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Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0155
Scope and Contents
This collection in comprised principally business and family correspondence and general papers of the Baer family of the Panther Gap vicinity of Rockbridge County, Va. with a concentration of papers relative to the family's land holdings such as maps, indentures, and wills. Other highlights are a group of twenty-one manuscript weaving drafts for making household textiles, a family Bible in German(l744), local militia fines, genealogical materials, some relating to the Decker and Hite (Heyt)...
Dates:
1744 - 1929
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0008
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 9 letters dated from 1839, 1845-1863 from correspondents such as A. C. Finley and Ebenezer Dickey Junkin to Jonathan Brooks of Brownsburg, Va., as well as bills and receipts. The subjects of the letters include news from Finley of Clarksville, Va. regarding finances and business, agriculture, and family news. In his 1845 letter to Brooks, Finley references a Jewish business but does not specifically name the company or individual(s). In his 1847 letter, Finley...
Dates:
1839-1872
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0162
Scope and Contents
The collection covers nearly all phases of Hodges' career as economist and public official, from 1908 until 1942, when he retired from the Army Ordnance office. Early materials include reports on Southern agriculture and immigration for various agencies. Hodges' first efforts to reform and streamline Virginia state government may be seen in the minutes and papers of the Virginia Commission on Economy and Efficiency. There is...
Dates:
Inclusive 1908-1942
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0180
Scope and Contents
The account and barter book contains handwriting samples and aphorisms. Account notations are in British currency. Rum and molasses are the predominant products listed. It also includes a poem on the American Revolutionary War effort of New Hampshire's soldiers by William Proctor. The poem includes a mention of General George Washington.
Dates:
Inclusive 1759-1792
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0428
Scope and Contents
This is an autographed letter signed from Philander Chase in New Orleans, La. to Rev. C. Jones. Chase mentions shipping a barrel of oranges on the Brig Holkar ship. A prayer is written on the back of the letter in a different handwriting.
Dates:
Inclusive 1805-1813
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0476
Scope and Contents
This account book documents agricultural operations for a southern Rockbridge County farmer between April 1863 and June 1867. The compiler is possibly Johnathan Poague, whose son, John William Poague, signed the book on the inside front cover. John William Poague attended Washington College in 1868 for one year. Contents include expenditures and receipts for day to day farm operations, crop production numbers, and diary - like entries. Contents of specific note include a registry of names of...
Dates:
Inclusive 1861-1867; Majority of material found within Bulk 1863-1867
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-4
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0046
Scope and Contents
This collection contains: a letter advertising a medication, on the other side of which is a note about the sale of the Galbraith Farm and a note about a trial; a letter from the Rockbridge Historical Society concerning a landmark next to the Stonewall Jackson Farm; a copy of an address delivered before the Rockbridge Historical Society by Colonel William Couper about the Virginia Military Institute; a memorande concerning a farm owned and operated by Major T.J. "Stonewall"...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1860 - 1988
Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research materials compiled by Charles W. Turner for his book Virginia's Green Revolution.
Dates:
1834 - 1942; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1890
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0178
Scope and Contents
This account book was kept by W.A. McComb. In 1892 the Farmer's Alliance, of which he was a member, built a new hall to be used for its meetings as well as for a church and community center. Most of the entries in the account book were for expenses associated with the construction and use of the hall. It indicates that oyster suppers were held at the hall.
Dates:
Inclusive 1892-1906
