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McKnight, Piercy, and Jacobs Collection (MS051)

Collection

Identifier: MS051

Content Description

This collection consists of three series related to the McKnight, Piercy, and Jacobs families. In each series there are sub-series of letters, legal documents, and genealogical materials. Contents also include military records, harbor and ballast master papers, an 1849 inaugural ball invitation, and miniature portraits of William P. McKnight and Margaret Jacobs. McKnight correspondence relates to the Civil War.

Dates: 1792-1973 (bulk, 1800-1865).

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

Milton Penn Collection (MS267)

Collection

Identifier: MS267

Content Description The papers in this collection cover all of the Alexandria Fire Department's business and legal transactions over a span of one hundred years. The canceled checks show the many expenditures necessary to outfit, maintain, and operate the volunteer fire companies. There are also many receipts from commercial firms who provisioned, repaired, serviced and supplied the volunteer fire companies. The Alexandria Common Council appropriated money each year to cover the entire Fire Department....

Dates: 1794 - 1893

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

Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156)

Collection

Identifier: MS156

Content Description

This collection contains the manuscripts and source notes for A Guide to Alexandria: Alexandria, Virginia, George Washington's Home Town (1966) and Washington Walked Here (1970). The collection also holds several boxes of photographs.

Dates: 1966-1970

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

Montgomery Dent Corse Papers (MS065)

Collection

Identifier: MS065

Content Description

The bulk of the collection is related to Montgomery D. Corse's military career, including muster rolls, commission and discharge certificates, and 63 letters written by Corse to his wife, Elizabeth Beverley Corse, during his participation in the Civil War. In addition, the papers of Midshipman William H. Peters and a few letters written by Mrs. Corse are included.

Dates: 1846-1982

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

Mt. Vernon Cotton Factory Collection (MS097)

Collection — Assorted Box: AB02

Identifier: MS097

Content Description

The collection consists of a deed, purchase proposals, business agreements, foreclosure notices, and fire insurance policies for the Mt. Vernon Cotton Factory.

Dates: 1866-1875

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

Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035)

Collection

Identifier: MS035

Scope and Contents

This collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera.

Dates: 1947-1980

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

North Old Town Independent Citizens Civic Association (MS136)

Collection

Identifier: MS136

Content Description

The collection includes organizational papers, minutes, correspondence, and other materials documenting NOTICe’s formation, relationships to other organizations and various projects and concerns. The Minutes series is the biggest. The set of minutes is fairly complete; however there are occasional gaps where we have only the agenda for a meeting.

Dates: 1999-ongoing

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

Northern Virginia Hotel Corporation Records (MS178)

Collection

Identifier: MS178

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of: correspondence, minutes, bylaws, deeds, financial reports and records, business contracts, building reports, and newspaper clippings. Materials date from 1921 to 1947. The records document the initial planning, construction, and management of the George Mason Hotel.

Dates: 1921 - 1947

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

Old Town Civic Association (MS291)

Collection — Assorted Media Box: AM01

Identifier: MS291

Content Description This collection contains the records of the Old Town Civic Association (OTCA), documenting the administration and activities of the organization. Materials in this collection date from the founding of the organization in 1951 through the early 1990s, though the bulk of materials are from the 1980s and 1990s. Included are administrative records, outreach and publicity materials, correspondence, memos, notes, meeting minutes, newsclippings, legal documents, legislative reports, ephemera,...

Dates: 1951-1992

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

Parker-Gray Historic District Papers, 1983-1985 (MS268)

Collection

Identifier: MS268

Content Description

This collection contains papers dating from May 1983 to July 1985 and relating to the process of evaluating the Parker-Gray Historic District under the City of Alexandria's historic preservation ordinance. Included are dockets and minutes from Planning Commission and City Council meetings and hearings, correspondence, petitions, news clippings, and meeting agendas/minutes from the Northwest Old Town Civic Association.

Dates: 1983-1985

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

Showing Collections: 81 - 90 of 131

McKnight, Piercy, and Jacobs Collection (MS051)

Milton Penn Collection (MS267)

Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156)

Montgomery Dent Corse Papers (MS065)

Mt. Vernon Cotton Factory Collection (MS097)

Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035)

North Old Town Independent Citizens Civic Association (MS136)

Northern Virginia Hotel Corporation Records (MS178)

Old Town Civic Association (MS291)

Parker-Gray Historic District Papers, 1983-1985 (MS268)

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