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This series contains six subseries.

Includes notebooks of principals, which contain pupil lists, years attended, and name of parent or guardian (1827-1879 and undated). Also includes newspaper clippings on the history of Old Lewisburg Academy and other area schools. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 13 for additional alumni lists for the Old Lewisburg Academy, Lewisburg Female Institute, Greenbrier College for Women, etc.

This series includes personal and genealogical information about many individuals and families of Virginia and West Virginia. Please see the folder-level records for the complete list of names. Also included are images of prominent individuals (ca. 1916); images of unidentified Confederate veterans (undated); newspaper clippings of articles about Henry G. Davis, Stephen B. Elkins, and John H. Holt (1900-1915); and various materials relating to the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County. Additional genealogical and historical information can also be found in: Series 5, Zimmerman Collection -- History; Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 4; and Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 2.

This series includes manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings regarding the history of Greenbrier County and some of its families. Topics include, among others: the formation of Greenbrier County (WV), Augusta County (VA), and Frederick County (VA); Washington landing on the Kanawha River; Jarrett's Fort; the Battle of Cedar Creek; old houses of Lewisburg; history of the Henning and Plumer families; West Virginia archaeology; and Alexander Welch's account of life as a colonial soldier at Valley Forge.

This series contains four subseries, which include:

This series includes day books, ledgers, pocket diaries, and scrapbooks. Accounting entries cover general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. Some items also include newspaper clippings about poultry, horticulture, fictional stories, etc. For additional account books, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 1 and box 15, folder 5.

This series includes printed and manuscript items such as: a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the Civil War (ca. 1861-1865); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); handwritten lecture notes by T.H. Dennis on legal topics (1872-1873); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated). Many of the handwritten notes and some of the clippings bear handwritten page numbers and the words "used" or "not used." For additional Civil War-related newspaper clippings, see Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 5. For additional materials related to T.H. Dennis, see Series 1, Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis.

This series includes lists of students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); account ledgers (1825-1891, undated); Greenbrier death records (undated); military records (ca. 1830s-1903); newspaper clippings (1861-1884, undated); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated). Many of the lists of students are written on the back sides of older ledger pages. This series also includes receipts, financial statements, and muster rolls for the 31st Virginia Infantry, as well as muster rolls from other Confederate units (1861-1864).