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Andrew Goldkuhle "Now and Forever" Windows collection
The collection includes commemorative materials from the dedication of "Now and Forever" stained glass windows at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC on September 23, 2023. William & Mary alumnus Andrew Goldkuhle, (class of 1989) fabricated the windows and is mentioned and pictured throughout the collection.
Elizabeth Feldwisch Bateman Papers
Charles H. Brown Financial Papers
Invoices for purchases by Charles H. Brown in St. Louis, Missouri, Washington, DC and Connecticut, 1860-1870. Invoices are for rental of various properties, household goods, St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and income tax for Chas. H. Brown, of Stamford, Connecticut.
Charles Page Bryan Scrapbook
David Ives Bushnell, Jr. Papers
Charles Page Bryan Autograph Album
Autograph album and guest book, 1892-1897, of [Charles Page Bryan, diplomat], containing autographs, poems, and sketches by visitors to "Byrd's Nest," Elmhurst [Chicago, Ill.] and by visitors, 1913-1917, to his home in Washington, D. C. The volume also contains photographs.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company Account Book
Contains accounts with contractors for grubbing, clearing and excavation for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, first division and includes an alphabetical index of contractors.
Correspondence from Hatty to Agnes Bacon
One letter from Hatty, a minister's wife and resident of West Newton, MA, to her mother during the mid-nineteenth century. The letter includes details about the health of Hatty and her husband and their trip to Washington to meet President John Tyler. The letter includes four standard pages of neat prose.
George Washington Parke Custis Papers
Papers, 1832-1856, of George Washington Parke Custis of "Arlington." The collection is mostly letters written to Francis Nelson, his farm manager at "White House," New Kent County, Virginia concerning growing and marketing crops, agricultural improvements, the effect of the proposed Richmond and York River Railroad on the plantation, and Robert E. Lee. There are a few additional letters to Nelson from merchants and railroad officials, and photostats of 2 additional Custis letters.
Thomas Kelso Davis Papers
Diaries (Washington, D.C. and Va.)
Edward C. Dyer Papers
John Buchanan Floyd Papers
Papers, 1831-1863, of John B. Floyd, governor of Virginia, United States Secretary of War and Confederate general. The papers, chiefly 1850-1862, concern the three positions he held. Correspondents include James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, Samuel Houston, Benjamin Huger, Alexander von Humboldt, R. M. T. Hunter, Charles James Faulkner, Jenny Lind, James Murray Mason, William Ballard Preston, Winfield Scott, John Tyler, Daniel Webster and the Duke of Wellington.
Gay and Lesbian Archives
Grail Press Records
Business letters; 1921-1923; received by Grail Press and Grail Book Shop, Washington, D.C.
Henry Augustine Washington to John Tayloe Washington Letter
Kathryn Fulkerson Diaries
Horatio King Papers
Letters, 1879 December 2-5, received by Horatio King and his wife Isabella G. Osborne King giving acceptances and regrets to an invitation from them to a reception in Washington D. C. for Arthur B. Morrison and his wife Jeannie Morrison, the niece of Horatio King. Includes letters, 6 and 22 December 1879, of Jeannie Morrison thanking her aunt and uncle for the reception.
Harry Turner Lewis Papers
Blake T. Newton, Jr. Papers
Nicholas Fitzhugh Commission
Commission of Nicholas Fitzhugh as assistant Circuit Court judge for the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.). It is signed by U. S. President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison. The collection also includes a contemporary copy of the document.
Olney Family Papers
Potomac Company Time Book
Lists hours worked for men engaged in construction of locks at Little Falls on the Potomac River [later incorporated into the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.] Also used as a commonplace book by [Sarah Emily Plummer ?].
Ramsey Family Papers
Travel Diary (Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y.)
Travel diary (8pp.), 1950, describing the car trip of three young men from Alabama to New York City. The description focuses on their stays in Washington, D.C. and New York City, but there is also some mentioning of the bad traffic during the trip and stops for food and some overnight stays along the way.