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Henry C. Hart Correspondence (MS018)
Collection — Assorted Box: 01
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: 01
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
John Thomas Ricketts Papers (MS071)
Collection
Identifier: MS071
Content Description
This collection has three series: the papers of JT Ricketts, of Norris
Cummings and of Helen Cummings. The Ricketts series makes up the bulk of the collection. Its main
focus is on Ricketts' business records, but some personal documents are included. The business records
contain financial, legal and administrative materials. They trace the rise of T. Wattson & Sons from a
small bakery into an industrial "steam" bakery that supplied organizations such as the US Navy with
packaged bread...
Dates:
1787-1904
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