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Partial letter to Beloved Brethren about differences between Redeemer's Kindom and the Baptist cause. Second Baptist Church in Groton. March 10, 1838. Baptist Church History in Virginia. 8 original letters, many about certification of membership for transfer to another church. Beaverdam Baptist Church, Exerpts from Old Registers of Members by Annie and Maggie McMannaway Lickinghole Church, Goochland. Resignation letter from H.M. Barker. Undated. Scottsville Baptist Church. Albemarle County. Certification letter for Sister L.M. Pitts. 1891. Certification letter for Brother Winfield S. Beale, signed by Byron Hoge, Clerk. 1854. The Fork Baptist Church. Fluvanna County. Certification letter for Bro. N.H. Mills and wife, signed by Thos. F. Bashaw, church clerk. 1887. Baptist Church of Christ. Mt. Gilead. Goochland County. Certification letter for Sister Cassandra W. Miller, signed by Wm. A. Gray, Clerk. 1856. Dover Church. Certification letter for Brother Benj. F. Bowles. 1853. Letters to Brother Dudley from L.W. Allen about family, neighborhood and church news. 1853 and 1854.

Includes materials related the development of articles, reviews, and two books by Dr. Lewis: The Industrialist and the Mountaineer: The Eastham-Thompson Feud and the Struggle for West Virginia's Timber Frontier (2016) and Iron Artisans: Welsh Immigrants and the American Age of Steel (2023). Materials compiled in the development of Lewis's books include photocopied primary sources with accompanying research notes, correspondence with publishers and other scholars, and drafts of passages from the books. The dates for this subseries reflect the content – not material creation. Please be aware that the dates may not be accurate for every item within a folder/box but rather reflect the general timeframe of the subject matter. The compilation of these materials largely took place during the 2010s and early 2020s. Digital materials from this subseries consist of conference presentations and research files. Additional research materials are located in Series 2 of this collection.

229 items.

This subseries includes memorabilia, sheet music, newspapers, and images related to T.J. Jackson, the Civil War, and Jackson's Mill. For additional T.J. Jackson material, see also Series 6, Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson Papers; Series 8, Bound Notebooks; and Series 14, Glass Plate Negatives.

This subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.

This sub-series includes the materials Kemp collected and produced while researching, documenting, and preserving bridges. Kemp demonstrated that bridges almost entirely determined the successful transportation of goods and people across bodies of water. He collected an abundance of material about the history and preservation of wooden covered bridges and wire suspension bridges, especially in West Virginia.