Amos Koontz Papers I, 1809/1965, bulk 1936/1965

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Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
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PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Preferred citation:

Amos Koontz Papers I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
2.00 Linear Feet 2 boxes and 1 bound volume.
Creator:
Koontz, Amos Ralph, 1890-1965
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Amos Koontz Papers I, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists mainly of certificates presented to Amos R. Koontz, M.D., by the army, together with his medals in a frame, and membership certificates in organizations. Included is a competition for designs for National Military Dress (1809); and shoemaker's account books of Harden Keyser (1849-1861), one of which Mattie Keyser used as a scrapbook at a later period and in which she wrote autograph poems; a souvenir booklet of the Panama Pacific Exposition (1915); and genealogical information on the Koontz, Graves, Stocking, Guy, Snyder, Dolan, Brown and Bageant families.

James A. Servies, Librarian, College of William and Mary, to Mr. James W. Koontz, Aspen, Colorado. Pst. Acknowledgement of receipt of the papers on a deposit basis to "revert to the College after your death" or upon further instructions.

1903 May 11, 20. Certificate that James W. Koontz of Marksville, Page County, Va., is a member of the United Confederate Veterans Reunion, and a letter from J.W.K. at the reunion. 2 pieces. Pst.

1809 May 22. An announcement that, "a premium will be offered at the next Arlington Sheep Shearing (30 April, 1810) for the best model of a National Military Dress…" PM

Shoemaker's Account book of 1849-1850. 68 pp. AV, NCI. Used as a scrapbook with poems from newspapers pasted in and manuscript poems written in blank spaces. Inscribed inside front cover, "Mattie J. Keyser, Marksville, Page County, Va."

Shoemaker's Account book, of Farden Kayser, Mount Hope, Jacob Creek, Virginia 120 pp. AV

Shoemaker's Account book, of Farden Kayser, Mount Hope, Jacob Creek, Virginia. 120 pp. AV

June 11, 1907. Report of grades for quarter ending June 11, 1907 at the College of William Mary.

An advertising souvenir of the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco PM.

April 18. Citation of Col. Amos R. Koontz, M.D. , for the Army Commendation Ribbon for services in the Selective Service System. Signed by Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. PADS.

Records for the admission if Mrs. Walter Wyatt to the Virginia Society, Colonial Dames of America. 4 pieces. Pst.

June 16. Commendation of Lt. Col. Amos R. Koontz, Medical Corps, for services in the South Pacific Area. Signed by Maj. Gen. R.G. Breene. PADS

Citation for the award of the Bronze Star Medal to Col. Amos R. Koontz, Medical Corps, U.S. Army, South Pacific Base, signed by Col. I.B. Thomas. PADS

Copy of "Finance" with an article on Thomas B. McAdams.

Copy of "Baltimore" with article by Amos R. Koontz, M.D.

W. Burton Guy, Sr., Baltimore, Maryland, to Dr. Amos R. Koontz, Baltimore. 4 pp. TLS Enclosing a chart showing the ancestors of Pascal Graves' wife, Elizabeth White Graves (from information in the William Mary Quarterly, second series, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 658-663.)

"The History of Page Country", a talk prepared for the Virginia Women of Maryland by Virginia Brown Lester.

Membership card of Amos R. Koontz in the order of the First Families of Virginia, together with correspondence re. the society and book of "Statutes of the Order". 22 pieces.

Commission of Amos R. Koontz as a Brigadier General, Retired List, in the National Guard of the State of Maryland.

Notifications of the election of Dr. Amos R. Koontz to the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Maryland, with correspondence re. the society. 19 pieces.

Notice about the Graves Chapel Cemetery Association, Inc., Stanley, Va.

Edith Lester, Stanley, Va. to A[ ]. ALS Re. receipt for a cemetery lot.

Copy of "The Shield" of Theta Delta Chi fraternity, with cover picture of Amos R. Koontz.

Gordon Link to Dr. Amos Koontz. An appreciation with an article on Arlington Cemetery enclosed.

Correspondence of Dr. Amos R. Koontz about the Sons of Confederate Veterans. 21 pieces.

Certificate of election of Amos R. Koontz, M.D. to the Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.

Certificate of Appreciation to Brig. General Amos R. Koontz for 20 years service in the Selective Service System.

Correspondence of Dr Amos R. Koontz regarding the "Society of the Cincinnati", together with rules of the society. 47 pieces

Certificate of the membership of Amos R. Koontz in the Society of the Cincinnati.

Photograph of children Amos R. Koontz: Virginia Pearl Koontz Geu, Eddith Koontz Lester and Annie Brown Koontz.

Photographs of Amos R. Koontz. 9 pieces

Resolution of the House of Deputies of Maryland, "expressing sympathy on the passing of Dr. Amos R. Koontz."

"List of Stocking family heirlooms inherited by Ruth Jennings Stocking Lynch and offered by her to the Smithsonian Institution." Included is a copy of "The Stocking Ancestry." 2 pieces.

Mrs. Vernon Lynch, Ruth, Los Angeles, California to James W. Koontz Garrison, Maryland. regarding genealogical information, old letters, memoirs of "grandfather Stocking", Lane letters and verse. Xerox enclosures.

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, mainly poems. 105 pieces.

Dated list of the descendants of James T. Koontz (1835-1928). 4 pp.

Pages from family Bible, giving Births, Deaths and Marriages, starting with James W. Koontz (b. 1838). Notes on Graves family.

Dated list of the descendants of Paschal Graves, beginning with Frank Graves (b. 1826).

Copy of "Genealogy of the Graves family" 2 pp

Sept. 21, 1940-June 7, 1950. Correspondence of Dr. Amos R. Koontz, regarding the genealogy of the Graves family, with charts and family lists. 140 pieces. Included us a clipping from "The Flat Hat", student newspaper of the College of William Mary of 23 September, 1931, with a picture of Capt. W. H. Graves and an article regarding his association with the college, of which he was the oldest alumnus, before his death on July 29 of that year.

Chart of the ancestors of William Burton Guy, Jr.

Dated copy of "Descendants of the brothers and sisters of Jane Snyder" (1820-1890).

Lists of the descendants of Mary, Kate and James Dolan.

Genealogical material from Frederick County, Virginia including Brown, John Bageant, Ebenezer Churchyard and Bethel Cemetery.

Print of Mt. Vernon, another colonial home, mounted photograph "The road to Stony Man," and a mounted photograph "Guadalcanal 1943" of a sunken troop ship.

Certificate of the membership of Amos R. Koontz, MD in the "Chirugical Society of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia."

Passport wallet with passports of Amos Ralph Koontz and Bessie Stocking Koontz.

2 degrees awarded by William Mary; 1 PBK citation.

Biographical / historical:
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