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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Strother Family Grandfather Clock

8.3 Linear Feet Summary: 8 ft. 3 1/2 in. (1 unboxed artifact, 97 in. tall, 21 1/2 in. wide, 10 1/2 in. deep); (1 small storage box, 1 in.); (1 small box, 1 1/2 in.) 0.03 Gigabytes 17 files, formats include .jpg and .mov
One grandfather clock (97 in. tall) once owned by the Strother family of the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. According to family lore, this clock was built in 1803 by a Swiss clockmaker in Martinsburg (Virginia). David Hunter Strother (1816-1888) is a well known member of the family that owned this clock. He was an illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine, whose pseudonym, "Porte Crayon", was a household word; he later served the Union cause, and was General Consul to Mexico within the Rutherford B. Hayes presidential administration. There are also 2 keys and 1 small hand crank. Also included in the collection are 16 .jpg photographs of the clock in the West Virginia & Regional History Center and the internal clock mechanism as well as 1 .mov video file of the clock chiming, taken during a 2014 visit to repair the clock.
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Strother Family Grandfather Clock 8.3 Linear Feet Summary: 8 ft. 3 1/2 in. (1 unboxed artifact, 97 in. tall, 21 1/2 in. wide, 10 1/2 in. deep); (1 small storage box, 1 in.); (1 small box, 1 1/2 in.) 0.03 Gigabytes 17 files, formats include .jpg and .mov

One grandfather clock (97 in. tall) once owned by the Strother family of the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. According to family lore, this clock was built in 1803 by a Swiss clockmaker in Martinsburg (Virginia). David Hunter Strother (1816-1888) is a well known member of the family that owned this clock. He was an illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine, whose pseudonym, "Porte Crayon", was a household word; he later served the Union cause, and was General Consul to Mexico within the Rutherford B. Hayes presidential administration. There are also 2 keys and 1 small hand crank. Also included in the collection are 16 .jpg photographs of the clock in the West Virginia & Regional History Center and the internal clock mechanism as well as 1 .mov video file of the clock chiming, taken during a 2014 visit to repair the clock.
College of William and Mary

Thomas Jefferson Stubbs Family Papers

2.0 Linear Feet

Collection includes a lot of genealogical notes and copies of wills compiled by Thomas Jefferson Stubbs but also report cards, class notes, and letters of different Stubbs family members. An oration delivered by Thomas Jefferson Stubbs, Sr. before the Phoenix Literary Society is also included as well as his application for the professorship at William & Mary. There are letters written William Carter Stubbs while a student at William & Mary,letters of John Catlett Stubbs while studying medicine in Charlottesville and Baltimore and two class notebooks of Lucy T. C. Stubbs of Williamsburg.

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Thomas Jefferson Stubbs Family Papers 2.0 Linear Feet

Collection includes a lot of genealogical notes and copies of wills compiled by Thomas Jefferson Stubbs but also report cards, class notes, and letters of different Stubbs family members. An oration delivered by Thomas Jefferson Stubbs, Sr. before the Phoenix Literary Society is also included as well as his application for the professorship at William & Mary. There are letters written William Carter Stubbs while a student at William & Mary,letters of John Catlett Stubbs while studying medicine in Charlottesville and Baltimore and two class notebooks of Lucy T. C. Stubbs of Williamsburg.

George Mason University

George Mason University Student Government records

12 Linear Feet 20 boxes
The George Mason University Student Government records contain materials created by members of the Student Government in fulfilling their duties as elected and appointed officers of the Student Government. The records date from 1966 to 2019 and document the operations and initiatives of the organization.
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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Subscription List for the Rockbridge Repository Newspaper

2 Item This collection is one folder in the misc. RHS-Coll-0060 - RHS-Coll-0076

This file consists of the subscription registry for Rockbridge Repository with notable citizen signatures. The Rockbridge Repository was a Republican publication headed by John McMullin, which included "official information, public documents, Congressional proceedings and debates, proceedings of the Virginia Assembly" as well as essays on literary, agricultural and commercial subjects. Price of subscription is two dollars per year. The signatures are of citizens in their own hands. File also includes a deed of gift for this item to the Rockbridge Historical Society.

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Subscription List for the Rockbridge Repository Newspaper 2 Item This collection is one folder in the misc. RHS-Coll-0060 - RHS-Coll-0076

This file consists of the subscription registry for Rockbridge Repository with notable citizen signatures. The Rockbridge Repository was a Republican publication headed by John McMullin, which included "official information, public documents, Congressional proceedings and debates, proceedings of the Virginia Assembly" as well as essays on literary, agricultural and commercial subjects. Price of subscription is two dollars per year. The signatures are of citizens in their own hands. File also includes a deed of gift for this item to the Rockbridge Historical Society.

Old Dominion University

Paul G. Caplan Papers

42.60 Linear Feet 77 Hollinger document cases and 5 oversize boxes boxes
Norfolk pharmacist. Chaired the board of the Norfolk Port and Industrial Authority, which runs Norfolk International Terminals and the Norfolk International Airport, for thirteen years and was a board member from 1962 to 1987. Served on several political campaign committees, including those of Roy B. Martin and Stanley Walker. Was very active in civic affairs, including the Norfolk Junior Chamber of Commerce, Virginia Jaycees, United States Jaycees, Tidewater Chapter of the American Red Cross, Norfolk Jewish Community Council, and the Virginia Zoological and Aquarium Society.
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Sub-Series G: Pharmacy Correspondence

Contains correspondence in regard to lease information on Caplan's Pharmacy (the pharmacy owned by Caplan's father Phillip), the Medical College of Virginia (where Caplan received his pharmacy degree), and as well as other pharmacy related correspondence and notes. The correspondence ranges from 1951 to 1976 and is arranged alphabetically by subject.

  1. Record Group I: First Accession
  2. Series II: Correspondence
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Surveyor's Compass and Other Equipment Owned by Samuel Jackson

0.5 Linear Feet 6 in. (1 flat storage box)
Surveyor's equipment, including compass, two rulers or protractors, and metal cable, owned by Samuel Jackson, a successful entrepreneur of western Pennsylvania. One of the rulers, bearing engravings of the initials "GW" and the year "1781", is thought to be a gift from George Washington to Samuel Jackson. The survey cable could be from the middle 19th century. For additional biographical information regarding Samuel Jackson, consult the historical note for this collection; for provenance information regarding the compass, see the Newsletter of the West Virginia and Regional History Collection, Volume 25, No. 2, Spring 2010 (a copy is filed in the control folder for this collection).
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Surveyor's Compass and Other Equipment Owned by Samuel Jackson 0.5 Linear Feet 6 in. (1 flat storage box)

Jackson, Samuel
Surveyor's equipment, including compass, two rulers or protractors, and metal cable, owned by Samuel Jackson, a successful entrepreneur of western Pennsylvania. One of the rulers, bearing engravings of the initials "GW" and the year "1781", is thought to be a gift from George Washington to Samuel Jackson. The survey cable could be from the middle 19th century. For additional biographical information regarding Samuel Jackson, consult the historical note for this collection; for provenance information regarding the compass, see the Newsletter of the West Virginia and Regional History Collection, Volume 25, No. 2, Spring 2010 (a copy is filed in the control folder for this collection).
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Swisher Family Papers

0.4 Linear Feet 5 1/4 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.) 3.03 Gigabytes 14 .tif files
Papers of Louis Bush Swisher and Mildred Lorraine (King) Swisher, friends who attended WVU in the late 1920s and married upon graduation in 1929. Includes genealogical information (collected ca. 1940s-1990s) regarding the Swisher, Bush, Jackson, Stalnaker, and Watson families, as well as five portraits of family members (ca. 1890-1910), most having dimensions of 16" x 20" (including Jacob Jackson, Pamelia Watson Jackson, Jacob Hamilton Bush, Beverly Cecelia Jackson Bush, and Louis Bush Swisher). There is also a considerable amount of WVU memorabilia from the late 1920s (apparently from Louis Bush Swisher, on evidence of annotations) including dance cards (14 items), football badges (4 items, one of which includes a small, attached three-dimensional football), and a student activity book for second semester, 1925-1926. Also present are digital copies of three land grants from Patrick Henry to Meshack Sexton from 1785 and 1786 in Frederick County, Virginia; one indenture between Jonathan Wright and Meshack Sexton from 1794; and one land grant from James Monroe to John Baylor Armistead from 1801.
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Swisher Family Papers 0.4 Linear Feet 5 1/4 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.) 3.03 Gigabytes 14 .tif files

Swisher family
Papers of Louis Bush Swisher and Mildred Lorraine (King) Swisher, friends who attended WVU in the late 1920s and married upon graduation in 1929. Includes genealogical information (collected ca. 1940s-1990s) regarding the Swisher, Bush, Jackson, Stalnaker, and Watson families, as well as five portraits of family members (ca. 1890-1910), most having dimensions of 16" x 20" (including Jacob Jackson, Pamelia Watson Jackson, Jacob Hamilton Bush, Beverly Cecelia Jackson Bush, and Louis Bush Swisher). There is also a considerable amount of WVU memorabilia from the late 1920s (apparently from Louis Bush Swisher, on evidence of annotations) including dance cards (14 items), football badges (4 items, one of which includes a small, attached three-dimensional football), and a student activity book for second semester, 1925-1926. Also present are digital copies of three land grants from Patrick Henry to Meshack Sexton from 1785 and 1786 in Frederick County, Virginia; one indenture between Jonathan Wright and Meshack Sexton from 1794; and one land grant from James Monroe to John Baylor Armistead from 1801.
College of William and Mary

Tabb Family Papers

1.00 Linear Feet

Papers, 1797-1875, of the Tabb family. Includes correspondence and accounts, 1829-1839, of John Henry Tabb, merchant of Danville, Va.; and papers, 1870-1875, of John N. Tabb and H. A. Tabb, merchants of Mathews County.

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Tabb family legal papers Box 3, Folder 9

Illinois land grant signed by James Monroe, February 18, 1818.

Tabb Family Papers 1.00 Linear Feet

Tabb family

Papers, 1797-1875, of the Tabb family. Includes correspondence and accounts, 1829-1839, of John Henry Tabb, merchant of Danville, Va.; and papers, 1870-1875, of John N. Tabb and H. A. Tabb, merchants of Mathews County.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Talbott-Tolbert Family Papers

1.25 Linear Feet 3 document cases, 5 in. each
Mainly papers of Samuel T. Tolbert, a onetime constable of Lewis County and postmaster at Frenchton, who operated a general store and acted as agent and surveyor for out-of-state landowners. Included are the papers of Zadock Lanham, J.S. Wilson, John L. Jacob, and W.C. Tolbert. There are surveys, legal papers, correspondence, and lottery certificates from Ohio and Delaware, and Democratic state and county election tickets. Correspondents include Lewis Maxwell, J.M. Bennett, and F.H. Pierpont.
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Talbott-Tolbert Family Papers 1.25 Linear Feet 3 document cases, 5 in. each

Talbott-Tolbert family.
Mainly papers of Samuel T. Tolbert, a onetime constable of Lewis County and postmaster at Frenchton, who operated a general store and acted as agent and surveyor for out-of-state landowners. Included are the papers of Zadock Lanham, J.S. Wilson, John L. Jacob, and W.C. Tolbert. There are surveys, legal papers, correspondence, and lottery certificates from Ohio and Delaware, and Democratic state and county election tickets. Correspondents include Lewis Maxwell, J.M. Bennett, and F.H. Pierpont.
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Taylor collection of Lewis family papers

25 Files

This collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Lewis and Ball family.

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