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Thomson Mason Papers (MS135)

 Collection
Identifier: MS135
Content Description

This collection contains numerous documents, either personal or business, of Thomson Mason. All correspondence is Mason's unless otherwise indicated. Other documents found are legal ones dealing with all phases of Mason's practice, both in and out of Virginia. Several items are from his period as Mayor of Alexandria and President of Middle Turnpike Corporation. Early documents deal with the buying and selling of slaves.

Dates: 1804 - 1912

Timothy J. O’Sullivan Papers (MS087)

 Collection
Identifier: MS087
Content Description

This collection is comprised almost entirely of correspondence relating to O’Sullivan’s work with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey during the late 19th century.

Dates: 1867-1893

Tulloch Papers (MS250)

 Collection
Identifier: MS250
Content Description

The collection includes clippings documenting the history of sports in Alexandria, the careers of Walton and Jack Tulloch, obituaries of friends, the George Mason Hotel, and local politics. Also included are Walton Tulloch's school documents, family memorabilia, and photographs of the Alexandria National Guard, of Jack and Walton Tulloch, and of their friends and family.

Dates: 1899-1992

United Daughters of the Confederacy Records (MS155)

 Collection
Identifier: MS155
Scope and Contents

This collection contains items pertaining to the UDC chapter such as year books, publications, miscellaneous items, and minutes of the UDC chapter.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1897, 1919-1988

U.S. Seizure and Confiscation Book (MS207)

 Collection
Identifier: MS207
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a single ledger listing land in Alexandria and surrounding counties (Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William) confiscated by the U.S. from Alexandria citizens.

Dates: July 1863 - September 1864; Modified: July 1863-July 1865

Vaughan Kester Collection (MS273)

 Collection
Identifier: MS273
Content Description

The collection consists of the original handwritten manuscript of John O’ Jamestown (1907).

Dates: 1907

Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs Collection (MS074)

 Collection
Identifier: MS074
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials collected by Esther Green and Helen Cummings during their time as members of the VFWC. Within this collection are letters and correspondences, Federation yearbooks, meeting minutes, and membership applications.

Dates: 1914-1945

Vowell-Creighton Family Collection (MS024)

 Collection
Identifier: MS024
Content Description The collection consists of various objects, writings and ephemera pertaining to the Vowell-Creighton family. Most of the materials are from Hattie Vowell-Creighton. Writings include genealogical information and poetry written by Hattie. One piece of realia: a locket which includes a lock of hair, likely from Mary Vowell. There are a number of unidentified photographs, likely Vowell-Creighton family members. The oversized materials include certificates for the United Daughters of the...
Dates: 1890 - 1970

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Alexandria (Va.) -- History 16
Letters. 15
Alexandria (Va.) 12
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 12
Alexandria (Va.) -- Genealogy. 10
Business records 9
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Conservation and restoration. 9
Business -- Virginia -- Alexandria 8
Virginia -- Genealogy. 8
Photographs. 7
Genealogy 6
Historic districts -- Virginia -- Alexandria 6
African Americans -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 5
Fire departments -- Virginia -- Alexandria 5
Fires -- Virginia -- Alexandria 5
Houses -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 5
Old Town (Alexandria, Va.) 5
Public libraries. 5
Alexandria (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 4
Alexandria (Va.) -- Businesses 4
Alexandria (Va.) -- Social life and customs 4
Alexandria (Va.). Library 4
Architecture -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 4
Buildings -- Virginia -- Alexandria 4
Correspondence 4
Schools -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 4
African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 3
Alexandria (Va.) -- Newspapers 3
Alexandria (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 3
Alexandria Gazette 3
Business Records 3
Community development -- Alexandria -- Virginia 3
Construction + architecture 3
Deeds -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 3
Families -- Alexandria (Va.) 3
Gadsby's Tavern Museum 3
Historic buildings. 3
Jails -- Alexandria (Va.) 3
Potomac Yard (Va.) 3
Railroad trains. 3
Women -- Societies and clubs. 3
World War -- 1939-1945 3
Alexandria (Va.) -- Associations, institutions, etc. 2
Buildings -- Specifications 2
Business -- Alexandria (Va.) 2
Charities -- Virginia -- Alexandria 2
Church records and registers. -- Virginia -- Alexandria 2
Churches 2
Cities and towns -- Virginia -- Growth 2
City councils. 2
City planning -- Virginia -- Alexandria 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 17th 2
Diaries. 2
Fairfax County (Va.) -- History. 2
Farquhar family. 2
Historic Alexandria Foundation 2
Historic districts -- Conservation and restoration -- United States. 2
Jails -- United States. 2
Journalists. 2
Lyceum (Alexandria, Va.) 2
Men -- Societies and clubs. 2
Military life -- 1860-1870 2
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) 2
Newspaper publishing -- Alexandria (Va.) 2
Parker-Gray Schools (Alexandria, Va.) 2
Politicians -- Virginia -- Alexandria 2
Politics and culture -- United States. 2
Prisoners -- Alexandria (Va.) 2
Public schools 2
Railroads -- Virginia 2
Railroads -- Virginia -- History 2
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company 2
Scrapbooks. 2
Southern Railway (U.S.) 2
Tidal Basin (Washington, D.C.) 2
Urban development -- Virginia -- Alexandria 2
Urban renewal. 2
Virginia -- History -- Alexandria 2
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. 2
Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs 2
Virginia Midland Railway Company. 2
Women's Clubs -- Virginia 2
Accounting. 1
Adam, William Robert 1
Administration of estates. 1
African American business enterprises 1
African Americans -- Genealogy 1
Alexander family 1
Alexandria (Va.) -- Economic conditions 1
Alexandria (Va.) -- Maps 1
Alexandria (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 1860-1870. 1
Alexandria (Va.). Mayor 1
Alexandria Academy 1
Alexandria Archaeology 1
Alexandria Light Infantry 1
Alleys -- Virginia -- Alexandria 1
American Defense Society. 1
American Legion. Auxiliary 1
Americanization. 1
Amtrak. 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
Powell, Mary Crawford (Gregory), 1847-1928 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
Alfred Street Baptist Church (Alexandria, Va.) 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
Bartleman, Margaret Douglas (-1833) 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
Branham, Caroline, 1764?-1843 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
Christ Church, Alexandria 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