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Papers, 1765-1922, of the Carpenter family of Rockingham County, Virginia. Includes papers of John Carpenter, William Carpenter and Thomas W. Carpenter. Includes letters, 1837, from Tennessee; and letters, 1851-1853, from Missouri; Confederate currency; accounts, 1810-1817, of C. T. Jones with Doctor John B. Botts; the will of Godfrey Hoge of Philadelphia; and a manuscript recipe booklet, ca. 1800.

This collection consists of a family journal kept by the Goodman and Farrow families of Albemarle county. The journal includes five pages labeled "Black register of births" recording the first names and birth dates of more than 49 enslaved people. Also included are handwritten recipes, a few draft letters, and ancestral information.

Recipe book, ca. 1820-1900, of Harriet P. Sheldon, Williamsburg [Va.] and Mary B. Curtis, Wilson's Creek, Gloucester County, Va. which includes loose papers and newspaper clippings. The volume includes home remedies and a list of household items. The first portion of the book contains recipe of Williamsburg's women.

Collection consists of the papers of three Southerners, dating predominantly from the 19th century. John W. Lewis lived in Virginia, Mississippi, and North Carolina and the portion of the collection from this Methodist minister and farmer includes references to religion including sermons, farming, and slavery. Lewis P. Olds was a North Carolina lawyer and politician and the collection includes evidence of his career as well as poetry and short stories he wrote. The remainder of the collection is schoolwork of Sally Latting from 1808 and unattributed photographs and a recipe book.

The collection includes a manuscript ledger and cookbook from Saluda, Virginia. The item is thought to have originated in the 1880's. About 100 pages are used as a ledger, whereas 16 pages form a recipe book. The cookbook includes pasted recipes taken from newspaper clippings and handwritten ones for vanilla cookies, mince meat and cream cake.

Collection includes business records, personal papers, photographs, and artifacts of Lucinda Ebersole, writer and editor, pertaining to herself and her bookstore, Atticus Books. Business records and personal papers include a few photographs of Ebersole and others, book release information, book sales and other receipts, pamphlets, and other notes (Boxes 1-3). Also included are two photograph albums, which primarily contain pictures (circa 1980-2000) from events at Atticus Books (Box 6). Other highlights include vintage and modern postcards of West Virginia and the U.S. South (Box 1, Folders 1, 5-7), various recipes (Box 1, Folders 2 and 4; Box 3, Folder 1), a Confederate Georgia bank note (Box 2, Folder 4), a signed letter by actress Eva Le Gallienne (Box 2, Folder 8), and a self-portrait by Ebersole (Box 1, Folder 10). Artifacts include many cooking and baking items, such as rolling pins for different pastas (Box 4), Ebersole's cake box, a pudding mold, painted recipe box, and other personal items (Box 5). Oversize Folder 1 contains a matted folk-art photograph and several poems.

The Maury family papers contains materials documenting the lives of the Maury Family of Virginia, New York City and Liverpool, England from 1777-1977. The collection includes the letters and business papers of James Maury (1746-1840), the first American consul to Liverpool, England, and the letters of his second wife, Margaret Rutson Maury (1805-1882), of Liverpool. Letters, business papers, legal papers, and diaries of the next two generations of the Maury family, including Ann Maury (1832-1890) of Liverpool and New York, Rutson Maury (1805-1882) of Liverpool and New York, and oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) are also included. The collection also contains genealogical material, photographs and cookbooks. Subjects covered include tobacco and cotton trade, general discussions about the Civil War from both the American and British perspective, travel, and gender studies.

Recipe book, circaca. 1850-1900, of an unidentified person. The volume includes newspaper clippings of household hints pasted over Tables of Comparative Etymology and Analogous Formations . . . for Various Languages by John Lewis (Philadelphia, 1838). There are also loose papers.

This collection of 3,098 pieces, dated about 1764-1916, consists of papers of a family of Smiths who lived at Smith's Cross Roads, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and the Walker family who lived at Brunswick County, Virginia. Most of the papers are dated about 1860-1900. Some of the more interesting works include the following: