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Box 1

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Box 1

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: id147756
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence of Cyrus Rosser James (1855-1937), Methodist minister in Virginia (on the Buckingham, Heathsville, North Mecklenburg and Whitestone Charges), with his family including his wife, Annie (Shields) James and his children. Also includes account books, accounts, photographs, scrapbooks, printed books and postcards.

Dates: 1826-1914

Correspondence, 1885- 1886

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147757
Scope and Contents

Between Harriet Ann James and her son Cyrus Rosser James concerning family news, health, taxes, and money; poor health of Harriet and Ann James emphasized (See also oversize file).

Dates: 1885- 1886

Deed, 11 December 1892- 10 January 1893

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id147759
Scope and Contents

Released deed of trust from Geo[rge] E. Hopkins to Mrs. H[arriet] A[nn] James: note of clerk of York Co., Va.: original deed found in York Co. Deed Book No. 21, page 67.

Dates: 11 December 1892- 10 January 1893

Correspondence of Reverend Cyrus Rosser James and wife Annie Shield James, 1892-1902

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id147760
Scope and Contents

Letters between each other; R.N. Crooks, insurance agent, Anna Crowther describes her trip to Germany; Zeriah Gillion's reaction to sermons by Reverend James, citing several specifically; Reverend W.R. Smithy: and Arthur James, son of Cyrus Rosser and Annie James: includes Cyrus Rosser James' certificate as Elder in Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Dates: 1892-1902

James Family Correspondence, 1903

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id147761
Scope and Contents

Of Cyrus Rosser James and wife Annie Shield James with their children Arthur, Alfred, and Clara and cousin Sue Errors [?] concerning family health, gardening, money, Methodist conferences, sermons, schooling, especially Randolph Macon College.

Dates: 1903

James Family Correspondence, 1904

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id147762
Scope and Contents

Of Cyrus Rosser James and wife Annie Shield James and daughters Annie and Clara to Alfred James at Randolph Macon College: topics emphasized are the scarcity of money, James family, temperance movement, conference (Methodist) news, family social news, Rhodes scholarship, personal news.

Dates: 1904

Correspondence to and from Alfred James at Randolph Macon College, 1905

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id147763
Scope and Contents

Mostly from Cyrus Rosser and Annie Shield James, his parents: also his sisters Lillie and Clara: family news mostly with talk of the whiskey problems, church conferences, money, gardening, social life, football, and religion.

Dates: 1905

James Family Correspondence, 1906

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id147937
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Alfred James and his mother and father, sisters Clara and Annie, brother Arthur, Aunt Tizzie [?]. Emmet B. Faison, L.E. Mumford, H.M. Breech, Harry Gavey; mostly family news and Alfred's school and work, his debate at school, money, conferences, salary of father, Rhodes scholarship, religion, parents moving to Petersburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1906