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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
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
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
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
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
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- Accounting. 1
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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
- Alexandria (Va.). Department of Planning and Urban Renewal 1
- Alexandria (Va.). Office of City Auditor 1
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Fendall, Phillip R. 1
- Ficklin, Cecelia M., 1876-1951 1 ∧ less
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