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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.

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

Armistead Boothe Papers (MS164)

Collection

Identifier: MS164

Content Description These papers reflect Armistead Boothe's advocacy of civil rights legislation, and his political activity with such issues as public schools, transportation, segregation and other political issues in Virginia, especially during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Personal papers in this collection relate to family matters such as Gardner Boothe's courtship of Eleanor Carr and to Armistead Boothe's school and military experiences. The collection includes scrapbooks, journals, albums, memorabilia...

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

Cazenove and Co. Ledger (MS293)

Collection — Box: 293-1

Identifier: MS293

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a large ledger book containing account information from Cazenove and Co. for the years leading up to the Civil War. Accounts for partners William Gardner Cazenove and Cassius F. Lee are marked differently.

A typed index of the ledger is available in the accopanying folder, as well was a volume of Alexandria History containing an article on the ledger's identification and historical context. This article is also available online.

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

Cazenove Family Papers (MS212)

Collection

Identifier: MS212

Scope and Contents This collection covers the history of the Cazenove Family of Alexandria from the 1790s to the 1970s. The first part of the collection features records from James O’Hara Cazenove (1880-1971), consisting primarily of correspondence and records relating to his business interests and investments, as well as legal documents and business related litigation. Some of the correspondence and notebooks relate to his role as an inventor including a patent for an improved eggbeater from the 1920s. It also...

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

Daniel O’Sullivan Collection (MS141)

Collection

Identifier: MS141

Content Description The Daniel O'Sullivan collection consists of business records and correspondence related to Daniel Sullivan and his son Michael R. Sullivan who owned and operated a rooming house, and wholesale grocery and liquor store in the 1850s-1940s. Items also include a letter from Jeremiah O'Brien who fought for the 26th Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry and writes concerning battles fought during 1861-1862.

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

Edward L. Daingerfield Collection (MS121)

Collection

Identifier: MS121

Scope and Contents The collection includes three ledgers belonging to Edward L. Daignerfield, two of which have the word "journal" written on the spine.

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

Esther Holliday Green Collection (MS073)

Collection

Identifier: MS073

Content Description This collection consists of six series: Correspondence, Literary Productions, Printed Material, Financial Documents, Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion, and Green Family. The correspondence series holds letters only to and from Esther Green. Included three folders (Box 73 Folders 1-3) with letters from Robert Rutledge, a youth for whom she helped secure a DuPont scholarship to the University of Virginia. While in college he updated her on his progress. Correspondence to and from other...

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 12

Aaron Harmon Collection (MS249)

Armistead Boothe Papers (MS164)

Cazenove and Co. Ledger (MS293)

Cazenove Family Papers (MS212)

Daniel O’Sullivan Collection (MS141)

Edward L. Daingerfield Collection (MS121)

Esther Holliday Green Collection (MS073)

Herbert Bryant, Inc. Records (MS081)

James F. Carlin & Son Hardware Records (MS112)

Joseph F. Rodgers Business Records (MS221)

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