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Austin-Twyman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 69 Au7
Scope and Contents Papers, 1765 (1800-1890) 1939, of the Austin, Twyman, Spiller and Horsley families of Amherst and Buckingham counties, Virginia.The papers include correspondence, accounts, legal papers and manuscript volumes. Includes papers of Archibald Austin (1772-1837), member of Congress, 1817-1819, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1815-1816, 1835-1837, his wife, Grace R. (Booker) Austin and their children, James M. Austin, John Austin and Bernard Austin, Grace Austin and Frances...
Dates: 1765-1939

Burwell-Catlett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 69 B95
Scope and Contents Correspondence, 1794-1887, of the Burwell family of Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi. Includes letters of Mary Cole Turnbull Burwell and her children including Armistead Burwell, Benjamin Powell Burwell, Frances King Burwell Catlett, Robert Burwell, William T. Burwell (at the United States Military Academy), Charles Blair Burwell, and concerning these children and her other children Elizabeth Margaret Burwell Putnam and Anne Burwell Garland.Subjects include...
Dates: 1794-1887

Charles Campbell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 C17
Scope and Contents The Charles Campbell papers consist of papers received or collected by Charles Campbell (1807-1876), Virginia historian. The papers fall into four general headings: historical papers collected by Charles Campbell, correspondence, manuscript volumes, and miscellaneous. These include personal and professional correspondence as well as eighteenth century documents collected by Charles Campbell, newspaper clippings, diaries, scrapbooks, and notebooks, covering then period 1743-1896. The papers...
Dates: 1743-1896

Chappelear Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 C38
Scope and Contents Papers, 1876-1959, of Benjamin Curtis Chappelear including manuscript and printed maps of Fauquier, Loudoun, Clarke, and Warren counties, Va.; Virginia state maps; United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Maps of areas in Virginia and West Virginia; notes concerning land records and manuscript volumes which include account books collected by Chappelear of blacksmiths, farmers, postmasters, students, tanners, and operators of general stores. The collection also includes...
Dates: 1788-1959

Carl R. Dolmetsch Papers

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Identifier: 00/06/UA 6.111
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, publications, and other material kept by Carl R. Dolmetsch, a professor in the Department of English at the College of William and Mary. Included in the collection are publications, a drawing, and a poster related to author H.L. Mencken; correspondence concerning potential visiting lecturers to events in the Department of Engllish; and letters written to Carl R. Dolmetsch by persons who had contributed material to Smart...
Dates: 1751-1990

Hall Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 90 H14
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the papers of the Hall and Moore families of New York, Richmond, Va. and Williamsburg, Va. Includes wills, estate papers, legal and financial transactions, 1810-1915, of Jacob Hall, Sarah Hall and Cunningham Hall; and Bishop Richard Channing Moore, Virginia Moore, Harriet Glenworth Moore, Margaretta Moore and Louise Moore. Contains correspondence, 1854-1876, between Zebulon S. Farland and Ellen Douglas Gordon Farland; letters, 1906-1928, to Margaret (Farland)...
Dates: 1810-2007 and undated

Thomas Jefferson Hughes Facsimiles

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01237
Scope and Contents

Facsimiles were likely made in 1965. Photocopies of letters, 1835-1845, to Dr. Thomas Jefferson Hughes of Gloucester County, Va. and Connorsville, Ind. chiefly from his brother Skaife W. Hughes, Jasper C. Hughes, and H. Yates Hughes, all from Gloucester County, Va. Includes photocopies of two essays by Mrs. Sarah Hughes, "What Qualities Should Be Cultivated by the Teacher" and "Forest Trees."

Dates: circa 1965

J. Luther Kibler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 K53
Scope and Contents Papers, 1908-1944, of James Luther Kibler of Williamsburg, Va. Chiefly letters concerning his interest in Virginia history, the history of Williamsburg, Va. and in the Socialist Party. Correspondents include Elwood Street and Matthew Page Andrews. Oversize box contains Framed image of Fairfax Harrison; Fairfax Harrison's horse prints and USGS Quadrangles maps(both deposited by Mrs Charles Baird); Scrapbook of Yorktown sesqui-centennial newspapers, October, 1931; rolled map of...
Dates: 1908-1944

Naugle Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 N22
Scope and Contents

Two copies of a privately published volume, Virginia Taxpayers, 1782-1787, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau, by Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle (1940); and photocopies of railroad maps, schedules, and views of Civil War sites involving railroads, 1830-1865.

Dates: 1940

Lee Nicholson Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 65 N59
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1837-1938, of Lee Nicholson, a genealogist of Sussex County, Va. Includes correspondence, notes and charts concerning many Virginia families. Among them are the Batte family, Bolling family, Branch family, Briggs family, Chappell family, Heath family, Jones family, Land family, Mallory family, Mason family, Morton family, Neblett family, Nicholson family, Peebles family, Pegram family and Rives family.

Dates: 1827-1938

John Tayloe Perrin Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 65 P42
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1770-1931, of the Perrin family of Gloucester County, Va. Chiefly the diaries and writings of John Tayloe Perrin. Includes farm books, scrapbooks, accounts, wills, and articles by Perrin.

Dates: 1770-1931

Office of the President. Lyon Gardiner Tyler Records

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Identifier: UA 2.07
Scope and Contents Series 1 (Acc. 1980.123): One box containing biographical material; engravings; lectures; addresses; publications; an article about the Gardiner Manor in New York; Tyler's application for the William and Mary presidency; testimonials; a calling card; correspondence, including a letter to Mrs. Alex S. Porter (circa 1917), possibly referring to Bound Volume no. 13.Series 2 (Acc. 1984.019): For preservation reasons, researchers will have to access all materials in this series on...
Dates: 1888-1935

Parke Shepherd Rouse, Jr. Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 71 R75
Scope and Contents Professional and personal papers of Parke Shepherd Rouse, Jr. who was a newspaper writer and columnist and an author of books on Virginia. His personal correspondence covers his college years at Washington and Lee University; his years in the Navy during World War II; his early career while working in Richmond, Virginia and Newport News, Virginia; and his business affairs. His college and Navy letters include not only the letters he wrote home, but the letters he received from...
Dates: 1930-1998

William Booth Taliaferro Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 65 T15
Scope and Contents Papers, 1811-1954, of William Booth Taliaferro and his family of Gloucester County, Va. Taliaferro's papers consist of diaries, letterbook (while at Harpers Ferry), correspondence, speeches, memoirs and accounts. The collection also includes papers of his wife, Sally Nivison Lyons Taliaferro (including diaries), his ancestors, siblings and descendants, as well as photographs, genealogical notes and artifacts of the Taliaferro family.There are papers of other people who are not...
Dates: 1811-1954

Tyler Family Papers, Group C

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Identifier: Mss. 65 T97 Group C
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and accounts of "Tyler's Quarterly", edited by Lyon G. Tyler and Sue Ruffin Tyler.

Dates: 1919-1951

Tyler Family Papers, Group E

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Identifier: 01/Mss. 65 T97 Group E
Scope and Contents

Chiefly writings, ca. 1880-1935, of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, historian. Most concern Virginia history in the colonial period, or defend his father, John Tyler, or defend the southern point of view in the Civil War. Includes an unpublished history of the Virginia Line in the American Revolution. Also includes writings, 1921-1951, of his second wife, Sue Ruffin Tyler, and of other authors.

Dates: 1880-1951; Majority of material found in 1880-1935

Tyler Family Papers, Group G

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Identifier: Mss. 65 T97 Group G
Scope and Contents Papers, 1645-1917, of the Gardiner family, the Gilmer family, the family of St. George Tucker (1828-1863) and miscellaneous other people unrelated to the Tylers, Tuckers, Gilmers, or Gardiners. Boxes I-III contain papers (many are typescript copies) of the Gardiner family of New York. Include letters of Juliana McLachlan Gardiner, her sons David Lyon Gardiner, Alexander Gardiner and daughter Margaret Gardiner Beeckman. Boxes IV-V contain papers, 1814-1842, of the...
Dates: 1645-1917

United Methodist Church Histories, Peninsula District

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1993.52
Scope and Contents Contains Volume  I and II of the Church Histories of the United Methodist Church, Peninsula District, Virginia, published by the Virginia Peninsula United Methodist Historical Society for the Peninsula District, Virginia Conference.  Includes histories of churches in Hampton, Newport News, Phoebus, Poquoson and Toano including the churches:  Aldersgate, Asbury, Bethany, Buckroe Beach, Central (Fox Hill), Central (Hampton), Chestnut Memorial, East Hampton, First (Hampton), First (Newport...
Dates: 1972

Virginia Counties Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.4 V82co
Scope and Contents

Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.

Dates: 1600-2000; Majority of material found in 1730-1890

Virginia Governors' Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 39.2 V81go
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1777-1900, of Virginia governors. Includes official and personal correspondence, and official papers, 1777-1900, of 32 governors and acting governors. Most items relate to their period of service and reflect gubernatorial duties of appointment, correspondence with governors of other states and national officials, and responses to invitations and questions.

Dates: 1777-1900

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Correspondence 16
Account books 6
Legal documents 6
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 6
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Diaries 4
Genealogy 4
Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century 4
Photographs 4
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 4
Virginia--History 4
Virginia--Maps 4
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 3
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 3
Education, Higher--Virginia--History 3
Education--Virginia--History 3
Financial records 3
Programs 3
Publications 3
Slaves--Virginia--Correspondence 3
Virginia--Genealogy 3
Broadsides 2
Catalogs 2
Daybooks 2
Fauquier County (Va.)--History 2
General stores--Virginia 2
Gloucester County (Va.)--History 2
Gloucester County (Va.)--History--18th century 2
Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Land grants--Virginia 2
Ledgers (Accounting) 2
Maps 2
Notebooks 2
Pamphlets 2
Photostats 2
Poems 2
Railroads--Virginia--History 2
Receipts (financial records) 2
Scrapbooks 2
Slavery--Virginia--19th century 2
Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century 2
Slaves--United States--Correspondence 2
Slaves--Virginia--Social conditions 2
Sussex County (Va.)--History 2
Taxation--Virginia--History 2
Typescripts 2
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 2
United States--History--War of 1812 2
United States--Slavery 2
Universities and Colleges--Virginia--Faculty 2
Virginia Military Institute--History--19th century 2
Virginia--Governors 2
Virginia--Politics and Government 2
Virginia--Religious history 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Accomack County (Va.)--History 1
Accounts 1
Advertising cards 1
Agendas (administrative records) 1
Agriculture--Virginia--History 1
Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century 1
Albemarle County (Va.)--History 1
Amelia County (Va.)--History 1
American literature--20th century 1
American periodicals--History 1
American periodicals--Virginia--History 1
Amherst County (Va.)--History 1
Amherst County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Anti-slavery movements 1
Augusta County (Va.)--History 1
Authors, American--20th century 1
Barbour County (W. Va.)--History, Military--19th century. 1
Bedford County (Va.)--History 1
Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History 1
Bible records 1
Blacksmithing 1
Blacksmithing--Virginia 1
Booklets 1
Botetourt County (Va.)--History 1
Brunswick County (Va.)--History 1
Buckingham County (Va.)--History 1
Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Buildings and Grounds 1
Campbell County (Va.)--History 1
Caroline County (Va.)--History 1
Certificates 1
Charles City County (Va.)--History 1
Charlotte County (Va.)--History 1
Chesterfield County (Va.)--History 1
Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century 1
Church records and registers--Virginia 1
Circulars (fliers) 1
Clarke County (Va.)--History 1
Clarke County (Va.)--Maps 1
Coeducation--United States--History--20th century 1
Coeducation--Virginia 1
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Language
English 19
German 1
 
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College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 3
Tyler Family 3
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935 3
Tyler, Sue Ruffin, 1889-1953 2
Anderson Seminary 1
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Austin family 1
Austin, Archibald, 1772-1837 1
Beeckman, Margaret Gardiner, d. 1857 1
Blair, James, 1656-1743 1
Booth family 1
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Burwell family 1
Burwell, Charles Blair 1
Burwell, John, d. 1887 1
Campbell family 1
Campbell, Charles, 1807-1876 1
Carter, Mary B. 1
Catlett family 1
College of William and Mary. Board of Visitors 1
College of William and Mary. Dept. of English 1
Copland, Charles 1
Cryer, William 1
Daily Press (Hampton Roads, Va.) 1
Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770 1
Dolmetsch, Carl (Carl Richard), 1924- 1
Education--North Carolina 1
Farmer's Register 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Francisco, Peter, d. 1831 1
Gardiner Family 1
Gardiner, Alexander, d. 1850 1
Gardiner, David Lyon 1
Gardiner, Juliana McLachlan, d. 1864 1
Garland, Anne (Burwell) 1
Gilmer Family 1
Gilmer, Anne Baker 1
Gilmer, Thomas Walker 1
Hall, Channing Moore, III 1
Hall, J. Lesslie (John Lesslie), 1856- 1
Hall, John Lesslie, Jr., 1891-1978 1
Horsley family 1
Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855 1
James River and Kanawha Canal (Va.) 1
Kibler, James Luther, 1867-1953 1
Longwood University 1
Maxwell, William, 1784-1857 1
Meade, Robert Douthat, 1903-1974 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Moore family 1
New York Weekly Journal of Commerce 1
Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728 1
Office of the President 1
Perrin family 1
Perrin, John Taloe 1
Petersburg Index (Va.) 1
Peticolas, C. L. Southern Cross 1
Putnam, Elizabeth Margaret Burwell, b. 1823 1
Richmond Enquirer 1
Rouse, Parke Shepherd, Jr. 1
Simpson family 1
Sindt, Tobey Mark 1
Southern Literary Messenger 1
Spiller family 1
Taliaferro family 1
Taliaferro family. 1
Taliaferro, Sally Lyon 1
Taliaferro, William Booth 1
Todd family 1
Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827 1
Twyman family 1
Tyler family 1
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 1
Tyler, Sue Ruffin 1
Virginia Historical Society 1
Virginia. General Court 1
Whittle (Bishop) 1
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