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Henry B. Whittington Diary (MS011)

 Collection
Identifier: MS011
Content Description The diary begins on the date of Federal occupation of Alexandria by Union troops, May 24, 1861. Entries describe events related to the Civil War, the occupying troops, and attitudes of the local populace. There is rich detail regarding personnel of the ever-changing occupying force, its disruption of local affairs, and response of the citizens. Local and national events such as major battles, skirmishes, and political occurrences are vividly described. References to persons important to the...
Dates: 24 May 1861 - 22 April 1865

Henry C. Hart Correspondence (MS018)

 Collection — Assorted Box: AB01
Identifier: MS018
Content Description Most of these papers are letters from Henry C. Hart to his parents, John and Mary Nixon, who also received two letters from their nephew, John C. Hart. The letters relate to camp life in a number of Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. locations: Soldiers Rest, Alexandria; Camp or Fort Reynolds, D.C.; Fort Sumner, D.C.; Rectortown, Fauquier County; Vienna, Virginia; Flint Hill, Rappahannock County; and Fairfax Station. Henry writes about breaking colts for the army, his health, wounded...
Dates: 1864 - 1872

Herbert Bryant, Inc. Records (MS081)

 Collection
Identifier: MS081
Content Description

This collection consists of approximately 300 leaves, all photocopies, and are the business records of Herbert Bryant, Inc. These records include shipments of raw materials received by rail, with rail car numbers noted, and by water, with ships’ names and captains’ names noted.

Dates: 1926-1951

Historic Alexandria Foundation Records (MS070)

 Collection
Identifier: MS070
Content Description Reports, minutes, correspondence, and surveys documenting HAF's formation, relationships to other volunteer organizations, and more than three decades of HAF's preservation projects and concerns. HAF also plaqued historic properties, sponsored the Alexandria Antique Show, and funded preservation grants. In addition, files of correspondence, programs, and publications from other historic preservation projects provide evidence for the history of preservation not only in Alexandria, but as a...
Dates: 1949-2018

Historic House Tours Collection (MS059)

 Collection
Identifier: MS059
Content Description

This collection contains booklets created by the Auxiliary Board, Alexandria Hospital for the historic house tours of old Alexandria. This is an open collection starting from 1931, with the exception of a few years. Research and writing was performed by various people.

Dates: Publication: 1931 - 2017

James B. Lynch Collection (MS022)

 Collection — Assorted Box: AB01
Identifier: MS022
Content Description

The collection consists of the research materials used by Dr. Lynch in writing The Custis Chronicles. Materials include correspondence; copies of wills, inventories and other documents; and articles and other publications about the Custis family.

Dates: 1974-1993

James E. Foley Railroad Collection (MS405)

 Collection
Identifier: MS405
Content Description The collection centers around the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac (RF&P) Railroad Company, which linked Richmond to Alexandria, and connecting railroad lines (i.e. B&O Railroad, C&O Railroad, Southern Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line, and the Seaboard Airline Railroad). The material largely consists of annual reports, time tables, rules and regulations, historical facsimiles, and miscellaneous ephemera. The collection ranges in date from 1869 to 2002, but is predominantly...
Dates: 1869 - 2002

James F. Carlin & Son Hardware Records (MS112)

 Collection
Identifier: MS112
Content Description

The records of a mid-19th century Virginia hardware business including a set of ledgers and a small amount of correspondence relating to the business.

Dates: 1863-1870, 1873

James S. Hallowell Collection (MS132)

 Collection
Identifier: MS132
Content Description

The James S. Hallowell Collection consists of papers from the Alexandria Boarding School (1824 - ?) including: correspondence from parents to the school, minutes, and catalogs. Also in the collection are the regulations and catalogs of the Alexandria Female Seminary (1848-1860). Additionally there are class notes and exercises (of undetermined origin), a report card, and personal diary books from James S. Hallowell and Mary [S.] Hallowell.

Dates: 1840-1871

John K. Pickens Papers (MS057)

 Collection
Identifier: MS057
Content Description

The collection contains organizational records of the Alexandria Archaeological Commission as well as correspondence with the Smithsonian Institution prior to the 1975 formation of the Alexandria Archaeological Commission. Clippings, research notes and archaeology notes are included as well. Topics include: formation of the Alexandria Archaeology Commission, archaeological digs along King Street, research on the Henry Piercy family, and area merchants.

Dates: 1964-1976

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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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