Collection : of the Society of the Lees of Virginia, 1771-1989.

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Collection : of the Society of the Lees of Virginia, 1771-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29991711

This collection contains correspondence, letters, maps, genealogical charts, books, periodicals, newspaper and magazine clippings, business records, index cards, completed membership applications, brochures, booklets, prints, reports, court records, property records, and histories which document the family history of Lees in Virginia, especially to the Lees related to Richard Lee, the emigrant. There are extensive series of files by names of individuals with the surname of Lee, by surnames of other families which intermarried with the Lees, and by names of properties associated with these families. Other major series cover the English ancestry of the Lees, antique objects associated with the Lees, and the records of the Society of the Lees of Virginia. There are files on dozens of related families, but the Goldsborough and Boothe families are particularly well represented. The photograph collection provides portraits of many of the Lees as well as pictures of Lee homes and other related subjects.

38 linear ft.

Alexandria Library. Local History / Special Collections (Alexandria, Va.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7281527

Alexandria Library. Local History / Special Collections (Alexandria, Va.)

Related Entities

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Goldsborough family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c91k7w (family)

Lee family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6454wfw (family)

Templeman, Eleanor Lee Reading, 1906-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vf05gd (person)

Eleanor Lee Reading Templeman was a local historian, author, preservationist and photographer. From 1947 until her death, Mrs. Templeman served the Society of the Lees of Virginia as Secretary, Genealogist and Historian. She wrote four books and numerous journal articles, primarily on the Lee family and also local history. Mrs. Templeman was a driving force behind legislation to preserve Sully Plantation (1958) and the creation of Leesylvania State Park (1978). Throughout her life Mrs. Templeman...

Society of the Lees of Virginia.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq7rhh (corporateBody)

The society was established in 1921 by Cazenove Gardner Lee, Jr. and other members of the Lee family to recognize the contributions of the family to American history, to preserve and restore historic sites of family interest, prepare genealogies, and hold reunions. The membership comprises descendants of Col. Richard Lee who settled York County, Virginia, by 1642. Recent records were collected by Eleanor Lee Reading Templeman. From the description of Collection : of the Society of th...

Booth family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65f81xd (family)