A Guide to the Fairfax Harrison collection, 1730-1931 Harrison, Fairfax, collection, 1730-1931 22166

A Guide to the Fairfax Harrison collection, 1730-1931

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 22166


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
22166
Title
Fairfax Harrison collection, 1730-1931
Extent
12.225 cu. ft. and 33 boxes
Creator
Fairfax Harrison
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Fairfax Harrison. Collection, ca. 1730-1931. Accession 22166. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Charles Baird, Jr., of Marshall, Virginia.

Biographical Information

The son of Burton Norvell Harrison (1838-1904) and Constance Cary Harrison (1843-1920), Fairfax Harrison was born 13 March 1869 in New York, New York. He received his A.B. from Yale University in 1891 and his Master's of Arts from Columbia University in 1892. Admitted to the New York bar in 1892, Harrison became a solicitor for the Southern Railway in 1896. In 1906, he became a vice-president, and in 1913, president of the Southern Railway, retiring in 1937. Harrison served as vice-president of the Virginia Historical Society and as chairman of the committee overseeing the compilation of the Index of Virginia by Earl G. Swem (1870-1965). Harrison also wrote several histories on Virginia, including works on the Northern Neck, on horses and horse racing, and the Harrison and Cary families. Harrison married Hetty Cary (1871-1943) 6 June 1894. Harrison died 2 February 1938.

Scope and Content

Collection, ca. 1730-1931, of Fairfax Harrison (1869-1938) consisting mainly of extensive notes concerning race horses in America, 1730-1834, including data on importation, breeding, racing, and other aspects. These notes were collected by Fairfax Harrison and his agents from various sources, in particular from newspapers. Collection also includes transcripts or photocopies of the original items, in addition to relevant notes by Harrison. There are genealogical notes on Virginia families associated with race horses.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

Series I: Horses Series II: Individuals and families Series III: Advertisements Racing Publications Correspondence General files Oversize

Contents List

Series I: Horses .
Boxes 1-18
Extent: 18 boxes.
  • Box 1 Folder 1
    Charon.
  • Box 1 Folder 2
    Childers [Flying Childers].
  • Box 1 Folder 3
    Creeper.
  • Box 1 Folder 4
    Dragon.
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    Dutchess.
  • Box 1 Folder 6
    Eclipse.
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    Gimcrack.
  • Box 1 Folder 8
    The Godolpin [Arabian].
  • Box 1 Folder 9
    The Godolphin Arabian.
  • Box 1 Folder 10
    Godolphin mare.
  • Box 1 Folder 11
    Lexington and Boston.
  • Box 1 Folder 12
    The Lexington pedigree.
  • Box 1 Folder 13
    [Shepherd's] Lightfoot.
  • Box 1 Folder 15
    Mary Grey's pedigree.
  • Box 1 Folder 16
    Matchem.
  • Box 1 Folder 17
    Mosco's Arabian.
  • Box 1 Folder 18
    The Narragansett Pacer.
  • Box 1 Folder 19
    Selim.
  • Box 1 Folder 20
    Selima.
  • Box 1 Folder 21
    Silk Strings.
  • Box 1 Folder 22
    Sir Archy.
  • Box 1 Folder 23
    Timoleon.
  • Box 1 Folder 24
    Charon, Crab, Janus, Wildair, Arabian Bellsize.
  • Box 2 Folder 1
    Virginia horses, 1740-1764 .
  • Box 2 Folder 2
    Virginia horses, 1765-1770 .
  • Box 2 Folder 3
    Virginia horses, 1771-1776 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 2 Folder 4
    Virginia horses, 1771-1776 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 2 Folder 5
    Virginia horses, 1777-1778 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 2 Folder 6
    Virginia horses, 1777-1778 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 3 Folder 1
    Virginia horses, 1779-1781 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 3 Folder 2
    Virginia horses, 1779-1781 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 3 Folder 3
    Virginia horses, 1782-1789 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 3 Folder 4
    Virginia horses, 1782-1789 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 3 Folder 5
    Virginia horses, 1790-1793 .
  • Box 3 Folder 6
    Virginia horses, 1794 .
  • Box 4 Folder 1
    Virginia horses, 1795 .
  • Box 4 Folder 2
    Virginia horses, 1796 .
  • Box 4 Folder 3
    Virginia horses, 1797-1799 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 4 Folder 4
    Virginia horses, 1797-1799 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 4 Folder 5
    Virginia horses, 1800-1805 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 4 Folder 6
    Virginia horses, 1800-1805 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 4 Folder 7
    Virginia horses, 1806-1809 .
  • Box 5 Folder 1
    Virginia horses, 1810-1820 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 5 Folder 2
    Virginia horses, 1810-1820 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 5 Folder 3
    Virginia horses, 1820- .
  • Box 5 Folder 4
    Virginia horses--index, 1761-1830 .
  • Box 5 Folder 5
    Virginia horses--index, 1764-1825 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 5 Folder 6
    Virginia horses--index, 1764-1825 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 5 Folder 7
    Virginia studs--18th century.
  • Box 5 Folder 8
    Schedule of the twenty-six principal ante-revolutionary Virginia studs.
  • Box 5 Folder 9
    Early Kentucky pedigrees.
  • Box 5 Folder 10
    Maryland horses, 1745-1771 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 5 Folder 11
    Maryland horses, 1745-1771 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 6 Folder 1
    Maryland horses, 1772-1783 (folder 1 of 3).
  • Box 6 Folder 2
    Maryland horses, 1772-1783 (folder 2 of 3).
  • Box 6 Folder 3
    Maryland horses, 1772-1783 (folder 3 of 3).
  • Box 6 Folder 4
    Maryland horses, 1784-1812 (and later) (folder 1 of 3).
  • Box 6 Folder 5
    Maryland horses, 1784-1812 (and later) (folder 2 of 3).
  • Box 6 Folder 6
    Maryland horses, 1784-1812 (and later) (folder 3 of 3).
  • Box 6 Folder 7
    Index of Maryland horses.
  • Box 6 Folder 8
    South Carolina horses.
  • Box 6 Folder 9
    Carolina horses (duplicates).
  • Box 6 Folder 8
    South Carolina horses.
  • Box 7 Folder 1
    New Jersey pedigrees.
  • Box 7 Folder 2
    Northern horses, 1780-1788, 1797 .
  • Box 7 Folder 3
    American Stud Book entries--horses.
  • Box 7 Folder 4
    American Stud Book entries--mares.
  • Box 7 Folder 5
    Obituaries of horses bred and owned in the United States (Bruce).
  • Box 7 Folder 6
    American bred colts entered by ASB as imported from England prior to 1776 (pp. 181-203 and 3 unnumbered pages).
  • Box 7 Folder 7
    American bred colts listed by Bruce as imported.
  • Box 7 Folder 8
    Imported horses, 1730-1746 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 7 Folder 9
    Imported horses, 1730-1746 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 7 Folder 10
    Imported horses, 1747-1753 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 7 Folder 11
    Imported horses, 1747-1753 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 8 Folder 1
    Imported horses, 1754-1755 .
  • Box 8 Folder 2
    Imported horses, 1756-1759 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 8 Folder 3
    Imported horses, 1756-1759 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 8 Folder 4
    Imported horses, 1760-1761 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 8 Folder 5
    Imported horses, 1760-1761 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 8 Folder 6
    Imported horses, 1762-1763 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 8 Folder 7
    Imported horses, 1762-1763 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 8 Folder 8
    Imported horses, 1764 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 9 Folder 1
    Imported horses, 1764 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 9 Folder 2
    Imported horses, 1765 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 9 Folder 3
    Imported horses, 1765 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 9 Folder 4
    Imported horses, 1766 .
  • Box 9 Folder 5
    Imported horses, 1767 .
  • Box 9 Folder 6
    Imported horses, 1768-1772 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 9 Folder 7
    Imported horses, 1768-1772 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 10 Folder 1
    Imported horses, 1773 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 10 Folder 2
    Imported horses, 1773 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 10 Folder 3
    Imported horses, 1774-1782 .
  • Box 10 Folder 4
    Imported horses, 1783-1785 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 10 Folder 5
    Imported horses, 1783-1785 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 10 Folder 6
    Imported horses, 1786-1790 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 10 Folder 7
    Imported horses, 1786-1790 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 11 Folder 1
    Imported horses, 1791-1792 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 11 Folder 2
    Imported horses, 1791-1792 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 11 Folder 3
    Imported horses, 1793-1794 .
  • Box 11 Folder 4
    Imported horses, 1795 .
  • Box 11 Folder 5
    Imported horses, 1796 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 11 Folder 6
    Imported horses, 1796 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 11 Folder 7
    Imported horses, 1797 (folder 1 of 3).
  • Box 11 Folder 8
    Imported horses, 1797 (folder 2 of 3).
  • Box 11 Folder 9
    Imported horses, 1797 (folder 3 of 3).
  • Box 12 Folder 1
    Imported horses, 1798 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 12 Folder 2
    Imported horses, 1798 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 12 Folder 3
    Imported horses, 1799 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 12 Folder 4
    Imported horses, 1799 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 12 Folder 5
    Imported horses, 1800-1801 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 12 Folder 6
    Imported horses, 1800-1801 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 12 Folder 7
    Imported horses, 1802 .
  • Box 13 Folder 1
    Imported horses, A-O, 1803 .
  • Box 13 Folder 2
    Imported horses, P-W, 1803 .
  • Box 13 Folder 3
    Imported horses, 1804-1805 .
  • Box 13 Folder 4
    Imported horses, 1806-1811 .
  • Box 13 Folder 5
    Imported horses, 1812-1820 .
  • Box 13 Folder 6
    Imported horses, 1821-1835 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 13 Folder 7
    Imported horses, 1821-1835 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 14 Folder 1
    Imported horses after 1830 .
  • Box 14 Folder 2
    Imported horses, 1784-1830 .
  • Box 14 Folder 3
    Imported horses--obituaries.
  • Box 14 Folder 4
    Virginia imported horses.
  • Box 14 Folder 5
    Imported horses index.
  • Box 14 Folder 6
    Imported horses index.
  • Box 14 Folder 7
    Bruce's entries of horses imported before the Revolution (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 14 Folder 8
    Bruce's entries of horses imported before the Revolution (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 14 Folder 9
    Bruce's entries of horses imported after the Revolution (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 14 Folder 10
    Bruce's entries of horses imported after the Revolution (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 14 Folder 11
    Bruce--imported horses--obituaries after 1830 .
  • Box 15 Folder 1
    Imported mares, 1733-1759 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 15 Folder 2
    Imported mares, 1733-1759 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 15 Folder 3
    Imported mares, 1760-1774 (folder 1 of 3).
  • Box 15 Folder 4
    Imported mares, 1760-1774 (folder 2 of 3).
  • Box 15 Folder 5
    Imported mares, 1760-1774 (folder 3 of 3).
  • Box 15 Folder 6
    Imported mares, 1784-1830 (folder 1 of 4).
  • Box 15 Folder 7
    Imported mares, 1784-1830 (folder 2 of 4).
  • Box 15 Folder 8
    Imported mares, 1784-1830 (folder 3 of 4).
  • Box 15 Folder 9
    Imported mares, 1784-1830 (folder 4 of 4).
  • Box 16 Folder 1
    Bruce's entries of mares imported before the Revolution.
  • Box 16 Folder 2
    Bruce's entries of mares imported after the Revolution.
  • Box 16 Folder 3
    Imported mares after 1830, A-E.
  • Box 16 Folder 4
    Imported mares after 1830, F-O (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 16 Folder 5
    Imported mares after 1830, F-O (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 16 Folder 6
    Imported mares after 1830, P-Z (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 16 Folder 7
    Imported mares after 1830, P-Z (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 16 Folder 8
    Sources of mares' names.
  • Box 16 Folder 9
    Mares--miscellaneous.
  • Box 16 Folder 10
    English stallions in England, 1743-1774 (folder 1 of 2, A-N).
  • Box 16 Folder 11
    English stallions in England, 1743-1774 (folder 2 of 2, O-T).
  • Box 17 Folder 1
    English stallions in America before 1776 (folder 1 of 2--part 1).
  • Box 17 Folder 2
    English stallions in America before 1776 (folder 2 of 2--parts 2-4).
  • Box 17 Folder 3
    English bred horses in America before 1776 (folder 1 of 2--A-O, pp. 3-101).
  • Box 17 Folder 4
    English bred horses in America before 1776 (folder 2 of 2--P-Y, pp. 102-164).
  • Box 17 Folder 5
    Mythological entries in ASB of colts therein recorded as imported from England prior to 1776 (pp. 165-180).
  • Box 17 Folder 6
    Importers of two or more English horses, 1784-1830 .
  • Box 17 Folder 7
    Imported English and Irish horses.
  • Box 17 Folder 8
    English "bred " horses in America before 1776 .
  • Box 17 Folder 9
    Canadian horses.
  • Box 17 Folder 10
    Research on French Horses.
  • Box 17 Folder 11
    Spanish and Oriental stock, 1740-1830 .
  • Box 17 Folder 12
    Oriental horses in America before 1776 .
  • Box 17 Folder 13
    Bruce--imported Arabian horses after 1830 .
  • Box 17 Folder 14
    Arabians and Barbs.
  • Box 17 Folder 15
    Eaton's Arabians.
  • Box 17 Folder 16
    Index of horses and mares.
  • Box 18 Folder 1
    Entries from American Stud Book (starts at Antaeus).
  • Box 18 Folder 2
    Entries from American Stud Book (starts at Antaeus).
  • Box 18 Folder 3
    Entries from American Stud Book (starts at Antaeus).
  • Box 18 Folder 4
    Entries from American Stud Book (starts at Americus).
  • Box 18 Folder 5
    Entries from American Stud Book (starts at Americus--incomplete).
  • Box 18 Folder 6
    Entries from American Stud Book (starts at Dormouse).
  • Box 18 Folder 7
    Entries from American Stud Book (starts at Dormouse).
  • Box 18 Folder 8
    Entries from American Stud Book (starts at Dormouse).
  • Box 18 Folder 9
    Entries from American Stud Book (starts at Dormouse--incomplete).
  • Box 18 Folder 10
    Miscellaneous notes on horses (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 18 Folder 11
    Miscellaneous notes on horses (folder 2 of 2).
Series II: Individuals and families .
Boxes 19-24
Extent: 6 boxes.
  • Box 19 Folder 1
    Alexander (Lord Stirling).
  • Box 19 Folder 2
    Alston of South Carolina (Alston's Slouch).
  • Box 19 Folder 3
    Ambler.
  • Box 19 Folder 4
    Baird.
  • Box 19 Folder 5
    Banister.
  • Box 19 Folder 6
    John Baylor I.
  • Box 19 Folder 7
    John Baylor II.
  • Box 19 Folder 8
    John Baylor letters.
  • Box 19 Folder 9
    Beckwith.
  • Box 19 Folder 10
    Bland.
  • Box 19 Folder 11
    Booth (the Janus stock).
  • Box 19 Folder 12
    Braxton.
  • Box 19 Folder 13
    Brodnax.
  • Box 19 Folder 14
    Burwell.
  • Box 19 Folder 15
    Byrd.
  • Box 19 Folder 16
    Carlyle.
  • Box 19 Folder 17
    Carroll of Carrollton.
  • Box 19 Folder 18
    Carter.
  • Box 19 Folder 19
    Cary.
  • Box 19 Folder 20
    Churchill.
  • Box 20 Folder 1
    Clarke.
  • Box 20 Folder 2
    John Parke Custis.
  • Box 20 Folder 3
    Daingerfield.
  • Box 20 Folder 4
    Dandridge.
  • Box 20 Folder 5
    DeLancey.
  • Box 20 Folder 6
    Dulany.
  • Box 20 Folder 7
    Dunlop.
  • Box 20 Folder 8
    Duval.
  • Box 20 Folder 9
    Edgar.
  • Box 20 Folder 10
    Evans.
  • Box 20 Folder 11
    Evans.
  • Box 20 Folder 12
    Fairfax.
  • Box 20 Folder 13
    The Fenwicks (folder 1 of 3).
  • Box 20 Folder 14
    The Fenwicks (folder 2 of 3).
  • Box 20 Folder 15
    The Fenwicks (folder 3 of 3).
  • Box 20 Folder 16
    Fenwick.
  • Box 20 Folder 17
    Fenwick--John's Island--Fenwick will.
  • Box 20 Folder 18
    Fitzhugh.
  • Box 21 Folder 1
    Gist.
  • Box 21 Folder 2
    Lord Godolphin's stud book.
  • Box 21 Folder 3
    Goode.
  • Box 21 Folder 4
    Gower.
  • Box 21 Folder 5
    Hamilton of Maryland.
  • Box 21 Folder 6
    Harrison of Berkeley.
  • Box 21 Folder 7
    Harrison of Brandon.
  • Box 21 Folder 8
    Hart and McDonald.
  • Box 21 Folder 9
    Heard of New Jersey.
  • Box 21 Folder 10
    Hiltzheimer.
  • Box 21 Folder 11
    Hoomes of the Bowling Green.
  • Box 21 Folder 12
    Hoomes and others.
  • Box 21 Folder 13
    Hunter.
  • Box 21 Folder 14
    Benjamin Hyde of Fredericksburg.
  • Box 21 Folder 15
    James Jackson of Alabama.
  • Box 21 Folder 16
    T. Jefferson.
  • Box 21 Folder 17
    W. R. Johnson.
  • Box 21 Folder 18
    Lee.
  • Box 21 Folder 19
    Lightfoot.
  • Box 21 Folder 20
    Lloyd.
  • Box 21 Folder 21
    Ludwell.
  • Box 21 Folder 22
    Maryland Jockey Club.
  • Box 21 Folder 23
    Mayle.
  • Box 21 Folder 24
    McCarty.
  • Box 21 Folder 25
    McNaught.
  • Box 21 Folder 26
    Meade.
  • Box 21 Folder 27
    Mercer.
  • Box 21 Folder 28
    Moore of Cape Fear.
  • Box 21 Folder 29
    Morton.
  • Box 22 Folder 1
    Nelson.
  • Box 22 Folder 2
    Norris of Pennsylvania.
  • Box 22 Folder 3
    Ogle.
  • Box 22 Folder 4
    Page.
  • Box 22 Folder 5
    Lord Portmore.
  • Box 22 Folder 6
    Randolph of Roanoke.
  • Box 22 Folder 7
    John Randolph correspondence.
  • Box 22 Folder 8
    John Randolph correspondence--transcripts.
  • Box 22 Folder 9
    [John] Randolph's advertisements.
  • Box 22 Folder 10
    [John Randolph] Coalter's exr. vs. Bryan.
  • Box 22 Folder 11
    [John Randolph] Sale of the Randolph stud.
  • Box 22 Folder 12
    Randolphiana.
  • Box 22 Folder 13
    John Randolph of Charleston.
  • Box 22 Folder 14
    Ritchie.
  • Box 22 Folder 15
    Ruffin.
  • Box 22 Folder 16
    Selden.
  • Box 22 Folder 17
    James Seymour.
  • Box 22 Folder 18
    Sharpe.
  • Box 22 Folder 19
    Shy.
  • Box 22 Folder 20
    Meriwether Smith.
  • Box 22 Folder 21
    Spotswood.
  • Box 22 Folder 22
    Spotswood (Apollo's Dam.
  • Box 22 Folder 23
    Syme.
  • Box 22 Folder 24
    Talmadge of Connecticut.
  • Box 23 Folder 1
    Tasker.
  • Box 23 Folder 2
    Tasker (Selima).
  • Box 23 Folder 3
    Tasker (other than Selima).
  • Box 23 Folder 4
    Tayloe.
  • Box 23 Folder 5
    Sir John Temple.
  • Box 23 Folder 6
    Thacker.
  • Box 23 Folder 7
    Thornton.
  • Box 23 Folder 8
    Tyler.
  • Box 23 Folder 9
    E. V. Valentine.
  • Box 23 Folder 10
    Wadsworth of Connecticut.
  • Box 23 Folder 11
    Walstenholme.
  • Box 23 Folder 12
    G. Washington.
  • Box 23 Folder 13
    Williamson.
  • Box 23 Folder 14
    Willis.
  • Box 23 Folder 15
    Wormeley.
  • Box 23 Folder 16
    Virginia families, A-B.
  • Box 23 Folder 17
    Virginia families, C-D.
  • Box 23 Folder 18
    Virginia families, E-G.
  • Box 24 Folder 1
    Virginia families, H-L.
  • Box 24 Folder 2
    Virginia families, M-P.
  • Box 24 Folder 3
    Virginia families, R-S.
  • Box 24 Folder 4
    Virginia families, T-Y.
Series III: Advertisements .
Boxes 24-26
Extent: 3 boxes.
  • Box 24 Folder 5
    Virginia Gazette advertisements, 1766-1775 .
  • Box 24 Folder 6
    Virginia Gazette advertisements, 1776-1777 .
  • Box 24 Folder 7
    Virginia Gazette advertisements, 1778 .
  • Box 24 Folder 8
    Virginia Gazette advertisements, 1779 .
  • Box 24 Folder 9
    Virginia Gazette advertisements, 1780-1781 .
  • Box 24 Folder 10
    Virginia Gazette advertisements (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 24 Folder 11
    Virginia Gazette advertisements (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 25 Folder 1
    Virginia Gazette and American Advertiser advertisements, 1785-1786 .
  • Box 25 Folder 2
    Virginia Gazette and Richmond and Manchester Advertiser advertisements, 1794-1796 .
  • Box 25 Folder 3
    Virginia Gazette and Petersburg Intelligencer advertisements, 1795-1796 .
  • Box 25 Folder 4
    Petersburg Intelligencer and Republican horses at stud, 1801-1803 .
  • Box 25 Folder 5
    Petersburg Intelligencer advertisements, 1811-1818 .
  • Box 25 Folder 6
    Petersburg Intelligencer advertisements, 1811-1818 .
  • Box 25 Folder 7
    The Intelligencer and Petersburg Commercial Advertiser advertisements.
  • Box 25 Folder 8
    Virginia Argus advertisements, 1797-1801 .
  • Box 25 Folder 9
    Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg and Falmouth Advertiser advertisements, 1795-1797 .
  • Box 25 Folder 10
    Virginia Herald advertisements, 1799 .
  • Box 25 Folder 11
    Republican Citizen and Farmer and Planter's Chronicle advertisements, 1797 .
  • Box 25 Folder 12
    Republican Journal and Dumfries Weekly Advertiser advertisements, 1796 .
  • Box 25 Folder 13
    Virginia newspaper advertisements, 1787-1834 .
  • Box 25 Folder 14
    Maryland Gazette advertisements, 1749-1772 .
  • Box 25 Folder 15
    Maryland Gazette advertisements, 1778-1783 .
  • Box 25 Folder 16
    Federal Gazette and Baltimore Daily Advertiser advertisements, 1798-1803 .
  • Box 25 Folder 17
    Federal Gazette and Baltimore Daily Advertiser advertisements, 1798-1803 (duplicates).
  • Box 25 Folder 18
    North Carolina Gazette advertisements, 1775-1778 .
  • Box 25 Folder 19
    Raleigh Register and North Carolina Gazette advertisements, 1809 .
  • Box 25 Folder 20
    North Carolina advertisements, 1793-1823 .
  • Box 25 Folder 21
    North Carolina advertisements (duplicate).
  • Box 25 Folder 22
    South Carolina advertisements, part I with index, 1760-1779 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 25 Folder 23
    South Carolina advertisements, part I, 1760-1779 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 26 Folder 1
    South Carolina advertisements, part II, 1778-1812 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 26 Folder 2
    South Carolina advertisements, part II, 1778-1812 (foder 2 of 2).
  • Box 26 Folder 3
    Georgia advertisements, with index, 1763-1800 .
  • Box 26 Folder 4
    Gleanings from Philadelphia newspapers, 1788-1801 .
  • Box 26 Folder 5
    Advertisements in out-of-state newspapers (Maryland and north), 1790-1793 .
  • Box 26 Folder 6
    Out-of-state advertisements.
  • Box 26 Folder 7
    Horses--advertisements.
  • Box 26 Folder 8
    Advertisements--list of newspapers.
Series IV: Racing .
Boxes 26-27
Extent: 2 boxes.
  • Box 26 Folder 9
    Virginia racing calendar ante 1774 .
  • Box 26 Folder 10
    Virginia racing calendar (incomplete), 1785-1825 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 26 Folder 11
    Virginia racing calendar (incomplete), 1785-1825 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 26 Folder 12
    Racing notes, Norfolk Herald , 1796-1802 .
  • Box 26 Folder 13
    Petersburg Intelligencer and Republican advertisements of races, 1801-1803 .
  • Box 26 Folder 14
    Racing notes, Petersburg Intelligencer , 1804-1808 .
  • Box 26 Folder 15
    Racing in Washington, 1796-1812 .
  • Box 26 Folder 16
    Maryland racing calendar, 1749-1772 .
  • Box 26 Folder 17
    Notes on racing in Maryland newspapers, 1782-1803 .
  • Box 26 Folder 18
    Selima Stakes, 1925, 1928 .
  • Box 26 Folder 19
    Races in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
  • Box 27 Folder 1
    Advertisements of races to come, 1779-1804 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 27 Folder 2
    Advertisements of races to come, 1779-1804 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 27 Folder 3
    Advertisements of races to come, 1805-1824 (folder 1 of 2).
  • Box 27 Folder 4
    Advertisements of races to come, 1805-1824 (folder 2 of 2).
  • Box 27 Folder 5
    Racing notes, 1788-1824 .
  • Box 27 Folder 6
    American subscribers to the Racing Calendars before organization of the American Jockey Club, 1866 .
  • Box 27 Folder 7
    Racing in Virginia.
  • Box 27 Folder 8
    "Index of Horses Names "--Cheney's 1744 Racing Calendar (negative photostats).
  • Box 27 Folder 9
    "Index of Horses Names "--Cheney's 1744 Racing Calendar (positive photostats).
Series V: Publications .
Boxes 27-29
Extent: 3 boxes.
  • Box 27 Folder 10
    The John's Island Stud .
  • Box 27 Folder 11
    The John's Island Stud --proofs.
  • Box 27 Folder 12
    The John's Island Stud --gallies.
  • Box 27 Folder 13
    The John's Island Stud --special gallies.
  • Box 27 Folder 14
    The John's Island Stud --plates.
  • Box 27 Folder 15
    The John's Island Stud --images.
  • Box 28 Folder 1
    American Turf Register -- "Memoir of Sir Archy, " vol. 1, pp. 164-167.
  • Box 28 Folder 2
    American Turf Register --entries on John Randolph, vol. 1, pp. 313, 381-382, 417, 461-462.
  • Box 28 Folder 3
    American Turf Register -- "Rural Sports--Hawking in America, " vol. 2, pp. 28-29.
  • Box 28 Folder 4
    American Turf Register -- "William R. Johnson, " vol. 3, pp. 519-522, vol. 4, pp. 9-12.
  • Box 28 Folder 5
    American Turf Register -- "John Randolph of Roanoke, " vol. 4, pp. 573-578, 622-628.
  • Box 28 Folder 6
    American Turf Register -- "Sale of Part of the Stud of the Late Hon. John Randolph of Roanoke, " vol. 6, pp. 248-250.
  • Box 28 Folder 7
    American Turf Register -- "Horses of the Olden Time, " vol. 7, pp. 363-365.
  • Box 28 Folder 8
    American Turf Register -- "An American Sketch of a True Sportsman, " vol. 7, p. 368.
  • Box 28 Folder 9
    American Turf Register -- "A. J. Davis, " vol. 9, pp. 12-13, 187-188, vol. 11, pp. 47, 100, 154, 241-243, 324-326, 366, 371-372, 475-476, 559-560.
  • Box 28 Folder 10
    American Turf Register -- "The Godolphin Arabian, " vol. 10, pp. 25-30, 448-454.
  • Box 28 Folder 11
    American Turf Register -- "The Sporting Reminiscences of the Late Dr. T., " vol. 10, pp. 427-429, 527-528.
  • Box 28 Folder 12
    American Turf Register -- "List of Blood Stock, " vol. 11, pp. 12-13, 142-144, 187-188.
  • Box 28 Folder 13
    American Turf Register -- "A Quarter Race in Kentucky, " vol. 11, pp. 521-527.
  • Box 28 Folder 14
    Some American Thoroughbred Breeders, a Calendar of the Studs Reported to the American Turf Register , 1830-1844 .
  • Box 28 Folder 15
    American Turf Register , vol. 3, pp. 361, 423, 578-579.
  • Box 28 Folder 16
    American Turf Register , vol. 4, pp. 54-56, 381-383, 495-497, 548.
  • Box 28 Folder 17
    American Turf Register , vol. 5, pp. 329-330, 392, 444.
  • Box 28 Folder 18
    American Turf Register , vol. 6, pp. title, image, 1-2, 406-407, 428, 497-499.
  • Box 28 Folder 19
    American Turf Register , vol. 7, pp. 67-69, 95, 225, 239, 363-365, 368, 456, 525-526, 571-576.
  • Box 28 Folder 20
    American Turf Register --vol. 8, pp. 95-96, 256-258, 280-281, 285-288, 364, 406-409, 457-458, 495-499.
  • Box 28 Folder 21
    American Turf Register --vol. 9, pp. 5-7, 12-13, 45-48, 142-144, 187-192, 239-240, 287-288, 297-300, 335-336, 383-384, 417, 575.
  • Box 28 Folder 22
    American Turf Register --vol. 10, pp. 3-4, 25-30, 113-120, 355-357, 360-368, 427-429, 448-454, 483-484, 527-528, 532-536, 583-587.
  • Box 28 Folder 23
    American Turf Register --vol. 11, pp. 47-48, 97-100, 154, 194-200, 241-243, 252, 307, 324-326, 363-364, 366, 371-372, 426-428, 475-476, 491-492, 521-527, 556, 559-560, 655-656.
  • Box 28 Folder 24
    American Turf Register --vol. 12, pp. 165-166, 230-232, 342-344, 524-526, 590-592, 638-639, 691.
  • Box 28 Folder 25
    American Turf Register --vol. 13, pp. 107-108, 111-112, 284-288, 292, 350-352, 355-360, 408, 467, 471-472, 477-479, 529, 532, 536, 655, 699-700, 708.
  • Box 28 Folder 26
    American Turf Register --vol. 14, pp. 107-108, 134-135, 146-147, 157, 364, 367-371, 556, 622.
  • Box 28 Folder 27
    American Turf Register --vol. 15, pp. title, 128, 190, 639-640, 706.
  • Box 28 Folder 28
    Spirit of the Times --vols. 8 and 9, excerpts.
  • Box 28 Folder 29
    Spirit of the Times --vol. 13, excerpts.
  • Box 28 Folder 30
    Spirit of the Times , excerpts, 1843-1852 .
  • Box 28 Folder 31
    "English Stud Advertisements, "1743-1774 .
  • Box 29 Folder 1
    "First American Stud Book. "
  • Box 29 Folder 2
    American Stud Book --preface, 1837 .
  • Box 29 Folder 3
    Stud Book , [1826] .
  • Box 29 Folder 4
    "Two Early Private Stud Books. "
  • Box 29 Folder 5
    American Stud Book .
  • Box 29 Folder 6
    "The Background of the American Stud Book. "
  • Box 29 Folder 7
    Stud book revisions.
  • Box 29 Folder 8
    American Antiquarian Society , April 1915 , pp. 130-192.
  • Box 29 Folder 9
    "Animal Painters, "Baily's Magazine , January 1897 .
  • Box 29 Folder 10
    "The Cheney-Butler Prints, "1740-1753 --index.
  • Box 29 Folder 11
    "Collectanea for the Historian of the American Thoroughbred Horse from the Files of Skinner's American Farmer, etc. "
  • Box 29 Folder 12
    "Constitution, or Old Ironsides. "
  • Box 29 Folder 13
    "Dictionary of Artists " (Graves).
  • Box 29 Folder 14
    "Early Maryland Pedigrees. "
  • Box 29 Folder 15
    Edgar's history of the Godolphin, 1827 .
  • Box 29 Folder 16
    "the English Stallion in Ireland before 1760. "
  • Box 29 Folder 17
    The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier , 1830 .
  • Box 29 Folder 18
    The Gentleman's New Pocket Companion , 1811 .
  • Box 29 Folder 19
    "The Horse of America. "
  • Box 29 Folder 20
    "Imported English and Irish Horses. "
  • Box 29 Folder 21
    "My Life as a Slave " by Charles Stewart, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine , October 1884 .
  • Box 29 Folder 22
    Observations on Livestock , 1804 .
  • Box 29 Folder 23
    "Prints after James Roberts " (Cheney-Butler prints).
  • Box 29 Folder 24
    "Pedigrees of Thoroughbred Horses. "
  • Box 29 Folder 25
    "The State of the Blood Horse in Virginia. "
  • Box 29 Folder 26
    "Thomas Butler. "
  • Box 29 Folder 27
    "W. R. Johnson's Twenty-Mile Mare. "
  • Box 29 Folder 28
    Bibliography.
  • Box 29 Folder 29
    Bibliography.
  • Box 29 Folder 30
    Title pages.
Series VI: Fairfax Harrison correspondence , 1926, 1928-1931 .
Box 30
Extent: 1 box.
  • Box 30 Folder 1
    Letter, 27 November 1926, from Lord Fairfax to Fairfax Harrison.
  • Box 30 Folder 2
    General correspondence, December 1928 .
  • Box 30 Folder 3
    General correspondence, January 1929 .
  • Box 30 Folder 4
    General correspondence, February-March 1929 .
  • Box 30 Folder 5
    General correspondence, May 1929 .
  • Box 30 Folder 6
    Letter, 31 May 1929, from Fairfax Harrison to Richard Baylor.
  • Box 30 Folder 7
    General correspondence, July-August 1929 .
  • Box 30 Folder 8
    General correspondence, September-October 1929 .
  • Box 30 Folder 9
    General correspondence, November-December 1929 .
  • Box 30 Folder 10
    General correspondence, January-March 1930 .
  • Box 30 Folder 11
    General correspondence, April-May 1930 .
  • Box 30 Folder 12
    General correspondence, June-September 1930 .
  • Box 30 Folder 13
    General correspondence, November 1930 .
  • Box 30 Folder 14
    General correspondence, 1-5 December 1930 .
  • Box 30 Folder 15
    General correspondence, 6-20 December 1930 .
  • Box 30 Folder 16
    General correspondence, 22-31 December 1930 .
  • Box 30 Folder 17
    General correspondence, January 1931 .
  • Box 30 Folder 18
    General correspondence, February 1931 .
  • Box 30 Folder 19
    General correspondence, March-May 1931 .
  • Box 30 Folder 20
    General correspondence: newspaper lists.
  • Box 30 Folder 21
    Letter, 2 October 19[--], from John [-----] to Fairfax Harrison.
Series VII: General files .
Boxes 30-31
Extent: 2 boxes.
  • Box 30 Folder 22
    Letter, 18 July 1666, from Thomas Ludwell to Lord Arlington.
  • Box 30 Folder 23
    Letter, 25 February 1831, from Joseph Lewis to George Carter.
  • Box 30 Folder 24
    Letters, 1822-1823, from Alva Fisher to Charles Henry Hall.
  • Box 30 Folder 25
    Obituary of Charles Henry Hall in Spirit of the Times , vol. 21, p. 583, 1852 .
  • Box 30 Folder 26
    King and Queen County records, 1707-1707/8 .
  • Box 30 Folder 27
    Middlesex County minute book, 1673/4 .
  • Box 30 Folder 28
    Continental Congress, 1774 .
  • Box 30 Folder 29
    South Carolina map.
  • Box 31 Folder 1
    Edwin Surber research at the Virginia State Library (folder 1).
  • Box 31 Folder 2
    Edwin Surber research at the Virginia State Library (folder 2).
  • Box 31 Folder 3
    Edwin Surber research at the Virginia State Library (folder 3).
  • Box 31 Folder 4
    Edwin Surber research at the Virginia State Library (folder 4).
  • Box 31 Folder 5
    Edwin Surber research at the Virginia State Library (folder 5).
  • Box 31 Folder 6
    Edwin Surber research at the Virginia State Library (folder 6).
  • Box 31 Folder 7
    Edwin Surber research at the Virginia State Library (folder 7).
  • Box 31 Folder 8
    Miscellaneous articles.
  • Box 31 Folder 9
    Miscellaneous clippings from Virginia and Kentucky newspapers.
  • Box 31 Folder 10
    Miscellaneous clippings from Virginia and other state newspapers.
  • Box 31 Folder 11
    Clippings copied at the University of Chicago.
  • Box 31 Folder 12
    Miscellaneous clippings.
  • Box 31 Folder 13
    Virginia Patriot , 9 October 1810 .
  • Box 31 Folder 14
    Miscellaneous images.
  • Box 31 Folder 15
    Miscellaneous papers.
  • Box 31 Folder 16
    Indexes to envelopes (no correlation to current folders.
Series VIII: Oversize .
Boxes 32-33
Extent: 2 boxes.
  • Box 32 Folder 1
    American Farmer , 1826-1827 .
  • Box 32 Folder 2
    American Farmer , 1827-1828 .
  • Box 32 Folder 3
    American Farmer , 1826-1828 .
  • Box 32 Folder 4
    American Farmer , 1829 .
  • Box 32 Folder 5
    American Farmer , 1828-1829 .
  • Box 32 Folder 6
    Annals of the American and English Turf .
  • Box 32 Folder 7
    Richmond Enquirer , 21 February 1832 .
  • Box 32 Folder 8
    Sportsman's Oracle and Country Gentleman's Newspaper , May 1866 .
  • Box 32 Folder 9
    Sportsman's Oracle and Country Gentleman's Newspaper , May 1866 .
  • Box 32 Folder 10
    Sportsman's Oracle and Country Gentleman's Newspaper , 1866 .
  • Box 32 Folder 11
    The Turf, Field and Farm , September-December 1866 .
  • Box 33 Folder 1
    John Harvey scrapbook collection.
  • Box 33 Folder 2
    Letter, 18 July 1666 from Thomas Ludwell to Lord Arlington.
  • Box 33 Folder 3
    Petitions to the Crown, ca.1701-1702 .
  • Box 33 Folder 4
    James Madison almanac, 1742 .
  • Box 33 Folder 5
    Matters relating to the French refugees, 12 March 1701/2 .
  • Box 33 Folder 6
    Miscellaneous papers--will of John Warner and letter, Anne Nicholas to Wilson Cary Nicholas, Joh, 1742, 1784 .