Memoirs

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Primarily includes papers from the 1990s collected or written by Amelia E. Hitchings relating to her mother, Ruby Martha Etheridge. The papers relate to Etheridge's life and character, mostly as remembered by her daughter. A majority of materials are photocopies and include handwritten and typed correspondence, certificates, clippings, and published materials.

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Photographs of the Conwell family from 1923-1933, a memoir by David Miers Conwell, and a diary by Bessie Conwell from 1929.

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Personal letters of the Digges, Calvert, and Hill families, mostly in the areas of Petersburg, Newport News, and Hampton, Virginia.

Scope and Contents Twenty-three chapters, an introduction, and an appendix for William W. Blackford's memoir First and Last, or Battles in Virginia. The typescript details Blackford's experience as a cavalry officer under Jeb Stuart and as a Lieutenant Colonel of the Engineer Corps. All typescript pages were typed on the back of letterhead for the Richmond, Virginia office of The Prudential Insurance Company of America. The pages include handwritten edits in both pencil and...

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One-hundred thirty pages of photocopies featuring Lieutenant Colonel Walter H. Taylor's Flash-Lights from Headquarters of the Army of Northern Virginia and approximately 76 photocopied documents and research notes relating to Taylor. Most of the research notes are transcriptions and some of the transcription notes have been written on the photocopied manuscripts. The date of the original materials is primarily 1862 to 1865.

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Two 1950s clipping scrapbooks of articles written by Louisa Venable Kyle of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The collection also includes a Kyle-Venable Family book of origins featuring genealogical research and photographs of ancestral homes and plantation houses, compiled by Louisa Venable Kyle in Summer 1968. There are also writings of and about Louisa Venable Kyle dating from 1950-1990 in the collection.

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One typescript copy of Westwood A. Todd's 1882 memoir of the Civil War, covering the time period from April 1861 through July 1865.

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Historical and biographical documents generally relating to the Tidewater area of Virginia, genealogy records, correspondence, maps, and photographs. Notably, this collection also contains several original English legal documents (such as deeds and wills) dating back to 1597 and the early 1600s.

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Memoir recounting Russell Dawson's boyhood memories of the Civil War, particularly the capture of Norfolk, Virginia by the Union in May 1862.