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Aaron Harmon Collection (MS249)
Collection
Identifier: MS249
Content Description
Collection contains financial records, receipts, bills, and correspondence relating to the business of Aaron Harmon.
Alexandria Antique Arts Association Collection (MS134)
Collection
Identifier: MS134
Content Description
The collection consists of organizational records of the group, including minutes from the monthly meetings and membership rosters. Also included are copies of the newsletter of the American Antique Arts Association, originally named The Quad Anglo and later called The Journal. The collection includes newspaper clippings about the group and its activities, articles written by the group’s founder, Orva Heissenbuttel, and articles about antiques and antique collecting. The collection also...
Alexandria Bicentennial Commission (MS085)
Collection
Identifier: MS085
Content Description
This collection pertains mostly to Alexandria’s 1974 celebration. Included are minutes and reports from the Alexandria Bicentennial Commission’s meetings, and schedules of festivities. Also included are the Bicentennial editions of the Alexandria Gazette from both 1974 and 1976. The 1974 edition, however,is missing the first two sections. The collection also contains a bound collection of historical information on the history of the Alexandria Library Company and the Circulating library,...
Alexandria Building and Repair Permits (MS080)
Collection
Identifier: MS080
Content Description
The collection is made up of lists of building and repair permits issued by the city of Alexandria. Lists often contain the permit number, date, name of builder, name of the property owner, and the location.
Alexandria City Council Meeting Records (MS213)
Collection
Identifier: MS213
Content Description
Ordinances, resolutions, correspondence, and reports of the Alexandria City Council. These records cover two types of meetings, "special," which met on an as needed basis to discuss specific issues; and "regular", which met every two to three weeks. Included are Report of Charter Change Review Committee and Annual Report 1969-70, City of Alexandria. The most common topics are zoning and building. Transportation is another popular issue.
Alexandria Gazette Ledgers (MS026)
Collection
Identifier: MS026
Content Description
The collection consists of the accounts ledgers of the Alexandria Gazette from 1833-1866. Advertisers' names, charges, and dates run are recorded in the advertisement ledgers. Other account books record printing charges, as well as petty advertising accounts. Additionally, two route books from 1859 are available.
Alexandria Library Barrett Branch Reopening and Dedication Photo Collection (MS334)
Collection
Identifier: MS334
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of nearly 500 color prints that provide a photo documentation of the remodeling and reopening of the Kate Waller Barrett Branch of the Alexandria Library on 717 Queen Street, in Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1994-1995.
Alexandria Library Company Records (MS002)
Collection
Identifier: MS002
Content Description
The collection consists of circulation, subscription, and financial ledgers, annual lecture series documents, catalogues, correspondence, and various organizational documents. Topics include: foundation of the
Alexandria Library Company, its cycles of growth and decline reflecting the local economy; the formation of the local public library system; and the on-going activities of the Alexandria Library Company, most notably its lecture series.
Alexandria National Bank Collection (MS193)
Collection
Identifier: MS193
Content Description
The collection includes five scrapbooks, covering the years 1904-1976, that contain advertisements, clippings of news articles and photographs of bank employees. These scrapbooks contain information on First National Bank, Mount Vernon Bank and Trust, Citizens National Bank, First Federal Savings and Loans, and the Bank of Alexandria. Additionally, the collection contains Statements of Condition from the Bank of Alexandria that cover the years 1907-1978.
Alexandria Office of Sheriff Jail Records (MS054)
Collection
Identifier: MS054
Overview
Late 19th and early 20th century records from the Alexandria Sheriff's Department.
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