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The Alexandria Animal Welfare League Collection (MS075)
Collection
Identifier: MS075
Content Description
This collection consists of six series: Minutes, Correspondence, Printed Matter, Financial Documents, Legal Documents, and Miscellaneous. The Minutes series is the biggest. The League held regular monthly meetings. The set of minutes, however, is not complete and approximately half of the minutes contain no dates. Because the minutes
without dates are handwritten, they may be notes, rather than completed copies. These records deal mostly with organizational matters. The printed material...
Dates:
1946-1967
The Virginia American Water Company Collection (MS103)
Collection
Identifier: MS103
Content Description
The collection consists of financial records, such as account books from the 1800s; dividend payments; income tax returns from 1919-1928; company records and reports; an employee records book from the 1920s-1940; letters of correspondence; company histories; franchise map; and newsclippings from various newspapers in 1956-1957. Of particular interest are the 1867 property book and the book containing the "Copies of Deeds, Agreements, & Contracts" from 1853-1892. Both contain drawings and...
Dates:
1866 - 1988
Thomas Swann Correspondence (MS410)
Collection — Assorted Box: AB04
Identifier: MS410
Content Description
The Thomas Swann Correspondence is a small collection of letters mostly written by Helen Swann to her husband Thomas. A single letter from Thomas to Helen also lives with the collection, as well as a handful of letters by other authors. Helen's cousin Henrietta Alexander is included as an author of a letter, as well as a P. W. White, who writes to Helen's cousin John Chapman regarding a list of named slaves.
Dates:
1848-1857
Thomson Mason Papers (MS135)
Collection
Identifier: MS135
Content Description
This collection contains numerous documents, either personal or business, of Thomson Mason. All correspondence is Mason's unless otherwise indicated. Other documents found are legal ones dealing with all phases of Mason's practice, both in and out of Virginia. Several items are from his period as Mayor of Alexandria and President of Middle Turnpike Corporation. Early documents deal with the buying and selling of slaves.
Dates:
1804 - 1912
Timothy J. O’Sullivan Papers (MS087)
Collection
Identifier: MS087
Content Description
This collection is comprised almost entirely of correspondence relating to O’Sullivan’s work with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey during the late 19th century.
Dates:
1867-1893
Tulloch Papers (MS250)
Collection
Identifier: MS250
Content Description
The collection includes clippings documenting the history of sports in Alexandria, the careers of Walton and Jack Tulloch, obituaries of friends, the George Mason Hotel, and local politics. Also included are Walton Tulloch's school documents, family memorabilia, and photographs of the Alexandria National Guard, of Jack and Walton Tulloch, and of their friends and family.
Dates:
1899-1992
United Daughters of the Confederacy Records (MS155)
Collection
Identifier: MS155
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items pertaining to the UDC chapter such as year books, publications, miscellaneous items, and minutes of the UDC chapter.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1897, 1919-1988
Vaughan Kester Collection (MS273)
Collection
Identifier: MS273
Content Description
The collection consists of the original handwritten manuscript of John O’ Jamestown (1907).
Dates:
1907
Vertical File (Manuscript) (MS240)
Collection
Identifier: MS240
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts vertical file is an open artificial collection containing a wide variety of unique manuscript items relating to Alexandria, Virginia residents, businesses, organizations, and history.The majority of the items are manuscript pages but the collection also includes books and ephemera. It is strong in local business advertisements, stationary, and records as well as correspondence, legal and financial papers, memorabilia, and school-related documents. The majority of...
Dates:
1767 - 2008
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