Miscellaneous broadsides and brochures from state and local historical societies [manuscript]

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Miscellaneous broadsides and brochures from state and local historical societies [manuscript]

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The collection contains a broadside from Brown's Antique Auction, Culpeper, Va., 1952 May 17; a brochure for "Historic Virginia," a 30 minute motion picture sponsored by Esso; two Christmas cards, 1951, 1952, with woodcuts of Woodlawn and Mount Vernon by Worth Bailey for the National Trust for Historic Preservation; an announcement of the publication of "Virginia's Eastern Shore" by Ralph T. Whitelaw; an announcement of the publication of "Virginia Venturer" by Nathaniel C. Hale; two announcements for genealogical publications; and a membership card in the American Association For State and Local History.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7081145

University of Virginia. Library

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Woodlawn Mansion (Fairfax Va.)

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Woodlawn was part of George Washington’s Mount Vernon. In 1799, he gave the site to his nephew, Lawrence Lewis, and Lewis’ new bride, Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis, Martha’s granddaughter, in hopes of keeping Nelly close to Mount Vernon. The newly-married couple built the Georgian/Federal house designed by William Thornton, architect of the U.S. Capitol. In 1846, the entire plantation was sold to Quaker timber merchants, who purposefully operated the farm plantation with free labor, making a s...

Esso Standard Oil Company

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Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)

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Mount Vernon is located on the Potomac River near the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and is best known as the home of George and Martha Washington. George Washington's ancestors acquired the estate when it was known as Little Hunting Creek Plantation. In 1740, Lawrence Washington renamed the plantation Mount Vernon after the English naval officer Admiral Edward Vernon, under whom he served. Under George Washington, the plantation reached a size of nearly 8,000 acres and was divided into five far...

Hale, Nathaniel C. (Nathaniel Claiborne), 1903-

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National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States

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Bailey, Worth

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Worth Bailey graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked as a museum and research assistant at Jamestown and Yorktown before he was hired by the MVLA in 1939 as a museum technician. His first project at Mount Vernon was creating a catalog of museum collections with photographs and updated information gathered from his research. Bailey wrote articles on Mount Vernon’s collections and history, and assisted with several other MVLA publications. His talent as a woodblock artist remains ...

Brown's Antique Auction.

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Whitelaw, Ralph T.

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