Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

This record group contains papers and projects created by students as part of their coursework, such as honors theses and capstone papers.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

This record group contains papers and projects created by students as part of their coursework, such as honors theses and capstone papers.

Scope and Contents Folder includes newspaper article entitled, "Life of Blacks in Brownsburg Recalled", "Brownsburg of Old Recalled" and the "The Brownsburg Homicide". Also included is a pamphlet titles "Commencement Exercises Invitations for the Senior Class" (1933), in which students Everette Sensabaugh, Beatrice Hart, Mary Buchanan, Virginia Craig, Mary Lotts, Nellie Wade, Mary Ellen Sweet, Mitchell Swisher, and Hugh Adams are mentioned.The folder also conatins a copy of the "Historic Brownsburg...

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

This record group contains papers and projects created by students as part of their coursework, such as honors theses and capstone papers.

Content Description

A 2015 copy of an original photograph of the Runkle family farm west of Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Va. the farm is now called 'Blue Grass Farm.'. The photograph shows Runkle family members in the foreground of their 19th century brick federal style brick home. Outbuildings are visible in the background. People in the image include John Alexander Runkle and his wife Annie Ardelia Arehart Runkle with daughters Maggie, Katherine. Sons David and Stuart could also be in the image.

Scope and Contents The Hugh Adams Papers archive is comprised of approximately 75 documents concerning the emancipation of nineteen slaves of the Adams estate and their estate imposed emigration to Careysburg, Liberia. Adams was actively involved for many years with the American Colonization Society ( A.C.S.) which promoted and engaged in the emigration process of free or freed African-Americans to Liberia on the west African coast. Included in the archive is an original handwritten copy of the will of Hugh...

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This collection consists of a single ledger kept by John Henry Boswell Jones between 1891-1892. It was used to record business transactions for goods sold and purchased by local farmers and merchants. The ledger also lists the names and classes of the 28 students Jones taught during this time. Local names include McClung, Smiley, Riley, Wade, Wilson, McFadden, Ervine, Richie, Brooks, Martin, Terrell, Humphries, Jones, Hotinger, and Leaver.

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...

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This folder contains a report on the Lunsford House, including a history of the building and land, structural information, and blueprints and photographs of the house.

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This dedger of a store in Brownsburg, Virginia contains records of the company's expenditures and inventory, including clothing, fabric, and dyes.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

This record group contains papers and projects created by students as part of their coursework, such as honors theses and capstone papers.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

This record group contains papers and projects created by students as part of their coursework, such as honors theses and capstone papers.