A Guide to the Lottie Louise Hines papers, 1849-1948 Hines, Lottie Louise, papers 53442

A Guide to the Lottie Louise Hines papers, 1849-1948

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 53442

Library of Virginia

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Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
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Processed by: Trenton Hizer

Repository

The Library of Virginia

Accession Number

53442

Title

Lottie Louise Hines papers, 1849-1948

Extent

4 cubic feet (6 boxes and 2 scrapbooks)

Creator

Lottie Louise Hines

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Lottie Louise Hines papers, 1849-1948. Accession 53442. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Lottie Louise Hines Trust and Colonel John Banister Chapter (NSDAR), Petersburg, Virginia.

Processing Information

Some materials are unavailable due to conservation needs. These items currrently are not part of the descriptive finding aid.

Lottie Louise Williamson was born in Nottoway County, Virginia, to Albert Williamson (1825-1892) and Mary Frances Watts Williamson (1842-1895). She married William Washington Hines (1869-1942), a merchant in in the oil business, in Washington D.C. on 14 May 1896, and they had one daughter. The Hines lived in Petersburg, Virginia, and Lottie Louise Hines became active in the community. She was the founding regent of the Colonel John Banister Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Hines was a member of the Petersburg chapter of the Equal Suffrage League and served as president of the Women's Democratic Club of Petersburg. She was one of seven women delegates out of 30 delegates to the 1933 Virginia convention to repeal the 18th amendment (Prohibition). Hines was the first director of the Petersburg Community Gardens, and served as president of the Virginia Cancer Foundation. Lottie Louise Williamson Hines died 14 April 1940 in Petersburg and was buried in Blandford Cemetery.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1849-1948, of Lottie Louise Williamson Hines (1875-1940) of Petersburg, Virginia, consisting of applications, articles, correspondence, genealogical charts and notes, postcards, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting Hines' family research for membership in genealogical societies; as well as papers concerning the Colonel John Banister Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged

Series I: Lottie Louise Hines papers Series II: Colonel John Banister Chapers (DAR) papers

Contents List

Series I: Lottie Louise Hines papers .

Boxes 1-2

Extent: 2 boxes.

Lottie Louise Hines papers contain correspondence with Blanche Adams Chapman (1895-1954); Minnie G. Cook (1964-1957); T. S. Williamson (1865-1945) and others regarding genealogical research; applications for membership in genealogical organizations; genealogical notes and charts on the Allen, Coker, Green, Hines, Traylor, Watts, Williamson, and Wood families; and genealogical information and papers concerning Anne Louise Hines (1897-1924). Also includes papers regarding Camp Lee (Prince George County, Virginia) and World War I; as well as articles on life after death, evolution and religion, and other topics.

Box 1 Folder 1
Blanche Adams Chapman correspondence, 1938, no date
Box 1 Folder 2
Minnie G. Cook correspondence, 1937-1938
Box 1 Folder 3
T. S. Williamson correspondence, 1937-1938
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence and papers (bound together in notebook), 1935-1936
Box 1 Folder 5
General correspondence and papers
Box 1 Folder 6
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists--family lines for membership application (Allen, Bennett, Clay, Filmer, Hobbs, and Williamson families)
Box 1 Folder 7
National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America--membership
Box 1 Folder 8
Daughters of the Barons of Runnemeade; Order of the First Families of Virginia; Society Americans of Royal Descent--papers
Box 1 Folder 9
Genealogical records for Anne Louise Hines
Box 1 Folder 10
Family genealogical information--Allen and Williamson
Box 1 Folder 11
Family genealogical information--Coker, Green, and Williamson
Box 1 Folder 12
Family genealogical information--Hines and Williamson
Box 1 Folder 13
Family genealogical information--Traylor, Watts, Williamson, and Wood
Box 1 Folder 14
Family genealogical information--Williamson
Box 1 Folder 15
Notebook, 1927
Box 1 Folder 16
The Bayonet: Remembrance Book of Camp Lee , to Anne Louise Hines from "Cal, " 1918
Box 1 Folder 17
Miscellaneous papers relating to Camp Lee and World War I, 1917-1921, no date
Box 2 Folder 1
"Evolution and Religion " by Harry Emerson Fosdick, Ladies' Home Journal , September 1925
Box 2 Folder 2
"Seven Minutes in Eternity: The Amazing Experience that Made Me Over " by William Dudley Pelley, The American Magazine , March 1929
Box 2 Folder 3
"Beyond the Grave: How Fares It With the Happy Dead " and "The Life to Come " by Clarence Edward McCartney
Box 2 Folder 4
Notes on "Elemental "
Box 2 Folder 5
Empty envelopes
Anne Louise Hines scrapbook, 1897-1932 (separate volume)

Series II: Colonel John Banister Chapter (DAR) papers .

Boxes 2-3

Extent: 2 boxes.

Colonel John Banister Chapter (DAR) papers contain correspondence regarding the chapter; financial statement for 1947-1948; genealogical research regarding members; historical research on Petersburg, Virginia, and surrounding counties; correspondence with and plaque from the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, 1937-1939; letters, 1849, of Harriet Mertens Johnson (1815-1852) of Petersburg to her brother and sister; and books.

Box 2 Folder 6
Chapter papers, 1938
Box 2 Folder 7
Chapter papers, 1939
Box 2 Folder 8
Chapter papers, 1940
Box 2 Folder 9
Financial report, 1947-1948
Box 2 Folder 10
"Colonial Homes Below the Falls of the Appomattox " by Fannie Dunn, typescript copy of article published in Petersburg Daily Index Appeal , 14 January 1900
Box 2 Folder 11
"Colonial Virginia Marriage Laws and Some Early Henrico County Marriages " by Minnie G. Cook
Box 2 Folder 12
"Miscellaneous Items Concerning Historic Mecklenburg County, Virginia "
Box 2 Folder 13
Family genealogical information--Barret and Bolling
Box 2 Folder 14
"William Harris and Elizabeth Harris Archer " by Minnie G. Cook
Box 2 Folder 15
Family genealogical information--Montgomery
Box 2 Folder 16
Harriet Mertens Johnson letters, 1849
Box 2 Folder 17
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution and Smithsonian Institute postcards
Box 2 Folder 18
United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission plaque, 1937
Box 2 Folder 19
United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission papers, 1937-1939
Box 2 Folder 20
Children of the American Revolution--magazine, song sheets, and pamphlet, 1938, no date
Box 2 Folder 21
Miscellaneous papers, 1939, no date
Box 3
Heavner-Hefner-Hevener of the Virginias, Volume I--Jacob, Volume II--Frederick , by Dennis N. Hevener, Jr.
Box 3
1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer), Volume Five: Southwest Region abstracted by Roger G. Ward
Box 3
Orange County Land Patents , second edition, by Ulysses P. Joyner, Jr.
Box 3
Surry County, Virginia, Court Orders, 1741-1751: An Every-Name Index by T.L.C. Genealogy
Box 3
Virginia Land Office Inventory by the Virginia State Library
Box 3
The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal , volume XIX, no. 2, May 1993
Box 3
Clark County Kentucky Marriage 1793-1850: Alphabetical by Groom
Box 3
Kentucky Bluegrass Roots , volume fourteen, number 3, Fall, 1987
Daughters of the American Revolution scrapbook, 1964-1965 (separate volume)