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University of Virginia. Library. Manuscripts Dept. Preliminary listings for several manuscript collections [manuscript] ante 1938?

Title: Preliminary listings for several manuscript collections [manuscript] ante 1938?

Individual items in the collection are described and numbered sequentially from # 1 in the Ambler Family Papers to #1378 in the Wallace Family Papers but the listings do not cover the entire collections.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647998333 View

Steptoe, James C. Papers, 1811-1861.

Title: Papers, 1811-1861.

Collection contains business papers of a Bedford Co. merchant; and a notice to Steptoe and William Leftwich to sell the property of Joel Leftwich, general in the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39100456 View

Wood, James, 1741-1813. James Wood papers, 1781-1812.

Title: James Wood papers, 1781-1812.

ALS (1781 June 5; Winchester, Va.) from Wood concerning orders to move German prisoners of war captured during the Saratoga Campaign of 1777 from Virginia to York, Pa.; land grant (1797 May 18) giving Robert Woods a tract of land in Ohio County, W. Va., signed by James Wood; and signed copies of four letters (1812 October 8-10) from Wood concerning provisions for the brigade of the Virginia Militia under the command of Joel Leftwich during the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981414 View

Leftwich, Joel, 1759-1846. Papers of Joel Leftwich [manuscript], 1786-1890 (bulk 1786-1846).

Title: Papers of Joel Leftwich [manuscript], 1786-1890 (bulk 1786-1846).

The papers contain correspondence, financial and legal papers and miscellaneous items pertaining to Leftwich's military service; terms as justice of the peace, sheriff and delegate; farming and business interests; horse racing; and family. Most of the correspondence concerns local and family news in Bedford and Campbell counties, Virginia. There are descriptions of Randolph-Macon College in the 1840s; horse breeding, trading, and racing; Virginia politics, ca. 1806-1846, including the Whig Party, Jefferson and the maintenance of a standing army, and the appointment of William Norvell as U.S. Consul at Rio de Janeiro; and the U.S. visit of the Marquis de Lafayette. Writings and speeches by Leftwich cover the Revolution, the religious conversion of the Indians, and temperance. Financial and legal papers document horse and slave transactions, including the arrest of a slave for shooting a dog, and the apprehension and commitment of a man believed insane, as well as routine duties as sheriff and justice of the peace. Military papers from Leftwich's service as Brigadier-general of the 12th Virginia Militia consist chiefly of returns, muster rolls, orders, memoranda and courts-martial papers. Of interest is his correspondence with William Henry Harrison, commander of the Army of the Northwest concerning Leftwich's orders to complete a stockade at Fort Meigs on the Maumee in 1813 and the subsequent defeat and massacre of U.S. troops there. Of interest are several issues of Niles Weekly Register, 1815-1839; notes on the Virginia Federal Convention, 1788; a record of general merchandise cash sales, Lynchburg, Va., 1852-1854; and a broadside re the horse "Comet."

ArchivalResource: 2500 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647829432 View

Glasgow, Alexander M. Glasgow, Alexander M., Papers, 1795-1888

Title: Glasgow, Alexander M., Papers, 1795-1888

Comprised of correspondence, accounts books and financial papers, land and legal papers, literary productions, minutes, speeches, and a printed pamphlet, the Alexander M. Glasgow Papers, 1795-1888, document social and family life in Virginia throughout the 19th century, including the Civil War, tobacco culture, slavery, and Washington College.

ArchivalResource: 1 ft., 5 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/706077057 View

Leftwich, Joel, 1759-1846. Joel Leftwich papers, 1779-1843 [manuscript].

Title: Joel Leftwich papers, 1779-1843 [manuscript].

Correspondence and other papers of Leftwich, including letters, 1812-1814, from him to his wife Nancy relating to War of 1812 military campaigns and conditions in camps in Virginia and Maryland; letters from members of his family, especially his nephew, Robert Leftwich, 1823-1828; a scrapbook containing a certificate for service in the Revolutionary War and commissions to the ranks of captain, brigadier general, and major general in the Virginia militia; letters from members of the Otey family; and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 50 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23228843 View

Joel Leftwich Papers, ., 1779-1843

Title: Joel Leftwich Papers, . 1779-1843

Joel Leftwich (1759-1846) was an army officer, state legislator, and justice of the peace, of Bedford County, Va. The collection includes correspondence and other papers of Leftwich, including letters, 1812-1814, from him to his wife Nancy relating to War of 1812 military campaigns and conditions in camps in Virginia and Maryland; letters from members of his family, especially his nephew, Robert Leftwich, 1823-1828; a scrapbook containing a certificate for service in the Revolutionary War and commissions to the ranks of captain, brigadier general, and major general in the Virginia militia; letters from members of the Otey family; and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 50

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/l/Leftwich,Joel.html View

Gooch family. Papers, 1800-1891

Title: Papers of the Gooch Family 1800 - 1891

Correspondence, medical notes, articles for "The Stethoscope," a journal founded and edited by Philip Claiborne Gooch (1825-1855), and other papers, chiefly of Claiborne Watts Gooch (1791-1844), co-editor and publisher of the Richmond Enquirer, relating to Virginia politics, the Virginia Convention of 1829, national politics, states rights and nullification, the National Bank, presidential elections of 1824, 1832, and 1836, and contemporary political figures such as Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, John Calhoun, and John Tyler. Includes correspondence of Philip Claiborne Gooch describing his life at the University of Virginia, the revolutionary movement of 1848 in Europe, and the treatment of various diseases; papers of his brother, Arthur Fleming Gooch (1832-1898), relating to his teaching career and school in Lynchburg, Va.; and correspondence of a third brother, Richard Barnes Gooch (1820-1851?), editor of the Southern Planter.

ArchivalResource: 5 ft.

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/archival/items/u3929557 View

William Henry Harrison Papers, 1734-1939, (bulk 1796-1841)

Title: William Henry Harrison Papers 1734-1939 (bulk 1796-1841)

United States president, senator, representative, and army officer from Ohio. Correspondence and military papers, with special emphasis on Indian campaigns and affairs, a letterbook reporting on the War of 1812 in the Northwest Territory, and correspondence regarding Harrison's unsuccessful campaign for the presidency in 1836.

ArchivalResource: 1,000 items; 12 containers; 2.5 linear feet; 4 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009177 View

Lee, Irvin C., b. 1920. Boston to Bavaria and back [manuscript], 1949.

Title: Boston to Bavaria and back [manuscript], 1949.

Lee describes the voyage to Le Havre on the U.S.S. Thomas H. Barry; quarters in a French chateau in Saint-André-sur-Cailly; French civilians; training on Browning machine guns; drive to the front through Holland, Belgium, and Germany; the fight for Munich; German civilians; guarding prisoners; Austria; return to le Havre; and voyage home. There are several mentions of action by the 42nd (Rainbow) Division. Bad food and lack of cleanliness are freqent complaints. Topics or incidents of interest include a young French beggar; an "In memoriam" poem to their latrine; church service in a German beer hall; shooting rabbits from a half track; accidental shooting of Lt. Ward J. Mott; deer hunting and foraging for food; bitterly cold spring of 1944; strafing of the convoy by German aviator "Bad Check Charlie," murder of a German corporal by liberated French slave laborers and his funeral; ambush of a convoy and subsequent capture of a town; death of commander Colonel Newton J. Jones from sniper fire; murder of a young German soldier by a U. S. officer; German farms and farmers; looting or "liberating," a church in Kirchdorf with the bones of St. Bernadette on display; discovery of an S. S. trooper and his escape; a review by Omar Bradley who queried him on his home state; a fatal train wreck on the return to France; and selling cigarettes to get money for souvenirs. Buddies to whom the account is dedicated or who are mentioned in the narrative include Francis R. Dixson, Sgt. Charles J. Flanary, Harry H. Fralich, Clair A. Frew, James Hansen, Capt. John L. Hohman, John J. Jermain, Amos Lawson, Col. Joe Leftwich, Sgt. Robert L. Martin, Harold R. Middlebrook, Donald M. Parkin, Lt. Dan J. Pipkin, Charlie Ray, R. D. Smith, Raymond R Subialka, Tech. Clyde L. Vancil, and Sgt. John J. Wiley. He also lists the killed and wounded from action near Biberbach.

ArchivalResource: 1 item; mimeograph.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/456423272 View

Glasgow, Alexander M. Papers, 1795-1888

Title: Glasgow, Alexander M., Papers 1795-1888

Comprised of correspondence, accountsbooks and financial papers, land and legal papers, literary productions, minutes,speeches, and a printed pamphlet, the Alexander M. Glasgow Papers, 1795-1888,document social and family life in Virginia throughout the 19th century, includingthe Civil War, tobacco culture, slavery, and Washington College.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/02155/02155-P.html View