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Ethelyn Cox Collection (MS287)
Collection
Identifier: MS287
Content Description
This collection consists of Mrs. Cox's research files and manuscripts, as well as papers from her membership in HAF. Research files contain typed and handwritten notes, news clippings, and correspondence. The main focus of the collection is in support of "Street by Street". Included are the Historic American Building Survey inventories of Worth Baily. Also in the collection are manuscripts and notes of several projects that Mrs. Cox
assisted on, and pamphlets related to Alexandria History or...
Dates:
1956 - 1980
Gaines-Hodge Family Bible (MS414)
Collection — Box: 01
Identifier: MS414
Content Description
Family history records and vital statistics documented within a 19th century illustrated Bible, published in 1884 by A.J. Holman and Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Four pages of genealogical family records are included in the volume, located in between the text of the Old and New Testaments. These pages include a marriage certificate as well as records of births, marriages, and deaths in the Gaines-Hodge family. This volume includes several introductory texts preceding the text...
Dates:
c.1884
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
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
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
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
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
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