Fredericksburg (Va.)

Scope and Contents Clipping scrapbooks compiled by Alleene C. Jones of Norfolk, Virginia. Scrapbook 1 (1912-1936) primarily chronicles conventions and annual meetings of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Norfolk from 1923-1936, although there are also clippings relating to local history and theater. Ephemera from Scrapbook 1 includes convention programs, ribbons, a pin, an invitation, and a photograph. Scrapbooks 2-4 include obituaries and deaths of primarily local notable figures from 1922-1947...

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Photographs of prominent United States buildings made using aquia freestone. Includes a historical explanation on the use of aquia freestone on the inside back cover. Most of the featured buildings are centered in Washington, D. C.

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Primarily 1930s correspondence from Mary Hope Harcum at State Teachers College in Fredericksburg, Virginia to her mother, Christie Barker Harcum, at 1055 Hanover Avenue in the neighborhood of Larchmont in Norfolk, Virginia. Also included are greeting cards, two photographs, a 1931-1932 program card, two small calendars dated 1931 and 1932, a recipe for plain cake, two obituaries, and a January 1922 clipping from The Woman's Magazine.

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Letters from Walker Jones, a private of the 11th Virginia Infantry, to his family during the Civil War between 1861 and 1863. Also includes one letter each from his brothers, Charles W. and James.

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Receipts, statements, correspondence, report cards, and photographs primarily relating to the Wilson family of Staunton and Norfolk, Virginia. Prominent individuals' materials include Sarah Jane Phillips, Pamelia Bolling West Wilson, Louisa M. West, Charles Bolling Wilson, Frances Wilson, Louisa Wilson, Bettie S. West, Cary R. Wilson, and Sarah "Sally" K. West.