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Arthur Cleveland Nash Papers (#4061), 1756-1970

Title: Arthur Cleveland Nash Papers (#4061) 1756-1970

Arthur Cleveland Nash, born in Geneva, N.Y., in 1871, was architect at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C, and later in Washington, D.C. He died in Baltimore in 1969. The collection includes materials relating to Arthur Cleveland Nash's career as an architect and to Nash and related family history. Architectural papers, 1938-1956, include correspondence and other materials relating chiefly to University of North Carolina building projects. Nash family papers, 1859-1970 and undated, include correspondence and other documents relating to Arthur Cleveland Nash and to the activities of Nash family members. Tucker and Nash family papers, 1818-1831, include correspondence and other materials of Tucker and Nash family members. Among these are letters of Captain Joshua Nash about his travels in Germany and Italy, including one from poet Gabriele Rossetti, and letters of Paul Nash, Arthur Cleveland Nash's brother, discussing his career as a United States Consul in Siam, Italy, Hungary, and England. Many of the Cleveland and Coxe (Cox) family papers, 1756-1932, relate to Arthur Cleveland Nash's maternal grandfather, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, 1865-1896, or to Arthur Cleveland Coxe's father, Samuel Hanson Cox, and his pastorate at the Presbyterian Church of New York, 1833-1854. Other genealogical materials, 1853-1971 and undated, relate to the Cleveland, Coxe (Cox), Nash, Screven, Arnold, Sewall, Gindrat, Forman, Hanson, Tucker, Kent, Pendarvis, and Bedon families. Photographs include some relating to Arthur Cleveland Nash's architectural projects at the University of North Carolina and others that relate to family members, including photographs of people and places in Chapel Hill, N.C.

ArchivalResource: About 1300 items (4.0 linear feet)

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Bullard, Elizabeth Millar, 1861-1941. Elizabeth Millar Bullard papers, 1796-1942.

Title: Elizabeth Millar Bullard papers, 1796-1942.

This collection consists of materials primarily concerning the family genealogy of Elizabeth Millar Bullard. The papers are arranged into two series: genealogical; personal. The genealogical series includes a register of deaths and burials in Savannah, 1803-1806. Also included in the collection are photographs of Louisa Young Barry, 1885, and undated images of headstones for the Millar and Bullard families. The collection contains a typescript of "Register of Deaths and Burials in Savannah, 1803-1806."

ArchivalResource: 1 box, 6 folders, 1 oversize folder (.80 cubic feet)

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Scarborough, Jewell Davis, 1887-1968. Papers, 1902-1967.

Title: Papers, 1902-1967.

Includes literary productions, research materials, photographs, printed, legal, and financial material, maps, and scrapbooks and scrapbook material pertaining to Mrs. Scarborough's writings, research, civic and social activities, her travels, and her family. Collection bulks with manuscripts and research material relating to her genealogical work.

ArchivalResource: 52, 075 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23194932 View

Thompson Family. Papers, 1818-1996.

Title: Papers, 1818-1996.

This collection contains many letters written to E. Mildred Buchanan from her mother Willia and brother Thompson while she attended school in Louisville, KY and vacationed in New England between the years 1888-1892. The collection also includes genealogy charts, a family bible record, family wills, applications for the Colonial Dames of America, as well as images of the family crest and plaid. The collection also contains items related to Selema Hall, also known as Chambers Farm, the family estate. Other family names represented in this collection are Lightfoot, Broadus, Gray, Huie, and Ormsby.

ArchivalResource: 118 items.

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Sommerville, Mattie Dexter Hall. Papers, 1904-1934.

Title: Papers, 1904-1934.

Collection of papers, of genealogical nature collected by Sommerville, including typescripts of wills of related families: Rhoda Jenckes and Samuel Cruff; correspondence relating to genealogy and Sommerville's membership in Order of the First Crusade and certificate of membership, and applications to the Mayflower Society and Colonial Dames of America.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70974628 View

Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917. Mary Kingsbury Talcott genealogical collection, ca. 1880-1917.

Title: Mary Kingsbury Talcott genealogical collection, ca. 1880-1917.

Mary Kingsbury Talcott was an avid genealogist, and compiled significant information on her ancestors, the Kingsbury family. Collection includes correspondence with relatives and town/state officials, family wills, and research from numerous sources. Among the correspondence with town/state officials are certified documents regarding birth, death, and marriage dates. Talcott was also active in the Colonial Dames.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 linear feet (4 boxes).

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Gibson, Hortense B. C. Hortense B.C. Gibson genealogical research on the Hopkins family and related material, 1883-1961 (bulk 1934-1961).

Title: Hortense B.C. Gibson genealogical research on the Hopkins family and related material, 1883-1961 (bulk 1934-1961).

Primarily Hortense B.C. Gibson's genealogical research of the Hopkins family and some of their extended relatives. Papers include research notes, genealogy charts, and correspondence that she used to document Isabella Hopkins's lineage to American colonial settlers, all documented for the purpose of gaining admission to the Colonial Dames of America. The collection also includes 2 essays written by Gibson and 9 Federal reporter notebooks.

ArchivalResource: 0.3 ft. (1 box)

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Jane Y. McCallum Papers AR. E. 004., 1815-1967., 1914-1953.

Title: Jane Y. McCallum Papers 1815-1967. 1914-1953.

Correspondence, printed material, financial documentation, creative works, photographs, and lists document the woman’s suffrage movement in Texas (1900-1920), Jane McCallum’s personal life and career after suffrage (1815-1967), and Minnie Fisher Cunningham’s activities after suffrage (1918-1944).

ArchivalResource:

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Deane, Ernie. Markers and Monuments, De Soto marker, Helena [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Markers and Monuments, De Soto marker, Helena [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1963.

Negative taken for July 14, 1963, Arkansas Gazette article "Helena-It's Truly a 'Marked' City," E5:2. In Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, there are a multitude of historical and tourist markers, including a marker/monument to Hernando De Soto. The marker covers the route De Soto took across Arkansas and finally across the Mississippi River at Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas. The marker was raised by the Colonial Dames of America, June 20, 1951. It reads, "De Soto. June 25, 1541. Erected by the national Society of the Colonial Dames of America, June 25, 1951."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52034883 View

Green, Annie A. (Annie Amis) 1846-1930. Annie Green papers, 1889-1912.

Title: Annie Green papers, 1889-1912.

This collection contains various newspaper clippings from 1889-1912 regarding events that occurred in the Louisville area. Newspaper clippings also include genealogy records for various families, and information regarding hereditary organizations like the Society of Colonial Dames of America and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Also included are invitations and correspondence regarding the Colonial Dames, the Daughters of the American Revolution, a thank you note from Jefferson Davis to John Green, Annie's husband. Commemorative ribbons and poems are also included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: .33 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428695053 View

Pringle, Mary Ford, 1854-1922. Papers, 1893-1947.

Title: Papers, 1893-1947.

Papers consist of an application (1893) of Mary Ford Pringle for membership in the New Jersey Society of the Colonial Dames of America, genealogical notes pertaining to her application for membership in the South Carolina Society of the Colonial Dames of America, a postcard (1900), and a letter (1947) concerning Pringle family genealogy.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37522111 View

Farinholt, Katharine Woltz, 1912-1990. Katharine Woltz Farinholt papers, 1930-1984.

Title: Katharine Woltz Farinholt papers, 1930-1984.

The collection consists of papers of Katharine Woltz Farinholt from 1930-1984. Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, diaries (1926, 1934), scrapbooks, student papers, and ephemera relating to the Woltz family, education at Gastonia (N.C.) High School, Agnes Scott College, and Emory University; correspondence, lecture notes and newspaper clippings, relating to Farinholt's teaching career at Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Ga.); articles, book reviews and correspondence concerning Farinholt's publications and a copy of the typescript of her novel, ALEXANDER'S DAUGHTER. The collection also includes correspondence, notes, and printed material pertaining to Farinholt's volunteer and social activities including the Girl Scouts of America, the Colonial Dames, All Saints Episcopal Church (Atlanta, Ga.); scrapbooks, travel journals, postcards and memorabilia from travels in North America, Western Europe, and China; correspondence reflecting Farinholt's political interests, including letters relating to the women's movement; and photographs and certificates relating to awards Farinholt received. This collection documents Farinholt's interest in education, politics, and social issues.

ArchivalResource: 7.75 linear ft. : (17 boxes, 13 oversized bound volumes (OBV), and 5 oversized papers (OP))

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Belfield papers, 1697-1977

Title: Belfield papers 1697-1977

The Belfield papers include materials from families who lived in the Belfield mansion in Germantown, Pennsylvania from 1826 until 1984; however, the papers span the years 1679 to 1977. Featured individuals include William and Sarah Logan Fisher Wister, their son John Wister and his wife, Sarah Tyler Boas Wister, their granddaughter Sarah Logan Wister Starr and her husband, James Starr, and their great-granddaughter S. Logan Starr Blain and her husband, Dr. Daniel Blain. The collection also houses papers from related individuals in the Emlen, Fisher, Hall, Lindley, Logan, Meigs, Wister, and other families. This collection includes correspondence, financial records, ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, periodicals, and other items. Topics that are particularly well documented in the Belfield papers include: Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania; Colonial Dames of America; the Sesquicentennial Exposition; stamp collecting; world travel during the Great Depression; twentieth-century psychiatry; nineteenth-century industry and legal practice; and the genealogy of the Logan, Fisher and Wister families.

ArchivalResource: 106.0 Linear feet; 235 boxes and 99 volumes

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_HSP_HSP3159 View

Holladay, Margaret Huntington. Papers of Margaret Huntington Holladay, ca.1821-1969 (bulk 1900-1969)

Title: Papers of Margaret Huntington Holladay, ca.1821-1969 (bulk 1900-1969)

The Appointment books/address books series is arranged alphabetically by author. The items in this series chronicle the day-to-day activities of Collis Huntington Holladay, Margaret Huntington Holladay, and Henry Edwards Huntington. They span from 1925-1969. The Family Records series is arranged alphabetically and contains such items as application forms submitted by various family members to such organizations as the: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of California, Sons of the American Revolution: California Society, and the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New Netherland. These applications show how the family member applying is eligible for group membership by tracing the family lineage back to the family member who can qualify them to be part of that group. In addition, this series includes genealogical tables and family genealogies documenting the lineage of the Huntington Holladay family. The items are grouped by surname Cresap, Holladay, Ord, Saunders, and Vincent. In some way all of the families are related to one another. Items found within this grouping include personal narratives both hand written and typed by various family members, birth and death dates of family members, family trees, and obituaries. Some of the items in this series date back to the 1600's. One item worth noting is a genealogical chart from the Ord family. The chart is very comprehensive starting with James Ord who was born in England, April 1786 and later moved to Omaha, Nebraska with his wife Rebecca Ruth Cresap on January 25, 1873. The Ords are the ancestors of the Huntington Holladay family and the chart traces the lineage up until the time it was made in 1936. Also in this series are newspaper clippings which mention the Huntington Holladay family, a biography of Henry E. Huntington, documents pertaining to the Huntington Family Association and their annual meetings, and lastly, obituaries relating to the deaths of Alfred O. Larkin and Collis P. Huntington. The Financial Records series is arranged alphabetically and includes board member files from what appears to be the neuro-psychiatric clinic that Margaret served as president, income tax documents relating to the Collis and Margaret H. Holladay estate between the years 1950 and 1962, indentures and agreements made by the Huntington and Holladay family between 1853 and 1896, tax deductible gifts made by Collis and Margaret between 1954-1962, the appraisal of the Henry E. Huntington estate made by the State of California after his death in 1927, the distribution of Alice Larkin Toulmin's assets, a blank Collis H. Huntington check, taxes and estates bulletins, trust and will brochures, and a list of subscribers for preferred stock from the Mission Playhouse Corporation in 1926. The Correspondence series is arranged alphabetically and includes letters between Collis Jr. (nicknamed Hunt) and his parents (Margaret and Collis Holladay) from 1950 to 1952. During this time, Hunt was studying at a school on the East coast in the Boston area while his family lived in San Marino, California. The series also includes a number of letters from Annie B. Lewis (Margaret's sister) who traveled around the South and East coasts of the United Sates with her husband, Bill. In addition, there are letters between various Huntington - Holladay family members making family genealogy inquiries, and letters between Margaret Huntington and the California Institute of Technology regarding scholarships provided by the family to students attending the school. The photographs series is arranged alphabetically. Within the series are various photo and copy negatives of relatives from the Huntington family including images of Samuel W. Holladay, Collis P. Huntington, Howard E. Huntington, and Willard H. Wright. There are also three photographs of Harry Huntington Pech accompanied by a letter sent to the family asking if there was any relation between the two. The series includes images of the Holladay residence, the Henry E. Huntington estate in San Marino, the Huntington Mansion in Oneonta New York, pictures from Yosemite, photos from the fires in Oneonta in 1908, and a daguerreotype of an unidentified man. There is also an album that contains images of Henry E. Huntington and his Estate and Library in San Marino, Ca. The album is too large to be stored with this series and has been placed in oversize storage. The Ephemera series is arranged alphabetically and includes such items as a seating chart from a dinner party hosted by Henry E. Huntington featuring such distinguished guests as the crown prince and princess of Sweden and Denmark. Labels that were attached to the bottom of J.H. Belter & Co furniture, articles and newspaper clippings relating to flower, lawn, and tree care, a leaflet titled "Land for the Million!" which contains information about buying and purchasing tracts of land, a map of Lido Isle in Newport Beach as of 1939, mixed drink recipes, a list of posters of the first and second liberty loans compiled by Brentano's who specialize in quotations on books, a summons addressed to John Thomas Viscount Sidney to attend the coronation of George IV on August 1, 1820, roster of membership from the Rotary Club of Los Angeles dating 1942-1943, listing the members of the rotary and their contact information, a greetings card from Collis and Margaret to father, invitations to various family members, certificates of membership to Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Burke Holladay, and miscellaneous items such as a notepad from the Vancouver Hotel, a pass to the 1907 Oneonta Fair, and a small notebook. There is also an empty black case which has been placed in oversize storage.

ArchivalResource: 438 items, plus ephemera.5 boxes

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Briney, Melville Otter, 1899-1986. Melville Otter Briney papers, 1855-1986.

Title: Melville Otter Briney papers, 1855-1986.

The papers of Melville O. Briney consist of Carter family personal correspondence dated from 1855 to 1889, genealogical records, and a scrapbook. Briney, a columnist for the Louisville Times from 1950 to 1962, compiled a family history scrapbook with numerous copies of her articles, photographs of her family, newspaper articles mentioning family members, and various memorabilia. Also included in the Briney Papers is genealogical information on the Carter family (Briney's maternal lineage), as well as the Vertrees, Wortham, Rodgers, and Hackley families (Briney's paternal lineage).

ArchivalResource: .66 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70900924 View

Craik, Susan S., 1905-2001. Susan S. Craik papers, 1966-1970.

Title: Susan S. Craik papers, 1966-1970.

This collection consists of two letters addressed to Susan Craik of Louisville, Kentucky, and one check signed by Craik. The first letter, signed by Rebecca Smith Lee, is dated October 16, 1996. Lee asks for information on Reverend James Craik for her study of the early Kentucky church. The second letter, from Frances Swinford, is dated March 12, 1970. Swinford, a research partner of Lee, discusses speaking engagements and her research along with her efforts to have her son admitted to the Society of the Cincinnati and her own attempts for admission into the Colonial Dames.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett Papers, 1851-1993

Title: Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett Papers, 1851-1993

Kathrine R. Everett (1893-1992) and R.O. Everett (1879-1971), were husband and wife lawyers who shared a practice inDurham, N.C. Kathrine R. Everett, who served on the Durham City Council, 1951-1971,received her J.D. from the University of North Carolina Law School in 1920 and wasthe first woman to win a case before the N.C. Supreme Court. In 1926, she married R.O. Everett, attorney, state legislator, and civic and cultural leader, who was a lawstudent in the first class at Trinity College and became the first Durham cityattorney. He served five terms in the state House of Representatives, 1921-1933.Their son, Robinson O. Everett (1928- ), Duke University law professor and judge inthe U.S. Court of Military Appeals, joined them in the firm of Everett, Everett andEverett, 1956-1968. In 1954, the three were the first father, mother, and son to beadmitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Papers include law office files; professional and familycorrespondence; and other materials relating to the Everetts' personal finances andactivities, including their extensive real estate holdings in North Carolina. Welldocumented are Kathrine R. Everett's involvement with the United Daughters of theConfederacy, the Colonial Dames of America, and the Daughters of the AmericanRevolution and her interest in family history, including the Everett, Hicks, Hill,Kyle, McDiarmid, Robinson, and related families. Also included is material relatingto R. O. Everett's efforts to memorialize Bennett Place in Durham, site ofnegotiations leading to the largest troop surrender of the Civil War; to DemocraticParty politics; to Kathrine Everett's service on the Durham City Council, 1951-1971,and the Durham County Welfare Board, on which she served for 17 years beginning in1934; to R. O. Everett's tenure in the North Carolina Legislature; to KatherineEverett's father, Henry McDiarmid Robinson, mayor of Fayetteville, N.C., 1923-1925;and to activities with the American Bar Association. Other items include postcardsand other materials documenting the Everetts' travels around the world; family andother photographs; films and videotapes about Bennett Place and other subjects; andmuseum items relating to politics, women's organizations, and variousevents.

ArchivalResource: 26,000; 48.0

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Britton, Bertha Madeline Perkins, 1870-1938. Bertha Madeline Perkins Britton papers, 1910-1935.

Title: Bertha Madeline Perkins Britton papers, 1910-1935.

Genealogical notes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence with other family members and genealogists, as Britton probably gathered material for admission to the Colonial Dames.

ArchivalResource: 1600 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/312463584 View

Cumming Family Papers, 1874-1984

Title: Cumming Family Papers 1874-1984

ArchivalResource:

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Kathrine R. Everett and R.O. Everett papers, 1851-1993.

Title: Kathrine R. Everett and R.O. Everett papers, 1851-1993.

Law office files; professional and family correspondence; and other materials relating to the Everetts' personal finances and activities, including their extensive real estate holdings in North Carolina. Well documented are Kathrine R. Everett's involvement with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Colonial Dames of America, and the Daughters of the American Revolution and her interest in family history, including the Everett, Hicks, Hill, Kyle, McDiarmid, Robinson, and related families. Also included is material relating to R.O. Everett's efforts to memorialize Bennett Place in Durham, site of negotiations leading to the largest troop surrender of the Civil War; to Democratic Party politics; to Kathrine Everett's service on the Durham City Council, 1951-1971, and the Durham County Welfare Board, on which she served for 17 years beginning in 1934; to R.O. Everett's tenure in the North Carolina Legislature; to Katherine Everett's father, Henry McDirmid Robinson, mayor of Fayetteville, N.C., 1923-1925; and to activities with the American Bar Association. Other items include postcards and other materials documenting the Everetts' travels around the world; family and other photographs; films and videotapes about Bennett Place and other subjects; and museum items relating to politics, women's organizations, and various events.

ArchivalResource: About 26000 items (48.0 linear ft.)

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Blain, Daniel,. Belfield papers 1697-1977.

Title: Belfield papers 1697-1977.

The Belfield papers include materials from families who lived in the Belfield mansion in Germantown, Pennsylvania from 1826 until 1984; however, the papers span the years 1679 to 1977. Featured individuals include William and Sarah Logan Fisher Wister, their son, John Wister and his wife, Sarah Tyler Boas Wister, their granddaughter, Sarah Logan Wister Starr and her husband, James Starr, and their great-granddaughter, S. Logan Starr Blain and her husband, Dr. Daniel Blain. The collection also houses papers from related individuals in the Emlen, Fisher, Hall, Lindley, Logan, Meigs, Wister, and other families. Collectively, the Belfield papers tell the story of several generations of a prominent family, offering glimpses into life in and around Philadelphia from the 1820s to the 1970s. As a result of the various family members' diverse professional and personal engagements, the collection contains materials on a wide range topics including Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Colonial Dames of America, the Sesquicentennial Exposition, stamp collecting, world travel during the 1930s, twentieth-century psychiatry, nineteenth-century industry and legal practice, and genealogy of the Logan, Fisher and Wister families.Particularly well documented are the lives of Sarah Logan Wister Starr (1873-1956) and Dr. Daniel Blain (1898-1981). Starr's papers reflect her involvement in several organizations, especially as the president of the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania and the Colonial Dames of America. Blain was a practicing psychiatrist from the 1930s to the 1970s. Records available for research here offer general information about the practice of psychiatry during the mid-twentieth century.This collection includes correspondence, financial records, ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, periodicals, and other items. It is arranged into seven series, the first four representing the four couples who were the primary residents of Belfield from 1826 to the 1970s: "Series I. William and Sarah Logan Fisher Wister, 1790-1895"; "Series II. John and Sarah Tyler Boas Wister, 1807-1934"; "Series III. James and Sarah Logan Wister Starr, 1767-1980"; and "Series IV. Dr. Daniel and S. Logan Starr Blain, 1903-1975." The remaining series are: "Series V. Other family members and associates, 1862-1977"; "Series VI. Photographs, 1884-1977"; and "Series VII. Publications and ephemera, 1697-1972.""Series I. William and Sarah Logan Fisher Wister, 1790-1895" contains correspondence, diaries, and financial records. It is divided into three subseries: "William Wister, 1803-1891"; "Sarah Logan Fisher Wister, 1790-1893"; and "William and Sarah L. F. Wister, 1860-1895." The majority of the material is personal, but there is some documentation of William Wister's business ventures."Series II. John and Sarah Tyler Boas Wister, 1807-1934" contains business records, correspondence, financial records, and subject files. It is divided into three subseries: "John Wister, 1837-1927"; "Sarah Tyler Boas Wister, 1852-1934"; and "John and Sarah T. B. Wister, 1807-1927." The Wister family's company, Duncannon Iron, is represented somewhat in this series, but additional materials relating to family businesses may be found associated with the other Wister brothers in the "Other family members and associates" series. "Series III. James and Sarah Logan Wister Starr, 1767-1980" contains correspondence, diaries, financial records, and subject files. It is divided into three subseries: "James Starr, 1767-1956"; "Sarah Logan Wister Starr, 1846-1980"; and "James and Sarah L. W. Starr, 1871-1940." In James Starr's papers, materials of special interest include correspondence about his stamp collecting, and documentation of his administration of family interests in multiple properties including the Fort Hunter mansion in Harrisburg (a family home of his mother-in-law, Sarah Tyler Boas Wister). Sarah Logan Wister Starr's subseries is the largest in this collection. Well-documented topics include Colonial Dames of America, World War I Liberty Loan drives, the Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926, and the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. There is a plethora of other subjects not as extensively covered, such as the 300th anniversary of Swedish colonies in America, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Germantown Hospital, Belfield mansion, Stenton mansion, and the Magna Charta Dames. James and Sarah Starr's joint papers include comprehensive documentation and ephemera from world cruises the couple enjoyed with their daughter Logan (S. Logan Starr Blain) in the 1930s."Series IV. Dr. Daniel and S. Logan Starr Blain, 1903-1975" contains business records, correspondence, both personal and business-related, financial records both business and personal, and psychiatry-related subject files. It is divided into two subseries: "Subseries a. Dr. Daniel Blain, 1929-1972" and "Subseries b. S. Logan Starr Blain, 1903-1975." Most of Blain's records relate to his professional interests and membership in professional organizations; he also researched and published articles on Dr. Benjamin Rush. There is also a large collection of reprints of academic psychiatry articles. Patient files from Dr. Blain's practice and from Tratelja Farms Sanitarium, a mental health institution where Dr. Blain worked, are restricted. Much of the material in S. Logan Starr Blain's papers relate to her 1936 wedding and to her travels."Series V. Other family members and associates, 1862-1977" contains correspondence, business records, and financial records of the various extended family members. For a family tree showing relationships between some of the individuals in this collection, see [http://173.203.96.155/sites/173.203.96.155/files/docs/manuscripts/belfield_family_tree.pdf].The most heavily represented individuals are: George Emlen Jr. (b. 1843), brother-in-law and partner in the legal practice of James Starr Sr. (b. circa 1842); William Logan Fisher (1781-1862), father of Sarah Logan Fisher Wister; William Coleman Hall, whose relation to the family is unknown; Maria Dickinson Logan (1857-1939), great-great-granddaughter of William Logan; and Francis Wister (son of William and Sarah Logan Fisher Wister; brother of John Wister). Maria Dickinson Logan (1857-1939) was a dedicated genealogist and family historian who collected papers of her ancestors; much of the Logan family material bears a stamp with her name. Due to her efforts, the Belfield papers includes a small amount of material from two of her great-grandfathers, Dr. George Logan (1753-1821) and John Dickinson (1732-1808), both of whom were significant early American statesman. There are also lightly annotated almanacs from Dr. George Logan's wife, the Quaker diarist Deborah Norris Logan; and a small amount of papers from Quaker minister Ruth Anna (Rutter) Lindley, mother-in-law of William Logan Fisher. Sarah Logan Wister Starr's sisters, Elizabeth Wister Wurtz (born about 1855) and Margaret Wister Meigs (born 1882), are represented in this series; additional correspondence between them and their sister may be found in her correspondence section.The bulk of "Series VI. Photographs, 1884-1977" comes from Dr. Daniel Blain's papers, and includes portraits of psychiatric colleagues and photographs from conferences he attended. There are some identified photographs depicting family members and events; however, most of the remaining photographs are of unidentified individuals, groups, and scenery."Series VII. Publications and ephemera, 1697-1972" contains published and printed materials ranging from advertisements and pamphlets to magazines and paper dolls, international travel ephemera, and newspapers from Sweden, China, and other countries. The Belfield papers include materials from families who lived in the Belfield mansion in Germantown, Pennsylvania from 1826 until 1984; however, the papers span the years 1679 to 1977. Featured individuals include William and Sarah Logan Fisher Wister, their son John Wister and his wife, Sarah Tyler Boas Wister, their granddaughter Sarah Logan Wister Starr and her husband, James Starr, and their great-granddaughter S. Logan Starr Blain and her husband, Dr. Daniel Blain. The collection also houses papers from related individuals in the Emlen, Fisher, Hall, Lindley, Logan, Meigs, Wister, and other families. This collection includes correspondence, financial records, ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, periodicals, and other items. Topics that are particularly well documented in the Belfield papers include: Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania; Colonial Dames of America; the Sesquicentennial Exposition; stamp collecting; world travel during the Great Depression; twentieth-century psychiatry; nineteenth-century industry and legal practice; and the genealogy of the Logan, Fisher and Wister families.

ArchivalResource: 106.0 Linear feet 235 boxes and 99 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/761394141 View

Nathan T. Porter, Jr. Collection of Bookplates by Edwin Davis French, 1893-1906

Title: Nathan T. Porter, Jr. Collection of Bookplates byEdwin Davis French 1893-1906

The collection comprises close to 200 bookplatesdesigned by Edwin Davis French, which were collected by Nathan T. Porter,Jr.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 linear feet (2boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/arts.bkp.0065 View

Deane, Ernie. Markers and Monuments, De Soto marker, Helena [View 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer].

Title: Markers and Monuments, De Soto marker, Helena [View 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1963.

Negative taken for July 14, 1963, Arkansas Gazette article "Helena-It's Truly a 'Marked' City," E5:2. In Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, there are a multitude of historical and tourist markers, including a marker/monument to Hernando De Soto. The marker covers the route De Soto took across Arkansas and finally across the Mississippi River at Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas. The marker was raised by the Colonial Dames of America, June 20, 1951. It reads, "De Soto, June 25, 1541. Cross erected and first Christian service held west of the Mississippi River."

ArchivalResource: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52034881 View

Ker family. Ker family papers, 1776-1996 [manuscript].

Title: Ker family papers, 1776-1996 [manuscript].

Topics discussed in materials, 1800-1960s, include medicine; Louisiana and Mississippi plantation affairs; slavery; Presbyterian church activities; local, state, and national politics, including the conduct of the 1813-1814 Creek War and the War of 1812 (note an 1814 Andrew Jackson letter about the defense of Louisiana); men's and women's education, chiefly at the Natchez Institute and Oakland College, Miss.; and travel, especially Mary Susan Ker's 1886 European tour. There are also materials relating to Mary Susan's and Catharine Dunbar Brown's teaching at the Natchez Institute; to Tillie Dunbar's bank clerking in Fayette, Miss.; and to Catharine's Ye Olde Booke Shoppe in Natchez. Also included are estate papers, bills and receipts, property inventories, wills and indentures, slave lists, account books, and other items documenting antebellum plantation and land holdings and postwar plantation and personal finances. There are also a few diaries, clippings, 19th- and early 20th-century pedagogical materials, and family photographs. Other papers include scattered records of John Ker's work with the American Colonization Society and extensive records of the Natchez branches of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924-1968, and the Colonial Dames of America, 1941-1967, in which both Tillie and Catharine were active, and letters and Mardi Gras invitations to Sue Percy Ker Hyams and other materials related to her.

ArchivalResource: 8000 items (28.5 linear ft.).

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Colonial Dames Prize essay submissions [manuscript], 1916.

Title: Colonial Dames Prize essay submissions [manuscript], 1916.

Essays titled "The Origin of Slavery in Virginia," "The Attempts of the Virginia Colonists to Abolish the Slave Trade," "The Attitude of 'The Club' Toward the American Colonies," and "The Religious and Economic Condition of Virginia Settlers from 1607-1620."

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

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Alabama associations collection,1850-1984.

Title: Alabama associations collection,1850-1984.

This collection contains a wide variety of materials, such as minutes, programs, and histories from various associations throughout the state of Alabama. The associations represented in the collection include fraternal organizations, service organizations, professional associations, patriotic organizations, political groups, African American organizations, women's clubs, and other groups that were formed because of common interests. Political groups in the collection include the Ala. Communist Party, the Ala. Democratic Party, the Socialist Party, and the Ala. Progressive Party. Women's groups include the Equal Suffrage Association, the Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Federation of Women's Clubs, the Junior League of Montgomery, the Ladies Memorial Association, and the Mother's Circle. Professional associations include the Ala. Cattlemen's Association, Ala. Commercial and Industrial Association, Ala. Education Association, Ala. Medical Association, the Ala. Press Association, and the State Bar Association. Patriotic groups represented include the American Legion, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, United Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Colonial Dames. Groups with African American concerns include the Ala. Negro Business League, Colored Women's Clubs of Ala., and the Interracial Committee of Ala. Some of the many other groups represented in the collection include the Ala. Anthropological Society, the Ala. Historical Society, the Ala. State Grange, the Ala. Writers Conclave, Century Book Club, the Culture Club, Crescendo Literary Club, Heart of Dixie Railroad Club, the Ionian Club, the League of Municipalities, and the Magazine Club.

ArchivalResource: 25 cubic ft. (25 records center cartons).

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