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Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract
The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries...
Dates:
1913, 1928
"You Must Shun Ole Satan" Sheet Music
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-048
Abstract
This collection contains sheet music to the spiritual "You Must Shun Ole Satan", and artwork from similar songs.
Dates:
1881
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- Bouey, Elizabeth Coles, ca. 1890-1957 1
- Burton, Owen 1
- Carter, Elaine D. 1
- Carter, H. G. (Harry Gilmore), 1886-1926 1
- Chirver, Robert 1
- Collier, William H., 1822-1906 1
- Currin, Lynch Alexander, 1812-1871 1
- Davis, Marva Lajeune Felder Carter 1
- Day, Idella (Rice) (1910-1963) 1
- Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties 1
- Dickerson, Thomas (Nottoway County, Va.) 1
- Foster, Jack 1
- Frazier, Wilse, c.1840-1949 1
- Fulcher, Victoria 1
- Fulgham, Robert 1
- Fulton, Andrew Steele, 1800-1884 1
- Gilmer, W. B. (Louisa, Va.) 1
- Giovanni, Gary Ann, 1940-2005 1
- Giovanni, Nikki 1
- Gowens, Cynthia 1
- Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. Tadmore Light Lodge #6184 (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
- Gregory, Helen 1
- Hammet, James Preston, d. 1879 1
- Hardin, Charles W., c. 1823-1899 1
- Harry, freedman 1
- Higgins, LaVerna (Fredi) Hairston 1
- Hite, William R., Jr. 1
- Holmes, Michele 1
- Howard, Thomas Henry, 1834-1910 1
- Hoyle, Linda Paulette Adams 1
- Independent Order of St. Luke (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
- Kennelly, Tamara 1
- King, Loretta 1
- Kinzer, Edward Hower, 1831-1866 1
- Knights of Pythias 1
- Lee, Hyo Keun 1
- Libby Prison 1
- Linkous, Burgess Riley, 1827-1902 1
- Logan, Peter 1
- MacDonald, Cheryl Butler 1
- McDuffie, William, d. 1901? 1
- Miller, Edward 1
- Moody family (Northampton County, NC) 1
- National Association of Ministers' Wives 1
- Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia 1
- New Farmers of America. Maryland Association 1
- Norman, Robert Younger, 1913-1977 1
- Norwood, John W. (John Wall), 1803-1885 1
- Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883 1
- Pack, Cora McDamel 1
- Patsy (enslaved person) 1
- Payne, Solomon Gomarh, Pfc. (1895-1962) 1
- Peter (enslaved person) 1
- Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Va.) 1
- Pilgrim Gospel Singers (Promise Land Baptist Church, Moneta, Va.) 1
- Randolph, Lucy 1
- Ransome, Mary M., 1899-1968 1
- Rice family (Jerry Lee Rice, ca.1831-1854) 1
- Rice, Fletcher Roland, Sr. (1866-1966) 1
- Rice, Georgianna "Anna/Annie" (Jennings) (1881-1928) 1
- Rice, Gracie G. (Baldwin) (1897-1979) 1
- Rice, James Cornelius, Pvt. (1916-1963) 1
- Rice, Naymon Eddieray, Sr., Pfc. (1914-1955) 1
- Roberts, George E. , 1834-1887 1
- Rogers, James "Jimmy" Lester, Pvt. (1920-1945) 1
- Rogers, Rhonda Miller 1
- Roy, Lucinda 1
- Scott, Charles W. 1
- Scott, Marguerite Harper 1
- Sherman, Jacob, b. 1781 1
- Stribling, Francis T. (Francis Taliaferro), 1810-1874 1
- Turner, Linda Edmonds 1
- United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1865) 1
- United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 41st (1864-1865) 1
- United States. Army. Corps, 24th (1864-1865) 1
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 1
- Virginia Tech Hokies (Football team) 1
- Watts, Laura B. (Rice) (1897-1958) 1
- Welles, Thomas G., 1846-1892 1
- Western Lunatic Asylum (Va.) 1
- Williams, Samuel, 1769-1840 1
- Wilson, Barbary, d. ca. 1822 1
- Wilson, Jeffrey Thomas, 1843-1929 1
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