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Alexandria Library

Elrich W. Murphy Photograph Collection (MS415)

2.05 Cubic Feet 7 Intercept negative boxes, 1 document box, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder 17.5 Gigabytes (digital donation)

This collection documents the professional photography business of Elrich W. Murphy. Over 2,500 professional photographs taken by Murphy capture members of Alexandria's African American community and local events. Images of Murphy's family and friends were taken primarily by Murphy, but there are also family photographs taken by other people. Of interest is an oversized, hand-colored photographic print of the Tidal Basin and the Washington Monument. Included formats in this collection are film negatives, photographic prints, ephemera, and digital surrogates of receipt books and an accounting ledger.

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Elrich W. Murphy Photograph Collection (MS415) 2.05 Cubic Feet 7 Intercept negative boxes, 1 document box, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder 17.5 Gigabytes (digital donation)

Murphy, Elrich William, 1909-1993

This collection documents the professional photography business of Elrich W. Murphy. Over 2,500 professional photographs taken by Murphy capture members of Alexandria's African American community and local events. Images of Murphy's family and friends were taken primarily by Murphy, but there are also family photographs taken by other people. Of interest is an oversized, hand-colored photographic print of the Tidal Basin and the Washington Monument. Included formats in this collection are film negatives, photographic prints, ephemera, and digital surrogates of receipt books and an accounting ledger.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Melvin McGinness tailor shop ledger

0.25 Cubic Feet One legal-sized box, half-width

This collection contains one ledger book kept by Melvin McGinness (1896-1970) for his tailor shop on 273 West Main Street in Vinegar Hill, Charlottesville, Virginia. Dates in the ledger indicate that the book was kept between 1964 and 1968, evidenced by two dated "Look-Rite Cleaners" receipts and a handwritten date by McGinness at the top margin of page 27. Earlier material is tipped in at the front and back endpages. This ledger records work completed by McGinness at this second tailor shop location,151 Brown Street in the Starr Hill neighborhood, as evidenced by receipts throughout the book dated after the razing of Vinegar Hill.

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Melvin McGinness tailor shop ledger 0.25 Cubic Feet One legal-sized box, half-width

McGinness, Melvin, 1896-1970

This collection contains one ledger book kept by Melvin McGinness (1896-1970) for his tailor shop on 273 West Main Street in Vinegar Hill, Charlottesville, Virginia. Dates in the ledger indicate that the book was kept between 1964 and 1968, evidenced by two dated "Look-Rite Cleaners" receipts and a handwritten date by McGinness at the top margin of page 27. Earlier material is tipped in at the front and back endpages. This ledger records work completed by McGinness at this second tailor shop location,151 Brown Street in the Starr Hill neighborhood, as evidenced by receipts throughout the book dated after the razing of Vinegar Hill.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Vera Lee and Berry Clanton papers

0.5 Cubic Feet 1 letter and 1 legal document box.

A collection of 31 souvenir programs, plus approximately 50 ephemeral items, 12 periodical issues, six books, and three folders of Masonic Lodge records and documents.

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Vera Lee and Berry Clanton papers 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 letter and 1 legal document box.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

A collection of 31 souvenir programs, plus approximately 50 ephemeral items, 12 periodical issues, six books, and three folders of Masonic Lodge records and documents.

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