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Roberts family. Papers, 1849-1939.

Title: Papers, 1849-1939.

Letters (1849-1850) from Mary S. Lippincott to her brother, Benjamin Hallowell, principal of Alexandria Boarding School, Alexandria, Va.; and four letters from Emmor Roberts to his father, Asa Roberts, in Moorestown, during the period he was a student at the above school; marriage announcement (1939) of Mary Hooton Roberts to Joseph Dukes Calhoun, Sept. 23, 1939 and "at home" card; hand-lettered and folded "friendship" novelty; and photographs of several Roberts family members including Emmor Roberts, Preston T. Roberts, Horace Roberts, Jr., Mary Hooton Roberts Calhoun, and Joseph Dukes Calhoun, as well as the old family residence in Chester Township, Pa.

ArchivalResource: ca. 19 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70978963 View

Farquar, Charles, 1800-1844. Correspondence, 1829-1842.

Title: Correspondence, 1829-1842.

This collection includes correspondence from Benjamin Hallowell to his brother-in-law, Charles Farquar. The letters relate primarily to family news, and occasionally address issues related to the Alexandria Boarding School and methods of teaching scientific and mathematical information.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30992558 View

Perry, Thornton Tayloe, 1892-1981,. Virginia miscellaneous papers, 1748 (ca.)-1942.

Title: Virginia miscellaneous papers, 1748 (ca.)-1942.

Miscellaneous papers for various Virginia counties, including Amherst, Bath, Botetourt, Charles City, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Middlesex, Page, Pittsylvania, Rappahannock, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, and Warren, and the cities of Alexandria, Hampton, Petersburg, Richmond, and Roanoke. Materials include correspondence, financial papers (accounts, account books, and tax receipts), legal documents (land grants, deeds, and indentures, including several signed by Thomas, Lord Fairfax), scrapbooks and commonplace books. Of particular interest are the letter book, 1816-1817, of Adams, Herbert & Co., Alexandria, Va., wholesale merchants; commonplace book, 1852-1856, of a student attending the Alexandria Boarding School, Alexandria, Va.; scrapbooks from Clarke County; memorandum book containing quarterly court records, 1786, for Frederick, Berkeley, and Shenandoah counties, kept by William Allason of Fauquier County; steward's book, 1850- 1859, of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Brucetown, Frederick County; school papers, 1913-1914, of a female student attending Hampton Institute; a novel of frontier life in Rockbridge County, by Joseph McNaughton Waterman; a scrapbook, 1890s, containing articles on feminists and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; and a graduation album, 1860, from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa.

ArchivalResource: 109 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30537154 View

Blackburn, John S. (John Stuart). Notebooks and scrapbooks 1853-ca. 1908.

Title: Notebooks and scrapbooks 1853-ca. 1908.

The books include a notebook, 1853, from Charlestown Academy containing French, poetry and debates; a literature notebook, 1858-1859, reused as a scrapbook, 1872-1887; scrapbooks kept in Jefferson County and Alexandria, 1868, 1878, 1881, chiefly containing scientific, chess and Civil War clippings and some obituaries; a poetry notebook of Susan Beverly; and a U. Va. math notebook, n.d., of Bennett Taylor from John Bledsoe's class.

ArchivalResource: 7 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647927269 View

Hallowell, James, 1821-1886. Hallowell-Stabler family papers, 1811-1946.

Title: Hallowell-Stabler family papers, 1811-1946.

Correspondence of James S. Hallowell, his wife, Margaret Stabler Hallowell, their children, and other family members. Also includes letters of Edward Stabler and his children, poems by Alice Hallowell, lesson books, financial papers, and pictures of Hallowell and Stabler family members. Collection illustrates the life of a 19th century Quaker family in Alexandria, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Sandy Spring, Maryland, and Philadelphia, where several relatives resided. While emphasizing family affairs and domestic life, these papers contain material of interest on education, farm life, observations of the Civil War and the Federal bureaucracy, travel and hunting.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30316100 View

Griscom, William Wade, 1831-1895. Family correspondence, 1844-1896.

Title: Family correspondence, 1844-1896.

This collection primarily includes correspondence between William Wade Griscom and his family while he was at Benjamin Hallowell's boarding school in Alexandria, Virginia. Correspondents include his father, William, his stepmother, Sarah Whitelock, and his sister, Hannah S. Included are grade reports from Friends Central School and from Alexandria Boarding School, descriptions by William Wade Griscom of his trips to Washington, D.C., and an account of a lecture by Horace Mann. Also included are letters from Lucy M. Cooper to her daughter Sarah, written while the latter was attending the Sharon Boarding School. The collection provides details on the daily life and education of Quaker youth in the 19th century.

ArchivalResource: 13 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31403498 View

Jesup, William Croghan. Commonplace book, 1847-1849.

Title: Commonplace book, 1847-1849.

Commonplace book, kept by Jesup, containing verse, clippings, geometrical drawings, etc., dated 1847-1849; signed in one place as "Wm. Jesup January 1849 Alexandria Boarding School, Virginia."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49368755 View

Perry, Thornton Tayloe, 1892-1981,. Virginia miscellaneous papers, 1748 (ca.)-1942.

Title: Virginia miscellaneous papers, 1748 (ca.)-1942.

Miscellaneous papers for various Virginia counties, including Amherst, Bath, Botetourt, Charles City, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Middlesex, Page, Pittsylvania, Rappahannock, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, and Warren, and the cities of Alexandria, Hampton, Petersburg, Richmond, and Roanoke. Materials include correspondence, financial papers (accounts, account books, and tax receipts), legal documents (land grants, deeds, and indentures, including several signed by Thomas, Lord Fairfax), scrapbooks and commonplace books. Of particular interest are the letter book, 1816-1817, of Adams, Herbert & Co., Alexandria, Va., wholesale merchants; commonplace book, 1852-1856, of a student attending the Alexandria Boarding School, Alexandria, Va.; scrapbooks from Clarke County; memorandum book containing quarterly court records, 1786, for Frederick, Berkeley, and Shenandoah counties, kept by William Allason of Fauquier County; steward's book, 1850- 1859, of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Brucetown, Frederick County; school papers, 1913-1914, of a female student attending Hampton Institute; a novel of frontier life in Rockbridge County, by Joseph McNaughton Waterman; a scrapbook, 1890s, containing articles on feminists and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; and a graduation album, 1860, from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa.

ArchivalResource: 109 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28726482 View