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Dora and Cara Armistead Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
2006.54 purchased from Hamilton's Bookstore. 2004.24 Addition Transferred from University Archives on May 5, 2004.
Processing Information:
Processed by Zach Hilpert, P.J. Bell and Samantha Besora in 2006.
Papers from the household of Dora Travis Armistead (1890-1979) and Rowland Cara Armistead, sisters of Williamsburg, Virginia.
Includes letters, personal, financial and business papers of Cary Peyton Armistead (1856-1901), father of Dora and Cara, Steward
of Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital), and prominent local Episcopal Church and school leader; Eudora Ester
Armistead (d. 1940), mother; Cary Champion Armistead (d. 1944), brother, and lawyer for a time in Detroit, Michigan; Meriwether
Irving Armistead (d. 1945), brother, and lawyer in Williamsburg; and Dora and Cara Armistead, elementary school teachers;
along with materials related to relatives in the Armistead family, most notably Gregory Armistead, brother, who died at an
early age; and Julia Maria Armistead (1858-1897), sister of Cary Peyton. The papers pertain primarily to Armistead family
finances, health and personal affairs, the financial operation of the asylum/hospital, and school and church issues. Also
included are a number of undated and unlabeled photographs, schoolwork of the Armistead siblings as children and college students,
letters to Cary Peyton from College of William and Mary Presidents Benjamin S. Ewell and Lyon G. Tyler, and a long series
of letters to Cary Champion from girlfriend Ruth Conkey.
Papers from the household of Dora Travis Armistead (1890-1979) and Rowland Cara Armistead, sisters of Williamsburg, Virginia.
id60695
Finances
Mixed Materials Box: 1 id60696
Cary Armistead Finances
Scope and Contents
Note that, due to ambiguity in these records, the documents contained in the following folders may pertain to Eastern Lunatic
Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital), school district, church, or personal accounts. Documents are grouped by year
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id60697
Bills and Receipts
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id60698
Bills and Receipts
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id60699
Receipts and Bills
1881-1884
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id60700
Receipts and Bills
1885
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id60701
Receipts and Bills
1886
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id60702
Receipts and Bills.
1887
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id60703
Receipts and Bills
1888
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id60704
Receipts and Bills
1889
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id60705
Receipts and Bills (Part 1)
1890
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id60706
Receipts and Bills (Part 2)
1890
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id60707
Receipts and Bills
1891
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id60708
Receipts and Bills
1892
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id60709
Receipts and Bills
1893
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id60710
Receipts and Bills
1894
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id60711
Receipts and Bills
1895
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id60712
Receipts and Bills
1896
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id60713
Receipts and Bills
1897
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id60714
Receipts and Bills
1898
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id60715
Receipts and Bills
1899
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id60716
Receipts and Bills
1900-1901
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id60717
Cancelled Checks and Bank Receipts
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id60718
Insurance and Investment Pamphlets
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id60719
Armistead Family Finances
Scope and Contents
Documents are grouped by year
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id60721
Family Tax Materials
1919-1945
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id60722
Family Account Books
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id60723
Family Account Books
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id60724
Tax and Health Permits for Armistead Guest House Operation
1962-1974
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id60725
Dora (I) Armistead Banking Papers and Receipts
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id60726
Cara Armistead Receipts
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id60727
Cara Armistead Banking Papers
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id60728
Cara Armistead Cancelled Checks
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id60729
Champ Armistead Receipts
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id60730
Champ Armistead Banking Papers
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id60731
Champ Armistead Banking Papers
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id60732
Meriwether Armistead Receipts
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id60733
Dora (II) Armistead Bills
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id60734
Julia Armistead Finances
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id61610
Dora (I) Armistead Cancelled Checks
1902-1918
Scope and Contents
The Checks in this box were pasted by Dora into stub books, with approximately 40 checks in each book. 21 items.
id61611
Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 9 id62071
Armistead Family Letters and Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id62144
Dora (I) Armistead's Correspondence
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id62145
Dora (I) Armistead's Correspondence
1890 to 1909
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3 id62146
Dora (I) Armistead's Correspondence
1910-1939
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4 id62147
Dora (II) Armistead's Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5 id62148
Cara Armistead's Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6 id62149
Meriwether Armistead's Business Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7 id62150
Meriwether Armistead's Christmas Cards
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8 id62151
Meriwether Armistead's Christmas Cards
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9 id62152
Letter Fragments
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10 id62153
Letters to Unknown and Unrecognized Recipients
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11 id62154
Registered Mail Receipts
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 12 id62155
Emily Waltrip's Correspondence
id61613
Correspondence from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id62018
Armistead Family Letters and Correspondence
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id62019
Champ Armistead Correspondence – Business and Employment-Related
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id62020
Champ Armistead Correspondence with Friends
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id62021
Champ Armistead Correspondence with Hazel/"Carolina"
Scope and Contents
Note that Hazel – last name unknown – is occasionally referred to in these letters as "Carolina."
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id62022
Champ Armistead Correspondence with Margaret [perhaps Tyler], Virgie [last name unknown], Dick Lawson, and Copie [last name
unknown]
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id62023
Correspondence among Armistead Family Members
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id62024
Correspondence among Armistead Family Members
1885-1895
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id62025
Correspondence among Armistead Family Members
1896-1899
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id62026
Correspondence among Armistead Family Members
1900-1940
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id62027
Correspondence among Armistead Family Members
1941-1944
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id62028
Correspondence Between Meriwether and Dora (II)
Scope and Contents
Content regarding the addition of a bathroom to the family home.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id62029
Empty Envelopes
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12 id62030
Empty Envelopes
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13 id62031
Empty Envelopes
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id62032
Correspondence from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
Scope and Contents
The letters in this box, and the next two, were written by a friend and admirer, Ruth Conkey, whom Champ met during his time
at the College of William and Mary. The correspondence continued for four years from 1919 to 1922, as Champ moved from Williamsburg
to Wilmington, Del., and then Detroit, Michigan. Letters are arranged chronologically by date.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id62033
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 May 1-20
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id62034
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 May 21-31
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id62035
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 May 21-31
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id62036
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 July 1-13
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id62037
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 July 14-31
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id62039
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 August
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id62040
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 September 1-18
Mixed Materials Box: 6 id62041
Correspondence from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id62042
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 September 19-30
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id62043
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 October 1-16
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id62044
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 October 17-31
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id62045
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 November
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id62046
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1919 December
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id62047
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1920 January
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id62048
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1920 February-March
Mixed Materials Box: 7 id62049
Correspondence from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id62050
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1920 February-April
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id62051
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1920 April-May
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id62052
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1920 June-July
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id62053
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1920 August-September
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id62054
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1920 October-December
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6 id62055
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1921
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id62056
Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
1922
id62057
Cary Armistead Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Correspondence related to personal business (finances, property) and friendly communication.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id62058
Correspondence Between Cary and Julia Armistead
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id62059
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id62060
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
1885-1889
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id62061
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
1890-1892
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5 id62062
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
1893-1895
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 6 id62063
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
1896-1897
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 7 id62064
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
1898-1901
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 8 id62065
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal
1888-1892
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 9 id62066
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal
1893-1896
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 10 id62067
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal
1897-1901
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 11 id62068
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Favor Requests
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 12 id62069
Cary Armistead Correspondence – Favor Requests
1884-1900
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 13 id62070
Letters from William and Mary President Benjamin Ewell to Cary Armistead
id61617
Other Family Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id62072
Armistead Family Education and Teaching Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id62176
Armistead Children Report Cards
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id62177
Dora (II) and Cara Armistead's Teaching Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id62179
Cary Armistead's Notes for 1878 Law Class
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id62180
Dora (II) Armistead's Homework
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5 id62181
Champ Armistead's Homework
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6 id62182
Armistead Children Homework and Class Notes.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 7 id62183
Spelling Book
circa 1850
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 8 id62184
Jefferson High School (Roanoke) 1926 Yearbook and Class of 1918 Clipping
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id62073
Armistead Family Social, Cultural, and Property Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1 id62156
Plats, Lease Contracts and Other Paperwork for the Pine Crest Subdivision of Williamsburg
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2 id62157
Sales Paperwork for the Lot Next to the Armistead Lot
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 3 id62158
Documents Relating to Fuel Oil Rationing in Colonial Williamsburg Area Homes
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4 id62159
Newspaper Clippings Related to Colonial Williamsburg
Scope and Contents
Includes W.A.R. Goodwin, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Henry Ford.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 5 id62160
Meriwether Armistead Office Space in Colonial Williamsburg, Leases and Other Documentation
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 6 id62161
Correspondence Between the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the Armistead Family
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 7 id62162
Contour Map of the Armistead Lot
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 8 id62163
Jamestown 350 Celebration – 1957 Information on Queen Elizabeth's Visit
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 9 id62164
Confederate Memorial Lawsuit of 1932 – Legal Documents
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 10 id62165
Confederate Memorial Lawsuit of 1932 – Signed Relocation Petition
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 11 id62166
Confederate Memorial Lawsuit of 1932 – Clippings and Letters
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 12 id62168
Commencement Invitations
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 13 id62169
William and Mary-Related Materials – Bulletins, Newsletters, Fraternity Letters
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 14 id62170
William and Mary Event Programs
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 15 id62171
Virginia Gazette
1934 October 14
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 16 id62172
Plat of the Keck Farm, James City County
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 17 id62174
Rental Agreement Between Cary Armistead and H.L. Hundley
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 18 id62175
The Application of Hallie Sinclair English Oliver for Membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution
Mixed Materials Box: 13 id62075
Armistead Family Issues and Interests
Scope and Contents
Issues included here are church materials, politics, the Travis House, collected advertising materials, seed and bulb advertisements,
Cara's contest entries, Dora (I)'s family tree, and pro- and anti-Ku Klux Klan clippings.
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id62115
Cary Armistead Church Materials – Correspondence
1885-1894
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id62116
Cary Armistead Church Materials – Correspondence
1895-1901
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id62117
Cary Armistead Church Materials – Finance
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 4 id62118
Cary Armistead Church Materials – Printed Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id62119
Cary Armistead Politics – Correspondence
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 6 id62120
Cary Armistead Politics – Correspondence
1884-1890
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 7 id62121
Cary Armistead Politics – Correspondence
1891-1899
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 8 id62122
Cary Armistead Politics – Vote Tallies and Committee Lists
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 9 id62123
Cary Armistead Politics – Senate Bills and City Ordinances
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 10 id62124
Cary Armistead Politics – Campaign Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 11 id62125
Cary Armistead Politics – Democratic Ticket Cards
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 12 id62126
Cary Armistead Politics – Speeches
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 13 id62127
Cary Armistead Politics – Certificate of Appointment to the Williamsburg Precinct Committee for the 1892 Presidential Election
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 14 id62128
Menu and Correspondence Related to the Travis House
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 15 id62129
Miscellaneous Collected Advertising Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 16 id62130
Miscellaneous Collected Advertising Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 17 id62131
Cara Armistead's Newspaper and Magazine Contest Entries
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 18 id62132
Cara Armistead's Seed and Bulb Advertisements
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 19 id62133
Dora (I) Armistead – Jones and Tinsley Family Trees
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 20 id62134
Pro- and Anti-Ku Klux Klan Clippings Sent from Champ to Dora (I) Armistead
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id62076
Photographs
Scope and Contents
Note that, when possible, the photographs have been removed from the original folder, envelope or sleeve. When done, the original
folder or sleeve has been filed with its accompanying photograph. These items are included in the item total for each folder
(i.e., one photograph and its accompanying folder are considered two items).
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 1 id62100
Photos of William Junell, Francis Stevens, John Wear and an Unidentified Male
Scope and Contents
Photo taken of them posing in front of a Statue of Thomas Jefferson on the campus of the University of Virginia.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 2 id62101
Portrait Proofs of Meriwether Armistead
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 3 id62102
Portraits – Two of Champ Armistead, One of Champ, Gregory and Meriwether Armistead
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 4 id62103
Unidentified Portraits
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 5 id62104
Portraits of Family Friends
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 6 id62105
Portraits of Armistead Family Members – One Possibly Cary, One Possibly Col. Robert H. Armistead, One of Family
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 7 id62106
Photos of Historic Items and One of the Pulaski Club
Scope and Contents
Note that some photos have duplicates, which are stored in the same sleeve.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 8 id62107
Scaling Photos of Plaster Architectural Fragments
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 9 id62108
Photo of Shirley Temple with Facsimile Autograph and a Photo of a Painting of Winston Churchill
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 10 id62109
Two Photos of the Jones House (Now Restored as the Surveyor's Office) and an Unidentified House
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 11 id62110
Photos of Cara and One Possibly of Meriwether Armistead
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 12 id62111
Unidentified Portraits
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 13 id62112
Photos of Classes and Groups (Unidentified)
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 14 id62113
Photos from an Outdoor Fair
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 15 id62114
Photos of Colonial Williamsburg Sites (Including the Cary Armistead House), and an Unidentified Factory
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id62077
A Box of Virginia Law Firm Cards
Scope and Contents
Includes an unidentified, extremely fragile rolled photograph.
id61621
Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital) Materials
Letters of Recommendation of Cary Armistead to Eastern Lunatic Asylum Steward's Position.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 4 id62188
Eastern Lunatic Asylum Annual Report
1886
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 5 id62189
Eastern Lunatic Asylum Carpentry Correspondence and Lists
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 6 id62190
Letters and Lists From and Concerning Patients at Eastern Lunatic Asylum
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 7 id62191
Eastern Lunatic Asylum Bills, Payroll and Financial Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 8 id62192
Eastern Lunatic Asylum Bills, Payroll and Financial Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 9 id62193
Eastern Lunatic Asylum Correspondence
id61626
Armistead Family Interest Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 1 id62079
Food Competition Award Ribbons – 1938 Virginia State Fair
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 2 id62080
1896 Book: The Battle of Chancellorsville: Jackson's Attack
Scope and Contents
Includes Iinscription, "Compliments of the Author, and Genl. James H. Lane."
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 3 id62081
Sons of the American Revolution Magazine, January, 1931, Volume XXV, Number 3.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 4 id62082
Psalm Book: Daily Food
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 5 id62083
Various Calling Cards
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 6 id62084
Book: Fancy Work and Art Decorations with Diamond Dyes by Nella Daggett
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 7 id62085
Music Recital Flyers
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8 id62086
Lists of Indeterminate Origin and Purpose
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 9 id62087
James City County Levy Information
1895-1896
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 10 id62088
Williamsburg Lodge Postcard and Menu
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 11 id62090
Notary Public Commission for Mary Taliaferro
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 12 id62091
Four Poems – One by Col. R.H. Armistead, One by "M.L.P.," Two Clipped from Newspapers
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 13 id62092
Bylaws of the Williamsburg Yacht Club
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 14 id62093
Virginia Bar Weekly
1943 January 5
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 15 id62094
Newspaper Scraps and Clippings
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 16 id62095
Valentine's Day Cards
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 17 id62096
Advertisements and Handbills
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 18 id62097
Unused Postcards
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 19 id62098
Envelope of Hair Labeled "Meriwether's Hair"
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 20 id62099
1959 VA State Fair Guide/Premium List
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 21 id70925
John Charles and the "Model School"
1894, 1995 and 1914
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Recommendations for John Charles, a Williamsburg teacher, to be the head of the "Model School" to be established
by the College of William and Mary. Includes 3 Certificates of Proficiency for Miss Minta Charles at the Williamsburg Female
Academy.
Three Certificates of Distinction given to Cara Armistead while a student at Blackstone Female Institute in Blackstone, Virginia.
Each certificate has a stamped signature of James Cannon, Jr. This addition is filed at the beginning of Box 1, Mss. Acc.
2006.54.
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