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Caperton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-034
Abstract
Photocopied, typed transcripts of letters written by Mary Eliza Henderson Caperton to her husband George Henry, then serving in the Confederate Army, most written from Whitethorne, in Montgomery County, Virginia, between May and October, 1861, and concentrating on news of the Preston family, relatives, and mutual acquaintainces; fears of a slave rebellion; a fire at Whitethorne; and the deaths of Ann Barraud Taylor Preston and Col. James Francis Preston. Also includes typescript extracts...
Dates:
1861-1862, n.d.
Carter/Cash Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-090
Abstract
The Carter/Cash Family Collection contains memoirs, biographies, photographs, funeral programs, newspaper and magazine articles, and memorabilia relating to the Carter family and Johnny Cash.
Dates:
c.1940-2009
Charles Willis Cassell Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-170
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of a Wythe County, Virginia, Lutheran minister, farmer and businessman and his family. It includes Cassell's personal, professional, and business correspondence; the personal correspondence of his wife and children; financial and legal records; diaries; notes on catechetics; and scrapbooks containing historical sketches of various Lutheran Churches, obituaries, family-related social events, and newspaper clippings concerning Cassell's services as...
Dates:
1883 - 1950
Cheatham/Horsley Marriage License
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-107
Abstract
The collection contains a marriage license for George W. Cheatham and Nannie P. Horsley.
Dates:
1873
Choate Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-016
Abstract
This collection consists of photocopies of the thirty-two letters from William T., S. J., and J. W. to each other and to Martha Choate, wife of William, during the American Civil War from 1862 to 1864.
Dates:
1862 - 1864
Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-2003-014
Abstract
This contains a collection of small (1- to 2-folder) manuscripts related to various aspects of the American Civil War and obtained from various sources.
Dates:
1861 - 1996
Georgia Dunn Coggin Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-022
Abstract
Georgia Dunn Coggin (1888-1960) was a resident of Wichita, Kansas, and Virginia. The collection contains letters to and from Coggin from 1910 to 1960, primarily with her husband William and her friend Lillie Goddard. The content of all of the letters mainly concerns daily life, family matters, children, husbands, illnesses, and deaths.
Dates:
1910 - 1960
Aileen B. Cowardin Friendship Book,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-104
Abstract
The collection consists of a friendship book collected and maintained by Aileen B. Cowardin. The book includes leaf and plant samples, most of which are labeled as to the location where they were found.
Dates:
1863 - 1870
Lucy Herndon Crockett Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-032
Abstract
The Lucy Herndon Crockett Papers consists of type and manuscript versions of some of Crockett's published and unpublished novels, her illustrations and art for her publications, and a small group of personal papers and papers about her. Materials date from about 1940 to 2015.
Dates:
1940-2015, n.d.
Croy Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-018
Abstract
The papers of the Croy and related families (especially the Dawson and Pepper families) of Montgomery County, Virginia, include correspondence, financial records, diaries, artifacts and photographs.
Dates:
1859 - 1938
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- Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.) 2
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- Charles Willis Cassell family (Wythe County, Va.) 1
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- Cheatham, George W. (Appomattox County, Va.) 1
- Choate family (Allegheny County, NC) 1
- Coggin, Georgia Dunn 1
- Compton, John R. 1
- Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade 1
- Cowardin, Alice Bolling, b.1848(?) 1
- Crockett, Lucy Herndon, 1914-[2002] 1
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- Daughters of the American Revolution. Alleghany Chapter (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
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- Davis, Susan L., 1952- 1
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