Box 4
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Box 4
This series contains legal and business records documenting the operations of Mr. Gary's tailoring and dry-cleaning business, the West End Valet Shop, as well as family estates. Detailed business ledgers survive for the years 1944 to 1953. Legal documents comprise leases and deeds signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gary, as well as deeds, plats, and other materials about estate settlements concerning the related Gary, Randall, Parker, Peagley, Baker, and Outten families.
Letters to Newspapers, 1973-1981
Copies of 3 letters sent by Mr. Gary transmitting information about the shop and proposals for advertisements.
Letters to Governmental Agencies, 1973-1981
Copies of 3 letters sent by Mr. Gary
Photographs and Negatives of West End Valet Shop, 1977 and undated
Includes a series of photographs of Mr. Gary in his shop and of his equipment taken by a Colonial Williamsburg photographer in 1977, one of which was selected for the newspaper article "A Tailor-made Gift for CW."
Newspaper Clippings about the West End Valet Shop, circa 1977
Articles "Dry Cleaning Equipment Given to CW" and "A Tailor-Made Gift for CW" regarding Mr. Gary's donation of his 1948 Hoffman dry cleaner to Colonial Williamsburg
Advertisements and Business Card
This series contains legal and business records documenting the operations of Mr. Gary's tailoring and dry-cleaning business, the West End Valet Shop, as well as family estates. Detailed business ledgers survive for the years 1944 to 1953. Legal documents comprise leases and deeds signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gary, as well as deeds, plats, and other materials about estate settlements concerning the related Gary, Randall, Parker, Peagley, Baker, and Outten families.
Blank Forms and Letterhead
This series contains legal and business records documenting the operations of Mr. Gary's tailoring and dry-cleaning business, the West End Valet Shop, as well as family estates. Detailed business ledgers survive for the years 1944 to 1953. Legal documents comprise leases and deeds signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gary, as well as deeds, plats, and other materials about estate settlements concerning the related Gary, Randall, Parker, Peagley, Baker, and Outten families.
Photocopies of Materials re. Tailoring, Sewing, and Crocheting
This series contains legal and business records documenting the operations of Mr. Gary's tailoring and dry-cleaning business, the West End Valet Shop, as well as family estates. Detailed business ledgers survive for the years 1944 to 1953. Legal documents comprise leases and deeds signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gary, as well as deeds, plats, and other materials about estate settlements concerning the related Gary, Randall, Parker, Peagley, Baker, and Outten families.
"Notary Public", 1956-1976
Includes, among others, a 1956 guidebook "Laws Relating to Notaries Public" by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a certificate and membership card from the Notaries Public Association.
Leases, 1950 and 1967
This series contains legal and business records documenting the operations of Mr. Gary's tailoring and dry-cleaning business, the West End Valet Shop, as well as family estates. Detailed business ledgers survive for the years 1944 to 1953. Legal documents comprise leases and deeds signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gary, as well as deeds, plats, and other materials about estate settlements concerning the related Gary, Randall, Parker, Peagley, Baker, and Outten families.
Lease, 1967
Rolled-up and brittle item
Leases, 1972-1975
This series contains legal and business records documenting the operations of Mr. Gary's tailoring and dry-cleaning business, the West End Valet Shop, as well as family estates. Detailed business ledgers survive for the years 1944 to 1953. Legal documents comprise leases and deeds signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gary, as well as deeds, plats, and other materials about estate settlements concerning the related Gary, Randall, Parker, Peagley, Baker, and Outten families.
Deeds, 1952 and 1954
This series contains legal and business records documenting the operations of Mr. Gary's tailoring and dry-cleaning business, the West End Valet Shop, as well as family estates. Detailed business ledgers survive for the years 1944 to 1953. Legal documents comprise leases and deeds signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gary, as well as deeds, plats, and other materials about estate settlements concerning the related Gary, Randall, Parker, Peagley, Baker, and Outten families.
Deeds and Power of Attorney, 1961-1964
This series contains legal and business records documenting the operations of Mr. Gary's tailoring and dry-cleaning business, the West End Valet Shop, as well as family estates. Detailed business ledgers survive for the years 1944 to 1953. Legal documents comprise leases and deeds signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gary, as well as deeds, plats, and other materials about estate settlements concerning the related Gary, Randall, Parker, Peagley, Baker, and Outten families.
"Buck Henry Randall Estate", 1953-1967
Documents found in a folder labeled "Buck Henry Randall Estate," of which Charles Gary was a beneficiary. Randall married Charles' mother Georgia Parker after her divorce with Charlie Gary Sr.
Documents regarding Celestine and Clarence Outten, 1959-1962
Legal documents concerning Mr. Gary's sister Celestine and her husband.
Deeds regarding Charlie E. Gary Estate, 1960
Documentation about the partition of Mr. Gary's father's property between the related Gary, Peagler, Parker, Outten, and Baker families.
Wallace R. Parker Estate Documents, 1960 and undated
Charles Gary's uncle on his mother's side. Comprises a bill of estate settlement costs and a plat of Parker's estate near Ironbound Rd.
Gary vs. Wade Case Documents, 1969-1970
Letter and deeds pertaining to a court case about Randall family property.
Purchase Money Deed of Trust with Mr. and Mrs. Givens, 1972
This series contains legal and business records documenting the operations of Mr. Gary's tailoring and dry-cleaning business, the West End Valet Shop, as well as family estates. Detailed business ledgers survive for the years 1944 to 1953. Legal documents comprise leases and deeds signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gary, as well as deeds, plats, and other materials about estate settlements concerning the related Gary, Randall, Parker, Peagley, Baker, and Outten families.
Sales Contract and Deed of Trust with William T. Stone, 1973-1975
This series contains legal and business records documenting the operations of Mr. Gary's tailoring and dry-cleaning business, the West End Valet Shop, as well as family estates. Detailed business ledgers survive for the years 1944 to 1953. Legal documents comprise leases and deeds signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gary, as well as deeds, plats, and other materials about estate settlements concerning the related Gary, Randall, Parker, Peagley, Baker, and Outten families.
"Peagler File", 1981-1982 and undated
Documents found in a folder labeled "Peagler File" pertaining to Mr. Gary's nephew Owen Peagley, including a curriculum vitae (see Civic Life, series 3, box 5, folder 11), notes about a deed and family property transaction, and a survey map of the Charles E. Gary Sr. estate to be partitioned.
Property Sale to Endowment Association of the College of William and Mary, 1996-1997
Includes inspection reports of the Ironbound Road property and copy of the deed.
"Charles Gary Life Estate", 2007
Documents found in a folder labeled "Charles Gary Life Estate Parcel 041" from the Virginia Department of Transportation about rights of way for the Ironbound Road property.
Armistead Avenue Development Program, 1976-1983
Short testimony about the history of businesses at 204 Armistead Avenue, letters, and maps regarding a Williamsburg development project.