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Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs Collection (MS074)

 Collection
Identifier: MS074
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials collected by Esther Green and Helen Cummings during their time as members of the VFWC. Within this collection are letters and correspondences, Federation yearbooks, meeting minutes, and membership applications.

Dates: 1914-1945

Vowell-Creighton Family Collection (MS024)

 Collection
Identifier: MS024
Content Description The collection consists of various objects, writings and ephemera pertaining to the Vowell-Creighton family. Most of the materials are from Hattie Vowell-Creighton. Writings include genealogical information and poetry written by Hattie. One piece of realia: a locket which includes a lock of hair, likely from Mary Vowell. There are a number of unidentified photographs, likely Vowell-Creighton family members. The oversized materials include certificates for the United Daughters of the...
Dates: 1890 - 1970

Whitton Collection (MS027)

 Collection
Identifier: MS027
Scope and Contents

This collection contains printed matter such as brochures of George Washington's birthday, the Washington Board of Trade, the Suburban Spectator and others. Additionally, there are limited correspondence, reports of the Historic Alexandria Foundation, annual reports of the Alexandria Library, several booklets, photographs, and postcards.

Dates: 1843-1989

William F. Carne Papers (MS308)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS308
Scope and Contents

The 1853-1854 diary documents the intimate details of Carne's daily life, and includes scraps of paper dated 50 years later (1903-1904), which at times seem to comment upon those earlier events.

Dates: 1853-1854

William R. Adam Papers (MS279)

 Collection
Identifier: MS279
Content Description Much of the collection consists of personal and professional correspondences of William Robert Adam. There are also a number of programs from events that Adam coordinated or was invited to attend in Alexandria and Washington, DC. The collection also includes awards and certificates, newspaper clippings, bibliographical information, publications, and research papers. There is also a folder on the composer Richard Bales, who conducted orchestral performances at some of Adam’s events. The...
Dates: 1920 - 1990

World War II Rationing Documents (MS008)

 Collection — Assorted Box: AB01
Identifier: MS008
Content Description

The collection consists of WWII ration books, with stamps for fuel, rubber, and other items.

Dates: Undated

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Letters. 15
Alexandria (Va.) -- History 14
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 11
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Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Conservation and restoration. 9
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Alexandria (Va.) -- Genealogy. 8
Business -- Virginia -- Alexandria 8
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Alexandria (Va.) 7
Photographs. 7
Genealogy 6
Historic districts -- Virginia -- Alexandria 6
Fire departments -- Virginia -- Alexandria 5
Fires -- Virginia -- Alexandria 5
Houses -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 5
Old Town (Alexandria, Va.) 5
African Americans -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 4
Alexandria (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 4
Alexandria (Va.) -- Businesses 4
Architecture -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 4
Buildings -- Virginia -- Alexandria 4
Correspondence 4
Schools -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 4
Alexandria (Va.) -- Newspapers 3
Alexandria (Va.) -- Social life and customs 3
Alexandria (Va.). Library 3
Alexandria Gazette 3
Business Records 3
Community development -- Alexandria -- Virginia 3
Construction + architecture 3
Gadsby's Tavern Museum 3
Historic buildings. 3
Potomac Yard (Va.) 3
Public libraries. 3
Railroad trains. 3
Women -- Societies and clubs. 3
World War -- 1939-1945 3
African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 2
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Farquhar family. 2
Historic Alexandria Foundation 2
Historic districts -- Conservation and restoration -- United States. 2
Journalists. 2
Lyceum (Alexandria, Va.) 2
Men -- Societies and clubs. 2
Military life -- 1860-1870 2
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) 2
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Richmond and Danville Railroad Company 2
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Southern Railway (U.S.) 2
Tidal Basin (Washington, D.C.) 2
Urban development -- Virginia -- Alexandria 2
Urban renewal. 2
Virginia -- History -- Alexandria 2
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. 2
Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs 2
Virginia Midland Railway Company. 2
Women's Clubs -- Virginia 2
Accounting. 1
Adam, William Robert 1
Administration of estates. 1
Alexander family 1
Alexandria (Va.) -- Economic conditions 1
Alexandria (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 1860-1870. 1
Alexandria Academy 1
Alexandria Archaeology 1
Alexandria Light Infantry 1
Alleys -- Virginia -- Alexandria 1
American Defense Society. 1
American Legion. Auxiliary 1
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Amtrak. 1
Animals -- Treatment. 1
Anti-communist movements -- United States. 1
Antiques. 1
Antisemitism -- United States. 1
Archaeology -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 1
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Architects and housing developers -- United States. 1
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. 1
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Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.) 3
Alexandria Library Association (1897-1937) 3
Alexandria Library Company 3
Alexandria Library Society (1937-1953) 3
Cummings, Helen Norris, 1865-1949 3
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Green, Esther Holiday, 1889-1981 3
Alexandria (Va.). City Council 2
Carne, William F., 1832-1909 2
Cazenove, William Gardner, 1819-1877 2
Cox, Ethelyn, 1908-1988 2
Kabler, Dorothy, 1918-2017 2
Lee Family 2
Lee, Cassius F., 1808-1890 2
McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005 2
O'Sullivan, T. J. (Timothy Joseph), 1855-1887 2
The Alexandria Gazette 2
Adam, William R. (William Robert), 1918-1992 1
Alexander, Gustavus B. (Gustavus Brown), 1793-1860 1
Alexandria (Va.). Office of City Auditor 1
Alexandria (Va.). Office of City Engineer 1
Alexandria Antique Arts Association 1
Alexandria Canal Company 1
Alexandria Hospital (Va.) 1
Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.). Board 1
Alexandria Water Company 1
American Canal Society 1
Andrews family 1
Asher, George Gordon, 1872-1915 1
Bah, Char McCargo 1
Ballinger Family 1
Barton, Benjamin, 1803-1877 1
Baylor Family 1
Bennett, Willis W. (Willis Wirt), 1937-2010 1
Bernard Family 1
Beverly Hills Women's Club 1
Bonner, A. G. 1
Boothe Family 1
Boothe, Armistead L. (Armistead Lloyd), 1907-1990 1
Boothe, Eleanor Harrison Carr, 1881-1968 1
Boothe, Elizabeth "Betty" Ravenel Peele, b. 1912 1
Boothe, Gardner L. (Gardner Lloyd), 1872-1964 1
Boothe, Mary Grace Stabler-Leadbeater, 1839-1914 1
Boothe, William J. (William Jeremiah), 1816-1894 1
Boush, Mollie May 1
Boush, Nathaniel, 1809-1873 1
Boush, Samuel Coleman, 1842-1918 1
Bowles Family 1
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.) 1
Bryant, J. C. Herbert ((John Carlyle Herbert)), 1909-1983 1
Burke, Ellen Coolidge 1
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 1
Carne, Cecilia Catherine Latruite (Shakes), 1804-1891 1
Carne, Richard L., 1797-1867 1
Carr Family 1
Carr, Francis "Fanny" Smith Harrison 1
Carr, Joseph Armistead, 1867-1901 1
Cazenove & Co. (1798-1861) 1
Cazenove Family 1
Cazenove, Anne H., 1776-1843 1
Cazenove, Anthony Charles, 1775-1852 1
Cazenove, Antony, 1849-1897 1
Cazenove, Eliza Frances, 1798-1857 1
Cazenove, James O'Hara, 1880-1971 1
Cazenove, Louis A. (Louis Albert), 1807-1852 1
Cazenove, Louis A., 1851-1925 1
Cazenove, Mary Elizabeth Stanard, 1822-1892 1
Chapman Family 1
Churchill, Winston (Winston Leonard Spencer), 1874-1965 1
Citizens Against the Stadium (1992) 1
Civitan International 1
Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983 1
Conlyn, Helen P. (Helen Pearson Chapman), 1876-1951 1
Corse, Elizabeth (Beverley), 1823-1894 1
Corse, Montgomery Dent, 1816-1895 1
Cox, Gilbert J., Jr. (Gilbert Jefferson) 1
Cummings, Norris Stanley, 1834-1904 1
Curtin, Bertha A. 1
Custis family 1
Daingerfield, Edward L. (Edward Lonsdale), 1847-1925 1
Davidson, Florence English, 1882-1942 1
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
DeVaughn, James H. , 1816-1899 1
DeVaughn, Mary 1
Dickman, William J. (October 13, 1900-October 28, 1987) 1
Doré, Gustave (Paul Gustave Louis Christophe), 1832-1883 1
Farquhar Family 1
Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William), 1831-1903 1
Fendall, Phillip 1
Fendall, Phillip R. 1
Ficklin, Cecelia M., 1876-1951 1
Ficklin, M. J. Kroes, 1872-1962 1
Ficklin, Theodore H., 1846-1919 1
Fitzhugh, Samuel 1
Foley, James E. 1
Freemasons. Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22 (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Funk family 1
Gadsby, John, 1766-1844 1
Gaines Family (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Gardner, Anne Eliza, 1819-1885 1
Gardner, Eulalie, 1893-1984 1
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