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Chapman Family Collection (MS274)
Family papers, letters, wills, and deeds of the Chapman Family of Maryland and Virginia.
Chapman-Southerland Collection (MS409)
This Collection contains roughly 55 letters. It includes letters written by or to Helen Mary Chapman, Helen Pearson Chapman, Arthur Leigh Southerland, and Robert Mitchell Weir along with other family and business letters.
Charles L. Sampson Collection (MS126)
Civitan and Civinette Clubs of Alexandria Collection (MS038)
Newspaper clippings; Listings of officers for the Civitans and Civinettes; Membership lists for the Civinettes; Lists of naturalized citizens, mid-to-late 1950s; By-laws for both organizations; Camp Tapawingo; Jr. Civitans.
Curtin Family Papers (MS101)
The collection consists of research materials, clippings and correspondence relating to the Ruebush, Funk, Moon, and Andrews families. The materials were gathered by Bertha A. (Betsy) Curtin as she researched her ancestors.
Daniel O’Sullivan Collection (MS141)
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.
Delos H. Smith Collection (MS307)
This collection consists of some of Delos Smith's personal papers. They range from notes on the local history of Alexandria to drawings and bills from the construction of his house at 735 S. Lee Street. It also includes some tourist guides to Glasgow, Scotland and various articles he had collected in regard to religion and history. There are also two boxes of mostly glass plate negatives of various churches and architecture.
Dickman Collection (MS069)
The collection consists of books, correspondence related to the restoration of the Gadsby portraits painted by John Gadsby Chapman, and material related to Dickman's works.
Early Building and Repair Permits (MS040)
This collection contains applications for permits for new construction and repairs or alterations of properties in Alexandria, Virginia, dating from the 1890s through the 1940s. These documents include description of the property, description of new construction or proposed modifications, location, owner, builder, material, cost, and other specifications. Some permits also include hand-drawn maps or architectural sketches. The collection is organized chronologically.
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- Green, Esther Holiday, 1889-1981 3
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- 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, Cassius F., 1808-1890 2
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- O'Sullivan, T. J. (Timothy Joseph), 1855-1887 2
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- Andrews family 1
- Asher, George Gordon, 1872-1915 1
- Bah, Char McCargo 1
- Ballinger Family 1
- Barrett, Kate Waller, Dr., 1958-1925 1
- Barton, Benjamin, 1803-1877 1
- Beatley, Charles E., Jr., 1916-2003 1
- Bennett, Willis W. (Willis Wirt), 1937-2010 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, Gardner L. (Gardner Lloyd), 1872-1964 1
- Boothe, William J. (William Jeremiah), 1816-1894 1
- Boush, Mollie May 1
- Boush, Nathaniel, 1809-1873 1
- Boush, Samuel Coleman, 1842-1918 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, Joseph Armistead, 1867-1901 1
- Cazenove & Co. (1798-1861) 1
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- 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
- Chapman Family 1
- Citizens Against the Stadium (1992) 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
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- 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. 1
- Doré, Gustave (Paul Gustave Louis Christophe), 1832-1883 1
- Duncan, James M., Jr. (James Morton), 1897-1967 1
- Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William), 1831-1903 1
- Fendall, Phillip 1
- Fendall, Phillip R. 1
- Ficklin, Cecelia M., 1876-1951 1
- Ficklin, M. J. Kroes, 1872-1962 1
- Ficklin, Theodore H., 1846-1919 1
- Fitzhugh, Samuel 1
- Foley, James E. 1
- Funk family 1
- Gadsby, John, 1766-1844 1
- Gaines Family (Alexandria, Va.) 1
- Gardner, Anne Eliza, 1819-1885 1
- Gardner, Eulalie, 1893-1984 1
- Gird, Sarah (Kennedy), 1782-1834 1
- Glasgow, William M., Col., Jr. (William Milton), 1926-1995 1
- Green Mansion House Hotel 1
- Green and Bros. Furniture Company 1
- Green family 1
- Green, Richard Mayger, 1860-1941 1
- Hallowell, James S., 1821-1886 1
- Hallowell, Margaret S. (Margaret Stabler), 1824-1900 1
- Harmon, Aaron Davis, 1799-1869 1 ∧ less