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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.

Dates: 1815-1836

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...

Dates: 1803-1990

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.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1857 - 1861

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...

Dates: 1786 - 1970

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...

Dates: 1859-1982

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.

Dates: 1891-1902

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

Shakes Letter Collection (MS005)

Collection

Identifier: MS005

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters, notes, business documents, and genealogical research from and on the Shakes, Carne, and Ficklin families. The materials were donated by various uknown donors from 1983-2015 and compiled into a collection created by Alexandria Library's Lloyd House and later Local History/Special Collections branch.

Dates: 1778-2015

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

Showing Collections: 1 - 7 of 7

Aaron Harmon Collection (MS249)

Armistead Boothe Papers (MS164)

Cazenove and Co. Ledger (MS293)

Cazenove Family Papers (MS212)

Esther Holliday Green Collection (MS073)

Joseph F. Rodgers Business Records (MS221)

Shakes Letter Collection (MS005)

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