University of Virginia (monthly report), Thomas H. Merryman, W. C. Nicholas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters by Archibald Austin, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters by (and to) Bernard Gaines Austin. Concerning his life in Missouri; and an operation by Doctor [John Peter] Mettauer. To brothers and to Dr. I. L. Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e111 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 items. Payment for hire of slave Beverly while he was in the woods. Possible sale of slaves to pay off debt. Letters written to John Austin while he was attending the University of Virginia. Family going to the Centennial on borrowed money. News of the centennial. Reconstruction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e64 items. Concerning a homesick overseer, preparations for Christmas; food; clothes; hiring and selling of slaves; plants for the yard; slaves weaving cloth and making shoes. Slave Beverly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items. Includes two slave letters (Mary to her mother and father; and Lucy Patterson to Beverly, her son). Includes letter, 7 May 1859, of R. Elariage stating he has no objection to a slave marriage and endorsing the prospective husband. Letter outlining how to manage the estate of Archibald Austin ['If we lose when we own the negroes, how much more loss we would sustain when the negroes are hired.\"] and what has transpired financially since Austin's death twelve years previously including the sale of forty-three slaves. Also letters written from Virginia Female Institute, Staunton, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters by George B. Austin. Also 2 letters to George B. Austin, 1847 and 1853. Sale of slaves; price of slaves in Richmond in 1854 and Austin's life as a schoolteacher in West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Grace Austin. Hiring of slaves in February 1865; and religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items. Studying medicine at the University of Virginia and at Philadelphia College of Medicine. Hiring out of enslaved persons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items. Letters written by J. L. Cabell (describing location of rooms at University of Virginia and recommending Austin), Charles J. Gee (concerning studying medicine and University of Virginia) and Thomas W. Hix (concerning studies at Philadelphia College of Medicine). Hiring of enslaved persons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Martha Austin, (before her marriage in 1848 to I.L. Twyman - see that file). Letter describing wedding plans and a cap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items. Family rift. Letters, 25 July - 5 September 1861, written by Austin while serving in [Company E, 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items. Includes letter about Civil War, 1861, from S. E. Austin, wife of Dr. James M. Austin and letters, 1838, written by Thomas F. Perkins concerning University of Virginia. Other letters concern hiring slaves to work on railroad and runaway slave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e513 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 items. Includes letters to Miss Mary Lavinia Horsley (1838), Mrs. Mary Lavinia Horsley Twyman, capt. Robert Horsley, Miss Rebecca P. Horsley. (See letter, 4 March 1839, to Lavinia Horsley concerning eastern Tennessee).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Includes letters to Capt. A. W. Flippin, Capt. Harrington, George B. Austin, Martha E. Austin (written during her engagement to Twyman), Mrs. Martha E. Twyman (concerning the practice of medicine; care of a slave's child while she is in the field; sudden death of a slave mourned both as loss of property and as loss of a member of the family; and sale of slave \" [?] will tell the negroes and send them to crying and howling.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items. Includes letters to Frances Austin, Thomas Austin (concerning Rebecca Horsley), Grace B. Austin, Bernard Austin, Mrs. Martha E. Twyman, John Austin (hire of the slave Beverly; suggests taking him to a slave trader to see how much he would give for him to know whether to sell him or hire him out).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Includes letters to Daniel Woodson, Glass \u0026amp; Woodson, Lynchburg, Va., Thomas Austin, John Austin. Advice to John Austin concerning the study of medicine. Selling of slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 items. Includes letters to John Austin (writing a thesis for Austin while Austin is studying medicine in Philadelphia; hiring of slaves), Thomas Austin, Mrs. Martha E. Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items. Includes letters to Martha A. Twyman, Frances A. Austin (concerning hiring of slaves), John Austin, Thomas Austin, B. M. DeWitt (concerning family rift), M. M. Pendleton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Includes letters to James M. Spiller, Thomas Austin (concerning sale of a slave child), Martha E. Twyman (concerning a division of slaves; advice on raising their son; selling slaves), B. M. DeWitt, W. M. Cabell, Iverson L. Twyman ([b. 1849] encouraging him to learn to read.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Includes letters to James M. Spiller, Dr. Isaac Hays, R. S. Ellis, Dr. W. A Horsley (concerning cure for tapeworm), Orville Allen, Gen. Ro. A. Banks (politics), Gen. A. Brown, D. A. Snow (termination of a female schoolteacher's school because of her opinions on the hanging of the John Brown conspirators), Jno. Thompson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items. Civil War comments in letters to Thomas Austin, J. M. Spiller, Iverson L. Twyman (b. 1849), J. B. McCaw (war injury of an Alabama soldier), Martha E. Twyman (concerning his illness and stay at Coyner's Springs), Col. R. H. Gilliam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 items. Includes note concerning trying to make slaves look better before they are sold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items. Seth Woodruff (buying slaves in Richmond and taking them south), P. G. Gillum (concerning medical studies in Philadelphia), W. N. Rodes (Tennessee life), Orville Allen, B. M. DeWitt, F. Hopkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. Includes letters from F. Hopkins, Samuel Jackson (medical advice), Chas. P. Lee, George S. Thornton (study of medicine in Philadelphia), William H. Diggs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items. Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt, F. Hopkins, John Early (1786-1873), Anthony Thornton, John H. Rodes, Lea \u0026amp; Blanchard, Philadelphia, Pa., Andrew White, Benjamin White.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Includes letters from Benjamin F. Rodes, F. T. Stribling (superintendent of Western Asylum), A. Pamplin, Shelton F. Leake, and B. M. DeWitt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items. Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt, F. Hopkins, Jessie T. Agee, J. B. Reswick \u0026amp; Co., David B. Phelps, S. C. Banks, H. Mongomerie, Julia DeWitt, Francis T. Stribling (superintendent of Western Asylum), G. T. Thornton. Letters concern hiring of slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items. Includes letters from Geo. T. Thornton (concerning his courtship), B. M. DeWitt (concerning his financial condition), Martha M. Phillips, P[aulus] Powell ([1809-1874] Congressman), James Alexander, D. T. C. Peters, V. Mosby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items. Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt (concerning George T. Thornton; and the Richmond Examiner), V. P. Mosby, John G. McClanahan, Daniel P. Woodson, James M. Harris, S. P. [Vauter ?], D. P. Gooch, Seth Woodruff (evaluating slaves), W. A. Payne, Charles Scott (by Robert Pleasants), Anthony Thornton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items. Includes letters from George T. Thornton (concerning Paulus Powell), James Brown (concerning a slavetrader, Samuel Rees), James M. Harris, E. Wingfield, D. P. Gooch, W. A. Payne (concerning possibility of gonorrhea among slaves), Andrew White, D. C. Jones, W. T. Young, Frances Rogers, E. Franklin, Jr. William H. Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Includes letters from DeWitt H. White (concerning his medical practice), R. B. Gooch (concerning The Southern Planter), W. C. Jordan (granting permission for his slave to marry one of Twyman's slaves if Twyman approves), [Meem ?] Gwatkin, Thomas Robert, Anthony Thornton (concerning George Thornton), David S. Kaufman (describing Texas), Daniel Woodson (concerning Texas), R. D. Palmer, unidentified writer (concerning candidates for Convention for 1850; and poisoning by slaves), Bennitt M. DeWitt (concerning Richmond Examiner), E. A. Palmer, J. B. Strong (concerning hiring slaves).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. Includes letters from Robert A. Stephens (concerning hiring slaves), William M. Blackford, [?] Hopkins, Daniel Woodson (concerning east-west plit of Virginia), Benjamin Winter, Ritchie \u0026amp; Dunnavant, R. Strabler \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items. Includes letters from James D. Watts (asking Twyman to act as a protector and advisor to Watt's slave), R. C. Woody, Nathaniel Woodhouse, F. M. Cabell, L. Brown, Zullock \u0026amp; Crenshaw, Seth Woodruff (asking for slave to be delivered so she can be sent south with others), William N. Chick, William M. Cabell, J. W. Cameron, Mary M. Cameron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Includes letters from H. Mundy (his medical studies at University of Virginia; and death of John Austin), Smith Bosworth, L H. Wingfield, B. M. DeWitt (concerning family rift; and editing newspaper in Alabama), Thomas A Carter (punishment of slave), Silas P. Vauter, Joseph Kyle, R. W. Shaw (hiring slave), George T. Thornton, John F. White, B. Gildersleeve, Jackson L. Thornton (concerning George T. Thornton), James M. [Fulks ?], Jno. F. Hix (hiring slaves).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Includes letters from J. B. Scott (illness of slave), Smith Bosworth (hiring slave), John C. Mundy (medical studies at University of Pennsylvania), James E. Horner (hiring slave), W. H. Perkins (meeting of General Assembly), Samuel Scott, J. B. Wilkinson (hiring slaves), Jefferson Mays, George T. Thornton (his medical practice), Jesse L. Wilkinson, Benjamin S. Vawter (his medical studies at University of Virginia), R. H. Dickinson \u0026amp; Brother (evaluation of slaves), Jno. S. Cocke, Robert H. Gray (hiring slaves to work on Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee Railroad).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 items. Includes letters from A. M. Montgomery (hiring slaves to lay railroad track), Dickinson, Hill \u0026amp; Co. (value of slaves), Pulliam \u0026amp; Davis (value of slaves), James D. Watts (illness of slaves), George G. Curle (hiring of slaves), Jno. W. Haskins, M. F. Perkins (hiring overseer), L. H. Wingfield, George T. Thornton, James M. Cunningham (his illness), Walter S. Dunn ([of James River and Kanawha Canal]; runaway hired slaved), Francis A. Blu[?], W. P. Hill (appointing Twyman delegate for Medical Society of Virginia to National Medical Association in Philadelphia), William M. Cabell, George B. Thurman, B. M. DeWitt, J. C. Mundy, James B. Hargrove, L. H. Wingfield, A. N. Montgomery, W. T. Anderson, L. P. Mercer, James M. Fulks, Smith Bosworth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e34 items. Includes letters from J. C. Mundy, Taliaferro \u0026amp; Hamilton, S. F. Lucado, N. F. Bocock (runaway slave), B. M. DeWitt, James M. Harris (hire of slaves; runaway hired slave), J. D. Damson, Lewis H. Wingfield, A. Hopkins, Charles R. Shepard, H. Wilson Hix (hire of slave), Lawson G. Tyler (sending slave nurse), John Harry (his illness), James Bolton (treatment of injured eye), David R. Lew, Isaac Hays (treatment of injured eye), Adie Gray, Th. F. Perkins, Eliza Spencer, Mary Miller, D. M. Pulliam \u0026amp; Co. (sale of runaway slave), James M. Fulks (hire of slave), S. J. Woolridge, Elizabeth A. Harvey, Mayo Cabell, R. T. Ellis, Jr., William J. Spencer (overseer of the poor, Buckingham Co., Va.), William D. Cabell (hire of slave and his treatment.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 items. Includes letters from Absalom (slave letter), W. Gill (concerning slave Absalom), James M. Harris (hiring slaves for James River and Kanawha Canal), Robert A. Banks (politics), L. D. Mercer, R. H. Gilliam, Doctor James Bolton, Jordan Taylor (health of slave), D. H. Landon, J. Lawrence Meem, Alfred Iverson (concerning geneology of Iverson family), J. L. Thornton (illness and death of George T. Thornton), M. G. C. Long, W. M. Woodward, Adeline A. Sands (applying for teaching position), E. J. Snow (her firing as teacher), D. A. Snow (for A. Snow concerning firing of E. J. Snow), Hableston \u0026amp; Bro., T. Lyon, A. M. Ford(applying for teaching position), Mary F. Dandridge, John G. Meem, M. E. Walsh (negotiating and accepting teaching position), Lucy C. Bondurant (applying for teaching position), E. H. Gill (hiring slaves for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad), Ada B. Bocock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters from B. M. DeWitt, W. P. Mosley (candidate for Secession Convention), McCorkle \u0026amp; Co. (hiring enslaved persons), E. H. Gill (hiring enslaved persons for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad), unidentified writer (hiring of enslaved persons), Ella T. Watson (her education), C. Emma Moore, James M. Harris, Lucy C. Bondurant, William Knabe \u0026amp; Co. (piano), John G. Meem, Conrad Freimann (piano), Peter R. Patterson, C. A. Preots (Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute), James L. Stephens, Robert (Keats?), L. D. Jones, T. T. Omohundro, E. H. Gill, R. H. Gillam, John Farriss (hiring enslaved persons), Elsom Bro. \u0026amp; Co., Howardsville, Va., Jacob Garrett, H. M. Bondurant, Robert L. Ragland, John H. Bondurant (hiring enslaved persons), Judith B. Smith, Charles R. Ackerly, Z. G. Wood, Sarah S.. Carnifer, Wilson Hix (to Martha (Austin) Twyman), Thomas P. Childress, Mary Clegg (applying for teaching position), R. S. Powers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters by Thomas Dodermead (hiring slaves for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Co.; runaway hired hand, Beverly); \"A Methodist\" (concerning a teaching position; she studied at Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute), W. A. Turner (hiring slaves), Jno. J. Riggins (teaching), Bocock \u0026amp; Parrish, John W. Wingfield (paymaster for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, hiring slaves), Mary (Annis?) DeWitt (illness of B. M. DeWitt, bears letter of J. C. Mundy), Jno. F Hix (death of B. M. DeWitt), Mary A. Morris (requesting that her husband be re-committed to Western State Asylum), R. B. Shaw, Jr. (speculating that Lee may attack Hooker), Samuel Read (Confederate government's hiring of slaves), J. A. Hefelfinger (Coyner's Springs), Adeline A. Sands (teaching position), Hetty R. Gillam, N. F. Bocock, Stabler \u0026amp; Jones, C. Amanda Hix, J. L. Thornton (describing Union raid in Orange County, Virginia), Robert Atkinson, Hill, Dickinson \u0026amp; Co., Richmond, Virginia, (price of slaves), R. P. Pattison, W. W. Forbes (hiring slaves for Joseph R. Anderson \u0026amp; Co. Tredegar), Brown \u0026amp; Deane, Richmond, Virginia (scarcity of schoolbooks), E. A. Cabell, Thomas F. Perkins (school), Julia E. DeWitt, W. M. Jerdone (his school), Alfred Hughes, A. Brooks (Confederate cavalryman from Georgia).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e36 items. Includes letters by George T. Thornton, J. M. Harris, Jno. F. Hix, Cambridge Austin (slave letter), James Jones, Ths. M. Watson, E. A. Cabell (hiring slaves), Mrs. E. H. Gill, L. D. Jones, Th[omas] Wilson Hix, V. P. Mosby, Francis A. Blair, R. S. Ellis, Jr., Benjamin F. Rodes, E. H. Gill, William D. Hix, E. D. Moore, Jesse A. Watts (at the University of Virginia), Bennitt M. DeWitt (family rift), George W. Clark, O. A. (speech by Governor Barbour), W. C. Jordan (describing how to build a hot bed to grow potatoes), M. F. [Perkins ?], Doctor James Bolton (from Twyman), P[aulus] Powell, Hiram C. Kyle, [?] Austin, L. W. Cabell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e218 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items. Includes letters to Frances Austin Wright (mother's female illness; an alleged malingering and burglarizing female slave; fixing new clothes to sell a slave in; sewing slave clothing; selling of slaves), John Austin (fixing up slaves to sell), mother Grace R. Austin (having teeth fixed - bears letter of Iverson Lewis Twyman to George B. Austin).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items. Includes letters to sister Grace Austin, Frances Austin (family rift), John Austin, Iverson L. Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Letters to Iverson L. Twyman (letter, 13 September 1853 bears letter of Frances A. Austin concerning slave leaving to visit his wife). Other letters concern dressing slaves up to sell them and slave Beverly apparently with Confederate Army during Gettysburg Campaign), James M. Spiller, R. S. Ellis, Jr. (to Martha Twyman), J. Avis Bartley and Sarah F. Harris.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e25 items. Includes letters to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921), concerning her worry about him, the education of his brothers and sisters, an umber mine on her farm, and sharecropping with freed blacks. Includes a letter to James A. Wright and one letter from Mabel Twyman to her brother Iverson Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concerns the family's poverty and her concern over the sale of family land. Includes a letter to Mary Spiller and a letter from Mabel B. Twyman. Includes a draft of a letter to C. L. Cocke concerning Hollins Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concerns the family's poverty and her concern over the sale of family land. Includes a letter to Mary Spiller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Concerns the family's poverty and money owed to West \u0026amp; Agee which may force the sale of her land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concern the family's poverty and her concern over her son's safety.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concern the family's poverty and her concern for her son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items. Written to her son John Twyman. Includes letters to John Twyman from Sam Twyman, Iverson L. Twyman and Augusta G. Twyman and a letter of Martha E. (Austin) Twyman to Iverson L. Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 items. Written to Iverson L Twyman (1810-1864). Frances (Austin) Wright, Nannie [?], John Austin, Iverson L. Twyman (b. 1849) and Grace Austin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e25 items. Includes letters from L. J. Payne, W. C. Jordan, an unidentified woman (complaining of verbal abuse by slaves), Penariah Layne, Samuel McCorkle, M. A. Robertson, Kate F. Evans, I. B. Garden (sprinkling of chloride of lime about the [slave] cabins to prevent the spread of fever), W. M. Cabell, Samuel Read (hire of slave by Confederate States Army), [James M. Spiller ?], Junius E. Leigh, James Avis Bartley, Seymour W. Holman (bears engraving of Washington College now Washington and Lee University), Internal Revenue Service (enclosing bank income tax form for 1868) and William J. Spencer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. Includes letters from E. A. Carter, James M. Harris, Seymour W. Holman (concerning Iverson Twyman's courtship of a Georgia woman), Charles Lewis Cocke (concerning his deduction for indigent students and his standard for hiring teachers at Hollins Institute [now Hollins College]), N. F. Ellis, [Sue Asa Washington ? - former slave ?], J. S. Tompkins (at Hollins Institute [now Hollins College] sending his treatment for typhoid fever), M. N. Cabell (concerning will of James M. Wright).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e23 items. Includes letters from R. S. Ellis, Jr., Nannie F. Ellis (concerning Hollins Institute [now Hollins College]), L. C. P., [John Dismuke ?], George J. Hundley, M. A. Robertson, Eliza M. Eldridge (bears draft of a letter to [?] concerning the hiring of a teacher), M. K. Cabell, Amanda [?], N. A. Moseley (concerning a slave marriage), K. M. Perkins, and Samuel B. Partin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e390 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 items. Includes letters written (while teaching school in Georgia) to father Iverson L. Twyman (1810-1864), mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances A. Wright, [?] Gill (draft, 5 July 1871, of a love letter), and sister Augusta Giles Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items. Includes letters written (while teaching school in Georgia, from New Orleans and while moving to Texas) to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Dan [?], Hank [Frances A. Wright], Uncle Paschal Twyman, Fannie [?], Annie [?] (love letter), James M. Spiller, M. Edwards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 items. Includes letters written (while teaching school in Texas) to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances (Austin) Wright, Annie [?] (love letter), [?] Lowe, Augusta Giles Twyman, John Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items. Includes letters written from Texas to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances (Austin) Wright, Annie [?], John Twyman, Alice Johnson (love letter), Letter, 14 September 1874, concerns Texas and Black persons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 items. Includes letters written from Texas to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances (Austin) Wright, John A. Twyman, Samuel R. Twyman, William Dixon, Augusta Giles Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 items. Includes letters written to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Augusta Giles Twyman, John A. Twyman, Samuel A. Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 items. Includes letters written from Texas to Augusta Giles Twyman, John Austin, Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Hank (Frances A. Wright), Mabel Booker Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 items. Includes letters (written from Texas) to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Thomas Austin, Augusta Giles Twyman, Miss Yelverton, John A. Austin (concerning Greenback Party).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Includes letters (written from Texas) to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Mabel Booker Twyman, Emma Buson, Thomas [?], Albert Langley. Last letter in folder written from Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 items. From Virginia to brother John in Nashville, Tennesse. One letter bears composition \"Management of Common Schools\" and another bears note of M. E. Twyman asking her son not to drink.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 items. Include letters from Virginia to brother John Twyman in Nashville (where he is attending college at State Normal College, now Peabody College) and in Texas. Two letters bear letters of Augusta Giles Twyman. Letters concern Readjuster politics in Buckingham County. \"The Readjusters all over the county voted for the negro [Shed Dungee] and John Eldridge says he is prouder of that one act than of any other in his whole life.\" Lists other individuals who voted for Dungee. Turkey and deer hunting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Letters to brother John Twyman in Texas. Concerns Mabel Booker Twyman leaving State Normal School (Peabody College) and Eben Sperry Stearns. Includes letter to Antonia (Spiller) Twyman (whom he married in 1884). Letters to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman and a letter, n.d., to J. Avis Bartley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Includes letters written by Seymour W. Holman, John A. Twyman. Also includes letters from J. W. Fishburne to W. J. Moseley, B. F. Outze and J. R. Taylor concerning I. L. Twyman and Twyman's teaching certificate, 1871, issued in Meriwether County, Ga.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items. Includes letters written by Seymour W. Holman (of Mexia, Texas), Fannie [?], Stanley P. Mosley, Addie M. Walker, W. W. Wisdom, a school agreement drawn up by Twyman and letters of recommendation written by Holman concerning Twyman's qualifications to teach school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e25 items. Love letters from Miss Annie Vickers (See also folders 66-68 for drafts of Twyman's letters).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 items. Includes letters from J. L. Lowe, Seymour W. Holman, W. P. Moseley, Mary P. Moreland, Gussie Moreland, W. H. Richardson (to George J. Hundley concerning appointment of John A Twyman to VMI), P. H. Dunson, J. P. Philpott, Wilson, Hinkle \u0026amp; Co., Cincinnati, Ohio (concerning schoolbooks), Hattie Harris, A. M. Johnson, Maggie Harris, A. M. Johnson, L. D. Forbes. Letters concern Mexia, Texas and teaching school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Includes letters from W. M. Thornton, George J. Hundley, John M. Colby, J. W. Fishburne, M. Washington, C. F. Scott. Letters concern teaching school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items. Includes letters from R. F. Mills, Jno. T. Blalock, Thomas F. Lewis, Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, W. B. Blalock, W. L. Price, and letters concerning Twyman's church membership and letters of recommendation. Includes a teaching certificate for Limestone, Texas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items. Includes letters from Seymour W. Holman, (letter, 8 May 1878, concerns lynching of a black), W. P. Moseley, Rush G. Kimball, James B. Thurman, Thomas Waters, S. P. Moseley, Fanny Prendergast, Laura Rogers. Letters concern Mexia, Texas and teaching school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items. Includes letters from M. E. Robertson, H. Beall, Albert Langley, C. P. Estill, Jno. F. Blalock, R[ush] G. Kimball, Henry L. Holman. Letters concern Mexia, Texas and teaching school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 items. W. T. Williams, S. W. Holman (of Mexia, Texas), F. P. Moseley, S. A. Moreland (bears letter of Holman), J. P. Philpott, Bass Williams, letter of recommendation of Twyman signed by citizens of Buckingham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e383 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. Letters to Iverson L. Twyman bear letters from Samuel R. Twyman and Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, concerning family's poverty and his desire for an education; two people in jail for whipping children to death. Letter (draft) to Joseph Dupuy Eggleston , State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and teachers certificates signed in 1902-1905 by Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items. Includes copies of letters to Joseph Dupuy Eggleston concerning a controversy over the location of a school; copies of love letters to \"\"Miss Smith\"\" in December 1907 - January 1908 and copies of love letters to Josephine White, December 1922 - January 1923.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. Includes letters from William Merry Perkins, N. A. Moseley, J. R. Blackburn, Eben S. Stearns (concerning Twyman's attendence at State Normal School, now Peabody College) and William S. Eldridge. Includes teachers certificates. One letter is to Iverson L. Twyman from John M. Colby concerning sale of Lee's Reminiscences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items. Letters to Twyman in Starrville, Texas concerning State Normal College, Nashville, Tenn. (now Peabody), from Charles W. Bache, E. G. Littlejohn, Jr., J. S. Dobbins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items. Letters to him in Texas and Virginia. Includes letters from Joseph E. Dobbins, E. G. Maller, J. A. Mundy, E. W. Twyman, [W. M. or Wm.] Cabell. Concern State Normal College, Nashville, Tenn. (now Peabody) and dissension in Mulberry Grove Church, Buckingham County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 items. Includes four letters from Miss Sally M. Smith (see folder 87 for copies of his letters to her) and C. M. [Feigenspan ?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items. Letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. from James M. Thomas, Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, Courtney Irving, William G. Ransom. Includes letter, 11 January 1906, concerning Sally M. Smith (see folders 91 and 87).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e34 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. from James S. Thomas, Walter R. Smith, A. L. Smith, Willis A. Jenkins (concerning Virginia Education Exhibit of Jamestown Exposition), Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, E. H. Russell, James S. Thomas, J. S. Jarman (president State female Normal School, Farmville, Va., now Longwood College).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools in Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Willis A. Jenkins (concerning Jamestown Exposition), Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, James S. Thomas, William G. Ransom, Willie Sue Nicholas, Calva Watson, Lila Waller Duval, Charles M. Robinson, J. W. Hebditch, Hattie E. Forbes (concerning Sally M. Smith).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools in Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Calva Watson, Willie Sue Nichols, A. L. Pitts, L. O. Prince, Jno. W. Prince, James S. Thomas, Love Hardy, Joseph D. Eggleston, J. W. Hebditch, G. W. Patteson, Wm. G. Ransom, Lila Waller Duval, Courtney Irving, W. B. Forbes, C. J. Morris, W. W. Haskins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e23 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include James B. Thomas, James H. Dilliard (concerning Jeanes Fund for black teachers), Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, T. E. Williams, Agnes White, H. Blankinship, Edna Wright, A. W. Carter, W. G. Edwards, Jackson Davis, Annie C. Coleman, A. W. Moore. Includes petitions requesting Twyman's reappointment as Superintendent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include O. J. Morgan, Nannie Baldwin, Calva Watson, Anna Roy[ster ?] Rogers, Eliza [?] (deciding not to marry Twyman because if her mother's objections), Plummer F. Jones (Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e50 items. Letters to State Board of Education from W. L. Boatwright, A. H. Clement, A. C. Garnett, George Braxton Taylor, E. V. Anderson, A. S. Hall, Frank P. Brent, Sands Gayle requesting that Twyman be appointed again as school superintendent in place of Plummer F. Jones. Includes petitions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items. Include letters written to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. and to R. C. Stearns, Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction. Correspondents include Florence L. Pettit, W. W. Haskins, Joseph W. Everett, Jno. B. Terrell, C. G. Baughan, R. F. Andrews, D. A. Christie, Jackson Davis, Joe B. [Davis ?], Sands Gayle, C. J. Holsinger, E. E. Worrell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 items. Include letters written to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Everett E. Worrell, H. L. Webb (to W. W. Haskins), Joseph W. Everett, R. C. Stearns. Includes regulations and grading system of Arvonia High School, 1915-1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items. Letters written to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Harris Hart, J. A. C. Chandler (asking that teachers be paid even though school sessions were shortened because of the influenza epidemic of 1918), Chandler \u0026amp; Blakey, Jno. P. McConnell, G. L. Brown, Arthur D. Wright, W. W. Haskins, George Braxton Taylor, Olivia L. Wyson (to P. P. Glover), Harris Hart (to Frank T. West), Josephine White, [Edward ?] C. Spencer, Polly Garnett Saunders, nan Edwards, James W. Wigginton, Harry F. Byrd (concerning Shenandoah National Park). Includes wedding announcement; and minutes, 1925, of Democratic County Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items. Include letters to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Claude R. Wood, W. J. Hubard, G. L. Morris (and A. J. Terill and A. W. Carter to Morris), Edyth Jenkins, Carey M. Scales, R. S. Burruss, A. H. Trent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Letters concerning Anti-Smith Democratic Movement. Correspondents include Lewis Twyman, J. Sidney Peters, Frank B. Dunford, G. W. M. [Taylor ?], J. Dwight Martin, James Cannon. Includes speech by T. N. Hass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. Mostly concern Republican party politics. Correspondents include Dr. P. E. Tucker, L. F. Harris, Emmett D. Gregory, J. W. Blackwell, Harry F. Byrd. Includes broadside, 1930, entitled \"Notice to the Republican voters of Buckingham County.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items. Correspondents include Grover Hudgins, Cora Wood, Lilliam Eldridge, Russell Moon, Gertrude Sadler, Harry Byrd, Carter Glass, Rebekah Ellis, Hunter McGuire (dictated), Charles M. Barrell. Letters from Byrd and Carter Glass thank Twyman for opposition to packing U. S. Supreme Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e229 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. To his brother Iverson L. Twyman or John A. Twyman. Concern family's poverty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items. Includes letters to John A. Twyman, 1881-1882. Other letters concern Austin and Twyman genealogy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items. Correspondents include Addison Spencer, Alice H. Bagby, L. F. Walker, W. R. Twyman, Iverson Twyman (of Bonham, Texas), Lizzie Twyman, C. Humphry, Julia Shipp, W. G. Stanard (concerning membership in the Virginia Historical Society), Lou. E. Twyman, John M. Daniel, Sm. L. [Clothworthy ?], John Lamb. Concern genealogical inquiries on Twyman family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 items. Correspondents include R. L. D. McAllister, Robert O. Garrett, Thomas M. Green, H. J. Eckenrode, William F. Bagby, Carl A. Lewis, John C. Underwood, George Braxton Taylor, Mrs. F. Handy, Anna Royster Rogers, James Y. Lloyd, Jno. W. Richardson, W. R. Twyman, E. V. Anderson, H. R. McIlwaine, George E. Booker, Lillie Beall Lewis, Ruth Beall, Jackson Davis (bears letter of Plummer F. Jones), E. W. Twyman. Concern genealogical inquiries on Twyman family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items. Correspondents include Ruth Beall, Sands Gayle, H. Silverthorn Co., Benjamin Twyman, M. A. Twyman, H. R. McIlwaine, H. J. Eckenrode, Nusbaum Book \u0026amp; Art Co., Mrs. M. A. Twyman, Daphne A. Carter. Concern genealogical inquiries on Twyman family and Twyman crest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 items. Correspondents include Benjamin Twyman, Nusbaum Book \u0026amp; Art Co., Champ Clark, Margaret Huff (paper bears Twyman-coat-of-arms), D. W. Twyman, Jr., Thomas S. Martin, Leila C. Handy, Mrs. M. A. Twyman, Ruth Beall, Jno. C. Underwood, G. W. D. Twyman, Anna Roy[ster] Rogers, Sands Gayle, Lillie Geall Lewis. Concern genealogical inquiries on the Twyman family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Correspondents include Leila C. Handy, Jno. C. Underwood, The Genealogical Association [William A. Crozier], Benjamin Twyman, Augusta G. Twyman (in Rome, Italy), Margaret H. Concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. Correspondents include Leila C. Handy, Anna Roy[ster] Rogers, Jno. C. Underwood, Ruth Beall, Mrs. R. J. Gilbert. Concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items. Correspondents include Benjamin Twyman (enclosing photos), Mrs. R. J. Gilbert, H. D. Flood (concerning statue in Richmond to George Rogers Clark), J. M. Street, Laura K. Crozier, [?] Nichols, Fannie Twyman Gilbert. Concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items. Correspondents include Mary Twyman Klayder, Lewis Twyman, Margaret Huff, Mrs. Robert J. Gilbert, I. M. S., William Ellyson (for State Mission Board of Baptist General Association), W. R. Boyd, Jr. (League to Enforce Peace), David Hepburn (Anti-Saloon League and pamphlet - Liquor vs. Life: Anarchy vs. Law by George W. McDaniel. Letters concern World War I, Influenza Epidemic of 1918.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items. Correspondents include Mary Twyman Klayder, Ruby M. Naylor, Oliver J. Sands, H. R. McIlwaine, Julia Twyman, George E. Booker, Duval Porter, C. M. Barrell, Effle E. Carney, Mrs. R. J. Gilbert, Arthur Kyle Davis, David Hepburn (Anti-Saloon League), Julien Gunn, J. H. Lewis, J. E. West, L. E. Mauch, Mildred Jones Lewis (concerning Lewis Association). Many letters concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family and death of Augusta Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items. Correspondents include Nettie [?], Mrs. Richard Floyd burke, James William Wigginton, Ruth Beall, Mrs. Robert J. Gilbert, Buford Twyman, Mary Twyman Klayder, H. F. Byrd (announcing his candidacy for governor), Eula May Burke, George Braxton Taylor, W. J. Hubard (concerning Lee Last Camp Association.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 items. Correspondents include Kate M. Cannon, Margaret Beale, James Lewis (English dog postcard), Lillie [?], Jamie Rouston Boulware, Kate M. Cannon, Mary T. Klayder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e84 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e23 items. Letters written to Iverson L. Twyman (concerning teaching and the family's poverty), Bettie [?], Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, [Seymour W.] Holman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e31 items. Letters written to Iverson L. Twyman, Mabel B. Twyman, Samuel R. Twyman, Addie Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 items. Letters written by Louise E. Twyman, Daphne [?], Benjamin Twyman, V[irginia] Aldridge, S. F. Kitchen, Lucy Twyman (describing Episcopal Home in Richmond), M. V. Scruggs, M. M. Ellis, M. G. Carter, Ella Watson, Julia W. [Viditz?], L. F. Walker, [Nettie ?] Wright. Includes booklet (The Light of Christmastide).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters by and to Julia Twyman. Correspondents include her mother, Uncle John Twyman, letter of recommendation of her as a teacher, Florida teaching certificates, M. Gordon Twyman while studying law at the University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e46 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 items. Correspondents are Iverson L. Twyman, John A. Twyman (one letter bears note by Iverson L. Twyman; most letters written while she was attending State Normal School, Nashville, Tenn., [now Peabody College]), Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Augusta G. Twyman (concerning Mabel Twyman's ill-health, Dr. Edward McGuire, Dr. Hunter McGuire, streetcars in Richmond), Dr. Hunter McGuire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written from Nellie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Photograph of Jack Twyman (as Lorenzo in \"Merchant of Venice\"), spiritual autobiography (copy), 1811, of George Twyman. Letters of Julia [?] and A. S. H. to Mary Lavinia Twyman, Alexander H. Sands (to Dr. William P. Twyman), Lizzie Twyman, Ben Twyman, Mrs. John Eldridge and Grover Hudgins to Lewis Twyman, Emmett D. Gregory, M. Gordon Twyman (to Edith Twyman and Julia Twyman), Mrs. M. V. Ayres, Belle [?] to Pa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Letter of E. P. Richardson to sister Ann S. Horsley, 1840, concerning qualms of her husband concerning slavery; letters, undated, of A. E. Horsley, letters, 1849 and n.d., of F. C. Horsley to Iverson L. Twyman (concerning his not being appointed to faculty of U. Va. : \"The faculty always intended to make their selections from the lower classes...They wanted to conciliate ragtag \u0026amp; bobtail because ragtag \u0026amp; bobtail vote for the delegates and the delegates vote for the annuity); John Horsley to James M. Spiller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Letters, 1837 and n.d., written by Mary Lavinia Horsley to Henry Rodes. Letters, 1837-1838, of Henry A. Cabell and Henriann Cabell to Mary Lavinia Horsley. Mary Lavinia Horsley was the first wife of Iverson L. Twyman (1810-1864). They were married in Nov. 1838; she died in 1844.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 items. Letters, 1853 and undated by Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin to Geo. B. Austin (concerning her separation from Austin) and to Iverson L. Twyman concerning her separation. Letters to Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items. Correspondence, 1834-1853, of Robert Y. Horsley with to Iverson L. Twyman, Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin, George Austin and Lorenzo Norvell. Includes letter of Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin to George B. Austin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items. Correspondence, 1838-1859, of Doctor William A. Horsley with Iverson L. Twyman (concerning Horsley's study of medicine at MCV) and William H. Summerell (concerning graduation at a medical school in Philadelphia).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. 2 letters, Margaret Miller to Antonia (Tony) Spiller, 1868-1869. (In 1884 she married Iverson L. Twyman [1849-1921]. Letter, undated, by Hampden Spiller to George Spiller. Letters, 1851-1883 \u0026amp; undated, of Mary Frances Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman [bear letters of J. M. Spiller], Mrs [?] Bocock and letter, 1903, by F. G. Woodson to Mary F. Spiller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 items. Letters written by or addressed to Sue M. Payne, Caroline Spiller, Emma Spiller, H. B. Spiller, J. H. Spiller, James Spiller, P. H. Spiller, I. L. Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e36 items. Letters, 1849, by G. A. Spiller to I. L. Twyman and James M. Spiller, George Spiller (while a student at VMI in 1862, working for New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad, Mobile, Ala., Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Jackson, Tennesse; Texas Investment Co., Ltd., Fort Worth, Texas; Cattle Raisers Association, Jacksboro, Texas; Daily and Weekly Gazette, Fort Worth, Texas) to James M. Spiller and Mary Francis Spiller. Letters, 1855- , written to George Spiller by Charles B. Stewart, J. A. Kinnter, C. W. Figgat, L. W. Frazer, John Dooley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e219 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 items. Letters by J. M. Spiller, Guard Lock No. 4, James River \u0026amp; Kanawha Canal. One, 2 October 1848, is a detailed account of appearance and conversations of Thomas Hart Benton. Other letters concern politics, [Spiller's hatred of Whigs], slavery [\"I did not intend you to make a cook of Sally. Please leave her to herself to attend to the cows and her business - the women who suckle can and must cook\"] and requesting Twyman's aid in keeping Spiller's sister from going back to her former husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items. Letters written by J. M. Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman and George B. Austin concerning slaves (buying and selling) and farm management.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Letters of J. M. Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman (one letter bears letter of Mary F. Spiller to Twyman), John H. Johnson, William McCorkle, H. Johns.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Letters by J. M. Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman, Pauline V. Reid, Virginia J. McDowell, William A. Glasgow. Letters concern Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items. Letters by J. M. Spiller to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Iverson L. Twyman, and S. M. Bocock, concerning Reconstruction, povery of Twyman family and Readjusters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items. Letters from C[hapman] Johnson, George Booker, F. Jones, John A. Cooke, Josiah Samuel, Charles T. Bocock (concerning separation from Sarah Ann (Spiller) Bocock (concerning disposition of slaves and her ex- husband Charles T. Bocock), Mathew McDaniel, Henry Loving (concerning settling Balc people in Ohio), Holison Johns, Walter Gwynn, Eliza Carrington, John J. Grasty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items. Letters written by Eliza H. Carrington, D. P. Gooch, J. D. Davidson, H. C. Snyder, Reuben Sorrel (disposition of slaves), B. T. Stanley, N. H. Massie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items. Letters written by A. H. Benson (of 11th Va. Infantry Regiment ?, bears drawing of engagement at Dranesville, Va., 20 December 1861), B. C. Megginson, N. F. Bocock, B. M. DeWitt, J. D. Davidson, T. Henry Thompson, [?] Rowland, Jones \u0026amp; Miller, Lynchburg, Va., F[rancis] H[enney] Smith (concerning supplies in 1865 for Virginia Military Institute), H. S. Lochery, George T. Lyle, John S. Grasty, B. Gould, A. C. Smith, Hall A. Winston \u0026amp; Co., Baltimore, Md., E. F. Blair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Letters written by J. W. Walkup, Ben A. Donald (describing his recommendations for stuccoing), B. C. Megginson, Edward J. Chaffin, W. A. Deas (treasurer of VMI), Jno. K. Watkins, B. Gould, John T. Bocock, Charles A. Davidson, John S. Grasty (Presbyterian minister).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items. Includes letters from John S. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), S. M. Bocock, Elliott Spiller (while student at Hampden-Sydney College and including report) and M. N. Hylum (bears seal of and concerns Patrons of Husbandry, State Grange of Va.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e23 items. Many letters about death of Elliott Spiller by gunshot wound at Hampden-Sydney College. Other letters concern Patrons of Husbandry, State Grange of Virginia. Correspondents include John A. Preston, William M. McPheeters, J. M. Blanton, D. W. Sparks, M. N. Hayburn, J. M. R. Sprinkel, Charles J. Jones, C. M. Reynolds, John F. White, L. T. Wilson, Frank G. Ruffin, William B. Cowper, Mary E. K. Damson, J. B. Seeley, Snow \u0026amp; Johnson, [n. p.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. Letters written by A. F. Robertson, John T. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), William Mahone (calling a conference of Readjusters), Fannie Hamilton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items. Letters written by John T. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), John F. White, William E. Cameron, Frank G. Ruffin (concerning election of ? and his own office in state government), J. M. Reynolds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Letters written by John F. White (d. 1883), S. V. Reid, Mary Jasper Bocock, John S. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), Dr. James Madison Blanton, Jno. Henry Loving, George Hylton, William A. White.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Letters written by Fleming Harris (former slave in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio), Charles J. Jones, J. M. Harris, S. T. Young, Ro[bert] F. Mays, W. G. Payne, William L. Royall, R. W. Glass, Catherine E. Phelps, William Mahone (letters, 25 June 1886 and 16 October 1887; concerning tariff and providing campaign strategy to Joseph B. Buhoman in his race against [?] Figgatt).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Letters written by Catherine E. Phelps, R. W. Glass, William Mahone (Republican patronage), W [Skeny ?], Fulvia [?], P. H. McCaull, Robert M. Hudson, C. W. Humphreys, Elliott Spiller, James Spiller (grandson).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Letters written by or addressed to Dudley Brooke, Edward Cunningham, Joseph Curd, Joseph Davis, Alexander Fulton, James Govan, Mary (Twyman) Greenwood (b. 1733 - copy), Micajah [?], Henry McClurg, Jonathan Maxey, Richard North, Richard C. Potter, Richard Phelps, Thomas Pleasants (Quaker), Charles H. Saunders, John Seayres, Reuben Sims (issuing slave pass), George Twyman, Dr. James Walker, Willis Wills, Hill \u0026amp; Rea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items. Letters written by or addressed to Christopher Anthony, John Baskerville, J. Bolling, David Bondurant, Jeffrey Bondurant, George Booker, Thomas Boulware, William Dunford, Henry Flood, Walter L. Fontaine, Charles Garrote (or Garrott), James T. Hubard, Ben Maxey, Jacob Maxey, Jonathan Maxey, Zachariah Nevit, J. Pittman, Thomas E. Pleasants, Philip Slaughter, John Taylor of Caroline (2 letters written by him), Mutual Assurance Society, Messrs. Scott \u0026amp; Gilliam, Ca Ira, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items. Many letters are permissions for slaves to join Mulberry Grove Baptist Church or are letters of dismissal from churches. Include letters written by or addressed to George Booker, James Christian, John Couch, R. Eldridge, Jr., Levy Gibson (petition to get out of jail), J. P. Gipson, D. Guerrant, William Horsley, James T. Hubard, James Jones, W. B. Jones, Peter Klipstine, Richard G. Morris (agrees to slaves being baptized, but objects to their being immersed in November), William Moseley, William P. Moseley, Mildred Rose, Poindexter P. Scott, Seymour Scott, Frances W. Talbot, Isham Talbot, Frances W. Taylor, M. P. Thomas, Jno. M. Walker (bears opinion of Benjamin Watkins Leigh), Gilbert Walker, Warner Williams, Charles Yancey, and the Mulberry Grove Baptist Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items. Includes letters concerning slaves joining the church. Letters written by or addressed to W. Alexander, [?] Austen, William H. Carter (slave Patty), [?] M. Hollingsworth, Josias Jones, Thomas Jones, S. H. Laughlin, Jacob Maxey, William B. Maxey, R. E. Moseley, Reuben B. Patterson (slave), Charles Perrow, Robert A. Phelps, Robert Rives, Moses Spencer (concerning slave) and Lewis C. Tindall (concerning slave).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items. Letters written by or addressed to James Brown, E. W. Cabell, Jno. Crews, Mr. and Mrs. crews (invitation), B. M. DeWitt, Julia DeWitt, P. A. Forbes, Richard H. Gambria (Western State Lunatic Asylum), Elizabeth Glover, Charles Perrow, Margret S. Phillips, W. H. Plunkett, Webb, Brown \u0026amp; Co., [?] and a letter concerning Frederick C. Horsley's application for a position at the University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e31 items. Letters written by or addressed to John M. Atkinson, Robert Atkinson, Sarah Austin, Anika Blew (black and perhaps slaves), Dr. James Bolton, [?] Breckinridge, F. M. Cabell, John B. Childers, Bennitt DeWitt, Samuel H. Dunn, Susie Ford, W. Franklin, James M. Fulks (hiring slaves), Sarah J. Garland, Joseph Grow, Jno. F. Hix, W. Hix, Joseph Kyle, Marcus T. C. Loving, Samuel McCorkle, W. A. Miller, [?] Moseley, R. D. Palmer, Peter S. Parker, J. W. Randolph, James H. Rodes, V. W. Southall, Jno. R. Thompson, Charles C. Tucker (land warrant claims), Iverson L. Twyman (concerning eye injury of Iverson L. Twyman, Jr.), George C. Walton, Jno. Walton, Seth Woodruff (selling of slave girls) \u0026amp; McCorkle, Simpson \u0026amp; Jones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 items. Letters written by or addressed to Ben (slave working on Richmond defenses, 14 August 1864), Ada Bocock, [?] Brownes, Eliza H. Carrington, R. A. Coghill, N. F. Ellis, Richard Ellis, James H. Fitzgerald, P. A. Forbes (concerning escape of Bennett Dodge from Central Lunatic Asylum, Staunton, Va.), H. M. Garland, Jr., William A. Glasgow, J. H. Howell, R. R. Irving, Jeter \u0026amp; Dickinson, Kensey Johns, Harry O. Locher, Samuel McCorkle, A. D. Martin, Doctor John Peter Mettauer, B. G. Morris, Charles Y., Morris (concerning turning in names of all slaves aged between eighteen and fifty-five: 9 February 1864), William F. Oliver (commanding Davidson's Battery and concerning service record of Jessie A. Peters), Camm Pattison, Peyton, Cary \u0026amp; Co., Samuel Read, Jno. J. Riggins, Robert Shaw, Francis T. Stribling (superintendent of Central Lunatic Asylum), J. L. Thornton, Dr. [?] Walton (concerning Robert A. Gilliam, Co. F, 18th Virginia Regiment), James A. Wright.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items. Letters written by or addressed to Grace R. Bagby, Joseph Brown, Jno. J. Echol, A. Eubank (describing a shooting outside saloon in San Antonio, Tx.), R. H. Gilliam, S. O. Larche, Bennie Lynn, Albert McDaniel, W. D. Moore, W. P. Moseley, Eva S. Newton, William Merry Perkins, Mary Philpott, Willie B. Philpott, Frank G. Ruffin (concerning Grange), James R. Thompson, William E. Walkup (concerning person who needs assistance from county), Samuel Lother Wynn, Jeter \u0026amp; Dickinson, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Letters written by or addressed to Mrs. J. Curry Abbitt (transfer of church membership for Thomas J. Davidson), Alice Bagby, A. J. Clore, Jr., Rosa V. Cole, J. W. Falson, George Hylton, Mrs. Paul A. Klayder (concerning Twyman genealogy), Nelia Miller (concerning Twyman genealogy), J. H. Montgomery, D. A. Richardson (for Armenian Relief Committee of Chicago), W. J. Sadler, Idah Meacham Stobridge, Robert M. Tarleton, S. Reed Vaughn, New Canton Motor Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany are incomplete and fragmentary. Genealogical material. Includes letters written by or addressed to George E. Booker, Charles L. Cocke, Bennitt M. DeWitt, Minnie Ellis, John Abner Eubank, Charles R. Fontaine, Thomas W. Garnett, E. G. Grasty, V. Hill, W. Hubard, David Kyle, Carol Martin, [?] Perkins, James Rowland, William Sands, W. Thompson, Nettie Walker (enclosing photograph of \"The Willows\"), Samuel D. Williams, E. A. Wright, James A. Wright, cloth fragment. Genealogical material, ca. 1850.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items. Includes letters written by Flippen \u0026amp; Montgomery, [Lynchburg ? Virginia], W. Gill, James M. Harris, John H. Hill, J. M. Spiller, James C. Turner, Iverson Lewis Twyman. See also J. M. Spiller letters and Twyman and Spiller manuscript volumes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Papers relating to the canal. Letters written toJames M. Spiller by Thomas Harding Ellis and E. Lorraine. Minutes of the President and Directors of the James River and Kanawha Company. James M. Harris to Iverson L. Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e25 items. Papers relating to the canal. Includes letters written by or addressed to Frances A. Austin, Grace B. Austin, J. G. S. Boyd, E. L. Chinn, Thomas H. DeWitt, Thomas Harding Ellis, J. M. Harris, William P. Munford, Jno. B. Robertson, Francis H. Smith (of Virginia Military Institute), James M. Spiller; and receipts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Papers relating to the canal. Time book for Gwynn Dam \u0026amp; Lock. Drawing - section of fender. Gwynn Dam, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e41 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e50 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e63 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e41 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e55 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e82 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e82 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e88 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e88 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e65 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e65 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e53 items. Folder 180 includes a copy of John Randolph agreement with James Hall, dated 27 April 1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e53 items. Folder 180 includes a copy of John Randolph agreement with James Hall, dated 27 April 1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e73 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e73 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e84 items. Folder 184 includes 2 items involving Thomas Jefferson, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e84 items. Folder 184 includes 2 items involving Thomas Jefferson, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e84 items. Folder 184 includes 2 items involving Thomas Jefferson, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e44 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e57 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e57 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e50 items. Folder 190 includes 2 items signed by Edmund Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e50 items. Folder 190 includes 2 items signed by Edmund Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e54 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e54 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e60 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e60 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items. Includes item signed by Edmund Henry about a legal matter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e34 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e43 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e43 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e40 items. Includes copy of legal paper involving Edmund Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e49 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e45 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e31 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e33 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e41 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e23 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e31 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e31 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e38 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e74 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e47 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e108 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e91 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e101 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Apparently more than one person by this name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. See also Martha E. Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e126 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Apparently more than one person by this name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e44 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e84 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e71 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e40 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e66 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e66 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e62 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e49 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e73 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e65 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e38 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e40 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e64 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e57 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e73 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e94 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e117 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e69 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e97 items. Includes statement of 27 February 1858 of sale of a Negro man for $1075.00 by D. M. Pulliam \u0026amp; Co., Richmond, Va. A/c Dr. and Mrs. Iverson L. Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e78 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e93 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e84 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e89 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e51 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e37 items. Includes receipt, 6 August 1864, for Negro slave to work on fortifications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e36 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e302 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e48 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e73 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e86 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e55 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e38 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Copy of a George Twyman will of 1733, and last advices of another George Twyman, 1803. Other Twyman items 1873-1939.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e223 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e33 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e49 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e75 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e44 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e112 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Papers involving both names.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e250 items. Papers involving both names.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e55 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e51 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e42 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e56 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Papers involving both names.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e31 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e142 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e117 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Horsely - Austin, 1811. Horsley -Spiller, 1818-1850. Papers involving both names.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e195 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e55 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e58 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e60 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e64 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e58 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e49 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e44 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e59 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e118 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e87 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e70 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e70 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e99 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e103 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e40 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items. Includes bill of James M. Spiller of 1863-1864 to Confederate States of America for hay, corn, etc. Also pardon from Andrew Johnson to James M. Spiller for \"taking part in the late rebellion.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e195 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e106 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e81 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e161 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e164 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e103 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e46 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e57 items. Includes dentist's bill of period 1873-1883 finally settled in 1887.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e63 items. Includes copies of will of 1889 of J. M. Spiller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e73 items. The majority of the material concerns Miss Mary Spiller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e41 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e65 items. Includes part of deed dated 1 May 1784 signed by Benjamin Harrison, Governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e40 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items. Includes papers on the estate of William Adams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e33 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e33 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e49 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e25 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e45 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e44 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e34 items. Includes document dated \"Cold Comfort 5 February 1812\" and signed by Mary and Martha Harrison, sisters of Benjamin Harrison dealing with his slave estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e93 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e33 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e40 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e30 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e42 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e99 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e52 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e57 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e23 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items. Includes extract of Special Order #64 of May 29, 1865 concerning \"harsh or cruel treatment\" of employees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e38 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e23 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e217 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e217 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e217 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e217 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Includes land grant of 1789 signed by Governor Beverly Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items. Includes \"A list of Magistrates as also those named in different Commissions of the Peace for Buckingham County\" for 1777-1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e46 items. Includes judgment involving Randolph Jefferson and John Jefferson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e33 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e23 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 items. Includes \"A list of a Company of Light Infantry --- of the 100th Regiment (of) Buckingham Militia,\" 19 April 1812.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e33 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e23 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e173 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e23 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e77 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e57 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of a meeting of citizens of Buckingham County, \"friendly to the Election of General Andrew Jackson as...[the] next President.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Genealogical Materials. See also Rogers and Twyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e34 items. Genealogical Materials. See also Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item. Genealogical Materials. See also J. M. Spiller Ledger (cash accounts). 1839-57, pp. 80-81 and pp. 292-294 for family notes by Spiller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e135 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e135 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e135 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e135 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items. Genealogical Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e116 items. Entire box. Genealogical Materials. Includes metal sign \"B. Austin, Attorney at Law\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount book of William Adams and his estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Archibald, 1824-1828. Court records, 1847-1848.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes James River and Kanawha Canal accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes James River and Kanawha Canal accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount books, 1849-1856, including farm notes, 1860-1864.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding farm notes and notes of calls on patients.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes farm notes in back, 1840.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding the estate of George Spiller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes time charts for worker in the James River and Kanawha Canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger of J. M. Spiller, 1839-1859, other accounts 1886-1892. Spiller genealogical data, pp. 80-81, 292-294.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding time sheets of work on locks, James River and Kanawha Canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes work on the James River and Kanawha Canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes vouchers of Ada and Sarah Bocock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Draft of note about whipping a slave. Form of bill of sale of slave. (Other slavery items among dated papers).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e24 items. Legal papers involving him. Concerns money owed by Francisco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 items. Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1765 (1800-1890) 1939, of the Austin, Twyman, Spiller and Horsley families of Amherst and Buckingham counties, Virginia.","The papers include correspondence, accounts, legal papers and manuscript volumes. Includes papers of Archibald Austin (1772-1837), member of Congress, 1817-1819, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1815-1816, 1835-1837, his wife, Grace R. (Booker) Austin and their children, James M. Austin, John Austin and Bernard Austin, Grace Austin and Frances (Austin) Wright.","Correspondents of Archibald Austin include William H. Cabell, Walter L. Fontaine, Charles Yancey, Waller Taylor, George Booker, and Robert T. Hubard.","Subjects include the War of 1812, national politics and the business of the Virginia General Assembly. Papers include correspondence of Archibald Austin's son-in-law, Doctor Iverson Lewis Twyman (1810-1864) who married first, Mary Lavinia Horsley and second, Martha E. Austin. His correspondence concerns slavery, farm management, the study and practice of medicine and the education of his children whose letters are also part of the collection. His children were Iverson Lewis Twyman (1849-1921), John Austin Twyman, Superintendent of Schools in Buckingham County, Samuel Rogers Twyman (concerning Twyman genealogy), Augusta Giles Twyman and Mabel Booker Twyman.","Austin twyman papers collection 1765-1865 Amherst and Buckingham Counties is available on 35 reels of microform in Swem Library's Microforms area call number HD1471 .U5 R43","Papers also contain a few items concerning the Horsley family and much correspondence and many accounts of James Madison Spiller, a friend of Dr. Iverson Lewis Twyman and the father-in-law of Iverson Lewis Twyman, Jr. The collection includes several items relating to Peter Francisco, Revolutionary War hero; materials relating to the James River and Kanawha Canal; letters pertaining to the Civil War; accounts and legal documents concerning Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell, Cumberland, Goochland, King and Queen, Nelson, Powhatan and Prince Edward Counties; genealogical materials relating to the Austin, Booker, Byrd, Clark, Gaines, Lewis, Montague, Rogers, Twyman and Walker families; and miscellaneous material consisting of poetry, religious manuscripts, recipes, memoranda and photographs.","Letters are filed in chronological order within each folder. Consequently, there may be more than one letter in the folder written by the person listed in the inventory and also, the letters written by this person may not be filed together within the folder. If the researcher is interested in a person, look throughout the folder. If the researcher is interested in a subject, each letter by the person writing about the subject must be looked at make sure all of the information about the subject has been seen. This series is divided into subseries by family name.","22 items.","5 items. Includes letters to Thomas Leland, John Austin (concerning a survey of James Breckenridge's grant). William A. Perkins and Robert Garland.","17 items. Includes letters by James Austin (brother, concerning candidates for House of Delegates in election of 1837), Grace R. Austin (wife), James M. Austin (son, concerning candidates for House of Delegates in election of 1837), Bernard Austin (son, while studying at an unidentified college which he compares to Hampden-Sydney College; and concerning his law practice and that of his father; and politics), John Austin (son).","72 items.","11 items. Includes letters by Bernard Austin (to his mother asserting his independence in regard to a marriage choice and concerning his leaving Virginia), B. G. Booker (brother of Mrs. Austin, concerning his move to the West), I. L. Twyman (asking assent from Grace R. Austin to marry her daughter), Eliza B. Austin, Susan Austin (ensalved woman), Martha E. (Austin) Twyman.","Susan Austin letter, 18 July 1851 includes transcription of the letter.","8 items. Includes letters by James Walker (concerning inoculation), William H. Cabell, Waller Taylor, Thomas McCleland (sending French clover seed from Botetourt Co., Va.), Jeremiah Weaver (money owed for a racehorse and carriage horses), Samuel P. Christian (soldiers from Buckingham County stationed on Craney Island in War of 1812), George Booker (written 26 March 1814, while serving with troops east of Lynnhaven), Gideon Spencer (asking Archibald Austin to run for Congress).","19 items. Includes letters by Richard Dabbs (setting up a schedule for preaching), Charles Yancey (written 10 February 1820, concerning session of General Assembly and the Missouri Compromise), Waller Taylor ([several items] Florida Question; Missouri Compromise; death of Stephen Decatur; insanity of John Randolph of Roanoke; Daniel D. Tompkins; opinion of Henry Clay; fear of Jackson and Calhoun; and election of John Q. Adams), Walter L. Fontaine (written 30 January 1821, concerning business of the General Assembly), Ro. B. Jones, Isham Talbot (laying off the town of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; description of Alabama; his crops), S. Branch, Samuel C. Scott, John Fauntieroy, A. Caldwell.","12 items. Includes letters by A. White, Hampden-Sydney College (monthly report), George Booker (concerning business of General Assembly and revision of Virginia Court System in 1831), Stephen Hubbard, E. Booker (concerning anti-tariff convention to be held in Philadelphia September 1821), J. Mills, C. Fontaine, John W. Haskins, Samuel Ford, James W. Bouldin.","11 items. Includes letters by George Booker (declining to run again for House of Delegates), Charles Yancey (declining to run again for House of Delegates), John Morgan (asking Archibald Austin to run for House of Delegates), James Bouldin (discussing his mailing list to constituents), M. C. Spencer, P. P. Smith, Stephen Hubbard, C. Fontaine, H. Lipscomb, Samuel Ford.","11 items. Includes letters by P. P. Smith, P. H. Fontaine (news of politics in Washington and Virginia in 1836), Ro. T. Hubard, Thomas McCoy (concerning Bernard G. Austin), W. P. Mosley, University of Virginia (monthly report), Thomas H. Merryman, W. C. Nicholas.","7 items.","Letters by Archibald Austin, Jr.","17 items.","Letters by (and to) Bernard Gaines Austin. Concerning his life in Missouri; and an operation by Doctor [John Peter] Mettauer. To brothers and to Dr. I. L. Twyman.","111 items.","29 items. Payment for hire of slave Beverly while he was in the woods. Possible sale of slaves to pay off debt. Letters written to John Austin while he was attending the University of Virginia. Family going to the Centennial on borrowed money. News of the centennial. Reconstruction.","64 items. Concerning a homesick overseer, preparations for Christmas; food; clothes; hiring and selling of slaves; plants for the yard; slaves weaving cloth and making shoes. Slave Beverly.","18 items. Includes two slave letters (Mary to her mother and father; and Lucy Patterson to Beverly, her son). Includes letter, 7 May 1859, of R. Elariage stating he has no objection to a slave marriage and endorsing the prospective husband. Letter outlining how to manage the estate of Archibald Austin ['If we lose when we own the negroes, how much more loss we would sustain when the negroes are hired.\"] and what has transpired financially since Austin's death twelve years previously including the sale of forty-three slaves. Also letters written from Virginia Female Institute, Staunton, Va.","14 items.","Letters by George B. Austin. Also 2 letters to George B. Austin, 1847 and 1853. Sale of slaves; price of slaves in Richmond in 1854 and Austin's life as a schoolteacher in West Virginia.","6 items.","Letters to Grace Austin. Hiring of slaves in February 1865; and religion.","26 items.","12 items. Studying medicine at the University of Virginia and at Philadelphia College of Medicine. Hiring out of enslaved persons.","14 items. Letters written by J. L. Cabell (describing location of rooms at University of Virginia and recommending Austin), Charles J. Gee (concerning studying medicine and University of Virginia) and Thomas W. Hix (concerning studies at Philadelphia College of Medicine). Hiring of enslaved persons.","5 items.","Letters to Martha Austin, (before her marriage in 1848 to I.L. Twyman - see that file). Letter describing wedding plans and a cap.","29 items.","11 items. Family rift. Letters, 25 July - 5 September 1861, written by Austin while serving in [Company E, 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment.]","18 items. Includes letter about Civil War, 1861, from S. E. Austin, wife of Dr. James M. Austin and letters, 1838, written by Thomas F. Perkins concerning University of Virginia. Other letters concern hiring slaves to work on railroad and runaway slave.","513 items.","6 items. Includes letters to Miss Mary Lavinia Horsley (1838), Mrs. Mary Lavinia Horsley Twyman, capt. Robert Horsley, Miss Rebecca P. Horsley. (See letter, 4 March 1839, to Lavinia Horsley concerning eastern Tennessee).","16 items. Includes letters to Capt. A. W. Flippin, Capt. Harrington, George B. Austin, Martha E. Austin (written during her engagement to Twyman), Mrs. Martha E. Twyman (concerning the practice of medicine; care of a slave's child while she is in the field; sudden death of a slave mourned both as loss of property and as loss of a member of the family; and sale of slave \" [?] will tell the negroes and send them to crying and howling.\"","11 items. Includes letters to Frances Austin, Thomas Austin (concerning Rebecca Horsley), Grace B. Austin, Bernard Austin, Mrs. Martha E. Twyman, John Austin (hire of the slave Beverly; suggests taking him to a slave trader to see how much he would give for him to know whether to sell him or hire him out).","5 items. Includes letters to Daniel Woodson, Glass \u0026 Woodson, Lynchburg, Va., Thomas Austin, John Austin. Advice to John Austin concerning the study of medicine. Selling of slaves.","19 items. Includes letters to John Austin (writing a thesis for Austin while Austin is studying medicine in Philadelphia; hiring of slaves), Thomas Austin, Mrs. Martha E. Twyman.","12 items. Includes letters to Martha A. Twyman, Frances A. Austin (concerning hiring of slaves), John Austin, Thomas Austin, B. M. DeWitt (concerning family rift), M. M. Pendleton.","15 items. Includes letters to James M. Spiller, Thomas Austin (concerning sale of a slave child), Martha E. Twyman (concerning a division of slaves; advice on raising their son; selling slaves), B. M. DeWitt, W. M. Cabell, Iverson L. Twyman ([b. 1849] encouraging him to learn to read.)","15 items. Includes letters to James M. Spiller, Dr. Isaac Hays, R. S. Ellis, Dr. W. A Horsley (concerning cure for tapeworm), Orville Allen, Gen. Ro. A. Banks (politics), Gen. A. Brown, D. A. Snow (termination of a female schoolteacher's school because of her opinions on the hanging of the John Brown conspirators), Jno. Thompson.","17 items. Civil War comments in letters to Thomas Austin, J. M. Spiller, Iverson L. Twyman (b. 1849), J. B. McCaw (war injury of an Alabama soldier), Martha E. Twyman (concerning his illness and stay at Coyner's Springs), Col. R. H. Gilliam.","8 items. Includes note concerning trying to make slaves look better before they are sold.","14 items. Seth Woodruff (buying slaves in Richmond and taking them south), P. G. Gillum (concerning medical studies in Philadelphia), W. N. Rodes (Tennessee life), Orville Allen, B. M. DeWitt, F. Hopkins.","10 items. Includes letters from F. Hopkins, Samuel Jackson (medical advice), Chas. P. Lee, George S. Thornton (study of medicine in Philadelphia), William H. Diggs.","12 items. Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt, F. Hopkins, John Early (1786-1873), Anthony Thornton, John H. Rodes, Lea \u0026 Blanchard, Philadelphia, Pa., Andrew White, Benjamin White.","5 items. Includes letters from Benjamin F. Rodes, F. T. Stribling (superintendent of Western Asylum), A. Pamplin, Shelton F. Leake, and B. M. DeWitt.","17 items. Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt, F. Hopkins, Jessie T. Agee, J. B. Reswick \u0026 Co., David B. Phelps, S. C. Banks, H. Mongomerie, Julia DeWitt, Francis T. Stribling (superintendent of Western Asylum), G. T. Thornton. Letters concern hiring of slaves.","14 items. Includes letters from Geo. T. Thornton (concerning his courtship), B. M. DeWitt (concerning his financial condition), Martha M. Phillips, P[aulus] Powell ([1809-1874] Congressman), James Alexander, D. T. C. Peters, V. Mosby.","18 items. Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt (concerning George T. Thornton; and the Richmond Examiner), V. P. Mosby, John G. McClanahan, Daniel P. Woodson, James M. Harris, S. P. [Vauter ?], D. P. Gooch, Seth Woodruff (evaluating slaves), W. A. Payne, Charles Scott (by Robert Pleasants), Anthony Thornton.","18 items. Includes letters from George T. Thornton (concerning Paulus Powell), James Brown (concerning a slavetrader, Samuel Rees), James M. Harris, E. Wingfield, D. P. Gooch, W. A. Payne (concerning possibility of gonorrhea among slaves), Andrew White, D. C. Jones, W. T. Young, Frances Rogers, E. Franklin, Jr. William H. Brown.","16 items. Includes letters from DeWitt H. White (concerning his medical practice), R. B. Gooch (concerning The Southern Planter), W. C. Jordan (granting permission for his slave to marry one of Twyman's slaves if Twyman approves), [Meem ?] Gwatkin, Thomas Robert, Anthony Thornton (concerning George Thornton), David S. Kaufman (describing Texas), Daniel Woodson (concerning Texas), R. D. Palmer, unidentified writer (concerning candidates for Convention for 1850; and poisoning by slaves), Bennitt M. DeWitt (concerning Richmond Examiner), E. A. Palmer, J. B. Strong (concerning hiring slaves).","10 items. Includes letters from Robert A. Stephens (concerning hiring slaves), William M. Blackford, [?] Hopkins, Daniel Woodson (concerning east-west plit of Virginia), Benjamin Winter, Ritchie \u0026 Dunnavant, R. Strabler \u0026 Co.","13 items. Includes letters from James D. Watts (asking Twyman to act as a protector and advisor to Watt's slave), R. C. Woody, Nathaniel Woodhouse, F. M. Cabell, L. Brown, Zullock \u0026 Crenshaw, Seth Woodruff (asking for slave to be delivered so she can be sent south with others), William N. Chick, William M. Cabell, J. W. Cameron, Mary M. Cameron.","15 items. Includes letters from H. Mundy (his medical studies at University of Virginia; and death of John Austin), Smith Bosworth, L H. Wingfield, B. M. DeWitt (concerning family rift; and editing newspaper in Alabama), Thomas A Carter (punishment of slave), Silas P. Vauter, Joseph Kyle, R. W. Shaw (hiring slave), George T. Thornton, John F. White, B. Gildersleeve, Jackson L. Thornton (concerning George T. Thornton), James M. [Fulks ?], Jno. F. Hix (hiring slaves).","15 items. Includes letters from J. B. Scott (illness of slave), Smith Bosworth (hiring slave), John C. Mundy (medical studies at University of Pennsylvania), James E. Horner (hiring slave), W. H. Perkins (meeting of General Assembly), Samuel Scott, J. B. Wilkinson (hiring slaves), Jefferson Mays, George T. Thornton (his medical practice), Jesse L. Wilkinson, Benjamin S. Vawter (his medical studies at University of Virginia), R. H. Dickinson \u0026 Brother (evaluation of slaves), Jno. S. Cocke, Robert H. Gray (hiring slaves to work on Virginia \u0026 Tennessee Railroad).","30 items. Includes letters from A. M. Montgomery (hiring slaves to lay railroad track), Dickinson, Hill \u0026 Co. (value of slaves), Pulliam \u0026 Davis (value of slaves), James D. Watts (illness of slaves), George G. Curle (hiring of slaves), Jno. W. Haskins, M. F. Perkins (hiring overseer), L. H. Wingfield, George T. Thornton, James M. Cunningham (his illness), Walter S. Dunn ([of James River and Kanawha Canal]; runaway hired slaved), Francis A. Blu[?], W. P. Hill (appointing Twyman delegate for Medical Society of Virginia to National Medical Association in Philadelphia), William M. Cabell, George B. Thurman, B. M. DeWitt, J. C. Mundy, James B. Hargrove, L. H. Wingfield, A. N. Montgomery, W. T. Anderson, L. P. Mercer, James M. Fulks, Smith Bosworth.","34 items. Includes letters from J. C. Mundy, Taliaferro \u0026 Hamilton, S. F. Lucado, N. F. Bocock (runaway slave), B. M. DeWitt, James M. Harris (hire of slaves; runaway hired slave), J. D. Damson, Lewis H. Wingfield, A. Hopkins, Charles R. Shepard, H. Wilson Hix (hire of slave), Lawson G. Tyler (sending slave nurse), John Harry (his illness), James Bolton (treatment of injured eye), David R. Lew, Isaac Hays (treatment of injured eye), Adie Gray, Th. F. Perkins, Eliza Spencer, Mary Miller, D. M. Pulliam \u0026 Co. (sale of runaway slave), James M. Fulks (hire of slave), S. J. Woolridge, Elizabeth A. Harvey, Mayo Cabell, R. T. Ellis, Jr., William J. Spencer (overseer of the poor, Buckingham Co., Va.), William D. Cabell (hire of slave and his treatment.)","35 items. Includes letters from Absalom (slave letter), W. Gill (concerning slave Absalom), James M. Harris (hiring slaves for James River and Kanawha Canal), Robert A. Banks (politics), L. D. Mercer, R. H. Gilliam, Doctor James Bolton, Jordan Taylor (health of slave), D. H. Landon, J. Lawrence Meem, Alfred Iverson (concerning geneology of Iverson family), J. L. Thornton (illness and death of George T. Thornton), M. G. C. Long, W. M. Woodward, Adeline A. Sands (applying for teaching position), E. J. Snow (her firing as teacher), D. A. Snow (for A. Snow concerning firing of E. J. Snow), Hableston \u0026 Bro., T. Lyon, A. M. Ford(applying for teaching position), Mary F. Dandridge, John G. Meem, M. E. Walsh (negotiating and accepting teaching position), Lucy C. Bondurant (applying for teaching position), E. H. Gill (hiring slaves for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad), Ada B. Bocock.","Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt, W. P. Mosley (candidate for Secession Convention), McCorkle \u0026 Co. (hiring enslaved persons), E. H. Gill (hiring enslaved persons for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad), unidentified writer (hiring of enslaved persons), Ella T. Watson (her education), C. Emma Moore, James M. Harris, Lucy C. Bondurant, William Knabe \u0026 Co. (piano), John G. Meem, Conrad Freimann (piano), Peter R. Patterson, C. A. Preots (Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute), James L. Stephens, Robert (Keats?), L. D. Jones, T. T. Omohundro, E. H. Gill, R. H. Gillam, John Farriss (hiring enslaved persons), Elsom Bro. \u0026 Co., Howardsville, Va., Jacob Garrett, H. M. Bondurant, Robert L. Ragland, John H. Bondurant (hiring enslaved persons), Judith B. Smith, Charles R. Ackerly, Z. G. Wood, Sarah S.. Carnifer, Wilson Hix (to Martha (Austin) Twyman), Thomas P. Childress, Mary Clegg (applying for teaching position), R. S. Powers.","Includes letters by Thomas Dodermead (hiring slaves for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Co.; runaway hired hand, Beverly); \"A Methodist\" (concerning a teaching position; she studied at Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute), W. A. Turner (hiring slaves), Jno. J. Riggins (teaching), Bocock \u0026 Parrish, John W. Wingfield (paymaster for Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, hiring slaves), Mary (Annis?) DeWitt (illness of B. M. DeWitt, bears letter of J. C. Mundy), Jno. F Hix (death of B. M. DeWitt), Mary A. Morris (requesting that her husband be re-committed to Western State Asylum), R. B. Shaw, Jr. (speculating that Lee may attack Hooker), Samuel Read (Confederate government's hiring of slaves), J. A. Hefelfinger (Coyner's Springs), Adeline A. Sands (teaching position), Hetty R. Gillam, N. F. Bocock, Stabler \u0026 Jones, C. Amanda Hix, J. L. Thornton (describing Union raid in Orange County, Virginia), Robert Atkinson, Hill, Dickinson \u0026 Co., Richmond, Virginia, (price of slaves), R. P. Pattison, W. W. Forbes (hiring slaves for Joseph R. Anderson \u0026 Co. Tredegar), Brown \u0026 Deane, Richmond, Virginia (scarcity of schoolbooks), E. A. Cabell, Thomas F. Perkins (school), Julia E. DeWitt, W. M. Jerdone (his school), Alfred Hughes, A. Brooks (Confederate cavalryman from Georgia).","36 items. Includes letters by George T. Thornton, J. M. Harris, Jno. F. Hix, Cambridge Austin (slave letter), James Jones, Ths. M. Watson, E. A. Cabell (hiring slaves), Mrs. E. H. Gill, L. D. Jones, Th[omas] Wilson Hix, V. P. Mosby, Francis A. Blair, R. S. Ellis, Jr., Benjamin F. Rodes, E. H. Gill, William D. Hix, E. D. Moore, Jesse A. Watts (at the University of Virginia), Bennitt M. DeWitt (family rift), George W. Clark, O. A. (speech by Governor Barbour), W. C. Jordan (describing how to build a hot bed to grow potatoes), M. F. [Perkins ?], Doctor James Bolton (from Twyman), P[aulus] Powell, Hiram C. Kyle, [?] Austin, L. W. Cabell.","218 items.","7 items. Includes letters to Frances Austin Wright (mother's female illness; an alleged malingering and burglarizing female slave; fixing new clothes to sell a slave in; sewing slave clothing; selling of slaves), John Austin (fixing up slaves to sell), mother Grace R. Austin (having teeth fixed - bears letter of Iverson Lewis Twyman to George B. Austin).","7 items. Includes letters to sister Grace Austin, Frances Austin (family rift), John Austin, Iverson L. Twyman.","16 items. Letters to Iverson L. Twyman (letter, 13 September 1853 bears letter of Frances A. Austin concerning slave leaving to visit his wife). Other letters concern dressing slaves up to sell them and slave Beverly apparently with Confederate Army during Gettysburg Campaign), James M. Spiller, R. S. Ellis, Jr. (to Martha Twyman), J. Avis Bartley and Sarah F. Harris.","25 items. Includes letters to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921), concerning her worry about him, the education of his brothers and sisters, an umber mine on her farm, and sharecropping with freed blacks. Includes a letter to James A. Wright and one letter from Mabel Twyman to her brother Iverson Twyman.","27 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concerns the family's poverty and her concern over the sale of family land. Includes a letter to Mary Spiller and a letter from Mabel B. Twyman. Includes a draft of a letter to C. L. Cocke concerning Hollins Institute.","16 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concerns the family's poverty and her concern over the sale of family land. Includes a letter to Mary Spiller.","16 items. Concerns the family's poverty and money owed to West \u0026 Agee which may force the sale of her land.","17 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concern the family's poverty and her concern over her son's safety.","10 items. Written to her son Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921). Concern the family's poverty and her concern for her son.","13 items. Written to her son John Twyman. Includes letters to John Twyman from Sam Twyman, Iverson L. Twyman and Augusta G. Twyman and a letter of Martha E. (Austin) Twyman to Iverson L. Twyman.","6 items. Written to Iverson L Twyman (1810-1864). Frances (Austin) Wright, Nannie [?], John Austin, Iverson L. Twyman (b. 1849) and Grace Austin.","25 items. Includes letters from L. J. Payne, W. C. Jordan, an unidentified woman (complaining of verbal abuse by slaves), Penariah Layne, Samuel McCorkle, M. A. Robertson, Kate F. Evans, I. B. Garden (sprinkling of chloride of lime about the [slave] cabins to prevent the spread of fever), W. M. Cabell, Samuel Read (hire of slave by Confederate States Army), [James M. Spiller ?], Junius E. Leigh, James Avis Bartley, Seymour W. Holman (bears engraving of Washington College now Washington and Lee University), Internal Revenue Service (enclosing bank income tax form for 1868) and William J. Spencer.","10 items. Includes letters from E. A. Carter, James M. Harris, Seymour W. Holman (concerning Iverson Twyman's courtship of a Georgia woman), Charles Lewis Cocke (concerning his deduction for indigent students and his standard for hiring teachers at Hollins Institute [now Hollins College]), N. F. Ellis, [Sue Asa Washington ? - former slave ?], J. S. Tompkins (at Hollins Institute [now Hollins College] sending his treatment for typhoid fever), M. N. Cabell (concerning will of James M. Wright).","23 items. Includes letters from R. S. Ellis, Jr., Nannie F. Ellis (concerning Hollins Institute [now Hollins College]), L. C. P., [John Dismuke ?], George J. Hundley, M. A. Robertson, Eliza M. Eldridge (bears draft of a letter to [?] concerning the hiring of a teacher), M. K. Cabell, Amanda [?], N. A. Moseley (concerning a slave marriage), K. M. Perkins, and Samuel B. Partin.","390 items.","26 items. Includes letters written (while teaching school in Georgia) to father Iverson L. Twyman (1810-1864), mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances A. Wright, [?] Gill (draft, 5 July 1871, of a love letter), and sister Augusta Giles Twyman.","21 items. Includes letters written (while teaching school in Georgia, from New Orleans and while moving to Texas) to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Dan [?], Hank [Frances A. Wright], Uncle Paschal Twyman, Fannie [?], Annie [?] (love letter), James M. Spiller, M. Edwards.","19 items. Includes letters written (while teaching school in Texas) to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances (Austin) Wright, Annie [?] (love letter), [?] Lowe, Augusta Giles Twyman, John Twyman.","14 items. Includes letters written from Texas to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances (Austin) Wright, Annie [?], John Twyman, Alice Johnson (love letter), Letter, 14 September 1874, concerns Texas and Black persons.","8 items. Includes letters written from Texas to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Frances (Austin) Wright, John A. Twyman, Samuel R. Twyman, William Dixon, Augusta Giles Twyman.","28 items. Includes letters written to mother Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Augusta Giles Twyman, John A. Twyman, Samuel A. Twyman.","30 items. Includes letters written from Texas to Augusta Giles Twyman, John Austin, Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Hank (Frances A. Wright), Mabel Booker Twyman.","30 items. Includes letters (written from Texas) to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Thomas Austin, Augusta Giles Twyman, Miss Yelverton, John A. Austin (concerning Greenback Party).","15 items. Includes letters (written from Texas) to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Mabel Booker Twyman, Emma Buson, Thomas [?], Albert Langley. Last letter in folder written from Virginia.","6 items. From Virginia to brother John in Nashville, Tennesse. One letter bears composition \"Management of Common Schools\" and another bears note of M. E. Twyman asking her son not to drink.","28 items. Include letters from Virginia to brother John Twyman in Nashville (where he is attending college at State Normal College, now Peabody College) and in Texas. Two letters bear letters of Augusta Giles Twyman. Letters concern Readjuster politics in Buckingham County. \"The Readjusters all over the county voted for the negro [Shed Dungee] and John Eldridge says he is prouder of that one act than of any other in his whole life.\" Lists other individuals who voted for Dungee. Turkey and deer hunting.","16 items. Letters to brother John Twyman in Texas. Concerns Mabel Booker Twyman leaving State Normal School (Peabody College) and Eben Sperry Stearns. Includes letter to Antonia (Spiller) Twyman (whom he married in 1884). Letters to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman and a letter, n.d., to J. Avis Bartley.","5 items. Includes letters written by Seymour W. Holman, John A. Twyman. Also includes letters from J. W. Fishburne to W. J. Moseley, B. F. Outze and J. R. Taylor concerning I. L. Twyman and Twyman's teaching certificate, 1871, issued in Meriwether County, Ga.","14 items. Includes letters written by Seymour W. Holman (of Mexia, Texas), Fannie [?], Stanley P. Mosley, Addie M. Walker, W. W. Wisdom, a school agreement drawn up by Twyman and letters of recommendation written by Holman concerning Twyman's qualifications to teach school.","25 items. Love letters from Miss Annie Vickers (See also folders 66-68 for drafts of Twyman's letters).","30 items. Includes letters from J. L. Lowe, Seymour W. Holman, W. P. Moseley, Mary P. Moreland, Gussie Moreland, W. H. Richardson (to George J. Hundley concerning appointment of John A Twyman to VMI), P. H. Dunson, J. P. Philpott, Wilson, Hinkle \u0026 Co., Cincinnati, Ohio (concerning schoolbooks), Hattie Harris, A. M. Johnson, Maggie Harris, A. M. Johnson, L. D. Forbes. Letters concern Mexia, Texas and teaching school.","15 items. Includes letters from W. M. Thornton, George J. Hundley, John M. Colby, J. W. Fishburne, M. Washington, C. F. Scott. Letters concern teaching school.","20 items. Includes letters from R. F. Mills, Jno. T. Blalock, Thomas F. Lewis, Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, W. B. Blalock, W. L. Price, and letters concerning Twyman's church membership and letters of recommendation. Includes a teaching certificate for Limestone, Texas.","24 items. Includes letters from Seymour W. Holman, (letter, 8 May 1878, concerns lynching of a black), W. P. Moseley, Rush G. Kimball, James B. Thurman, Thomas Waters, S. P. Moseley, Fanny Prendergast, Laura Rogers. Letters concern Mexia, Texas and teaching school.","12 items. Includes letters from M. E. Robertson, H. Beall, Albert Langley, C. P. Estill, Jno. F. Blalock, R[ush] G. Kimball, Henry L. Holman. Letters concern Mexia, Texas and teaching school.","4 items. W. T. Williams, S. W. Holman (of Mexia, Texas), F. P. Moseley, S. A. Moreland (bears letter of Holman), J. P. Philpott, Bass Williams, letter of recommendation of Twyman signed by citizens of Buckingham.","383 items.","10 items. Letters to Iverson L. Twyman bear letters from Samuel R. Twyman and Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, concerning family's poverty and his desire for an education; two people in jail for whipping children to death. Letter (draft) to Joseph Dupuy Eggleston , State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and teachers certificates signed in 1902-1905 by Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va.","21 items. Includes copies of letters to Joseph Dupuy Eggleston concerning a controversy over the location of a school; copies of love letters to \"\"Miss Smith\"\" in December 1907 - January 1908 and copies of love letters to Josephine White, December 1922 - January 1923.","10 items. Includes letters from William Merry Perkins, N. A. Moseley, J. R. Blackburn, Eben S. Stearns (concerning Twyman's attendence at State Normal School, now Peabody College) and William S. Eldridge. Includes teachers certificates. One letter is to Iverson L. Twyman from John M. Colby concerning sale of Lee's Reminiscences.","17 items. Letters to Twyman in Starrville, Texas concerning State Normal College, Nashville, Tenn. (now Peabody), from Charles W. Bache, E. G. Littlejohn, Jr., J. S. Dobbins.","7 items. Letters to him in Texas and Virginia. Includes letters from Joseph E. Dobbins, E. G. Maller, J. A. Mundy, E. W. Twyman, [W. M. or Wm.] Cabell. Concern State Normal College, Nashville, Tenn. (now Peabody) and dissension in Mulberry Grove Church, Buckingham County.","6 items. Includes four letters from Miss Sally M. Smith (see folder 87 for copies of his letters to her) and C. M. [Feigenspan ?].","17 items. Letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. from James M. Thomas, Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, Courtney Irving, William G. Ransom. Includes letter, 11 January 1906, concerning Sally M. Smith (see folders 91 and 87).","34 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. from James S. Thomas, Walter R. Smith, A. L. Smith, Willis A. Jenkins (concerning Virginia Education Exhibit of Jamestown Exposition), Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, E. H. Russell, James S. Thomas, J. S. Jarman (president State female Normal School, Farmville, Va., now Longwood College).","32 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools in Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Willis A. Jenkins (concerning Jamestown Exposition), Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, James S. Thomas, William G. Ransom, Willie Sue Nicholas, Calva Watson, Lila Waller Duval, Charles M. Robinson, J. W. Hebditch, Hattie E. Forbes (concerning Sally M. Smith).","26 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools in Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Calva Watson, Willie Sue Nichols, A. L. Pitts, L. O. Prince, Jno. W. Prince, James S. Thomas, Love Hardy, Joseph D. Eggleston, J. W. Hebditch, G. W. Patteson, Wm. G. Ransom, Lila Waller Duval, Courtney Irving, W. B. Forbes, C. J. Morris, W. W. Haskins.","23 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include James B. Thomas, James H. Dilliard (concerning Jeanes Fund for black teachers), Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, T. E. Williams, Agnes White, H. Blankinship, Edna Wright, A. W. Carter, W. G. Edwards, Jackson Davis, Annie C. Coleman, A. W. Moore. Includes petitions requesting Twyman's reappointment as Superintendent.","8 items. Includes letters to him as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include O. J. Morgan, Nannie Baldwin, Calva Watson, Anna Roy[ster ?] Rogers, Eliza [?] (deciding not to marry Twyman because if her mother's objections), Plummer F. Jones (Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va.)","50 items. Letters to State Board of Education from W. L. Boatwright, A. H. Clement, A. C. Garnett, George Braxton Taylor, E. V. Anderson, A. S. Hall, Frank P. Brent, Sands Gayle requesting that Twyman be appointed again as school superintendent in place of Plummer F. Jones. Includes petitions.","22 items. Include letters written to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. and to R. C. Stearns, Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction. Correspondents include Florence L. Pettit, W. W. Haskins, Joseph W. Everett, Jno. B. Terrell, C. G. Baughan, R. F. Andrews, D. A. Christie, Jackson Davis, Joe B. [Davis ?], Sands Gayle, C. J. Holsinger, E. E. Worrell.","19 items. Include letters written to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Everett E. Worrell, H. L. Webb (to W. W. Haskins), Joseph W. Everett, R. C. Stearns. Includes regulations and grading system of Arvonia High School, 1915-1916.","22 items. Letters written to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Harris Hart, J. A. C. Chandler (asking that teachers be paid even though school sessions were shortened because of the influenza epidemic of 1918), Chandler \u0026 Blakey, Jno. P. McConnell, G. L. Brown, Arthur D. Wright, W. W. Haskins, George Braxton Taylor, Olivia L. Wyson (to P. P. Glover), Harris Hart (to Frank T. West), Josephine White, [Edward ?] C. Spencer, Polly Garnett Saunders, nan Edwards, James W. Wigginton, Harry F. Byrd (concerning Shenandoah National Park). Includes wedding announcement; and minutes, 1925, of Democratic County Committee.","12 items. Include letters to Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va. Correspondents include Claude R. Wood, W. J. Hubard, G. L. Morris (and A. J. Terill and A. W. Carter to Morris), Edyth Jenkins, Carey M. Scales, R. S. Burruss, A. H. Trent.","16 items. Letters concerning Anti-Smith Democratic Movement. Correspondents include Lewis Twyman, J. Sidney Peters, Frank B. Dunford, G. W. M. [Taylor ?], J. Dwight Martin, James Cannon. Includes speech by T. N. Hass.","10 items. Mostly concern Republican party politics. Correspondents include Dr. P. E. Tucker, L. F. Harris, Emmett D. Gregory, J. W. Blackwell, Harry F. Byrd. Includes broadside, 1930, entitled \"Notice to the Republican voters of Buckingham County.\"","21 items. Correspondents include Grover Hudgins, Cora Wood, Lilliam Eldridge, Russell Moon, Gertrude Sadler, Harry Byrd, Carter Glass, Rebekah Ellis, Hunter McGuire (dictated), Charles M. Barrell. Letters from Byrd and Carter Glass thank Twyman for opposition to packing U. S. Supreme Court.","229 items.","10 items. To his brother Iverson L. Twyman or John A. Twyman. Concern family's poverty.","17 items. Includes letters to John A. Twyman, 1881-1882. Other letters concern Austin and Twyman genealogy.","18 items. Correspondents include Addison Spencer, Alice H. Bagby, L. F. Walker, W. R. Twyman, Iverson Twyman (of Bonham, Texas), Lizzie Twyman, C. Humphry, Julia Shipp, W. G. Stanard (concerning membership in the Virginia Historical Society), Lou. E. Twyman, John M. Daniel, Sm. L. [Clothworthy ?], John Lamb. Concern genealogical inquiries on Twyman family.","32 items. Correspondents include R. L. D. McAllister, Robert O. Garrett, Thomas M. Green, H. J. Eckenrode, William F. Bagby, Carl A. Lewis, John C. Underwood, George Braxton Taylor, Mrs. F. Handy, Anna Royster Rogers, James Y. Lloyd, Jno. W. Richardson, W. R. Twyman, E. V. Anderson, H. R. McIlwaine, George E. Booker, Lillie Beall Lewis, Ruth Beall, Jackson Davis (bears letter of Plummer F. Jones), E. W. Twyman. Concern genealogical inquiries on Twyman family.","22 items. Correspondents include Ruth Beall, Sands Gayle, H. Silverthorn Co., Benjamin Twyman, M. A. Twyman, H. R. McIlwaine, H. J. Eckenrode, Nusbaum Book \u0026 Art Co., Mrs. M. A. Twyman, Daphne A. Carter. Concern genealogical inquiries on Twyman family and Twyman crest.","26 items. Correspondents include Benjamin Twyman, Nusbaum Book \u0026 Art Co., Champ Clark, Margaret Huff (paper bears Twyman-coat-of-arms), D. W. Twyman, Jr., Thomas S. Martin, Leila C. Handy, Mrs. M. A. Twyman, Ruth Beall, Jno. C. Underwood, G. W. D. Twyman, Anna Roy[ster] Rogers, Sands Gayle, Lillie Geall Lewis. Concern genealogical inquiries on the Twyman family.","16 items. Correspondents include Leila C. Handy, Jno. C. Underwood, The Genealogical Association [William A. Crozier], Benjamin Twyman, Augusta G. Twyman (in Rome, Italy), Margaret H. Concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family.","10 items. Correspondents include Leila C. Handy, Anna Roy[ster] Rogers, Jno. C. Underwood, Ruth Beall, Mrs. R. J. Gilbert. Concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family.","14 items. Correspondents include Benjamin Twyman (enclosing photos), Mrs. R. J. Gilbert, H. D. Flood (concerning statue in Richmond to George Rogers Clark), J. M. Street, Laura K. Crozier, [?] Nichols, Fannie Twyman Gilbert. Concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family.","17 items. Correspondents include Mary Twyman Klayder, Lewis Twyman, Margaret Huff, Mrs. Robert J. Gilbert, I. M. S., William Ellyson (for State Mission Board of Baptist General Association), W. R. Boyd, Jr. (League to Enforce Peace), David Hepburn (Anti-Saloon League and pamphlet - Liquor vs. Life: Anarchy vs. Law by George W. McDaniel. Letters concern World War I, Influenza Epidemic of 1918.","22 items. Correspondents include Mary Twyman Klayder, Ruby M. Naylor, Oliver J. Sands, H. R. McIlwaine, Julia Twyman, George E. Booker, Duval Porter, C. M. Barrell, Effle E. Carney, Mrs. R. J. Gilbert, Arthur Kyle Davis, David Hepburn (Anti-Saloon League), Julien Gunn, J. H. Lewis, J. E. West, L. E. Mauch, Mildred Jones Lewis (concerning Lewis Association). Many letters concern genealogical inquiries of Twyman family and death of Augusta Twyman.","17 items. Correspondents include Nettie [?], Mrs. Richard Floyd burke, James William Wigginton, Ruth Beall, Mrs. Robert J. Gilbert, Buford Twyman, Mary Twyman Klayder, H. F. Byrd (announcing his candidacy for governor), Eula May Burke, George Braxton Taylor, W. J. Hubard (concerning Lee Last Camp Association.)","8 items. Correspondents include Kate M. Cannon, Margaret Beale, James Lewis (English dog postcard), Lillie [?], Jamie Rouston Boulware, Kate M. Cannon, Mary T. Klayder.","84 items.","23 items. Letters written to Iverson L. Twyman (concerning teaching and the family's poverty), Bettie [?], Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, [Seymour W.] Holman.","31 items. Letters written to Iverson L. Twyman, Mabel B. Twyman, Samuel R. Twyman, Addie Walker.","30 items. Letters written by Louise E. Twyman, Daphne [?], Benjamin Twyman, V[irginia] Aldridge, S. F. Kitchen, Lucy Twyman (describing Episcopal Home in Richmond), M. V. Scruggs, M. M. Ellis, M. G. Carter, Ella Watson, Julia W. [Viditz?], L. F. Walker, [Nettie ?] Wright. Includes booklet (The Light of Christmastide).","17 items.","Letters by and to Julia Twyman. Correspondents include her mother, Uncle John Twyman, letter of recommendation of her as a teacher, Florida teaching certificates, M. Gordon Twyman while studying law at the University of Virginia.","46 items.","29 items. Correspondents are Iverson L. Twyman, John A. Twyman (one letter bears note by Iverson L. Twyman; most letters written while she was attending State Normal School, Nashville, Tenn., [now Peabody College]), Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Augusta G. Twyman (concerning Mabel Twyman's ill-health, Dr. Edward McGuire, Dr. Hunter McGuire, streetcars in Richmond), Dr. Hunter McGuire.","Letters written from Nellie [?].","15 items. Photograph of Jack Twyman (as Lorenzo in \"Merchant of Venice\"), spiritual autobiography (copy), 1811, of George Twyman. Letters of Julia [?] and A. S. H. to Mary Lavinia Twyman, Alexander H. Sands (to Dr. William P. Twyman), Lizzie Twyman, Ben Twyman, Mrs. John Eldridge and Grover Hudgins to Lewis Twyman, Emmett D. Gregory, M. Gordon Twyman (to Edith Twyman and Julia Twyman), Mrs. M. V. Ayres, Belle [?] to Pa.","5 items. Letter of E. P. Richardson to sister Ann S. Horsley, 1840, concerning qualms of her husband concerning slavery; letters, undated, of A. E. Horsley, letters, 1849 and n.d., of F. C. Horsley to Iverson L. Twyman (concerning his not being appointed to faculty of U. Va. : \"The faculty always intended to make their selections from the lower classes...They wanted to conciliate ragtag \u0026 bobtail because ragtag \u0026 bobtail vote for the delegates and the delegates vote for the annuity); John Horsley to James M. Spiller.","5 items. Letters, 1837 and n.d., written by Mary Lavinia Horsley to Henry Rodes. Letters, 1837-1838, of Henry A. Cabell and Henriann Cabell to Mary Lavinia Horsley. Mary Lavinia Horsley was the first wife of Iverson L. Twyman (1810-1864). They were married in Nov. 1838; she died in 1844.","6 items. Letters, 1853 and undated by Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin to Geo. B. Austin (concerning her separation from Austin) and to Iverson L. Twyman concerning her separation. Letters to Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin.","7 items. Correspondence, 1834-1853, of Robert Y. Horsley with to Iverson L. Twyman, Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin, George Austin and Lorenzo Norvell. Includes letter of Rebecca P. (Horsley) Austin to George B. Austin.","7 items. Correspondence, 1838-1859, of Doctor William A. Horsley with Iverson L. Twyman (concerning Horsley's study of medicine at MCV) and William H. Summerell (concerning graduation at a medical school in Philadelphia).","15 items. 2 letters, Margaret Miller to Antonia (Tony) Spiller, 1868-1869. (In 1884 she married Iverson L. Twyman [1849-1921]. Letter, undated, by Hampden Spiller to George Spiller. Letters, 1851-1883 \u0026 undated, of Mary Frances Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman [bear letters of J. M. Spiller], Mrs [?] Bocock and letter, 1903, by F. G. Woodson to Mary F. Spiller.","8 items. Letters written by or addressed to Sue M. Payne, Caroline Spiller, Emma Spiller, H. B. Spiller, J. H. Spiller, James Spiller, P. H. Spiller, I. L. Twyman.","36 items. Letters, 1849, by G. A. Spiller to I. L. Twyman and James M. Spiller, George Spiller (while a student at VMI in 1862, working for New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad, Mobile, Ala., Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Jackson, Tennesse; Texas Investment Co., Ltd., Fort Worth, Texas; Cattle Raisers Association, Jacksboro, Texas; Daily and Weekly Gazette, Fort Worth, Texas) to James M. Spiller and Mary Francis Spiller. Letters, 1855- , written to George Spiller by Charles B. Stewart, J. A. Kinnter, C. W. Figgat, L. W. Frazer, John Dooley.","219 items.","9 items. Letters by J. M. Spiller, Guard Lock No. 4, James River \u0026 Kanawha Canal. One, 2 October 1848, is a detailed account of appearance and conversations of Thomas Hart Benton. Other letters concern politics, [Spiller's hatred of Whigs], slavery [\"I did not intend you to make a cook of Sally. Please leave her to herself to attend to the cows and her business - the women who suckle can and must cook\"] and requesting Twyman's aid in keeping Spiller's sister from going back to her former husband.","13 items. Letters written by J. M. Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman and George B. Austin concerning slaves (buying and selling) and farm management.","15 items. Letters of J. M. Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman (one letter bears letter of Mary F. Spiller to Twyman), John H. Johnson, William McCorkle, H. Johns.","16 items. Letters by J. M. Spiller to Iverson L. Twyman, Pauline V. Reid, Virginia J. McDowell, William A. Glasgow. Letters concern Civil War.","11 items. Letters by J. M. Spiller to Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Iverson L. Twyman, and S. M. Bocock, concerning Reconstruction, povery of Twyman family and Readjusters.","18 items. Letters from C[hapman] Johnson, George Booker, F. Jones, John A. Cooke, Josiah Samuel, Charles T. Bocock (concerning separation from Sarah Ann (Spiller) Bocock (concerning disposition of slaves and her ex- husband Charles T. Bocock), Mathew McDaniel, Henry Loving (concerning settling Balc people in Ohio), Holison Johns, Walter Gwynn, Eliza Carrington, John J. Grasty.","24 items. Letters written by Eliza H. Carrington, D. P. Gooch, J. D. Davidson, H. C. Snyder, Reuben Sorrel (disposition of slaves), B. T. Stanley, N. H. Massie.","21 items. Letters written by A. H. Benson (of 11th Va. Infantry Regiment ?, bears drawing of engagement at Dranesville, Va., 20 December 1861), B. C. Megginson, N. F. Bocock, B. M. DeWitt, J. D. Davidson, T. Henry Thompson, [?] Rowland, Jones \u0026 Miller, Lynchburg, Va., F[rancis] H[enney] Smith (concerning supplies in 1865 for Virginia Military Institute), H. S. Lochery, George T. Lyle, John S. Grasty, B. Gould, A. C. Smith, Hall A. Winston \u0026 Co., Baltimore, Md., E. F. Blair.","15 items. Letters written by J. W. Walkup, Ben A. Donald (describing his recommendations for stuccoing), B. C. Megginson, Edward J. Chaffin, W. A. Deas (treasurer of VMI), Jno. K. Watkins, B. Gould, John T. Bocock, Charles A. Davidson, John S. Grasty (Presbyterian minister).","11 items. Includes letters from John S. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), S. M. Bocock, Elliott Spiller (while student at Hampden-Sydney College and including report) and M. N. Hylum (bears seal of and concerns Patrons of Husbandry, State Grange of Va.)","23 items. Many letters about death of Elliott Spiller by gunshot wound at Hampden-Sydney College. Other letters concern Patrons of Husbandry, State Grange of Virginia. Correspondents include John A. Preston, William M. McPheeters, J. M. Blanton, D. W. Sparks, M. N. Hayburn, J. M. R. Sprinkel, Charles J. Jones, C. M. Reynolds, John F. White, L. T. Wilson, Frank G. Ruffin, William B. Cowper, Mary E. K. Damson, J. B. Seeley, Snow \u0026 Johnson, [n. p.]","10 items. Letters written by A. F. Robertson, John T. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), William Mahone (calling a conference of Readjusters), Fannie Hamilton.","11 items. Letters written by John T. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), John F. White, William E. Cameron, Frank G. Ruffin (concerning election of ? and his own office in state government), J. M. Reynolds.","16 items. Letters written by John F. White (d. 1883), S. V. Reid, Mary Jasper Bocock, John S. Grasty (Presbyterian minister), Dr. James Madison Blanton, Jno. Henry Loving, George Hylton, William A. White.","15 items. Letters written by Fleming Harris (former slave in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio), Charles J. Jones, J. M. Harris, S. T. Young, Ro[bert] F. Mays, W. G. Payne, William L. Royall, R. W. Glass, Catherine E. Phelps, William Mahone (letters, 25 June 1886 and 16 October 1887; concerning tariff and providing campaign strategy to Joseph B. Buhoman in his race against [?] Figgatt).","15 items. Letters written by Catherine E. Phelps, R. W. Glass, William Mahone (Republican patronage), W [Skeny ?], Fulvia [?], P. H. McCaull, Robert M. Hudson, C. W. Humphreys, Elliott Spiller, James Spiller (grandson).","16 items. Letters written by or addressed to Dudley Brooke, Edward Cunningham, Joseph Curd, Joseph Davis, Alexander Fulton, James Govan, Mary (Twyman) Greenwood (b. 1733 - copy), Micajah [?], Henry McClurg, Jonathan Maxey, Richard North, Richard C. Potter, Richard Phelps, Thomas Pleasants (Quaker), Charles H. Saunders, John Seayres, Reuben Sims (issuing slave pass), George Twyman, Dr. James Walker, Willis Wills, Hill \u0026 Rea.","20 items. Letters written by or addressed to Christopher Anthony, John Baskerville, J. Bolling, David Bondurant, Jeffrey Bondurant, George Booker, Thomas Boulware, William Dunford, Henry Flood, Walter L. Fontaine, Charles Garrote (or Garrott), James T. Hubard, Ben Maxey, Jacob Maxey, Jonathan Maxey, Zachariah Nevit, J. Pittman, Thomas E. Pleasants, Philip Slaughter, John Taylor of Caroline (2 letters written by him), Mutual Assurance Society, Messrs. Scott \u0026 Gilliam, Ca Ira, Va.","22 items. Many letters are permissions for slaves to join Mulberry Grove Baptist Church or are letters of dismissal from churches. Include letters written by or addressed to George Booker, James Christian, John Couch, R. Eldridge, Jr., Levy Gibson (petition to get out of jail), J. P. Gipson, D. Guerrant, William Horsley, James T. Hubard, James Jones, W. B. Jones, Peter Klipstine, Richard G. Morris (agrees to slaves being baptized, but objects to their being immersed in November), William Moseley, William P. Moseley, Mildred Rose, Poindexter P. Scott, Seymour Scott, Frances W. Talbot, Isham Talbot, Frances W. Taylor, M. P. Thomas, Jno. M. Walker (bears opinion of Benjamin Watkins Leigh), Gilbert Walker, Warner Williams, Charles Yancey, and the Mulberry Grove Baptist Church.","13 items. Includes letters concerning slaves joining the church. Letters written by or addressed to W. Alexander, [?] Austen, William H. Carter (slave Patty), [?] M. Hollingsworth, Josias Jones, Thomas Jones, S. H. Laughlin, Jacob Maxey, William B. Maxey, R. E. Moseley, Reuben B. Patterson (slave), Charles Perrow, Robert A. Phelps, Robert Rives, Moses Spencer (concerning slave) and Lewis C. Tindall (concerning slave).","13 items. Letters written by or addressed to James Brown, E. W. Cabell, Jno. Crews, Mr. and Mrs. crews (invitation), B. M. DeWitt, Julia DeWitt, P. A. Forbes, Richard H. Gambria (Western State Lunatic Asylum), Elizabeth Glover, Charles Perrow, Margret S. Phillips, W. H. Plunkett, Webb, Brown \u0026 Co., [?] and a letter concerning Frederick C. Horsley's application for a position at the University of Virginia.","31 items. Letters written by or addressed to John M. Atkinson, Robert Atkinson, Sarah Austin, Anika Blew (black and perhaps slaves), Dr. James Bolton, [?] Breckinridge, F. M. Cabell, John B. Childers, Bennitt DeWitt, Samuel H. Dunn, Susie Ford, W. Franklin, James M. Fulks (hiring slaves), Sarah J. Garland, Joseph Grow, Jno. F. Hix, W. Hix, Joseph Kyle, Marcus T. C. Loving, Samuel McCorkle, W. A. Miller, [?] Moseley, R. D. Palmer, Peter S. Parker, J. W. Randolph, James H. Rodes, V. W. Southall, Jno. R. Thompson, Charles C. Tucker (land warrant claims), Iverson L. Twyman (concerning eye injury of Iverson L. Twyman, Jr.), George C. Walton, Jno. Walton, Seth Woodruff (selling of slave girls) \u0026 McCorkle, Simpson \u0026 Jones.","28 items. Letters written by or addressed to Ben (slave working on Richmond defenses, 14 August 1864), Ada Bocock, [?] Brownes, Eliza H. Carrington, R. A. Coghill, N. F. Ellis, Richard Ellis, James H. Fitzgerald, P. A. Forbes (concerning escape of Bennett Dodge from Central Lunatic Asylum, Staunton, Va.), H. M. Garland, Jr., William A. Glasgow, J. H. Howell, R. R. Irving, Jeter \u0026 Dickinson, Kensey Johns, Harry O. Locher, Samuel McCorkle, A. D. Martin, Doctor John Peter Mettauer, B. G. Morris, Charles Y., Morris (concerning turning in names of all slaves aged between eighteen and fifty-five: 9 February 1864), William F. Oliver (commanding Davidson's Battery and concerning service record of Jessie A. Peters), Camm Pattison, Peyton, Cary \u0026 Co., Samuel Read, Jno. J. Riggins, Robert Shaw, Francis T. Stribling (superintendent of Central Lunatic Asylum), J. L. Thornton, Dr. [?] Walton (concerning Robert A. Gilliam, Co. F, 18th Virginia Regiment), James A. Wright.","22 items. Letters written by or addressed to Grace R. Bagby, Joseph Brown, Jno. J. Echol, A. Eubank (describing a shooting outside saloon in San Antonio, Tx.), R. H. Gilliam, S. O. Larche, Bennie Lynn, Albert McDaniel, W. D. Moore, W. P. Moseley, Eva S. Newton, William Merry Perkins, Mary Philpott, Willie B. Philpott, Frank G. Ruffin (concerning Grange), James R. Thompson, William E. Walkup (concerning person who needs assistance from county), Samuel Lother Wynn, Jeter \u0026 Dickinson, Richmond, Virginia.","16 items. Letters written by or addressed to Mrs. J. Curry Abbitt (transfer of church membership for Thomas J. Davidson), Alice Bagby, A. J. Clore, Jr., Rosa V. Cole, J. W. Falson, George Hylton, Mrs. Paul A. Klayder (concerning Twyman genealogy), Nelia Miller (concerning Twyman genealogy), J. H. Montgomery, D. A. Richardson (for Armenian Relief Committee of Chicago), W. J. Sadler, Idah Meacham Stobridge, Robert M. Tarleton, S. Reed Vaughn, New Canton Motor Company.","Many are incomplete and fragmentary. Genealogical material. Includes letters written by or addressed to George E. Booker, Charles L. Cocke, Bennitt M. DeWitt, Minnie Ellis, John Abner Eubank, Charles R. Fontaine, Thomas W. Garnett, E. G. Grasty, V. Hill, W. Hubard, David Kyle, Carol Martin, [?] Perkins, James Rowland, William Sands, W. Thompson, Nettie Walker (enclosing photograph of \"The Willows\"), Samuel D. Williams, E. A. Wright, James A. Wright, cloth fragment. Genealogical material, ca. 1850.","12 items. Includes letters written by Flippen \u0026 Montgomery, [Lynchburg ? Virginia], W. Gill, James M. Harris, John H. Hill, J. M. Spiller, James C. Turner, Iverson Lewis Twyman. See also J. M. Spiller letters and Twyman and Spiller manuscript volumes.","15 items. Papers relating to the canal. Letters written toJames M. Spiller by Thomas Harding Ellis and E. Lorraine. Minutes of the President and Directors of the James River and Kanawha Company. James M. Harris to Iverson L. Twyman.","25 items. Papers relating to the canal. Includes letters written by or addressed to Frances A. Austin, Grace B. Austin, J. G. S. Boyd, E. L. Chinn, Thomas H. DeWitt, Thomas Harding Ellis, J. M. Harris, William P. Munford, Jno. B. Robertson, Francis H. Smith (of Virginia Military Institute), James M. Spiller; and receipts.","2 items. Papers relating to the canal. Time book for Gwynn Dam \u0026 Lock. Drawing - section of fender. Gwynn Dam, undated.","17 items.","24 items.","41 items.","50 items.","63 items.","41 items.","55 items.","82 items","82 items","88 items.","88 items.","65 items.","65 items.","53 items. Folder 180 includes a copy of John Randolph agreement with James Hall, dated 27 April 1809.","53 items. Folder 180 includes a copy of John Randolph agreement with James Hall, dated 27 April 1809.","73 items.","73 items.","84 items. Folder 184 includes 2 items involving Thomas Jefferson, Jr.","84 items. Folder 184 includes 2 items involving Thomas Jefferson, Jr.","84 items. Folder 184 includes 2 items involving Thomas Jefferson, Jr.","44 items.","57 items.","57 items.","50 items. Folder 190 includes 2 items signed by Edmund Henry.","50 items. Folder 190 includes 2 items signed by Edmund Henry.","54 items.","54 items.","60 items.","60 items.","29 items.","24 items. Includes item signed by Edmund Henry about a legal matter.","34 items.","43 items.","43 items.","40 items. Includes copy of legal paper involving Edmund Henry.","49 items.","45 items.","31 items.","32 items.","33 items.","35 items.","41 items.","23 items.","26 items.","31 items.","31 items.","27 items.","27 items.","20 items.","20 items.","15 items.","21 items.","38 items.","26 items.","74 items.","12 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","13 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","47 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","108 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","91 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","12 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","101 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Apparently more than one person by this name.","2 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. See also Martha E. Twyman.","126 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Apparently more than one person by this name.","44 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","84 items.","13 items.","71 items.","40 items.","66 items.","66 items.","62 items.","49 items.","73 items.","65 items.","38 items.","40 items.","64 items.","57 items.","73 items.","94 items.","117 items.","69 items.","97 items. Includes statement of 27 February 1858 of sale of a Negro man for $1075.00 by D. M. Pulliam \u0026 Co., Richmond, Va. A/c Dr. and Mrs. Iverson L. Twyman.","78 items.","93 items.","84 items.","89 items.","51 items.","37 items. Includes receipt, 6 August 1864, for Negro slave to work on fortifications.","20 items.","36 items.","302 items.","48 items.","73 items.","35 items.","20 items.","86 items.","55 items.","38 items.","17 items.","17 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Copy of a George Twyman will of 1733, and last advices of another George Twyman, 1803. Other Twyman items 1873-1939.","223 items.","14 items.","33 items.","24 items.","49 items.","11 items.","75 items.","17 items.","44 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","4 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","112 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Papers involving both names.","250 items. Papers involving both names.","30 items.","55 items.","51 items.","21 items.","27 items.","42 items.","24 items.","56 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Papers involving both names.","31 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","142 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","117 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","24 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","7 items. Accounts and Legal Papers. Horsely - Austin, 1811. Horsley -Spiller, 1818-1850. Papers involving both names.","195 items.","55 items.","22 items.","58 items.","60 items.","64 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","58 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","19 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","22 items.","49 items.","44 items.","59 items.","118 items.","87 items.","70 items.","70 items.","99 items.","103 items.","40 items.","29 items.","21 items. Includes bill of James M. Spiller of 1863-1864 to Confederate States of America for hay, corn, etc. Also pardon from Andrew Johnson to James M. Spiller for \"taking part in the late rebellion.\"","195 items.","106 items.","81 items.","161 items.","164 items.","103 items.","28 items.","26 items.","30 items.","46 items.","32 items.","16 items.","32 items.","57 items. Includes dentist's bill of period 1873-1883 finally settled in 1887.","63 items. Includes copies of will of 1889 of J. M. Spiller.","73 items. The majority of the material concerns Miss Mary Spiller.","41 items.","65 items. Includes part of deed dated 1 May 1784 signed by Benjamin Harrison, Governor.","40 items.","27 items. Includes papers on the estate of William Adams.","20 items.","30 items.","32 items.","33 items.","32 items.","33 items.","49 items.","25 items.","45 items.","44 items.","34 items. Includes document dated \"Cold Comfort 5 February 1812\" and signed by Mary and Martha Harrison, sisters of Benjamin Harrison dealing with his slave estate.","93 items.","14 items.","28 items.","17 items.","21 items.","15 items.","19 items.","21 items.","16 items.","33 items.","40 items.","24 items.","17 items.","12 items.","11 items.","11 items.","32 items.","30 items.","30 items.","42 items.","99 items.","52 items.","57 items.","23 items.","22 items.","27 items. Includes extract of Special Order #64 of May 29, 1865 concerning \"harsh or cruel treatment\" of employees.","38 items.","23 items.","217 items.","217 items.","217 items.","217 items.","16 items. Includes land grant of 1789 signed by Governor Beverly Randolph.","21 items. Includes \"A list of Magistrates as also those named in different Commissions of the Peace for Buckingham County\" for 1777-1800.","24 items.","8 items.","16 items.","18 items.","14 items.","21 items.","46 items. Includes judgment involving Randolph Jefferson and John Jefferson.","33 items.","7 items.","27 items.","35 items.","23 items.","29 items.","35 items.","28 items. Includes \"A list of a Company of Light Infantry --- of the 100th Regiment (of) Buckingham Militia,\" 19 April 1812.","18 items.","18 items.","33 items.","23 items.","14 items.","173 items.","16 items.","16 items.","6 items.","23 items.","77 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","16 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","29 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","21 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","20 items. Accounts and Legal Papers.","57 items.","Minutes of a meeting of citizens of Buckingham County, \"friendly to the Election of General Andrew Jackson as...[the] next President.\"","5 items. Genealogical Materials.","7 items. Genealogical Materials.","1 item. Genealogical Materials.","2 items. Genealogical Materials. See also Rogers and Twyman.","15 items. Genealogical Materials.","34 items. Genealogical Materials. See also Rogers.","2 items. Genealogical Materials.","16 items. Genealogical Materials.","1 item. Genealogical Materials. See also J. M. Spiller Ledger (cash accounts). 1839-57, pp. 80-81 and pp. 292-294 for family notes by Spiller.","135 items. Genealogical Materials.","135 items. Genealogical Materials.","135 items. Genealogical Materials.","135 items. Genealogical Materials.","5 items. Genealogical Materials.","10 items. Genealogical Materials.","116 items. Entire box. Genealogical Materials. Includes metal sign \"B. Austin, Attorney at Law\"","Account book of William Adams and his estate.","Accounts of Archibald, 1824-1828. Court records, 1847-1848.","Includes James River and Kanawha Canal accounts.","Includes James River and Kanawha Canal accounts.","Account books, 1849-1856, including farm notes, 1860-1864.","Including farm notes and notes of calls on patients.","Includes farm notes in back, 1840.","Including the estate of George Spiller.","Includes time charts for worker in the James River and Kanawha Canal.","Ledger of J. M. Spiller, 1839-1859, other accounts 1886-1892. Spiller genealogical data, pp. 80-81, 292-294.","Including time sheets of work on locks, James River and Kanawha Canal.","Includes work on the James River and Kanawha Canal.","Includes vouchers of Ada and Sarah Bocock.","2 items. Draft of note about whipping a slave. Form of bill of sale of slave. (Other slavery items among dated papers).","24 items. Legal papers involving him. Concerns money owed by Francisco.","7 items. Photographs."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_coll_ssim":["James River and Kanawha Canal (Va.)","Austin family","Twyman family","Austin, Archibald, 1772-1837","Francisco, Peter, d. 1831"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","James River and Kanawha Canal (Va.)","Horsley family","Spiller family","Austin family","Twyman family","Austin, Archibald, 1772-1837","Francisco, Peter, d. 1831"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","James River and Kanawha Canal (Va.)"],"famname_ssim":["Horsley family","Spiller family","Austin family","Twyman family"],"persname_ssim":["Austin, Archibald, 1772-1837","Francisco, Peter, d. 1831"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":571,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T22:55:06.862Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_392_c01_c01_c06"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Alexandria Library","value":"Alexandria Library","hits":9},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Alexandria+Library"}},{"attributes":{"label":"College of William and Mary","value":"College of William and Mary","hits":108},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=College+of+William+and+Mary"}},{"attributes":{"label":"George Mason University","value":"George Mason University","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=George+Mason+University"}},{"attributes":{"label":"James Madison University","value":"James Madison University","hits":7},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=James+Madison+University"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Longwood University","value":"Longwood University","hits":10},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Longwood+University"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Old Dominion University","value":"Old Dominion University","hits":43},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Old+Dominion+University"}},{"attributes":{"label":"The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon","value":"The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon","hits":18},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=The+George+Washington+Presidential+Library+at+Mount+Vernon"}},{"attributes":{"label":"University of Richmond","value":"University of Richmond","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Richmond"}},{"attributes":{"label":"University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.","value":"University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.","hits":95},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Virginia%2C+Special+Collections+Dept."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library","value":"Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Virginia+Commonwealth+University%2C+Cabell+Library"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Virginia Museum of Fine Arts","value":"Virginia Museum of Fine Arts","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Virginia+Museum+of+Fine+Arts"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Adele Goodman Clark papers","value":"Adele Goodman Clark papers","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Adele+Goodman+Clark+papers\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Admiral John Randolph Tucker Papers","value":"Admiral John Randolph Tucker Papers","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Admiral+John+Randolph+Tucker+Papers\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexander Farish Robertson Papers","value":"Alexander Farish Robertson Papers","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Alexander+Farish+Robertson+Papers\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexander Haight family collection","value":"Alexander Haight family collection","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Alexander+Haight+family+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alumni Association Records","value":"Alumni Association Records","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Alumni+Association+Records\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans","value":"Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans","hits":9},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Ancella+Bickley%2C+Historian%2C+Research+Papers+regarding+African-Americans\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Anne Atkinson Chamberlayne Collection.","value":"Anne Atkinson Chamberlayne Collection.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Anne+Atkinson+Chamberlayne+Collection.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Armistead Boothe Papers (MS164)","value":"Armistead Boothe Papers (MS164)","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Armistead+Boothe+Papers+%28MS164%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers","value":"Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Atkeson-Morgan+Family+Papers\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Augustus C. Golding Papers, \n         1859-1934,\n         1862-1864.","value":"Augustus C. Golding Papers, \n         1859-1934,\n         1862-1864.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Augustus+C.+Golding+Papers%2C+%0A+++++++++1859-1934%2C%0A+++++++++1862-1864.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Austin-Twyman Papers","value":"Austin-Twyman Papers","hits":26},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Austin-Twyman+Papers\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"type":"facet","id":"date_range_isim","attributes":{"label":"Date range","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"994","value":"994","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=994\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"995","value":"995","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=995\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"996","value":"996","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=996\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"997","value":"997","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=997\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"998","value":"998","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=998\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"999","value":"999","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=999\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1000","value":"1000","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1000\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1001","value":"1001","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1001\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1002","value":"1002","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1002\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1003","value":"1003","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1003\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1004","value":"1004","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1004\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/date_range_isim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"type":"facet","id":"names_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Names","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Abrahams, Meliora Hambleton","value":"Abrahams, Meliora Hambleton","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Abrahams%2C+Meliora+Hambleton"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexander, Anna Maria Washington, 1817-1850","value":"Alexander, Anna Maria Washington, 1817-1850","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Alexander%2C+Anna+Maria+Washington%2C+1817-1850"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexander, Hannah Lee Washington, 1811-1881","value":"Alexander, Hannah Lee Washington, 1811-1881","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Alexander%2C+Hannah+Lee+Washington%2C+1811-1881"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexander, Hope Powel, 1925-2019","value":"Alexander, Hope Powel, 1925-2019","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Alexander%2C+Hope+Powel%2C+1925-2019"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexander, Judith Ball Blackburn, 1796-1866","value":"Alexander, Judith Ball Blackburn, 1796-1866","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Alexander%2C+Judith+Ball+Blackburn%2C+1796-1866"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexander, William Fontaine, 1811-1862","value":"Alexander, William Fontaine, 1811-1862","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Alexander%2C+William+Fontaine%2C+1811-1862"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alfred I. Du Pont School District","value":"Alfred I. Du Pont School District","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Alfred+I.+Du+Pont+School+District"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Ames, Anne Carrington Dwight, 1849-1904","value":"Ames, Anne Carrington Dwight, 1849-1904","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Ames%2C+Anne+Carrington+Dwight%2C+1849-1904"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Anderson, Anne Page Wilder, 1873-1956","value":"Anderson, Anne Page Wilder, 1873-1956","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Anderson%2C+Anne+Page+Wilder%2C+1873-1956"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Anderson, Helen Sharp, 1916-2013","value":"Anderson, Helen Sharp, 1916-2013","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Anderson%2C+Helen+Sharp%2C+1916-2013"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Anderson, Isabel Scott, 1899-1994","value":"Anderson, Isabel Scott, 1899-1994","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Anderson%2C+Isabel+Scott%2C+1899-1994"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/names_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"type":"facet","id":"geogname_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Places","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Yorktown (Va.)","value":"Yorktown (Va.)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Yorktown+%28Va.%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Yorktown (Va.)--History--19th century","value":"Yorktown (Va.)--History--19th century","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Yorktown+%28Va.%29--History--19th+century"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Yorktown (Va.)--History--20th century","value":"Yorktown (Va.)--History--20th century","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Yorktown+%28Va.%29--History--20th+century"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Centennial celebrations, etc","value":"Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Centennial celebrations, etc","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Yorktown+%28Va.%29--History--Siege%2C+1781--Centennial+celebrations%2C+etc"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/geogname_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"type":"facet","id":"access_subjects_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Subjects","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Engravings (Prints)","value":"Engravings (Prints)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Engravings+%28Prints%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Fliers (printed matter)","value":"Fliers (printed matter)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Fliers+%28printed+matter%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Pamphlets","value":"Pamphlets","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Pamphlets\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Photographs","value":"Photographs","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783","value":"United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=United+States--History--Revolution%2C+1775-1783\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"attributes":{"label":"United States. Navy","value":"United States. Navy","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=United+States.+Navy\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/access_subjects_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"type":"facet","id":"level_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Level","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Subseries","value":"Subseries","hits":425},"links":{"remove":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/level_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"type":"facet","id":"access","attributes":{"label":"Access","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Online access","value":"online","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess%5D%5B%5D=online\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/access.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"all_fields","attributes":{"label":"All Fields"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026search_field=all_fields"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"keyword","attributes":{"label":"Keyword"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026search_field=keyword"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"name","attributes":{"label":"Name"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026search_field=name"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"place","attributes":{"label":"Place"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026search_field=place"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"subject","attributes":{"label":"Subject"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026search_field=subject"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"title","attributes":{"label":"Title"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026search_field=title"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"container","attributes":{"label":"Container"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026search_field=container"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"identifier","attributes":{"label":"Identifier"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026search_field=identifier"}},{"type":"sort","id":"score desc, title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"relevance"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026sort=score+desc%2C+title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"date (ascending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026sort=date_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"date (descending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026sort=date_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"creator (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026sort=creator_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"creator (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026sort=creator_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"title (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026sort=title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"title (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1888\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Subseries\u0026page=12\u0026sort=title_sort+desc"}}]}