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Alice Combs Scrapbook 0.2 Linear Feet

Combs, Alice

Scrapbook, 1946-1948 kept by Alice Comb of Baltimore, Maryland, started at the occasion of her marriage to William Combs, Jr. in 1946.

  1. College of William and Mary

Barbara White Tour Diary 0.17 cubic feet 3 letter folders

Baker, Barbara White, 1899-
The Barbara White Tour Diary, 1921-1922, is comprised of a 6 3/4 x 8 1/4 manuscript diary kept by White while traveling aboard the Cunard Liner RMS Albania to England, France, Switzerland, and Italy from 1921-1922. Also included are loose items from the diary and two telegrams.
  1. James Madison University

Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad 1.53 cubic feet 2 boxes, 1 flat file 61.9 Megabytes 1 digital file comprising a 00:05:23 video recording

Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996
The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, printed material, and photographs related to the Shenandoah Central Railroad's narrow gauge engine Tweetsie (locomotive #12) and the one-mile Tweetsie Route, a scenic museum line, in Penn Laird, Virginia that operated from 1953 to 1954.
  1. James Madison University

Ed Cullen telegram to Simon Cullen 0.01 Linear Foot

Cullen Family

Telegram on the "Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Line" from Ed F. Cullen in Washington D.C to Simon Cullen in Richmond, Virginia giving him his departure time on the P.M. train.

  1. College of William and Mary

Francis L. Smith family papers 5 items

Smith, Francis L., Jr. (Francis Lee), 1845-1916

The Francis L. Smith family papers consist of the personal papers (five items) of the family of Smith, a prominent lawyer in Alexandria, Virginia. Items relating to his son Francis L. Smith, Jr. (VMI Class of 1867) include:

  • An oath of allegiance verification (dated May 22, 1865), Amelia Court House, Virginia
  • A letter with enclosure (dated 1867) from VMI Treasurer Robert H. Campbell that concerns the collection of a bill
  • A telegram to Fitzhugh Lee (dated 1887)
The papers also include an account book that lists cash receipts for Francis L. Smith (1859) and the VMI expenses of Clifton H. Smith (Class of 1861) who attended VMI from 1857 to 1858.

  1. Virginia Military Institute Archives

Jaqueline Beverly Stanard papers 0.25 Linear Feet approximately 20 items

Stanard, Jaqueline Beverly, 1845-1864

The Jaqueline Beverly Stanard papers (approximately 20 items) consist of letters from Cadet Stanard to his family (dated 1863 to 1864), a telegram concerning Stanard's body, letters from his brother Robert to their mother (dated 1865), and two essays written at VMI.

  1. Virginia Military Institute Archives

John E. Roller papers 0.50 cubic feet approximately 40 items

Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1917

The John E. Roller papers include:

  • Civil War era letters from cadet friends concerning life at VMI
  • Civil War dispatches and telegrams that date from Roller's service with the Confederate States of America engineers, including one document signed by General Robert E. Lee
  • One scrapbook (circa 1910) that contains clippings about Civil War battles, veterans, unit reunions, monument dedications, and other related information
  • Two photographs, one of Confederate soldier Lieutenant Colonel Samuel T. Walker (10th Virginia Infantry Regiment) and one of the Virginia Legislature Centennial Committee (1871)
  • Holograph text of a cadet literary-debating society speech delivered by Cadet Norwood B. Randolph in 1870
  • Other items

  1. Virginia Military Institute Archives

John Jacob Astor Telegram to Pelatiah Perit 0.01 Linear Foot

Telegram, 1862 May 4, J. J. Astor, Yorktown, Va. to Pelatiah Perit, [New York, N. Y.]. 3 p. on 2 leaves ; 22 cm. Astor is writing to Perit who is president of New York City Chamber of Commerce to tell him about the evacuation of Confederate forces from Yorktown, Va. and tells him to use the information as he sees fit.

  1. College of William and Mary

Mabel Hancock Holt Papers 0.08 cubic feet 1 folder

Holt, Mabel Hancock
This collection contains the booklet, "Class of 1946 Madison Memories," printed in 2006 for the alumni reunion, and Madison College ephemera belonging to 1946 alum, Mabel Hancock Holt.
  1. James Madison University

Office of the President: Committee Records 0.2 cubic feet 1 box

The Office of the President: Committee Records, 1909-1957 is comprised of meeting minutes, correspondence, reports and budgetary information, documenting the work of various committees during the first 50 years of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women (subsequently known as the State Normal School, State Teachers College, and Madison College).
  1. James Madison University

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