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Marguerite More Collection (MS246)

 Collection
Identifier: MS246
Content Description This collection contains school papers, clippings, and memorabilia beginning with the Leonardo Grade and Grammar School (location unknown) and the Groveton Elementary School of Fairfax County, Virginia. Other series include a publication called the "Virginia 4-H Club Letter" and newspapers of Lee-Jackson High School and Mount Vernon High School from 1937-1971. There is a 1938 Lee-Jackson yearbook as well as miscellaneous materials ranging from school cheers and football tickets to school...
Dates: 1931-1971

James S. Hallowell Collection (MS132)

 Collection
Identifier: MS132
Content Description

The James S. Hallowell Collection consists of papers from the Alexandria Boarding School (1824 - ?) including: correspondence from parents to the school, minutes, and catalogs. Also in the collection are the regulations and catalogs of the Alexandria Female Seminary (1848-1860). Additionally there are class notes and exercises (of undetermined origin), a report card, and personal diary books from James S. Hallowell and Mary [S.] Hallowell.

Dates: 1840-1871

St. John's Academy Records (MS004)

 Collection
Identifier: MS004
Content Description

The collection consists primarily of student records and student newspapers. There are several miscellaneous items as well. Topics covered include: school organization, rules of behavior, student achievement, student names, places of residence and dates of attendance, and academic subjects and undertakings.

Dates: 1833-1899

Gilbert J. Cox (MS261)

 Collection — Assorted Box: 03
Identifier: MS261
Content Description

These documents mostly relate to the property at King and Alfred, the location of the Peabody School Building.

Dates: 1838-1879; 1931

Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection

 Collection
Identifier: ABFR
Content Description This collection contains digital donations collected from members of the Alexandria African American community during the 2023 Alexandria Black Family Reunion event. This is a completely digital collection consisting of digital surrogates of the materials; the original items have been retained by their owners. Included are photographs, documents, and ephemera.Please note that processed donations will be added to this collection on an ongoing basis. Check this...
Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Sherwood Farm Papers (MS100)

 Collection
Identifier: MS100
Content Description The Wilkinson Family papers consist of Sarah Kirk Wilkinson's day books, a few of her son Francis' school papers, and assorted Wilkinson correspondence. There are also two diaries from Unionville, Pennsylvania, unsigned, which most likely belonged to Quaker relatives. The Sherwood Farm papers include: Woodlawn Farmer's Club correspondence, describing various social activities of the Quaker farmers and their families from the area; Woodlawn Horse Company correspondence, which includes the...
Dates: 1845-1930

Roberts United Methodist Church Records (MS048)

 Collection
Identifier: MS048
Content Description The original collection consisted of a variety of record books and other loose materials. The books recorded the attendance at the Sunday School as well as more general church events, such as a list of contributors or the events of the quarterly conferences on the condition of the church. Of particular interest to historians of the church may be the notes of the pastors in the front of the Comprehensive Church Record (folder 6) which record some of the financial and congregational struggles...
Dates: 1877 - 1913

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

Stearns Family Papers (MS161)

 Collection
Identifier: MS161
Content Description

The letters in this collection were written to John Lloyd Stearns by various family members and friends between 1864 and 1888. They span his lifetime from age 13 to age 36, and primarily reflect the family's day-to-day economic concerns, their relationships with each other and with extended family members, their travels, their living conditions and their work situations. Also included in the collection are miscellaneous papers of Robert Lawrence Stearns, John's younger brother.

Dates: 1864 - 1888

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Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library 318
 
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Schools -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 5
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African Americans -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 2
Alexandria (Va.) -- Genealogy. 2
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Historic districts -- Virginia -- Alexandria 2
Houses -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 2
Photographs. 2
Public libraries. 2
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World War -- 1939-1945 2
African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 1
Alexandria (Va.) 1
Alexandria (Va.) -- Newspapers 1
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Alexandria (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 1
Alexandria Gazette 1
American Legion. Auxiliary 1
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Benham family 1
Benham, Mary Louise Slacum, 1802-1884 1
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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 17th 1
Coolidge, Grace Goodhue, 1879-1957 1
Dairy farms -- Virginia -- Fairfax County 1
Deeds -- Virginia -- Alexandria. 1
Education. 1
George Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 1
Historic Alexandria Foundation 1
Journalists. 1
Law offices -- Alexandria (Va.) 1
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Lectures and Lecturing 1
Lee-Jackson High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
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Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) 1
Masonic buildings--Virginia--Alexandria--1910-1920 1
Mexican War -- 1846-1848 1
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) 1
Mount Vernon High School (Fairfax County, Va.) 1
National Guard 1
Oregon -- History -- To 1859 1
Parades 1
Parker-Gray Schools (Alexandria, Va.) 1
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Politicians. 1
Politics and culture -- United States. 1
Potomac River 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- Virginia 1
Quakers -- Virginia -- Fairfax County. 1
Red Cross -- Virginia -- Alexandria 1
Reminiscences 1
School boards. 1
School integration -- Virginia 1
Ship registers -- Alexandria (Va.) 1
Skating 1
Slacum family 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
Sports journalism. 1
The Academy Journal 1
Thomas Jefferson Memorial (Washington, D.C.) 1
Tidal Basin (Washington, D.C.) 1
Tulloch family 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st. 1
Virginia -- Genealogy. 1
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
White House (Washington, D.C.) 1
White House Easter Egg Roll 1
Wilkinson family 1
Women -- Societies and clubs. 1
Woodlawn Farmers' Club 1
Woodlawn Horse Company 1
Woodlawn Housekeeping Society 1
Woodlawn Literary Association 1
World War II 1
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Alexandria Library Association (1897-1937) 2
Alexandria Library Company (1794-1881, 1953) 2
Alexandria Library Society (1937-1953) 2
Green, Esther Holiday, 1889-1981 2
Mary Louisa Slacum Benham, 1802-1884 2
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Alexandria Canal Company 1
Alexandria Water Company 1
Ballinger Family 1
Barrett, Kate Waller, Dr., 1958-1925 1
Beatley, Charles E., Jr., 1916-2003 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
Burke, Ellen Coolidge 1
Carr Family 1
Carr, Joseph Armistead, 1867-1901 1
Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983 1
Corse, Elizabeth (Beverley), 1823-1894 1
Corse, Montgomery Dent, 1816-1895 1
Cox, Ethelyn, 1908-1988 1
Cox, Gilbert J., Jr. (Gilbert Jefferson) 1
Duncan, James M., Jr. (James Morton), 1897-1967 1
Gardner, Eulalie, 1893-1984 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
Harrison Family 1
Hastings, Rebecca Lloyd (Stearns), 1856-1872 1
Hernandez, José Mariano, 1788-1857 1
Hoge, Mary Barlow (Stearns), 1850-1925 1
Hulfish, Harriet Virginia, 1922-2003 1
Hulfish, Marianne "Polly" Minnigerode (Maigne), 1908-1981 1
Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873. 1
Lloyd Family 1
Mayger family 1
More, Marguerite Ellen, 1925-1990 1
Muir family 1
Old Alexandria Restoration, Inc. (1960-1971) 1
Potomac, Piedmont and Valley Agricultural Society (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948. 1
Rutledge, Richard 1
Rutledge, Robert Clinton, 1920-2004 1
St. John's Academy 1
Stearns Family 1
Stearns, Anne Harriotte Lloyd, Anne Harriotte (Lloyd), 1826-1888 1
Stearns, John Lloyd, 1852-1911 1
Stearns, Robert Lawrence, Robert Lawrence, 1858-1888 1
Tulloch, John Walton, 1900-1951 1
Tulloch, Walton B. (Walton Blair), 1929-1995 1
Whitton, Robert Goodacre, 1906-1986 1
Wilkinson family 1
Wilkinson, Francis H. (Frank), 1864-1935 1
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