Collections : [Thomas Balch Library]

Inter-Southern Life Insurance Co. Ledger, (1931 -1932) consists of one volume recording individual policies issued and renewed between 1931 and 1932.

This collection consists of cancelled checks, bank statements, letters, bills, receipts, and other monetary records of the Blue Ridge Library, dating from 1920 to 1933. The checks are signed by Mrs. Mary E. Dillon (ca. 1886-n.d.), Mrs. A.C. Norman (ca. 1895-1988), and Mrs. Lillian Dillon (1874-n.d.), who were treasurers of the library respectively from 1920-1933. The bank statements record library funds deposited in and withdrawn from the Purcellville National Bank from 1920-1932. The letters include correspondence from library president Mrs. Alice P. James (1887-1946) concerning funds from a bazaar that the library hosted, correspondence with the Literary Guild of America, and correspondence with the cashier of the Purcellville National Bank. The bills are for subscriptions to the Ladies' Home Journal.

The Wilbur C. Hall Papers consist primarily of materials relating to Wilbur Hall's interest in the history of early America, Virginia, and Loudoun County. There is little material pertaining to his work as an attorney in Leesburg, his career in government, or his personal and family life.

This collection consists of newspaper advertisements clipped from photocopies of 19th century newspapers, microfilmed newspapers, and other sources by Dr. Fred D. Johnson in the course of his research to identify merchants and tradesmen operating at that time.

Robert Edwards Collection is a collection of books, ledgers, correspondence, writings, receipts, bills of sale, promissory notes, photographs, office judgements, and other materials relating to the families of Keene, Edwards, and Dulin.

The Bowie Family Collection includes a bill of sale for various house furnishings, stamped covers from business and personal correspondence, as well as an autograph letter signed from Evan Lyons (1806-1876), a miller and business associate of Bowie.

This collection consists of one folder that includes information about the history of Paeonian Springs, when and why the area was popular as well as current interests in the town.

This collection consists of documents pertaining to the Chinn/Noland family, including copies and transcriptions of correspondence by Jacob Edwin Chinn (1825-n.d.) and Samuel Walter Chinn (1835-n.d.) from 1850-1860 and membership applications to National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and United Daughters of the Confederacy. There are also postcards addressed to Rawleigh Chinn (1894-n.d.) dating from 1908-1917. Articles from the Middleburg Chronicle and Washington, D.C. Sunday Star discuss the influence of the Chinn family in Middleburg and the Middleburg origin of Benjamin Thompson (1826-n.d.), first mayor of Denver, Colorado. Additional documents describing individual family members include those for Francis Aubrey (1690-1741), William Berkeley Noland (1827-1901), Colonel Robert Callender (1726-1776), William Henry Noland (1808-n.d.), Charles Fenton Mercer Noland (1810-n.d.), Callender St. George Noland (1816-n.d.), Frances Callender Noland (1797-1855), Thomas Johnson Noland (1799-1857), Lloyd Noland (1790-1871), Samuel Noland (n.d.), Dade Noland (ca. 1780-1838), Major William Noland (1775-1855), Thomas Noland (1748-1811), and Philip Noland (1718-1794).

This collection consists of the memoirs of Dorothy Rickard from the Depression, stories and poems about the American Civil War and daily logs of trips Rickard made. The collection also includes some of Rickard family history.

The collection is made up of the business and personal papers of George W. Janney. The business papers contain accounts and inventories from various stores, court records, tax and insurance information, and paperwork from the settlement of his father's estate. Included is Janney's business correspondence, which contains information about purchasing wholesale goods for his stores, transporting goods, settling debts and collecting on debts owed to him, and negotiating prices. There are 20 account books in the collection from various stores and from the Loudoun and Berlin Bridge Company. Also included in the collection are papers relating to Janney's family, the education of his children, his appointments as postmaster, and involvement in fraternal groups, as well as some personal correspondence.