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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. Papers of Beverley Dandridge Tucker [manuscript] 1853-1964.

Title: Papers of Beverley Dandridge Tucker [manuscript] 1853-1964.

Letters, 1853 April ? and May 27, and 1861 April 16 Jefferson Davis to Nathaniel Beverley Tucker offer regrets at failure to obtain a position, request Tucker's political affiliations, and speak of the press of official duties. A letter 1856 November 12, Paris, John Young Mason to Tucker, concerns a debt. A letter, 1861 August 7, "Camp on Valley Mountain" [Va.], John Augustine Washington to his daughter, Anna Maria Washington Tucker (Mrs. Rt. Rev. Beverley Dandridge Tucker), concerns his service as aide de camp to Robert Edward Lee, including a possible exchange of prisoners. A letter, 1861 September 14, "Camp on Valley Mountain" [Va.], Robert E. Lee to Anna Maria Washington Tucker concerns the death of John A. Washington. A letter [18--] July 25, "Mt. Vernon", Va., Eleanor Love Seldon Washington (Mrs. John Augustine Washington) to Mary L. Page, Georgetown, District of Columbia, discusses family news. The collection also contains "The Washington family," a speech by Beverly D. Tucker to the Society of the Cincinnati, 1964 October.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647936194 View

McCasland, S. Vernon (Selby Vernon), 1896-1970. Papers of S. Vernon McCasland, 1938-1970.

Title: Papers of S. Vernon McCasland, 1938-1970.

Correspondence, scholarly writings, administrative material, legal and financial papers. Topics in McCasland's correspondence include Biblical exegesis, particularly New Testament Greek and the translation and interpretation of obscure or difficult passages; and critiques and reviews of his own articles and those of colleagues. Also scholarly publication, particularly his efforts to have "By the finger of God" published; sales of "The resurrection of Jesus"; the teaching of religion in the public schools; and terms as vice-president of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, and president of the National Association of Biblical Instructors. Also World War II and its effect on the lives of former students, their fellow soldiers and the civilian population in war zones; life in Reconstruction Germany, both East and West, of former colleagues. Also the establishment of the John B. Cary memorial professorship at the University of Virginia; the religious department and its students and courses; the Barbour and Richards lectures; the chapel committee, Religious Council, YMCA and chess club, Zionism; anti-semitism; and the Disciples of Christ church. There are drafts and proofs for "By the finger of God," and for its introduction by David C. Wilson; "The Hellenistic world in New Testament Times," written as an article for "The interpreter's Bible"; "The pioneer of our faith", "The religion of the Bible"; and "Religions of the world". Also typescript with editor's and typesetter's notations of "Religions of the World" by S. Vernon McCasland, Grace E. Cairns, and David C. Yu together with galley proof and note cards used to prepare the index. There are also personal records, recommendations, and grade reports for religion majors, some personal, legal and financial papers, and blue prints of the original plans for St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church.

ArchivalResource: 5000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647814643 View

Perry family. Papers of the Perry family, 1834-1924.

Title: Papers of the Perry family, 1834-1924.

The collection contains medical bills of William Hartwell Perry (1802-1870), a Lunenburg County, Va. physician as well as a revised schedule of medical fees necessitated by Civil War inflation. Most of the collection consists of financial papers of William Hartwell Perry (b. 1836), a Nottoway County, Va. lawyer. There is some legal correspondence, especially over the settlement of an estate in the Scott family in which Perry's wife was a party. A letter from Beverley Dandridge Tucker is concerned with the sale of a church, and one from Perry to William Hodges Mann discusses a revision in the state code concerning incapacitated trustees.

ArchivalResource: 750 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31084287 View

Mann, William Hodges, 1843-1927. Perry family papers [manuscript], 1834-1924.

Title: Perry family papers [manuscript], 1834-1924.

Most of the collection consists of financial papers of William Hartwell Perry (b. 1836), a Nottoway County, Va. lawyer. The collection contains medical bills of William Hartwell Perry (1802-1870), a Lunenburg County, Va. physician, as well as a revised schedule of medical fees necessitated by Civil War inflation. Many of his medical receipts concern the treatment of slaves. There is some legal correspondence, especially over the settlement of an estate in the Scott family in which Perry's wife was a party. A letter from Beverley Dandridge Tucker is concerned with the sale of a church, and one from Perry to William Hodges Mann discusses a revision in the state code concerning incapacitated trustees.

ArchivalResource: 750 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647837522 View