PUBLIC "-//Fairfax County Public Library//TEXT (US::ViF::vif00044::A Guide to the Lucia Kirk Williams Scrapbooks)//EN" "vif00044.xml" A Guide to the Lucia Kirk Williams Scrapbooks, 1881-1963 Lucia Kirk Williams Scrapbooks MSS 06-10 © 2024 Fairfax County Public Library. All rights reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created by Ross Landis, March 24, 2024 Description is in English A Guide to the Lucia Kirk Williams Scrapbooks, 1881-1963 A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library MSS 06-10

Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library Descriptive Summary Fairfax County Public Library The Lucia Kirk Williams Scrapbooks, 1881-1963 MSS 06-10 2.5 linear feet English The Lucia Kirk Williams scrapbooks spans the years 1881-1963 and consists of 9 scrapbooks of loose-leaf binders containing newspaper clippings, magazine articles, correspondence, pamphlets, stamps, programs, and postcards. Williams, Lucia Kirk (1872-1965) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Lucia Kirk Williams Scrapbooks, MSS 06-10, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

 Acquisition Information

Gift of Ernest W. Reisner

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Chris Barbuschak, March 2017EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

 Historical and Biographical Information

Lucia Kirk Williams was born in Indiana on August 30, 1872 to Jennie and William Noble Williams, a veteran of both the Civil War, World War I, and an Indian fighter in the “Fighting Third” Old Guard Infantry Regiment.

Around 1913, Miss Williams came to Washington D.C. for a visit and decided to stay. She acquired a job with the United States Geological Survey and remained there for 30 years, retiring in the early 1940s.

Miss Williams also had the distinction of being the only female member of the Columbia Country Club for many years. For a brief time, the club opened its rolls to women, and Williams was one of three women who joined in 1913. Shortly thereafter, the club decided to restrict its membership again to men, but the regulation wasn’t retroactive. Of the three female members, one moved away and the second died, leaving Williams as the sole female member of the club for decades.

During her retirement, Williams often visited Fort Myer once a month to watch the 3rd Infantry parade and brought magazines and paperbacks for the troops to enjoy. For over thirty years, Williams created scrapbooks on the history of old Washington, the vicinity, and the Civil War which she showcased in her home along with mementos from her father’s illustrious Army career. She died on July 19, 1965 in Vero Beach, Florida at age 93.

 Scope and Content

The Lucia Kirk Williams scrapbooks spans the years 1881-1963 and consists of 9 scrapbooks of loose-leaf binders containing newspaper clippings, magazine articles, correspondence, pamphlets, stamps, programs, and postcards. Subjects include Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia history, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and the Columbia Country Club. Williams created a table of contents for each scrapbook:

Scrapbook #1, 1929-1959 Washington - Wakefield - Mary Ball and Augustine Washington - Daniel Cusits and Martha Dandridge - Martha Washington Mount Vernon - Betty Washington and Fielding Lewis - Kenmore - Nellie Custis and Lawrence Lewis - Woodlawn - Lucy Payne and George Steptoe Washington - Dr. James Craik Yorktown - Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr - John Quincy Adams Alexandria - Christ Church - Gadsby’s Tavern and unknown female strangler Presbyterian Meeting House - Leadbeater Drug Store - Ramsay House - Carlisle House - “What-Is-It” - Boundary Stones Scrapbook #2, 1881-1956 Georgetown - Tudor Place - Francis Scott Key - Fort McHenry - John Howard Payne - “Home Sweet Home” - Julia Ward Howe - “Battle Hymn of the Republic” - L’Enfant - Old Stone House Canals Maps Analostan Island Gunston Hall - Virginia Bill of Rights (includes correspondence with Louis Hertle) Belvoir Fairfax House Chatham Pohick Church Wellington (Tobias Lear) Fort Washington - Port Royal Decatur House - Stephen Decatur (1751-1808) Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) & Rachel Donelson, Peggy O’Neal Hotels Parades, avenues Egg Rolling General Grant Garfield Taft Spirit of Saint Louis Flag Code Scrapbook #3, 1929-1958 U.S. Capitol Washington Monument White House Scrapbook #4, 1932-1961 Harpers Ferry - John Brown Lee - Lees of Virginia - Stratford Hall - Light Horse Harry and Ann Carter Arlington House and Cemetery - George Washington Park Custis - Robert E. Lee and Nary Custis - Lee’s birth date - Pardon for Lee - Freeman’s Lee Wartime Washington Brady and Photographs Scrapbook #5, 1933-1961 Bull Run (July 21, 1861) Johnson and McDowell Manassas Balls Bluff October 21, 1861 Mason and Slidell November 1861 Monitor and Merrimac, March 9, 1862 Groveton, Oct 1862 Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862 (Sidney Johnson and Grant) Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862 South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862 Antietam, Sept. 15-19, 1862 (Lee and McClellan) Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 (Lee and Burnside) Spotsylvania, May 1864 Chancellorsville, May 1-4, 1863 (Lee and Hooker) - Jackson killed Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863 (Lee and Meade) Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 Spotsylvania, May 1864 (Lee and Grant) Cold Harbor, June 1864 Monocacy, July 11-12, 1864 (Early and Wallace) Ft. Stevens, July 11-12, 1864 (Early) Old Silver Spring Ox Hill-Chantilly, July 1864 (Kearney and Wright) Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864 Burke, VA Petersburg, Apr. 1865 Appomattox, Apr 9, 1865 Forts and defenses Fort Beauregard Johnston, Fort Fort Haggerty Fort Gaines Biographies Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Lee Stonewall Jackson and Eleanor Junkin Pierre Bouregard and Marie Villeres JEB Stuart James Longstreet John Morgan Antonia Ford Belle Boyd J.J. Andrews Philip Sheridan John A. Logan Winfield Scott Clara Barton Walt Whitman Rangers Grand Army of the Republic Scrapbook #6, 1926-1963 Abraham Lincoln Matthew Brady John Wilkes Booth Andrew Johnson Scrapbook #7, 1932-1959 Old Houses - Van Ness Mansion - Van Ness and Burnes - Octagon House and Tunnels - Woodley - Stimson - Clifton - Dumbarton House - Cosmos Club (Dolly Madison) - Daniel Sickles and Phillip Barton Key - Kalorama - Joaquin Miller Cabin - Stoddard Mansion - Clemons - House of Horrors - White Haven - Columbus relic - Daniel Webster - Monastery Garden - Arts Club - Wylie House - Thomas Circle - Dean Estate - Treaty Oak - Temple Heights - Henderson Castle - Blair House - Pierce Mill - Airy Castle and Calvert Mansion - Gen. Logan home - Mud House - Soldiers Home Cowtown - Swampoodle - Hells Bottom Streets, buildings Prisons, arsenal, War College Memorials, Monuments Bridges - Rebuilding Chain Bridge Scrapbook #8, 1922-1960 [contains correspondence from Danny Kaye and Groucho Marx] Amphitheater Unknown Soldier Fort Myer Old Guard Iwo Jima Memorials Monuments Cherry Trees Floods Iwo Jima Memorial Knickerbocker Theater Tragedy Union Station accident All Souls Church Columbia Country Club Scrapbook #9 Environs, 1933-1959 Gapland Frederick, Maryland and Barbara Fritchie Dumfries, Va. Fredericksburg, Va. Fauquier White Sulphur Springs Biographies: Van Buren and Hoes Monroe and Kartright (Ash Lawn - Oak Hill) Jefferson and Monticello Sugar Loaf Mountain Skyline George Custer Winchester House, San Jose, California

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 Index Terms Civil War, 1861-1865 - History Columbia Country Club (Chevy Chase, Md.) Historic buildings - Virginia - Alexandria Historic buildings - Virginia - Arlington Historic buildings - Virginia - Fairfax County Historic buildings - Washington D.C. Washington (D.C.) - Georgetown. Buildings Washington (D.C.) - History Williams, Lucia Kirk (1872-1965) Container List Scrapbook #1. “Washington, Mount Vernon, Yorktown, Alexandria, Woodlawn, Wellington”, 1929-1959 Scrapbook #2. “Georgetown Fort Washington”, 1881-1956 Scrapbook #3. “Capitol, Monument, White House”, 1929-1958 Scrapbook #4. “Harper’s Ferry, Lee”, 1932-1961 Scrapbook #5. “Civil War”, 1933-1961 Scrapbook #6. “Lincoln Booth”, 1926-1963 Scrapbook #9. “Environs”, 1933-1959 Scrapbook #7. “Old City”, 1932-1959 Scrapbook #8. “Amphitheater, Unknown Soldier, Fort Myer, Iwo Jima Memorials”, 1922-1960 Correspondence with Major Roy F. Brown, Fort Myer Post, and photograph of officers of 3rd Infantry at Camp Supply Indian Territory, 1869-1870, 1958-1959