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Cynthia Addington Boatwright Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-070
Scope and Content
The materials in this collection include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, programs, and files created and collected by Boatwright in her lifetime. The majority of the materials focus on Boatwright's tenure as President of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs from 1941 to 1944.
Dates:
1930s-1990, undated
Bobbitt Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-096
Abstract
The Bobbitt Family Papers, 1825-1904, 1951, contains financial documents and letters created by the Bobbitt Family of Virginia, including numerous letters and documents for Greenberry G. Mc. Bobbitt in the 1800s.
Dates:
1825-1904, 1951
Dorothy H. Bodell Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-042
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, photocopies of historical documents, and files Bodell compiled while writing her book.
Dates:
1850 - 1996
D. W. Bolen Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-084
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence between David Winton Bolen (1850-1932), a lawyer in Fancy Gap, Virginia, and R. E. Withers, Examiner of Records 21st Circuit. A letter dated April 12, 1904 requests all documentation from Bolen as of February 1st regarding a lawsuit he served as commissioner for. Notation from Bolen says "Nothing in my hands Feb 1st." An envelope is also enclosed to Withers from Bolen. D. W. Bolen is noted as the attorney for Floyd Allen in the Carroll County...
Dates:
1904
Betty Belle Boone Diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-051
Abstract
The collection contains the diary of Betty Belle Boone, a young, unmarried woman of Boones Mill, Virginia, from January 1893 to September 1894, detailing household chores and social activities.
Dates:
1893 - 1894
Squire Bosworth Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-060
Abstract
The collection contains the papers of Squire Bosworth, a physician and county court clerk of Randolph County, Virginia (later West Virginia), including correspondence, legal papers, and financial documents.
Dates:
1848 - 1892
Rick Boucher Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-048
Abstract
The Rick Boucher Papers, 1968-2017, document his career in the Virginia State Senate, 1975-1982, and in the United States Congress as the Representative of Virginia's 9th District, 1983-2011. The collection consists of press releases, Boucher's writings, mailers he distributed, information about his campaigns and elections, scripts of speeches he gave, news clippings about him and issues he worked on, correspondence, information about grants that he worked on, and audiovisual materials...
Dates:
1968 - 2017; Majority of material found within ( 1975-2011)
Henry B. Boynton Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-002
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of architect Henry B. Boynton. The bulk of the materials consists of financial and organizational material for the firm of Smithey & Boynton, and awards and honors bestowed on Boynton.
Dates:
1931 - 1991
Herman J. Bradley Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-074
Abstract
Two letters associated with Herman J. Bradley, a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written to members of his family from Camp Butterfield and Camp Cedar Creek, [Virginia]. Includes a letter written on Bradley's behalf by Darius Russell regarding Bradley's ill health, and a letter from Bradley to his father in which he mentions guerilla action in the area and their recent capture of General Alfred N. Duffie.
Dates:
1861, n.d.
Carter Braxton Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1966-001
Abstract
The collection contains copies of four letters written by Carter Braxton from Chericoke in King William County, Virginia to Dr. C. C. Cocke of Fluvanna County, Virginia.
Dates:
1842 - 1843
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- Smith, George Otis, 1871-1944 4
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- Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company (Roanoke, Va.) 4
- Tyler, James Hoge, 1846-1925 4
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- Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927 4
- A. Hoen & Co. 3
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