Ann Thomas Quaker Migration Files 1976-1995 1995

Access and use

Location of collection:
Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library
208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Alexandra S. Gressitt
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Fax: (703) 737-7195
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred citation:

Ann Thomas Quaker Migration Files (SC 0018), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Summary

Creator:
Thomas, Ann Whitehead
Abstract:
This collection consists of documents gathered by Ann Thomas in preparation for a presentation for the 1995 Loudoun Genealogy Club Seminar, Religion and Migration in Early Loudoun. It includes maps, genealogical records, meeting records, Pennsylvanian records, and bibliographies, and documents from the Seminar weekend itself.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ann Thomas Quaker Migration Files (SC 0018), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of documents gathered by Ann Thomas in preparation for a presentation for the 1995 Loudoun Genealogy Club Seminar, Religion and Migration in Early Loudoun. Dealing primarily with the Quakers' early contribution to Loudoun County's settlement, including maps, genealogical records, meeting records, Pennsylvanian records, and bibliographies, the materials also consist of documents from the Seminar weekend itself.

Biographical / historical:

A native Virginian, Ann Whitehead Thomas became a resident of Round Hill in 1968, soon after her 1961 marriage to H. Rogers Thomas (11 Oct 1911-28 Feb 2001). Mrs. Thomas graduated from Mary Baldwin College, Staunton. She served on the first Thomas Balch Library Advisory Board and on a committee for Winchester Handley Library, and is also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1998 she received a Loudoun History Award for her work in preserving Loudoun County's heritage.

Mrs. Thomas is the daughter of Robert Whitehead (21 Sep 1897-8 Jun 1960) and Sallie Carter Whitehead (22 Jul 1905-Oct 1984), mother of Elizabeth Thomas Wallace, and grandmother to John Thomas Wallace, Sarah Elizabeth Wallace, and Robert David Wallace.

Acquisition information:
Ann Whitehead Thomas, Round Hill, VA.
Processing information:

Processed by D. Nichole Recker, 3 May 2007

Accruals:

2007.0056, 2007.0017

Physical description:
.15 cu. ft