Papers of the Venable, Minor, Wilson and related families [manuscript], 1822-1980 (bulk 1875-1946).

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Papers of the Venable, Minor, Wilson and related families [manuscript], 1822-1980 (bulk 1875-1946).

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Papers of the Minor, Venable, McDowell, Klingman, and Colston families consist of family correspondence, manuscripts, drawings, paintings, photographs, and memorabilia. The bulk of the collection consists of letters to Anne C. J. Minor Klingman, daughter of Natalie Venable Minor and University of Virginia professor Raleigh Colston Minor and wife of Walter O. Klingman. In addition the collection contains letters to family members Charles Scott Venable, Raleigh Colston Minor, and Mary L. Minor. World War I and II and travels abroad are major subjects. Specific topics include U. S. politics, 1875; Virginia in the 1870s; C. C. Pinckney's "Life of General Thomas Pinckney"; James Longstreet's "From Manassas to Appomattox"; the dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain, 1895; training at Camp Lee, Va.; Oxford University, 1915; France, May to November 1918; occupation of Germany, 1919; Haiti, 1925; Italy and France, 1925; England, 1928; France, 1929, including school at Toul; a legal matter concerning an African-American servant of the family, 1940; and job hunting in Washington, D. C., 1943. The collection also contains a family Bible; records, clippings and sketches concerning the related families; "Recipes and Household Hints"; transcripts of letters from Eliza Jacquelin "Betsy" Ambler to Ann "Nancy" Ambler Fisher with many references to John Marshall; photographs of many family members; a Hampton-Sidney catalog, 1896; an Episcopal High School flier, 1925; a Republican National Convention medal; a Stonewall Jackson statue dedication medal; an article on an 1820 visit to Albemarle County by John S. Skinner, editor of the American Farmer; and a poster of a composite photograph of "Confederate Commanders." University of Virginia miscellany includes a poem by Moncure Lyne; a Seven Society card and IMP charm; a pastel drawing of the Rotunda; and three issues of the "Yellow Journal," 1924, 1926, 1929.

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Minor family.

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Minor, Anne C. J.,

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