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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
Olive Chadeayne Architectural Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-057
Abstract
The Olive Chadeayne Architectural Collection includes drawings for residences, schools, churches and businesses primarily located in southern California. In addition to Olive Chadeayne's work, the collection also contains over twenty-five drawings by American architect Lillian Rice.
Dates:
1924 - 1956
Mary Brown Channel Architectural Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-030
Abstract
After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1929, Mary Ramsay Brown Channel earned her degree in architecture at Cornell University in 1933. She returned to her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, and worked at a firm for two years before opening her own office as the first registered woman architect in Virginia. She became known for her residential and church designs. Her collection includes sketches and drawings for about 160 mostly residential projects in the Portsmouth area....
Dates:
1936 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1936 - 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
Krasimira Choneva Architectural Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-003
Abstract
The Krasimira Choneva Architectural Collection includes conceptual and working drawings as well as supporting documents for six projects. The projects range in date from 1958-1994 and were all designed and completed in Bulgaria by Krasimina Choneva. The collection also includes one biographical sketch written by Choneva herself as well as an additional biography written by Milka Bliznakov in 2007.
Dates:
1958 - 1994
Civil War Homefront Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-079
Abstract
Letter from "A. [L.?]" to "My Dear Husband," written during the American Civil War, regarding the recent theft of one of their hogs and the capture and whipping of two suspected thieves by the patrol.
Dates:
1863
Civil War Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-021
Abstract
The collection contains a letter written to the editor of a newspaper, Major Harper, by Maria S. encouraging ladies of Raymond and vicinity
to contribute to efforts to sew undergarments, stockings, and mattresses for soldiers serving in the American Civil War. Also includes coversheet which has West Point April 20, 1863
written on it.
Dates:
1863
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