Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library
Eleanor Lee Templeman Collection (MS061)
Templeman, Eleanor Lee ((Reading)), 1906-1990
MS061
6.83 Cubic Feet
13 boxes
1810-1990
English
.
Content Description
The collection consists of articles, notes correspondence,
clippings, and printed matter written and collected by Mrs. Templeman. A full set (1921-
1994), mostly bound, of the annual reports of the Society of the Lees of Virginia is
included. Duplicate copies found in the collection were retained for their value as Mrs.
Templeman's working copies and feature marginalia and corrections. Thirty-five
positive prints, four negatives and one transparency have been transferred to the
Photographic Collection. Most correspondence was retained in the subject areas it was
found in rather than being organized separately.
Biographical / Historical
Eleanor Lee Reading Templeman (1906-1990) was a
local historian, author, preservationist and photographer. From 1947 until her death, Mrs.
Templeman served the Society of the Lees of Virginia as Secretary, Genealogist and Historian. She wrote four books and numerous journal articles, primarily on the Lee family and also local history. Mrs. Templeman was a driving force behind legislation to
preserve Sully Plantation (1958) and the creation of Leesylvania State Park (1978).
Throughout her life Mrs. Templeman collected clippings and notes on subjects related to
the Lee family as well as items of local interest.
Arrangement
Series I: Articles, 1928-1990; Series II: Autobiography and Biographical Information; Series III: Society of the Lees of Virginia, 1921-1994; Series IV: Lee Family, 1810-1990 (Bulk dates from 1970-1990); Series V: Family Histories; Series VI: Printed Matter, 1909-1979; Series VII: People and Places, 1919-1990; Series VIII: Book Publishing Records, 1972-1990; Series IX: Donations; Series X: Card File of Article Titles; Series XI: Scrapbooks; Series XII: Photographs
Preferred Citation
[Item identification], Eleanor Lee Templeman Collection, MS061, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.
Society of the Lees of Virginia
Virginia -- Genealogy.
Sully Plantation
Leesylvania State Park
Templeman, Eleanor Lee ((Reading)), 1906-1990
Series I: Articles1928-1990ArrangementSeries is arranged chronologically
"Shasta's Scenic Mosaic" CA Highways and Public Works 1928-09-1928-1011"Pioneer Trail New State Highway." CA Highways and Public Works.192812"A Scout of Empire." American Motorist Magazine1930-1213"Bear Hunting in Crag Country." American Motorist Magazine1930-1214"Arlington's Local and National Heritage." Arlington Historical Magazine195715"Not by Bread Alone…" Arlington Historical Magazine195816"Elisha Dick Home will be on Tour." Northern Virginia Sun.1959-04-0417"A Northern Virginia Mystery Stranger than Fiction Fiction." Arlington Heritage.195918Ballston's Beginnings." Arlington Historical Magazine1959-05-1959-0619"In the Beginning…" Arlington Historical Magazine. 1960-05-1960-06110"Let us Commemorate, not Celebrate." Northern Virginia Sun.1960-11111"Ravensworth", "Ossian Hall". Magazine of the Fairfax County Historical Society. 1961112"Alexandria Lees of the Federal Period." Arlington Historical Magazine.1961113"Benjamin Hallowell, Dedicated Educator." Arlington Historical Magazine.1963114"Arlington House. "Magazine of the UDC.1964-06115"Arlington House. "Magazine of the UDC.1968-11116"Lee Highway, King of the Roads." Washington Post.1929-01117Custis-Lee Mansion Really is the Arlington House." Washington Post.1969-07118"Jackson City."1969-11119"Old Indian Legend Gave the Three Sisters Islands a name." Washington Post1969-06120"Lee Highway and The Zero Milestone." Society of the Less of Virginia Annual Report.1969121"Lee Spent Last Birthday in Lexington a Century Ago." Washington Post1970-01122"Leesburg Named aster Thomas Lee." Loudon Times-Mirror1970-01123"Wild Days of 'Monte Carlo' on the Potomac are Recalled." Washington Post.1970-02124"Leesylvania May have future as Northern Virginia resort." Washington Post.1970-03125"Maplewood." Globe1970-03126"President's Escape from the Potomac Disaster of 1844." Washington Post.1970-03127"Sully Plantation House Many of Lees." Washington Post.1970-05128"Sully, the Home of Richard Bland Lee." Virginia CavalcadeAutumn 1970129"Belhaven-Alexandria Co.-Arlington Co." Pioneer America Society Newsletter.1971130"Richard Lee." World Tribune.1975-11131"Richard Henry Lee, Vignettes of Valor." World Tribune.1975-11132"Francis Lightfoot Lee." World Tribune1975-11133"Arthur Lee." World Tribune.1975-11134"Arlington", "Towns and Villages." Northern Virginia Country.1976135 "Memories of Baird." Covered Wagon1976136"The Little Tea House." Arlington Historical Magazine.1976137"Following Lee Highway." Northern Virginian.1976-01138"The Lees of the Revolution: Brothers and Patriots." Northern Virginian.1976-06139Marker Placed on Cobbs Hall1976-07140"Thomas Lee and Two of His Sons: The only Brothers to Sign the Declaration of Independence." DAR Mag.1976-07141"Biography of the Arlington Historical Society." Arlington Historical Magazine. 1976-10142"Life Cycles at Sully." Northern Virginia. 143"Arthur Lee", "William Lee." Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine.1976-12144Dedication of Light-Horse Harry Lee Monument.1977-05145"The Heritage of Northern Virginia." 23rd Washington Antiques Show Magazine.1978146"Alexandria, Where the Lees Played Musical Chairs with Houses." Alexandrian.Spring 1978147"Leesylvania State Park." Alexandrian.Fall 1978148"Michael Nachtrieb", Wooster Artist Painted Lincoln, Lee." Daily Record. (Wooster, OH.)1970-06149"The House of Lee." Alexandrian. Winters 1979150"Blair (Lee) House, The President's Guest House." 24th Washington Antiques Show, Magazine.1979151"History of Your Town." Northern Virginian.1979-05-1979-06152"The Lee Service of Cincinnati Porcelain" Antiques Magazine1980-10153"The Heritage of Northern Virginia." Heritage and Horizons Legislative Tour.1981-01154"Heritage of Northern Virginia." Arlington Historical Magazine.1981-01155"Cincinnati Export Porcelain: The Washington and Lee Services." Art & Antiques1982-01-1982-02156"Descendants of Major Pearson Barton Reading." Covered Wagon. 1983157"Light-Horse Harry Lee, Defender of Our Cherished Freedoms." Includes related Correspondence.158"Dedication Speech for New Arlington Co. Courthouse, 1961." Arlington Historical Magazine.1985-10159"The Lees of Leesylvania." Northern Virginia Heritage. 1985-10160"Redding, My Home Town-Now a City. Memories through 1928." Covered Wagon. 1986161"Oregon Trail Memorial." Covered Wagon.1986162"Lee Homes of Northern Virginia." Virginia Country.1986-06163"Spiritual Fortitude of Local Residents 75 Years Ago." Arlington Historical Society Magazine.1986-10164"The Lees and Their Summer Spas." Virginia Country.summer 1987165"Name of Sully Plantation." Northern Virginia Heritage.1987-10166"The Music Box." Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society. 1988-01167"Wounding and Death of Stonewall Jackson." Confederate Veteran.1988-03-1988-04168"Gentleman Justice George Johnston." Fireside Sentinel.1988-01169"Alexandria in 1907." Fireside Sentinel.1988-04170"Black-Horse Harry Lee." Northern Neck of Virginia History Magazine.1988-01271"Eye-witness Account of the Hanging of John Brown." Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society.1988-12272"Sully Manuscript." Excerpts appeared in Fairfax County Historical Society Magazine. 1989273"A Lee Lady's Likeness at the Lloyd House." Fireside Sentinel. 1989-12274"A Portrait of Courage and Small Mysteries." Virginia Country.Spring 1989275"Influence of Harry Lee on the Character of His Son, R. E. Lee." DAR Magazine.1989-05276"The Fate of the Constitution's Masts." Naval History.Fall 1989277"Leesylvania State Park." Virginia Country.1990-01278"Portrait of Henry Lee II, the Mysterious Midnight Message."279"Children of Sully." Alexandria Historical Magazine.280"Remembering the Leesylvania Lee." Potomac News.281Text of Plaque placed at St. Mark's Haymarket By E. L. Templeman in honor of her parents.282Series II: Autobiography and Biographical InformationScope and ContentsThis series includes both volumes of Mrs. Templeman's autobiography and several biographical sketches with notes.
Family Vignettes. (Autobiography) 283Excerpts from Family Vignettes and Correspondence related to attempted publication.284Meanwhile, I was Busy. (Autobiography)285Biography File. Includes correspondence.286Awards and Honors. 1986 and earlier. (bound)1986287Articles about Eleanor Lee Templeman.288"Manuscript Tips"289"I Wonder Why?" Notes for an unfinished article. 290"Old Shasta, 1915" Notes for an unfinished article1915291Letters to the Editor, various journalsEnglish.292Series III: Society of the Lees of Virginia1921-1994ArrangementThis series is organized into the following sub-series: Templeman/Shively papers, 1975-1979. Leesylvania State Park, 1987-1989. Annual and Board Meeting Reports, 1957-1981. Annual and Board Meeting Reports, 1981-1994. Bound Reports, 1921-1967. Bound Reports, 1968-1990
Templeman/Shively papers1975-1979Dividing Creek(s)393Membership Controversy1975-11-1976-07394Armistead Lee Correspondence 1978-05-1979-02395Correspondence1976-08-1979-12396Leesylvania State Park1987-1989Text of memorial plaque at Leesylvania graveyard397List of slides for slide program.398Articles: "Leesylvania State Park", and "The Leesylvania Family." (non published)399"Leesylvania could get Private Help." Potomac News1987-06-303100"Park Plan Beset by Delays." Washington Post1988-013101Correspondence1985-02-1989-103102Correspondence between Eleanor Lee Templeman and various state officials1989-02-1989-083103General(Includes Northern Virginia Sun article of June 17, 1989.)
Correspondence between Eleanor Lee Templeman And Richard and John Lee1989-07-1989-083104Correspondence relating to Leesylvania article in In New Dominion Magazine.1987-08-1989-083105Annual and Board Meeting Reports1957-1981Annual Report (with corrections)19573106Annual Report (with corrections)19613107Annual Report (with corrections)19623108Annual Report (with corrections) Includes text of lecture, "The Lees of the Upper Potomac"19643109Annual Report (with corrections)19653110Annual Report (with corrections)19663111Annual Report (with corrections)19673113Annual Report (with corrections) Includes lecture, "Thomas Lee at the Spout of the Potomac"19693112Annual Report (with corrections)19703114Annual Report (with corrections)19713115Annual Report (with corrections)19723116Correspondence relating to Thomas "King" Carter1972-19903117Contributions to the Lee-Fendall House1973-19853118Letter from Eleanor L. Templeman to Edith Healy Regarding the correct spelling of "Machodoc."1978-07-103119Annual & Board Reports (with corrections)19793120List of annual report topics through 198019803121Report on Charles Lee19803122"The Lees as Landholders in Old TOwn Alexandria" A tour by T. Michael Miller19803123Annual and Board Reports19813124Society of the Lees of Virginia: Constitution and By-Laws (revised Jan. 1981)1953-123125Corrections to Tidewater Dynasty19813126Index of place names in Lee of Virginia3127Annual and Board Meeting Reports1981-1994Report of the Historian to the Board, 1982. Includes biography of Major P. B. Reading19824128"Lee Ancestry." Lecture notes of Katherine Cook. 1983-03-264129Society correspondence19844130Correspondence and note on the arrival of Richard Lee, the Emigrant, in America1984-03-1985-064131List of Society Officers, 1921-1986. Sample Treasurer's Report.1921-19864132Corrections to The Lee Girls19874133List of Annual Meeting locations1946-19874134Annual Report and correspondence (with corrections)19884135Correspondence relating to Sully19884136Annual Report and correspondence19894137Guidebook and correspondence relating to Leesburg (VA).1989 and earlier4138Correspondence related to Dr. Nagel19894139Correspondence related to Dr. Thorndale19894140Correspondence with Carl MacIntyre19894141"Francis Lightfoot Lee, The Gentle Persuader." Includes letter.19894142Annual Report of the Historian19904143Correspondence between Armistead Lee/John Washington & Mrs. Willa MacCoulter.1991-054144Annual Report19914145Annual and Board Reports19924146"The Lee Family and Their attitude toward Slavery." Address given at Annual Meeting19924147Annual and Board reports19934148Annual Report19944149Bound Reports1921-1967Bound Annual Reports I1921-19505150Bound Annual Reports II1951-19605151Bound Annual Reports III1961-19675152Bound Reports1968-1990Bound Annual Reports IV1968-19725153Bound Annual Reports V1973-19795154Bound Annual Reports VI1980-19846155Bound Annual Reports VII1985-19906156Series IV: Lee Family1810-1990Scope and ContentsNotes, clippings and correspondence relating to the various branches of the family. Three original nineteenth century letters are featured. Series is arranged by name or place.
Elizabeth Lee Pollock/Rev. A. D. Pollock. Letter from Rev. to his child,1870-04-306157Letter of William Taliaferro to George Brown18406158Letter of John Taliaferro to William Taliaferro18106159"Arthur Lee" by Armistead M. Lee.19906160Letter of Cazenove G. Lee to the editor of the Evening Post6161"Some Circumstances of Robert E. Lee's Boyhood at Stratford and in Alexandria." By Ludwell Lee Montague,19106162Lee Horses/Traveller.1971-19886163"Straford Hall: Virginia Home of the Lees." By Mary Tyler Cheek19816164Lee Houses6165Ludwell Lee/Shuter's Hill6166Richard Evers Lee 6167Index of family lines coded to Lee of Virginia. 6168Unrelated Lees 6169Stephen Lee of Kentucky6170John James Speed Lee6171Lee graves at Woodbridge. Notes and Correspondence 6172Myth of the Premature burial of Anne Carter Lee. Correspondence and clippings.6173Correspondence of E. L. Templeman with Ophia E. Smith,1980-19816174General Correspondence1931-19786175General Correspondence1980-19836176General Correspondence1984-19906177Series V: Family HistoriesGeneralFamilies, related and unrelated to Mrs. Templeman. Notes, clippings and correspondence. Arranged alphabetically by family name. Interested researchers should check all families carefully as there is much overlapping of information.
Alexander Family7178Bland-Bennett Families7179Clarkson Family7180Dangerfield- Keene Families7181Evans and Buzby Families7182George Johnston7183Johnston Homes7184Keeneland and the Colonial Keenes of Virginia and Kentucky7185Alexandra Lee Levin7186Massey Family7187Roberts Family7188Sayre Family7189Warner Family7190Washington Family7191Washington Graves at Woodbridge7192Elizabeth Westwood7193Series VI: Printed Matter1909-1979Scope and ContentsSeries consists of eight pamphlets and booklets. Each has been filed individually
Addams Addenda V419748194Great American Achievement Program. Various Pamphlets19778195Bicentennial Anniversary, Historic Places and Events8196Notes of Virginia. Nos. 15 & 1619778197Notes on VirginiaSummer, 19788198The District in the XVIIIth Century19098199Landmark Spectator. Virginia edition1965-078200Medas of the U.S. Mint19728201Series VII: People and Places1919-1990Scope and ContentsThis series consists of notes and clippings used in Mrs. Templeman's research and also outlines some of her work with the DAR. Files are organized by name of person or location.
Arlington8202Bridges and Routes of the Lees-Goose Creek8203Civil War Related1928-19898204Countess of Carnarvon8205"W.W. Corcoran" by the Rambler. Washington Post19198206Dumbarton House8207"Is it a Fort or a Fortress?" (Ft. Monroe)8208Benjamin Hallowell8209Hotel Assoc. of Washington D.C. Price list and Map1933-19388210"John L. Lewis in Alexandria." Lecture to Alex. Historic Soc. By Marilyn S. Moll1984-04-258211Old Durham Parish Church. Port Tobacco.1948-19718212Old Stone House, Georgetown19508213"Only a few of the Many Fine Historic places and People on Old Capitol Hill, SE." by Elizabeth Draper.19548214Pierce Mill, Rock Creek Park1948-19508215Pimmit Run Mill1986, 1810-18238216Pirates of Alexandria19688217St. Paul's, Rock Creek.8218Yellow Tavern1931-19688219Series VIII: Book Publishing Records1972-1990Scope and ContentsCopyright and financial records, some correspondence. Arrangement is original
EPM Contracts for Blair-Lee House1979, 19879220Licenses, Busineses and Taxes1972, 1977, 19899221Publication Records/Copyright Information1959-19819222Photo Records1967-19859223Bank Accounts1987-19889224Virginia Homes of the Lees. Fourth printing. prices of deliveries.1985, 19879225George Mason University1981-19909226Fan Letters1959-19889227Accounts Receivable1989-19909228Series IX: DonationsArrangementSeries is arranged alphabetically by beneficiary. A number of files have multiple item donations.
Appraisals9229List of donations/deductions9230Adirondacks museum9231University of Alabama9232Alexandria Public Library9233American Institute of Architects-Octagon House9234Arlington Historical Society9235Arlington House9236Arlington Library9237Arts Club of Washington9238Army Museum9239Bancroft Library9240Blair-Lee House9241California Historical Society9242California State Library9243Charity9244Christ Church, Alexandria9245Chippokes Farm Foundation9246College of the Siskiyous9247Colonial Historical Society9248Museum of the Confederacy9249DAR Museum9250Decatur Museum9251Historic Dumfries9252Fairfax9253Falls Church Library9254Freeman House9255Greensboro (N.C.) Historical Society10256George Mason University10257Hunterdon Co. (N.J.) Historical Society10258Lee-Fendall House10259Lee-Jackson Foundation10260Society of the Lees of Virginia10261Loudon County Libraries10262Marymount College10263Methodist Historical Society10264Mount Vernon10265National Gallery of Art10266National Genealogical Society10267National Park Services10268National Society of Colonial Dames10269National Trust for Historic Preservation10270New Jersey State Museum10271North Carolina Museum10272St. Paul's, Prince William County Library10273St. Paul's Haymarket10274Shasta College10275Shasta Genealogical Society10276Shasta Historical Society10277Society of California Pioneers10278Smithsonian Institution10279South Carolina Historical Society10280Stratford Hall10281Sully/Fairfax Co. Park Authority10282Sutters Fort10283Tehema Historical Society10284Virginia Historical Society10285Virginia State Library10286Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation10287Virginia Military Institute10288Willowbrook Museum10289Series X: Card File of Article TitlesArrangementThis series is arranged alphabetically by article title.
Alphabetical card index with 101 entries11Series XI: ScrapbooksScope and ContentsThree books containing a variety of materials. Arrangement is original.
Eleanor's Employments, DAR and other memberships. Also includes historical plaques she had erected121Historical activities and articles122Historical activities and listing in "Who's Who."123Series XII: PhotographsEnglish.Articles: Nachtrieb, 4 photos of paintings of LincolnEnglish.131Biographical: Bio info file: Dedication of New Arlington
Courthouse Plaza.1988-10-15English.132Society of Lees of Virginia: Temple man/Shively; Dividing Creek Controversy
English.133Society of the Lees of Virginia: Kath. Cook "Lee Ancestry"English.134Lee Family: Lee Homes, Attached to Mutual Assurance Co. LetterEnglish.135Family Histories: Washington Groves at Fredericksburg (2 pos. 1 neg)English.136Family Histories: George JohnstonEnglish.137Family Histories: Johnston Homes "Belvale"English.138People and Places: Bridges and Routes of the Lees. Goose Creek Bridge English.139People and Places: Countess of CarnavonEnglish.1310People and Places: Dumbarton HouseEnglish.1311Donations: Shasta Historical Society Major P.B. Reading, Painting, watch. Simson-Reading Silver
English.1312Donations: Sully, Cornelia Lee ChinaEnglish.1313"Lee's Greenbriar Cottage" and "White Sulphur Springs".
Positives and negatives. (Does not correspond w/ any file in coll.)
English.1314Bob Templeman Photos of Alexandria (3 pos. 3 neg.) English.1315