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Helen Jones Campbell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Arranged by subject, in most instances original order was maintained.
Papers; 1936-1973; of author and Yorktown, Va. resident Helen J. Campbell (1894-1979). Includes photographs, notes, correspondence, clippings, photostats, and manuscript versions of short stories, essays, articles, and books. Her papers concern Yorktown and York County, Va., such as Yorktown National Park, Coleman Bridge, Bruton Parish, the Syms Eaton School, and other local interest topics. Material also relates to Abraham Lincoln's assassination surrounding Mary E. J. Surratt, John H. Surratt, the Surratt family of Maryland, William H. Steward, Edwin M. Stanton, Andrew Johnson, and other connected to the Surratt family.
Correspondence, notes, and articles regarding Mary Eugenia Jenkings Surrat, The Case for Mrs. Surratt, John Harrison Surrat, and Confederate Courier. Includes reviews for Confederate Courier.
Correspondence about Mary Surratt, American Legion, John H. Surratt, Louis J. Weichman, the Arsenal Building, the District Penitentiary, Jenkins Hill, and Confederacy data. Includes descriptions of Washington D.C. in Abraham Lincoln's time and the Sons of Liberty. Contains handwritten notes about John Wilkes Booth, a typed note about "Mrs. G." and "Mrs. L.", and a magazine article about George Washington as an army recruiter.
Magazine photograph of Mary Surratt; newspaper clipping (April 12, 1957) of Surratt hanging; newspaper clipping (Jan. 5, 1968) of Lincoln; typed description of hanging and people present; correspondence about Beverly Tucker and assassination of Abraham Lincoln; handwritten statement by Helen Jones Campbell about Lincoln and Charles T. P. Chiniquy in 1856.
Correspondence of Helen Jones Campbell regarding the Surratt case, Surratt genealogy, and various people associated with Mary Surratt. Newspaper articles, including Helen Jones Campbell as the speaker at the Hampton Woman's Club. Extracts from Maryland Court Order books, 1843-67
Newspaper articles about last surviving Confederate officer, the North and South in the editorial, Richmond in 1859, honoring Confederate soldiers on Memorial Day, 1947, and review of Belle Boyd Confederate Spy. Correspondence about original letters by George Washington to Frederick Burnby's ancestors, Why Was Lincoln Murdered, Father McAdams' death, Diary of a Williamsburg Hostess, and Mary Surratt's rosary. Xerox copy cover of Mary Surratt play by Surrattsville Jr. High.
Scope and Contents Correspondence about In the Shadow of Lincoln's Death, selling some historical objects, discussing This One Mad Act, Knights of the Golden Circle, Surratt material, the play "The Common Glory", the Rock Point Hotel, Port Tobacco, Mrs. William H. Surratt (second generation descendent of John Surratt), a play on Mary Surratt, Zouave material, Confederate Courier, and James Fowle. Typed notes about routes out of Washington, crossings, Colonel Dahlgreen, Thomas Nelson Conrad, and information on John Surratt's arrest from House of 1866-Exec. Document #9, Exec. Document #25, January 3, 1867, #31, February 28, 1867, #33, October 25, 1865, Report #104 on Abraham Lincoln's Assassination. Second version of The Rebel Scout. Newspaper article about The Case for Mrs. Surratt. Pamphlets about Lincoln, the Merrimack, and Old Point Comfort.
Scope and Contents Correspondence about John Surratt and the Confederate Secret Service, Mary Todd Lincoln and family, Mary Surratt material collected by Ella V. Mahoney, Louis J. Weichman, Otto Eisenschiml, John Surratt, Monsignor Thomas Conroy. Handwritten notes about the trial of Mary Surratt. Typed notes about prisoner exchange, Abraham Lincoln's death, Mary Surratt and family, and surrender terms for the Army of Northern Virginia. Xerox copy of play flyers for "The Story of Mary Surratt" and program.
Scope and Contents Correspondence about petition to clear Mary Surratt's name, Surratt genealogy, plaque for Mary Surratt, Confederate Courier, The Case for Mrs. Surratt, book reviews, John Wilkes Booth, John H. Surratt, "Stonewall" Jackson, Abraham Lincoln dinner addresses, Lincoln lineage, Seymour C. Jerome, Bickley papers with National Archives, and Abraham Lincoln's bullet. Newspaper articles about the obituary of John Wilkes Booth, clearing Mary Surratt's name, and Abraham Lincoln's bullet. Typed acknowledgements, footnotes, and afterword for Confederate Courier, excerpts from "Proclamation signed Wilkes Booth", excerpts from Washington Daily Chronicle about Abraham Lincoln's death, essay entitled "They Wanted to Kidnap Lincoln" including enclosures list, excerpts from Rockville lecture, and book data and address sources. Typed notes about John R. Sherwood, Bethel monument, David Herrold, background of Charlesburg, "Character Sketch of Eli", John Surratt and divinity school, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, Michael O'Laughlin, Samuel B. Arnold, Powell Payne, and George A. Atzerodt. Program for play "The Story of Mary Surratt".
Typed bibliography and records left by particpants for The Case for Mrs. Surratt. Confederate Courier manuscript sources, reporters' publications. Quote about false statements by George Townsend and quotes from A Rebel's Recollections by George Cary Eggleston. Official records by Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Information and correspondence about the Old Capitol Prison, the Confederate naval vessel David, The Case for Mrs. Surratt, Charles Benedict Calvert and Benjamin Gwinn Harris, John Surratt, Mary Surratt's grave, and Belle Boyd.
Scope and Contents Program of "The Story of Mary Surratt" play starring Dorothy Gish and Kent Smith with related newspaper and magazine articles. Newspaper article about Helen Jones Campbell. Correspondence about Surratt genealogy, Montauk cell door, Mary Surratt, and John Lloyd. Information about Fort Sedgewick.
Address of Carl Sandburg before the joint session of Congress, February 12, 1959. Correspondence about a picture of Mary Surratt, Mary Surrat's vindication, and Guy W. Moore's The Case of Mrs. Surratt. Information on Abraham Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby, a true story.
Correspondence and information regarding The Case for Mrs. Surratt, Otto Eisenschiml, Mary G. Bryan - Historian of Georgia, Jefferson Davis, statistics of whites, freemen, and slaves taken from Harper's Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion, Belle Boyd, hanging of women during the Civil War, and the U.S. Steamsloop Brooklyn.
Material regarding Elmira Prison, Confederate Courier and reviews, Old Capitol Prison, Louis J. Weichman and Johnny Surratt's enlistment, "Elizabeth, Captive Princess:, Thomas Jefferson and his slaves, publication date and publicity for Confederate Courier, and the burning of John Surratt's letters.
Various information for Confederate Courier including synopsis, Official Records, manuscript sources, bibliography, and acknowledgements.
History of Fort Monroe during the Civil War and correspondence about The Case for Mrs. Surratt.
Data regarding Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War Edward M. Stanton, William H. Seward, Ulysses S. Grant, and John Surratt in Europe. Correspondence about revisions and manuscript of Confederate Courier.
Confederate Courier material including character list, index, and correspondence about photographs.
Various material including Confederate Courier address lists, book sellers, and correspondence regarding after publication.
Book reviews for Confederate Courier.
Correspondence about Confederate Courier book orders.
Various material researching Johnny Surratt for Confederate Courier. Includes mention of Edward M. Stanton, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Surratt, and copies of Johnny Surratt's letters to his cousin, Miss Bell Seaman.
Correspondence about the trial of Johnny Surratt, his leaving school, and his teaching abilities. Includes reference to Louis J. Weichman, Mary Surratt, and John Wilkes Booth.
Various material about the trial of John Harrison Surratt including John Lloyd, Otto Eisenschiml notes, Mary Surratt, and Jefferson Davis.
Scope and Contents Two versions of "A Plot to Capture".
Correspondence about publication of Confederate Courier and articles about book reviews on Confederate Courier.
Material about John Surratt and Louis J. Weichman.
Diary of a Williamsburg Hostess reviews, newspaper articles, correspondence, notes. Information regarding Williamsburg, Queens Creek Plantation, Hampton (mostly schools), Richmond, Potomac Landings, and Maryland. Confederate history information, genealogical notes, miscellaneous correspondence artifacts.
Correspondence about The Diary of a Williamsburg Hostess.
Correspondence about The Diary of a Williamsburg Hostess.
Correspondence about The Diary of a Williamsburg Hostess.
Correspondence about The Diary of a Williamsburg Hostess, Williamsburg restoration, and hostesses smoking in exhibition buildings.
Correspondence about The Diary of a Williamsburg Hostess and the Putnam contract for the book.
Scope and Contents Newspaper article about "Bust Believed of William and Mary Man", March 15, 1967
Material about the Williamsburg diggings.
An essay titled "A Bacon Vault in Bruton?" by H. J. Campbell.
Notes about Lord and Lady Dunmore. Newspaper articles about Williamsburg, Yorktown, and York County including the Restoration and the removal of a York County trustee.
Notes including Sir Moses Ezekiel, Belle Boyd, and Robert E. Lee.
Scope and Contents Nonfiction essay entitled "Williamsburg in 1861" as told by resident Victoria King Lee.
Descriptions of Williamsburg before Restoration, including correspondence about the jail and material on the old colonial capitol.
Notes on Topeka Joe, Williamsburg bank robber.
Data regarding the Queens Creek Plantation and the family of Col. John Custis.
Material regarding the history of Hampton, including a "pocket-size version of the history of Hampton."
Material regarding the history of the Syms-Eaton School, including data about funding and the history of its origin.
Data about Hampton including notes for a play about the history of Hampton.
Scope and Contents Data on Richmond during the Confederacy and before the Civil War, including "Sketches of a Traveler".
Essay about the history of Potomac Landings in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland.
Material on the history of Maryland, including Maryland becoming a free state and during the Civil War.
Correspondence about Jefferson Davis information and material regarding the Confederate Museum and statistics of soldiers during the Civil War.
Material about the South during and after the Civil War. Newspaper articles about death of last Confederate veteran.
Scope and Contents Material about Samuel Conover, alias Charles H. Dunham, alias James Watson Wallace, and "The Greatest of All American Wars" discussing the Civil War.
Scope and Contents Notes regarding slaveowners and Confederate soldiers. Essay entitled "Southern Life" with characters named Miss Tabbie, Mr. Snell, and Mrs. Timpkins.
Scope and Contents Material about southern life regarding Negroes. Rough draft material for a story, perhaps for "Voices at the Back Door" for which there is a character listing.
Material regarding the Confederate Signal Corps with mention of Johnny Surratt, Thomas Nelson Conrad, and Harry Hall Brogden.
Scope and Contents Material about "Confederate Operations in Canada" with mention of Secretary of War E. M. Stanton.
Scope and Contents An essay entitled "Recollections of a Rebel Raider", mentioning Henry Clay, Lord Lyons, and Earl of Dunmore.
Correspondence regarding the Berkeley diary.
Correspondence about and copies of the Allen letters discussing life of a soldier during the Civil War.
Material regarding the Confederate submarine David.
Material regarding the Centennial Commemoration of the War between the States.
Scope and Contents Various material regarding Jacob Thompson, Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin for Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, Mary Surratt, and "The American Chesterfield".
Miscellaneous material regarding the Confederacy including copies of letters from Confederate soldiers and prisoners of war. Chronological material about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Confederate treasury, Jacob Thompson, and Clement Claiborne Clay.
Miscellaneous material about Yorktown and York County, including origin of their flags.
Correspondence about The Case for Mrs. Surratt and Williamsburg Restoration, and miscellaneous material about different local sites.
Material regarding a journal of a Confederate soldier, Moses Jones, and three Jamestown ships named Discovery, Susan Constant, and Godspeed, the diary of Gideon Welles, and the Yorktown Medical Shop.
Material including bonds dating 1843 and 1830, a land grant dated 1790, Peterson's Magazine dated August 1882, Famous Last Words, Personality Quiz, a story with characters named Mary Ellen and the Judge, and a story about Miss Pettibog and her cat.
Scope and Contents Correspondence including Confederate Courier and Elmira prison. Material including the back book cover of The Case for Mary Surratt and an edition of "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" (1878).
Scrapbook containing newspaper articles about York Warwick Circle and Kings Daughters and Sons.
Genealogical inquiries for Mrs. Campbell.
Correspondence regarding genealogical research on Robert Booth and other persons.
Genealogical inquiries for Mrs. Campbell.
Scope and Contents Material including "Final Episode of Eli", notes about embroidery, the Lee family's dog, and correspondence about "Rooney".
File book containing correspondence researching Mary Eugenia Surratt for The Case for Mrs. Surratt. Includes biographical material about Dr. John Millington.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous material including rough drafts of "In Loving Memory", "The Man Who Blew the Bank in Williamsburg", and "Who's Scared Now?", a copy of a speech given by Senator John Sherman Cooper about Abraham Lincoln, and a notepad of notes by or for Colonel Bullock.
Miscellaneous material including acknowledgements for Confederate Courier, a magazine article about George Washington, and information about Judah P. Benjamin.
Material regarding Abraham Lincoln, the conspirators' trial, and military information regarding World War II, Camp Peary, and other military history.
Newspaper articles about Abraham Lincoln's Confederate relatives.
Miscellaneous material regarding Mary Surratt and her house, restoration of Williamsburg, Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War Edward M. Stanton, and the Wylie House.
Miscellaneous material including correspondence about Confederate Courier, information about the Knights of the Golden Circle, and a magazine article about "The Religion of Robert E. Lee."
Material regarding the weapon used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
Scope and Contents Magazine "True" with article about balloon observations and Professor Thaddeus Lowe for the North.
Correspondence about The Case for Mrs. Surratt, data about Mary and Johnny Surratt, and material regarding Abraham Lincoln's cousins.
Scope and Contents Corrections for and correspondence about the pamphlet "The Crime at Ford's Theatre" by James Edward Kelly.
A draft of "They Wanted to Kidnap Lincoln."
Correspondence and other material regarding Abraham Lincoln, his ancestors and relatives, primarily cousins and Virginia relatives, and Lincoln's assassination.
Scope and Contents Magazine "True" with article "America's Greatest Unsolved Murder". Duplicate copy.
Correspondence, newspaper articles, and other material regarding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Lee family in York County, the Confederate Secret Service, and other information regarding the Civil War.
Miscellaneous material regarding Abraham Lincoln, including postcards, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles.
Correspondence and material about the General Lew Wallace conspirator pictures.
Material regarding John Wilkes Booth, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, [?] Dewitt, and prisoner exchange.
Scope and Contents Correspondence about the conspirator's trial, and the Arsenal Prison. Copy of M.F. Surrat's letter to her father, information from Judge R. A. Watts regarding "The Trial and Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators".
Miscellaneous material regarding Johnny Surratt, the Old Capitol Prison, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Script of trial examinations.
Material regarding trial of conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Miscellaneous material regarding the necklace of Mary Surratt, General Robert E. Lee, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and miscellaneous material about Abraham Lincoln and relatives.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous material regarding John Wilkes Booth and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Includes second version of "The Great American Myth".
Miscellaneous material including a handdrawn map of Washington D.C., marking the escape route of John Wilkes Booth, information about Abraham Lincoln, Mary Surratt, Anne Royall, Elmira Prison, and a letter to John Eugenia.
Information about the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Courier.
Scope and Contents Information entitled "History of the Confederate States Navy" from Scharf, New York, 1887.
Correspondence about and a rough draft on Sheriff Wayne Lovelace.
New releases from, correspondence about, and information about the Yorktown Coast Guard base.
Camp Peary material including an abridged historical record, an introduction, an historical sketch, chronological data of Provost Marshal's Department, German Prisoner of War Camp History at Camp Peary, history of Camp Peary Communication Department, and a history of the transportation department.
5 April 1946 Historical Sketch of Camp Peary
Newspaper Articles about Camp Peary dating 11-14-43 and 11-16-43.
Magazine articles about the captivity of Jefferson Davis at Fort Monroe and George Washington.
Yorktown and York County history, including Yorktown Park, churches, and Bridge, and military history of the area, primarily World War II.
Newspaper articles about Yorktown regarding community events, military events, environmental concerns, and other concerns.
Correspondence and newspaper articles regarding Yorktown and the military during and after World War II.
Copy of Witchweather Murders.
Miscellaneous material regarding the Yorktown area, including the National Park Service, the Nelson House, Restoration, Camp Peary, oil spills, armed forces, and the U.S.O.
Correspondence regarding post-World War II Yorktown activities, Grace church, the Peninsula, and Cornwallis' Cave.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous Yorktown material, including newspaper articles about an oil spill, the Dudley Digges House, and "Wars, Festivals and Weekends wake up Yorktown".
Material about Yorktown regarding the fifth county court house and monuments, primarily Victory monument.
Miscellaneous material about Yorktown including information about sewage and Major William Gooch.
Material regarding Yorktown Bridge.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous Yorktown material including "A Brief History of Colonial National Historical Pary".
Newspaper articles regarding World War II and the Japanese surrender.
Material regarding Yorktown sites, including the construction of the Yorktown bridge, the Medical Shop, the Shield House, the Dudley Digges House, and the Scott House.
Information regarding what may be Virginia's first recorded will and York County Records dated 10 March, 1631/1632
Material regarding Grace Episcopal Church, Yorktown.
Material regarding Yorktown Baptist Church.
Material regarding Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion.
Material regarding Porto Bello and Virginia Cousins, Alexander Finnie, and York County Records from Deed Book 7 dated August 20, 1767.
Miscellaneous material regarding Grace Episcopal Chruch, Victory monument, York County courthousesm and the Nelson House.
Material regarding Bacon's Rebellion and York County.
Material regarding the Papal Zouaves, Confederate Courier, general information on zoning, land, traffic, residency, etc. in Yorktown, and Yorktown oil spills.
Material regarding the National Park Service and the reconstruction of the York County Courthouse.
Correspondence regarding Helen Jones Campbell as Historian for York County, her research on the history of World War II, and the Board of Supervisors of York County.
Captions for drawings (not included) referring to prisons and Mary Surratt.
Scope and Contents Correspondence discussing the Syms-Eaton School, information about local war history, a list of York Rangers, "Facts and Falsehoods Concerning the War on the South", Notes from the Diary of Captain W. J. Stores, Knights of the Golden Circle, and information on prisoner exchange.
Correspondence, newspaper articles, and other materials regarding the development of Goodwin Island.
Newspaper articles regarding the opening of the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge and data regarding attendance in York County Schools in 1952.
Newspaper article about the estate of Colonel Samuel Mathews of Denbigh.
Newspaper articles on various subjects in Yorktown and a book on Porto Bello.
Material regarding Virginian involvement in World War II.
York County military rosters for various wars, data on Yorktown Lodge, and other general material on Yorktown.
Material and correspondence about York County fisheries, the Department of Public Welfare, and local war history.
Military rosters from World War II, the War of 1812, and the War between the States. Correspondence and material about World War II regarding Yorktown involvement.
Negro Service Roster for World War II from York County, Gold Star Roster from World War II, Blue Star Roster from World War II.
Scope and Contents Various stories including "Those Virginia Lees", "Virginia Women Built an Ironclad", and "In Loving Memory:. Most untitled and incomplete.
Miscellaneous newspaper articles and correspondence regarding Goodwin Island, an essay about Abraham Lincoln and the Confederacy.
Correspondence regarding the local war history of York County and of the Selective Service.
World War I and World War II York County casualties list and Gold Start Rosters.
Material regarding the Virginia Historical Society, American women printers, correspondence with James O. Hall, Tom Gary, Father Edward P. McAdams, and others about various subjects, and rough drafts of writings by Helen Jones Campbell.
Scope and Contents Correspondence with the Virginia Historical Society regarding "Israel Hill" and Mary Surratt. Notes on "Colonial Holidays".
Scope and Contents Correspondence with James O. Hall mainly regarding "Mrs. Slater" and Secret Service agents.
Correspondence with Tom C. Gary regarding the Harrison lineage.
Correspondence with Father Edward P. McAdams regarding Mary Surratt and Johnny Surratt.
Correspondence regarding Mary Surratt.
Material regarding Maria Bauer's Foundations Unearthed about Sir Francis Bacon.
Material about Colonel Ulric Dahlgreen ( -1864).
Diary of Captain John Davis regarding Revolutionary War.
Newspaper articles, an essay, notes, and photos on Walter Lemon Flax.
Notes on Mary Katherine Goddard (1722-1816).
Notes on Anna Catherine Green (1722-1775).
Notes on Rose Greenhow, Civil War Mississippi River runner.
Notes on Absalom Carlisle Grimes, Confederate mail runner.
Notes on Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788-1879). Correspondence about William and Anne Royall.
Photograph of the residence of William Henry Harrison.
A magazine article about Moses Ezekiel ( -1917), sculptor. Photographs of Robert E. Lee statues by Ezekiel.
Correspondence regarding the Chanco color books and other books in stock.
Material regarding Nicholas Martiau (1591-1657).
Notes on Dinah Nuthead (16??-17??).
Notes on Clementine Rind (17??-1774).
Notes and correspondence about Anne Newport Royall (1769-1854).
Notes on Anne Newport Royall (1769-1854). Correspondence about William Royall (17??-1813).
Notes on Anne Newport Royall (1769-1854) and Dinah Nuthead (16??-170?).
Notes on Anne Royall (1769-1854).
Notes on Anne Royall (1769-1854), Dinah Nuthead (16??-1702), Elizabeth Timothee (16??-1738), Mary Katherine Goddard (1722-1816), Anna Catherine Green (1722-1775), Clementine Rind (17??-1774), Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788-1879), and Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm (1815-1880).
Notes and correspondence on Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm (1815-1884).
Research and correspondence about the Taylor lineage.
Notes on Elizabeth Timothy (16??-1740).
Various material about George and Martha Washington.
Notes regarding Marcia Weatherby and Dismal Findings.
Correspondence about and notes regarding Louis J. Weichman and the Conspiracy Trials.
Scope and Contents Two essays entitled "Audrey" and "The Voice at the Back Door".
Scope and Contents An essay entitled "Moses". yet the name of Moses is changed to Eli throughout the essay. Miscellaneous excerpts about Lolly, Little Brother, and the Marine.
Drafts for an essay about Lolly, the Marine, and Little Brother for Michael Stevens of the New York School of writing.
An incomplete draft of the story Witch-Weather.
An incomplete draft of a short story about the Geoffrey Landers family, Negroes, and the slavery issue.
Scope and Contents Notes regarding and a draft of the essay "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army".
Scope and Contents An essay about the Reverend Mr. Teakle Cake Savage and his plan to marry a rich widow and "The Social Life of Virginia in the 17th Century".
Scope and Contents Untitled chapters about Felix Bouterblynn, Justin, Matt, Dannie, and Mr. Jernegan. Notes about the "The Negro in the Reconstruction of Virginia".
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous notes, including "Unleashed at Long Last - W. H. T. Squires, 1939", "Political History of Virginia During the Reconstruction", and "I See Star-Rise", a story about mass emancipation in Virginia.
Various pages from the story about Geoffry Landers family.
One page from an essay about William Newport.
Pages from an essay about William Newport.
An incomplete draft of a story about Mr. Savage, Mr. Fairfax, and the Parson.
Scope and Contents A draft of the short story "The Jailer Liked Spirituals".
Scope and Contents Incomplete drafts of an essay entitled "The Law Looks Down" about Virginia bootleggers. Drafts of an essay entitled "Virginia's Deliquent - Tax Collector Lives Between Hell and Damnation, and Likes It".
Scope and Contents A draft of the fictitious story "That Liberty". Story topics listed by Helen Jones Campbell.
Research notes on the silk industry in Virginia.
Scope and Contents A listing of "Characters in various episodes". Includes "Synopses of Subsequent Episodes" and episodes about Eli.
Miscellaneous incomplete drafts of short stories and essays.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous writings, mostly unidentified. Includes portions of the story "I See Star-Rise".
Scope and Contents A draft of the short story "Have Patience, Patients".
Scope and Contents Notes on and incomplete draft of "Little Dab: A novel", and unidentified writings.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous material including two drafts of "In Loving Memory", a booklet "America is too Rich to Be Loved", and various newspaper articles.
Military history regarding the Civil War, including Robert E. Lee and Elmira Prison. Photostats regarding Hampton Academy and Syms and Eaton schools.
Scope and Contents The Official Publication of the "Seabees" of Camps Peary, Allen, and Bradford dating from 18 April 1942 to 24 May 1943.
Correspondence and research notes predominantly about Mary Surratt, but also includes Johnny Surratt, Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and prisons during the Civil War.
Miscellaneous material about spies during the Civil War. Includes a typed copy of a letter to President Davis from Mrs. M. E. Trotter and Miss E. P. Burch regarding their willingness to work in any facility to serve their country.
Correspondence and research notes regarding prisons, mainly Elmira Prison, and Mary and Johnny Surratt.
Inquiries about Mary Surratt being held prisoner on the Monitor or perhaps the Montauk.
Miscellaneous material regarding the Civil War, slavery, and the Arsenal Prison in Washington, D.C.
Research material and correspondence regarding regarding the Abraham Lincoln assassination, Charles T. P. Chiniquy, and the religious influence of the Civil War.
Correspondence and miscellaneous material regarding Elmira Prison, the Abraham Lincoln assassination, Confederate Courier data, William Rabe, Sanford Conover (a.k.a. Charles Dunham), Dr. W.I.C. Duhamel, and Captain Robert (or Thomas) Nelson Conrad.
Photostats and typed copies of source of the material used by Helen Jones Campbell in the appendices of her article on Syms and Eaton schools in the January, 1940, issue of the William and Mary Quarterly.
Photostats and typed copy of Elizabeth City County Petitions dated February 15, 1836, regarding the Syms and Eaton schools funding.
Photostats and typed copy of Elizabeth City County Petitions dated December 18, 1830, regarding Hampton Academy.
Photostats and typed copy of Elizabeth County Petitions, Virginia State Library, dated December 29, 1830, regarding the destruction of Hampton Academy.
Photostats and typed copy of interrogation of Christopher I. D. Pryor, teacher of the Hampton Academy.
Photostats and typed copy of Elizabeth City County Petitions, dated February 4, 1836, regarding finances for Hampton Academy.
Photostats and typed copy of Elizabeth City County Petitions, dated February 15, 1837, regarding the charter of Hampton Academy.
Photostat of Elizabeth City County Petitions dated June 15, 1839, regarding the charter of Hampton Academy.
Photostats and typed copy of Elizabeth City County petitions, dated December 9, 1839, regarding Trustees for the Syms and Eaton schools.
Photographs of military, Abraham Lincoln, conspirators, Yorktown Bridge, monuments, Civil War events, and others. Index cards of Civil War data and Yorktown World War II military records. Scrapbook of material regarding Mary Surratt.
Photostats of letters dated 1861 and 1865.
Photographs regarding John Wilkes Booth.
Photographs regarding John H. Surratt.
Photographs of Lincoln conspirators and Arsenal Prison staff.
Photographs of Abraham Lincoln, family, relatives, Lincoln graveyard and tombstones, and relatives' houses. Includes photographs regarding Abraham Lincoln taken in a museum,
Miscellaneous military photographs. Includes photographs of the Seabees' mascot and Red Cross Navy Relief. Most unidentified.
Scope and Contents Photographs of "St. John's Church after the burning", the burning of Hampton Academy and Colonel Cary's School, 19th century school building design, 18th century school building, and a "View of the Town of York, Virginia, from the River."
Photographs of drawings of events that occurred during the Civil War, including scenes regarding John Wilkes Booth, Belle Boyd, Jefferson Davis, and Col. Baker.
Photographs of monuments, primarily the Victory monument in Yorktown, Va.
Photographs regarding the construction of and completion of the York River Bridge.
Photographs regarding John Brown, Harper's Ferry, and the Friends Meeting House in Exeter, Pa.
Miscellaneous photographic portraits. All but two identified.
Photographs of Cornwallis' Cave in Yorktown, Va.
Miscellaneous photos of houses and other buildings. Includes photographs of the Nelson House, the Custom House, and the Smith House. Many unidentified.
Photographs of historic sites, interior of houses, objects, and clothing.
Photographs of landscapes. Includes photographs of Colonial Williamsburg, Colonial Parkway, and Yorktown Beach.
Photographs of excavations and tombstones, primarily of Bruton Churchyard during the 1938 excavations.
Photographs of people, including a woman in the stocks, York Police, Helen Jones Campbell with descendents of Senator Reverdy Johnson, and William and Mary graduation (not dated).
Photographs regarding the Civil War, including Fort Hell, receipt of payment, and the ironclad Merrimack.
Miscellaneous photographs. Includes a photograph of a note to Captain Semple dated May 8, 1865, of a typewriter used by Admiral Dewey, and of weaponry.
Photographs of Civil War scenes, including Rose O. N. Greenhow and daughter. Includes caricature of Confederate soldier saying, "Forget, hell!" and landscape painting.
Newspaper clippings and xerox copies regarding George and Martha Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Includes political cartoons, letters to and from Abraham Lincoln, and York County records of payment to George Washington.
Includes correspondence to Helen Jones Campbell regarding photographs, U.S. Coast Guard newsletter dating 2 Feb. 1968, and data on the Edward Diggs Tomb at Bellfield.
Newspaper clippings about the gravesite of Major William Gooch, the Blow Estate Purchase, Nelson House purchase, and flowers in Yorktown.
Miscellaneous. Includes unidentified presidential ribbon and an envelope for Booth negatives to Mr. Bullock.
Scrapbook regarding Mary Eugenia Surratt.
Index cards about Service Records for York County History of World War II, authors and book titles regarding primarily the Abraham Lincoln assassination and the body of John Wilkes Booth, and information regarding the Civil War.
Negatives of photographs.
Newspaper articles collected by Mrs. Campbell.