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Alexandria Library

Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Primary Collecting Areas:
Alexandria history, Virginia history, Genealogy, U.S. Civil War
Description:
As one of the core research institutions in Alexandria, the Local History and Special Collections Branch (LHSC) is focused on documenting Alexandria from its colonial era to its modern life as a vibrant community of immigrants and cultural attractions.
Phone: (703) 746-1706
Start Over Repository Alexandria Library Date range 1959

Kabler House Histories Collection (MS082), 1951/1965 .69 Linear Feet 2 boxes

Kabler, Dorothy, 1918-2017

This collection contains the correspondence, reports, and research done by Dorothy Holcombe Kabler for Alexandria house histories. The research notes also contain copies of deeds, wills, marriage records, and ther legal material surrounding property ownership.

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Landmarks Society of Alexandria, Virginia Collection (MS079), 1934/1976 .26 Linear Feet 2 boxes

Landmarks Society of Alexandria, Virginia

The records in this collection cover the financial transactions of the Landmarks Society, from its founding in 1933-34, through 1976. Included are all of the disbursements from 1934-1944, a financial account book from 1952-1960, and Treasury Reports from 1963-1975, calculated by Esther Holliday Green, the Treasurer of the Landmarks Society. The Internal Revenue Income Tax Exemption Forms, application for an Alexandria City License and Annual Reports to the State Corporation Commission of Virginia also pertain to the Museum and Antique Gift Shop. Of particular interest are several variations of the Landmarks Society's By-Laws, a newspaper article on the 1960 death of Edward R. Stabler, one of the last owners and druggists of the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop, and the membership file of the Landmarks Society.

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Legal Ephemera, 1937/1987 Box 12, Folder 105

Combined from previous folders: "Lafayette Hotel deed, 1837", "Health certificates for marriage", "Howard Smith, Jr. and Smoot Estate case, 1965", and "Article from New Dominion about the merger of two northern virginia law firms, Boothe, Prichard and Dudley with McGuire, Woods and Battle, 1987"

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  2. Armistead Boothe Papers (MS164), 1803/1990
  3. Series 2: Armistead L. Boothe, 1907/1990
  4. 2.2: Military And Legal Careers, 1933/1987

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