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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
John Toole Collection (MS067)
Collection — Assorted Box: AB02
Identifier: MS067
Content Description
The collection contains handwritten abstracts/summaries of letters dated 1838-1857 held in the University of Virginia. These are mainly written by John Toole to his wife, Mary Jane Suddarth Toole, but also other including his children, George and Jennie Toole, and a friend, Tom Moore. The letters concern Toole's experiences and accomplishments as a traveling portraitist, his children's education, John and Jennie's letters to their mother from the Virginia Military Institute and Petersburg...
Dates:
1838-1959
Joseph F. Rodgers Business Records (MS221)
Collection
Identifier: MS221
Content Description
The collection consists of bills and receipts relating to Joseph Rodgers' contracting and personal business dealings in Old Town Alexandria. Examples include letterhead receipts from Weadon Brothers Hardware, Paints, Oils Glass and Guns; George Ayers...Dealer in Wheels; Isaac Eichberg Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods; Smoot Lumber; Curtin and Butts Alexandria Iron Works, and many other local businesses. Also includes building permits.
Dates:
1891-1902
Kabler House Histories Collection (MS082)
Collection
Identifier: MS082
Content Description
This collection contains the correspondence, reports, and research done by Dorothy Holcombe Kabler for Alexandria house histories. The research notes also contain copies of deeds, wills, marriage records, and ther legal material surrounding property ownership.
Dates:
1951-1965
Kennedy-Barton Book Collection (MS277)
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS277
Content Description
This collection is from the Kennedy-Barton family. James Kennedy (1753-1816) was a druggist based in Alexandria and in some sources he is listed as Doctor. He also was an owner of a bookstore by the name of “Kennedy and Sons”. His daughter Sarah Kennedy (1781-1834) married John Gird. She was the owner of many books in this collection, and many were gifts from her father James Kennedy. This collection also contains books owned by Benjamin Barton. See also “Vertical File Bio. Kennedy”.
Dates:
1753-1834
Landmarks Society of Alexandria, Virginia Collection (MS079)
Collection
Identifier: MS079
Content Description
The records in this collection cover the financial transactions of the Landmarks Society, from its founding in 1933-34, through 1976. Included are all of the disbursements from 1934-1944, a financial account book from 1952-1960, and Treasury Reports from 1963-1975, calculated by Esther Holliday Green, the Treasurer of the Landmarks Society.
The Internal Revenue Income Tax Exemption Forms, application for an Alexandria
City License and Annual Reports to the State Corporation Commission of...
Dates:
1934-1976
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