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Galt, Mary Jeffery – Gwathmey Family
Galt, Mary Jeffery, Memoir, ca. 1910. 11 pp. Typescript. Mss5:1G1394:1.This unfinished memoir by Mary Jeffery Galt (1844–1922) recalls her childhood...
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Guide to African American Manuscripts
Introduction As Great Britain's largest and wealthiest North American colony, and later as the state with the largest enslaved and free black...
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H. A. White & Co. - Hutchison
H. A. White & Co., Warrenton, records, 1852–1867. 6 vols. Mss5:3W5868:4–9.Concern a major mercantile operation conducted by Hamden A. White in...
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Haile, Robert Gaines - Hutchison Family Papers
Haile, Robert Gaines, Diary, 1862. 1 item. Typescript copy. Mss5:1H1252:1. A photocopy of a typed transcript of a diary, 1–23 June 1862, kept by...
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Hall, Nancy Johns Turner – Huntington, William
[Hall, Nancy Johns Turner], The Imaginist, 1844. 4 volumes. Mss5:9H1405:1.Written under the pseudonym Ann Tracy, "The Imaginist or Recollections of an...
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How to Use the Environmental History Resources Guide
The majority of the entries in this guide cover major manuscript collections (that is, numbering fifty items or more). In some instances, usually...
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Independent Order of St. Luke - Justice
Independent Order of St. Luke. Antioch Council No. 506, Powhatan County, records, 1923–1932. 3 items. Mss4In254b. Papers concerning the payment of a...
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Index to African American material in the broadside collection
These broadsides (items printed on one sheet of paper and then posted for the general public) include announcements, political campaign items, advertising material, and legal notices.
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Index to African American material in the sheet music collection
Whether the songs are about political campaigns, military affairs, or personal tragedy, sheet music can reveal both the public and private aspects of life.
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Ingle, Mary Friend Mayo – King, Clinton M.
Ingle, Mary Friend Mayo, Diary, 1885. 1 volume. Mss5:1In45:1. This diary, kept by Mary Friend (Mayo) Ingle (1870–1962) of Richmond, comments on the...
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Inglis, John Auchincloss - Justice Family Papers
Inglis, John Auchincloss, Letter. 1 item. Mss2IN47a1.A letter, [1862], from John Auchincloss Inglis (1813–1878), possibly of the 36th North Carolina...
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Kearns, Watkins - Klag, Henry
Kearns, Watkins, Diaries, 1861–1864. 3 volumes. Mss5:1K2143:1–3. Microfilm reel C598.The diary, 21 May 1861–29 February 1864, of Watkins Kearns (1837...
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Keith - Lupton
Keith family papers, 1710–1865. 193 items. Mss1K2694a. Microfilm reels B19 and C599. The papers of this Fauquier County family contain several...
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Lacy, Beverley Tucker - Lucas Family Papers
Lacy, Beverley Tucker, Letter, 1863. 1 item. Mss2L1196a1.A letter, 2 June 1863, to James Power Smith (1837–1923) from Beverley Tucker Lacy (1819–1900)...
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Lacy, Elizabeth Churchill Jones – Lyons, Elizabeth Watkins Henry
Lacy, Elizabeth Churchill Jones, Memoir, 1903. 7 pp. Photocopy of typescript. Mss5:1L1195:1.In this brief memoir composed near the end of her life...
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For more than 400 years, Virginians have been part of a global community—exporting ideas, products, and culture to the...
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Manuscript Collections for the Environmental History Resources Guide
Agnew, Marian K., papers, c. 1967–1993. 70 linear feet. Mss1Ag635aFA2 (in process). These materials consist of federal, state, county, and municipal...
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McAnerney, John - Myers, Gustavus Adolphus
McAnerney, John, Reminiscences, ca. 1900. 1 item. Photocopy. Mss5:1M1185:1.This collection contains the reminiscences of John McAnerney (1838–1926) of...
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McCalla - Myers
McCalla, John Moore (1793–1873), papers, 1831–1887. 688 items. Mss1M1248a. Microfilm reel C119. Resident of Lexington, Ky., and Washington, D.C...
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McCarthy Family – Myers Family
McCarthy Family Papers, 1839–1865. 40 items. Mss1M1275a. Microfilm reel C301.This collection contains the correspondence of several members of the...