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Miscellaneous Items, 1851 - 1979

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

This folder contains:- Two page historical sketch of Hollins College 1923, 1924, 1925 - Letters among W. W. Ackerly’s wartime buddies concerning wartime news 1942 + With the Colors publication of Mar. 17, 1942 with picture of FDR on the cover referencing his 60th birthday - Letter Sept. 4, 1939 from William W. Ackerly, Esq. to Circuit Court Loudoun County asking for date of deed of trust from Mary D.A. Field (widow) to L. R. Bartenstein and “myself” covering sale of farm

- Questions on Pleading and Practice textbook of laws at Washington & Lee owned and annotated by William W. Ackerly 1912

- Law textbook (Washington & Lee) with many annotations by William W. Ackerly 1912 no binding, cover, or title

- William W. Ackerly’s notebook on Negotiable Instruments (Washington & Lee) 1912

- William W. Ackerly’s notebook on Contracts 1912

- William W. Ackerly’s notebook on Real Property (Washington & Lee) 1912

- William W. Ackerly’s notebook on Equity Pleading (Washington & Lee) 1912 - Envelope with a “Weather Diary: 1851-1872” in the handwriting of Mary D. Ackerly. - Tiny photos (1 X 2) from WWI period (some faded penciled writing on the back indicating locations) - Three 3 X 5 photos from 1916. One shows soldier holding newspaper with headline “Hughes Wins” (which he didn’t against the Democratic incumbent Woodrow Wilson) - Booklet Trooping re: Troop H 1st Cavalry N.G.N.Y. Apr. 1, 1916 W.W. Ackerly on roster - Letter from W. F. Carpenter Centreville, VA July 1, 1958 “My Dear Judge” (William W. Ackerly) “congratulations of high office” - Booklet Military Map Reading - Letter to Mary Ackerly Fields from William Cooper of VMI thanking her for her words of praise about his book on New Market and praising Our Kin June 21, 1933 - Letter from Goodspeed’s Book Shop asking about price change for Our Kin Feb. 10, 1936 - Pamphlet A Few Plain Words about the Lexington Development Company (undated) - Photo of “Ann Smith School as I First Saw It” – Lucy Ackerly (graduated 1910) – courtesy of M.W. Paxton, Jr. - Term report of Mary D. Ackerly teacher at Public School #4 May 1913 student list and details of school’s condition - Notes from The Kiwanis Club of Lexington, VA Nov. 26, 1930 Bill Ackerly, Secretary many local names - Postcard to Capt W.W. Ackerly 723 Military Police Btn, Fort Meade, MD Mar. 20, 1942 from Lucy Ackerly re: mother’s condition - Four vouchers Camp Wadsworth SC transfer of funds from Lt. William W. Ackerly Nov. 13, 1917 - List of property “purchased for company” no date (World War I ?) - Letter from France Aug. 15, 1918 William Ackerly to his mother - Letter from Couvere, France Feb. 5, 1919 William Ackerly to his parents full of information about occupation life - Pamphlet Lynchburg of ye Olden Tyme by George Tillman Snead in verse 1931 - Pamphlet Lynchburg in Old Virginia: The City of Industry and Opportunity

Richmond Times Dispatch Sunday Magazine sections Jan. 6, 1935 and Jan. 13, 1935 (nothing specific in either related to Ackerlys) - Letter in large brown envelope to Lucy Ackerly from Ruth Schozning (Mrs. Cecil Fulton, Mo.) enclosing 20 pages of Missouri Douglas genealogy May 24, 1979 ) - Newspaper clipping Bedford Democrat Oct. 1, 1931 headline “Data Concerning Point Pleasant Soldiers is Given: Mrs. George P. Parker and Miss Earle Dennis Make Search of Records” ) - Tablet and pile of applications to DAR Daughters of the American Revolution Mary D. Ackerly writing on Cover ‘Clayton & Turpin Lines of Descent Keep Valuable” (Mabel Elizabeth Hatcher, Natural Bridge Station; Louise Cooper Jennings Royall, Bristol; Louise Cooper Jennings; Florence Evans Simpson, Birmingham, AL) - Patent Medicine pamphlet 1880-1884 - Two letters to Mrs. G. H. Field from Friends of the Library at Washington & Lee Dec. 3, 1936 and Apr. 26, 1941 - Order of Worship Trinity Methodist Church May 29, 1932 - Lexington High School Crystal yearbook 1927 - Virginia Teacher’s Registers of Lucy Ackerly for Ann Smith Primary “White” School 1940-1941 and 1943-1944 Grade III including “report cards” for 1944

- DOCUMENTS RELATING TO FIELDMONT (owned by Harris Field and Mary D. Ackerly Field in The Plains).

Dates

  • Creation: 1851 - 1979

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Box

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository

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