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1922-1925 Partial List of Rockbridge Children of the Confederacy. Rockbridge Grays Chapter Children of the Confederacy 1935-1941. LOCATION: AC 106 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 3) FOLDER 11

This folder contains:- Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker)suggests dissolving their partnership and dividing up remaining books due to illness Feb. 3, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. George Parker (Lula) from J.P. Bell Company about remaining inventory of Our Kin Apr. 17, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker) getting back to work after surgery; encloses Our Kin account summary Apr. 20, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Mrs. Charles William Bowen (Viola) of Augusta, GA about Virginia kin (White – David) Sept 3, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. Mary D.A. Field from brother William Ackerly, Esq. sending partnership dissolution papers plus a long paragraph about the sale of the Ryan farm at Fieldmont Oct. 7, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker) enclosing dissolution contract and chatting about family matters Oct. 12, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. George Harris Field ("Dear Miss Mary") from "Home" (Rt. 5, Lexington, VA) family matters - Christmas card Dec. 18, 1940 "Thompie" to Mary Denham Ackerly Field including a "work apron" gift - Letter to Mrs. Mary D. A. Field from Mrs. Charles William Bowen (Viola) of Augusta, GA more about Virginia kin (White – David) Mar. 7, 1941 - Letter to Mrs. Mary D. A. Field from brother William Ackerly, Esq. about refusing an offer to purchase some land she owned Mar. 25, 1941 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker) health chat but also discussion of genealogy of White family Aug. 6, 1941 - Letter to Captain William Ackerly (brother Will) at Fort Meade from Mrs. G. Harris Field re: their mother's health Mar. 26, 1942 - Letter to Mary D.A. Field from Goodspeed's Book Shop quibbling about price of Our Kin May 24, 1943 - Letter to Mary D.A. Field from Goodspeed's Book Shop enclosing payment for Our Kin June 3, 1843 - Letter to Mrs. John P. Ackerly, Sr. ("Mother and Lucy") from "Major" William Ackerly U.S. Army Oct. 26, 1943 - Birthday card Nov. 7, 1944 to Miss Lucy Ackerly from "Sis" (Mary) - Invoice to Goodspeed's Book Shop Nov. 23, 1945 (also includes an order with a handwritten note in Mary Ackerly's writing from May 12, 1943) - Letter Nov. 25, 1946 to Mrs. G. Harris Field from The Institute of American Genealogy enclosing lineage record for her brother William White Ackerly for inclusion in a Compendium of American Genealogy - Letter to Mrs. Field from James L. Taylor, Jr. of Pittsburg, PA Mar. 8, 1947 seeking help locating names of ancestors (mostly Callaway & Penn) - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Fields enclosing genealogical material from bible of James Ackerly from Susan Holland of Lincoln Nebraska Apr. 21, 1947 - Letter to Mrs. Mary D. Field from Goodspeed's Book Shop of Boston, MA paying for Our Kin and ordering another May 17, 1947 - Letter to Miss Mary Denham Ackerly July 2, 1947 offering an exchange of subscription Genealogy & History for Our Kin Bernice B. Mount (aka Mrs. Adrian Ely) of Washington, DC - Letter to Mrs. Harris Field from James L. Taylor, Jr. of Pittsburg, PA July 16, 1947 about research - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Elizabeth N. Moorman (Mrs. J. B.) requesting assistance in tracing genealogy of Mrs. Jack Hannah (Nelle Penn) of Sherman, TX re: Penn line (chart enclosed) Oct. 12, 1947 - Letter to Miss Mary Denham Ackerly from Frank G. Helyas of Stelton, NJ Dec. 2, 1947 re: copy of Our Kin - Letter to Mrs. Harris Field from Frank G. Helyas of NJ Dec. 16, 1947 sympathizing with Mary's illness; he had serious operation of his own in August - 2 cards & 2 letters from Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, MA ordering and paying for copies of Our Kin Oct. 14, 1948; July 6, 1949; July 29, 1949; Aug. 9, 1949.

This folder contains: - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Benjamin Shedd @ Wake Forest, NC "Dear Cousin Mary" Dec. 24 [no date] - Note from "Lula" including Burks data and information that "Mrs. Hatcher died at 10 o'clock this morning" [no date] - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from "Cousin Ralph" @ Belmont Manor, Bermuda [no date] - Letter from Lucy Ackerly to "Dear Sis" [no date] PS that "I was plain mad that Matt Paxton didn't let a better write up go in the paper about Will…" - Letter from Lucy Ackerly to "Dear Sis" [no date] describing mother's illness - Letter to Mrs. Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry-Shafer of Cincinnati, Ohio regarding confusion about Captain John Murray [no date] - Penciled note to Mrs. G.H. Field "Dear Mary" from her mother [no date] - Letter to Miss Ackerly from "Elizabeth" June 20 [no date] regarding genealogy of Jacob White - 2 letters [undated] from B. Shafer of Cincinnati, OH to Mrs. Field re: genealogy of Major John Murray - Postcard from Yale University Aug. 29, 1941 from Frank and Ruth to Mrs. Harris Fields - Note to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Laird Thompson thanking Mary for flowers at time of mother's death [no date] - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Lucy "Dear Sis" enclosed in First Day Commemorative Stamp envelope "Cyrus McCormick" Oct. 14, 1940 - Letter from Mary E. Dillard of Lynchburg to "My dear Mrs. Parker" about Dillards July 1 [No date] - Letter from Mary E. Dillard of Lynchburg to "My dear Mrs. Parker" about Dillards July 1 [No date] - Note from Mrs. George Parker regarding list of libraries [no date] - Letter to Rev. John Pickett from "Geo." [son George] "My Dear Pa-" [no date] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Bessie Jacobson re: John [no date 1954?] - Letter in pencil to "My dear old Cousin" from J. Castily G… of Poplar Hill [no date] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Eva Pallared [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Monroe, 104 White Street, Lexington Nov 2 [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Ivy & Bob Goring [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Stanfield S. McClure Nov. 3, 1954 - Letter to Miss Mary Ackerly from Mary E. Denham … of Pasadena, CA Jan. 10, 1907 - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Marie S. Pole [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy & Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Jesse Thornhill Davidson [no date] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Georgetta [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Faith [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Fred Turpin Deaver [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Louise and Roger Beebe [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to "Miss Ackerly" from Ellen Penny [no date 1954?] - Postcard Jan. 31, 1937 to Mrs. G. Harris Field concerning books on hand from "L" in Bedford - Letter to Mrs. Mary D. A. Field in Lexington from Marge Malone at Fieldmont, The Plains, VA [date unclear, but likely Feb. 10, 1962] includes statement "We had an exciting day last Monday as the hunt met here again, and Mrs. Kennedy rode with them. She had Caroline and the baby with her." [JFK, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy] - Penciled note "Rough Sketch of My Ancestors" by Mrs. A. D. White [no date] LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 21 - Note to Dr. Chas Turner from Jack Ackerly describing "attached letters Mrs. John P. Ackerly to her daughter Mary" – but there are no items attached or in the folder…

This folder contains:- Two page historical sketch of Hollins College 1923, 1924, 1925 - Letters among W. W. Ackerly's wartime buddies concerning wartime news 1942 + With the Colors publication of Mar. 17, 1942 with picture of FDR on the cover referencing his 60th birthday - Letter Sept. 4, 1939 from William W. Ackerly, Esq. to Circuit Court Loudoun County asking for date of deed of trust from Mary D.A. Field (widow) to L. R. Bartenstein and "myself" covering sale of farm

This folder contains: - Broadside of Republican Convention to be held at Lexington Courthouse Mar. 30, 1895 - Receipt Mrs. C.B. Ackerly bought of E.A. Moore & Co. Studebaker wagon gear Aug. 25, 1899 - Note from Col R.A. Marr of VMI to "Appointing Power of the Postmaster of Lexington, VA" Apr. 8, 1902 recommending that John P. Ackerly be re-appointed as postmaster - Letter to the Lexington Postmaster from The McKinley Monumental Tree Committee in Oakland, CA Apr 8, 1902 stating that it planned to plant a special tree in Oak View Cemetery in Oakland in honor of the late President William McKinley and asking for soil from the Valley of Virginia to use in the planting: "On June 10 & 11, 1864, a battle was fought near your place in which young McKinley took part as a soldier. The Committee desires to obtain about one pound of earth or soil from that battlefield to be used in the ceremony of planting." - Memorandum of an agreement Apr 1, 1904 between C. B. Ackerly and Abraham Lavell concerning land taxes and the growing and harvesting of wheat - Flyer from Jno. P. Ackerly called "A Card" To the Republicans and Voters of Rockbridge County Oct. 20, 1908 urging support for Republican candidates - Republican National Committee Certificate of John Ackerly and receipt 1916 pers - Letter to mother (Mrs. John P. Ackerly) from Will Ackerly May 27, 1916 discussing life insurance and requesting that proceeds go to "Sis" and Lucy if she doesn't use them "because I know it is easier for boys than girls to make their way in the world." - Letter to John P. Ackerly from Congressman C. B. Slemp thanking him for his congratulatory message Nov. 11, 1916 - Mr. J.P. Ackerly in account with W. J. Thomas, Fresh & Cured Meats Dec. 1, 1926 - Letter to Mrs. David Strain, President of Mary Custis Lee UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter from Elizabeth Beverly White, Jackson Memorial Hospital Jan. 20, 1928 wishing to resign - Resolution of Hospital Board of Jackson Memorial Hospital on the resignation of Mrs. Reid White Jan. 31, 1928 LOCATION: AC 109 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 6) Folder #5 - Resolution by the Republicans of Rockbridge County upon the death of President McKinley and condolences to Mrs. McKinley - Rolled photo Fort Meade, MD May 1942 "Capt W. W. Ackerly Commanding".

This folder contains the following miscellaneous publications:- Land deed Aug. 29, 1939 Mary D.A. Field (widow) to Algernon A. S. Davy returned for revision per letter from W. A. Metzer (Attorney at Law, Leesburg) to William Ackerly (Attorney at Law, Lexington) - Contract by and between Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula E. (Jeter) Parker regarding publication of Our Kin – Dec. 26, 1929 - Letter from Mary Ackerly to brother William Ackerly about dissolving Our Kin partnership with Lula Parker Feb. 15, 1940 - "True Copy" of Last Will and Testament of G. Harris Field leaving everything to Mary Ackerly - News clipping concerning William Ackerly organizing company of infantry for the National Guard in Lexington (source & date unknown) - News clipping Ralph Turpin Jr. receives law degree from Seton Hall (source & date unknown) - Christmas photo notecard (person & location unidentified – presumably Mary Ackerly) - 2x The 1932 Cotillion Club of VMI Virginia Military Institute invitations to Final Dances – Mrs. J. P. Ackerly, Sr. & Miss Marie Davidson and J.P. Ackerly, Jr & Miss Lucy Ackerly - Calendar 1935 Jefferson Street Gulf Service Station (7 N. Jefferson Street) E. G. Ackerly, Owner & Mgr. - Letter to Miss Mary Denham Ackerly from the Times-World Corporation, Roanoke re: purchasing copy of Our - News clipping of editorial from the Waynesboro News-Virginian regarding 18th Judicial Circuit amalgamation with scribbled note "For Will" - Front page of The Fauquier Democrat Apr. 6, 1961 with article "Farm Deeded by Washington in Sale News" :: "Fieldmont, a 320-acre farm near Halfway, part of a tract for which George Washington signed a deed in 1789, has been sold by Mrs. G. Harris Field to John E. Malone of Arlington" - Biographical Sketches and Pictures of Company B, Confederate Veterans of Nashville, TN, 1902 (1974 reprint) - Fiftieth Reunion Booklet Class of 1912 Washington & Lee University May 4 – 5, 1962 - Photo Christmas card with picture of house (no ID, no date) Ackerly house? - Letter to Miss Lucy Ackerly from William S. Moffett, Jr. condolences on death of Judge William Ackerly Aug. 14,1968 LOCATION: AC 109 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 6) FOLDER MISC PUBS "B" - Front page of The Fauqiuer Democrat Warrenton May 3, 1933 regarding donation of copy of Our Kin to Warrenton Library.

This folder contains:- Letter from Mrs. B.B. Glover to War Department stamped "Received Jan. 16, 1940" "Robert Bruce Morrison has made application for a World War Cross of Military Service" therefore need "Confederate records for Robert Saville who served the Confederate Army with his team, hauling saltpeter for making ammunition in Virginia or West Virginia" Also requests records of John W. Wilson, Co. E, Reg 27-VA - Letter Feb. 10, 1940 from War Department (Adjutant General's Office) to Mrs. B.B. Glover "records show that J.W.Wilson, private, Company E, 27th Regiment Virginia Infantry (6th Virginia Infantry), CSA. Enlisted Mar. 19, 1962 at Mt. Jackson, born in Rockbridge County, Virginia…. "died at Staunton Hospital May 1862" - Letter Feb. 10, 1940 from War Department (Adjutant General's Office) to Mrs. B.B. Glover "No record has been found to show that Robert Saville was employed by the Confederate States Army" - Demit form Apr. 8, 1941 showing that Mrs. Mabel Hatcher Hodges had been a member in good standing in the Mary Custis Lee Chapter of the UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy and may join the William R. Terry Chapter in Bedford, VA - Invitation to attend "The Centennial Hop" on Nov 10th and Nov 11th 1940 - Handwritten Listing of officers of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy 1956-1957 - 1957 Chapter Report of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - 1957-1958 Chapter Report of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - 1959-1960 Nominating Committee Report of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy listing prospective officers - Agenda for United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC "Dedication of the Robert Edward Lee Memorial, Lee Plaza, Roanoke, VA Oct. 4, 1960 - Western Union Telegram to Lucy Ackerly Nov. 22, 1959 "Rockbridge Group Wins Grace Clare Taylor Cup—Congratulations" - 1959-1960 Chapter Report of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - 1960-1961 Chapter Report of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Handwritten "current expenses of chapter" (no date… likely 1960) UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Mary Custis Lee Chapter - Handwritten note and program outline re: nomination of Mrs. W. Cabell Flournoy as honorary President of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy (undated) - Undated proposed changes to Virginia Division constitution of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy (Mrs. B. A. Polick, Recording Secretary) - "District Banner" awards to UDC Chapters United Daughters of the Confederacy (undated) - Sign simply reading "Cape Henry" - Expense note (undated) UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Christmas card undated UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Typed speech "on assuming the Presidency of our beloved Mary Custis Lee Chapter" – no date, no signature, no attribution UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Handwritten minutes – no date no attribution UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Typed note of expenses – no date UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Small thank you notes to Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy no date for Christmas Basket – from Mrs. Walter LeConte Stevens and Nettie Stuart both in same envelope - Undated form letter from the Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Lee Mausoleum Committee soliciting funds for Endowment "Six years ago the Virginia Division U.D.C. placed a custodian at Lee Chapel and Mausoleum and assumed obligation of her salary…. The Custodian's salary for three years was paid from a gift of three thousand dollars from Mrs. Charles Senff of New York, but that sum having been exhausted, it is now absolutely necessary to complete the endowment in order to continue the Custodian at the Chapel" from Anne Norvell Otey Scott, Chairman.

This folder contains:- Articles by Division Historians United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC o Early History of University of Missouri (prepared with assistance of Mrs. L. J. Dye) pages 1-2 o Early History of University of North Carolina (prepared by Mrs. J.A. Yarbrough) pages 2-3 o University of South Carolina from its Founding to Reconstruction (prepared by Mrs. J.R. [Martha Bray] Carson) pages 3-4 o Early History of University of Tennessee (by Miss Annie Cody) pages 4-5 o Early History of Baylor University [Texas] (by Mrs. Sam Browne) page 5 o Early History of the University of Virginia (by Mrs. B.F. Cary) pages 5-7 [includes description of Civil War activities, including the formation of companies called "The Sons of Liberty" and "The Southern Guard" {with R.E. Lee, Jr. as its Corporal}] o Mary Sharp College [Tennessee] (by Miss Annie Cody) page 7 - Bulletin of the Historical Department of the United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC List of Prizes 1931 - Historical Essay Contest co-sponsored by United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans Subject 1962-1963 "Women of the Confederacy" - United Daughters of the Confederacy Education Circular 1963 UDC Awards and student loans - Undated flyer on Jefferson Davis Casement Fort Monroe, Virginia - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee on Education 1962 Scholarships - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee on Education Scholarships 1963 [two copies] - Year Book of the Turner Ashby Chapter 17 United Daughters of the Confederacy 162 1944-1945 Harrisonburg, VA - West Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy has the honor to present Mrs. William Eston Randolph Byrne (Amanda Austin Byrne) as a candidate for the Office of President General at the General Convention November 1931 - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Second District Conference Covington, VA Apr. 25, 1959 - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee on Education Scholarships 1957 - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee on Education Scholarships 1935 - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee on Education Scholarships 1933 - Letter from Mrs. Archer Overbay announcing 1962-63 Historical Essay contest co-sponsored by United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans for High School Students - Form letter dated Nov 15, 1952 Birmingham. AL referring to Biloxi Convention and changes to United Daughters of the Confederacy - Form letter from Mrs. Fred L. Bower, Sr. President – Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy addressed to "Dear Virginia Daughters" and containing general UDC news as of Mar. 1, 1963 - Publicity folder for A Diary with Reminiscences of the War and Refugee Life in the Shenandoah Valley 1860-1865 Mrs. Cornelia McDonald annotated and supplemented by Hunter McDonald 1934 - Notes concerning 65th Annual Convention Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Roanoke, VA Oct 4, 1960 - Blank envelope postmarked Apr. 7, 1962 labelled "Board May 16" - Blank envelope with handwritten note "Those attending the Virginia Division Convention meeting at the Chamerlin Hotel-Old Point Comfort-Virginia - Film booking form and catalogue inserts Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development Division of Public Relations and Advertising Apr 1960 - Officers of Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy for 1939-1940 - Elected Officers of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Oct 1962 to Oct 1963 - Historians Yearbook 1961-1962 United Daughters of the Confederacy Historical Department 1962 - Form letter (undated but from contents likely 1935) from Bessie Ferguson Cary, Historian Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC summarizing initiatives and activities - Form letter from dated Jan. 1, 1943 from Mrs. J.L. (Clair Woodruff), Bugg President Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC concerning 1943 initiatives.

Typed Notes for talk on City of New Orleans (uncertain date, but on the back of Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York stationary). Penciled sketch of Lexington City Cemetery. 69th General Convention United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC notes (date?). Background info on Mrs. B.B. (M.E.) Glover – President of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC 1940-1963. Miscellaneous Mary Custis Lee Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC chapter lists, including deceased members 1960-1963.LOCATION: AC 106 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 3) FOLDER 7