A Guide to the T. Turner Foster Papers, 1740-1978 (bulk 1920-1972) #45111

Series I. Correspondence, 1774-1978 .

Boxes 1-13

Extent: 13 boxes.

There are two groups of correspondence. The first group covers the period 1774 to 1978 and is arranged chronologically. The earliest letters are written by James W. Foster (1807-1866) to his wife while he was serving in the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond. There are also letters written by John S. Knox, Sr. (1827-1906) in Alexandria to his wife. There are Civil War letters written by David Holmes Conrad (1800-1877) of Martinsburg, (West) Virginia to James W. Foster (concerning the deaths of his sons Holmes Addison Conrad (1837-1861) and Henry Tucker Conrad (1839-1861), while they were serving with the 2nd Virginia Infantry at Manassas. There are also letters from Dr. Arthur Moray Randolph (1815-1867) of Tallahassee, Florida regarding the death of his son Thomas Easton Randolph (1841-1862) of the 1st Florida Infantry. The other Civil War letters are written by Thomas Hunton Foster (1835-1864) to his father while he was a prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland. There is a 1902 letter from Eppa Hunton (1822-1908) containing comments on his son's law practice and attendance at the Constitutional Convention in Richmond. There is a good deal of correspondence to and from Turner Foster and his brother E. Carter Foster (1895-1973) while they were attending Episcopal High School in Alexandria, and while Turner Foster was attending Bogue Institute in Indianapolis, and Hatfield Institute in Chicago. Finally, this group contains letters written while Turner Foster was employed in thrashing and harvesting jobs out West in Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. There are also postcards written by him during this period in the Subject Files.

The second group of correspondence covers the years 1930 to 1972 and is arranged by year (with some gaps), and thereunder alphabetically by surname or topic. This group concerns mainly to the operation of Glenville Farm. It contains correspondence, as well as accounts and receipts, pertaining to seed, fertilizer, feed, coal, gas, and oil, livestock and equipment purchases, sales, and repairs, warranty information, hiring of farm hands, stock purchases and dividends, vestry and financial information relating to Grace Church, insurance and taxes, and other matters. There is a good deal of correspondence from the Department of Agriculture, the Virginia Aberdeen-Angus Association, the Fauquier National Bank of Warrenton, and information on various speech classes and institutes. Finally, there are many letters between Foster and his siblings concerning the settlement of their mother's estate and the sale of Glenville.

Box 1 Folder 1
1774 .
Box 1 Folder 2
1835 .
Box 1 Folder 3
1837 .
Box 1 Folder 4
1841 .
Box 1 Folder 5
1842 .
Box 1 Folder 6
1856 .
Box 1 Folder 7
1859 .
Box 1 Folder 8
1860 .
Box 1 Folder 9
1861 .
Box 1 Folder 10
1862 .
Box 1 Folder 11
1863 .
Box 1 Folder 12
1864 .
Box 1 Folder 13
1865 .
Box 1 Folder 14
1866 .
Box 1 Folder 15
1869 .
Box 1 Folder 16
1875 .
Box 1 Folder 17
1876 .
Box 1 Folder 18
1877 .
Box 1 Folder 19
1880 .
Box 1 Folder 20
1882 .
Box 1 Folder 21
1890 .
Box 1 Folder 22
1891 .
Box 1 Folder 23
1896 .
Box 1 Folder 24
1897 .
Box 1 Folder 25
1898 .
Box 1 Folder 26
1899 .
Box 1 Folder 27
1900 .
Box 1 Folder 28
1902 .
Box 1 Folder 29
1904 .
Box 1 Folder 30
1905 .
Box 1 Folder 31
1906 .
Box 1 Folder 32
1908 .
Box 1 Folder 33
1909 .
Box 1 Folder 34
1910 .
Box 1 Folder 35
1911 .
Box 1 Folder 36
1912 .
Box 1 Folder 37
1913 .
Box 1 Folder 38
1915 .
Box 1 Folder 39
1916 (January-February) .
Box 1 Folder 40
1916 (March-December) .
Box 2 Folder 1
1917 (January-February) .
Box 2 Folder 2
1917 (March-April) .
Box 2 Folder 3
1917 (May-December) .
Box 2 Folder 4
1918 (January-October) .
Box 2 Folder 5
1918 (November-December) .
Box 2 Folder 6
1919 .
Box 2 Folder 7
1920 .
Box 2 Folder 8
1921 .
Box 2 Folder 9
1922 .
Box 2 Folder 10
1925 .
Box 2 Folder 11
1927 .
Box 2 Folder 12
1928 .
Box 2 Folder 13
1929 .
Box 2 Folder 14
1930 .
Box 2 Folder 15
1931 .
Box 2 Folder 16
1932 .
Box 2 Folder 17
1933 .
Box 2 Folder 18
1934 .
Box 2 Folder 19
1935 .
Box 2 Folder 20
1938 .
Box 2 Folder 21
1945 .
Box 2 Folder 22
1954 .
Box 2 Folder 23
1967 .
Box 2 Folder 24
1969 .
Box 2 Folder 25
1978 .
Box 2 Folder 26
n.d. .
Box 3 Folder 1-15
1930-1932 (A-Z) .
Box 3 Folder 16-18
1935-1938 (A-B) .
Box 4 Folder 1-13
1935-1938 (C-Z) .
Box 4 Folder 14-19
1938-1941 (A-G) .
Box 5 Folder 1-9
1938-1941 (H-Z) .
Box 5 Folder 10-15
1942-1945 (A-F) .
Box 6 Folder 1-10
1942-1945 (G-Z) .
Box 6 Folder 11-17
1945-1949 (A-J) .
Box 7 Folder 1-8
1945-1949 (K-Z) .
Box 7 Folder 9-18
1949-1953 (A-M) .
Box 8 Folder 1-6
1949-1953 (N-Z) .
Box 8 Folder 7-18
1953-1960 (A-Q) .
Box 9 Folder 1-4
1953-1960 (R-Z) .
Box 9 Folder 5-17
1957-1959 (A-Q) .
Box 10 Folder 1-4
1957-1959 (R-Z) .
Box 10 Folder 5-19
1960-1962 (A-Z) .
Box 11 Folder 1-16
1962-1964 (A-Z) .
Box 11 Folder 17-18
1969-1970 (A-B) .
Box 12 Folder 1-13
1969-1970 (C-Z) .
Box 13 Folder 1-15
1971-1972 (A-Z) .

Series II. Financial Records, 1859-1972 .

Boxes 14-29, 43-44

Extent: 18 boxes.

The majority of the financial records are bills and receipts that are arranged by year, and thereunder alphabetically by company name or type of product purchased. Included are records for livestock purchases and registrations, hardware and building materials, clothing and general merchandise, feed, seed, and fertilizer, vehicles and equipment repairs, insurance premiums, veterinary services, telephone and electric bills, periodical subscriptions and membership dues, and payments for work by farm hands. This series also contains numerous account books, check stub books, farm and personal account books, ledgers, day books, tax tickets and receipts, as well as personal accounts and receipts (1919-1923) of Mrs. James R. Foster. There are also financial statements and annual reports of various corporations in which Foster owned stock, including AT&T, Coca-Cola, Eastman Kodak, General Motors, General Electric, Procter and Gamble, RCA, Standard Oil, and U.S. Steel. They date from the mid-1920's to mid-1930's. Also included in this series are annual statements of Glenville Farm (1925-1952 and 1966), which detail receipts and disbursements, and yearly expenses, including livestock bought and sold, crops sold, fertilizer and seed purchases, gas and kerosene purchases, repairs and improvements, wages paid, money borrowed, equipment purchases, taxes, veterinary services, and other expenses relating to the maintenance of Glenville Farm.

Box 43
Account Book, 1891-1927 .
Box 14 Folder 1
Account Books, 1918-1919 .
Box 14 Folder 2
Account Book, 1922-1924 .
Box 14 Folder 3
Account Book, 1924-1925 .
Box 14 Folder 4
Accounts and Receipts, 1880-1914 .
Box 14 Folder 5-21
Bills, 1951-1954 (A-V) .
Box 15 Folder 1
Bills, 1951-1954 (W-Z) .
Box 15 Folder 2-20
Bills, 1954-1957 (A-Z) .
Box 16 Folder 1-16
Bills, 1957-1960 (A-Z) .
Box 17 Folder 1-17
Bills, 1961-1963 (B-Z) .
Box 18 Folder 1-16
Bills, 1967-1968 (A-Z) .
Box 18 Folder 17-22
Bills, 1969-1970 (A-G) .
Box 19 Folder 1-9
Bills, 1969-1970 (H-Z) .
Box 19 Folder 10-23
Bills, 1971-1972 (A-S) .
Box 20 Folder 1-3
Bills, 1971-1972 (T-Z) .
Box 44
Check Stub Books, 1886-1965 .
Box 43
Day Book, 28 September 1859 - December 1863 .
Box 43
Diary and Ledger, 1880-1918 .
Box 20 Folder 4
Farm Account Book, 1921-1923 .
Box 20 Folder 5
Farm and Personal Account Book, 1921-1923 .
Box 20 Folder 6
Index to Farm and Personal Account Book .
Box 20 Folder 7
Farm Diary and Account Book, 1916-1921 .
Box 20 Folder 8
Farm Income and Expense Records, 1953-1954 .
Box 20 Folder 9
Fauquier National Bank - Statements of Condition, 1945-1965 .
Box 20 Folder 10
Financial Condition of T. Turner Foster, 1922-1925 .
Box 20 Folder 11-13
Financial Statements (A-F) .
Box 21 Folder 1-10
Financial Statements (G-S) .
Box 43
Ledger, 1900-1907 .
Box 21 Folder 11
Receipts, 1918-1919 .
Box 21 Folder 12-14
Receipts, 1920-1930 (A-C) .
Box 22 Folder 1-17
Receipts, 1920-1930 (C-Z) .
Box 23 Folder 1-19
Receipts, 1930-1936 (A-Z) .
Box 24 Folder 1-17
Receipts, 1945-1949 (A-S) .
Box 25 Folder 1-3
Receipts, 1945-1949 (T-Z) .
Box 25 Folder 4-21
Receipts, 1949-1951 (A-Z) .
Box 26 Folder 1-6
Receipts - Mrs. James R. Foster, 1919-1923 .
Box 26 Folder 7-9
Statements of Glenville Farm, 1925-1927 .
Box 27 Folder 1-13
Statements of Glenville Farm, 1928-1939 .
Box 28 Folder 1-10
Statements of Glenville Farm, 1940-1949 .
Box 29 Folder 1-3
Statements of Glenville Farm, 1950, 1952, 1966 .
Box 29 Folder 4
Tax Tickets and Receipts, 1894-1938 .
Box 29 Folder 5
Taxes Paid, 1892-1919 .

Series III. Subject Files, 1740-1978 .

Boxes 30-36, 39, 45-47

Extent: 11 boxes.

The subject files include Bible records, books, certificates, clippings, deeds, and diaries, including reminiscences, written by Foster in 1968, of his time employed as a harvest hand out West in 1919. The subject files also contain Episcopal High School memorabilia, estate papers, a framed pencil drawing of Lucelia Hunton Foster (1811-1888), historical notes on the Civil War and Glenville, genealogical notes on the Carter, Foster, and Turner families, guardians' accounts, insurance papers, invitations, memorandum books, photographs and photograph albums, obituaries, copies of "The Parish Leaflet" for Piedmont and Whittle Parishes, plats and surveys, postcards, scrapbooks, and other items.

Box 30 Folder 1
Abstract of Title .
Box 30 Folder 2
Adams vs. Cochran .
Box 30 Folder 3
Address Book .
Box 30 Folder 4
Agreements .
Box 30 Folder 5
Alderman Library - UVA .
Box 47
Alexandria Gazette, 20 December 1865 .
Box 30 Folder 6
Anderson, Wesley .
Box 47
Appointment - Officers' Reserve Corps, 1917 .
Box 30 Folder 7
Armenian Relief Fund .
Box 30 Folder 8
Baby Book - Elizabeth Horner Robins .
Box 30 Folder 9
Gov. James Barbour Letter .
Box 30 Folder 10
"Beautiful and Historic Piedmont Virginia" - Issued by the Warrenton and Fairfax Turnpike Company .
Box 30 Folder 11
Bible Records .
Box 30 Folder 12
Billfold - Myers and Houseman (Baltimore) .
Box 30 Folder 13
Blotters .
Box 30 Folder 14
Bogue Institute for Stammerers .
Box 30 Folder 15
Boy Scouts .
Box 30 Folder 16
Broadsides and Circulars .
Box 30 Folder 17
Brooks, Jack H. .
Box 30 Folder 18
Bryn Mawr School Banquets, 1922-1923 .
Box 45
"The Carter Tree" - Compiled by Robert Randolph Carter of Shirley, 1951 .
Box 47
Certificate - Farmers' National Congress Delegate, 1910 .
Box 30 Folder 19
Certificates .
Box 30 Folder 20
Chatham Episcopal Institute - "The Chathamite," May 1909 .
Box 30 Folder 21
Civil War History .
Box 30 Folder 22-24
Clippings .
Box 31 Folder 1
Code Book .
Box 47
"College Topics" - University of Virginia, 21 September 1910 .
Box 31 Folder 2
Colonial Dames of America .
Box 31 Folder 3
Confederate Stamp .
Box 31 Folder 4
Copper Plate .
Box 31 Folder 5
Deeds, 1819-1905 .
Box 31 Folder 6
Deeds, 1906-1974 .
Box 31 Folder 7
Diary, 1919 .
Box 31 Folder 8
Diary, 1920-1921 .
Box 31 Folder 9-10
Diary, 1921 .
Box 31 Folder 11
Diary, 1922-1927 .
Box 31 Folder 12
Diary, n.d. .
Box 31 Folder 13-14
"Diary of a Roving Harvest Hand in 1919" by T. Turner Foster, 1968 .
Box 45
"Diddie, Dumps, and Tot or Plantation Child-Life" by Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle, 1882 .
Box 42
Document Box .
Box 45
"Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry From the Works of A.M. Legrende" by Charles Davies, 1866 .
Box 31 Folder 15-16
Episcopal High School .
Box 32 Folder 1
Estate of James R. Foster .
Box 32 Folder 2
Estate of Mary B. Hunton Foster .
Box 32 Folder 3
Estate of Mary Carter Foster .
Box 32 Folder 4
Estate of Mary E. Foster .
Box 32 Folder 5
Estate of Thomas R. Foster .
Box 32 Folder 6
Estate of T. Turner Foster .
Box 32 Folder 7-10
Estate of James Samuel Hall .
Box 32 Folder 11
Estate of Jane C. Hunton .
Box 32 Folder 12
Estate of Jane Carter Foster Palmer (Funeral Program) .
Box 45
"Faber's Hymns" by Frederick W. Faber, D.D., 1875 .
Box 32 Folder 13
"Faithfully Yours, Charles Green" by Martha L. Summerell .
Box 45-46
Family Bibles .
Box 32 Folder 14
Fauquier County Map and Historical Notes, 1914 .
Box 32 Folder 15
Fauquier County - Historical Notes .
Box 32 Folder 16
Fauquier Historical Society .
Box 32 Folder 17
Fire - The Plains, 21 February 1967 .
Box 33 Folder 1
Foster, James William .
Box 47
Foster, Lucelia Hunton - Pencil Drawing on Canvas .
Box 33 Folder 2
Foster Memorial Window - Grace Church .
Box 33 Folder 3
Genealogical Notes .
Box 33 Folder 4
Genealogical Notes - Carter/Turner .
Box 33 Folder 5
Genealogical Notes - Foster .
Box 33 Folder 6
Genessee Valley Breeders Association .
Box 33 Folder 7
Glenville - History .
Box 33 Folder 8
Glenville - Sales Brochure .
Box 33 Folder 9
Grace Church .
Box 33 Folder 10
Greeting Cards .
Box 33 Folder 11
Guardian's Accounts - Jane Turner Foster .
Box 33 Folder 12
Guardian's Accounts - Margaret M. Foster .
Box 33 Folder 13
Guardian's Accounts - Edward S. Turner .
Box 33 Folder 14
Guardian's Accounts - Margaret F. Turner .
Box 33 Folder 15
Guardian's Accounts - Mary B. Turner .
Box 33 Folder 16
Guardian's Accounts - Margaret F., Edward S., and Mary B. Turner .
Box 34 Folder 1
Handwriting Exercise Book .
Box 34 Folder 2
Hunton, Laura .
Box 34 Folder 3
Immigration Visa Application .
Box 34 Folder 4
Insurance .
Box 34 Folder 5
Invitations .
Box 34 Folder 6
B. F. Keith's Theatre, Washington, DC, 1914 .
Box 47
Land Grants .
Box 34 Folder 7
Robert E. Lee Photograph - Documentation .
Box 34 Folder 8
"A List of 'Lost' Alumni of the University of Virginia," 1912 .
Box 34 Folder 9
Livestock Contracts, 1892-1894 .
Box 34 Folder 10
Livestock Purchases, 1913-1917 .
Box 34 Folder 11
"Luke the Angus Steer" - Story by E. Carter Foster .
Box 34 Folder 12
Mailing List .
Box 34 Folder 13
Manassas Gap Railroad Company .
Box 34 Folder 14
Marriage Certificate - Foster/Robins, 1929 .
Box 34 Folder 15
Memorandum Book, 1881-1919 .
Box 34 Folder 16
Memorandum Book, 1914 .
Box 34 Folder 17
Memorandum Book, 1919-1920 .
Box 34 Folder 18
Memorandum Book, 1920 .
Box 34 Folder 19
Memorandum Book, 1920-1922 .
Box 34 Folder 20
Memorandum Book, 1921-1923 .
Box 34 Folder 21
Memorandum Book, 1922 .
Box 34 Folder 22
Memorandum Book, 1922-1923 .
Box 34 Folder 23
Memorandum Book, 1923 .
Box 34 Folder 24
"Memorial of the Unveiling of Lee's Statue," 29 May 1890 .
Box 35 Folder 1
Miscellaneous .
Box 35 Folder 2
Mosher Book List, 1913 .
Box 35 Folder 3
Mount Mineral Farm .
Box 45
"The New Latin Tutor" by Frederic P. Leverett, 1845 .
Box 35 Folder 4
"The New Peace Palace" by James W. Foster .
Box 35 Folder 5
Obituaries .
Box 35 Folder 6
"Old Farmer's Almanac," 1863 .
Box 35 Folder 7-10
"The Parish Leaflet" - Piedmont and Whittle Parishes, 1915-1918 .
Box 35 Folder 11
Passports .
Box 35 Folder 12
Patent - Improvement in Manufacturing Malt Liquors, 1879 .
Box 35 Folder 13
Perpetual Calendar .
Box 35 Folder 14
Peyton, Robert E., Jr. .
Box 40
Photograph Albums .
Box 41
Photographs .
Box 47
Plat - Meadowville, 1927 .
Box 35 Folder 15
Plats and Surveys .
Box 35 Folder 16
Poetry 1915 .
Box 39
Postcards .
Box 35 Folder 17
Power of Attorney, 1959 .
Box 35 Folder 18
"Pure Drinking Water for Country Homes," 1930 .
Box 35 Folder 19
Religious Pamphlets and Publications .
Box 35 Folder 20
Report Cards .
Box 35 Folder 21
Ribbons 1915 .
Box 35 Folder 22
School Compositions .
Box 35 Folder 23
School Notes .
Box 36 Folder 1
Scrapbook - Elizabeth W. Knox .
Box 36 Folder 2-3
Scrapbook - Elizabeth Robins (World War I) .
Box 45
"Sesame and Lilies and the King of the Golden River" by John Ruskin, 1921 .
Box 36 Folder 4
Slaughter, Philip - Relief .
Box 47
The Southern Churchman, 7 June 1866 .
Box 36 Folder 5
Stamp Act Protest, 1765 (copy) .
Box 36 Folder 6
Stock Certificate - Fauquier County Agricultural Society .
Box 36 Folder 7
Switzerland Trip .
Box 36 Folder 8
Thomas R. Foster and Company .
Box 36 Folder 9
Thomas Turner Association .
Box 47
"Titanic" Picture Section - The New York Times, 28 April 1912 .
Box 36 Folder 10
Tractor Manuals .
Box 36 Folder 11
Turner Reunion .
Box 36 Folder 12
University of Virginia Programs, 1913 .
Box 36 Folder 13
Virginia Folk-Lore Society, 1913 .
Box 36 Folder 14
Warrenton Fire, 1909 .
Box 47
Warrenton Hunt Club Race Program, 1914 .
Box 36 Folder 15
White House Invitation, 1940 .
Box 36 Folder 16
Whitewood .
Box 36 Folder 17
Whitewood - Cemetery Work .
Box 36 Folder 18
Whitewood - Sale .
Box 36 Folder 19
Will of Josephine Knox Robins .
Box 36 Folder 20
World Map .
Box 36 Folder 21
World War Memorial Hall and Miles Stadium Dedication, 23 October 1926 .
Box 45
"The Years of Anguish, Fauquier County, Virginia, 1861-1865" by the Fauquier County Civil War Centennial Committee, 1965 .

A Guide to the T. Turner Foster Papers, 1740-1978 (bulk 1920-1972)

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