Receipts

Circa 1914-1918 business and personal correspondence belonging to Richard A. Old of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes photographs of the Monticello Hotel fire aftemath in 1918, account books for R. A. Old & Company from 1936-1937, and the diary of Richard A. Old, Jr. from 1930-1937.

Seventeen receipts belonging to Robert B. Taylor, dating from 1820 to 1830. Receipts are for a wide variety of items including food, revenue taxes, boot repairs, postage, shoes, schooner transport of a barouche, repair of riding equipment, debts owed, small home-related repairs, an assurance policy, and sale of stock in the Dismal Swamp Land Company. Also includes two oversized receipts from the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia.

Twenty-three 1859-1876 invoices, two receipts dated 1876 and 1881, thirteen letters dating between 1809 and 1876, and one envelope, from Rowland and Brothers, a wholesale grocer and commission merchant in Norfolk, Virginia. The invoices, receipts, and correspondence were sent to Paul C. Cameron, a planter from Hillsboro, North Carolina.

One 1830-1831 receipt from John B. Smith, administrator of William Whitehurst, to Edward Fentress, for slaves sold at the Courthouse at auction.

One 1909-1923 minute book recording the events and activities of the women in the Norfolk College Alumnae Association, R. M. Saunders Memorial Chapter in Norfolk, Virginia. Additional loose materials found inside the minute book range in date between 1888 and 1944 and include more minutes, treasurer's notes, miscellaneous organizational records, correspondence, and clippings.

Booklets and miscellaneous materials relating to Vance Grover, a 1932 alumnus of The College of William and Mary, Norfolk Division in Norfolk, Virginia. Also includes positive prints of negative strips depicting various individuals and scenes.

Speeches, correspondence, poetry, genealogy papers, and miscellaneous items relating to Wilmer Willis Houston.