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A Guide to the Brewer Family Papers, 1847-1983 Brewer Family, Papers, 1847-1983 51003

A Guide to the Brewer Family Papers, 1847-1983

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 51003


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
51003
Title
Brewer Family Papers, 1847-1983
Physical Description
.9 cubic feet (2 boxes).
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Brewer Family Papers, 1847-1983. Accession 51003. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased.

Biographical Information

The Brewer family were residents of Rockingham County, Virginia. Adam H. Brewer was born on 5 September 1822. He was a merchant and served as constable and deputy sheriff. He married Jane E. Rhodes (1830-1904). Adam H. Brewer died on 2 October 1905 and is buried in Keezletown Cemetery. His son, Scott William Brewer was born on 26 August 1858. He was a physician. Dr. Brewer married Flemma Swank (1867-1943). He died in 1927.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1847-1983, of the Brewer family of Rockingham County, Virginia, namely Adam H. Brewer (1822-1905) and his son Dr. Scott W. Brewer (1858-1927). The collection contains clippings, correspondence, poetry, recipes, school exercises, scrapbook, stamp collection, teacher's register from Greenwood School in Albemarle County, and information on the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. There is a good deal of material related to Adam H. Brewer's duties as constable, including executions and receipts for claims due various individuals, lists of claims collected and returned, and memorandum and receipt books.

Contents List

Box 1 Folder 1
...and then we'll get him! by Gahan Wilson, 1978 .
Box 1 Folder 2
Armentrout v. Funkhouser, 1876 .
Box 1 Folder 3
Bible Verses Read .
Box 1 Folder 4
Bill of Sale - Morris/Kerlin, 1886 .
Box 1 Folder 5
Clippings .
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence .
Box 1 Folder 7
Death Certificate - Myers/Davis, 1918 .
Box 1 Folder 8
Diary Entries .
Box 1 Folder 9
Donovan Memorial Church, 1943 .
Box 1 Folder 10
Envelopes .
Box 1 Folder 11
Estate of Dr. William Williams .
Box 1 Folder 12-16
Executions, 1847, 1870-1898 .
Box 1 Folder 17
Forthcoming Bonds .
Box 1 Folder 18
Home Demonstration Club, 1937-1938 .
Box 1 Folder 19
Indemnity Bonds .
Box 1 Folder 20
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Valley Lodge No. 40, 1914 .
Box 1 Folder 21
Insurance .
Box 1 Folder 22
Know Your City - Waynesboro, 1983 .
Box 1 Folder 23
Lists of Claims Collected and Returned, 1885-1893 .
Box 1 Folder 24
McCree, Winifred Fleming Brewer .
Box 1 Folder 25
Memorandum Book, 1854-1855 .
Box 1 Folder 26
Miscellaneous .
Box 1 Folder 27
National Library Week Promotion Aids Brochure, 1970 .
Box 1 Folder 28
Orders to Pay Witnesses .
Box 1 Folder 29
The Otterbein Teacher, April-May 1943 .
Box 2 Folder 1
Photographs .
Box 2 Folder 2
Poetry .
Box 2 Folder 3
Promissory Notes .
Box 2 Folder 4
Receipt Book, 1854-1857 .
Box 2 Folder 5
Receipt Book, 1887-1890, 1897 .
Box 2 Folder 6-11
Receipts, 1850-1898 .
Box 2 Folder 12
Receipts, undated .
Box 2 Folder 13
Recipes .
Box 2 Folder 14
School Exercises .
Box 2 Folder 15
Scrapbook .
Box 2 Folder 16
Stamp Collection .
Box 2 Folder 17
Subscription List .
Box 2 Folder 18
Tax Tickets and Receipts .
Box 2 Folder 19
Teacher's Register - Greenwood School (Albemarle County), 1955-1956 .
Box 2 Folder 20
Woman's Christian Temperance Union .