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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sullivan Family Papers, 1800/1957

2 Cubic Feet 2 boxes
This collection contains 19th century tax records and personal correspondence of the Sullivan family of Christiansburg, Virginia.
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West Virginia and Regional History Center

A.B. Stickney, Compiler, Genealogical Materials, 1838/1959

5.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 ft. 5 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each)
A collection of Genealogical material compiled by A. B. and Charlotte Stickney. Includes notes and letters regarding the Pierpont Family and the Stickney's research. Most of the papers deal with the lines of John, Francis, and Larkin Pierpont. For more detailed listings of the Pierpont and other families, see the processing notes.
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A.B. Stickney, Compiler, Genealogical Materials, 1838/1959 5.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 ft. 5 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each)

Stickney, A. B. (Alpheus Beede), 1840-1916
A collection of Genealogical material compiled by A. B. and Charlotte Stickney. Includes notes and letters regarding the Pierpont Family and the Stickney's research. Most of the papers deal with the lines of John, Francis, and Larkin Pierpont. For more detailed listings of the Pierpont and other families, see the processing notes.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection, 1731/1992, bulk 1860/1980

2.34 Linear Feet (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2.5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 in.); (1 oversize folder, 0.1 in.)

Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly, a Baptist minister and local historian, collected these materials for his own research and interest in West Virginia history. The collection contains various materials pertaining to coal mining and West Virginia history, especially in the New River area and Fayette County. It includes correspondence, land grant and deed records, pamphlets, journals, local histories, records, photographs, and art relating to mining and life in the New River area. One set of correspondence includes recollections, a yearbook, and newspaper clippings by a World War II sailor from the USS West Virginia. Another series of correspondence includes the antebellum, wartime, and postwar letters and personal receipts of Charles Dequasie, a Confederate soldier from Fayette County, West Virginia, and Robert Edward Dequasie's personal and business correspondence. Other ephemera includes West Virginia and mining journals and certificates belonging to Donnelly and others. A scrapbook and notebook of newspaper clippings pertain to early court hangings and executions in West Virginia. Political posters include those for West Virginia Governor William C. Marland and West Virginia Senators Harley Kilgore and Robert Byrd.

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Shenandoah County Library

St. Mark's Lutheran Church Collection, 1851/2024

14 Linear Feet
This collection contains a variety of materials relating to St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Forestville Virginia, including directories, records, a church bible, reports, financial statements, photographs, and other ephemera and documents.
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St. Mark's Lutheran Church Collection, 1851/2024 14 Linear Feet

This collection contains a variety of materials relating to St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Forestville Virginia, including directories, records, a church bible, reports, financial statements, photographs, and other ephemera and documents.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Railroad Stock Certificates and Bonds

0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
This collection contains 138 railroad stock certificates and bonds that were issued between the 1840s and the 1910s.
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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Francis Baldwin Crawford Collection, 1884/1888

1 Box
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Virginia Military Institute Archives

Records of Superintendent Francis H. Smith, 1839-1889, 1839/1889

30 Linear Feet

These files constitute the major record series generated by the office of Francis H. Smith, VMI's first Superintendent. He served from 1839-1889. The records, (ca. 30 linear feet) consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence, order books, speeches and publications, annual reports, personal file, and subject files.

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Academic departments, annual reports, 1843/1899 .50 Linear Feet

A chronological file, 1843-1848; 1865-1899, containing examples of academic department annual reports from the 19th century. These reports from the various academic departments were submitted to the Superintendent and help to document the early academic history of the Institute. This file includes early reports by John T. L. Preston (Languages), and Thomas H. Williamson (Engineering), as well as reports by other early faculty members. The series has many gaps; for example, none from the 1850's. The reports reflect some subjects that are no longer taught, e.g., Latin, drawing, mineralogy. 1 box

  1. Subject files, 1839/1884

Correspondence, outgoing, 1839/1889 51 Volumes

The outgoing letterbooks (bound volumes) of VMI's first Superintendent Francis H. Smith, who served from 1839-1889. There are no outgoing letters from 1864 August 9-1865 October 30.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Bondurant-Morrison Family Papers 1787-1936

This collection consist of ca. 16,000 items, 1787-1936, and contains the papers of the Bondurant familyof Buckingham County, Virginia, and the Morrison familyof Rockbridge County, Virginiawho were related through the marriage of Alexander Joseph Bondurantand Emily MacFarland Morrisonin 1859. Alexander J. Bondurantand Emily (Morrison) Bondurantwere the chief correspondents in this collection. Alexander J. Bondurant(1836-1910) was a Confederatesoldier, farmer, politician, superintendent of Buckingham County, Va.schools, professor of agriculture at Auburn University, and tobacco consultant to the government of Australia. His father, Thomas Moseley Bondurant(1797-1862), was a landowner, member of the board of trustees of Hampden-Sydney College, a soldier in the War of 1812, a member of the Virginia Senate, and one of the founders of the Richmond Whig. His oldest son, Alexander Lee Bondurant(1865-1937) was professor of Latin and head of the graduate school of the University of Mississippi.

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Hampden-Sydney College

Paul L. Grier Vertical Files, 1775/1988

12 Linear Feet 48 Digital Image Scans

This collection contains miscellaneous correspondence, documents, publications, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Hampden-Sydney College from 1776 through 1988, organized into folders by year. This primary source material was collected and originally organized by Paul L. Grier.

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Academic Year, 1883/1884 Drawer 1-4, Folder 62

1. J. M. P. Atkinson's (HSC President) obituary from Central Presbyterian, September 5, 1883. 2. Willis H. Bocock's (HSC Class of 1884) biographical article from Classical Outlook, volume 51, number 9, May 1974. 3. List of signatures from the class of 1884. 4. Willis H. Bocock's (HSC Class of 1884) letter to HSC Professor Whiting. 5. Invitation to trustees' reception for HSC graduating class, June 12, 1884. 6. Program for HSC Intermediate Celebration, February 22, 1884. 7. Fundraising letter/appeal by Richard McIlwaine to W. R. Gaines, Esq., HSC Class of 1855, dated December 14, 1883.

Academic Year, 1884/1885 Drawer 1-4, Folder 63

1. Joseph Rennie's (HSC Class of 1885 & Trustee) letters dated: 1881(5); 1882(3); 1884(5); 1887(1); 1889(1); all sent to Mrs. Jane (Mrs. B.S.) Howard, rep. of the Ladies Benevolent Society (letters donated by Nat Horwitz). 2. Program for HSC Commencement, June 11, 1885. 3. Henry Read McIlwaine's (HSC Class of 1885) photograph, Scholar, HSC Faculty, State Library of Virginia, 1907-1934. 4. Henry Read McIlwaine (HSC Class of 1885, faculty); photograph of unveiling of plaque honoring McIlwaine.

Paul L. Grier Vertical Files, 1775/1988 12 Linear Feet 48 Digital Image Scans

This collection contains miscellaneous correspondence, documents, publications, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Hampden-Sydney College from 1776 through 1988, organized into folders by year. This primary source material was collected and originally organized by Paul L. Grier.

College of William and Mary

Julia W. Oxrieder Papers, 1877/1998

0.60 Linear Feet

The personal papers of Julia W. Oxrieder include materials related to Williamsburg, Virginia, documents of interest she collected related to her many interests, and personal material about her life and work in Williamsburg. Many items are copies of biographies, newspaper articles, and ephemera documenting local history including folklore, education, Williamsburg people and organizations, African Americans, and other topics.

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Acc. 1997.70 Addition, 1877/1888 Box 1, Folder 8

Copies of statistics from Tidewater Virginia Counties extracted from late nineteenth-century Gazetteers.

Julia W. Oxrieder Papers, 1877/1998 0.60 Linear Feet

Oxrieder, Julia W.

The personal papers of Julia W. Oxrieder include materials related to Williamsburg, Virginia, documents of interest she collected related to her many interests, and personal material about her life and work in Williamsburg. Many items are copies of biographies, newspaper articles, and ephemera documenting local history including folklore, education, Williamsburg people and organizations, African Americans, and other topics.

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