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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

White Family Papers 1794-1921

The White familypapers contain 1,190 items (4 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the correspondence, business and legal papers of the Whiteand Robertsonfamilies of Abingdon, Virginia. These closely related families were two of the leading participants in the business and political life of Southwest Virginiaduring the nineteenth century. The business papers of Col. James White(1770-1838), other papers concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and correspondence of the White family, chiefly of William Young Conn White(1812-1882), all contain material relating to the development of business and industry in Southwest Virginiaand its economic ties to Tennesseeand Alabamabefore and after the Civil War.

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Houston Family Photograph Album, 1865/1875

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A carte de visite album belonging to the Houston family of Lexington, Virginia. It contains images of Judge Thomas Dix Houston, the Ervine, White, Wilson, Leach, Weir, Buchanan, Shumate, Culton, and Bear families of Rockbridge and Augusta Counties in Virginia. It also contains an image of Virginia Military Institute professor James Woods Massie. There are photographs by Lexington and Shenandoah Valley photographers Michael Miley, Adam H. Plecker, Hugh Morrison, and Benjamin Clinedinst, and George Teaford and Worthen of Winchester, Va. The album includes hand written geneaological notes about the Houston family.

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Houston Family Photograph Album, 1865/1875 1 Volumes

A carte de visite album belonging to the Houston family of Lexington, Virginia. It contains images of Judge Thomas Dix Houston, the Ervine, White, Wilson, Leach, Weir, Buchanan, Shumate, Culton, and Bear families of Rockbridge and Augusta Counties in Virginia. It also contains an image of Virginia Military Institute professor James Woods Massie. There are photographs by Lexington and Shenandoah Valley photographers Michael Miley, Adam H. Plecker, Hugh Morrison, and Benjamin Clinedinst, and George Teaford and Worthen of Winchester, Va. The album includes hand written geneaological notes about the Houston family.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

White Family of Spanishburg, Correspondence, 1873/1896

0.04 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.5 in.

Letters written to Synthia and Harmon White of Spanishburg, West Virginia from various members of their family. The letters discuss family and personal matters, health issues, religion, weather, finances, household chores, farming, and produce. Letters from Henry White discuss his move from Nebraska to Kansas as well as the costs and profits associated with farming in these states. Places mentioned include: Spanishburg, West Virginia; Germantown, Kansas; Bluefield, West Virginia; Buchanan, Kentucky; Point Pleasant, West Virginia; Charleston, West Virginia; and Syracuse, Nebraska.

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White Family of Spanishburg, Correspondence, 1873/1896 0.04 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.5 in.

White family

Letters written to Synthia and Harmon White of Spanishburg, West Virginia from various members of their family. The letters discuss family and personal matters, health issues, religion, weather, finances, household chores, farming, and produce. Letters from Henry White discuss his move from Nebraska to Kansas as well as the costs and profits associated with farming in these states. Places mentioned include: Spanishburg, West Virginia; Germantown, Kansas; Bluefield, West Virginia; Buchanan, Kentucky; Point Pleasant, West Virginia; Charleston, West Virginia; and Syracuse, Nebraska.

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