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Berkeley Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 B44
Scope and Contents Family correspondence of the Rev. Parke Farley Berkeley, an Episcopal minister, his sister, Ann Butler (Berkeley) Berkeley, and his wife Mary Eppes (Thweatt) Berkeley; and of Mary B. Thweatt. Includes letters from Lewis Minor at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. Letter, 18 February 1835, details a stagecoach ride; letter, 21 December 1844, discusses agricultural meetings and the division and sale of slaves to settle an estate; and letter, 30 August 1862, written by Charles...
Dates: 1828-1865
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

James D. Blackwell Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 39.1 B57
Scope and Contents Letters and accounts of James DeRuyter Blackwell, Sr., lawyer and poet, his wife Judith Emma (Edmonds) Blackwell of Warrenton, Virginia and of members of their family including their son, James De Ruyter Blackwell, Jr. There are letters written from Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia concerning social life, and letters concerning the hiring of slaves and the illnesses of female slaves. Collection includes genealogy of Blackwell family and three bound manuscript volumes of poetry by James De...
Dates: 1839-1939
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Cook-Luttrell Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 65 C77
Scope and Contents Correspondence, business, tax and legal records, primarily 1848-1890, of various members of the Cook and Luttrell Families of Culpeper and Rappahannock Counties, Virginia. The Cook family correspondence is concentrated between 1855 and 1858 and discusses the migration of several members of the family to western Virginia and Missouri, courtship and marriage, farming, and detailed accounts of family visits. The Luttrell correspondence, 1874-1890, contains letters to Mollie Luttrell...
Dates: 1848-1890
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Farm Labor Account Book

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Af20
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1887-1900, containing accounts of an unknown person with farm laborers.  Possibly located in Charles City County, Virginia.

Dates: 1887-1900
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Farmer's Account Book, VI

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Af21
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1895-1904, of an unidentified farmer. 100 p. : bound volume ; 30 cm.

Dates: 1895-1904
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Farmer's Account Book, I

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Af16
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1835-1867, of an unidentified farmer which includes home medicinal remedies.  Per 1840 and 1850 census reports, his customers live in an area ranging from Culpeper to Rappahonnock, Virginia.

Dates: 1835-1867
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Farmer's Account Book, II

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Af17 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1840-1862, of an unidentified farmer.

Dates: 1840-1862
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Civil War Era Farmer's Account Book

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Af18
Scope and Contents

Farm Account book of an unknown farmer, probably from the Fauquier County and Loudoun County area of Virginia.  Some accounts for the government during the Civil War era.

Dates: 1861-1866
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Farmer's Account Book, IV

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Af19
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1886-1894, of an unidentified farmer which includes notes on English history.  Location is possibly Albemarle County, Virginia.

Dates: 1886-1894
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Farmer's Account Book, V

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Af22
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1894-1913, of an unidentified farmer which includes various notes, diary entries, and songs.

Dates: 1894-1913
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Farmer's Account Book, III

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Af24
Scope and Contents

Account book, ca. 1875-1900, of an unidentified farmer.  Lists loads of hay and price.  Only 10 pages used.  Possibly near Linville, North Carolina.

Dates: 1875-1900
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Flora Inez Smith Diaries

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Identifier: SC 01753
Content Description

Four diaries written by Flora Inez Smith. Smith worked as a school teacher in Decatur County, Indiana. The diaries contain mentions of the weather, her job, daily life, and social activities. Early entries focus heavily on farm work that her brothers and father did during the day.

Content warning for derogatory language directed at Black individuals.

Dates: 1893 - 1903
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

William Flower Account Book

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Af5
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1792-1795, of William Flower, farmer.

Dates: 1792-1795
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Henry A. Washington Letter

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Identifier: SC 00091
Scope and Contents Four page letter dated February 17, 1847 from Henry Augustine Washington to his mother, Sarah Tayloe Washington.  She was the wife of Lawrence Augustine Washington.  Letter is written from Richmond, Virginia to Mattox Bridge in Westmoreland County, Virginia.  In the letter Washington writes about the sale of corn and grains in the United States as related specifically to the famine in Ireland and England.  He also writes about politics and the issues with Calhoun, the Mexican War, and the...
Dates: 1847 February 17
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Anthony Morris Leafdale Diary (copy)

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Identifier: Mss. MsV D36
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of diary, 1899-1911, of Anthony Morris Leafdale, which concerns his service in the U. S. Army Signal Corps (including travel from Fort Walla Walla, Washington via San Francisco to Hawaii, the Philippines and Japan and return to the United States), difficulties in finding employment, work in Denver, Colorado, and marriage and life on a farm in Nebraska. Includes poetry.

Dates: 1899-1911
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Luttrell-Cooke Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 65 L97
Scope and Contents Personal papers and business accounts; 1820-1900; of the Luttrell and Cooke families of Rappahannock and Culpeper Counties. Includes correspondence (personal and business) between Luttrell and Cooke families, the Garth family, Ficklen family, and family in West Virginia. Papers discuss Buchanan's inauguration, Sons of Temperance, and the difficulties of a doctor trying to establish a practice at Bridgewater, Va. Also includes letters; 1853-1859; from family in Missouri which discuss living...
Dates: 1820-1900
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

A. Willis Robertson Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 66 R54
Scope and Contents This collection is housed off-site. At least 72 hours advanced notice is required for retrieval. Papers, 1921-1967, of A. Willis Robertson, U. S. Congressman and Senator from Virginia. Chiefly his senatorial office files, 1946-1966. Robertson was a conservative Democrat, serving at the same time as Harry F. Byrd, Sr. Subjects in the collection include national defense, agriculture, taxation, banking, government employees, the Moral...
Dates: 1921-1971, 1988; Majority of material found in 1946-1966
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Spew Marrow Agricultural Club Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 93 Spe3
Scope and Contents

Papers of the Spew Marrow Agricultural Club, Granville County, N. C. Includes committee reports of farm inspections, reports by members, letters, lists of livestock statistics, subjects for experimentation, meeting schedules, minutes, attendance records, and newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet.

Dates: 1876-1934
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Sprinkel Family Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 39.2 Sp8
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1861-1887, of the Sprinkel family of Harrisonburg, Virginiaa. Includes letters, 1870-1887, of Charles A. Sprinkel, his wife Sallie Sprinkel, and his sons C. Carter Sprinkel and Walter Nelson Sprinkel as well as letters of C. A. Sprinkel & Co., Harrisonburg, dealers in agricultural implements; and accounts of Sprinkel & Bowman, Harrisonburg. Several letters concern attempted settlement of a tobacco claim.

Dates: 1861-1887
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Vinyard Family Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 2000.V79
Scope and Contents Papers of the Vinyard Family who lived near Vinton, Virginia in Roanoke County. The collection is primarily composed of the business papers (ledgers, bills, receipts, legal papers, accounts and printed material) of N. J. Vinyard, Walter H. Vinyard, and Walter D. Vinyard, Sr. who farmed near Vinton, Virginia. The collection also includes papers of Fannie Persinger, James Thomas Wood and S. H. Wood. The Vinyard family lived near Vinton, Virginia (Roanoke County) and engaged in farming and milk...
Dates: 1781-1999; Majority of material found in 1915-1955
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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