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Frank Snowden Hopkins Notes (MS270)

 Collection
Identifier: MS270
Content Description

This collection contains the family history research notes and manuscripts of Frank Snowden Hopkins. The focus is on his mother’s (Selina Lloyd Hepburn Hopkins) family.

Dates: 1968-1974
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

Gaines-Hodge Family Bible (MS414)

 Collection — Box: 01
Identifier: MS414
Content Description Family history records and vital statistics documented within a 19th century illustrated Bible, published in 1884 by A.J. Holman and Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Four pages of genealogical family records are included in the volume, located in between the text of the Old and New Testaments. These pages include a marriage certificate as well as records of births, marriages, and deaths in the Gaines-Hodge family. This volume includes several introductory texts preceding the text...
Dates: c.1884
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

Gardner Collection (MS348)

 Collection
Identifier: MS348
Content Description

The collection contains photos of Eulalie Gardner, her circle of friends, family, and students. The photos date from the 1920’s through he 1930’s, with photos of vacationing in Harpers Ferry and the Easter Egg Roll at the White House. A number of historic buildings are featured (the Washington Monument, The Jefferson Memorial, Mt. Vernon estate, the George Washington Masonic National Memorial) as well as shots of the D.C. and Alexandria area.

Dates: 1922 - 1939
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

Gilbert J. Cox (MS261)

 Collection — Assorted Box: AB03
Identifier: MS261
Content Description

These documents mostly relate to the property at King and Alfred, the location of the Peabody School Building.

Dates: 1838-1879; 1931
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

Glasgow Photo Collection (MS349)

 Collection
Identifier: MS349
Scope and Contents

This collection contains around 100 photographs featuring Alexandria residents, events, and organizations. The photos feature early Alexandria fire departments and events such as the Smoot Lumberyard fire, as well as colonial re-enactments, the 1st Virginia Infantry, and the American Legion.

Dates: 1900-1979
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

Helen Norris Cummings Papers (MS072)

 Collection
Identifier: MS072
Content Description This collection consists of the research materials of Helen Norris Cummings, founder of the Cameron Club, member of the Federation of Women's Club, and local historian.The correspondence spans the period from 1870 to 1943. Most of the pre-1905 letters deal with genealogy, and the majority of these are addressed to Emma, Helen's mother. Approximately half of the 1905 to 1920 letters are also Emma's. Many of Helen's letters deal with political issues, such as immigration and...
Dates: 1865 - 1949
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

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
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

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
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

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
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

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
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

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Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.) 5
Alexandria Library Association (1897-1937) 4
Alexandria Library Company 4
Alexandria Library Society (1937-1953) 4
Cummings, Helen Norris, 1865-1949 3
Green, Esther Holiday, 1889-1981 3
Alexandria (Va.). City Council 2
Alexandria (Va.). Office of City Engineer 2
Burke, Ellen Coolidge 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.) (1749-) 1
Alexandria (Va.). City Clerk 1
Alexandria (Va.). Department of Housing and Community Development 1
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Alexandria Antique Arts Association 1
Alexandria Canal Company 1
Alexandria Hospital (Va.) 1
Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.). Board 1
Alexandria Sheriff's Department 1
Alexandria Water Company 1
Alfred Street Baptist Church (Alexandria, Va.) 1
American Canal Society 1
Andrews family 1
Asher, George Gordon, 1872-1915 1
Bah, Char McCargo 1
Ballinger Family 1
Barrett, Kate Waller, Dr., 1858-1925 1
Barton, Benjamin, 1803-1877 1
Baylor Family 1
Beatley, Charles E., Jr., 1916-2003 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
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
Chandler, Lucius Henry, 1812-1876 1
Chapman Family 1
Christ Church, Alexandria 1
Churchill, Winston (Winston Leonard Spencer), 1874-1965 1
Citizens Against the Stadium (1992) 1
Civitan International 1
Close, James J. 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
Duncan, James M., Jr. (James Morton), 1897-1967 1
Farquhar Family 1
Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William), 1831-1903 1
Fendall, Phillip 1

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