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Tate Thompson Brady Family papersRHS.Coll.0090

Tate Thompson Brady Family papersRHS.Coll.0090


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Repository
Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
RHS.Coll.0090
Title
Tate Thompson Brady Family papers 1785-2005
Quantity
3.75 Linear Feet
Language
English .

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Thomas Tate Brady Papers, RHS Coll. 0090, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Tate Brady and his brother, D. E. "Pat" Brady grew up at Buffalo Forge plantation in Rockbridge County, Va.

Scope and Contents

Box 7 includes slides and books.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Brady Family
  • Brady, Daniel C. E.
  • Brady, Douglas Ellinipsico, Jr.
  • Brady, Douglas Ellinipsico, Sr.

Container List

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Account sales
1874-1878
Scope and Contents

Customers include Garland Thompson and the Camden family.

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Charles "Pat" Brady papers
1871, 1882, 1919
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Agreements with Freedman
1867
Scope and Contents

Brady, Daniel C. E.; Buffalo Forge African Baptist Church; letter J. W. Sharp (Freedmen's Bureau Agent to D.C.E. Brady).

Scope and Contents

Articles of Agreement with Freedmen, Sam Williams, Sam Thompson, Garland Thompson, Ephraim Thomas, Jim Garland, Harry Anderson, Anderson Coleman, Henry Mathew, and Henry Towler.

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Daniel C. E. Brady, Buffalo Forge, papers
1867, 1871
Scope and Contents

Papers related to Antoine Bernard and the Buffalo Forge Vineyard.

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Daniel C. E. Brady, Buffalo Forge, personal and business papers
1871-1876, 1878
Scope and Contents

Patrick Brady Estate business (1871-1876); Manganese mining correspondence (1878), Personal and business related correspondence (1877-1878).

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers
1833-1873
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers
1852-1871
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers.
1860-1870
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers
1871-1878
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers
1858-1865
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence from R. Brady to Daniel, and announcement of funeral for Daniel C. E. Brady.

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
Daniel C. E. and Emma Brady, land papers
1865-1871
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
Daniel C. E. and Emma Brady, tax records
1859-1876
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
Miscellaneous correspondence
1855-1888
Scope and Contents

Includes letter to Dear Miss Sallie from friend, H. M. Morrsion, Nov. 5, 1855, and letter to Mrs. Rebecca A. Sterrett from niece, S. S. Bear, Dec. 6, 1888.

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
Hair in envelope
1897
Scope and Contents

Hair in envelope addressed to Mr. Mc Sterrett, Lexington, VA from Gilkeson, Fishersville, VA.

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
Newspaper clippings (obituaries, weddings, misc.)
1906-1980
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 1
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., business papers, miscellaneous
1896-1946
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 2
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., correspondence
1922-1951
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 3
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., estate papers
1969-1973
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 4
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., insurance papers
1933-1971
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 5
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., miscellaneous papers
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 6
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., Obituary
1971
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 7
Douglas E. Brady, Sr. and Mrs., miscellaneous wedding invitations, and birth announcement cards
1882-1917, 1919-1927
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 8
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence
1961, 1971-1972
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 9
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence
1973-1974
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 10
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence
1976-1978
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 11
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence
1980-1983
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 12
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence
1984
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 13
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., miscellaneous papers
1970, 1974
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 14
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., report cards
1923-1924 through 1926-1927, Fall 1932, Grade 9
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 1
Brady, Janice Elaine (daughter of Tate and Bonnie Brady), Birth certificate
1950-01-28
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 2
Brady, Lydia, Report cards
1923-1930
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 3
Brady, Tate, correspondence, miscellaneous
1945-1951, 1974, 1981, 1992
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 4
Brady, Tate, Iron Furnaces
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 5
Brady, Tate, Kiwanis member
1991-1992
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 6
Brady, Tate, papers, miscellaneous, birth and church certificates
1922, 1982
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 7
Brady, Tate, Physical Fitness certificates, 1931-1932, 1934-1935, Report cards, 1932-1933, 1935, 1939-1940, no date, Natural Bridge High School Diploma, 1940, Certificate for completing 7th grade, May 7, 1936.
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 8
Brady, Tate, Wedding papers, marriage certificate, postcard and telegram to fiancé, Bonnie Fillingane
1945
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 9
Brady, Tate, Mrs. (Bonnie), correspondence, 1946-1947 and 1994 memorial to her mother
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 10
Sterrett family genealogy
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 11
Thompson, Isabella "Bella" Sterrett, letters to
1873-1899
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 12
Thompson family genealogy
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 13
Updike, James G.
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 14
Wilson, James, papers
1859-1861
Scope and Contents

Includes papers of Church missions and Africans or Jews, 1859.

Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 15
Inventory taken at Buffalo Forge
1928
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 16
Indenture, Thomas McDowell and Mayberry/Weaver
1823
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 17
Mountain Land, W. W. Weaver
1785-1965
Scope and Contents

See oversize map, RHS Pat Brady collection.

Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 1
Brady, Tate, Sgt., papers
1945-1956
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 2
Brady, Tate, Sgt., miscellaneous and photos
1944-1945, 1951
Scope and Contents

Includes Armed Forces Liberty pass (1 August 1951), patches, individual pay record, and documents.

Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 3
Brady, Tate, Award of Bronze Star Medal to Tate
1945-10-05
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 4
Brady, Tate and Bonnie, Civil Service
1944-1947
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 5
Correspondence and notes to wife Bonnie, after Tate's death, January 15, 1993
1993-01-16-1993-01-18
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 6
Correspondence and notes to wife Bonnie, after Tate's death, January 15, 1993
1993-01-19
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 7
Correspondence and notes to wife Bonnie, after Tate's death, January 15, 1993
1993-01-20-1993-01-30
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 8
Correspondence and notes to wife Bonnie, after Tate's death, January 15, 1993
1993-02-1993-04
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 9
Correspondence and notes to wife Bonnie, after Tate's death, January 15, 1993, undated
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 10
Get Well notes to Tate Brady, undated
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 11
Tate Brady Insurance Policies
1969, 1975
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 12
Notes to Bonnie Brady
1993-01-07
Mixed Materials Box 4 folder: 13
Power of attorney for Bonnie Brady
1996
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 1
Bird, Eastern shore, photo
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 2
"A Bond of Iron" filming at Buffalo Forge plantation photos
1979-08-01
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 3
Brady, Bonnie Fillingane photos, 1957, 1961, 1967, 1989, no date (early) and photos of her parent's graves
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 4
Charles A. Brady photo
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 5
Daniel C. E. Brady (1821-1878) photos
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 6
Douglas E. Brady, Sr. and wife photos
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 7
Emma Matilda Gorgas Brady (wife of Daniel C. E. Brady and niece of William Weaver) photo
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 8
Janice Brady, (daughter of Tate and Bonnie) photos, 1950, 1956-1958, 1960-1961, 2005, and (1979 Wedding newspaper clipping)
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 10
Tate Brady, as a middle-aged man, 1956, 1957, 1961, no date, photos
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 11
Tate Brady, as an older man, with wife Bonnie, and others, photos
1987, 1993
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 12
Tate Brady, as a young boy, with family and pets, at Buffalo Forge plantation, photos
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 13
Tate Brady, and Bonnie as a young couple, photos (include wedding)
1945, 1948
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 14
Tate Brady, as a young man, photo
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 15
Tate Brady, flower arrangements gift cards at Tate's death
1993
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 16
Tate Brady, memorial gifts at Tate's death
1993
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 17
Tate Brady, Public utility executive course booklet
1967-07-30-1967-08-25
Scope and Contents

Tate Brady, "Exects at Tech," pg.9

Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 18
Brady family and unidentified people, photos
1956-1957, 1977-1979
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 19
Buffalo Forge plantation, photos
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 20
Christmas float, photo
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 21
Falling Springs Presbyterian Church photos, and historical sketch by Frances Altizer
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 22
Houses unidentified, photos
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 23
Lebanon Presbyterian Church (29 Lebanon Circle, Goshen, Virginia), and graves of John D. Sterrett and William Wilson and wife, photos
1973
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 24
Negatives unidentified
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 25
Press drill photos, maybe used by Charles A. Brady, to make furniture
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 26
Softball game and sport photos
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 27
James Reid Sterrett, home on Little River
1973-1974
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 28
John D. Sterrett home, "Oakley Farm," photos
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 29
John Robert Sitlington Sterrett, tombstone, photo
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 30
Robert Dunlap Sterrett, tombstone, photo
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 31
William M. Sterrett, home, photo
1973
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 32
Sterrett/Brady home, photos
1973
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 33
Valley Railroad, Folly Mills Creek Viaduct, photo
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 34
VPI (Virginia Tech) Dress Parade, photo
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 35
William Weaver, photos
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 36
Wilson home, photo
1975
Mixed Materials Box 5 folder: 37
Wilson Springs, photo
Mixed Materials Box 6 folder: 1
Tate Thompson Brady, Genealogy Charts
Mixed Materials Box 6 folder: 2
Davis & Jordan, Mack & Weaver Genealogy
Mixed Materials Box 6 folder: 3
Gorgas & Updike Genealogy (Brady, etc.)
Mixed Materials Box 6 folder: 4
Sterrett; Thompson; Townsend, and Wilson Genealogy
Mixed Materials Box 6 folder: 5
Woodman Genealogy
Mixed Materials Box 7
Slides and books