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Frederick E. Waldron Memoirs
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-011
Abstract
Frederick E. Waldron (1839-1909) was a Union soldier in the 31st New York Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of an undated manuscript memoirs of Waldron's experiences as a Union soldier in the 31st New York Infantry during the American Civil War.
Dates:
c. 1865-1900
Otis Waldrop Photographs
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-029
Abstract
The collection contains photographs of Post Offices and other Government buildings collected by Otis Waldrop (1901-1990), who graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and served as chief of design and construction for the U. S. General Services Administration region 3.
Dates:
ca. 1930s-1950s
Walker and Caldwell Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-012
Abstract
The collection contains the papers of Manley Morrison Caldwell, an attorney in Wytheville and Roanoke, Virginia, and his law partner and father-in-law, James A. Walker, consisting largely of Caldwell's professional legal and business papers and documents gathered and created by him in the course of acting as the executor of Walker's will.
Dates:
1882 - 1952
David N. Walker Business Records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-034
Abstract
The business records of David N. Walker of Richmond, Virginia, consist mostly of papers relating to Walker's role as treasurer of the St. Paul's Church Home, Richmond.
Dates:
1859 - 1898
George W. Walker Family Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-061
Scope and Content
This collection contains a photocopy of a letter from J. Ernest Walker to his father, Professor George W. Walker regarding his experiences in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, as well as a copy of a newspaper clipping about J. Ernest Walker's real estate business. The collection also includes a photocopy of an image of Col. John E. Walker and photograph and obituary of George W. Walker.
Dates:
1906-1910, 1934, n.d.
Nelson S. Walker Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-002
Abstract
This is a letter written by Lieutenant Nelson S. Walker of F Company, 2nd Battalion Mississippi Infantry from Camp Magruder in Yorktown, Virginia, to his cousin, D. G. Walker in Mississippi. He describes the units movements from Richmond to defensive positions on the Virginia Peninsula in preparation for upcoming engagements that will be known as the Peninsula Campaign in the spring and summer of 1862. In 1861, Walker enlisted in the local Claiborne Volunteers for the Confederate States....
Dates:
1861
Timothy S. Walker Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-021
Abstract
Letter from Timothy S. Walker, veteran of 25th Maine Infantry, working aboard a cargo ship at Georgetown, Virginia, during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1864
Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-007
Abstract
This collection consists of letters from Alexander Floyd Wall to Waddy Thompson James, describing conditions on his farm during the American Civil War, prices of crops, problems of getting supplies to soldiers, and the transfer of people who were enslaved. The collection also includes one letter from James to his wife Jennie, written from Camp Belcher in Richmond, Virginia, on October 4, 1861, and biographical and military information about James and his career as a soldier.
Dates:
1861-1865, 1931, n.d.
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