African Americans -- Virginia -- Alexandria.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
R. H. Lancaster Lodge No. 1370, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of the State of Virginia Records (MS076)
Collection
Identifier: MS076
Content Description
This collection consists of correspondence and financial records of the Lancaster Lodge, an Alexandria black fraternal organization. Among the contents are reports, minutes of meetings, dues records and records of elected officers.
Dates:
1890 - 1910
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