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Mostly diplomas and certificates of Bishop Bentley and Mrs. Bentley, including Mrs. Bentley's high school diploma, United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) membership certificates, and Bishop Bentley's certificates as Deacon, Priest, and Bishop, honorary degrees, and items received in Japan (written in Japanese) in 1949. Also photograph of Bracken House in Williamsburg, where the Bentleys resided, 1929-1939.

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Miscellaneous records from the Gloucester County, Virginia Clerk of Circuit Court Office.

Family tree including many Blands; also includes a letter from Howson Coles, Senior Librarian of the Department of Manuscript Cataloging at the Virginia Historical Society, to the Reverend L. P. Bland.

Scope and Contents A photograph of the first flight from an aircraft carrier. The image shows two large ships. One is in the background, and part of another is visible in the foreground. A small aircraft Curtis Model D (also called the Curtis Pusher) is midair over the water just off the deck of the USS Birmingham, the ship in the foreground. The pilot was Eugene Burton Ely (1886-1911). This photograph is mounted on a piece of cardboard. The orginial negative credited to Harry C. Mann is held at the Library of...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Claudia Stevens, musician, actor, performance artist, playwright, and composer, are arranged by musical theatre works in her repertoire except for Subseries 2 of Series 1, which is arranged separately and part of which was formerly known as the Carter-Sessions Papers.The papers of Claudia Stevens include video and audio recordings, posters, flyers, brochures, programs, press coverage, newspaper clippings, correspondence, grant applications, musical and literary...