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This collection of 290 items, 1814-1945, contains material pertaining to several Scotch-Irish families from which the donor Warren Coleman,M.D. is descended. The collection chiefly revolves around Robert Houston McEwen(1790-1868) and his wife Henrietta "Hetty" Montgomery Kennedy McEwen(1796-1881).

From the University of Mississippiwith mention of John W. Thompson Faulknerwith numbered judge's badge, n. d., worn by William Faulknerto officiate a University of Virginia-- William and Marytrack meet.

This collection, comprised of ca. 250 items, 1807-1864, consists of correspondence of Ann Carter Oliver, Lucy H. Oliver, Lucy (Oliver) Cocke, and other members of the Oliver familyand Cocke familyof central Virginia. The correspondence, 1807-1830, is primarily that of Benjamin Oliver, originally from Hanover Countyand later a resident of " Union Hall, " Albemarle County, Virginia, and his wife, Lucy H. Oliver. These letters are chiefly concerned with family news or business matters. Correspondents include: M. Braxton; George Clark, brother-in-law of Benjamin Oliverand Lucy H. Oliver, of Lexington, Virginia; Charles C. Page; Ann Tomlinand W. W. Tomlin, sister and brother-in-law of Lucy H. Oliver, of " Oak Hill, " Richmond County, Virginia; Newman Williamson Barnes; and, Lucy H. Barnesof Falmouth, Virginia. There are two letters, August 19, 1807 and January 18, 1817, concerning payment of tuition for the "little girls," probably Tomlin's nieces; one letter is addressed to Mrs. Ann Hackleyof a school at Wildernessin Spotsylvania County, Virginia. An 1813 letter to Lucy Tomlincontains news of the British burning Hampton, Virginia, and the militia being called. There is also correspondence between Lucy H. Tomlinof " Clifton, " Hanover, Virginia, and Sarah B. Campbellof Lynchburg, Virginia, regarding the death of Mrs. Campbell's brother, who had been engaged to Lucy.

This collection consists of the papers of the Louisa Countylawyer, W. E. Bibb(1848-1910) and other Louisa Countyfamilies, ca. 1830-1940, ca. 18,250 items (44 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize folders and 2M volumes) of a non-official character removed from private offices on the premises of the Louisa CountyCourt House. Among the earliest items are those of Dr. Baldwin M. Bucknerand the Buckner familyof Louisa County. Other persons or subjects in the collection include Captain Boyd M. Smith, Reuben Lindsay Gordon, John G. May, William Worth Smith, Jr., Virginia State senator, Louisa Countyelection materials, Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing and Land Company, Robert F. Moss(d. 1883), Louisa Countysheriff, and John Q. Rhodes.

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.