Pamphlets by A.W. Shaw Company entitled "Shaw Management Service Motor Truck Bulletins: Truck vs. Horse Series Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6"

Four copies of "102nd Ammunition Train Yesterday, Today, and To-Morrow All Over France 1917-1918-1919"

Forget Me Not Autograph Book belonging to Miss Katie White, Long Pine, Virginia. It was a gift of her brother Frank A. White.

Directions for Installing and Operating Estate Gas Heatrolas.

Helps for Law Students small pamphlet Compliments of John Byrne & Co. Law bookseller Washington, DC.

National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford Connecticut ink blotter, Campbell-Ainsworth Co., Agent, Lexington, Virginia.A

Two loose sheets from a ledger Jan. 10, 1939 "butchering 15 hogs listing sales of sausage, ribs, etc.) Pamphlets AW Shaw Company "Shaw Management Service Motor Truck Bulletins: Truck vs. Horse Series Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6.

Glasgow & Ackerly's Book in which accounts of their transactions in stock are recorded 1908-1910.

Ackerly & Jennings 1891 – Debit & Credit Transactions.

John P. Ackerly Dealer in Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Groceries, etc. charge account records 1890-1899.

John P. Ackerly, Postmaster Cash Book U.S. Post Office 1900-1902.

John P. Ackerly, Postmaster Cash Book U.S. Post Office 1902

Farm Book of Ackerly & J.W. Whitesell – beginning Feb. 1, 1899 and ending Feb. 1, 1912.

Glasgow & Ackerly's Book in which accounts of their transactions in stock are recorded 1908-1910.

Virginia State Licenses – 21 categories, 1920 to 1927 Rockbridge County  , Virginia.

Lexington Town Licenses – 21 categories, 1923 to 1927 Rockbridge County  , Virginia.

Lexington VA District Assessment Book "White and Colored" no date listed.

This notebook contains proposal to purchase Robert E. Lee house (President's house) on campus of Washington & Lee ,correspondence of Mary Custis Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy with Varina Banks Howell Davis (Mrs. Jefferson Davis) on death of her daughter, Winnie [Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis],and letter from Mrs. Stonewall Jackson about Mary Custis Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy purchase of Stonewall Jackson House for an infirmary and the UDC's response.

This book contains information on Stonewall Jackson Hospital and treasurer's reports.

This folder contains a signed copy of The Mary Custis Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy Resolution of Nov. 17, 1953 transferring Jackson Memorial Hospital to a non-profit corporation—Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Inc., right of way deed to the Town of Lexington regarding Jackson Memorial Hospital Nov. 1939,a history of the Founding of the United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Mary Custis Lee Chapter and relating to the purchase of Jackson Memorial Hospital, and a newspaper article "A Monument in Stone" by Mrs. Matthew W. Paxton from County   News of Nov. 1, 1906.

Volumes I-1 through III-5 out of Richmond headquarters. Mmissing I-3,4; II-1, 6; III-I.

This folder contaims the pamphlets a Washington & Lee Historical Sketch by Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines, President of W&L, An Appeal to the Women of Virginia to assist in the Preservation of Historical Manuscripts ,Historic Richmond –Down Where the South Begins, a Kenmore brochure, and Jefferson Davis's Farewell Address to the U.S. Senate.

This folder contains a report of the board of managers, a statement of the endowment fund, and a handwritten documentemt listing the duties of the hospital board.

Originals, mostly Richmond Times and County   News.

Vol. IV. No. 1 (Apr.-May 1937).

Minutes of the 37th and 39th Annual Conventions held in Fredericksburg and Petersburg, Virginia.

This folder contains book advertisements.

This folder contains Convention Calls from one national and two Virginia state convetions.

This folder contains the membership list including the grave marker committee, Cross of Service reports, and the rummage sale reports.

This mailing tube contains - a charter for Disabled American Veterans of the World War Lexington Chapter No. 19 dated Feb. 1933: 12 names including – McCormick, Hutchinson, Johnson, Hutton, Odum, Brogan, Harris, Fix, Bryant, Kesler, Hayslett, Pollard -a diploma in "Recognition of Faithful Study of the Shorter Catechism" made out to Alfred Gardner Hutton, Jun. 12, 1938.

This folder contains miscellaneous photos and negatives. Some are labelled with names. Those with dates are mostly from the mid- 1950's.

This folder contains Rockbridge County   News and News Gazette obituaries from 1960's. There is also a United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting report.

- Handwritten note dated May 30, 1958 "Crosses of Military Service" ["CMS"] presented by Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC . - Newspaper clipping unattributed and undated o Eugene W. Bare, private, first class, entered into service Nov 16, 1917, medical department, 317th Infantry. 80th division; transferred to 320th Infantry, served 12 months and 4 days in France and was honorably discharged at Camp Dix, NJ, Jun 9, 1919. He is a grandson of William R. Wilbourn, private Co. 1, 4th Virginia Infantry, who was captured near Petersburg, imprisoned at Point Lookout, MD., and was released Jun 19, 1865 o Walter Bingham, private first class, entered into service Jul 30, 1917, U.S. Marine Corps, received training at Paris Island and at Navy Yard in WashDC. Was honorably discharged Mar 8, 1919 having served 19 months and 8 days. He is the grandson of Christopher F. Bingham, private Co.s B & I, 38th Virginia infantry who served until the close of the Civil War o Edward H. Seal entered into service Nov 7, 1917 as yeoman, Navy Depart WashDC, was promoted to ensign, received training at Annapolis, transferred to USS Mahomet and was honorably discharged Nov 7, 1921. He is a grandson of John J. Rhodes, private, Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, who was captured by Union forces and held in Camp Chase until Jun 11, 1865. Seal is listed as an attorney and assistant corporation counsel, District of Columbia. o Alexander Zollman, private Co. C, 14th Virginia cavalry (medal given to his daughter) o John J. Rhodes, private, Co. K, 5th Virginia infantry (medal given to his daughter) o John Illig, private, afterwards detached as bandsman, Co. I, 1st Virginia Infantry (medal given to his daughter) o David H. Moore, private, Co. C, 42nd Virginia Infantry. At close of war he held the rank of sergeant (medal given to his daughter) - CMS (WWII) William White Ackerly entered into service Fort Meade as Captain of Corps of Military Police Mar 20, 1942, honorably discharged as Major CMP 0-178776 Jun 9, 1944 grandfather John Milton White Lieutenant Co. E 34th VA Infantry – served 4 years of Civil War participating in all engagements of his command-Seven Pines, Williamsburg, The Crater, Hatcher's Run; helped in construction of defenses of Richmond and Petersburg. Taken prisoner at Hatcher's Run Mar 31, 1865. Imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Lake Erie from which he was released Jun 17, 1865 - CMS (WWI) Charles W. Dunlap private Ordnance Dept entered into service Dec 15, 1917 discharged as Ordnance Sergeant Jul 26 1919 served with AEF in France grandfather James Sutton Mebane Co. A McGehee's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry - CMS (WWI and Spanish American War) George M. Brooke entered into service Aug 6, 1897 honorably discharged as colonel in 76th Division Oct 19, 1919; father John Mercer Brooke Chief of Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography CSA Navy Dept - CMS (WWI) William Shields of Brooklyn NY Co. L 319th Infantry entered into service Sep 1, 1917 honorably discharged Oct 13, 1919 as 2nd Lieutenant (record includes discharge paper) grandfather was John C. Shields 1st Regiment Richmond Howitzers appointed Lieutenant Colonel Jun 20, 1862 - CMS (WWI) Charles William Agnor entered into service May 23, 1918 as private Military Police Camp Raritan NJ discharged Mar 4, 1919 [asst mgr. of ABC store in Lexington, VA at time of CMS application] grandfather Jacob Henry Wilmore Co. C 1st Virginia Cavalry - CMS (WWI) Rev. Joseph James Murray served as First Lieutenant and Chaplain from Jul 6, 1918 to Jun 3, 1919 grandfather Capt. Henry Sterling Libby first a privateer then a Blockade Runner Charleston SC commanded "Hattie" $1500 offered for his capture dead or alive - CMS (Spanish American War) Harry Morton Quisenberry served as private 2nd Company United States Signal Corp Jun 15, 1898 in Cuba discharged Apr 1899; grandfather Richard Quisenberry served in Co. C 5th VA Infantry killed at Battle of Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 - CMS (WWI) Elwood Howard Seal entered into service Nov 7, 1917 as Yeoman Navy Department served on USS West Mahomet discharged Nov 7, 1921 as Yeoman III Class to Ensign Supply Corps [certificate photocopy included in app] grandfather John J. Rhodes Co. K 5th Infantry CSA 4 - CMS (WWI) William Walden Kester entered into service Aug 4, 1917 Battery F. 111th Field Artillery (Rockbridge Artillery) [high school principal at time of enlistment] discharged as Sergeant; grandfather Morgan F. Seal private 27th VA Infantry Rockbridge Rifles - CMS (WWI) Edwin Gwynn Pole entered into service as a mechanic 534th Section US Army Ambulance Service May 31, 1917 discharged as Sergeant Oct 2, 1919 grandfather John J. Hileman Co. H. 27th VA wounded at First Manassas and Gettysburg - CMS (WWI) Robert Reid Agnor entered into service in Medical Dept May 23, 1918 321st Field Hospital 81st Division discharged as Private 1st Class Jun 25, 1919 ["after the armistice was transferred to VMI Military Police Company AEF"] grandfather Thomas Bolen Agnor Co. H 27th VA Infantry - CMS (WWI) James Nephew Caperton entered into service as West Point 2nd Lt. on Sep 5, 1916 promoted 1st Lt, Capt, Major, Lt. Col., Col (Temp) father Hugh Caperton corporal Co. D 27th VA Infantry - CMS (WWI) Samuel G. Fix entered into service May 23, 1918 323rd Infantry 81st Division honorably discharged as a private on Jun 26, 1919 grandfather Abraham McFadden Co. E. 27th VA Infantry Rockbridge Rifles killed in action in 1863 at second Battle of Winchester – includes handwritten United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) "speech" regarding "Samuel G. Fix presentation of award of military service lineal descendant of Abraham McFadden Co. E 27th VA" - CMS (WWI) Eugene W. Bare entered into service Nov 16, 1917 Medical Dept 317th Infantry 80th Division honorably discharged Jun 9, 1919 grandfather William R. Wilbourn Co. I 4th VA Infantry captured near Petersburg and imprisoned at Point Lookout - CMS (WWI) Lurty E. Fifer entered into service May 25, 1918 private Co. B. 351st Infantry 88th Division grandfather Christian Yeakel private Co. E. 10th regiment VA Infantry known as "Rockingham Rifles" - CMS (WWI) Edward P. Bell entered into service Sep 18, 1917 Co. G 38th Infantry 3rd Division corporal father A. Nelson Bell Co. K 14th VA Cavalry ("afterward served in Bryan's Battery") - CMS (WWI) Walter Bingham entered into service Jul 30, 1917 U.S. Marine Corps private first class grandfather Christopher F. Bingham private 20th Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery, 38th Regiment Virginia Infantry("served under Captain Kyle and Captains J.S. & W.W. Wood") - CMS (WWI) Robert D. Beeton entered into service Feb 20, 1917 Co. K.Int.MD.Infantry later Co.K 115th U.S. Inf 29th Division transferred to Bat E 111th F.A. (Rockbridge Art.) bugler grandfather John Henry Beeton Co. H 27th VA Inf - CMS (WWI) James Jones White entered into service Oct 1917 303rd Tank Battalion (was at Walter Reid Hospital from time of his return from overseas until his death except for short visits to Lexington on sick leave) influenza and pneumonia / grandfather Captain James Jones White Liberty Hall Volunteers - CMS (Spanish American War) Charles Perry Lackey entered into service Jun 22, 1898 private Co. K 2nd Regiment of VA Volunteers father William Robert Lackey Co. H 14th VA Cavalry Rockbridge 2nd Dragoons - CMS (WWI) James Edgar Dixon entered into service Apr 3, 1918 Co. C 38th Infantry 3rd Division promoted from private to corporal grandfather William K. Eckard Co. I of 4th VA infantry - CMS (WWI) Henry I. Hickman entered into service May 24, 1918 3rd provisional Convalescent Company grandfather H. J. V. Withrow Company H. 25th VA Infantry captured at Petersburg taken to Point Lookout prison - CMS (WWI) William Dandridge Alexander Anderson entered into service via West Point in 1900 served until his death on July 16, 1934 Col. U.S. Army Engineers father William Alexander Anderson Co. I 4th VA Infantry Liberty Hall Volunteers[Vol 6 Strickler historical papers Page 111] - CMS (WWl) Matthew White Paxton, Jr. "entered into service" at Officer Training School in Plattsburg, NY Jun 1918, honorably discharged as 2nd Lieutenant Infantry 161st Depot Brigade Dec 20, 1918 (never posted overseas) grandfather E. Frank Paxton Co. H 28th VA Infantry (i.e., "Bull Paxton who died at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863") - CMS (WWI) Wallace W. Reid entered into service Jun 24, 1918 private first class Hdq. 7th Division 3 Bt. D.G. grandfather William H. Reid Co. E 52nd - CMS (WWI) Alfred Guardner Hutton First Lieutenant Veterinary Corp Apr 14, 1918 grandfather Alfred A. McCundy Co. H 25th VA Infantry wounded at Hatchers Run [from "master rolls of Companies of Rockbridge County   pages 42 & 43 kept in vault of Clerk's Office Rockbridge County   Courthouse] - CMS (WWI) Walter Mebane Dunlap entered into service Sep 8, 1917 Captain – Dental Corps 113th Infantry 29th Division grandfather James Sutton Mebane Co. A McGehee's Regimen t, Arkansas Cavalry CSA - "Cross of Military Service Information Sheet" (procedures for award) - CMS (WWI) Harold Chase Woodward entered into service Apr 19, 1917 Major 305th Inf, 22nd Inf Hdqrts staff grandfather Edwin McCubbin Co. B 3rd VA (?) - CMS (WWII) Robert Clark Walker entered into service Apr 1, 1943 Lieutenant U.S. Naval Reserve grandfather William Shelton Humphries Co. E. 5th VA - CMS (Korea) Charles Carroll Maccubbin Woodward entered into service Jun 12, 1951 (upon graduation from VMI) as 2nd Lt. A Co. 7th Marines 1st Marine Division ultimately promoted to Captain of Quantico great grandfather Edwin Maccubbin Co. B 3rd VA (?) - CMS (WWII) William Albin Magee entered into service Jan 7, 1944 US Naval Reserve ensign Supply Corps grandfather William Shelton Humphries Co. E 5th VA - CMS (WWII) Billy Sheridan Holland entered into service Jul 23, 1941 ultimately Captain in 8th Army Air Force / Wing Legal Officer – Major grandfather John Sheridan Co. C 14th VA Cavalry - CMS (WWII) Leo Gibbons Sheridan Holland entered into service Jan 20, 1942 S/Sgt Radioman on B-24 Bomber Army Air Corps crashed in Pacific grandfather John Sheridan Co. C 14th VA Cavalry - CMS (WWII) Robert Edward Holland, Jr. entered into service Feb 1941 Navy Air Corps – Pilot on Navy fighter plane (Hornet; USS Core) grandfather Co. C 14th VA Cavalry - CMS (WWII) Felix Claudius Feamster entered into service Jul 1, 1941 Lt. Col. US Army Medical Corps commanded 327th Medical Bat of 102nd Division 9th Army; later Division Surgeon of Patton's 4th Armored Division and chief Surgeon of Patton's 4th Armored Division grandfather Thomas Lewis Feamster Co. A 14th VA Cavalry - CMS (WWII) Robert Cantrell Feamster entered into service May 4, 1942 U.S. Army Medical Corps Major grandfather Thomas Lewis Feamster Co. A 14th VA Cavalry - CMS (WWII) John William Johnston entered into service Jul 8, 1943 20th Armed Air Force 1st Lt. grandfather William Finley Johnston Rockbridge Artillery - CMS (WWII) William Heath Rowe Navy Seaman First Class entered into service Feb 27, 1946 great grandfather William Spain Younger Co. I 26th VA Infantry - CMS (WWI) William Cole Davis entered into service Sep 1909 Medical Corps of U.S. Army discharged as Major father James Cole Davis Rockbridge Artillery - CMS (WWII) Joseph Humphries Magee entered into service Nov 16,1942 Medical Detachment 309th Inf, 78th Division grandfather William Shelton Humphries Co. E 5th VA - CMS (WWII) John Seymour Letcher entered into service Aug 1, 1927 US Marine Corps ultimately Colonel in command of Marine Barracks, Naval Station, Norfolk grandfather John Letcher ("War Governor of VA") - Loose copy of record for Erastus T. Greiner Co. H 27th VA Infantry CSA -penciled receipt dated Sep 17, 1954 "received of Mrs. James S. Moffatt" papers concerning "persons who received cross of military service" signed Mrs. J. Harris Thompson

This foledr contains two memorial notices and requests for donations for the building a Memorial to Women of the South

Typed Notes for talk on City of New Orleans (uncertain date, but on the back of Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York stationary). Penciled sketch of Lexington City Cemetery. 69th General Convention United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC notes (date?). Background info on Mrs. B.B. (M.E.) Glover – President of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC 1940-1963. Miscellaneous Mary Custis Lee Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC chapter lists, including deceased members 1960-1963.LOCATION: AC 106 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 3) FOLDER 7

Packet of material tied in a pink ribbon (by Mrs. B.B. Glover?) entitled "My notes of 37 -38-39 and 42-43-44 to be made into a small book with aid of scrap books). Mary Custis Lee Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC meeting notes 1957-1958, 1962. LOCATION: AC 106 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 3) FOLDER 8

1922-1925 Partial List of Rockbridge Children of the Confederacy. Rockbridge Grays Chapter Children of the Confederacy 1935-1941. LOCATION: AC 106 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 3) FOLDER 11

Memorial Window in Washington National Cathedral Washington (D .C.). . October 1937 The Rattlesnake (formerly The Stars and Bars), "Suggestions on Displaying Confederate Flags" . Confederate Veterans of Virginia Reunion Lexington May 1939 . Year Book of Mary Custis Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC 1940-1941. Miscellaneous notes (most undated)

This folder contains work related "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parke.

This work contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin",the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", tThe genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin', the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin', the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains work related to "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder correspondence at the time of poublication of "Our Kin", the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains miscellaneous correspondence relating to genealogical research.

This folder contains genealogical research not listed in "Our Kin".

This folder contains: - James Pickett – executor statement of Minor Winn 1815 - Land Survey, Pickett family - Fauquier 1813 - Stock certificate of one share of Ashby's Gap Turnpike Road Company to James Pickett, November 1813 - Bill to James Pickett 2$14 June 1820 - IOU to James Pickett, January 18, 1815 - Bill to James Pickett for jewelry repaid 1841 - Receipt for tuition of Charles Edward Pickett paid by his father $121.19 1837 by Benjamin Haldwell, Alexandria, VA - 5 envelopes addressed to various Picketts - James Pickett's wife, Ann's, consent to sale of home and land 1857 - Fragments of IOU apparently to Samuel Field $233.64 1857 - Small house account & supply book fragment 1861 - Bond – William Kerfoot from John S. Pickett 1874

This folder contains a pastor's sermon and account book believed to have belonged to Reverend John Pickett. Bethel, Hebron, Cedar Creek, Waterford, Pleasant Vale, Broad Run are mentioned.

This folder contains: lLand survey (one sheet, no date) - Fragment of envelope to Mr. John Pickett , Middleburg - 20cent US postage stamp - "Notes on farming" 1872 (Pickett?) - Letter from G.A.T. (?) to John enquiring about "some black people's" relatives Nov. 24, 1873 - Sermon notes – no date – minute writing - Tax bill to James Pickett Est. – Scott Township, Fauquier County   1873 - Tax bill to John Pickett – Longbranch - Scott Township, Fauquier County   1873 - Note to "Cousin John" from "Little Cousin, Georgia" – sorry can't visit just now… no date - Letter from Ann J. Pickett to John Pickett @ Washington, DC, with header "Fruit-Farm, April 21st" - NY Central Railroad Timetable August 1865 - Announcement of Longbranch Female Seminary Fauquier County  , Virginia – John Pickett Principal - Centennial History Long Branch Church, Fauquier County  , 1886.

This list is likely for a parlor game.

This folder contains: papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Clifton E. White of Bedford County  , Virginia In 1916, including inventories and checks (National Exchange Bank of Roanoke) - Two longhand multi-stanza poems - 15 empty envelopes, including foreign stamps and postmarks – most addressed to Mary Ackerly or Mrs. G. Harris Field - Christmas "card" from original Pen & Ink drawing by Lt. Cdr. Arthur A. Gilbert, 1607 Howard Street, Chicago LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 3 - William Jennings Bryan campaign button attached to envelope dated 1900

This folder contains: genealogy for DAR application for B.W. Fry Shafer – c/o Mary Ackerly - 1828 legal statement of settlement of estate of William Lovell (two pages handwritten) - Invitation to VMI commencement proceedings 1925 - Miscellaneous souvenirs and newspaper clippings Mary Ackerly - Mary Ackerly resignation as Chairwoman of Confederate Memorial Association fund May 25, 1933 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 4 - Reports of Commissioner of Revenue of Rockbridge County   1929, 1930, 1931

This folder contains: Peaks of Otter Chapter, DAR Daughters of the American Revolution invitation to unveiling of tablet in memory of Bedford's Volunteer Company which fought in the Battle of Point Pleasant – Oct. 10, 1931 Bedford, VA - Notary Public Commission of Mary Ackerly Feb. 28, 1917 - Notes on 36th Annual Convention Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy, Lynchburg, VA Oct. 1931 - Newspaper clipping The Winchester Sun Dec. 29, 1933 references National Monument at Boonesboro/sale of antiques by Mrs. G. Harris Field/1797 coin of King George III - Mary Ackerly's Address Book - Bibliography likely related to 'Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976] - Mary Ackerly Insurance Policy ($1,000) premiums paid - Cancelled check The First National Bank of Lexington June 1, 1932 Mary D. Ackerly "June expenses" to Mrs. John P. Ackerly, Sr. - Circulars re: 'Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains items related to the sales of "Our Kin", tThe genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

This folder contains:- "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County   including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett 7 • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County   including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 15, 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett 7 • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Dec, 7, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Apr. 19, 1848 from Saint Farm [?] "My dear brother" mostly discussion of a silk dress for sister Ann; signed "Your affectionate sister, Eloise" - Letter to John Pickett, - Sept. 24, 1848 Dudley Wayne Co., NC "Dear Friend" mostly about young ladies; B.A. Curtis - Letter Oct. 25, 1866 from Holly Springs, "My Dear John" re: John Pickett's departure from Fruit Farm; writer's departure from Holly Springs "my headquarters during the war" to Columbia [SC?] "Your brother Thomas" 7 - Letter Apr. 20, 1849 [?] Salem Station "Mr. Jno Pickett" re "Foster H. account" signed "Thos. R. Foster" - P.W. Dawe's Last Will and Testament Nov. 5, 1844 - Letter Mat 13, 1869 "My dear Bro. Pickett" concerning religious labors with numerous pious quotes "Yr. Brother H.W. Dodge" - Letter Dec. 25, 1866 Dear Mr. Pickett from Charlottesville – Christmas remembrances to "My dear Pastor" … from "Your fond and attached friend L. Octovia Harris" "PS – I am sorry I haven't a photograph ready to send you" - Letter Apr. 12, 1867 from Office of B&O Railroad Parkersburg "Dear John" chatty letter from A. G. Pickett including political comments re: franchise of negroes "in the hands of the madmen now ruling the country with despotic sway" "It is said 30,000 of the best citizens of West Virginia are disenfranchised" - Letter Sept. 9, 1883 from Memphis, TN "Dear Lee" lively letter from young man with little money and few 'cloths to ware' [sic] but who does have a job [Hampton Herron & Co. Cotton Factors] signed Jno. P. Pickett - Letter in faded ink and in poor shape Mar. 20, 1883 [?] Success P.O. "My Dear Nellie" apparently reporting in detail on death of sister Kate [incomplete] - "Love You. M." ribbon - Letters that appear to pertain to the Fieldmont farm of Mary Ackerly Field in Fauquier County   including land deeds, surveys, etc. • Copy of William S. Pickett's will Jan. 10, 1798 [James Pickett and William Pickett appointed executors] 7 • Obligation of sale of land to James Pickett April 1824 • Copy of deed/land survey April 8, 1826 given under hand & seal June 20, 1838 • Combs vs Pickett letter addressed to Major B Powell. Middleburg no date including letter from James Pickett • James Pickett to Major B. Powell, Middleburg, December 26, 1826 [in re: claim on Sanford Pickett's land] - Letter Mar, 7, 1840 (Jackson [Mississippi?])to Mr. & Mrs. Pickett announcing the death of their daughter from "Sister in the Best of Bonds Sarah Holloway" - Letter Oct. 22, 1849 to John Pickett "Dear Brother Pickett" from Washington, DC chatting mostly about buildings in the city "Your sincere & affectionate friend Wm T Ince" - Letter Apr. 29, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Dec, 7, 1839 to John Pickett from Jackson [Mississippi?] "My Dear John" signed GA Pickett - Letter Apr. 19, 1848 from Saint Farm [?] "My dear brother" mostly discussion of a silk dress for sister Ann; signed "Your affectionate sister, Eloise" - Letter to John Pickett, - Sept. 24, 1848 Dudley Wayne Co., NC "Dear Friend" mostly about young ladies; B.A. Curtis - Letter Oct. 25, 1866 from Holly Springs, "My Dear John" re: John Pickett's departure from Fruit Farm; writer's departure from Holly Springs "my headquarters during the war" to Columbia [SC?] "Your brother Thomas" 7 - Letter Apr. 20, 1849 [?] Salem Station "Mr. Jno Pickett" re "Foster H. account" signed "Thos. R. Foster" - P.W. Dawe's Last Will and Testament Nov. 5, 1844 - Letter Mat 13, 1869 "My dear Bro. Pickett" concerning religious labors with numerous pious quotes "Yr. Brother H.W. Dodge" - Letter Dec. 25, 1866 Dear Mr. Pickett from Charlottesville – Christmas remembrances to "My dear Pastor" … from "Your fond and attached friend L. Octovia Harris" "PS – I am sorry I haven't a photograph ready to send you" - Letter Apr. 12, 1867 from Office of B&O Railroad Parkersburg "Dear John" chatty letter from A. G. Pickett including political comments re: franchise of negroes "in the hands of the madmen now ruling the country with despotic sway" "It is said 30,000 of the best citizens of West Virginia are disenfranchised" - Letter Sept. 9, 1883 from Memphis, TN "Dear Lee" lively letter from young man with little money and few 'cloths to ware' [sic] but who does have a job [Hampton Herron & Co. Cotton Factors] signed Jno. P. Pickett - Letter in faded ink and in poor shape Mar. 20, 1883 [?] Success P.O. "My Dear Nellie" apparently reporting in detail on death of sister Kate [incomplete] - Letter June 8, 1850 to Mr. William Ackerly Lexington, VA from George W. Bowsman re: unanswered letter to "Mr. Letcher, an attorney in Lexington" concerning some of Bowsman's wife's property. Attached note by Lucy Ackerly reads "Wm. Ackerly was the father of my grandfather Jno. Paul Ackerly. Wm. Ackerly died Aug. 4, 1853, my great grandfather" - Letter July 15, 1932 from Conna White Ackerly (Mrs. William) to her daughter, Lucy, at University of Virginia sent from Big Island, GA where her mother was visiting - Letter Jan. 16, 1878 (?) to Lucy Ackerly at Summer, VA from her cousin N. E. White written from Lone Pine mainly about how dull Christmas was - Letter Nov. 12, 1867 Cleveland to John [Pickett] considerably damaged and written cross-over… "Cousin John… I could not believe that you were less my sincere friend or felt less interested in me because you were no longer my pastor" signature illegible - Letter Sept. 9, 1878 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Mary Denham Talcott, Pasadena, CA for whom Mary was named - Letter Sept. 9, 1878 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Mary Denham Talcott, Pasadena, CA for whom Mary was named - Letter Feb. 26, 1895 Lone Pine VA "Grandmama" (mother of Mrs. W.P. Ackerly to Mary Ackerly… full of news of sicknesses and deaths - Series of Letters from John Milton White to his daughter Lonna B. White Ackerly (Mrs. John Ackerly) Oct. 22, 1890; May 16, 1892; Aug. 2, 1892; Apr. 16, 1893; June 3, 1894; Mar. 4, 1897; Dec. 22, 1916.

This folder contains: - Letter Jan. 11, 1976 from Mrs. Virginia Thomson (Goode, VA) to Lucy Ackerly re: Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Notecard Feb. 6, 1976 to "Cousin Lucy" Ackerly from Mrs. Edward A. ("Virginia") Marshall of Bedford, VA about Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Notecard Feb. 13, 1976 from Ellene Chiles (St. Petersburg, FL) to Lucy Ackerly thanking her for Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letter Feb. 15, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Jennie Bacon Lacy, Garrison, NY – 6 pages on both sides commenting on Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letters Feb. 17, 1976 and Mar. 3, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Lt. Col. & Mrs. Wendall Conner ["Wendall, Catherine, & Christie] (Biloxi, MS) chatting about family and seeking to have books autographed Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Notecard Feb. 19, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Lillian (Abingdon, VA) appreciation for Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Notecard Feb. 21, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Merle [Mrs. Eugene G. White] (Stanleytown, VA) with family news + appreciation of Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letter Feb. 23, 1976 from Patricia [Mrs. Robert L. Evers](Waynesboro , VA) thanks for Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] plus family chat - Letter Feb. 25, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from "Daniel" (Main Street, Lexington, VA) appreciation of Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letter Mar. 1, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Sidney M.B. Collins (Lexington, VA) thanking her for inscribed copy of Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letter Mar. 8, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Guy Forrest "Betty Davis" Via (Charlottesville, VA) congratulations on Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly - Letter Mar. 9, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from "Edna" (Abingdon, VA) about Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letter Mar. 8, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly about Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975], but also about appreciation of Lucy as his 3rd grade teacher at Ann Smith Academy – Major Frank G. Wray (Halifax, VA) - Letters Mar. 9, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Benjamin P. Ackerly and John Ackerly, sons of Lucy's brother John P. Ackerly in regard to an article posted about Lucy in the Richmond Times Dispatch - Letter Mar. 28, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Paul "Joan" Bargamin III (Richmond, VA) for autographed copy of Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letter Mar. 29, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Elizabeth C. Barksdale (Roanoke, VA) admiration for Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letter Mar. 29, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Dudley L. Peery (Farmville, VA) County   Extension Agent for Prince Edward County  , VA recalling time he was in her 3rd grade class (His father James H. Peery delivered milk in Lexington for many years, since he was a dairyman in Rockbridge County  ) - Notecard Sep. 21, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. A. V. "Gracey" Swann (Roanoke, VA) admiration for Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letter Apr. 2, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Joseph " Gwyneth" Brown (Princeton, NJ) thanks for Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letter Nov. 12, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Thomas "Elizabeth" Tardy (Harrisonburg, VA) thanks for Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Letter Nov. 28, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Edmund "Dorothy" Berkeley (Charlottesville, VA) "get well" - Letter Jan. 14, 1977 to Lucy Ackerly from Philip Martin (Waynesboro, VA) thanks for book Yesteryear: Miss Lucy's Stories / by Lucy Ackerly [CALL NO. F232.R68 A2 1975] - Christmas card Dec. 22, 1976 to Lucy Ackerly from Lee, Major, Stephen, and Jacqueline Wray (Halifax, VA) wishing speedy recovery from injury LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 8 - Thank you card Oct. 11, 1979 to Lucy Ackerly from Rae & Hugh (Raleigh, NC) "for a nice time".

This folder contains eleven letters, including work related to the book "Our Kin" and: Dear Sis" letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Lexington from "Lucy and Will" including listing of house prices in Lexington; also a letter from William Ackerly to Mary, written a couple of weeks before his death. - Letter of sympathy to John Ackerly from A. Willis Robertson of the World Bank dated Aug. 12, 1968 after William Ackerly's death - Letter of sympathy to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. H.L. Eichelberger dated Aug. 18, 1968.

This folder contains:- Carbon copy of unsigned letter "To the President" recommending John P. Ackerly for re-appointment as Postmaster of Lexington Apr. 30, 1902 -4 thank-you-notes from Mary Denham Talcott of Pasadena, California to Mary Ackerly dated Jan. 4, 1904; Dec. 29, 1904; Jan. 9, 1909; and Jan. 8, 1912 - "Dear Papa" letter from Mary to John P. Ackerly in Washington, D.C. dated June 25, 1906 concerning a Mr. Frazier "simply disgusted with the whole affair" - Letter Apr. 13, 1909 to William Ackerly re: Mary's operation addressed c/o Dr. Liles, Lynchburg "hope…return to your college duties in which you have done so well" [at W&L] - Letter July 3, 1910 to Mary Ackerly from her "G Pa – William" about loss of loved ones (and the purchase of some pigs) sent from Montgomery, W.Va. with the W crossed out - Letter Oct. 18, 1912 to Mary Ackerly from her brother W. W. Ackerly in law school at Rochester, NY – not too happy, hard work, homesick - Letter June 17, 1913 to Mary Ackerly from G.W. Effinger, County   Superintendent of Schools, Rockbridge County   certifying her fine performance as a teacher for 3 years (crossed out in red ink to read "2" years) and her teacher training certificate of May 20, 1910 [her race is prominently listed as "White"] - Request for clarification of beneficiary information Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company Sept. 30, 1914 and Receipt for insurance premium payment Aug. 11, 1915 William Ackerly - Letter to Mary Ackerly from R.D. Buford says "old John P. Ackerly married (I think in Campbell County  ) a Miss Cobbs, daughter of a Widow" - Letter May 3, 1916 from Union Central Life Insurance Co. Lynchburg re: insurance policy of Clifton E. White, Dec'd to brother E. G. White - Letter from Graham, VA dated May 6, 1916 to "Dear Pa" signed "Your Son, Eugene" mentioning "a letter from Mr. Ackerly" - Letter dated June 4, 1916 referencing photographs sent to Mrs. James Ackerly "Cousin Connie" signed "Sammie" in Bedford, VA - Letter June 20, 1916 2:30am Rochester, NY from William Ackerly to his parents about being called up to service in World War I – long, hand-written, two pages both sides - Statement by John M. White (Mrs. John Ackerly's father) in reference to his brother Clifton E. White's estate Aug. 8, 1916 with attachments… - Letter June 17, 1917 to William White Ackerly in Rochester, NY from Mary Ackerly about his illness and military service - Letter Nov. 14, 1917 to Mr. Earl Reynolds, Chicago, Ill. Introducing Mr. William Ackerly, 1st Lieutenant Field Artillery - Letter May 2, 1918 to William Ackerly from Sadie, Rochester, NY social goings on in Rochester - Letter May 4, 1918 from Mary D. Ackerly to Captain William Ackerly, Co. "B" 102nd Military Police "Camp Wadsworth" Spartanburg, South Carolina… - Letter May 5, 1918 to William Ackerly from "Harriet" in Rochester, NY saying that she will be "terribly lonesome" as he ships out overseas - Letter May 6, 1918 to William Ackerly at Camp Stuart, Newport News, VA, from Lucy Ackerly - Western Union telegram May 9, 1918 to William Ackerly from his father about coming for a visit to Camp Hill LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 10 - Note from R.D. Buford to "Miss Mary" Ackerly about old times Sept. 2, 1916.

This folder contains;- Letter from Thomas Jefferson Turpin VII (Chihuahua, Mexico) to Mary Ackerly - July 25, 1920 "Dear Kinswoman" re: genealogy of Turpin family and Our Kin ( related to Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976]) - Letter from Mrs. E.H. White (of Goode, VA) to Mary Ackerly - Feb 13, 1923 family talk and Poindexter kin - Letter from "Cousin Georgia" Sneed of Lynchburg, VA to Mary Ackerly – July 14, 1923 concerning genealogy - Black bordered card Mar. 12, 1924 to Mary D. Ackerly from Edith Bolling Wilson in appreciation of sympathy expressed upon the death of Woodrow Wilson - Letter from Thomas Jefferson Turpin VII (Chihuahua, Mexico) to Mary Ackerly - July 25, 1920 "Dear Kinswoman" re: genealogy of Turpin family and Our Kin ( related to Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976]) - Letter from Mrs. E.H. White (of Goode, VA) to Mary Ackerly - Feb 13, 1923 family talk and Poindexter kin - Letter from "Cousin Georgia" Sneed of Lynchburg, VA to Mary Ackerly – July 14, 1923 concerning genealogy - Black bordered card Mar. 12, 1924 to Mary D. Ackerly from Edith Bolling Wilson in appreciation of sympathy expressed upon the death of Woodrow Wilson - Letter from Mrs. C. L. DeMott ("Kate J.H.") of Lynchburg, VA to Mary Ackerly concerning genealogy of various Hatchers - Letter Mar. 18, 1924 from William G. Stanard (Virginia Historical Society) to Mary Ackerly re: genealogy of Poindexters and Calloways - Christmas Postcard Dec. 22, 1924 to "Mrs. G. Harris Field" (Mary Ackerly) from "your friend JPA" - Letter to Lucy Ackerly Nov. 11, 1926 re: chest of drawers from White family from P.S. Lankford, Vinton, VA - Letter to Lucy Ackerly Dec. 20, 1926 from C.D. White has ham for her; also Lucy's clock and a frame - Letter to Lucy Ackerly in Stonewall Jackson Hospital for appendix surgery from fellow teacher "B" - A parody on the Ford automobile is attached – "The Ford Psalm" - Letter May 18, 1927 to Mary Ackerly from Emma Lew (postmarked Lynchburg) about White family reunion - Letter (sympathy on death of father J.P. Ackerly, Sr.) to Mary Ackerly from M.L. Lincoln Aug. 5, 1927 - Letter (sympathy on death of father J.P. Ackerly, Sr.) to Mary Ackerly from Suzie K. Fields of the Plains - Letter (sympathy on death of father J.P. Ackerly, Sr.) to Mary Ackerly from B.J. Wood of Woodlawn Aug. 9, 1929 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Aug. 13, 1927 from "Your Uncle Harris" Field from The Plains, VA - Letter to Mary Ackerly Oct. 4 & 7, 1927 from Olive (Mrs. E. J. Collins, Jr.) Petersburg, VA sympathy – photo of children enclosed - Letter to Mary Ackerly Dec. 12, 1927 from Myrtle Young Thompson of Lexington, VA - Notecard to Mary Ackerly at Bluefield, VA from her mother Dec. 13, 1927 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Jan. 16, 1928 from Mrs. R. W. Patillo ("Mary") of Big Island, VA – talk of coat of arms - Letter to Mary Ackerly Feb. 7, 1928 from Mrs. R. W. Patillo ("Mary") of Big Island, VA - Letter to Mary Ackerly Feb. 17, 1928 from Mrs. R. W. Patillo ("Mary") of Big Island, VA - illnesses & deaths - Letter to Mary Ackerly Feb. 25, 1928 from John Randolph Bolling (brother of Edith Bolling Wilson and her secretary) "because of delicate health my father was never in the Civil War;" but he was "one of the guards around the scaffold at the time of the execution of John Brown" He also asks to see a "small daguerreotype" of his mother that Mary had - Letter to Mary Ackerly Mar. 11, 1928 from John Randolph Bolling (brother of Edith Bolling Wilson and her secretary) thanking her for genealogical material on the Bolling family and offering help - Letter to Mary Ackerly Mar. 11, 1928 from Edith Bolling Wilson (Mrs. Woodrow Wilson)- A PERSONAL NOTE – thanking Mary for sending the daguerreotype of her mother, asking if they might keep the original and return a copy, and promising to send a copy of a daguerreotype of her father ["as my brother is replying to your questions regarding the family data you ask for I am making this just a personal note."] - Letter Mar. 18, 1928 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. R. W. Patillo ("Mary") of Big Island, VA family chattings - Letter of Mar. 21, 1928 to Mark Ackerly from Research Librarian Jessica Ferguson at Pennsylvania State Library and Museum regarding Paul Akerly's [sic] former place of residence - A handwritten PERSONAL NOTE Mar. 26, 1928 from Edith Bolling Wilson (Mrs. Woodrow Wilson) to Mary Ackerly thanking her for sharing original daguerreotype of her mother and stating "I am in bed myself with a bad attack of laryngilia" - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Ewing McLean of Indiana regarding Ewing family genealogy.

This folder contains:- 6 typed letters from John Randolph Bolling (brother of Edith Bolling Wilson and her secretary) – very chatty – sharing information about genealogy of Bolling's, referencing errors with regard to Pocahontas, and talking about goings-on of the Bolling family—especially Edith Wilson's trips to the Democratic Convention and to the League of Nations – June 6, June 14, June 20, July 3, July 16, Nov. 24, 1928 - Letter Dec. 18, 1928 to Mary Ackerly from Lyon G. Tyler, editor of Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine at the "Lion's Den" on the James [sic] re: Turpin and Clayton families - Letter Feb. 26, 1929 to Mary Ackerly from Benjamin Sladd of Wake Forest College, NC re: Sladd, Douglas, and White family trees - Letter Mar. 14, 1929 to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. H.W. (Emma Lewis Robinson Scott) re: Robinson family genealogy - Notecard from Benjamin Sladd of Wake Forest College, NC to Mary Ackerly "Dear Cousin Mary" Mar. 24, 1929 concerning White family - Letter to Mary Ackerly Apr. 15, 1929 from "Cousin Georgia" of Lynchburg re: some points to include in Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly May 3, 1929 from "Cousin Georgia" of Lynchburg re: genealogy - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Anna White of Bedford, VA May 13, 1929 about letters she is unable to find - Letter to Mary Ackerly from "Cousin Georgia" of Lynchburg May 19, 1929 correcting some erroneous information she had supplied - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.T. Noell, Jr. of Lynchburg June 27, 1929 regarding getting "the White place" for a reunion - Letter to Mary Ackerly from George H. Alderson of Enon, W.VA. July 25, 1929 – Alderson, Davis – father served three years in Confederate Army Co.A 14th VA Cavalry - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Benjamin Sledd of University, VA July 27, 1929 – unable to attend White reunion; going through failure of "village Bank" owned largely by his brother-in-law – "a downright catastrophe to the business of our village" - Letter FROM Mary Ackerly Aug. 2, 1929 to Benjamin Sledd of University, VA Aug. 2, 1929 response to his of July 27 [mentions a Lexington bank failure where the local president was a "wealthy man and used his private fortune to make good the loss of the defaulting cashier" - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Evalina Alderson Hummel of MacDonald, VA giving details of Alderson family - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson)Sept. 15, 1929 suggesting that she use his piano solo "Song Without Words" for her book - Two prospectus flyers dated Oct. 1, 1929 announcing publication of 'Our Kin' – The genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County  , Virginia / by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker [CALL NO. F232.B4 A17 1976] - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Oct. 10, 1929 re: Bolling genealogy + "I am simply swamped in work; a heavy correspondence for my sister, which keeps up steadily day in and day out, and in addition a big advertising campaign for a jewelry concern here. But I thrive on work, and so keep busy and happy…. Write me when you feel in the mood." - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Benjamin Sledd Oct. 12, 1929 about not being able to come to Lexington (includes genealogical information) - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Co., Lynchburg, estimate for printing Our Kin Oct. 30, 1929 - Letter to Mrs. George Parker from J. Callaway Brown of Bedford, VA Nov. 5, 1929 re: Calloway family - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. George Parker of Bedford "Wednesday morning" [Nov. 6, 1929?] re: Calloway family - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) sending $20 for two copies of Our Kin – "I expect Edith home about December 10th. The house is gradually being shaped up, painted, &c., so as to have things in ship-shape for her…. With warm personal regard [sic] - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.E. Gwatkin of The Baptist Bible Institute of New Orleans, La, Nov. 3, 1929 "My dear Virginia Cousin" recalling childhood in Bedford enclosing a poem "The Pioneers of Bedford" LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 12 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Benjamin Sledd friendly chat Nov. 25, 1929.

This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly from Harry Wright's secretary La Consolidada, S.A. manufacturing company in Mexico City Jan. 6, 1930 asking about obtaining a copy of Our Kin book - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) sending sheet music and greetings… "My sister left yesterday to keep a week of engagements in New York…" Jan. 5, 1930

Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Jan. 10, 1930 "Your nice, newsy letter—with enclosures—came this morning; and I am so glad to have such full information about the work—and you!" - Letter from printer J.P. Bell Company acknowledging receipt of $300 for Our Kin publication account Mary Ackerly Jan. 7, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly ("Dear Cousin") Jan. 12, 1930 from Frances Heald Ollofy (St. Louis, Missouri) in reference to Gwatkin family tree - Letter from printer J.P. Bell Company regarding copies of prints for Our Kin Mary Ackerly Jan. 14, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Cason J. Callaway of LaGrange, Ga. Jan. 15, 1930 asking about progress on Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Harry Wright's secretary at La Consolidada, S.A. manufacturing company in Mexico City Jan. 15, 1930 ordering copy of Our Kin book. Wright was born in Bedford, VA - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. George Parker including information from William M. Sweeny of Astoria, NY supplementing Our Kin account of John and Susanna (Smithson) Davis family Jan. 16, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Jan. 19, 1930 "This is one of the coldest days of winter here, the thermometer standing at six above zero as I write (8:30 A.M.)… with kind regards, and every good wish" - Letter to Mary Ackerly from William Ralph Clements ("Cousin Ralph") of Gibbstown, NJ Jan. 22, 1930 regarding family history - Letter to Mary Ackerly from printer J.P. Bell Company regarding technicalities on publication of Our Kin Jan. 27, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Jan. 27, 1930 regarding review of the "mss. of our family line" … "Snowing to beat the band today, and the streets covered with ice." - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula (Mrs. George P. Parker) of Bedford, VA Feb. 5, 1930 re: cost of printing Our Kin (in multiple volumes) - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J. P. Bell Company requesting remainder of Our Kin copy material Feb. 8, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula (Mrs. George P. Parker) of Bedford, VA Feb. 12, 1930 about cost of printing Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Feb. 13, 1930 about information for Our Kin, but also: "The weather here from Saturday to yesterday was wonderful, and I was out every day for fine walks. But this morning it is pouring in torrents; one of those warm rains that will do so much good." - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company about Our Kin manuscript, but also "Mr. Andrews is holding his own but we are afraid he has a hard battle ahead of him." - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Dr. William D. Clements of Woodbury, N.J. Feb. 17, 1930 signed "Affectionately, Cousin Ralph" discussing his ills and family – apparently a reference to Mary having had TB - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company about cost of photos for Our Kin Feb. 22, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company about delivery of final copy of Our Kin Feb. 24, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Mar. 12, 1930 from Dr. William D. Clements of Woodbury, N.J. ("Cousin Ralph") speaking of health matters – his own and Mary's - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company re: prospectus for Our Kin Mar. 14, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company re: orders for Our Kin Mar. 17, 1930 including newspaper ad - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company re: photographs in Our Kin Mar. 27, 1930 - Postcard to Mary Ackerly from "Mrs. Parker" [written two ways…] Mar. 28, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company Mar. 26, 1930 mentions "Miss Snead" wanting certain photographs included in Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Dr. Clements "Cousin Ralph" Mar. 29 1930 family chat – "Happy Days are here again. The skies are clear etc" - Letter to Mary Ackerly Apr. 5, 1930 from "L.E.J.V." [?] regarding final chores relating to publication of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly Apr. 14, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company - J. Andrews thank you for sending plant during illness; Our Kin has doubled in size… - Letter to Mary Ackerly Apr. 9, 1930 from Sons of the Revolution in the State of California ordering a copy of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Apr. 22, 1930 – "I am busy—as usual—and always more so around a holiday season, such as this Easter, when there are so many things to acknowledge for my sister—and to help her send away. I told her the other day, I believe Easter is fast becoming as much a "gift" season as Christmas!" - Letter to Mary Ackerly from R.A. Hoover, Postmaster, Green River, Wyoming Apr. 26, 1930 "the boy who came down from Summers to spend the week end with "Little Bill"… along about 1899.

This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly May 3, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company Our Kin almost ready for binding - Letter to Mary Ackerly May 14, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company forwarding letter from Miss Florence Fell of Marion Virginia [neither attached nor enclosed] - Letter to Mary Ackerly May 16, 1930 from Wilder's Bookshop requesting discounted order for Our Kin (Mary Ackerly's handwritten notes on discounting are scribbled on the back of the letter) - Letter to Mary Ackerly May 20, 1930 from "Lula" (Mrs. George P. Parker, Bedford, VA) upset about delay in publication of Our Kin "We may have to appeal to your lawyer brother if they don't soon come across" - Letter to Mary Ackerly Apr. 1, 1930 from J. P. Bell Company problem with "plate of Miss Snead's" - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 4, 1930 from "Lula" (Mrs. George P. Parker, Bedford, VA) about death of Henry Wilson - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 16, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company Our Kin ready June 23 - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 23, 1930 from Jamie Starling of Hopkinsville, KY ordering a copy of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 23, 1930 from Goodspeed's Book Shop of Boston, MA requesting circular on Our Kin - Bills from J. P. Bell Company regarding publication of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 25, 1930 from "Cousin Geo" enthusing over Our Kin and apparently enclosing a proposed review to be published in the Lynchburg News Sunday edition with Mary's approval - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 26, 1930 from Miss Mabel Hatcher, Natural Bridge Station, VA - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 26, 1930 from Cornelia Dillard excited about Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 26, 1930 from Ruth Callaway Pannill of Harrisonburg, VA mentions her mother who is in Europe with Gold Star Mothers who has placed wreathes on "Tomb of Unknown Soldier" in Paris - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 22, 1930 from J.B. Fishburn, VP of Times-World Corporation, Roanoke expressing interest in Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 26, 1930 from Katherine Noell, Greensboro, NC enclosing balance to purchase Our Kin - Letter to Mark Ackerly June 27, 1930 from "Gene" The Chicago House Furnishing Company , Bluefield, VA raving about Our Kin - Card to "Cousin Mary" Ackerly praising Our Kin from Benjamin Sladd, Univ VA postmarked June 28, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 29, 1930 from Cousin C.W. Reynolds congratulations on "wonderful work" Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 29, 1930 from Berta Johnson, Roanoke, VA Our Kin "wonderful achievement" - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 29, 1930 from Lula J Parker 5 typed pages business details Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 29, 1930 from Aunt Laura (Mrs. E.H. White, Goode, VA) family chat -Letter to Mary Ackerly June 30, 1930 from "Cousin Georgia" re: reviews of Our Kin in Lynchburg papers - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 30, 1930 from "Cousin Ralph" (Gibbstown, N.J.) family chat - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 30, 1930 from Jas W. Chambers re: Our Kin "never had pleasure of knowing my Virginia kindred" - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 30, 1930 from Cousin Georgia about reviews of Our Kin and problems with Lynchburg News.

This folder contains: - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 1, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company printing details regarding Our Kin, acceptance of invitation to White reunion LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 1, 1930 from Mertin S. Harrison (The Bedford Democrat, Bedford, VA) liked Our Kin, request to find accommodations in private home for son, Claude, Jr. who will be attending Washington & Lee LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 1, 1930 from R.R. Penn (Superintendent of Virginia State [Prison] Farm) praising Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 2, 1930 from Mrs. R. G. Turpin, Big Island, VA praising Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 2, 1930 from Lula Thompson , Goodes, VA Our Kin masterpiece LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 3, 1930 from Farris Campbell of New York copies of Our Kin plus "I hope that you will greatly enjoy your vacation" LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 6, 1930 from T.F. Turpin, Chihuahua, Mexico Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 5, 1930 from C.D. White, Goodes, VA praising Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Card to Mary Ackerly July 6, 1930 from Mabel H. [Hatcher?] Clifton Forge, VA family illnesses, likes Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Card to Mary Ackerly July 7, 1930 from Bart Watson, Big Island, VA re: Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 7, 1930 from F.H. Ollofy, St. Louis, Missouri; Our Kin splendid; writes about Gwatkin family in Missouri LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 9, 1930 Wilder's Bookshop, Boston, MA payment for Our Kin and order additional copy for Genealogical Society of Utah - Card to Mary Ackerly July 9, 1930 from W.J. Penn of Goode, VA deserves unlimited credit for Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly July 9, 1930 from Mary Patillo of Big Island, VA praise for Our Kin; proud to call her cousin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Draft of letter by Mary Ackerly to Wilder's Bookshop notifying of price increase and no discount for Our Kin [July 10, 1930 draft] LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company July 11, 1930 business details and pricing re: Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Jesse T. Davidson [Lula Jeter Parker] July 12, 1930 family and book news LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from R.C. Pannill of Martinsville, VA praising Our Kin; "I don't wonder that you broke down. I can't help wishing that your vacation came earlier in the summer before you became so worn out" LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Registrar at State Teachers College, Farmville, VA [now Longwood University] listing credits at the college and stating that additional credits were needed for graduation [Apparently Lucy was 38 years old at the time] LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Goodspeed's Book Shop in Boston, MA re: pricing of Our Kin July, 21, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly ("Dear Sir") from Indiana State Library purchasing Our Kin July 22, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Draft letter (July 23, 1930) from Mary Ackerly to Goodspeed's Book Shop re: pricing for Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Archibald Bennett of Salt Lake City, Utah July 23, 1930 ("third great-grandfather being Robert Bell [born in Bedford County  ]) LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company Aug. 4, 1930 about producing additional copies of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company Aug. 6, 1930 acknowledging receipt of $300, thanking her for invitation to White Annual Reunion, and suggesting she invite Roy Ackerly of Northport, Long Island, NY ("an attorney and evidently a member of a branch of your family") LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Archibald Bennett of Salt Lake City, Utah Aug. 9, 1930 [she calls him "foxy" in scribbled side note] about price of Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company Aug. 12, 1930 about getting Mrs. Duval Adams to do a review of Our Kin; sorry that only 3 books have sold LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.M. Andrews of J.P. Bell Company "sorry that condition of health will not permit" being at White family reunion Aug. 12, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from W.A. (Bill) Thomson of Hattiesburg, Miss. [Hattiesburg Coca-Cola Bottling Company] about Our Kin; asks if there is any data on the Thomson group Sept. 13, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company regarding "reasonable extension" of credit Sept. 16, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from H.D. Wells of J.P. Bell Company Oct. 3, 1930; had been in hospital, but improving LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Oct. 6, 1930 from Dr. William R. Clements ("Cousin Ralph") regarding trip to Bermuda, purchase of 8 cylinder 1931 Buick coupe; says that Lucy Ackerly was a charming companion at reunion. Asks after Mary's nerves. LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Oct. 18, 1930: [apparently in response to a letter from Mary Ackerly dated Oct. 4, 1930] – "My sister and I spent August in Maine; then came back here for two weeks, and the middle of September went to Des Moines, Iowa, for a visit of two weeks to Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith (you may recall that her husband—who died about two years ago—was in Mr. Wilson's Cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture). She has a beautiful home, and a tiny house on a farm—about twenty minutes ride from Des Moines—where we spent many happy, restful days." LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Oct. 15, 1930 from Dr. William R. Clements ("Cousin Ralph") housing cleaning; sketch of Coat of Arms referenced as enclosed [not in envelope and not attached] LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from W. B. Calloway Oct. 15, 1930 saying he does not find a connection with his ancestors in Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company Aug. 6, 1930 acknowledging receipt of $300, thanking her for invitation to White Annual Reunion, and suggesting she invite Roy Ackerly of Northport, Long Island, NY ("an attorney and evidently a member of a branch of your family") LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Archibald Bennett of Salt Lake City, Utah Aug. 9, 1930 [she calls him "foxy" in scribbled side note] about price of Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company Aug. 12, 1930 about getting Mrs. Duval Adams to do a review of Our Kin; sorry that only 3 books have sold LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.M. Andrews of J.P. Bell Company "sorry that condition of health will not permit" being at White family reunion Aug. 12, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from W.A. (Bill) Thomson of Hattiesburg, Miss. [Hattiesburg Coca-Cola Bottling Company] about Our Kin; asks if there is any data on the Thomson group Sept. 13, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company regarding "reasonable extension" of credit Sept. 16, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from H.D. Wells of J.P. Bell Company Oct. 3, 1930; had been in hospital, but improving LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Oct. 6, 1930 from Dr. William R. Clements ("Cousin Ralph") regarding trip to Bermuda, purchase of 8 cylinder 1931 Buick coupe; says that Lucy Ackerly was a charming companion at reunion. Asks after Mary's nerves. LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Oct. 18, 1930: [apparently in response to a letter from Mary Ackerly dated Oct. 4, 1930] – "My sister and I spent August in Maine; then came back here for two weeks, and the middle of September went to Des Moines, Iowa, for a visit of two weeks to Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith (you may recall that her husband—who died about two years ago—was in Mr. Wilson's Cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture). She has a beautiful home, and a tiny house on a farm—about twenty minutes ride from Des Moines—where we spent many happy, restful days." LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Oct. 15, 1930 from Dr. William R. Clements ("Cousin Ralph") housing cleaning; sketch of Coat of Arms referenced as enclosed [not in envelope and not attached] LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from W. B. Calloway Oct. 15, 1930 saying he does not find a connection with his ancestors in Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from James Lewis Hook (Early American Books) about a "Washington document," stamps, and Southern Literary Messengers – which Mary apparently was attempting to sell; he also suggests she forward a "description of the coins and I will tell you their value" LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Dr. William R. Clements ("Cousin Ralph") three pages of comments about recent reunion Oct. 23, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. George Parker discussing sales of Our Kin Nov. 13, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Dr. William Clements ("Cousin Ralph") about his wife (Bertha's) nerves; mentions Mary's trip to Bermuda Nov. 17, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Dr. William Clements ("Cousin Ralph") Nov. 18, 1930 chatting about Hatcher family crest, his wife Bertha's ills, and holiday plans LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Dr. William Clements ("Cousin Ralph") Nov. 20, 1930 forwarding material on maternal and paternal Clements ancestry which he hopes Mary will pursue LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from R.H. Peck of The Daily Georgian (Atlanta) forwarding published review of Our Kin which apparently had been sent to him Nov. 26, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula (Mrs. George Parker) genealogical talk re: David and Moon lines; then money talk mentioned "hard times for the holidays" Dec. 5, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula (Mrs. George Parker) Dec. 9, 1930 about money owed by J.P. Bell for sales of Our Kin LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company enclosing check, invoice, and reporting on sales of Our Kin Dec. 11, 1930 LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Company Dec. 13, 1930 thanking her for payment and stating that the remainder due could wait until January - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker Dec 15, 1930 about final disposition of Our Kin money LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 15 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker Jan. 2, 1931 enclosing letter from Nannie Francisco Porter of Richmond about Susannah Ragland / Susannah Ellis / Charles Davis.

This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly from J. P. Bell acknowledging receipt of check settling account on Our Kin Jan. 6, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker winding up loose ends on financing of Our Kin Jan. 7, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Jan. 8, 1931 "A severe attack of pink eye in both eyes, starting on November 15th, and still continuing, has prevented an earlier acknowledgment of your nice letter of November 20th…. My eyes are getting better, but the oculist warns I must use them very little—and very carefully—for several weeks to come… I appreciated your card at Christmas, and hope that you had a jolly Holiday season. My sister had all the family to Christmas dinner—an annual custom now—and it was nice to be together…" - Letter to Mary Ackerly from C.S. Hook, Atlantic City, NJ Jan. 24, 1931 appears to be offers for old books she has to sell; references letter from her of Oct. 4, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from William MacFarlane Jones enclosing application forms to join The Sons of the American Revolution—Virginia Chapter. Lists among members "the late Attorney General Wm. A. Anderson and the present Congressman Harry St. George Tucker" Jan. 27, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker mentioning that Mary is sick in bed with the flu and stating that Lula is planning a survey of "manor houses" in Bedford Feb. 5, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Feb. 11, 1931 attaching a letter from General Magazine Corporation of Boston, MA requesting an "editorial copy" of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker Mar. 16, 1931 reporting on her activities - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Mar. 27, 1931 referencing a Colonel Robert Bolling, but also "We are having glorious Spring days here, and I am enjoying long walks. Hope you are well and that all goes happily with you." - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Apr. 9, 1931 thanking her for helping to research Colonel Robert Bolling, but also "My sister and I spent a most happy Easter with some friends in New Jersey who have a lovely home only half an hour from New York. Last Friday (Good Friday) we heard a wonderful presentation of 'Parsifal' at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, and last Saturday saw Walter Hampden in an interesting play, the Admirable Crichton. The only drawback was that, coming down on the train last Monday, I took a heavy cold, and am now in that 'snuffling' stage which is most disagreeable…. You certainly had a hard time of it, with your illness, and will have to take things easy until you are quite well again. Getting out and digging in the ground will be the best thing in the world for you; it is 72 here today, and I am just back from a fine walk." - Letter from Cornelia Burks Dillard to Mary Ackerly June 3, 1931 requesting return of photo of Martin Burks ("not the Judge") - Letter of recommendation regarding Mary Ackerly's teaching credentials from Harrington Waddell, Principal of Lexington High School June 10, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from W. Harris, Jr. Kansas City, Missouri June 27, 1931 five pages long-hand asking about Thorp, Casson, and Bruce lines. States he has massive amounts of material on Calloway. Very complimentary of Our Kin - Letter from "Mrs. John Ackerly to Lucy—in pencil—Aug. 20, 1931 mentions canning (64 quarts of peaches; 30 quarts of tomatoes). "Heard there is typhoid about 'on Buffalo." - Letter to Mary Ackerly from W. Harris, Jr. Kansas City, Missouri Sept. 9, 1931 acknowledging letter of Sept. 8, 1931 discussing Calloways and asking about Thorp descendants in Bedford and Campbell County   - Letter to Mary Ackerly from "Cousin Ralph" Oct. 13, 1931 reporting on Smokey Mt, NC convalescence from operation - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker Dec. 4, 1931 "Now tell me about 'Uncle Harris [Fields]… Has he said 'come with me' yet? Lula warns not to go live in a big house on a big farm unless he gives you a big allowance… Also enclosed some calculations on the back of paper from First National Bank of Lexington - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Homer B. Ledford of Manchester, KY Jan. 2, 1932 asking about early lines of White family & Bollings before 1807 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from C.K. Hill of Harriman Tennessee Mar. 16, 1932 inquiring about 18th century Holladay family - Christmas Postcard to Mary Ackerly Dec. 12, 1931 from Mrs. A.E. Hart of Los Angeles, CA great praise for Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker June 23, 1932 three pages of genealogical talk plus separate sheet of notes from Goochland County   records - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker July 9, 1932 genealogical loose ends then activity in Bedford and family matters - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Ernest C. Arnold of Oklahoma City Sept. 24, 1932 re: genealogy of Hatchers - Letter to Mary Ackerly from R. R. White of Manchester, KY Sept. 30, 1932 reporting on his research about White family - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Institute of American Genealogy in Chicago thanking her for copy of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. H. B. Earthman of Decatur, GA Nov. 10, 1932 asking for information about two Bolling lines - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Louis N. Savage of Rockport, IND Nov. 11, 1932 asking for information on early history of Savage/Bolling family since his niece wishes to join the DAR - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Jane Gladney of Stamps, AK Nov. 14, 1932 regarding Lynchfield Burks genealogy - Letter to Mary Ackerly ("My Dear Cousin Mary") from Benjamin Sledd Dec. 26, 1932 congratulating her on her marriage to George Harris Field.

This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly from The Denham Genealogical Society in Cleveland, Ohio asking her if she knows the source of her middle name and whether she is related to the Denham family - Letter to Mary Ackerly ("Dear Mrs. Fields") from Rockbridge County   Commissioner of Revenue G. A. Jones May 17, 1933 asking if she would come and "help…out with my office work;" [he having suffered from a broken artery] "whoever would have thought that you would have developed so suddenly into a farmer's wife" - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field [sic] from Virginia Comptroller's Office re: filing of final report as Treasurer [of UDC? of United Daughters of the Confederacy]] June 7, 1933 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Fields from Mary Penn of Clearwater, FL asking for name of Abram. Penn's mother [1743-1801) and other information that the DAR Daughters of the American Revolution would accept - Two postcards to Lucy Ackerly at UVA June 30 July 2, 1933 from "Peggy & John" in Canada - Letter to Mary Ackerly Fields from her mother July 19, 1933 local Lexington news mostly illnesses & deaths - Letter to Mary Ackerly Fields from her mother July 26, 1933 from her mother local Lexington and family news - Letter to Mary Ackerly Fields from Roberta Flake Clayton of Snow Flake Arizona wanting to exchange a book called Our Family Tree about families in NC for Our Kin Oct. 16, 1933 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Annie Moore Warnow (Mrs. Charles B.) of Dare, VA Nov. 26, 1933 vivid description of severe storm & high tides of Aug. 23, 1933 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Benjamin Sledd at Wake Forest NC Jan. 1, 1934 wife ill and daughter at school - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Goodspeed's Book Shop Jan. 5, 1934 planning genealogical bibliography of 5000 titles… will include Our Kin (if 40% discount is allowed…) - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Barton Warren   Johnson – Hotel Melbourne, Chicago, IL compiling history of Johnson-Stone families Jan. 12, 1934 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. George A. Brewer of Dallas, TX asking for information about Brewer family Feb. 11, 1934 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from her mother very cold weather in Lexington Feb. 16, 1934 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from her mother Apr. 19, 1834 references Mary receiving a cut on her face in a car accident - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from James French of Winchester, KY discussing Callaway family and unveiling of Col. Richard Callaway's statue - Birthday "card" to Mary Ackerly Field from her mother and Lucy May 29, 1934 actually just a hand-written note to pencil - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from G. E. Bushnell of Santa Monica, CA June 19, 1934 including California poppy seeds; says he is working on the "Yankee side of the line" and that the results will be twice the size of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from her mother in Lexington June 30, 1934 "burnt up with the heat;" severe storm on June 29, 1934 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Ackerly Field about arrangements for visit to Fieldmont June 30, 1934 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Ackerly Field about arrangements for visit to Fieldmont June 30, 1934 - Western Union Telegram July 24[28?], 1934 from John P Ackerly Jr to Mary Ackerly Field announcing "the arrival" (birth) of John P Ackerly III - Letter Oct. 21, 1934 to Mary Ackerly from George Robinson Jr of Columbus, Ohio Oct. 21, 1934 giving detailed report on Robinson and Beverly families; Mary Ackerly notes are attached - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from her mother in Lexington Oct. 31, 1934 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Dec. 24, 1934 from Herbert J. Smith of St. Louis, Mo, asking for any information about Margaret Gwatkin who married Valentine Peyton of Prince William County  , VA - Letter written in pencil to "Mrs. G. Harris Field" from her mother Jan. 14, 1935 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Jan. 27, 1935 from Mrs. Blanche Shafer of Cincinnati, OH trying to trace ancestry of "Capt. John Murray of the Boutetout County   Regiment who was called at the Battle of Point Pleasant 1774" - Letter to Lucy Ackerly Feb. 17, 1935 from Mrs. E.H. White ("Aunt Irma") everyone sick with flu - Letter to "Mrs. G. H. Field" from her mother Mar. 6, 1935 written in pencil family news - Letter to Mrs. Harris Fields from W. Wayne Smith of University of Idaho Apr. 15, 1935 asking about Winn Family and Winn Homestead; note at bottom in Mary Ackerly's writing "Built in 1807 by Minor Winn; Mr. Field bought property in 1855 from …Hutcheson" - Four letters to Mrs. G. Harris Field from her mother Apr. 23, June 24, July 1, July 30, 1935 family news including UVA summer school transportation problems re: Lucy… - Letter to Lucy Ackerly (and Beatrice Miley) from Ginn and Company not planning any representatives for UVA Summer School Aug. 8, 1935 - Letter to "Mrs. G. Harris Field" from her mother – family chat – she kills a black snake Oct. 1, 1935 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from C.A. Yancy of Lynchburg inquiring about stoves that Lucy has for sale Oct. 3, 1935 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from her mother Nov. 22, 1935 family matters - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from her mother Nov. 30, 1935 family matters.

This folder contains: - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Missouri Historical Society ordering copy of Our Kin Jan. 30, 1936 - Letter to Mrs. G Harris Field from Lula Parker re: fliers and book promotion and sales Feb. 1, 1936 -Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from mother Feb. 10, 1936 12 below zero in Lexington - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Dudley P. Fagerstrom (The California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution) Feb. 15, 1936 asking for information about Bells of Virginia - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from State Library of Arizona ordering copy of Our Kin Feb.17,1936 - Letter to Mrs. G. H. Field from mother family talk Mar. 3, 1936 - Invoice for Our Kin Missouri Historical Society paid Mar. 9, 1936 - Warrant/payment State Library of Arizona paid Mar. 10, 1936 Our Kin - Letter Mar. 16, 1936 to Mary Ackerly Fields from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer, Cincinnati, Ohio asking for information about ancestors William & Polly Murray, anxious to join DAR (note in Mary's handwriting $15 for DAR filing + $1.25 an hour for research) - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer, Cincinnati, Ohio Apr. 2, 1936 inquiring about response to previous letter - Letter to Mary D. Ackerly from Elsie Ellwood Wanden asking for background on early Houston/Huston in Rockbridge County   [handwritten notes in Mary's writing: $5.00 to be paid in advance for 4 hours of research + $1.25 per hour overtime) - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from her mother family talk Apr. 30, 1936 - Letter to M. Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer two typed pages on John Murray of Mecklenburg Co. vs. John Murray (copy of will enclosed). Also asks for work on Fry family… Can't pay much - Letter to Mrs. G. H. Field from her mother family matters May 20, 1936 (Had Lucy take turpentine for back problems…) - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer of Cincinnati Ohio (payment for research & filling out DAR Daughters of the American Revolution application papers) + more about John Murray and John Fry lineage June 8, 1936 - Copy of letter of June 11, 1936 from Virginia State Library Richmond to Mrs. Blanche Shafer regarding background on John Murray—Mechlenburg County   or Botetourt County   - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer of Cincinnati Ohio still no Photostat of John Murray's Revolutionary service - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer of Cincinnati Ohio including two pages of genealogy July 3, 1936 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from her mother July 31, 1936 terrible heat in Lexington family matters - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer requesting additional research on ancestors Aug. 1, 1936 - Letter to Mrs. George Harris Field from Lt. Commander Arthur A. Gilbert, Chicago, IL about genealogical adventures Aug. 13, 1936 - Letter to Mary D. Ackerly Oct. 26, 1936 from Mrs. M.A. (Frances) Bouton of Schenectady NY wishes to engage her for work on Wm. Moore of Harrison County  , KY in Revolution - Letter to M. Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer two typed pages on John Murray of Mecklenburg Co. vs. John Murray (copy of will enclosed). Also asks for work on Fry family… Can't pay much - Letter to Mrs. G. H. Field from her mother family matters May 20, 1936 (Had Lucy take turpentine for back problems…) - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer of Cincinnati Ohio (payment for research & filling out DAR Daughters of the American Revolution application papers) + more about John Murray and John Fry lineage June 8, 1936 - Copy of letter of June 11, 1936 from Virginia State Library Richmond to Mrs. Blanche Shafer regarding background on John Murray—Mechlenburg County   or Botetourt County   - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer of Cincinnati Ohio still no Photostat of John Murray's Revolutionary service - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer of Cincinnati Ohio including two pages of genealogy July 3, 1936 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from her mother July 31, 1936 terrible heat in Lexington family matters - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry Shafer requesting additional research on ancestors Aug. 1, 1936 - Letter to Mrs. George Harris Field from Lt. Commander Arthur A. Gilbert, Chicago, IL about genealogical adventures Aug. 13, 1936 - Letter to Mary D. Ackerly Oct. 26, 1936 from Mrs. M.A. (Frances) Bouton of Schenectady NY wishes to engage her for work on Wm. Moore of Harrison County  , KY in Revolution - Letter to Mary D. Ackerly Oct. 26, 1936 from Mrs. M.A. (Frances) Bouton of Schenectady NY wishes to engage her for work on Wm. Moore of Harrison County  , KY in Revolution - Letter to Mary D. Ackerly Nov. 19, 1936 from Dorothy Berryman Shrewder of Ashland, KS seeking her assistance on genealogy of Hamiltons and Fords and inquiring about her fees - Three Letters to Mrs. G. Harris Field from her mother family matters Nov. 27, 1936; Dec. 7, 193? (4/6); Jan. 20, 1937 - Letter to Mary Denham from James Willard Calloway June 14, 1937 Salem, Oregon inquiring about help with genealogy of Calloway family - Letters to Mrs. G. Harris Field ("Dear Mary & Lucy") from mother Aug. 9 and Aug. 30, 1937 family matters - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Idros (Mrs. Orville G) Roberts of San Bernardino, CA Aug. 30, 1937 seeking information about Turpin ancestors - Letter to Mary Fields from Harwood M. Penn (author and family charter of Penn Family) from Santa Ana, CA re: various branches of Penn family Mar. 25, 1938 - Letter to Mrs. George (Lula) Parker from H.D. Wells of J.P. Bell Co. in reference to Our Kin plus mention of a History of Bedford County   she has written - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker) re: local chat and accounts of Our Kin publication - Valentine card sent by mother to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) Feb. 13, 1939 - Letter to Mary Denham Ackerly Field from The Institute of American Genealogy in Chicago, IL Mar. 2, 1939 awarding her a Certificate of Merit in Genealogy Including library card and seals - Letter to Lula Parker to Mrs. G. Harris Field May 3, 1939 dismissing value of Certificate of Merit.

This folder contains:- Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker)suggests dissolving their partnership and dividing up remaining books due to illness Feb. 3, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. George Parker (Lula) from J.P. Bell Company about remaining inventory of Our Kin Apr. 17, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker) getting back to work after surgery; encloses Our Kin account summary Apr. 20, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Mrs. Charles William Bowen (Viola) of Augusta, GA about Virginia kin (White – David) Sept 3, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. Mary D.A. Field from brother William Ackerly, Esq. sending partnership dissolution papers plus a long paragraph about the sale of the Ryan farm at Fieldmont Oct. 7, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker) enclosing dissolution contract and chatting about family matters Oct. 12, 1940 - Letter to Mrs. George Harris Field ("Dear Miss Mary") from "Home" (Rt. 5, Lexington, VA) family matters - Christmas card Dec. 18, 1940 "Thompie" to Mary Denham Ackerly Field including a "work apron" gift - Letter to Mrs. Mary D. A. Field from Mrs. Charles William Bowen (Viola) of Augusta, GA more about Virginia kin (White – David) Mar. 7, 1941 - Letter to Mrs. Mary D. A. Field from brother William Ackerly, Esq. about refusing an offer to purchase some land she owned Mar. 25, 1941 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field (Mary) from Cousin Lula (Parker) health chat but also discussion of genealogy of White family Aug. 6, 1941 - Letter to Captain William Ackerly (brother Will) at Fort Meade from Mrs. G. Harris Field re: their mother's health Mar. 26, 1942 - Letter to Mary D.A. Field from Goodspeed's Book Shop quibbling about price of Our Kin May 24, 1943 - Letter to Mary D.A. Field from Goodspeed's Book Shop enclosing payment for Our Kin June 3, 1843 - Letter to Mrs. John P. Ackerly, Sr. ("Mother and Lucy") from "Major" William Ackerly U.S. Army Oct. 26, 1943 - Birthday card Nov. 7, 1944 to Miss Lucy Ackerly from "Sis" (Mary) - Invoice to Goodspeed's Book Shop Nov. 23, 1945 (also includes an order with a handwritten note in Mary Ackerly's writing from May 12, 1943) - Letter Nov. 25, 1946 to Mrs. G. Harris Field from The Institute of American Genealogy enclosing lineage record for her brother William White Ackerly for inclusion in a Compendium of American Genealogy - Letter to Mrs. Field from James L. Taylor, Jr. of Pittsburg, PA Mar. 8, 1947 seeking help locating names of ancestors (mostly Callaway & Penn) - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Fields enclosing genealogical material from bible of James Ackerly from Susan Holland of Lincoln Nebraska Apr. 21, 1947 - Letter to Mrs. Mary D. Field from Goodspeed's Book Shop of Boston, MA paying for Our Kin and ordering another May 17, 1947 - Letter to Miss Mary Denham Ackerly July 2, 1947 offering an exchange of subscription Genealogy & History for Our Kin Bernice B. Mount (aka Mrs. Adrian Ely) of Washington, DC - Letter to Mrs. Harris Field from James L. Taylor, Jr. of Pittsburg, PA July 16, 1947 about research - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Elizabeth N. Moorman (Mrs. J. B.) requesting assistance in tracing genealogy of Mrs. Jack Hannah (Nelle Penn) of Sherman, TX re: Penn line (chart enclosed) Oct. 12, 1947 - Letter to Miss Mary Denham Ackerly from Frank G. Helyas of Stelton, NJ Dec. 2, 1947 re: copy of Our Kin - Letter to Mrs. Harris Field from Frank G. Helyas of NJ Dec. 16, 1947 sympathizing with Mary's illness; he had serious operation of his own in August - 2 cards & 2 letters from Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, MA ordering and paying for copies of Our Kin Oct. 14, 1948; July 6, 1949; July 29, 1949; Aug. 9, 1949.

This folder contains:- Card from Goodspeed's Book shop, Boston, MA ordering copy of Our Kin Apr. 18, 1950 - Letter to Mrs. Mary Ackerly Field from Allen M. Douglass of Senath, Missouri ordering copy of Our Kin Sept. 22, 1950 - Letter from Mary Ackerly Field to Allen M. Douglass of Senath, Missouri asking about his line ("I am a Douglass descendant") Sept. 25, 1950 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Mrs. George P. Parker ("Cousin Lula") genealogy and family news Apr. 3, 1951 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Georgette Parker ("Cousin Lula's" daughter) family chat; history of Bedford (mostly Lula's work) to be published by newspaper Bedford Democrat in preparation for Bicentennial Nov. 3, 1953 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Georgette Parker ("Cousin Lula's" daughter) Feb. 27, 1954 about success with publication of parts of her history - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Hope Pusey condolences on death of brother John Nov. 2, 1954 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Annie Tankerly condolences on death of brother John Nov. 2, 1954 -- Letters to Lucy Ackerly condolences on death of brother John from: o Effa Quisenberry Nov. 2, 1954 o Helen and Ann Crowgly Nov. 2, 1954 o Ellen Graham Anderson Nov. 4, 1954 o Mary Galt (D.A.R.) Nov. 5, 1954 o Evelyn Nelson Nov. 5, 1954 o Elija McHenry Nov. 5, 1954 o "Bonebelle" Nov. 5, 1954 o Gertrude Morrison Nov. 7, 1954 o Katherine (Mrs. George Breden )Ax Nov. 8, 1954 o Vada and JK Samples Nov. 8, 1954 o Gladys (from Big Island, VA) Nov. 10, 1954 o Ruth F. A. McCullough Nov. 9, 1954 o "Circle #3" Nov. 12, 1954 - Letter to Mrs. Mary D. A. Field Jan. 8, 1955 from "Naomi" Lynchburg, VA about family and sympathy for John's death plus request for 2 copies of Our Kin - Letter to Miss Mary Denham Ackerly from Madeline Turpin English of Alexandria, VA asking for help in joining the DAR Daughters of the American Revolution through the Turpin line Jan. 10, 1955 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Edward Irving Eldredge of Tirvelda Farm in The Plains, VA concerning purchase/sale of adjoining land Jan 21, 1955 - Postcard from Mrs. Howard H. (Ruth W.) Bourne of Roanoke asking for a copy of Our Kin Feb. 11, 1955 - Letter to Mrs. Harris Field from Madeline T. English of Alexandria, VA asking for a copy of Our Kin Feb. 14, 1955 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Lucille (Mrs. John B.) Thurman of Lynchburg, VA requesting a copy of Our Kin Feb. 21, 1955 - Postcard Nov. 2, 1956 from Mrs. Gloria Balander of Roanoke, VA requesting a copy of Our Kin(note on card indicates price has increased to $50) - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Mrs. Robert F. (Ruth Gregory) Hamilton of Dalton, GA requesting copy of Our Kin Jan. 16, 1957 - Letter Apr. 1, 1957 to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Frederick R. Louis requesting copy of Our Kin; "I am interested in the family of Captain Robert Bolling as I am a lineal descendant of his" - Letter Apr. 6, 1957 Mrs. G. Harris Field from Nannie Wood of Danville, VA requesting copy of Our Kin [price $45] - Letter Apr. 19, 1957 Mrs. Harris Field from Nannie Wood of Danville, VA enclosing payment and listing genealogy "My grandfather's grandmother was Jane Stern Jetter, daughter of Ambrose Jetter; my grandmother Angelina E. (Johnson) Wood, was a grand-daughter of Richard Johnson and Ann (Vaughn) Johnson" - Letter Apr. 27, 1957 Mrs. M.D.A. Field from Nannie Wood of Danville, VA extending sympathy for John's death - Letter to Mrs. Mary Ackerly Field July 30, 1957 from Mrs. W. R. ("Melba") Bedgood, Sr. of Athens, GA asking about Henry Page White & Celia Page and requesting copy of Our Kin - Easter card to Mrs. G. Harris Field Apr. 4, 1958 "with love from brother Gene" - Letter to Mrs. Harris Field Nov. 15, 1958 from Helen Johnson Bluntzer of Corpus Christi, TX asking about Our Kin and requesting help in joining the DAR Daughters of the American Revolution - Letter to Mrs. Harris Field from Ada Allan Peoples of Dallas, TX Jan. 29, 1959 interested in White & Allen lineage plus 2 pages of genealogical chatter - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Thomas G. Pullen, Jr. (Maryland State Superintendent of Schools); related to Pullen and Walker families in Bedford; interested in Our Kin Aug. 27, 1959 - Postcard from Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, MA inquiring about additional copies of Our Kin Sep. 24, 1959 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Thomas G. Pullen, Jr. of Baltimore, MD Nov. 2, 1959 inquiring about Our Kin - Letter to Miss Mary D. Ackerly from Mrs. Frank M. (Roberta Dulin) Stewart of Los Angeles, CA for help with information contained in Our Kin Nov. 30, 1959.

This folder contains: - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from Benjamin Shedd @ Wake Forest, NC "Dear Cousin Mary" Dec. 24 [no date] - Note from "Lula" including Burks data and information that "Mrs. Hatcher died at 10 o'clock this morning" [no date] - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from "Cousin Ralph" @ Belmont Manor, Bermuda [no date] - Letter from Lucy Ackerly to "Dear Sis" [no date] PS that "I was plain mad that Matt Paxton didn't let a better write up go in the paper about Will…" - Letter from Lucy Ackerly to "Dear Sis" [no date] describing mother's illness - Letter to Mrs. Mary Ackerly Field from Mrs. Blanche Fry-Shafer of Cincinnati, Ohio regarding confusion about Captain John Murray [no date] - Penciled note to Mrs. G.H. Field "Dear Mary" from her mother [no date] - Letter to Miss Ackerly from "Elizabeth" June 20 [no date] regarding genealogy of Jacob White - 2 letters [undated] from B. Shafer of Cincinnati, OH to Mrs. Field re: genealogy of Major John Murray - Postcard from Yale University Aug. 29, 1941 from Frank and Ruth to Mrs. Harris Fields - Note to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Laird Thompson thanking Mary for flowers at time of mother's death [no date] - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from Lucy "Dear Sis" enclosed in First Day Commemorative Stamp envelope "Cyrus McCormick" Oct. 14, 1940 - Letter from Mary E. Dillard of Lynchburg to "My dear Mrs. Parker" about Dillards July 1 [No date] - Letter from Mary E. Dillard of Lynchburg to "My dear Mrs. Parker" about Dillards July 1 [No date] - Note from Mrs. George Parker regarding list of libraries [no date] - Letter to Rev. John Pickett from "Geo." [son George] "My Dear Pa-" [no date] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Bessie Jacobson re: John [no date 1954?] - Letter in pencil to "My dear old Cousin" from J. Castily G… of Poplar Hill [no date] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Eva Pallared [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Monroe, 104 White Street, Lexington Nov 2 [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Ivy & Bob Goring [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Stanfield S. McClure Nov. 3, 1954 - Letter to Miss Mary Ackerly from Mary E. Denham … of Pasadena, CA Jan. 10, 1907 - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Marie S. Pole [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy & Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Jesse Thornhill Davidson [no date] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Georgetta [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Faith [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Mrs. Fred Turpin Deaver [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to Lucy Ackerly from Louise and Roger Beebe [no date 1954?] - Condolence note to "Miss Ackerly" from Ellen Penny [no date 1954?] - Postcard Jan. 31, 1937 to Mrs. G. Harris Field concerning books on hand from "L" in Bedford - Letter to Mrs. Mary D. A. Field in Lexington from Marge Malone at Fieldmont, The Plains, VA [date unclear, but likely Feb. 10, 1962] includes statement "We had an exciting day last Monday as the hunt met here again, and Mrs. Kennedy rode with them. She had Caroline and the baby with her." [JFK, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy] - Penciled note "Rough Sketch of My Ancestors" by Mrs. A. D. White [no date] LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 21 - Note to Dr. Chas Turner from Jack Ackerly describing "attached letters Mrs. John P. Ackerly to her daughter Mary" – but there are no items attached or in the folder…

This folder contains: - Resolution of Lexington Presbyterian Church re: Presbyterian House Annex @ Jackson Memorial Hospital Apr 18, 1909 - Letter to Major J. H. Shailan (sp?) New York from Charles H. Hyde "The Parents of Richard J. Cashman, Jr. Co. B 102nd NYV desire to obtain his discharge because he is not 18 years of age" [no date, no address, no envelope] - Letter to John Pickett @ Washington DC from "Eloise" Aug 12 [date unknown] - Letter from Berta Paxton @ Pleasant Valley to "Mrs. Pickett" June 2, 1865 + attached continuation letter from "Sallie" Jan. 2, 186[6?] LOCATION: AC 108 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 5) FOLDER 22 - Letter from William Whitescamer @ Rector College addressed to John Pickett @ Washington, DC Dec. 20, 1845

This folder contains a leather bound Certificate of Honor Award 1978 presented to Lucy Ackerly by Lexington High School Classes of '45, '46, '47, '48, 49.

This folder contains a brown expandable folder containing Major William W. Ackerly's War Department papers, etc.

This folder contains:- Two page historical sketch of Hollins College 1923, 1924, 1925 - Letters among W. W. Ackerly's wartime buddies concerning wartime news 1942 + With the Colors publication of Mar. 17, 1942 with picture of FDR on the cover referencing his 60th birthday - Letter Sept. 4, 1939 from William W. Ackerly, Esq. to Circuit Court Loudoun County   asking for date of deed of trust from Mary D.A. Field (widow) to L. R. Bartenstein and "myself" covering sale of farm

- Questions on Pleading and Practice textbook of laws at Washington & Lee owned and annotated by William W. Ackerly 1912

- Law textbook (Washington & Lee) with many annotations by William W. Ackerly 1912 no binding, cover, or title

- William W. Ackerly's notebook on Negotiable Instruments (Washington & Lee) 1912

- William W. Ackerly's notebook on Contracts 1912

- William W. Ackerly's notebook on Real Property (Washington & Lee) 1912

- William W. Ackerly's notebook on Equity Pleading (Washington & Lee) 1912 - Envelope with a "Weather Diary: 1851-1872" in the handwriting of Mary D. Ackerly. - Tiny photos (1 X 2) from WWI period (some faded penciled writing on the back indicating locations) - Three 3 X 5 photos from 1916. One shows soldier holding newspaper with headline "Hughes Wins" (which he didn't against the Democratic incumbent Woodrow Wilson) - Booklet Trooping re: Troop H 1st Cavalry N.G.N.Y. Apr. 1, 1916 W.W. Ackerly on roster - Letter from W. F. Carpenter Centreville, VA July 1, 1958 "My Dear Judge" (William W. Ackerly) "congratulations of high office" - Booklet Military Map Reading - Letter to Mary Ackerly Fields from William Cooper of VMI thanking her for her words of praise about his book on New Market and praising Our Kin June 21, 1933 - Letter from Goodspeed's Book Shop asking about price change for Our Kin Feb. 10, 1936 - Pamphlet A Few Plain Words about the Lexington Development Company (undated) - Photo of "Ann Smith School as I First Saw It" – Lucy Ackerly (graduated 1910) – courtesy of M.W. Paxton, Jr. - Term report of Mary D. Ackerly teacher at Public School #4 May 1913 student list and details of school's condition - Notes from The Kiwanis Club of Lexington, VA Nov. 26, 1930 Bill Ackerly, Secretary many local names - Postcard to Capt W.W. Ackerly 723 Military Police Btn, Fort Meade, MD Mar. 20, 1942 from Lucy Ackerly re: mother's condition - Four vouchers Camp Wadsworth SC transfer of funds from Lt. William W. Ackerly Nov. 13, 1917 - List of property "purchased for company" no date (World War I ?) - Letter from France Aug. 15, 1918 William Ackerly to his mother - Letter from Couvere, France Feb. 5, 1919 William Ackerly to his parents full of information about occupation life - Pamphlet Lynchburg of ye Olden Tyme by George Tillman Snead in verse 1931 - Pamphlet Lynchburg in Old Virginia: The City of Industry and Opportunity

Richmond Times Dispatch Sunday Magazine sections Jan. 6, 1935 and Jan. 13, 1935 (nothing specific in either related to Ackerlys) - Letter in large brown envelope to Lucy Ackerly from Ruth Schozning (Mrs. Cecil Fulton, Mo.) enclosing 20 pages of Missouri Douglas genealogy May 24, 1979 ) - Newspaper clipping Bedford Democrat Oct. 1, 1931 headline "Data Concerning Point Pleasant Soldiers is Given: Mrs. George P. Parker and Miss Earle Dennis Make Search of Records" ) - Tablet and pile of applications to DAR Daughters of the American Revolution Mary D. Ackerly writing on Cover 'Clayton & Turpin Lines of Descent Keep Valuable" (Mabel Elizabeth Hatcher, Natural Bridge Station; Louise Cooper Jennings Royall, Bristol; Louise Cooper Jennings; Florence Evans Simpson, Birmingham, AL) - Patent Medicine pamphlet 1880-1884 - Two letters to Mrs. G. H. Field from Friends of the Library at Washington & Lee Dec. 3, 1936 and Apr. 26, 1941 - Order of Worship Trinity Methodist Church May 29, 1932 - Lexington High School Crystal yearbook 1927 - Virginia Teacher's Registers of Lucy Ackerly for Ann Smith Primary "White" School 1940-1941 and 1943-1944 Grade III including "report cards" for 1944

- DOCUMENTS RELATING TO FIELDMONT (owned by Harris Field and Mary D. Ackerly Field in The Plains).

This folder contains the original and transcript of a letter from John Milton White (a lieutenant in the 34th VA Infantry) Jan. 12, 1865 from the defenses in Petersburg to his wife who lived near Cifax in Bedford County  , VA.

This folder contains: - Broadside of Republican Convention to be held at Lexington Courthouse Mar. 30, 1895 - Receipt Mrs. C.B. Ackerly bought of E.A. Moore & Co. Studebaker wagon gear Aug. 25, 1899 - Note from Col R.A. Marr of VMI to "Appointing Power of the Postmaster of Lexington, VA" Apr. 8, 1902 recommending that John P. Ackerly be re-appointed as postmaster - Letter to the Lexington Postmaster from The McKinley Monumental Tree Committee in Oakland, CA Apr 8, 1902 stating that it planned to plant a special tree in Oak View Cemetery in Oakland in honor of the late President William McKinley and asking for soil from the Valley of Virginia to use in the planting: "On June 10 & 11, 1864, a battle was fought near your place in which young McKinley took part as a soldier. The Committee desires to obtain about one pound of earth or soil from that battlefield to be used in the ceremony of planting." - Memorandum of an agreement Apr 1, 1904 between C. B. Ackerly and Abraham Lavell concerning land taxes and the growing and harvesting of wheat - Flyer from Jno. P. Ackerly called "A Card" To the Republicans and Voters of Rockbridge County   Oct. 20, 1908 urging support for Republican candidates - Republican National Committee Certificate of John Ackerly and receipt 1916 pers - Letter to mother (Mrs. John P. Ackerly) from Will Ackerly May 27, 1916 discussing life insurance and requesting that proceeds go to "Sis" and Lucy if she doesn't use them "because I know it is easier for boys than girls to make their way in the world." - Letter to John P. Ackerly from Congressman C. B. Slemp thanking him for his congratulatory message Nov. 11, 1916 - Mr. J.P. Ackerly in account with W. J. Thomas, Fresh & Cured Meats Dec. 1, 1926 - Letter to Mrs. David Strain, President of Mary Custis Lee UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter from Elizabeth Beverly White, Jackson Memorial Hospital Jan. 20, 1928 wishing to resign - Resolution of Hospital Board of Jackson Memorial Hospital on the resignation of Mrs. Reid White Jan. 31, 1928 LOCATION: AC 109 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 6) Folder #5 - Resolution by the Republicans of Rockbridge County   upon the death of President McKinley and condolences to Mrs. McKinley - Rolled photo Fort Meade, MD May 1942 "Capt W. W. Ackerly Commanding".

This folder contains the following miscellaneous publications:- Pamphlet on dieting entitled The New Figure (Reducing and Gaining) by Gladys Glad (Central Press Ass'n, Cleveland and New York – no date) - Colonial Virginia Direct Ferry Routes (Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown) - Map of Virginia Seashore (A Year Round Playground Among Historic Shrines) - Reprint from Confederate Veteran (Nashville, TN) "The Original 'Dixie's Land' by Daniel Decatur Emmett" - The Port of Hampton Roads map and background issued by The State Port Authority of Virginia - Ordnance Survey map of Belgium 1916 (Hazebrouck) – penciled circles and number references may indicate troop placements.

This folder contains the following miscellaneous publications:- Land deed Aug. 29, 1939 Mary D.A. Field (widow) to Algernon A. S. Davy returned for revision per letter from W. A. Metzer (Attorney at Law, Leesburg) to William Ackerly (Attorney at Law, Lexington) - Contract by and between Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula E. (Jeter) Parker regarding publication of Our Kin – Dec. 26, 1929 - Letter from Mary Ackerly to brother William Ackerly about dissolving Our Kin partnership with Lula Parker Feb. 15, 1940 - "True Copy" of Last Will and Testament of G. Harris Field leaving everything to Mary Ackerly - News clipping concerning William Ackerly organizing company of infantry for the National Guard in Lexington (source & date unknown) - News clipping Ralph Turpin Jr. receives law degree from Seton Hall (source & date unknown) - Christmas photo notecard (person & location unidentified – presumably Mary Ackerly) - 2x The 1932 Cotillion Club of VMI Virginia Military Institute invitations to Final Dances – Mrs. J. P. Ackerly, Sr. & Miss Marie Davidson and J.P. Ackerly, Jr & Miss Lucy Ackerly - Calendar 1935 Jefferson Street Gulf Service Station (7 N. Jefferson Street) E. G. Ackerly, Owner & Mgr. - Letter to Miss Mary Denham Ackerly from the Times-World Corporation, Roanoke re: purchasing copy of Our - News clipping of editorial from the Waynesboro News-Virginian regarding 18th Judicial Circuit amalgamation with scribbled note "For Will" - Front page of The Fauquier Democrat Apr. 6, 1961 with article "Farm Deeded by Washington in Sale News" :: "Fieldmont, a 320-acre farm near Halfway, part of a tract for which George Washington signed a deed in 1789, has been sold by Mrs. G. Harris Field to John E. Malone of Arlington" - Biographical Sketches and Pictures of Company B, Confederate Veterans of Nashville, TN, 1902 (1974 reprint) - Fiftieth Reunion Booklet Class of 1912 Washington & Lee University May 4 – 5, 1962 - Photo Christmas card with picture of house (no ID, no date) Ackerly house? - Letter to Miss Lucy Ackerly from William S. Moffett, Jr. condolences on death of Judge William Ackerly Aug. 14,1968 LOCATION: AC 109 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 6) FOLDER MISC PUBS "B" - Front page of The Fauqiuer Democrat Warrenton May 3, 1933 regarding donation of copy of Our Kin to Warrenton Library.

This is a box of miscellaneous pPostcards in album – includes West Virginia, Lynchburg, Staunton + numerous Victorian era Valentines and other holiday cards… Note especially postcards of Fairfield High School , Packet boat that carried remains of Stonewall Jackson to Lexington (2), "North River and Blue Ridge Mountains, Glasgow, VA," "State Normal School, Farmville, VA (1910)."

This box contains the follwing:- Turpin Estate ledger with misc. fiduciary documents William Ackerly fiduciary R. Turpin of Big Island, VA decedent - Scrapbook of "Mary Denham Ackerly labeled "Summers" but covers more than that; includes wall calendars 1904, 1906 thus dating material - Scrapbook Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy (1957) misc gatherings (includes newspaper clippings and even leaves from foliage and napkins from dinners) LOCATION: AC 111 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 8) - Unidentified pen (obviously of historical significance, but no indication of what it is).

This folder contains:- Undated minutes written longhand referencing meeting of the Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Rockbridge Greys Children of the Confederacy.

This folder contains:- Constitution and By-Laws of Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy May 11, 1920 - Donation of $500 by the Rotary Club of Lexington to Jackson Memorial Hospital Nov 25, 1924 - "Amendments to the By-Laws to be proposed at the 32nd Annual Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Hot Springs, Arkansas November, 1295 [sic]" - Check Rockbridge National Bank of Lexington $370 June 25, 1925 - Newspaper clippings on living historian "Mother Richmond" visiting day care centers in envelope of SCV Sons of Confederate Veterans Richmond 1925 - Letter to Mrs. Annie Davis of Lexington UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy from Stonewall Jackson Camp UCV United Confederate Veterans Staunton thanking her for hospitality June 22, 1925 - Note from "Commissary Department, VMI Virginia Military Institute from Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy $232.86 Supplies Used to Serve Lunch June 19, 1925 - Letter from the General Chairman of the Erskine Company of Staunton, VA to Mrs. Annie Davis thanking her "for the splendid reception your Chapter gave the Veterans in Lexington" June 27, 1925 - Note June 19, 1925 to W.J. Ashburne "to cost for extra help to cook and serve lunch" $120 - Western Union Telegram Dec. 14, 1926 from Henry Louis Smith to Miss Belle Larrick, Richmond, VA "The Lee Memorial Auditorium as describes [sic] in the plan we agreed on is a complete building, eighteen or twenty feet east of the mausoleum, with a first floor entrance on its chapel side but not connected with the chapel or mausoleum in any way. If at any time in the future the Trustees should decide to unite, or alter, or tear down one of both buildings they have the legal right to do so." Lee Chapel? - Letter to President of Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy from Janet Randolph, President, Ladies Hollywood Memorial Association of Richmond donating two battle flags May 24, 1926 - Letter to Mrs. R.H. Witt, President Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy May 5, 1926 from Stuart G. Gibboney, President Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation concerning "On to Monticello, VA and Philadelphia, 1776-1926" campaign - Confederate Veteran (Nashville, TN) "Subscription Prizes and Club Rates" (1926) - Announcement of spring meeting of District No. 2 UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy to be held at Waynesboro, VA May 13-14, 1926 - Letter from Oliver Orr of Macon, GA to Miss Belle Larrick, President of Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy enclosing newspaper clipping extolling Gamaliel Bradford of Wellesley Hills, MA for contributions to the South, including Lee the American and Confederate Portraits May 31, 1927 - Thank you from Miss Isabelle Hutchinson of Manassas, VA to "Mrs. Burnell" Apr 13, 1928 regarding conferring the Southern Cross of Honor upon Rev. R.J. McBryde - Resolution by the Hospital Board [of Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital] on the Resignation of Mrs. [Reid] White Nov. 22. 1928 - Letter to "Miss Agnes" from Dora Witt Mitchell indicating she will not be able to serve as Secretary of the Mary Custis Lee chapter of the UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy despite having been elected to the position 1928 - Resolution of the Board of Jackson Memorial Hospital expressing its confidence in Miss Mattie Frank serving as Superintendent Jan. 20, 1928 - Two postcards from Mrs. Chas. Schaadt, Chairman [sic] of Confederate Grave Marker Committee to Mrs. J.A. Cook Oct. 22, 1929 and Nov. 20, 1929 - Letter from Mrs. A.C. Ford of Clifton Forge – Chairman [sic] of Committee on Relief to Mrs. Blaise – "In March 1928 the Buena Vista Chapter sent me an application for Relief for Misses Alice and Laura Bartnett of Midvale, Rockbridge Co., VA." - Postcard from H.H. Smith of Blackstone, VA (faded-typewritten) to Miss Belle Lamek (?) offering to send samples of pamphlets on Lee, Jackson, and Jefferson Davis for 25 cents.

This folder contains:- Letter from Mrs. H.A. Emma Ramsey Wilson of Rockbridge Baths July 23, 1930 to Mrs. Cook regarding a grave marker for a Captain Whitmore who apparently died at the Battle of McDowell… - Letter from M. Daisy Anderson Schaadt (Mrs. C. W.) Jan. 7, 1930 Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy (State Chairman Confederate Marker Committee) to Mrs. J. A. Cook of Lexington regarding forms - Letter from Commonwealth of Virginia Comptroller regarding State appropriation 1928 and 1929 for the Confederate Memorial Association of Lexington for care of graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors Feb. 28, 1930 to Mrs. J. S. Moffatt, Jr., President of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Letter from Commonwealth of Virginia Comptroller regarding form to be filed to obtain 1930 State appropriation for the Confederate Memorial Association of Lexington to care for graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors Mar 18, 1930 to Mrs. J. A. Cook, Treasurer of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Application for headstone for Benjamin S. Falls, Private Co. L 11th VA CSA who died on Apr 18, 1915 – Ackerly Graveyard, Lexington, VA - Letter from Commonwealth of Virginia Comptroller concerning forms for disbursement of 1930 appropriation to Mrs. Mary Ackerly as new chairman of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Letter from Mrs. H.A. Wilson to Mrs. Cook regarding marker for Capt. Whitmore who is buried in the Bethesda cemetery - Receipt for $1.58 for Confederate Grave Marker forms Nov. 21, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Chas Schaadt regarding the need to spend funds or they will revert to the State and discussing grave markers - Letter from Mary Adams Gibson to Mary Ackerly Nov. 17, 1930 requesting an appropriate form for a marker for Hugh Adams; also notes that her son-in-law (Wm. R. Sterrett) would like a form for "his great uncle William Madison Sterrett." - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. David J. Whipple of Brownsburg, VA Nov. 20, 1930 requesting form for marker for her father's grave - Formation of new UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter by former members of Mary Custis Lee Chapter (comment states that "Mrs. Jackson joined Turner Ashby Chapter of Harrisonburg, VA) - Notice from Confederate Grave Marker Virginia Division of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy regarding adoption of standard form for grave markers Mar. 6, 1930 with form attached - Request for report about number of grave markers installed in Lexington in 1930 dated August 1930 - Request for information about Confederate Grave Markers installed pursuant to Virginia General Assembly enactment Dec. 2, 1930.

This folder contains: - Letter to Mary Ackerly Mar 12, 1931 from Mrs. Chs Schaadt of Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy (apparently with regard to request for grave marker forms (address listed as County   Court House, Lexington, VA); she asks the question "Is that the R.R. station"? - Letter from W. Horace Lackey to Dora (Mrs. H.L.) Mitchell (as local UDC Secretary) informing her that Mrs. Lackey cannot accept Presidency of Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy to which she was recently elected: "She has been in the Hospital for the past ten days and is not yet able to answer for herself" Apr. 22, 1931 - Handwritten copy of accounting form dated Apr. 5, 1932 for UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy su - 3 cancelled checks related to grave markers Mar. 9, Apr. 6, and Apr. 13 1931 and a receipt for deposits to Confederate Memorial Assn acct at The Peoples National Bank of Lexington Apr. 28, 1931 - Shipping receipt for grave markers Mar. 24, 1931 Louisville & Nashville RR Co. - Memo concerning "Markers Tablets for Confederate Graves" from Virginia Division of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy (references "Act approved Feb 26, 1929" "Secretary of War, Major General B. F. Cheatham" and "Hon. P. H. Drewry") - Unsigned draft inquiry about Confederate Grave Marker forms Oct. 18, 1929 - Undated note on need to fill out UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy grave marker forms "even when Government blanks and markers are used" (references 1932) - Notarized letter dated June 15, 1932 from Adjutant Generals Office, War Department, Washington: C.H. Bridges, Major General, to A. Shields, Rockbridge County   Clerk's Office "The records show that James W. Engleman. Private. Company E, 46 Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States Army, enlisted Sept. 15, 1863, in Bath County  . The master roll of that company for September and October 1864, last on file, shows him absent, sick in hospital, and no later record has been found." - Postcard to Mrs. D. E. Strain responding to apparent application for pension "for Miss Sutherland" – "when there is a vacancy I will endeavor to get her name of the list" – Mrs. Chas E. (P.C.) Bolling, Chairman Relief Committee VA Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Sept. 2, 1933 - Status inquiry postcard to Mrs. D. E. Strain from Mattie Sutherland Nov. 28, 1933 - Thank you note to Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy dated Apr. 3, 1933 for expression of sympathy regarding bereavement - Letter to Daughters of Confederacy Charlottesville, VA from Miss Mattie Sutherland Mar 6, 1932 "Please send me an application blank to fill out for a pension for a Confederate soldier's unmarried sister (marked answered 4/12/33) - Letter to Mrs. D.E. Strain from Mattie Sutherland apparently enclosing completed pension form Apr. 20, 1933 "My oldest brother A. W. Sutherland joined the 10th VA Cavalry Company F … He served faithfully and with honor the whole period of the Confederate War… I had 2 other brothers A.V. and J.H. Sutherland who served the full period of the War Between the States. I do not know the regiment or the company in which they enlisted" - Form letter concerning the availability of "a motion picture, entitled 'The Conquered Banner," which depicts the origin and development of the Confederate Flags" from Mrs. Chas Schaadt, President, Elliott Grays Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Richmond Dec. 6, 1933 LOCATION: AC 112 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 9) Folder 4 - Letter from Brigadier General James F. McKinley, Adjutant General's Office War Department Washington Feb. 24, 1933 to Mrs. Harry Quisenberry, Lexington, VA "The records show that John C. Shields, 1 Lieutenant, Capt. R.M. Anderson's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (1st Company Richmond Howitzer's Virginia Artillery), Confederate States Army, was appointed April 21, 1861 and promoted to Captain May 10, 1861…. He was appointed Lieutenant Colonel, Provisional Army Confederate States, to take rank June 20, 1862, from the State of Virginia, and appointed Colonel to take rank November 13, 1862, when he was transferred to the Adjutant General's Department, but the last appointment was not confirmed and he reverted to his former grade of Lieutenant Colonel." - Letter from Brigadier General James F. McKinley, Adjutant General's Office War Department Washington May 13, 1933 to Mrs. Harry Quisenberry, Lexington, VA "The records on file in this office show that Andrew A. Sutherland, 1st Sergeant, Company F, 10th Regiment Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States Army, enlisted May 13, 1862, at Richmond, Virginia… He was surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., and paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865" - Postcard of Memorial Day, Confederate Cemetery, Johnson's Island, Ohio (June 1934) - Two summaries of activities of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy for 1934 including statements that "Jackson Memorial Hospital is full to overflowing and we anticipate building another wing this summer… A total of 1319 persons were treated during the past year of which 234 were charity patients" and "Jackson Memorial Hospital is still in a flourishing condition. So much so that we are adding another wing. We admitted 1430 patients." There is also a reference to "Lee-Jackson-Maury Day" - Letter to Mrs. D.E. Strain from Mattie Sutherland Mar 5, 1934, indicating that she had received a pension check for $8.75 dated Jan 15, 1934" but had not gotten anything since that time" - Postcard Jan. 4, 1934 to Mrs. D.E. Strain from Mrs. Chas E. Bolling indicating she was adding the name of Miss Mattie Sutherland of Fairfield, VA to the Pension Roll - Postcard Dec. 7, 1934 to Mrs. D.E. Strain from Mrs. Chas E. Bolling indicating there "are 40 names on the waiting list now and no possibility of getting all on the pension roll for at least a year or it may be longer… quite a large number from 77 to 81" - Letter to Mrs. D.E. Strain from John T. Goolrick offering a wreath for Stonewall Jackson's grave on Confederate Memorial Day composed of "flowers gathered from the spot where he fell wounded at Chancellorsville" May 14, 1934 - Letter from T. Sutton Jett to Mts. E. D. Strain apparently enclosing prints of pictures taken on Memorial Day (no pictures are attached or in the file) June 4, 1934 - Thank you letter to Mrs. E. D. Strain for courtesy extended to National Park Service on visit to Lexington for Confederate Memorial Day wreath laying at tomb of Stonewall Jackson from John T. Goolrick, Historical Assistant, Fredericksburg, VA June 8, 1934.

This folder contains:- Convention Call 43rd Annual Convention of UDC in Dallas, Texas November [1935?] - Invitation to attend dedication of "Confederate Memorial Hall" at George Peabody College for Teachers June 1, 1935 - Announcement of annual meeting of District 2 of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy to be held at Covington, VA on May 21-22, 1935 - Letter from E.M. Still, Chairman of Second District of Virginia UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy to "My Dear Mrs. Strain" thanking her for being able to attend meeting of Mary Custis Lee Chapter Apr. 22, 1935 - Minutes of Second District Convention in Covington, VA May 21-22, 1935 "[The Goshen Chapter] sent a letter to their representative asking him to vote against the proposed plan for a John Brown Memorial Park at Harper's Ferry" "That the Pension Committee petition the Legislature to increase the Confederate Veterans pensions from $30 to $50 a month, and that all Confederate widows receive $10 a month." - Letter from Anne Pendleton Forest, President Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy, to Mrs. James Moffatt, Jr., President Mary Custis Lee Chapter, Nov 8, 1935 naming Lexington as annual UDC convention location for October 1936 - Letter from Ilse M. Smith to President Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy enclosing two of her poems – The Shrines of Lexington, published in the Rockbridge County   News, May 2, 1935, vol. 51, No. 27, p.7 and The Ways of Valor, published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 7, 1933, Sect. III, p.7 - Election of delegates from Mary Custis Lee Chapter to 42nd Annual Convention of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy in Hot Springs Arkansas, Nov 1935 - Letter from Anne Pendleton Forrest, President Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy to "Chapter President" regarding "convention blanks" Oct. 11, 1935 - Pencil-written list of names and addresses of some Mary Custis Lee Chapter members United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC [no date] - Announcement of annual UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting to be held in Charlottesville on May 13, 1937 - List of Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy expenses (no date, but references 1934, 1935) - Thank you letter to Mrs. J. S. Moffatt from Margaret Louise (Walker) Morgan of Roanoke Oct 10, 1936 thanking her for hosting of 1936 UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Convention - Letter from Sallie Wade of Raphine, VA to Mrs. Strain dated May 9, 1935 requesting pension for daughter of Confederate Veteran Miss Marietta Wade "who observed her eightieth birthday on the 7th of May 1935" - Letter to "My Dear Mrs. Lackey" from Mrs. James Morgan, Registrar VA Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy regarding delegates and voting Sept 15, 1936 - Series of letters and notes dated April and May 1937 involving Washington & Lee University regarding subscription to and non-receipt of Southern Magazine - Letter from Mrs. M C. Beall of Birmingham, Alabama May 21, 1935 to Mrs. D.E. Strain, President Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy "I am a widow, past middle life, a daughter of Captain Robert Cunningham, a civil war veteran of Alabama, and daughter-in-law of Captain Fred Beall of Miss., also a Civil War veteran….. I am asking each member of your Chapter to please lend me $1.00 to help me save my home that I have worked 25 years to make and am now about to lose, with no one to turn to for help….. Four years ago I slipped on a piece of orange peel on the sidewalk, breaking my hip, and am on crutches….."

This folder contains: - Letter to the War Department (receipted Feb. 27, 1939) requesting records of William Preston Parks of NC (non-commissioned officer of Company 8 of 9th Regiment NC) and of Dr. DeWitt C. Parker NC - "New Year's Greetings" form letter Jan. 1, 1938 from Mary Joyner Cox, President Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Letter to Mrs. H.M. Quisenberry regarding the availability of rooms for convention at Hotel Danville Sept. 29, 1937 - Note from Mrs. Roy Biechaum (Natural Bridge Station) to Mrs. B.B. Glover of Lexington regarding war records Nov. 28, 1937 - Hotel reservation request The Jefferson, Richmond, VA for UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Convention - Letter to Mrs. B. Bernard Glover regarding hotel reservations from the Consolvo Hotels Oct 15, 1937 "very heavily booked for UDC Convention" United Daughters of the Confederacy in Richmond - "Convention Call" UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Richmond Nov 10, 1937 - 2 Advertisements for "Special Memorial Day Long-Service Flags" discussing Confederate Battle flag LOCATION: AC 112 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 9) Folder 6 - Two poems of uncertain origin "Rosary [sic] Song" and "My grand-fathers clock" [references "Rot'ry Club"] - Solicitation for donations for "Manassas Battlefield Confederate Park: The South's Only Beautiful Memorial to All Confederate Soldiers [sic]" - Business solicitation from The Gorham Company for plaques and memorials to Mrs. D.D. Glover, President, Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy – references organ in Lee Chapel at Washington & Lee Dec. 4, 1937.

This folder contains:- Form letter from Tulsa Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy submitting name of Mrs. Ben Eyler Chaney for office of Second Vice-President General, UDC Mar. 28, 1938 - "Program and Prize List for 1939" from Historical Department UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Letter to Mrs. Myrtle E. Glover from Daisy Anderson Schaadt concerning official roster listing grave markers Virginia Division of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Confederate Grave Markers Committee Apr. 3, 1938 - Two tickets The March of the Decades Style Review (1850-1938) Troubadour Little Theatre Wednesday May 18 4:00PM Sponsored by Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Admission 25cents [presumably 1938] - Letter to Mrs. Glover from Mrs. E. Dixen of Huntington, W.VA about establishing a "Blanket Club" to raise money March 20 [1937 or 1938] - Postcard to Mrs. B.B. Glover from Mrs. W.G. Givinn Registrar about Mrs. Ackerly leaving the Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy in Lexington and entering the Buchanan chapter [sic] - Books: A Catalogue of fine Virginiana and Americana for the Lover of unusual and beautiful Volumes (Fall & Winter 1937-1938) The Dietz Press, Richmond, Virginia references Sidelights of Southern History by Mary H. Flournoy - Thank you note to Mrs. B.B. Glover from Clara White Jan 3, 1938 for box of Christmas fruits Jan. 3, 1938 - Letter hotel reservation The Mayo Hotel Tulsa, OK Oct. 20. 1938 Mrs. B.B. Gloom, President, Mary Custis Lee Chapter, UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy (housing for convention) - Form letter from Mary Joyner Cox, President of Virginia Division, UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Aug. 26, 1938 regarding upcoming convention - Form letter from Mrs. Frank A. Dennis, General Chairman, UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis Book Committee regarding memorial edition of the Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis Aug. 28, 1938 - Note from Nancy Larrick 1st Vice President Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy regarding annual dinner at George Mason Hotel in Alexandria, VA on Oct. 5. 1938 - "Convention Call" to the Chapters of the Virginia Division, UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Oct 4-7, 1938 Alexandria, VA from Mrs. B.A. (Hettie B. Pollok) Recording Secretary - Officers and District Chairmen of Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy presumably 1938 - Thank you note from Sarah B. Easter of Baltimore, MD to "Mrs. Glover " for sending "book of Mary Custis Lee Chapter" Mar. 19, 1938 - Postcard including information on the educational work of the Mary Custis Lee Chapter of the UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy since date of last convention (presumably work in 1938): $10 for essays to High School and Grammar School, $150 to Nannie Seddou Barney Loan fund, Children of the Confederacy – VA Division $50 Aug. 31, 1938 - "March of the Decades and Intervening Years (1850 – 1938) UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy "Especial thanks are due to the Rockbridge Greys for selling tickets and to Mr. Lawrence Watkins and the Washington and Lee Troubadours for the use of the Little Theater" - Notes and expenses for Mary Custis Lee Chapter dated Sept. 19, 1938 regarding 1938 UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Convention Oct. 4 – 7, 1938 - Hotel Reservation at The George Mason in Alexandria, VA Sept. 8, 1938 for Mrs. B.B. Glover - Form letter welcome from Mrs. William P. Tatmen (Sp?) as Chairman 2nd District VA Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Dec. 10, 1938 - Postcard from Mrs. L. A. Schultz soliciting funds for attendance at Memorial Day service Confederate Cemetery, Johnson's Island, Ohio Apr. 2, 1938 - Thank you note to Mrs. Glover for "wreath of bay leaves" apparently as memorial to mother of M.W. Paxton, Sr. Jan. 10, 1938 Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Thank you note from Mrs. W. S. McClanahan of Roanoke to Mrs. Glover for sending Mary Custis Lee Chapter yearbook UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Jan. 4, 1938 enclosing "Quaker Calendar" to be placed in Jackson Memorial Hospital - Letter to Mrs. Glover from Virgie Williams regarding papers of Mrs. Allen [no date, but 1938 likely] Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Letter to Mrs. Glover from Mrs. William Cabell Flournoy regarding war records to secure pension benefits for daughter of Confederate soldier buried in New Providence cemetery, George W. Dice July 12, 1938 original letter from Myrtle S. Dice of Staunton VA dated July 9, 1938 also included as attachment - Postcard from Clair Woodruff Bugg 2nd Vice President Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy requesting names of deceased members Aug. 30, 1938 to Mrs. B.B. Glover - Postcard to Mrs. Glover about the need to cash an outstanding check Sept. 28, 1938.

This folder contains: - Copy of "Demit" Jan. 25, 1939 authorizing Mrs. Ephrian Clark Murray (nee Lillian Norwood Lebby) to transfer from Mary Custis Lee Chapter of the UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy in Lexington VA to the Stonewall Jackson Chapter in Charlotte NC (She is the daughter of Capt. Henry L. Lebby, Blockade Runner, South Carolina - Letter to Mrs. Glover from Elizabeth Kilbourne regarding meeting of Board of Directors of the Lexington Branch of the Needlework Guild of America (undated, but obviously 1939)—references "intaking day" at 412 V.M.I. Parade, a tea, and card parties to raise money for shoes for the needy. There is a mini-brochure on The History of The Needlework Guild of America (founded 1885; incorporated 1896) [Ida Boyer No.3, 1938] and 3 "Help Clothe the Needy" membership forms [1936 Homeless Boy Membership Blanks] - Short undated note with typed name of author Frederic J. Haskin – Washington DC – regarding proper form for pledge of allegiance to U.S. flag – hand written ink from Ruth Brock "thought you might like for your chapter" - Postcard from Katherine Gwinn postmarked 1939 Rich Creek VA to Mrs. B.B. Glover regarding a Mrs. Tharfe - Attention V.M.I. Men from Alumni Souvenir Program Committee May 30, 1939 includes language stating "Two or more pages [in a Souvenir Centennial booklet] will be devoted to the Daughters of the Confederacy (who recently gave three scholarships to VMI) UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Welcome V.M.I. alumni to Hotel Patrick Henry V.M.I. vs. V.P.I. "The Military-Football Classic of the South" Roanoke, VA Thanksgiving, Nov. 30, 1939 - North Carolina Division United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC card presenting Mrs. James Edward Woodard of Wilson, NC as Second Vice-President General during election of Nov. 1939 - Letter to UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter Presidents Mar. 23, 1939 concerning scholarship fund to be established for V.M.I. upon the celebration of its centennial - from Maria Starke - Letter dated Mar. 20, 1939 to Mrs. B.B. Glover concerning sales of sets of The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis at $4.00 per set with order blanks from Jefferson Davis Book Committee - Letter from Bernice Howard Garrett of Wytheville, VA to Mrs. B.B. Glover Aug. 6, 1939 returning Constitution and By Laws of Mary Custis Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC which were borrowed to use as a guide for framing documents of the Wythe Grey Chapter - Letter from Leila Nance Moffatt to Harrington Waddell Apr. 10, 1939 "Again the Mary Custis Lee Chapter wishes to offer prizes for historical work in the local schools. We are offering in the grammar school a prize of $5.00 for the best essay on John Letcher, war governor of Virginia. For the high school the prize is the same, $5.00 for the best essay on reconstruction in the South after the war… Please call attention to an additional high school prize, $15.00, offered by the Richmond Chapter for the best essay on the influence of the lives of Lee, Jackson and Maury on America after the War between the States - Request to War Department Washington D.C. June 21, 1939 for records of "Isaac H. Steele, Confederate Soldier enlisted in Rockbridge County  , VA" - Request to War Department Washington D.C. June 21, 1939 for records of "Lewis P. Semones, Company C 24th Regiment - Program 32nd Annual Breakfast United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Kansas City Hotel Muehlebach Jan. 21, 1939 - Letter from War Department regarding records of Captain Evans Hiley Whitley of Campbellton, GA of Company E, 35th Regiment Georgia Infantry Feb. 10, 1939 - Letter from C.E. Kilbourne, Superintendent Virginia Military Institute VMI to Mrs. B.B. Glover thanking her for UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy participation in making New Market Day a success May 16, 1939 - Postcard to Mrs. Glover dated May 2, 1939 from UDC South Carolina regarding availability of United Daughters of the Confederacy college scholarship - Letter and enclosure from C.E. Kilbourne, Superintendent Virginia Military Institute VMI to Mrs. B.B. Glover explaining restricted seating in Jackson Hall during New Market Day ceremonies May 10, 1939 - Form letter from Clara B. Linkenhoker, Director Southern Literature for Home and Foreign Libraries of Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Mar. 27, 2939 "A silver loving cup will be awarded chapter in Virginia Division placing largest number of books in libraries bearing UDC plates" - Letter to Mrs. Glover from Virginia Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC about missing signatures on paperwork re: Wm. Carter Bewley, John H. Whitmore, and others [likely refers to Confederate records] Aug. 24, 1939 - Form letter and advertisement attachment from Virginia History Committee, Baltimore, MD Feb 15, 1939 for Avery Craven's Virginia, The Old Dominion - Letter from Mrs. R. Sydney Cox, President Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC to Mrs. Glover re: participation in New Market Day ceremonies at Virginia Military Institute VMI Apr. 14, 1939 - Request for number of New Market day attendees from C.E. Kilbourne, Superintendent Virginia Military Institute VMI to Mrs. B.B. Glover May 1, 1939 - Handwritten "speech" on the meaning of Thanksgiving "W.E. Glover "given before the Howe Economics Club, Lexington High School 1939 - Form letter from Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis Monument Committee re: funds for monument no date [but in 1939 folder] - Letter to Mrs. Evelyn Link, Treasurer UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy from M.W. Swope unable to pay dues because of illness Feb. 2, 1939 - Form letter to Mrs. Glover from Mildred (Wm. P.) Tatum, Chairman 2nd District VA Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy re: convention in Richmond in October 1939 - Form letter dated Mar. 27, 1939 from C.E. Kilbourne, Superintendent Virginia Military Institute to Mrs. B.B. Glover regarding May 15th ceremonies marking VMI's Centennial and the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of New Market - Letter dated Apr. 18, 1939 from C.E. Kilbourne, Superintendent Virginia Military Institute to Mrs. B.B. Glover thanking her for offer of assistance at May 15th ceremonies - Letter from Superintendent C.E. Kilbourne's secretary at Virginia Military Institute VMI to Mrs. B.B. Glover regarding number of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy projected attendees at May 15th ceremonies May 6, 1939 - Letters to Mrs. B.B. Gloun [sic] then "Glover" Jan. 31, 1939; Feb. 8, 1939; Feb. 17, 1939 enclosing information about New Orleans from the New Orleans Association of Commerce and ultimately indicating that a 16 mm. film would be available for a United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC program on Mar. 16, 1939 - Letter to Mrs. Glover from Mildred (Wm. P.) Tatum, Chairman 2nd District VA Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Mar. 6, 1939 about attending a meeting of Mary Custis Lee Chapter - Tuition receipt from Lexington School Board Ann Smith Auditorium Mar. 16, 1939 $5.00 - Letter to Mrs. Glover from Mary R. Ellis of Kansas City, MO regarding a copy of Cavalcade of Southern States Jan. 31, 1939 - Form letter from C.E. Kilbourne, Superintendent Virginia Military Institute, to United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Chapter Presidents explaining restrictions on size of audience able to be accommodated in Jackson Memorial Hall during May 15th ceremonies Apr. 19, 1939 - Letter from Mrs. Malcolm Peak of Lynchburg to Mrs. Glover requesting special accommodations at VMI ceremonies because of illness May 10, 1939 ("I am wondering if there is a member of your chapter who will care to entertain me while I am there")

This folder contains:- Letter from Mrs. B.B. Glover to War Department stamped "Received Jan. 16, 1940" "Robert Bruce Morrison has made application for a World War Cross of Military Service" therefore need "Confederate records for Robert Saville who served the Confederate Army with his team, hauling saltpeter for making ammunition in Virginia or West Virginia" Also requests records of John W. Wilson, Co. E, Reg 27-VA - Letter Feb. 10, 1940 from War Department (Adjutant General's Office) to Mrs. B.B. Glover "records show that J.W.Wilson, private, Company E, 27th Regiment Virginia Infantry (6th Virginia Infantry), CSA. Enlisted Mar. 19, 1962 at Mt. Jackson, born in Rockbridge County , Virginia…. "died at Staunton Hospital May 1862" - Letter Feb. 10, 1940 from War Department (Adjutant General's Office) to Mrs. B.B. Glover "No record has been found to show that Robert Saville was employed by the Confederate States Army" - Demit form Apr. 8, 1941 showing that Mrs. Mabel Hatcher Hodges had been a member in good standing in the Mary Custis Lee Chapter of the UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy and may join the William R. Terry Chapter in Bedford, VA - Invitation to attend "The Centennial Hop" on Nov 10th and Nov 11th 1940 - Handwritten Listing of officers of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy 1956-1957 - 1957 Chapter Report of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - 1957-1958 Chapter Report of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - 1959-1960 Nominating Committee Report of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy listing prospective officers - Agenda for United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC "Dedication of the Robert Edward Lee Memorial, Lee Plaza, Roanoke, VA Oct. 4, 1960 - Western Union Telegram to Lucy Ackerly Nov. 22, 1959 "Rockbridge Group Wins Grace Clare Taylor Cup—Congratulations" - 1959-1960 Chapter Report of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - 1960-1961 Chapter Report of Mary Custis Lee Chapter of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Handwritten "current expenses of chapter" (no date… likely 1960) UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Mary Custis Lee Chapter - Handwritten note and program outline re: nomination of Mrs. W. Cabell Flournoy as honorary President of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy (undated) - Undated proposed changes to Virginia Division constitution of UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy (Mrs. B. A. Polick, Recording Secretary) - "District Banner" awards to UDC Chapters United Daughters of the Confederacy (undated) - Sign simply reading "Cape Henry" - Expense note (undated) UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Christmas card undated UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Typed speech "on assuming the Presidency of our beloved Mary Custis Lee Chapter" – no date, no signature, no attribution UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Handwritten minutes – no date no attribution UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Typed note of expenses – no date UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Small thank you notes to Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy no date for Christmas Basket – from Mrs. Walter LeConte Stevens and Nettie Stuart both in same envelope - Undated form letter from the Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Lee Mausoleum Committee soliciting funds for Endowment "Six years ago the Virginia Division U.D.C. placed a custodian at Lee Chapel and Mausoleum and assumed obligation of her salary…. The Custodian's salary for three years was paid from a gift of three thousand dollars from Mrs. Charles Senff of New York, but that sum having been exhausted, it is now absolutely necessary to complete the endowment in order to continue the Custodian at the Chapel" from Anne Norvell Otey Scott, Chairman.

This box contains assorted booklets and one folder of miscellaneous items. The booklets are as follows: - Minutes of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Wilmington, N.C. Nov 13-16, 1901 - Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters held in Harrisonburg, VA October 8th-11th, 1912 - Minutes of the Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Richmond, VA Sept 30-Oct 3, 1913 - Minutes of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy assembled in Danville, VA Sept. 21, 22, 23, 24 1915 - Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Roanoke, Virginia Oct 9-12, 1917 - Minutes of the Twenty-fifth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Petersburg, VA Sept 29-Oct. 1, 1920 - Minutes of the Forty-second Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Danville, VA Oct 5-8, 1937 – two copies - Minutes of the Forty-third Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Alexandria, VA Oct 4-7, 1938 - Minutes of the Sixtieth Annual Convention United Daughters of the Confederacy Virginia Division held at Roanoke, VA Oct 4-6, 1955 - Report of the President General United Daughters of the Confederacy 1912 - Minutes of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Wilmington, N.C. Nov 13-16, 1901 - Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters held in Harrisonburg, VA October 8th-11th, 1912 - Minutes of the Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Richmond, VA Sept 30-Oct 3, 1913 - Minutes of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy assembled in Danville, VA Sept. 21, 22, 23, 24 1915 - Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Roanoke, Virginia Oct 9-12, 1917 - Minutes of the Twenty-fifth Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Petersburg, VA Sept 29-Oct. 1, 1920 - Minutes of the Forty-second Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Danville, VA Oct 5-8, 1937 – two copies - Minutes of the Forty-third Annual Convention of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy held in Alexandria, VA Oct 4-7, 1938 - Minutes of the Sixtieth Annual Convention United Daughters of the Confederacy Virginia Division held at Roanoke, VA Oct 4-6, 1955 - Report of the President General United Daughters of the Confederacy 1912 - Bulletin Medical College of Virginia Dedication Issue Jefferson Davis Memorial Chapel Richmond Virginia (Presented to the Medical College of Virginia by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (1960) Volume LVIII Winter 1961 Number 2 - General Convention Call United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC 69th Annual General Convention, Richmond, VA Nov. 10-15, 1962 including Proposed Amendment to Bylaws and discussion of amendments - United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Program 69th General Convention Hotel John Marshall Richmond, VA Nov. 10-16, 1962 two copies - United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Historian General's Yearbook 1962 - Forty Years with the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy by Mrs. Cabell Smith [Essie Wade Butler Smith] UDC undated but pages 14-19 mention Lee Chapel custodian, battle flags, and plaque to Traveler on side of Lee's House - 67th Annual Convention Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Chamberlin Hotel Fort Monroe, Virginia Oct. 2,3,4, 1962 - "Stonewall" Jackson Memorial 63rd Annual Convention Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Natural Bridge Hotel Oct. 7,8,9, 1958 - United Daughters of the Confederacy Monticello Hotel Norfolk, VA [Confederate Monument, Norfolk erected 1898] 64th Annual Convention Virginia Division Pickett-Buchanan / Hope-Maury Hostess Chapters Oct. 6,7,8, 1959 - 66th Annual Convention Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Hotel Jefferson, Richmond, Virginia Lee Chapter No. 123 Hostess Oct. 3,4,5 1961 two copies with memorabilia; one has notes for a speech on Lee-Jackson Day in Lexington - Program United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC 45th Annual Convention Tulsa, OK Nov. 15-18, 1938 Mayo Hotel - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Second District Conference Robert E. Lee Hotel, Lexington, VA Apr. 10, 1962 - Children of the Confederacy Virginia Division Year Book 1937-1938.

This folder contains:- Articles by Division Historians United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC o Early History of University of Missouri (prepared with assistance of Mrs. L. J. Dye) pages 1-2 o Early History of University of North Carolina (prepared by Mrs. J.A. Yarbrough) pages 2-3 o University of South Carolina from its Founding to Reconstruction (prepared by Mrs. J.R. [Martha Bray] Carson) pages 3-4 o Early History of University of Tennessee (by Miss Annie Cody) pages 4-5 o Early History of Baylor University [Texas] (by Mrs. Sam Browne) page 5 o Early History of the University of Virginia (by Mrs. B.F. Cary) pages 5-7 [includes description of Civil War activities, including the formation of companies called "The Sons of Liberty" and "The Southern Guard" {with R.E. Lee, Jr. as its Corporal}] o Mary Sharp College [Tennessee] (by Miss Annie Cody) page 7 - Bulletin of the Historical Department of the United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC List of Prizes 1931 - Historical Essay Contest co-sponsored by United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans Subject 1962-1963 "Women of the Confederacy" - United Daughters of the Confederacy Education Circular 1963 UDC Awards and student loans - Undated flyer on Jefferson Davis Casement Fort Monroe, Virginia - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee on Education 1962 Scholarships - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee on Education Scholarships 1963 [two copies] - Year Book of the Turner Ashby Chapter 17 United Daughters of the Confederacy 162 1944-1945 Harrisonburg, VA - West Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy has the honor to present Mrs. William Eston Randolph Byrne (Amanda Austin Byrne) as a candidate for the Office of President General at the General Convention November 1931 - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Second District Conference Covington, VA Apr. 25, 1959 - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee on Education Scholarships 1957 - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee on Education Scholarships 1935 - Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Committee on Education Scholarships 1933 - Letter from Mrs. Archer Overbay announcing 1962-63 Historical Essay contest co-sponsored by United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans for High School Students - Form letter dated Nov 15, 1952 Birmingham. AL referring to Biloxi Convention and changes to United Daughters of the Confederacy - Form letter from Mrs. Fred L. Bower, Sr. President – Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy addressed to "Dear Virginia Daughters" and containing general UDC news as of Mar. 1, 1963 - Publicity folder for A Diary with Reminiscences of the War and Refugee Life in the Shenandoah Valley 1860-1865 Mrs. Cornelia McDonald annotated and supplemented by Hunter McDonald 1934 - Notes concerning 65th Annual Convention Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Roanoke, VA Oct 4, 1960 - Blank envelope postmarked Apr. 7, 1962 labelled "Board May 16" - Blank envelope with handwritten note "Those attending the Virginia Division Convention meeting at the Chamerlin Hotel-Old Point Comfort-Virginia - Film booking form and catalogue inserts Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development Division of Public Relations and Advertising Apr 1960 - Officers of Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy for 1939-1940 - Elected Officers of the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Oct 1962 to Oct 1963 - Historians Yearbook 1961-1962 United Daughters of the Confederacy Historical Department 1962 - Form letter (undated but from contents likely 1935) from Bessie Ferguson Cary, Historian Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC summarizing initiatives and activities - Form letter from dated Jan. 1, 1943 from Mrs. J.L. (Clair Woodruff), Bugg President Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC concerning 1943 initiatives.