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AFRO_AMERICAN SOURCES IN VIRGINIA: A GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPTS

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Michael Plunkett, Editor

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Preface to the Electronic Version 1) Michael Plunkett

When I was first contacted about the possibility of publishing Afro-American Sources as an electronic work, my reaction was negative. What I remember most about my work on the book was the enjoyment of visiting many institutions and examining outstanding collections, with the aid of a grant that enabled me to devote my total energy to the project. I could not imagine expanding the work without the luxury of such uninterrupted time. But then I considered the flexibility inherent in an electronic work. It is never static. It becomes kinetic, always available for additions. The more I deliberated, the more advantages became apparent. This work would require close involvement with the University Press and the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library. We would have to work together to examine this new process and our cooperation would establish a framework for future electronic publications.

Another benefit was the inclusion of images, prohibited in the print edition for reasons of cost. Most significantly, the work would be available to a wider and constantly expanding audience. Once I was convinced of the efficacy of an electronic edition, the obvious place to begin adding new entries was with my own institution, the University of Virginia. I surveyed our holdings since 1990 and added twenty new entries. With the assistance of the University Press, I updated addresses and added phone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses to those institutions that responded to a request for such information. Finally the most enjoyable part was selecting the images and then helping David Seaman, Director of the Electronic Text Center, to scan them.

The next obvious step is to update all the repositories and add new collections and institutions. This depends, of course, mainly on others submitting the information. It is my hope and the hope of the University Press of Virginia and the Electronic Text Center that we can periodically update this work and truly never finish it.

Michael Plunkett 2) David Seaman

This guide is a joint collaboration between Michael Plunkett, The University Press of Virginia, and the University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center. It was undertaken both as an opportunity to provide an expanded version of Michael's book and as a training exercise for a Press ambitious to get to grips with a new publishing medium. While we still do not have the "pay per use" charging mechanisms in place that will make Internet publishing a commercial venture of the sort we would like, the Director of the University Press realised clearly that the time had come in late 1993 to tackle the production and distribution issues of the new medium.

The labor of producing the Guide was divided between the participants, each drawing on his or her own strengths. The print text of the first edition was scanned in at the Electronic Text Center by members of the Press, who in the process learned something about scanning technology. The newly created electronic files were delivered to Michael Plunkett, who made his additions and revisions. After some editorial work and proofing at the Press they were returned to the Electronic Text Center where the WordPerfect files were converted to Standard Generalised Markup Language (hereafter SGML) encoding, following the Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines (hereafter TEI), and parsed.

The level of SGML markup is not exhaustive, and much was done by automatic means, principally a series of "search and replace" routines in WordPerfect and SED that turned proprietary markup and implicit patterns of spacial layout into explicit SGML tags. The resulting TEI document allows us both to have a browsing copy on the World Wide Web, by converting the TEI tags automatically to HTML, and also to provide a searchable document that contains database categories and sectional divisions. The Web "forms" interface to this searchable database was designed by Jeff Herrin, in the University of Virginia Library's Systems Office. The search software is PAT, from OpenText, the same tool we use for all our on- line full-text databases at the University of Virginia.

The final stage of the production was to scan a set of digital images of some of the items in the University of Virginia section of the Guide. Michael Plunkett and I digitized various manuscripts and photographs, creating TIFF format images at 300 dpi. From these archival TIFF copies, JPEG files were made for use on-line. A text description and cataloging record was added into the binary code of these image files, for reasons of data control and attribution, according to a practise popularized by the Electronic Text Center. Finally, I needed only to write the main Web page for the book and connect the various parts together, drawing on the design expertise of Janet Anderson from the University Press.

This project has been a good example of collaboration between publishers and libraries, information managers and scholars, each drawing on his or her particular skills and each learning from the other.

Since the Guide has been on-line, it has garnered considerable attention and use; most constructively, perhaps, was the new submission that was sent in from the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg, Va. After reading about the Guide in a Virginia newspaper — being the first full University Press publication on the Internet generated several press features — they contacted Michael Plunkett with the details of five collections in their library that were pertinent to the subject of the Guide, and we were able to add them as a new section the same day.

For this type of work, it would be desirable in the future for the various institutions featured in it to take responsibility for their sections and run them from their own Internet servers, with images of selected items provided in the same manner that we have done for the University of Virginia section. That would be truly to take advantage of the possibilities of the medium, and help ensure that the Guide keeps current.

David Seaman Electronic Text Center University of Virginia 1995

Foreword

The scholar's research strategy is influenced by the basic constraints of time and money. Choices must be made as to which archives are to be visited and how much time is to be allowed at each. Once there, the more effectively the time can be used in finding and examining relevant materials, the more productive will be the research endeavor. It is for these reasons that publications such as Michael Plunkett's Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts are so valuable to scholars. Plunkett, Curator of Manuscripts at the University of Virginia Library, here presents the information derived from a survey of the resources in Virginia repositories, describing the principal collections of interest to scholars concerned with the Afro-American experience. In these Virginia repositories there are extensive collections of primary documents, only some of which deal with Afro-Americans. This compilation will greatly aid the researcher, who will be able to use the Guide's annotations to focus upon those specific collections with materials of interest.

Although Virginia repositories include collections with materials related to the Afro-American experience in other parts of the South and in the North, the most important of the collections are for the colony and state of Virginia. These run in time from the seventeenth century to the current period. Collections include the papers, letters, and records of individuals and families; documents of towns, cities, and counties; official state records; church records; material from the Works Projects Administration Folklore Collection; college and university archives; and a variety of other types of documents of importance for understanding the Afro-American experience.

While it can hardly be claimed that the story of Afro-Americans in Virginia has been neglected by historians or that these collections have been ignored by those writing on Afro-Americans, an examination of the Guide and of the collections themselves points to several areas in which important new research using these archives is possible. Reflecting my interests and use of archival sources, there are some particular areas related to the late eighteenth and the nineteenth century which I wish to note.

Virginia's importance, as measured by its percentage of the overall Afro-American population, declined dramatically over the course of the nineteenth century: about two-fifths of the Afro-Americans in the United States resided in Virginia at the time of the first census (about 95 percent of them enslaved), the share falling to about one-eighth on the eve of the Civil War, and about one-tenth by 1880. Yet as late as 1860 Virginia still had more Afro-Americans (and more slaves) than did any other state. For all the writings on antebellum slavery, we still have much to learn about the distinct economics and culture of slavery in Virginia. While most writings focus on the cotton South with its large plantations, Virginia slavery was characterized by relatively small slave farms, growing mainly tobacco and wheat. Thus in many important dimensions slavery in Virginia was different, for slaves and for masters, than slavery elsewhere in the South.

Many of these Virginia repositories have been used by scholars writing on the history of slavery in Virginia from the colonial era to the Civil War. Several of the archives were recently used by Allan Kulikoff when writing his important study of slavery in the early Chesapeake, Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake 1680-1800. Robert McColley's Slavery and Jeffersonian Virginia remains the major work on its period, but there is no similar work on Virginia slavery covering the important years of 1820-60. As a survey of their bibliographies and references sources will indicate, many of the writings of the past decades on American slavery consulted Virginia collections. Of particular note are the important writings of two major black historians, Luther Porter Jackson (Free Negro Labor and Property Holding in Virginia 1830-1860) and James Hugo Johnston (Race Relations in Virginia and Miscegenation in the South 1776-1860), both of whose papers are now available to scholars at Virginia State University. More recently, for their heavy reliance on these sources one can, in particular, point to Todd L. Savitt's Medicine and Slavery: The Diseases and Health Care of Blacks in Antebellum Virginia and, for the use of one part of the extensive John Hartwell Cocke collection at the University of Virginia Library, the letters of slaves and ex-slaves to their former master in Randall M. Miller's edited collection "Dear Master": Letters of a Slave Family.

In addition, for different aspects of the slave experience, there are Richard Dunn's use of the plantation records in the Tayloe Papers at the Virginia Historical Society; Charles B. Dew's study of the Tredegar Iron Works, Ironmaker to the Confederacy: Joseph R. Anderson and the Tredegar Iron Works, based primarily on the company's records now at the Virginia State Library; and Mechal Sobel's Trabelin' On: The Slave Journey to an Afro-Baptist Faith and her The World They Made Together: Black and White Values in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. Suzanne Lebsock's significant study of The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1860, which includes an examination of free women of color, similarly draws heavily upon materials from several Virginia repositories. More, however, can be done on the host of issues related to Afro-American slaves and free persons of color in Virginia by using many of the cited collections. A fuller examination of, for example, black demography can draw upon various planter listings of slaves, slave birth registers, free black registers, and police daybooks — even the detailed account book of a slave trader in the late antebellum period.

The atypical pattern of slavery in Virginia also makes the transition from slavery to freedom, and the economic and social adjustments to emancipation, a particularly interesting subject for examination. For this period, as for the slave era, much of the recent work on political and economic changes has concentrated upon those parts of the South in which the plantation had been the dominant institution. Yet to more fully understand the impact of emancipation, particularly in its economic aspects, attention to areas with smaller farms, growing a different set of crops, is important. The focus would contribute, for example, to the analysis of the factors explaining postemancipation declines in agricultural production in the South, which appear to have been smaller in Virginia than elsewhere in the South. There are a number of collections with labor contracts between freedmen and landowners, as well as sources with account books and farmers' letters, that can be used to examine such questions, as was done by Crandall A. Shifflett, drawing mainly upon the Watson Family Papers at the University of Virginia Library, in his Patronage and Poverty in the Tobacco South: Louisa County, Virginia 1860-1900. Not only would we expect the economic effects of the end of slavery in Virginia to differ from those elsewhere, but because of the differences in the relative numbers of blacks and whites (among other reasons) we would also anticipate variations in the social, cultural, and political consequences. Some of these social and cultural issues are examined by Robert Francis Engs in his Freedom's First Generation: Black Hampton. Virginia 1861-1890, which utilizes the Hampton University Archives. Moreover, the differences in the social and economic adaptations made in the migration northward by those Afro-Americans born in Virginia and those born elsewhere in the South means that studies of Virginia slavery and emancipation will have wider implications.

There are obviously other questions and other periods for which archival repositories in Virginia will prove very useful and for which this Guide will be an essential aid. This compilation is most useful in drawing attention to relevant collections and indicating the range of materials they contain. The annotations for each collection and the subject index can be of enormous help to scholars, leading them to those collections with materials of interest and for which the examination of detailed inventories at the repository will yield a high payoff. Use of the Guide will permit a great savings in time and effort, making it a most useful reference aid to be consulted by scholars of Afro-American history, literature, and culture.

Stanley L. Engerman Departments of Economics and History University of Rochester

Michael Plunkett Curator of Manuscripts University of Virginia Library

Preface

This Guide is a result of grant support that I received from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy as a Fellow of the Virginia Center for the Humanities, but the motivation and the need were established and recognized by historians, archivists, and manuscripts curators long before that. The definition of an archivist is one who cares for records, the person charged with both the preservation of the record and the dissemination of the information contained in the record. Historically this responsibility charged to the archivist has led to the gathering of records primarily belonging to that class of people best prepared by society to chronicle events: the public official, the landowner, the educator, the business and industrial leader. When in the 1960s historians began to question and change their own traditional approach, archivists changed their collecting strategies to correspond to new historical and sociological research and began to look to nontraditional sources for archival records. This new vigor led to a major effort to collect material on the history of Afro-Americans, but that endeavor, though sustained by many institutions, has never garnered the amount and quality of material about Afro-Americans demanded by the historian. The effort to collect archival material documenting the history and culture of Afro-Americans must continue; at the same time existing collections that contain a wealth of Afro-American material must be examined and described. Additionally, Afro-American materials in institutions, such as historically black colleges, where they have long existed but have received little publicity, must be described. I have tried in this work to search for new sources but also to examine collections that may have been overlooked as source material documenting the contribution of Afro-Americans.

The importance of original source materials to historians is obvious. Afro-American historians, especially those writing about American slavery, have long sought and used original source materials. Prominent historians such as John Hope Franklin, Stanley Engerman, Eugene Genovese, John Blassingame, Winthrop Jordan, Nathan Huggins, and Herbert Gutman have relied on these materials to write their story of American slavery and the history of the Afro-American. How could John Hope Franklin have written his biography of the black historian George Washington Williams if he hadn't access to manuscript materials on the man? In fact, Franklin points out that some of his information came from contacting libraries mentioned by Williams in his preface to History of the Negro Race. These libraries were able to check their own archives and uncover correspondence with Williams. The importance of original source material has been noted by business, witnessed by the recent and continuing endeavor by the University Publications of America to microfilm and make available original materials on the subject of plantation slavery in the American South. This is a massive project with a definite financial and staffing commitment, and the end product is extremely expensive but judged worthy of the expense because of the value of the materials on American slavery both for research and pedagogical reasons.

The academic need for materials on American slavery is self-evident. In addition to slavery, other topics, such as civil rights and voting rights, and other histories, such as local, regional, and comparative studies, can be written from materials that not only document Afro-Americans but are generated by them. For example, the papers of Luther Porter Jackson, the noted black historian and educator, at Virginia State University are obviously ripe for research. Another more recent area of interest is Afro-American genealogy. The "Roots" phenomenon excited much interest in black genealogy, and now, after the initial media outburst, there remains a strong interest. Another important need for this work has been expressed by the archival/library profession: more and more library/archive users demand subject access to such materials. This subject access will eventually be satisfied when the massive amount of cataloging data of archives and manuscripts is entered into computer data-bases. But this eventuality is far in the future. As an interim measure, the compilation and publication of subject guides serve to answer the urgent demand, especially for Afro-American materials.

I initially contacted twenty-six institutions in Virginia, including college and university repositories, black institutions, public libraries, and private institutions. My search began in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections where I examined every entry on all Virginia institutions. Comparing those entries with the Directory of Afro-American Resources revealed the deficiencies of that twenty-five-year-old guide. As an example, the Directory lists 20 collections relating to Afro-Americans in the Virginia Historical Society; I was able to identify 173 during my visit. Most of the institutions contacted were manuscript repositories; their collections are family papers and derivative in nature, that is, whites writing about blacks. Most of these collections revealed Afro-American strength in two areas: materials on slavery and materials on the civil rights era. In the beginning of the project the shortage of materials in other areas led me to consider whether the search should be limited to slavery and civil rights, but I decided against that approach, because I knew that Afro-American materials outside of those two areas exist and need to be publicized.

Several types of records were examined.

1. Plantation records. Although predominantly records kept by slave owners, these sometimes include letters from former slaves or, as in the University of Virginia collections, letters from former slaves who had emigrated to Liberia. 2. Church records. Both black and white churches are included; most of the original source materials on black churches have come from white religious organizations. 3. Bible records. Many slave-owning families registered the births and deaths of their slaves in their family bibles. 4. Diaries and travel journals of the South. Often there is comment on the institution of slavery or individual slaves. 5. Photographs. Slave-owning families would sometimes have household slaves photographed. 6. Medical records. These were kept both by slave owners and by itinerant doctors. 7. Records of black institutions, especially educational ones. 8. Autograph letters of well-known Afro-Americans. 9. Collections of Virginia politicians during Reconstruction and in the Constitutional Convention of 1902 when Virginia blacks were disfranchised. These collections also may contain material generated by Afro-Americans, because these lawmakers might have tried to contact an influential moderate black leader such as Booker T. Washington to enlist support. 10. Papers of educators in the South. Educators in the first part of the twentieth century studied the Afro-American, often traveling to and corresponding with black institutions and educators. A prime example is the collection at the University of Virginia of the Papers of Jackson Davis, a white member of the Virginia General Board of Education who traveled extensively in the South in the 1920s investigating black education. 11. Business records. Often laborers were recorded separately by race. 12. Collections of civil rights groups. In Virginia the papers of the local groups involved in school integration are especially pertinent. 13. Afro-American authors. Such papers are sadly lacking in Virginia repositories. 14. Papers of black families. These are mostly in black institutions, but they do exist elsewhere. 15. State and local government records. State records are in the Virginia State Library and Archives, but often local government records are kept in other institutions.

The collections here are arranged alphabetically by their respective repositories. The collection description, date range, and size refer to the whole collection. The abstracts sometimes are based on a necessarily brief examination; this is especially true of the larger collections which often contain more Afro-American material than is described. Unless otherwise indicated, all place names may be assumed to be in Virginia. If the collection is available on microfilm, the microfilm number has been noted.

This work does not purport to be definitive; it is based solely on the research and interpretation of the compiler. I wish to thank the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy for providing the grant support to accomplish my work and the University of Virginia Library's Faculty Research Committee for granting me additional time to complete the effort.

Michael Plunkett Curator of Manuscripts University of Virginia Library

Illustrations Please note: these images are also available as hypertext links from their entries within the University of Virginia Section of the Guide.
Kate Flanagan Coles (former slave) and her husband. Kate Flanagan Coles Papers
Pages, 1850, from the Templeman and Goodwin Ledger containing entries on the buying and selling of slaves
Daguerreotype photograph, 1847, of Isaac Jefferson. Isaac Jefferson Collection
Sulfur Mine Workers, Mineral Springs, Orange County, ca. 1890. Hawfield Plantation Papers
African-American school in the South, ca. 1920s. Jackson Davis Papers
An account of the sale of a cargo of slaves, July 4, 1710. Tayloe Family Papers
An October 30, 1850, letter to James Brady in Richmond outlining current prices on the buying and selling of slaves. Harris-Brady Papers
Pages from a Register of Free Blacks, Washington County, Virginia, 1838-63.
Unidentified African-American female, n.d., from the Poore family of Albemarle County, Virginia. Carr Family papers.
Page from the Watson Farm diary, 1858, Louisa County, Virginia, describing the work of the slave Jim. Watson Family Papers
Civil rights sit-in, Richmond, Virginia, 1960s. Anderson Photograph Collection.
Unknown female slave of the Minor family of Amherst County, Virginia. Minor Family Papers
A page from George Gilmer's daybook showing treatment of Thomas Jefferson and two African-Americans. George Gilmer Daybook
Letter from Matilda R. Lomax (former slave) to Sarah Cox, December 1853. Bremo Recess Papers.
African-American laborers in Alleghany County, Virginia, 1889. Longdale Iron Co. Photographs
An African-American family in Albemarle County, Virginia, ca. 1915. Holsinger Studio Photograph Collection
APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

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Historian Appomattox Court House National Historical Park P.O. Box 218 Appomattox, VA 24522 804-352-8987 Fax: 804-352-8330

1. SOLOMON S. PAGE LETTER 1 item, November 29, 1849 A letter from this former slave to Charles Wesley Andrews of Shepherdstown about conditions in Liberia. (Acc. 1891-92) ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
1015 North Quincy Street Arlington, VA 22201 703-358-5990 Fax: 703-358-5962 e-mail-sdewey@capcon.net
2. EDMOND C. FLEET PAPERS ca. 1,200 items, (1797)-1870-1964 Personal, business, and miscellaneous correspondence and documents of this black Arlington County resident who was active in community organizations such as the church and the YMCA. Included are scrapbooks, clippings, and photographs. There are documents pertaining to the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Alexandria, such as the 1884-92 minutes of the Mt. Zion choir and the 1925-31 dues register as well as materials on the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, which had its origin in Freedman's Village in Alexandria. (Acc. 86.3) Thomas Balch Library

208 West Market Street Leesburg, VA 22075 703-779-1328 Fax: 703-779-7363

1. Ethel Littlejohn Adams Collection 3 items, 1848-51 Slave bills of sale, all for children. All were sold to members of the Mott family. 2. Wilbur Hall Collection 5 items, 1849 Runaway notices, bills of sale and a posted reward for slaves from Prince William County, Loudoun County, and Washington D. C. Listed as slave owners are Cuthbert Powell, John Hutchinson and Henry B. Tyler. 3. Photograph Collection ca. 25 items, ca. 1950 Photocopies of photographs of African-American one room school houses in Loudoun County. 4. School Registers 2 items, 1886-99 Registers of the African-American schools Farmwell and Kavanaugh located in the Loudoun County, Broad Run district. 5. Winslow Williams Collection ca. 1940s-50s Photographic negatives, 3 1/2 in by 5 in, of African-American schools, churches and individuals in Loudoun County. The churches are Asbury Methodist in Middleburg, John Wesley in Waterford, Mt. Olive Baptist in Lincoln, Mt. Olive Methodist Episcopal in Gleedsville, Mt. Olive United Methodist in Leesburg, Mt. Pleasant in Bowmantown, Mt. Pleasant near Taylorstown, Mt. Zion in Leesburg, Mt. Zion Baptist in St. Louis, Mt. Zion United Methodist in Hamilton, Oak Grove in Oak Grove, Second Mt. Olive Baptist in Brownsville, Shiloh Baptist in Middleburg and Willisville Chapel in Willisville. BLUE RIDGE INSTITUTE

Ferrum College Ferrum, VA 24088 703-365-4416
Fax: 703-365-4203

The Blue Ridge Institute, "committed to the documentation, preservation, and presentation of the traditional life and culture of the Blue Ridge Mountains," includes the Blue Ridge Heritage Archive and Blue Ridge Institute Records.

3. AUDIO TAPES ca. 500 hours Includes music (secular, blues, nonblues secular); oral history; interviews; and stories from all regions of Virginia, but the main collection is from the Blue Ridge and Southwest Virginia. 4. PHOTOGRAPHS ca. 1,000, ca. late 1800s-present Includes many and varied photographs of and about Afro-Americans from all areas of Virginia. 5. VIDEO ca. 30 hours Primarily music (secular, blues, nonblues secular) from the western Piedmont, the Blue Ridge, and Southwest Virginia. COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY

Swem Library College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 23185 804-253-4550 Fax: 804-221-3088 E-mail: mccook@mail.WM.edu

6. ARMISTEAD-COCKE FAMILY PAPERS 296 items, 1680-1907 Business, personal correspondence, and accounts of these families of Gloucester, Cumberland, and Henrico counties. There are scattered slavery references such as a September 28, 1790, letter from John Napier asking about a fugitive slave. (Acc. 65 Ar6) 7. AUSTIN-TWYMAN PAPERS 10,706 items, 1765-1937 Family correspondence, accounts, legal papers, and manuscript volumes of the Austin and Twyman families of Buckingham County. Includes the papers of Archibald Austin and his son-in-law, Iverson L. Twyman. Of interest are bills of sale for slaves, letters from slaves, and the slave time book for Gwynn Dam & Lock, 1855-56. (Acc. 69 Au7) 8. BARKER-COOKE PAPERS 182 items, 1820-82 Business and personal correspondence and accounts of David Barker of Fluvanna County and James E. Cooke of Powhatan County. Included are letters pertaining to the hiring out of slaves and instructions regarding the management of plantations. (Acc. 65 B24) 9. BLOW FAMILY PAPERS 42,652 items, 1732-1890 Personal, business, and legal papers and accounts of this family from Tower Hill, Sussex County. In addition to the plantation records and authenticated typescript history of Tower Hill are lists of white deaths and blacks executed in the Nat Turner Rebellion and an 1843 memorandum book containing a "List of Negroes." (Acc. 65 B625) 10. BRITT FAMILY PAPERS 38 items, 1801-60 Legal documents and accounts mainly from Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Included are bills of sale for slaves. (Acc. Small Collections) 11. ALEXANDER BROWN PAPERS 5,817 items, 1774-1910 Business and personal papers of this merchant and novelist (1843- 1906) from Nelson County. Included are plantation management ledgers for Belmont and Benvenue plantations. (Acc. 65 B83) 12. CHARLES BROWN PAPERS 896 items, 1792-1888 Business, personal, and legal papers of this sheriff and physician of Albemarle County. Many of the personal letters concern individual slaves and their treatment including medical care. (Acc. 39.1 B84) 13. BROWN, COALTER, AND TUCKER FAMILY PAPERS 4,276 items, 1769-1919 Personal, family, business, and legal correspondence of these families revealing life in Williamsburg, Staunton, Petersburg, and Fredericksburg. A December 30, 1814, letter from Samuel Brown relates the beating of a slave, Sarah, for insolence and of her husband Daniel who grabbed an axe to defend her. Of interest is material on plantation life in Bedford County. A September 26, 1831, letter describes the Nat Turner Rebellion. (Acc. 65 B85) 14. BYERS FAMILY PAPERS 884 items, 1820-1906 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Augusta County. Included are materials of 1830-39 on the hiring of slaves. A January 1, 1839, letter from Briscoe G. Baldwin concerns the hiring of a slave of his to Mr. Shumate as a blacksmith. (Acc. 65 B99) 15. CABELL FAMILY PAPERS 3,491 items, 1719-1839 Business, legal, and personal papers of this family of Nelson and Albemarle counties consisting mainly of the correspondence of Dr. William Cabell and his sons, Colonel William Cabell, Joseph C. Cabell, and William Cabell, Jr. Included are plantation papers such as slave lists. (Acc. 65 C12) 16. CHARLES CAMPBELL PAPERS 5,144 items, 1743-1896 Personal and collected papers of this Virginia historian of Petersburg. There are infrequent references to family slaves in the personal papers. A March 5, 1855, letter from Anna Campbell discusses the work of household servants, and a February 3, 1856, letter from Callaway Campbell mentions the illness of a slave. (Acc. 65 C17) 17. CARTER FAMILY PAPERS 8,604 items, 1667-1862 Business, personal, and legal correspondence of the James River-area and Sabine Hall, Richmond County, Carter families. Principal correspondents are Robert "King" Carter, Robert Carter II, George Carter, Charles Carter, and Robert Wormeley Carter. Included are significant materials on slavery and the plantation economy. (Acc. 39.1 C24) 18. CIVIL WAR COLLECTION 623 items, 1856-65 Collected military and private documents, accounts, and correspondence concerning the Civil War. Two letters of July and September 1864 from M. Strickler of Botetourt County mention runaway slaves and a slave that needed medical treatment. (Acc. 39.1 C76) 19. COLES FAMILY PAPERS 30 items, 1814-57 Typescript copies of letters of Edward Coles, secretary to President James Madison and later governor of Illinois. Slavery is among the subjects discussed. Several of the letters have been published in the William and Mary Quarterly, 2d ser., 7 (1927): 32-41. (Acc. 39.2 C68) 20. JOHN DIXON PAPERS 605 items, 1760-1829 Personal, legal, and business correspondence and accounts of John Dixon, Jr., of Airville, Gloucester County. There is scattered slavery material, such as an 1807 deed authorizing Morgan Tomkies to sell slaves. (Acc. 39.1 D64) 21. DORSEY-COUPLAND FAMILY PAPERS 413 items, 1840-76 Personal correspondence of John R. Coupland of Williamsburg, Richmond, and Petersburg. There is very little material on slavery except a November 13, 1851, statement by Juliana Dorsey regarding slaves. (Acc. 39.1 D73) 22. GALT FAMILY PAPERS ca. 10,000 items, 1755-1889 Personal and professional papers of John Minson Galt I, his son Alexander Dickie Galt, and his grandson John Minson Galt II of Williamsburg, associated with Eastern Lunatic Asylum in an official capacity for 100 years. Included are scattered references to the hiring, purchase, sale and treatment of slaves. (Acc. 78 Gl3) 23. GARTH FAMILY PAPERS 1,259 items, 1800-1854 Personal, legal, and business correspondence and accounts of the Jesse Garth family of Albemarle County. Bills of sale for 1798-1833 indicate purchases of various slaves. (Acc. 65 G19) 24. HOLLAND FAMILY PAPERS 4 items, 1795-1835 Genealogical and personal accounts of this family of Nansemond County, Virginia, and Jasper County, Georgia. Included in an arithmetic notebook are 1817-40 records of slaves' births. (Acc. 65 H72) 25. PHILIP HOWERTON PAPERS 148 items, 1812-70 Business and personal correspondence of this tobacco trader and sheriff of Halifax County. Included is a contract for work with a former slave in 1866. (Acc. 65 H84) 26. ROBERT WILLIAM HUGHES PAPERS 103 items, 1818-1900 Personal, political and journalistic correspondence and accounts of this Abingdon and Norfolk resident (1821-1901). Included is a January 16, 1862, receipt from John Fraser to Hughes for the purchase of two slaves. (Acc. 39.2 H87) 27. JERDONE FAMILY PAPERS 2,630 items, 1720-1918 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of York, Charles City, and Louisa counties. Included is material on slavery, such as a list of slaves on the Forge estate in 1823. Letters of 1800 refer to the deaths of slave children, and a November 12, 1800, letter from George Breckenridge to Francis Jerdone mentions a planned slave insurrection in Virginia. (Acc. 39.1 J47) 28. WARNER THROCKMORTON JONES PAPERS 2,674 items, 1807-91 Business and personal correspondence of Judge Warner T. Jones of Warner Hall, Gloucester County. Letters in 1855 concern the hiring out of Jones's slaves by an agent in Richmond. Also included is an 1887 list of black and white teachers by counties. (Acc. 39.1 J75) 29. KENTUCKY SLAVE LEDGER 1 item, 1820-58 List of slaves owned by [Mathew Thompson?] of Clark County, Kentucky. (Acc. MsV Ap38) 30. I. de COURCY LAFFAN LETTER 1 item, May 27, 1841 Letter to [Thomas Ritchie] describing living conditions of the slaves at Brandon, Prince George County. (Acc. SI Laffan) 31. DANGERFIELD LEWIS PAPERS 1,173 items, 1799-1854 Personal, legal, and business correspondence and accounts of this planter of Marmion and Chatterton, King George County. The plantation management papers include inventories containing lists of slaves and bonds for the hire of slaves. Two 1818 documents concern a runaway slave. (Acc. 39.1 L58) 32. WILLIAM MEADE PAPERS 116 items, 1807-61 Personal and business correspondence of this minister of the Protestant Episcopal church who was elected the third bishop of Virginia in 1841. Meade referred occasionally to his concern for the religious instruction of slaves, such as in an October 4, 1840, letter to [W.] R. Whittingham. (Acc. 74 M46) 33. OVERTON FAMILY PAPERS 3,268 items, 1747-1800 Personal and business correspondence and accounts of this Louisa County family, consisting primarily of the business papers of Samuel Overton. There are scattered references to slavery, such as an April 1, 1756, receipt for a slave. (Acc. 65 Ov2) 34. POWELL FAMILY PAPERS 684 items, 1785-ca. 1900 Personal letters of this family of Loudoun County, Winchester, Alexandria, and Henry, Illinois. There is no significant material on Afro-Americans except for a January 3, 1849, letter mentioning the hiring of a slave and a March 12, 1866, letter from Richmond mentioning the difficulty of living with freedmen. (Acc. 65 P875) 35. LEVEN POWELL PAPERS 93 items, 1774-1806 Personal, military, and political letters of this soldier and politician from Middleburg. In the personal letters are mentions of slaves including a June 9, 1797, letter from Leven to Burr Powell in Kentucky explaining that Leven's slave John was put in jail "because he was making wild threats and drinking too much." There is also a mention of Blacks in Lord Dunmore's army in 1776. (Acc. 65 P87) 36. PRESTON FAMILY PAPERS 90 items, 1755-1826 Personal, legal, and business correspondence and accounts of this family of western Virginia. There is very little material on Afro-Americans except for a September 20, 1793, emancipation certificate for John Broady, a slave of William Campbell. (Acc. 39.1 P91) 37. RITCHIE-HARRISON FAMILY PAPERS 856 items, 1807-1938 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of Thomas Ritchie (1778-1854) and family members of Richmond, Washington, and Brandon, Prince George County. There is much discussion of the issue of slavery in the professional papers of journalist Ritchie, and the family papers contain scattered references to Afro-Americans, such as letters of November 1 and 2, 1865, mentioning the desire of former slaves to acquire land. (Acc 65 R51) 38. ABSALOM WILLIS ROBERTSON PAPERS Ca. 200,000 items, 1921-71 Business, personal, legal, and political correspondence of this United States senator from Virginia. Among the topics covered in the correspondence is civil rights legislation. The collection carries a restriction that there be no publication of any material by, to, or about a living person. (Acc. 66 R54) 39. ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY FREE BLACK REGISTER 1 item, 1811-28 Legal record kept by Andrew Reid, county clerk, which includes information on physical description, age, and previous owner. (Acc. MsV Levl3) 40. THEODOCIUS JOSHUA SCURLOCK PAPERS 116 items, 1855-88 Personal letters of Scurlock and family members of Texas and Alabama. A January 8, 1856, letter from Dan Scurlock to Theodocius mentions the uncovering of a planned slave revolt in Clarksville, Alabama. (Acc. 81 Scu4) 41. SKIPWITH FAMILY PAPERS ca. 6,500 items, 1760-1977 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of Sir Peyton Skipwith and family members of Prestwould, Mecklenburg County. A number of items document plantation slavery, such as a November 2, 1787, account of slaves and labor contracts with free Blacks. (Acc. 65 Sk3) 42. SMITH-WALKER FAMILY PAPERS 3,098 items, 1764-1916 Business and personal correspondence and accounts of these families of Smith's Cross Roads, Mecklenburg County. A December 28, 1806, manuscript discusses transporting slaves across state lines. (Acc 39.1 Sm8) 43. SOUTHALL FAMILY PAPERS ca. 23,500 items, 1807-1904 Personal, business, and legal papers and accounts of the Southall family of Williamsburg, chiefly those of Peyton Alexander Southall and George Washington Southall. The papers are mainly legal in nature and not pertaining to Afro-Americans or slavery, but there is a separate section of slave passes in the legal papers. (Acc. 39.1 So8) 44. TALIAFERRO-SANDERS PAPERS 7,552 items, 1775-1954 Primarily the business, legal, military, and personal papers of General William Booth Taliaferro (lawyer and Confederate officer of Gloucester County). Included is an account of his experiences with the Virginia militia during the John Brown Raid. (Acc. 65 T15) 45. TUCKER-COLEMAN PAPERS ca. 30,000 items, 1680-1959 Personal, business, and educational papers of St. George Tucker, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, and Henry St. George Tucker. Included are manuscript studies of slavery, letters by slaves and letters about treatment of slaves. 46. TYLER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 50,000 items, 1664- 1935 Personal papers of United States President John Tyler, his second wife Julia Gardiner Tyler, and children, including Lyon G. Tyler, president of the College of William and Mary. A number of references to slave life at Sherwood Forest plantation in Charles City County are found in the letters of Julia Gardiner Tyler. (Acc. 65 T97) 47. VIRGINIA COUNTIES COLLECTION A large collection of documents pertaining to individual Virginia counties arranged by the name of the county. Among the many items pertaining to slavery are the Warwick County Order Book, 1699-1701, listing certificates for the return of runaway slaves; Albemarle County receipts for taxes paid on slaves in 1822 and 1824; and an 1807 Botetourt County bill of sale for a slave sold to John Robinson of Rockingham County. (Acc. 39.4 V82co) 48. NATHANIEL V. WATKINS PAPERS 528 items, 1852-89 Personal correspondence with his brother and sister of Prince Edward Court House. Among the topics discussed is the condition of blacks after the Civil War. (Acc. 39.1 W32) 49. CONWAY WHITTLE PAPERS 2,157 items, 1773-1911 Personal, business, and legal papers of this lawyer from Norfolk. A will, December 19, 1837, of Eliza Bray Johnson Tyler manumits a slave. (Acc. 76 W61) 50. WILLIAMSBURG PAPERS COLLECTION 1 item, July 8, 1868 A letter from a former slave, Milly Richard of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Captain Thomas Russell of Williamsburg inquiring about members of her family and relating detailed genealogical information. (Acc. 39.4 V82c1) 51. WOOLFOLK FAMILY PAPERS 9,980 items, 1775-1893 Business, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Mulberry Place, Caroline County. There are scattered materials about slavery including a list of slaves vaccinated in 1829 and 1837. (Acc. 39.1 w88) COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG

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52. ELIZA JAQUELIN AMBLER PAPERS 25 items 1780-1826 Personal and family letters of this Yorktown resident. Of note is her comment about a white servant's attitude toward black slaves. (Acc. MS 54.6) 53. ROBERT ANDERSON PAPERS 4,763 items, 1787-1858 Family, business, and personal correspondence and accounts of this merchant, insurance agent, and politician of Williamsburg and Yorktown. Among the business papers are arrest warrants for slaves. There is considerable correspondence concerning slavery, such as a January 11, 1846, letter from Anthony Baber to Robert Anderson discussing an incident in which the slave Salley was badly burned. (Acc. Ms 72.2) 54. EDMUND BAGGE ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1726-33 Business record of this Essex County man. In the journal are accounts for the delivery of slave children from the estate of John Bagge. (Acc. MS 41.9) 55. WILLIAM BLATHWAYT PAPERS 2,568 items, 1674-1715 Official papers of this British colonial administrator. One of the topics covered in his correspondence is the question of slavery in the Leeward Islands. Letters of July 10, 1696, and July 10, 1697, discuss the importation of slaves into Virginia and Maryland. (Acc. MS 9) 56. NATHANIEL BURWELL PAPERS 9 items, 1750-1814 Business papers and ledger of this Williamsburg planter who lived at Carter's Grove. The ledger for 1773-1805 has entries on the buying and selling of slaves. (Acc. 81.12) 57. ROBERT CARTER LETTERBOOKS 3 items, 1761-69 Business volumes of this planter from Westmoreland County. Among the entries concerning slavery is one mentioning that a slave had been banished for cruelty to one of the Carter children. 58. ROBERT WORMELEY CARTER DIARY 1 item, 1776 Personal observances of this planter from Sabine Hall, Richmond County, pertaining to his personal and business affairs, including agreements with overseers. A few entries mention slavery, such as one on September 27 concerning payment for slave shoes. 59. RICHARD CORBIN PAPERS 350 items, 1746-1818 Letters and account of Richard Corbin, receiver general of Virginia. Included is a 1774-75 diary of John Harrower, who before he became an overseer for the Corbin family was an indentured servant from Scotland who taught the children of William Dangerfield of Fredericksburg. Harrower's diary has been published in the American Historical Review 6 (1900): 65-107. On April 20, 1775, he noted that a slave of Corbin's who turned a horse loose had been given "39 laches with Hickry switches." In the loose papers are many lists of slaves at various places in the Tidewater area. (Acc. DMS 71.5) 60. DABNEY FAMILY LEDGER 1 item, 1755-78 Plantation ledger of Charles and William Dabney of Aldingham, Hanover County. The accounts include entries on slavery, such as payments on December 6, 1763, to "John Glen for cureing the negroe boy Wills head" and on November 1, 1764, to John Strong for apprehending Will as a runaway. (Acc. A79.1) 61. CHARLES DEANE LETTER 1 item, October 17, 1879 Letter of Charles Deane of Massachusetts to Samuel Eliot of Massachusetts referring to slavery in Virginia. (Acc. MS00) 62. WILLIAM GOOCH DOCUMENTS 2 items, 1733 and 1744 A July 4, 1733, commission to Robert Bolling concerning a slave of Daniel Elbank of Prince Edward County who was to remain in jail on suspicion of felony and an August 25, 1744, commission to George Newton for the trial of a female slave, Nan, for felony. (Acc. MS00) 63. MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS ca 45 items, 1618-1861 Included is a March 26, 1808, certificate of Henry Robinson for a runaway slave. 64. MANN PAGE, JR., PAPERS 509 items, 1765-1869 Business, legal, and personal papers of this Gloucester County businessman. There are scattered references to slavery, such as an August 9, 1783, deed from Richard Coleman to John Page for a slave named Tom and an October 19, 1788, letter from John Page to Mann Page mentioning illness among the slaves. (Acc. MS 42) 65. SLAVE PASS 1 item, October 29-30, 1771 Safe-conduct pass for two slaves of James Mercer to travel from Fredericksburg to Williamsburg. (Acc. MS A75.1) THE HANDLEY LIBRARY

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66. ELLEN AFTO MANUSCRIPT 1 item, January 12, 1861 A pardon granted by Governor John Letcher to this free black woman who was about to be sold into slavery. (Acc. 810 THL) 67. H. M. BROOKS COLLECTION 20th century School attendance rolls, certificates, and writings primarily relating to the Brooks and Moss families. (Acc. 599 THL) 68. DOUGLASS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COLLECTION 96 items, 20th century Biographical sketches, photographs, and ephemera of the alumni of the Frederick Douglass School, Winchester, and material regarding the Douglass Alumni Association. (Acc. 555 THL) 69. REBECCA EBERT COLLECTION 1 item, 1986 Unpublished paper by Rebecca Ebert entitled "A Window on the Valley," a study of the free black community of Winchester and Frederick County, 1785-1860. (Acc. 70 THL) 70. FREDERICK COUNTY PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RECORDS 1802-64 Photostats and handwritten copies of free black entries recorded in the personal property tax lists. Originals in the Virginia State Library. (Acc. 543 THL) 71. FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 9 items, 1868-1916 Photocopies of deeds and deeds of trust for lots purchased on Braddock and Leicester streets, Winchester. (Acc. 546 THL) 72. POWELL W. GIBSON PAPERS 1915-40 Biographical data and writings of this principal of Frederick Douglass School. (Acc 618 THL) 73. HAYFIELD FARM MANUSCRIPT 1 item, May 5, 1862 Notice about a slave being held in a Winchester jail. (Acc. 662 THL) 74. MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 2 items, 1907-9 Photocopies of deeds for purchase and sale of the church lot in the northeastern part of Winchester. (Acc. 548 THL) 75. JOHN MANN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH RECORDS 4 items, 1893-1933 Photocopies of deeds and deeds of trust for lots purchased on Kent Street, Winchester. (Acc. 547 THL) 76. MANUMISSION RECORDS, SHENANDOAH VALLEY 1 item, 1785-1865 Abstracts from deed books of manumission records of the area. (Acc. 576 THL) 77. MARKET STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH RECORDS 13 items, 1842-1920 Records for this Winchester church, including lists of black members and minutes on the decision to sponsor the John Mann Methodist Episcopal Church. (Acc. 238 WFCHS) 78. METHODIST CHURCH SOUTH RECORDS 1 item, 1928 A photocopy of the deed for purchase of a lot on Chase Alley, Winchester, for this black church. (Acc. 549 THL) 79 NEW SCHOOL COLORED BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 1 item, 1890 A photocopy of the deed for purchase of a lot on Kent Street, Winchester. (Acc. 550 THL) 80. OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 2 items, 1862, 1932 Photocopies of the deed for use and a deed for the sale of the church and lot on East Lane, Winchester. (Acc. 551 THL) 81. ORRICK CEMETERY RECORDS 1 item, 1803-1983 An abstract of inscriptions on tombstones in Orrick Cemetery. (Acc. 250 THL) 82. GARFIELD PRATHER COLLECTION ca. 1950s and 1960s Letters, news articles, and oral history interviews regarding efforts to integrate Winchester institutions, organizations, and businesses. (Acc. 659 THL) 83. GEORGE L. SEEVERS ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1800-1862 On page 289 is a list of slaves with births, deaths, and sales dates. (Acc. 394 WFCHS) 84. SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 6 items, 1869-1916 Photocopies of deeds and deeds of trust for purchase of lots on Kent and Market streets, Winchester. (Acc. 553 THL) 85. ST. PAUL'S AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH RECORDS 6 items, 1867-1912 Photocopies of deeds and deeds of trusts for sale of portions of the church lot on Loudoun and Main streets, Winchester, and a claim for money due by a workman. (Acc. 552 THL) 86. ELLSWORTH TURNER COLLECTION 51 items, 20th century Magazine and newspaper articles, photographs, and memorabilia of the black community in the Winchester-Frederick County area. (Acc. 204 THL) 87. UNITED ODD FELLOWS LODGE NO. 1461 RECORDS 3 items, 1890-1914 Photocopies of deeds and deeds of trust for the purchase and sale of a lot and buildings on Clifford Street, Winchester, for this Afro- American fraternal organization. (Acc. 554 THL) 88. WINCHESTER PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RECORDS 1802-64 Photostats and handwritten copies of free black entries recorded in the personal property tax lists Originals in the Virginia State Library. (Acc. 544 THL) HAMPTON UNIVERSITY

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89. ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETS ca. 1,000 items, 1867-1970 Mainly business ledgers of the office responsible for assisting in monitoring and conducting the fiscal affairs of the college. (RG 11.1-11.33) 90. ADMISSIONS AND REGISTRAR ca. 79,200 items, 1909-70 Correspondence, applications, financial aid data, reports, evaluations and other documents concerning the offices responsible for admissions, record maintenance, transcript preparation, registration, and financial aid. (RG 17) 91. ALUMNI AFFAIRS RECORDS ca. 30,000 items, 1869-1970 Correspondence, reports, memoranda, printed materials, pictures, a newspaper clippings regarding alumni. A valuable source on postbellum black life in Virginia. (RG 29.1) 92. SAMUEL CHAPMAN ARMSTRONG PAPERS ca. 23,000 items, 1860-93 Personal, military, and business correspondence of this founder and first president (titled principal before 1930) of Hampton Institute. Among the many correspondents are Booker T. Washington, Louisa May Alcott, and Washington Gladden. (RG 2.2) 93. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ASSISTANT TREASURER PAPER ca. 100 items, 1868-1970 Correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous items. (RG l.l) 94 BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BOARD OF CURATOR PAPERS 1 item, 1873-1921 The board of curators was appointed by the state to supervise the work of Hampton Institute. Included are correspondence, minutes, and reports. (RG 1.3) 95. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CHAIRMEN'S PAPERS ca. 300 items, 1868-1970 Correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous items. (RG 1.4) 96. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CHARTER, ETC. ca. 500 items, 1868-1970 Legal documents, publications, reports, and correspondence. (RG 1.5) 97. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MEMBERS ca. 3,500 items, 1870-1973 Some correspondence and biographical sketches for 103 trustees. (RG 1.13) 98. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MINUTES ca. 3,500 items, 1868-1970 Minutes and worksheets, which include reports from other departments to the board. (RG 1.7) 99. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, REPORTS ca. 18,000 items, 1868-1970 Consists of the annual principal's and president's reports, financial statements, and comptroller reports. (RG 1.8) 100. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SECRETARY ca. 500 items, 1868-1970 Correspondence, minutes, and reports. (RG 1.9) 101. RALPH PARKHURST BRIDGMAN PAPERS ca. 72,000 items, 1944-48 Administrative papers of the seventh president of Hampton Institute. Among the correspondents are Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Eddie Rickenbacker (writing about an aviation program at Hampton), and Wendell Willkie. (RG 2.8.1) 102. FRANCIS CHICKERING BRIGGS PAPERS ca. 16,000 items, 1879-1908 Business correspondence of the business manager of Hampton Institute. (RG 10.1) 103. CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND GROUNDS ca. 39,600 items, 1868-1970 Correspondence, printed materials, pictures, and blueprints concerning the construction and maintenance of the institution's buildings. (RG 13.1-13.3) 104. DEAN OF FACULTY ca. 31,200 items, 1870-1970 Correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous items concerning the office "responsible for the implementation of actions taken by the faculty regarding matters defined by the president and members of the Board of Trustees of Hampton Institute." (RG 15.1) 105. DEVELOPMENT, DONOR RECORDS ca. 116,400 items, 1868-1970 Correspondence, record books, lists, and miscellaneous items regarding donors, both individual and organizational. (RG 8.2) 106. EDUCATION, MILITARY SCIENCE ca. 18,000 items, 1872-1970 Correspondence, printed material, and newspaper clippings relating to military training, including Afro-Americans in national defense, Afro-American soldiers in France in World War I, and Afro-Americans in war public relations. (RG 19.9) 107. EDUCATION, NURSING EDUCATION ca. 10,800 items, 1891-1970 Correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and miscellaneous items concerning the Department of Nursing. Of special interest is the material concerning the establishment of Dixie Hospital, opened in 1891 for the care of aged and infirm former slaves. (RG 19.10) 108. EXTENSION, AFRICAN AFFAIRS ca. 55,000 items, 1890-1973 Correspondence, reports, photographs, memoranda, and miscellany concerning programs associated with Africa, including the African Institute, 1970; African Scholarship Program, 1970; Mandingo, 1915-17; and the papers of Dr. William Henry Sheppard, black American missionary for the Presbyterian church to Africa, especially the Belgian Congo. (RG 20.1) 109. EXTENSION, TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE 6,667 items, 1882-1975 Includes booklets, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and reports concerning the school founded by Booker T. Washington. (RG 20.19) 110. FACULTY, BIOGRAPHICAL FILES ca. 27,000 items, 1868-1978 Biographical material including correspondence and photographs of many Hampton faculty. Of special note are films and reels concerning blacks in America. (RG 16.2) 111. FACULTY, MEETINGS 21 items, 1887-1921 Minutes and indexes of the meetings. (RG 16.5) 112. FACULTY, MISCELLANEOUS ca. 8,000 items, 1891-1967 Included in this catchall category are records for the Oral History Project. (RG 16.4) 113. CORA FOLSOM PAPERS ca. 6,000 items, 1855-1943 Personal and business correspondence of this Hampton staff member who was instrumental in working with Indian students. Among her correspondents was Booker T. Washington. (RG 7.1.2) 114. HOLLIS BURKE FRISSELL PAPERS ca. 95,000 items, 1882-1917 Personal and business correspondence of the second president of Hampton. Among the correspondents are W. E. B. DuBois, George Foster Peabody, John D. Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft. (RG 2.3) 115. JAMES EDGAR GREGG PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, 1918-29 Personal and business correspondence of the third president of Hampton Institute. Of special interest is a group of materials, 1925- 26, regarding the Massenburg bill which required the separation of races at public halls. Passage of the bill was directed specifically at a meeting attended by all races at Ogden Hall, Hampton Institute. Among the correspondents is Mary McLeod Bethune. (RG 2.4) 116. JEROME HEARTWELL HOLLAND PAPERS ca. 570,000 items, 1960-70 Personal and administrative papers of the ninth president of Hampton Institute. Included among the correspondents are Stokely Carmichael, John W. Davis, Thomas Alva Edison, Martin Luther King, Gunnar Myrdal, Kwame Nkrumah, Adam Clayton Powell, and Richard Wright. (RG 2.10) 117. ARTHUR HOWE PAPERS ca. 7,000 items, 1930-40 Personal and administrative papers of the fifth president of Hampton Institute. Included among the correspondents are Mary McLeod Bethune, James H. Dillard, Mrs. Alfred Du Pont, General John J. Pershing, and John D. Rockefeller. There is considerable correspondence with St. Paul's Industrial and Normal School, Tuskegee Institute, and Virginia State College. (RG 2.6) 118. ROY DAVAGE HUDSON PAPERS ca. 138,000 items, 1970-76 Personal and administrative papers of the tenth president of Hampton Institute. (RG 2.11) 119. INDEX TO BLACK WORKERS OF HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, 1874-1961

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120. ROSCOE EDWIN LEWIS PAPERS ca. 300 items, 1936-57 Personal, administrative, and academic papers of this Hampton faculty member. Of special interest are the papers of Lewis when he participated in the Virginia Federal Writers Project, The Negro in Virginia. Much of this correspondence concerns Lewis's work with the interviews of former slaves. This collection is part of the larger group of presidential papers of Arthur Howe. (RG 2.6.1) 121. MALCOLM SHAW MacLEAN PAPERS ca. 51,500 items, 1940-43 Personal and administrative papers of the sixth president of Hampton Institute. Much of the material concerns Hampton and other black institutions of higher learning during World War II. Also of interest is a significant amount of correspondence concerning the Fair Employment Practice Commission (FEPC), of which MacLean was appointed director by Franklin D. Roosevelt. (RG 2.7) 122. ALONZO GRASEANO MORON PAPERS ca. 210,000 items, 1949-59 Administrative papers of the eighth and first black president of Hampton Institute. Among the correspondents are Ralph Bunche and Dr. Robert R. Moton. (RG 2.9) 123. ROBERT RUSSA MOTON PAPERS ca. 36,000 items, 1890-1916 Personal and business correspondence, biographical information, photographs, and manuscripts of this 1890 graduate of Hampton Institute who succeeded Booker T. Washington as principal of Tuskegee Institute in 1915. Moton served as commandant of the Hampton students. Of special interest is the extensive correspondence with Booker T. Washington. (RG 24.6) 124. GEORGE PERLEY PHENIX PAPERS 403 items, 1900-1930 Personal and administrative papers of this fourth president of Hampton Institute, the first to bear that title. Correspondents include Jackson Davis, state supervisor of public instruction, Harris Hart, superintendent of public instruction, James H. Dillard, and others. (RG 2.5) 125. PICTORIAL RECORDS ca. 40,000 items, 1868-1970 Various sizes and types of photographs depicting life at Hampton Institute and other general Afro-American scenes including individual photographs of former slaves. (RG 33.1) 126. PICTORIAL RECORDS, THE CAMERA CLUB 10 items, 1893- Albums of members of this club who photographed faculty, students, campus buildings, and the city of Hampton. (RG 33.2) 127. STATE AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS ca. 86,400 items, 1868-1973 Correspondence, reports, printed materials, and miscellaneous items of a number of associations including the American Missionary Association and American Peace Society, as well as YMCA photos. (RG 5.1) 128. STATE AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, BOARDS ca. 62,400 items, 1897-1962 Correspondence, reports, meetings, memoranda, printed materials, and miscellaneous items regarding the General Education Board and the Southern Education Board. (RG 5.2) 129. STATE AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, CONFERENCES ca. 24,000 items, 1893-1967 Correspondence, reports, and miscellany concerning various conferences including the Negro Farmer's Conference, 1906-12; Hampton Negro Conference, 1897-1909; and the Southern Negro Youth Conference, 1946. (RG 5.3) 130. STATE AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, COUNCILS ca. 6,000 items, 1939-76 Correspondence, reports, and printed materials from various councils including the American Council on Race Relations, 1945-48. (RG 5.4) 131. STATE AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, FOUNDATIONS ca. 180,000 items, 1884-1972 Correspondence, reports, and printed materials from various foundations including the Negro Library Foundation, 1922-24. (RG 5.5) 132. STATE AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, FUNDS ca. 84,000 items, 1885- 1977 Correspondence, reports, and printed materials from various funds including the Negro Rural School Fund, 1907-33, and the United Negro College Fund, 1969. (RG 5.6) 133. STATE AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES ca. 14,400 items, 1913-47 Correspondence, reports, and printed materials concerning various societies including the Negro Organization Society of Virginia, 1911-44. (RG 5.8) 134. STUDENT CONDUCT AND ACTIVITIES ca. 2,400,000 items, 1868-1970 Correspondence, reports, lists, and miscellany pertaining to the various student deans and commandants including a large group of student records. (RG 24.1-24.23) 135. TREASURERS AND BUSINESS MANAGERS ca. 106,800 items, 1872-1970 Reports, memoranda, and printed materials of the office responsible for the financial, business, and physical plant activities of the college. (RG 10.1) MacARTHUR MEMORIAL

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139. GEORGE C. MARSHALL PAPERS ca. 78,000 items, 1932-60 Personal, military, and political correspondence and accounts of the chief of staff and secretary of defense. In the papers is a folder titled "Negroes, 1940-1943." (Mss 1) 140. SMITH-CRUM FAMILY PAPERS ca. 4,800 items, 1740-1967 Business, legal, and personal correspondence of the Smith family of Greenville and the academic and military papers of Earl LaVerne Crum. In the family papers are slave sales, 1813-58. (Mss 91) 141. PIERPONT L. STACKPOLE DIARY I item, 1918-19 Diary kept while Stackpole was aide-de-camp to General Hunter Liggett during World War I. Stackpole commented on his attitude toward blacks. (Mss 41) MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA

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142. ANATOMY CLASS 12 items, n.d. Photographs of Afro-American cadavers. 143. PATTERSON-WEISEGER DAYBOOK 1 item, 1860 A list of patients treated by these two white physicians, including slaves and free blacks. 144. ST. PHILIP SCHOOL OF NURSING ca. 500 items, 1920-62 Professional and business papers of this nursing school for Afro- American women. MUSEUM OF THE CONFEDERACY

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145. E. B. BEALE ESTATE PAPERS Included in the papers of this Georgia estate is an 1845 slave bill of sale. (Acc. GA Table 3) 146. G. W. BUFORD PAPERS Receipts for the sales of slaves. (Acc. B 105) 147. COOPER, S., GENERAL ORDER 1 item, 1863 Military order regarding slaves serving with their respective regiments without written permission from their masters. (Acc. C 241) 148. JEFFERSON DAVIS DOCUMENT 1 item, January 1, 1865 Contract for the hire of a female slave. (Acc. D 268) 149. B. L. HORNER FAMILY PAPERS Itemized account of expenses to Petersburg for slaves freed by Mrs. B. L. Horner. (Acc. H 498) 150. JOHNSTON FAMILY PAPERS Included in the papers of this Abingdon family is a photograph of a slave named Big Tom. (Acc. MC3J-525-A) 151. PETER B. LALANE PAPERS Slave sales receipts and appraisals. (Acc. MC3 FLA 13) 152. JOHN W. McQUEEN DOCUMENT 1 item, March 23, 1864 Impressment receipt for three slaves. (Acc. MC3 FLA 9) 153. JOSEPH MEYERS PAPERS Included is a life insurance policy issued by the American Life Insurance Company and Trust Company, Philadelphia, on the life of a slave named George. (Acc. MC3 B-105) 154. PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION ca. 60 items, n.d. A detailed collection with many depictions of blacks during the Civil War including laborers, Union soldiers, fugitive slaves, slaves in Confederate camps, black churches, and plantation scenes. (Afro- American Photographs) 155. J. R. SEDGWICK PAPERS 2 items, January 1, 1864 Receipts for sales of slaves named John (sold for $3,700) and Monroe (sold for $3,600). (Acc. MC3 B-105) 156. SLAVE BILLS OF SALE 2 items, January 1, 1864. (Acc. B 105) 157. SLAVE RECEIPT 1863 For a female slave named Olive. (Acc. GA R) 158. BILLY WHEELER DOCUMENT Pay certificate for this free black laborer who worked sixty-two days on fortifications (Acc. MC3G-403-E) NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY

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159. COLGATE DARDEN PAPERS Papers of the former governor that focus on race relations and educational issues including reports on segregation in Virginia's public schools and colleges, studies on the reorganization of the public school system, public education and teacher training data, reports on the Prince Edward County Free School, and correspondence. 160. ZACHARY H. FIELDS LETTERS 26 items, ca. 1898 Letters written by this Afro-American soldier during the Spanish- American War to his wife in Norfolk while he was in basic training in Tennessee. 161. NORFOLK MISSION COLLEGE PAPERS ca. 1880-1915 Papers including school catalogues, bulletins, commencement programs, photographs, news articles, reflections on the school history, and minutes and correspondence of the alumni association of this Presbyterian mission established in Norfolk in 1883. 162. NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY DESEGREGATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA PAPERS Papers and documents describing the university's struggle to maintain its status as an autonomous four-year institution. Included are the Virginia Plan, position papers drafted by the university, statements from the alumni and community leaders, studies of course offerings at other state universities, newspaper articles, curriculum proposals, and correspondence. 163. MARVIN SCHLEGEL PAPERS The manuscript and notes of his work on Andrew Johnson including several reels of microfilmed newspapers. 164. SLAVES AND FREE BLACKS IN NORFOLK 1790-1860 Copies of free papers and manumission data. Also included is information on fugitive slaves, African colonization, occupations, and black property holdings. 165. WOMEN'S COUNCIL FOR INTERRACIAL COOPERATION PAPERS ca. 1945-60 Papers of the first integrated civic organization in Norfolk including correspondence between committee members and local and state political leaders, minutes, membership lists, news articles on race relations, and research on housing, educational, and recreational conditions in Norfolk's Afro-American community. OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY

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166. HENRY EVANS HOWELL PAPERS ca. 250,000 items, 1939-77 Business, legal, political, and personal papers of this Norfolk lawyer, state legislator, and lieutenant governor. Included are materials on civil rights in Virginia, especially about the poll tax. 167. PAUL THOMAS SCHWEITZER PAPERS 417 items, 1955-76 Business, legal, and personal papers of this Norfolk businessman. Of particular interest is material relating to the closing of the Norfolk schools because of racial integration in 1958-59. 168. FORREST P. WHITE PAPERS ca. 600 items, 1952-63 Personal, business, and political papers of this Norfolk physician. Of special interest are papers relating to the Norfolk Committee for Public Schools and other aspects of desegregation in Norfolk. RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE

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169. JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLECTION 1 item, n.d. A letter by the Afro-American poet. SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE

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170. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON COLLECTION 1 item, n.d. Letter by the famed Afro-American educator. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

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170a. JOHN ADAMS PAPERS ca. 1,200 items, ca. 1842-1942 Papers of John Adams (ca. 1825-1873), a Richmond free black contractor and plasterer, consisting of receipts, bills, printed material, legal documents, cancelled checks, and insurance and estate papers. (Acc. 11078) 171. ALBEMARLE COUNTY LEDGERS 1 item, (1831)-1881-89 In a farm journal 1881-89, written in an atlas published in 1831 is an entry for the sale of slaves on August 27, 1841. (Acc. 38-4) 172. ALBEMARLE COUNTY VOTING REGISTERS 5 items, 1893-1902 Poll books for 1893, 1901, and 1902 for Free Union, White Hall Magisterial District, and lists of registered voters both white and 'Colored" for 1894. (Acc. 9096-a) 173. EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN PAPERS ca. 15,000 items, 1861-1931 Consists almost entirely of the papers of the first president of the University of Virginia. Some early papers of the Alderman family include a receipt for the purchase of a slave in Wilmington, N.C., on January 21, 1863. There are also some documents containing statistical information about education in North Carolina in the 1870s and 1880s including references to blacks. (Acc. 1001, etc.) 174. GUSTAVUS BROWN ALEXANDER PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, ca. 1800-1870 Included in the records of this King George County businessman is an 1848 list of dower servants. (Acc. 4800) 175. ALEXANDRIA CITY RECORDS ca. 2,025 items, ca. 1800-1900, microfilm (M-2268-70) Official papers including many documents relating to slaves, such as bonds for free slaves to remain within the corporation of Alexandria in 1822; answers from a number of Alexandria churches in 1831 to a questionnaire inquiring about the use of their facilities by blacks; and a number of other documents about free blacks, escaped slaves, the fugitive slave law, and the assembling of blacks for worship. (Acc. 7146;-a) 176. ALEXANDRIA COMMON COUNCIL PAPERS 16 items, 1812-65 Included are an 1847 report of a committee about a servant abused by the watch, an 1848 letter by the mayor concerning free blacks, and 1856 depositions in a case involving the throwing of a brick by a black man. (Acc. 8497) 177. L. ALLAN LElTER 1 item, August 13, 1859 A copy of a letter from this Fauquier County resident to his son in which he wrote about a sickness, "Flux," which some slaves had contracted. (Acc. 4072) 178. ALLEN FAMILY PAPERS ca. 70 items, ca. 1825-1953 Personal letters of this Botetourt County family. A letter of Mary Allen to her son, April 27, 1855, tells of three family slaves who ran away, possibly across the Ohio River, while out with passes on an errand. (Acc. 9780) 179. ALLEN FAMILY PAPERS 75 items, 1830-77 Financial papers, including accounts for goods and services, bills and receipts, chiefly of Elizabeth Jeter Allen of Cumberland County. Miscellaneous items include a slave appraisal list. (Acc. 10629) 180. ALLEN FARM JOURNAL 11 items, ca. 1830-1900, microfilm (M-664) Farm records of Clifton in Clarke County, kept by David Allen and his son Edgar, with entries about slaves, such as medical assistance, deaths, hiring out, and yearly accounting. (Acc. 4814) 181. JOHN ALLEN LETTERBOOK 1 item, 1735-37 A letter on February 25, 1736, from Allen of James River to Peter Turnbull & Co. of Jamaica describes Allen's dissatisfaction with a "Negro Wench" whom he had ordered from the firm. (Acc. 38-471-a) 182. AMBLER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, 1790-1850 Business and personal letters of John Jaquelin Ambler of Glen Ambler, Amherst County, with scattered references to slavery, such as tax receipts listing numbers of slaves. (Acc. 38-77) 183. JOHN AMBLER PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, 1770-1860 Business and personal papers of this Jamestown planter. Of special note are letters from an overseer at one of the Ambler plantations; one written on June 15, 1830, to Ambler describes the treatment of a runaway slave. Intermingled in the business papers are items mentioning slaves. (Acc. 1140) 184. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF VIRGINIA RECORDS ca. 15,000 items, ca. 1965-75 Working papers of the Virginia branch which include a number of civil rights cases. Access to portions restricted. (Acc. 9690) 185. ANDERSON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 7,000 items, 1847, microfilm (M-244) Farm journal of Ash Lawn in Albemarle County kept by John P. Garrett including materials on slavery, among them a detailed list of slaves in 1838. (Acc. 2794) 185a. ANDERSON PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION 630 items, 1937-1970M Photographic negatives of Richard N. Anderson, professional photographer and architect. Included are many scenes of civil rights marches and integration sit-ins in Virginia and the South. (Acc. 5793-D) 186. ROGER ATKINSON LETTERBOOK AND ACCOUNT BOOK 2 items, 1762-1803, microfilm (M-628) The letters contain references to the business activities of this Petersburg merchant. Among the topics discussed are tobacco, land, and slave prices. Extracts have been published in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 15 (1908): 345-59. (Acc. 3238, -a) 187. AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION 23 items, ca. 1780- 1865 Included in this collection of letters are two bills drawn against William Augustine Washington for the purchase of slave shoes. (Acc. 5976) 188. BACON FAMILY PAPERS 15 items, 1812-65, photocopies Included are letters, receipts, and bills of sale pertaining to John Bacon, Richard Bacon, Edmund Bacon, and William Bacon, primarily for the settlement of John Bacon's estate and the purchase of slaves. Two of the letters, from Edmund Bacon to William J. Bacon, June 4, 1864, and March 14, 1865, discuss the family, management of William's farm during his absence, crops, slaves running off to join the Union army, and other Civil War news. (Acc. 10569) 189. EDMUND BACON MEMORANDA BOOK 1 item, 1802-22 The memoranda book of Bacon, the overseer at Monticello, contains personal financial accounts and notes on transactions handled for Thomas Jefferson during the years he managed Monticello. There are entries for livestock sales, slave hirings and sales, taxes, wages, and purchases of general merchandise. (Acc. 5385-an) 190. WILLIAM BAILEY PAPERS ca. 800 items, 1773-1888 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of this dry goods and tobacco businessman from Halifax County. Many of the financial and legal documents contain information regarding slavery and individual slaves, such as birth dates of slaves, mothers' names, bills of sale, agreements for the hire of slaves, tax lists, and records of tobacco production. (Acc. 10586) 191. BAKER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 250 items, 1781-1893, 1917-21 The collection contains correspondence, business and legal papers, and surveys, and genealogical material of the Baker, Mills, Quarles, Swift families of Gordonsville. Correspondence is chiefly that of Martin Baker, Sr., and Martin Baker, Jr. Of interest are letters discussing slaves and freedmen, particularly illness and deaths of family slaves and black office seekers during Reconstruction. Business and legal papers of Martin Baker, Jr., include an 1818-33 account book with the Farmers Bank of Virginia, an 1835 will, a slave sale document, and papers about the estates of Martin Baker, Sr. and Jr. (Acc. 10676) 192. BALDWIN-LLOYD PAPERS ca. 30 items, 1845-58 A series of letters from John Hargon in Mississippi to Colonel Edward Lloyd in Annapolis, Maryland. Hargon apparently was the manager of a number of Mississippi plantations owned by Lloyd. There is frequent discussion about the plantation slaves, especially deaths, deaths, and sickness. (Acc. 5163) 193. ADA P. BANKHEAD PAPERS 12 items, 1805-65 Personal letters of 1825, some from R. Hume, that mention slave problems; an 1829 bill of sale for two slaves; and an 1865 letter describing the departure of slaves at the end of the Civil War. (Acc. 38-463) 194. CHARLES L. BANKHEAD PAPERS 1 item, 1812-31 An account book kept at Port Royal and at Carlton, Albemarle County, which includes slave lists. (Acc. 2730) 195. JAMES BARBOUR PAPERS ca. 3,000 items, ca. 1775-1845 Correspondence, personal, and business papers of this Orange County planter. Some of the letters discuss the sale of slaves. Also included is a ledger listing the working hands and the sales of slaves for 1816-40. (Acc. 1486) 196. BARNES FAMILY PAPERS 76 items, 1775-1873 Correspondence and business papers relating to this Lynchburg family, consisting mainly of letters from Charles F. Barnes and Edward Barnes, Confederate soldiers, to their mother, Mrs. R. A. Barnes. Two letters from Charles Barnes describe a race riot in west Florida in 1865. A 1775-79 account book of Richard Dabney, Jr., from the Richmond area includes entries for births and deaths of slaves. (Acc. 4444) 197. JANIE PORTER BARRETT DAY NURSERY PAPERS ca. 75 items, 1943-48 Minutes, records, correspondence, and documents of this day nursery for black children in Charlottesville. (Acc. 3283) 198. BARRINGER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 2,800 items, 1828-1963 Correspondence, essays, and genealogical material of this Albemarle County and North Carolina family, principally of Paul Brandon Barringer. Two letters refer to the sale, price, and investment value of slaves and to the inclusion of slaves as part of a dowry. Numerous letters, essays, news clippings, and printed monographs by Paul B. Barringer et al. address the "Negro question." Included are two letters from Booker T. Washington. (Acc. 2588, etc.) 199. BARRON, WARING, AND BAYLOR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,300 items, ca. 1820-1900 Business and personal papers of these Essex County families including papers of Samuel Barron, CSN. Scattered references to slavery include an October 27, 1862, letter describing the escape of nine blacks impressed for work and a November 2, 1860, letter describing differences in slave prices between Gloucester and Richmond. (Acc. 10314) 200. WILLIAM TAYLOR BARRY LETTERBOOK 1 item, 1785-1835 This letterbook of the Kentucky statesman and postmaster general mentions blacks on pages 25, 50, 72, 94, 123, 141, and 157. Most of the references are fleeting, but one, a letter of August 9, 1832, describes an epidemic of cholera among slaves. (Acc. 2569) 201. BAYLOR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,600 items, ca. 1760-1905 Correspondence and other papers of this New Market, Caroline County, family. An October 2, 1804, letter from David Morrow to John Baylor says that Baylor's servant Ned wanted to have money paid directly to him for work done rather than through Baylor. There are references in the business and legal papers to slavery; an 1865 farm account book contains entries entitled "Servants Accounts." (Acc. 2257) 202. BAYLOR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 300 items, ca. 1750-1850 Legal and business papers of this Rockingham County family. A number of the documents pertain to slavery, including a December 1793 deed of manumission for the slaves of William Ball of Culpeper County and a manumission document dated January 12, 1801, for a slave named Milly belonging to Jacob Parrot of Shenandoah County. Other documents pertain to the work roles of slaves. (Acc. 9732-c) 203. RICHARD BAYLOR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 100 items, 1662-1867, microfilm (M-2272) Personal, business, and legal papers of this Essex County family. The 1810-15 medical accounts of William Waring to Alexander Somervail record the treatment of slaves. An 1844-49 journal of Robert P. Waring has very good year-by-year evaluations slaves at a number of his plantations, including Edenatta, Glencairn, Thomas Neck, Greenfield, and Port Micon. (Acc. 6056) 204. BELL FAMILY PAPERS ca. 200 items, ca. 1790-1880, microfilm (M-1313) Business and legal papers of this Augusta County family. Slave documents include depositions attesting to the sale of slaves from John Bell's estate and a public sale notice of a superannuated female slave to be cared for by the lowest bidder. In a November 21, 1831, letter describing a wedding, the writer reported that she had heard that at the celebration the groom "left a pack of white people to wait on a pack of Negroes." (Acc. 6688) 205. BERKELEY FAMILY PAPERS ca. 20,000 items, ca. 1653-1930 Personal, business, and legal papers of this family of Barn Elms, Middlesex County; Aldie, Loudoun County; and Albemarle County. Scattered throughout are overseers' reports, accounts of slave expenses, slave lists, and bills of sale for slaves. (Acc. 38-113) 206. GEORGE S. BERNARD DIARIES 5 items, 1858-84, microfilm (M-1680) Diaries of this Petersburg lawyer contain an entry for March 22, 1859, about the legal status of whites, blacks, and Indians in Virginia. (Acc. 7745-a) 207. BLACK VOTERS, LIST OF, CHARLOTTESVILLE 1 item, 1900 List of black voters by ward. (Acc. 9077) 207a. WILLIAM H. BLACKFORD DIARY 1 item, 1856 The entry for February 20 describes cruelty to three young female slaves by owner Mrs. James M. Boyd of Lynchburg. (Acc. 4763) 208. BLACKWELL FAMILY PAPERS 15 items, ca. 1840-48 Personal correspondence of Elizabeth Blackwell and family members of Fauquier County. There is some mention of slaves, such as a letter of June 22, n.y., from Octavia noting that a slave tried to get away in Cincinnati as they were going to Missouri and a letter of June 30, n.y., from Sarah T. Buckner who wanted to collect on a loan so that she could buy a slave's husband and send them both west. (Acc. 38-143-b) 209. ELIZABETH C. BLAETTERMAN LETTER 1 item, 1860 A letter from this Kentucky woman concerning the freeing of her slaves. (Acc. 799) 210. BLAND-RUFFIN PAPERS ca. 22,500 items, ca. 1740-1865 Includes letters of Theodorick Bland and Edmund Ruffin. A June 1863 letter to Ruffin from Charleston, South Carolina, mentions that Colonel Heyward's slaves had burned down his residence and run off. (Acc. 3026) 211. THOMAS S. BOCOCK PAPERS ca. 300 items, 1760-1897 Correspondence, financial and legal papers, ledgers, and speeches of Bocock and the Bocock, Thornhill, Christian, Stephens, Flood, Patteson, and Diuguid families of Buckingham and Appomattox counties. Among the subjects discussed are slavery, abolition, the antebellum South, and the use of slaves on military fortifications. Included is a minute book of the New Hope Baptist Church, Augusta County, with many references to blacks. (Acc. 10612) 211a. BONDURANT-MORRISON PAPERS Contains references to the hiring of slaves; farm book, 1841-47. Also ledgers contain references to slaves; daybook, 1834-39; account book index, 1824, ledger of Thomas Bondurant, 1847-60. (Acc. 3918) 212. BONNER, MERCER, AND PELHAM FAMILY PAPERS ca. 200 items 1762-1888 Correspondence, financial records, wills, and genealogical data of the Bonner family of Greene County, Ohio, and the Mercer and Pelham families of Virginia, who had intermarried into the Bonner family. Included are emancipation documents and correspondence concerning Frederick Bonner's slave Dick. (Acc. 10142) 213. ARMISTEAD L. BOOTHE PAPERS ca. 11,000 items, 1948-69 Papers of this delegate and state senator from Alexandria. There are correspondence and material about Boothe's attempts as a state senator to keep the public schools in Virginia open during the integration crisis in the 1950s. (Acc. 8319) 214. JAMES WOODBERRY BORDEN DIARY 1 item, 1837-38, microfilm (M-1223) Written by this Essex County man while living in Charles City County, this diary contains comments on blacks in Virginia. (Acc. 5727) 215. WALTER BOWIE JOURNALS 2 items, 1848-61 Entries for 1860-61 by this Westmoreland County planter record the hiring and renting of slaves, e.g., January 2, 7, 14, 17, and 30, 1861. (Acc. 8528) 216. SARAH PATTON BOYLE PAPERS ca. 10,000 items, ca. 1950-70 Personal, legal, and business papers of this Charlottesville woman who was involved in school integration and other civil rights issues in central Virginia in the 1950s and 1960s. Included is correspondence with black leaders such as Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King. (Acc. 8003) 217. WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE COLLECTION ca. 4,700 items, ca. 1905-60 Correspondence of this noted black poet, critic, and anthologist, consisting mainly of letters written to Braithwaite in connection with his anthologies. (Accs. 6787 & 8990) 218. BRAXTON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 60,000 items, 1785-1911 Primarily the papers of Allen Caperton Braxton, a Staunton attorney, with a very small group of papers of the Braxton family from Chericoke, King William County. Of particular importance are the notes and correspondence of Allen Caperton Braxton when he was a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-2 that disfranchised the black voter. (Acc. 3329, -a) 219. BRECKINRIDGE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, ca. 1725-1925, microfilm (M-2246-48) Business, legal, and personal papers of this family of Grove Hill, Botetourt County. Included are many references to slavery, such as a November 29, 1825, letter from Mrs. M. Gilmer to Emma describing the murder of Captain John Edgar and the apprehension and trial of a black man, Harry; an August 28, 1831, letter from William Gilmer to Peachy Gilmer mentioning trouble with blacks in Albemarle County and the insurrection in Southampton County; and an October 3, 1831, letter from Emma at Grove Hill mentioning a rumor that Nat Turner passed through Botetourt County. (Acc. 9846) 220. JAMES BRECKINRIDGE PAPERS ca. 440 items, 1780-1912 Personal papers of this Grove Hill, Botetourt County, planter and businessman. Many documents pertain to slavery, especially slaves employed at Breckinridge's ironworks, and there is an 1820 letter from a former slave. (Acc. 10395) 221. BREMO RECESS PAPERS ca. 3,500 items, ca. 1690-1950 Business and personal papers of the Cocke and Cabell families of Bremo Recess in Fluvanna County. The papers contain a number of references to blacks and letters of former slaves who had emigrated to Liberia, e.g., Matilda Skipwith to Miss S. F. Cocke, October 1844, and Matilda Lomax to Miss Sarah Cox, 1853. Included are an 1865 list of slaves at Recess; an 1856 letter from the president of the American Colonization Society, J. H. Latrobe; and an 1823 letter (9513-h) from Ann B. Cocke to Louisiana Cocke about a slave wedding. (Acc. 9513, etc.) 222. BRITISH ANTISLAVERY COLLECTION 1 item, 1821-87 Included in this bound volume of letters and documents pertaining to the British antislavery movement are a number of letters written by Frederick Douglass. (Acc. 3846) 223. BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH MINUTES 1 item, 1762-1859 Black members are noted in the minutes of the congregational meetings of this Fauquier County church, as well as actions taken concerning them. (Acc. 4305) 224. AUSTIN BROCKENBROUGH PAPERS 1 item, ca. 1780-1840 Papers of this Virginia doctor contain a February 7, 1832, letter from Congressman John Jones Roane inquiring on behalf of a third party about the purchase of fifty slaves or more in family units. (Acc. 38- 157) 225. ROBERT S. BROOKE PAPERS 100 items, 1792-1927 The collection consists chiefly of correspondence between Brooke and his wife Margaret Lyle Smith Brooke written while he was serving in the General Assembly. Subjects include family and household affairs in Augusta County including slave hiring and "correction" and social and political news from Richmond. (Acc. 38-137) 226. BROWN FAMILY PAPERS 3 items, 1781-1903 Genealogical records of this Buckingham County family. The Bible records include birth and death entries for slaves. (Acc. 4417) 227. BROWN FAMILY PAPERS 18 items, 1811-76 Included in the papers of this Culpeper County family is an 1824 contract for the sale of a young male slave. (Acc. 4117) 228. HENRY JAMES BROWN PAPERS ca. 110 items, ca. 1830-84 Personal correspondence and diary of this Powhatan County painter and farmer who had a farm in Missouri run by an overseer. In a November 4, 1848, letter to Brown, the overseer, L. Weedin, described the health of the slaves and an episode about a runaway brought back to a neighboring farm. There are other scattered references to slaves in Missouri and Virginia. In a diary written on a trip from Virginia to Missouri, probably in 1844, Brown referred often to fears that abolitionists would take his female slave, especially in Cincinnati. (Acc. 9930) 229. WILLIAM S. BROWN DIARY 3 items, 1843-46, microfilm (M-640) The diary of this clerk of the court of King George County contains a December 17, 1843, description of a song and prayer meeting in the slave quarters; a January 17, 1844, mention of the murder of one slave by another; an April 12, 1845, record of an attack on Captain John S. Washington by a black man; and a November 1, 1845, mention of the will of N. H. Hove that freed his slaves and sent them to Africa. (Acc. 4492) 230. BRUCE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 14,000 items, 1769-1863 Correspondence, journals, and account books of James Bruce and his son, James Cole Bruce, of Berry Hill, Halifax County. There are lists of slaves, e.g., a November 22, 1849, list and inventory of slaves on the plantation of Messrs. Bruce, Seddon, and Williams and an 1852 "Register of Negroes," plus many entries in the account books and other material relating to slavery. (Acc. 2692) 231. BRUNSWICK COUNTY PAPERS ca. 30 items, 1811-69 Documents and letters, some of which refer to the hiring and leasing of slaves. A December 11, 1824, letter apparently was written by a black woman in Petersburg attempting to gain some form of recompense for an ancestor, Ned Brandom, who served as a substitute in the Revolutionary War. (Acc. 3307, -a) 232. BRYAN FAMILY PAPERS 5 items, 1845-65 Annotated listings of the slaves at Eagle Point in Gloucester County. (Acc. 9822-d) 233. BUCK FAMILY PAPERS ca. 200 items, ca. 1830-60 Correspondence, personal, and business papers of this Winchester family. It is a very good archive of one family's business and personal interests. There is much correspondence about slavery, including October 6 and 27, 1848, letters from a slave hunter, Joseph Kinsel; a November 31, 1848, letter from a runaway slave to his mother requesting that she ask "Master William" to take him back; and a February 1, 1843, letter about a family of slaves afflicted by a serious illness. (Acc. 4932) 234. BUCKINGHAM COUNTY FREEDMEN'S RECORDS 1 item, 1865-70, microfilm (M-784) Microfilm copies of the original records in the National Archives. (Acc. 10154-a) 235. BUCKINGHAM COUNTY TAX BOOK 1 item, 1851, microfilm (M-635) Tax assessment book kept by John Horsley. Includes taxes based on the number of slaves. (Acc. 4487) 236. JOHN BUFORD PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, ca. 1840-60, microfilm (M-2188) Business, legal, and personal papers of this Bedford County businessman who was engaged in building the Virginia-Tennessee Railroad in 1851-60. Check rolls of the company contain information on hired black gangs; there are also individual receipts for the hiring of slaves to work on the railroad and a July 15, 1851, letter from Ro. Mitchell to Buford about the work of some of the blacks. Documents dated November 27, 1861, record that two free blacks, found guilty of a crime (not stated), were sold and purchased by Buford. (Acc. 9782) 237. RICHARD C. BURNET NOTEBOOK 1 item, 1836-65, microfilm (M-39) A notebook of articles from newspapers based on letters from Burnet discussing slaves, runaways, etc., in Texas. (Acc. 1288) 238. BURWELL FAMILY PAPERS ca. 250 items, 1734-1893 Business and personal papers, chiefly those of Colonel Lewis Burwell of Kings Mill near Williamsburg and of the family of Bedford County. A seventeen-page manuscript by William Burwell reviews the economic conditions of blacks in the South in the 1870s, and a November 1853 letter to C. K. Marshall apparently from William Burwell discusses the relationship of blacks in southern society. Correspondence in the 1840s and 1850s examines the influence of slavery on national politics. (Acc. 4400-b) 239. BURWELL FAMILY PAPERS 170 items, 1761-1845 Business and legal papers of Nathaniel Burwell of Carter's Grove and Carter's Hall in James City County. Many of these concern the estates of William Pasteur and John Paradise. Included are estate appraisals for Pasteur's livestock, slaves, and household and farming implements. (Acc. 5757-c) 240. CABELL FAMILY PAPERS ca. 500 items, 1727-1875 Business and personal papers of Nicholas Cabell, William Cabell, and Nathaniel Francis Cabell of Buckingham County. An 1844 list details births of slaves; a December 23, 1860, letter from W. C. Scott to Mrs. Francis Cabell gives permission for a slave to marry; and there is a June 1865 "List of servants at Liberty Hill." (Acc. 5084) 241. JOSEPH CARRINGTON CABELL PAPERS ca. 5,000 items, ca. 1730-1920 Business, personal, and political papers of this Amherst (now Nelson) County planter, businessman, and politician. Although much of the collection is political in nature, there are detailed records concerning slavery and plantation life, e.g., March and April 1814 letters reporting raids by the British in which slaves were taken. (Acc. 38-111, etc.) 242. WILLIAM D. CABELL PAPERS ca. 3,600 items, 1806-93 Correspondence and other papers of this Nelson County and Washington, D.C., educator. Scattered throughout are infrequent references to slavery, such as a December 5, 1863, letter from John Fry to Cabell discussing the hiring of slaves; an 1864 list of farm servants; an 1863 valuation of a slave at $3,250 by a committee of freeholders; a September 18, 1863, letter from a slave asking Cabell to keep his wife; an 1864 list of shoes delivered to slaves; and an August 18, 1856, letter from Cabell to Joseph C. Cabell mentioning that a number of slaves had been killed by poisonous brandy. (Acc. 276, etc.) 243. GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE COLLECTION ca. 100 items, ca. 1865-1920 Letters and manuscripts of this American author. One forty-page manuscript by Cable is entitled "Creole Slave Songs." (Barrett Library Acc. 7161-g) 244. CALLAWAY FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS ca. 10 items, ca. 1740-1950 Included in these records of the Campbell and Albemarle counties and Asheville, North Carolina, family is a page listing slave births. (Acc. 7903) 245. WILLIAM CAMPBELL LETTER 1 item, September 4, 1831 A letter by this Norfolk resident discusses the excitement and confusion in the wake of Nat Turner's revolt. The whites were armed, and many rumors were flying of other alleged slave revolts. (Acc. 1441) 246. CAPERTON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 400 items, ca. 1840-95, microfilm (M-2133) Personal and business papers of the Caperton and allied families from Monroe City, containing few references to slavery, such as two letters from John Caperton in New Orleans to William Caperton in Monroe City, December 4, 1847, and January 2, 1848, in which John empowered William and others to sell all of his Virginia slaves and send him the money. (Acc. 7482-b) 246a. PHILENA CARKIN COLLECTION 3 items, 1866-1902 The collection contains a bound manuscript journal of this Massachusetts schoolteacher of freedmen in Charlottesville, 1866-75, under the auspices of the American Freedmen's Aid Commission entitled "Reminiscences of my Life and Work among the Freedmen of Charlottesville, Virginia, from March 1st 1866 to July 1st 1875," vol. 1, together with a carte-de-visite portrait, n.d., of Carkin by Charlottesville photographer William Roads, and a copy of her certificate of commission as a teacher of ex-slaves issued by the Eastern Department of the American Freedman's Aid Commission. (Acc. 11123) 247. CARLTON PAPERS 13 items, 1801-75 Included is an 1833 slave valuation for this Albemarle County plantation. (Acc. 38-216) 248. CARR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,500 items, ca. 1745-1880 Personal and business papers of the Carr family and George Carr of Albemarle County. Included are references to the emancipation of slaves and an estate evaluation. See items dated November 14, 1830, November 29, 1837, June 14, 1847, and February 13 and April 18, 1854, for emancipated slaves; January 5, 1822, for the separation of slave families; and an 1840 speech. Also included are a photograph of a black woman (Poore family) and a May 6, 1868, letter about the death of a black woman. (Acc. 4869, etc.) 249. CARR AND CARY FAMILY PAPERS 417 items, 1785-1839 Family correspondence between the related members of the Carr, Cary, Randolph, Nicholas, Jefferson, and Stevenson families of Albemarle and Fluvanna counties. There are some scattered references to slavery, such as a December 31, 1806, letter from Peter Carr to Mary Carr informing her of the sale of a slave, Nelly; "the poor creature is so distressed." (Acc. 1231) 250. CARTER LETTERBOOK 1 item, 1732-82 Letters of John, Charles, and Landon Carter, executors of Robert "King" Carter of Corotoman, in Lancaster County. Mainly business accounts, a series of April 1737 letters discuss the slave trade on the ship Antelope. Other letters discuss the slave trade very thoroughly, such as a May 28, 1737, letter to agents in Liverpool; see also those of September 25, 1737, and August 3, 1738. (Acc. 4996) 251. CARTER-SMITH PAPERS ca. 2,700 items, 1726-1870 Materials on the Carter, Coles, Smith, and Nicholas families. Primary interest centers on General Samuel Smith and his son, John Spear Smith of Baltimore, and his daughter Margaret who married Robert Hill Carter of Redlands, Albemarle County. A series of April 1870 letters from A. Drummond in Williamsburg to the Coles family in Albemarle discuss among other things the selling and buying of slaves. (Acc. 1729) 252. ROBERT "KING" CARTER PAPERS 6 items, 1722-43, microfilm (M-570) The 1722-27 diary, four letterbooks, and the corn book of this Corotoman, Lancaster County, planter. Extremely good material on slavery in early eighteenth-century Virginia is found throughout. The diary contains many notations in July and August 1727 on the buying and selling of slaves at auction and a mention of boarding a "Negro Ship." The corn book has entries on the amounts of corn paid to slaves. The letterbooks contain slavery information such as an October 10, 1727, letter from Robert Carter to his overseer, Robert Jones, instructing him to cut off the toes of a runaway slave. Also included on the microfilm are the Robert Carter letterbooks at the Virginia Historical Society. (Acc. 3807) 253. JOHN CATLETT FAMILY PAPERS 33 items, 1790-1870 Business, legal, and personal papers of this Port Royal farmer. A number of items concern slavery, such as a February 1, 1782, deed of sale for two slaves and a January 4, 1847, letter from Patrick Catlett to Elizabeth Catlett regarding hiring of slaves. (Acc. 9398j) 254. RICHARD CAVE LEDGER 1 item, 1735-1855, microfilm (M-548) This ledger contains some entries on birth and death dates of slaves at Montebello in Orange County. (Acc. 3527) 255. SAMPSON CEASAR LETTERS 5 items, 1834-35 This freed slave who emigrated to Liberia, Africa, wrote to David S. Haselden and to his former master Henry F. Westfall, both of Buchannon, about his life in Liberia, studies, religious sentiment, and illnesses. He related his impressions of the country and the natives and discussed the possibility of success for the freed slaves in their new home. (Acc. 10595) 256. E. G. CHAPMAN FARM JOURNAL 1 item, 1843-51, microfilm (M-638) The daily record of this Madison County farmer is complete only for 1843 and 1851. There are a few entries on slaves and an entry for June 24, 1843, that reads: "went below Bethesda meeting house to examine some Negroes who had been engaged in a riot." (Acc. 4472) 257. CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE CHAPTER OF THE VIRGINIA COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS PAPERS ca. 3,000 items, ca. 1955-70 Working papers of this organization, which include materials on the integration of schools in the Charlottesville-Albemarle area. (Acc. 9606, etc.) 258. CHARLOTTESVILLE INTERRACIAL COMMISSION PAPERS ca. 100 items, 1942-43 The minutes and documents, such as constitutions and programs, of this local citywide commission. (Acc. 3161) 259. CHARLES WADDELL CHESTNUT PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, 1891-1932, microfilm (M-2235) Papers of this black novelist and short story writer in the Western Reserve Historical Society. (Acc. 7475) 259a. CHICHESTER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 125 items, [1716?]-1890 Papers of Chichester, Taliaferro, and related families of Fauquier and Culpeper counties, including personal and business correspondence, wills, deeds, plats, muster rolls, and published books. Of special interest are lists of slaves, a memorandum book of slave hire, letters mentioning the selling of slaves, and bills of sale for slaves. (Acc. 11047) 260. CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH RECORDS ca. 50 items, 1836-1970, microfilm (M-2113 & 2273) Records of this Charlottesville church. The Parish Register, 1838-65, contains records of the marriages and burials of blacks. There are only a couple of entries for blacks in the baptism and communicants sections. The Parish Register for 1868-87 contains records of the burials of black members. (Acc. 9682) 261. THOMAS H. CLAGETT PAPERS ca. 400 items, 1834-52 Business and personal papers of this Leesburg doctor and merchant. A number of letters, 1834-41, are from Philip Nelson, a free black, to Clagett, who was apparently acting as Nelson's agent in Virginia to settle his debts and business obligations, sell his land, and make arrangements to move his family. (Acc. 5182) 262. CLAY FAMILY PAPERS ca. 100 items, 1866-78, microfilm (M-542) This collection of Clay Family Papers at the University of Kentucky includes speeches on slavery and the free states by Henry Clay and others. (Acc. 5182) 263. HENRY CLAY LETTERS 5 items, 1834-48 A letter to Lewis Tappan discusses efforts to suppress the slave trade. (Acc. 6643-b) 264. JOHN CLAYTON WILL 1 item, 1773 A typescript copy of the will of this Gloucester County resident. Included is the division of his slaves to various heirs. (Acc. 5807) 265. WILLIAM W. COBB PAPERS 2 items, 1856-57 Papers of this Pittsylvania County farmer consisting of a January 1865 account with merchant Robert W. Calloway for livestock and grains and a tax bill, paid January 18, 1858, for slaves and personal property. (Acc. 38-94-a) 266. JOHN HARTWELL COCKE PAPERS ca. 50,000 items, ca. 1725-1930 Correspondence, diaries, account books, and plantation records of this Fluvanna County planter and of various members of the Cocke and related families. This collection, a combination of many separate accessions, is invaluable for a study of slave life on large plantations. Other areas of interest are the American Colonization Society and letters from freed slaves in Liberia. A 1961 University of Virginia Ph.D. dissertation on Cocke by Martin Boyd Coyner is a very helpful tool to use in approaching the Cocke manuscripts. (Acc. 640, etc.) 267. JOHN C. COHOON ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, ca. 1810-60, microfilm (M-1937) The detailed ledger kept by this planter of Cedar Vale in Nansemond County is rich in demographic material on his slaves over a fifty-year period. Names, birth and death dates, parentage, source of acquisition, and hiring statistics are supplied. (Acc. 8868) 268. COLEMAN FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, ca. 1780-1930 Included is a journal of Mrs. Jane Lindsay Coleman of Bedford near Augusta, Georgia, containing records of the births and ages of slaves, 1832-63. There do not appear to be any other references to slavery in the collection. (Acc. 1794) 269. COLEMAN FAMILY PAPERS 6 items, ca. 1830-1925 Business papers of this Halifax County family include an account book kept by Ethelbert Algernon Coleman for his ward, Jane C. Coleman Hamilton, listing the births and deaths of her slaves. (Acc. 7014) 270. EDWARD COLES PAPERS 14 items, ca. 1840-60 Included is a photostat of a letter written in 1865 by a former slave wishing to return to her master. (Acc. 1626) 271. KATE FLANAGAN COLES PAPERS ca. 120 items, 1904-40 Correspondence of a former slave at Gale Hill in Albemarle County, home of William Wardlaw Minor. Most of the letters are to the Minor family; they contain family news and touch on the relationship between blacks and whites in early twentieth-century Virginia. (Acc. 10322) 272. COLONIAL SLAVE DOCUMENT 1 item, 1770 Instructions sent to Lieutenant Governor William Nelson of Virginia on December 10, 1770, by George III ordering Nelson to disallow a law passed by the colony which placed an additional tax on the importation of slaves. (Acc. 3195) 273. COLONIAL SLAVE DOCUMENTS 4 items, 1772-74 Copies of four documents concerning the sentencing and execution of slaves in Sussex and Charlotte counties. (Acc. 3076) 274. COMPTON FAMILY PAPERS 24 items, 1825-47 Letters of this Culpeper County family chiefly written to Thomas A. Compton in Mississippi. Included are an 1826 letter in which the writer indicated a willingness to part with some of his slaves in exchange for land; an 1846 estate list, including slaves; and an 1847 request to see that the writer's slaves got across a river by ferry safely. (Acc. 38-116) 275. "CONDITIONS AMONG THE NEGROES" 1 item, 1918 Speech given by F. H. Parrish apparently before a group interested in church missionary work. (Acc. 9222) 276. CONWAY FAMILY PAPERS 3 items, 1806-80 A small collection of three account books of this family from Orange and Madison counties. In the farm account book of 1849-66 are a few pages detailing birth and death records of slaves. (Acc. 2485) 277. COOLIDGE-JEFFERSON COLLECTION ca. 300 items, ca. 1790-1840 Mainly personal correspondence of Thomas Jefferson's descendants, especially his granddaughter Ellen Wayles Coolidge. The letters contain some discussion of slavery, such as one of August 1825 from Martha Randolph to Ellen mentioning complications in selling slaves. (Acc. 9090) 278. ROBERTSON COONS ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1818-60, photocopy An account book of this Culpeper County resident. It includes entries on sales of slaves and the hiring out of slaves. (Acc. 4323) 279. WILLIAM COX LETTERBOOK 1 item, 1763-68, microfilm (M-2123) The 1763-68 letterbook of this Baltimore merchant contains occasional references to slaves he had for sale. Original manuscript at the New- York Historical Society. (Acc. 9530) 280. COX-McPHERSON FAMILY PAPERS 209 items, 1758-1949 This collection contains papers of Leroy Wesley Cox, a Charlottesville carriage and wagon manufacturer and Republican party worker. It includes an 1884 account book from his carriage business, voter registration lists, papers about party meetings, and 1896 lists of black voters and black members of the McKinley and Hobart Club on the stationery of Thomas L. Rosser. (Acc. 38-11) 281. PAUL CUFFE LETTER 1 item, August 24, 1816 A letter from this black sea captain and emigration organizer to W. Roper. (Barrett Library Acc. 7174) 282. COUNTEE CULLEN COLLECTION 3 items, 1927-33 One letter, a manuscript of his poem "Requiescam," and a copy of a sketch of this black American poet. (Barrett Library Acc. 8364) 283. HOMER STILLE CUMMINGS PAPERS ca. 124,000 items, ca. 1890-1956 Business, political, and personal papers of Franklin Roosevelt's attorney general. One file of material is on a 1936 case investigating charges that blacks were used as slaves in Arkansas. (Acc. 9973) 284. DABNEY AND DAVIS FAMILY PAPERS ca. 13,000 items, ca. 1800-1970 Personal correspondence of these central Virginia families, primarily of Richard Heath Dabney and his wife Lucy Heth Davis Dabney. There are a few scattered references to slaves, such as a document hiring a slave in January 1865; a February 10, 1867, letter from Alice Dabney (a former slave) to "Old Master"; and a March 17, 1885, letter from another former slave, George Page, to Susan Dabney Smedes. (Acc. 9852) 285. VIRGINIUS DABNEY PAPERS ca 52,000 items, ca. 1930- Personal and business papers, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia of this noted Richmond journalist and Pulitzer Prize- winning author. There is a great deal of material on blacks, civil rights, school desegregation, the NAACP, etc. (Acc. 7690) 286. DANVILLE, KENTUCKY, COLONIZATION SOCIETY 1 item, 1829-35 A typescript copy of the constitution and minutes of the society. (Acc. 4040) 287. CHARLES E. DAVIDSON ACCOUNT BOOKS 2 items, 1863-67 Medical account books of this Buckingham Court House physician. There are many entries on treatment of slaves. (Acc. 4156) 288. DAVIS FAMILY PAPERS 3 items, 1839-65 Memoirs of W. F. Davis of Charlottesville and a diary kept by his father, J. H. Davis, during the Civil War. J. H. Davis noted a local force organized in Charlottesville at the beginning of the war to control the black population. The diary notes that a family slave, Thornton, traveled with W. F. Davis during the war and on May 15, 1864, returned home to report that he had been captured. (Acc. 7396) 289. DAVIS FAMILY PAPERS ca. 200 items, ca. 1835-85 Personal papers of this Albemarle County family, including a November 1850 letter from Eugene Davis of Charlottesville to [Thomas Hewitt Key] in London asking advice on freeing a female slave. (Acc. 2483-a) 290. ISAAC DAVIS PAPERS ca. 1,500 items, ca. 1770-1850 Business, legal, and personal papers of this Orange County resident, including some slavery material, such as sales and a September 17, 1824, letter from a slave to Thomas Davis. (Acc. 320) 291. JACKSON DAVIS PAPERS ca. 6,000 items, 1882- 1947 Papers of Jackson Davis, assistant director of the Virginia General Education Board. There is correspondence on black education in the South with such people as Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, and Virginia Randolph. There is also a large collection of glass slides of scenes of black education in the South taken by Davis while on a general tour of black schools in the 1920s. (Acc. 3072) 292. W. W. DAVIS IRON MANUFACTURING COMPANY PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, 1841-1907 Mainly business and personal letters of W. W. Davis concerning his iron business in Rockbridge County and other activities. A February 9, 1844, letter from Benjamin A. Firebaugh to A. B. Stuart discusses the possibility of hiring out a slave, and a January 1845 bond for the hire of a female slave specifies her clothing allotment, as does one for 1858. This collection has a good amount of material on the practice of hiring out slaves. (Acc. 378) 293. DEARING FAMILY PAPERS 12 items, 1768-1983, photocopies The papers contain seven letters, 1841-75, about family matters, business, crops, slave purchases, and life in Kentucky. (Acc. 10565) 293a. DEBREE LETTER 1 item, January 29, 1829 A letter written from Norfolk by M. W. deBree to her father John B. deBree containing personal news and a mention of an aborted slave insurrection planned for a ship bound for New Orleans. (Acc. 10930) 294. DETTINGEN PARISH VESTRY BOOK 1 item, 1744-1802, photocopy The original of this Prince William County vestry book is in the Virginia State Library. Indentures have been copied and bound into the book; some concern free blacks such as a 1750 document about the mulatto offspring of a free black. (Acc. 2536) 295. DICK JOURNAL 1 item, 1806-9 The diary of a minor British official appointed by Parliament to examine documents in the United States relative to American claims. There is much comment on slavery and the treatment of blacks. (McGregor Library Acc. 4528) 296. DICKINSON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 20 items, 1822-58 Papers of this family of Franklin County. Letters of March 28 and May 29, 1858, to Miss Sallie describe the capture of a fugitive slave in Cincinnati. (Acc. 38-176) 297. DILLARD FAMILY PAPERS ca. 19,500 items, ca. 1720-1965 Personal and business papers of this Nansemond County family, including the papers of James Hardy Dillard (1856-1940), a southern educator known for his role in the advancement of race relations and black education in the South. (Acc. 9498) 298. JASON DOUGLAS PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, 1735-1900 Personal and business correspondence of this Greene County resident. Tax assessments for 1863 giving the number and value of slaves and an 1841 will of Richard White of Greene County are included. (Acc. 702) 299. FREDERICK DOUGLASS COLLECTION 3 items, ca. 1895 Two letters and one photograph of this noted black American abolitionist, writer, and journalist. (Barrett Library Acc. 7181) 300. RICHARD THOMAS WALKER DUKE PAPERS 21 items, 1836-1919 Collection consists of the correspondence of Duke and his son, Judge Richard Thomas Walker Duke of Albemarle County. Topics include the hiring of former slaves. (Acc. 9521j) 301. PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR COLLECTION 6 items, 1892-1902 Letters and one manuscript of this major black American poet. (Barrett Library Acc. 6323) 302. PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR PAPERS ca. 10,000 items, 1873-1936, microfilm (M-2236-44) The microfilm edition of his papers held by the Ohio Historical Society. (Acc. 7147) 303. LEON DURE PAPERS ca. 2,400 items, 1945-71 Personal papers of this Charlottesville resident who was a spokesman for "Freedom of Choice" as the solution to the problem of integration of the Virginia public schools in the 1960s. Included is correspondence with black leaders. (Acc. 9751) 304. MARTHA TABB DYER DIARIES 3 items, 1823-39 Three diaries, 1823-39, kept by this Calloway County, Missouri, woman with references to sewing, etc., for her slaves. (Acc. 7776) 305. WILLIAM P. EARLY PAPERS 4 items, 1834-51 Papers of this state senator from Madison County, which include a tax book listing free blacks and slaveholders kept while Early was sheriff of Madison County. (Acc. 4224) 306. EDGEHILL SCHOOL LETTER 1 item, January 10, 1864 A letter written from this Albemarle County school about the purchase of slaves for $11,000. (Acc. 38-421) 307. EMERSON FAMILY PAPERS 8 items, ca. 1835-65 Personal papers of this Augusta County family. The diary of Nancy Emerson has occasional references to family slaves and an account of the flight of the Reverend Luther Emerson and his slaves from advancing Union troops in the Valley of Virginia. (Acc. 38-47) 307a. EVANS FAMILY COLLECTION 7 items, 1889-1903 An African-American family of Knoxville, Maryland; Mary Evans, a former slave, and her son Henry write to her former owner, Brian Philpot, Chicago, conveying news of family and friends in Knoxville. Several letters thank Philpot for gifts of clothing and money. (Acc. 11018) 308. ESSEX COUNTY COURT HOUSE LEDGERS 13 items, 1813-65 General merchandise and farm records of J. Sanders & Co., Moore, Robinson & Co., J. B. Robinson, and J. K. Robinson. Included are scattered slavery references. (Acc. 38-47) 309. EX-SLAVE INTERVIEWS 5 items, 1927 Five transcripts of ex-slave interviews conducted by WPA workers. (Acc. 3462) 310. EX-SLAVE LETTERS 3 items, 1909-10 Included are two letters by a former slave living in California to his master's son, in Virginia, requesting to spend his last years on the old home place and recalling the Civil War, which "broke us up." (Acc. 2331) 311. FIFE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 5,000 items, 1747-present Business and personal papers of the Fife and related Herndon, Strickler, and Graves families, chiefly of Albemarle, Madison, and Spotsylvania counties. A Herndon account book, 1810-22, contains entries for "Dr. Thos. Colson's Old Negroes or the Fund for their Support." (Acc. 5943) 312. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORY 1 item, 1981 The manuscript of Keeping the Faith: A History of First Baptist Church, 1863-1980, in Light of Its Times, West Main and Seventh Streets, Charlottesville, Virginia (Charlottesville: The Church, 1981) by Richard I. McKinney, a history of the oldest black church in Charlottesville. (Acc. 10479) 313. FITZHUGH FAMILY PAPERS ca. 100 items, 1775-1803 Personal correspondence of William Fitzhugh of Chatham. Included is a July 14, 1796, letter from William Fitzhugh to Benjamin Grymes discussing a smallpox epidemic which was killing the slaves. (Acc. 5242) 314. FITZHUGH AND MARYE LAW OFFICE PAPERS 5 items, 1863-68 General correspondence of a Fredericksburg law firm, including the sale of Mrs. Thornton's slaves in May 1838. It compares slave prices in Virginia and Alabama. (Acc. 2062) 315. HORACE ASHTON FITZHUGH PAPERS 12 items, 1817-92 Business, legal, and financial papers of this King George County resident. Included is an 1858 list of the valuation of slaves. (Acc. 5723) 316. PETER FLEMING NEWSPAPER CLIPPING 1 item, May 1866 An item concerning the devotion of a Virginia black man to his former master. (Acc. 38-412) 317. FLUVANNA COUNTY COLLECTION 9 items, 1827-1907, microfilm (M-1725) Includes a letter, ca. 1874, from Frank Morton, an ex-slave living in Claiborne County, Mississippi, to Joe Perkins of Fluvanna County in which Morton asked Perkins if he knew of the whereabouts of any of his five boys whom he had to leave in 1855 when he was sold to Mississippi. (Acc. 8386) 318. FOLLY FARM PAPERS ca. 560 items, ca. 1800-1900 Business and personal papers of the Cochran family of Folly Farm near Staunton. Includes a number of slavery items, such as lists of slaves for hire in 1856-60 and two lists of gifts to slaves. (Acc. 9380) 319. FONTAINE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, 1798-1861, microfilm (M-621) Business, legal, and personal papers of Colonel Walter S. Fontaine of Buckingham County and of the Fontaine, Brown, Thompson and allied families. There are letters and business records regarding the sale of slaves, such as a March 21, 1817, letter from Benjamin Lewis to Fontaine asking him to sell two slaves but to try to respect the slaves' wishes to remain in the neighborhood, if possible, and testimony from relatives and neighbors regarding an accusation that overseer Christopher Johnson beat a slave to death. (Acc. 4149) 320. WALTER FONTAINE PAPERS ca. 200 items, ca. 1810-1910 Mainly legal and business papers of this Buckingham County merchant. Included are an 1820 estate valuation of William Toney listing the estate's slaves and values; a receipt for hiring out a slave on August 23, 1831; and a December 1822 deed of sale for a female slave and her two children. (Acc. 7984) 321. JAMES WESTHALL FORD PAPERS ca. 800 items, ca. 1820-80 Personal and business papers of this Richmond portrait artist (1806- 1868). Two letters from Joseph Mills in Norfolk to Ford, January 13 and July 28, 1840, ask Ford to sell a black woman, Delphina, owned by Mills because she did not want to live in Norfolk. (Acc. 6073) 322. ADAM FOSTER LETTER 1 item, January 9, 1877, photocopy A letter from Foster to Cynthia in which he described in much detail the life on Tidewater plantations, especially Auborn in Mathews County. He went into detail on the work of the slaves and also expressed his interpretation of their feelings. (Acc. 10103) 323. RICHARD FOSTER PAPERS ca. 30 items, 1773-1877 A small collection of business and legal papers of this Mathews County merchant and planter. Included is a May 20, 1803, deposition signed by the justice of peace of Mathews County taking custody of a runaway slave turned over to him. (Acc. 3523) 324. FRAZIER AND COLEMAN FAMILY PAPERS ca. 700 items, 1801-1905 Business and personal papers of these families from Orange and Amherst counties. Data on slave births and deaths are recorded in the Frazier family Bible, as well as an 1847 list of slaves owned by Lancelot Burrus and an 1860 list of slaves belonging to the Coleman family. (Acc. 4114, etc.) 325. FREDERICKSBURG AND STAFFORD COUNTY LEDGERS 5 items, 1804-76 Included is a daybook kept by George P. King of Stafford County which shows how blacks were hired as tenant farmers beginning in 1867. (Acc. 5307) 326. FREDERICKSBURG COURT RECORDS 13 items, 1796-1855, microfilm (M-597-98) Court records for the corporation of Fredericksburg and the county of Spotsylvania. The Hustings Court records include entries on prosecutions of slaves and freedmen. (Acc. 4141) 327. FREEDMEN WORK AGREEMENTS 2 items, 1865-67 Work agreements with former slaves of George Hannah of Gravel Hill. (Acc. 2602) 328. FREEDMEN'S BUREAU RECORDS 1 item, 1865-67, microfilm (M-632) A microfilm copy of the records of Charlottesville and Albemarle County made from the originals in the National Archives. (Acc. 4443) 329. FRY, BARKSDALE, McLEMORE, SANDERS, AND RELATED FAMILY PAPERS 32 items, 1759-1969 A 1759-95 account book of the Reverend Henry Fry of Albemarle County which includes an entry for George Washington and one for James Madison, Sr. There are also two pocket almanacs, 1783? and 1795, kept by Fry, account books, and notebooks. The 1806-62 account book contains lists of slaves. (Acc. 10659-a) 330. GANNAWAY FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, ca. 1755-1935 Business and personal letters of this family of Red Oak, Buckingham County. In the business papers is an 1848 listing and valuation of the slaves of Archibald Clark and Mary C. Molloy. (Acc. 3784) 331. GARNETT FAMILY PAPERS ca. 40 items, ca. 1770-1865, microfilm (M-1262) Business and legal papers of this Essex County family. Included is an 1830 account of L. Lewis for furnishing support of slaves of George Washington's estate. (Acc. 6053) 332. MUSCOE R. E. GARNETT MANUSCRIPT 1 item, 1850 Remarks to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 on a measure concerning free blacks. (Acc. 5115) 333. GARRETT FAMILY PAPERS ca. 300 items, ca. 1800-1935 Correspondence, personal, and business papers of this family of York County. Many scattered references to slavery include a July 2, 1843, letter to William Nelson giving permission for a slave, Jim, to be baptized; a December 20, 1851, letter from G. R. Garrett to his brother who had reported trouble at a Richmond college because blacks were allowed to be married there; an April 15, 1852, letter telling of a Captain Ravley who stabbed several blacks and killed at least one black person and, according to an October 11, 1852, letter, was found not guilty; and an October 4, 1852, letter mentioning that Fanny had been sold for behaving badly. (Acc. 9974, -a) 334. H. C. GARRETT LETTER 1 item, November 12, 1841 This letter from H. C. Garrett to Richard Stewart of Culpeper Court House includes a reference to the buying of slaves. (Acc. 38-463-a) 335. GILLFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 7 items, ca. 1827-1940, microfilm (M-1397) Records of this black Baptist church of Petersburg beginning with the April 1827 Record Book. (Acc. 10041) 336. GILLIAM FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,500 items, 1802-1932 Primarily the personal and political correspondence, various accounts, and bills of this Dinwiddie County family. A specific section of this collection is devoted entirely to slavery and includes papers on the hiring out, trading, and purchasing of slaves. (Acc. 2608) 337. GILLIAM FAMILY PAPERS ca. 300 items, ca. 1840-90 Primarily business and personal correspondence of this family of High Meadow near Richmond. A number of letters discuss slave prices and the buying and selling of slaves, such as a June 29, 1859, letter of J. T. Foster to Gilliam commenting on the high price of slaves and the fact that he would have to send to "Delaware for our supply." (Acc. 3593, -a) 338. GEORGE GILMER DAYBOOK 1 item, 1770-75 A medical daybook of this Charlottesville physician who counted Thomas Jefferson and James Madison among his patients. There are many entries on medical treatment for slaves. (Acc. 6145) 339. Z. LEE GILMER CIVIL WAR DIARY 2 items, 1861-62 The two diaries contain a November 9, 1861, entry by this Charlottesville soldier about a personal servant, Tarleton, who carried arms for the Confederate Army. (Acc. 4459) 340. GOOCH FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,800 items, ca. 1800-1890 Correspondence and papers of Colonel Claiborne William Gooch of Richmond, his wife Rebecca, and sons Richard Barnes, Philip, and Arthur Fleming. The collection is primarily political in nature with much material on the U.S. Bank, nullification, and states' rights. Scattered slavery references include John Floyd's February 17, 1825, letter to C. W. Gooch which contains views on the slavery question and a January 22, 1845, letter of P. B. Gooch to P. C. Gooch discussing the sale of slaves. (Acc. 3921, -a) 341. GOOCHLAND PARISH REGISTER 1 item, 1750-95, microfilm (M-700) Compiled by Reverend William Douglass, this register includes a page entitled "Register of Negroes born & christened." (Acc. 923) 342. SCHOOL TRUSTEES, BYRD DISTRICT, GOOCHLAND COUNTY, BOARD MINUTES 2 items, 1871-1900 Includes literacy statistics for white and black students and a September 17, 1896, teacher listing by race and salary. (Acc. 1032) 343. GOODWIN FAMILY PAPERS 4 items, 1770-1940, photocopies Genealogical records of the Goodwin, Burruss, Hart, and Winston families from the Goodwin family Bible that contain information on slaves' births and deaths from 1823 to 1865. (Acc. 4125) 344. GOOSE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 2 items, 1775-1853, microfilm (M-649) Church records, 1775-1853, including lists of slave members. (Acc. 4496) 345. GORDON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 50 items, 1745-1900 Collection includes the 1845-88 diary of William Gordon, a planter of Nelson County. It contains frequent references to, as well as annual records of, the plantation slaves. (Acc. 9553) 346. GORDON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, ca. 1810-1915 Personal and political papers of William Fitzhugh Gordon of Orange County. Some of the family personal correspondence involves the slaves, such as a December 15, 1830, letter relating that a slave, Nancy, had been sold to her reputed father and sent to Philadelphia and a February 18, 1847, letter reporting that some of the slaves had to be sold to meet debts. (Acc. 10089) 347. GRAHAM FAMILY PAPERS ca. 3,000 items, 1808-1900 Business records of the Wytheville ironworks of Joseph J. and David Graham. A seven-volume time book for 1828-52 consists of records of black labor, slaves hired and at what prices, information on runaways, etc. There is also a five-volume time book for 1846-70. (Acc. 38-106, etc.) 348. GRAVEL HILL PAPERS ca. 1,500 items, 1804-88 Records and correspondence of the Hannah family of Gravel Hill, Charlotte County. There are a few references to blacks, such as George Hannah's "Register of My Black Family's Ages, 1800-1851" and medical accounts of George Hannah for 1855-60 including treatment of blacks. (Acc. 2320) 349. GRAVES FAMILY COLLECTION 56 items, ca. 1830-60 A small collection of family letters primarily of this Georgia and North Carolina family. Among a few documents on slave sales and hiring out are a March 17, 1844, sale of four slaves and a January 20, 1859, sale of a male slave described as a brick mason. (Acc. 1776) 350. JEREMIAH WHITE GRAVES COLLECTION 3 items, 1822-78, microfilm (M-686) Account book, 1822-53, and diaries, 1843-78, of this Pittsylvania County planter, with references to slavery. (Acc. 5047) 351. PHILIP GREEN JOURNALS 4 items, ca. 1810-55 Letters, sermons, etc., bound in journals belonging to a Methodist circuit preacher and containing numerous references to slavery. (Acc. 7652) 352. GREEN-FLETCHER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 150 items, ca. 1790-1890 Papers of these Culpeper and Rappahanock county families including a list of the slaves owned by the Green family and an August 4, 1865, letter discussing black labor in New Orleans. (Acc. 4694) 353. GREENLEE PAPERS ca. 2,700 items, 1819-98 Legal papers and documents of John F. Greenlee, clerk of Rockbridge County Court. Included are an 1860 alphabetical list of free blacks in Rockbridge County and a September 22, 1863, list of the number of slaves drafted in Rockbridge County to work in the defense of Richmond. (Acc. 5213-c) 354. GRINNAN FAMILY PAPERS ca. 6,000 items, 1749-1899 Business records, correspondence, and account books of this family of Fredericksburg. Many of the documents contain references to slavery. Among them are bills of sale, correspondence among family members regarding slavery, an October 7, 1790, payment for sold slaves; a February 12, 1851, letter from Louisa to A. G. Grinnan with references to the fugitive slave bill; an April 13, 1864, letter from Robert Grinnan to A. G. Grinnan about the sale of slaves; an April 18, 1855, letter from G. B. Wallace to Andrew Grinnan (in family correspondence, 1854-56) which discusses slave breeding; a letter from a slave asking to be purchased (in the 1824-30 folder); and letters containing references to abolitionism, a letter from a slave to his master, and an April 3, 1834, letter referring to payment for the "hauling" of blacks (in the 1832-39 folder). (Acc. 49, etc.) 355. WILLIAM HUGH GROVE DIARY 1 item, 1732 This travel diary of an Englishman describes life in Virginia around Williamsburg and Yorktown. The entries describe slave quarters near Williamsburg and the life-style of slaves, as well as traveling on a slave ship. (McGregor Library Acc. 3850) 356. GEORGE E. GRYMES MANAGER'S JOURNAL 1 item, 1855-57 A daily plantation account of Mount Stuart in King George County, with a list of slaves noting occupations and valuations. (Acc. 4494) 357. HALIFAX COUNTY PETITION 1 item, ca. 1860 From a group of citizens to Governor John Letcher asking that a death sentence given a slave be commuted. (Acc. 10287-a) 358. E. G. HALLER PAPERS 10 items, ca. 1825-90 Papers, account books, and memorabilia of this physician of Wytheville. Haller's report in 1870 to the overseers of the poor for Wytheville township records the medical treatment of the poor including black citizens. There is also material on the medical treatment of slaves. (Acc. 981) 359. HAMLET FAMILY PAPERS 26 items, 1805-89 Correspondence and accounts of the Hamlet family of Campbell County. Included is a copy of an October 1, 1878, letter from Thomas Clark to "Brother" Hamlet explaining the expulsion for "grossly immoral conduct" of a slave named Tom from the Baptist church at Union Hill. (Acc. 3270-b) 360. HAMOND NAVAL PAPERS ca. 40 items, 1766-1825, microfilm (M-1722-24) Records of letters received and sent and orders received and issued directly related to the naval commands and duties of Captain Andrew Snape Hamond and Admiral Graham Eden Hamond of the Royal Navy. Andrew Hamond's papers are concerned principally with British naval operations during the American Revolutionary War. The letterbooks for May and June 1776 mention the use of Afro-American troops by English forces in the Tidewater area. (McGregor Library Acc. 680) 361. GEORGE C. HANNAH COLLECTION 22 items, 1843-64 Bills of sale, receipts, and hiring out notes for slaves in Charlotte County. (Acc. 970) 362. HANOVER COUNTY TAX BOOK 1 item, 1836-62, microfilm (M-657) A tax book of Hanover County residents kept by Henry C. Bowles. Included is a list of free blacks and a birth list of slaves. (Acc. 4643) 363. HARRIS-BRADY PAPERS 150 items, 1819-59 The bulk of this collection deals with the slave market around Scottsville and Richmond. Many letters detail the prices of slaves and the time to buy and sell. Most of the correspondence is from Richmond friends and business acquaintances of James Brady of Scottsville, describing the state of the slave market. (Acc. 38-597) 364. HARRISON-ROBERTS FAMILY PAPERS ca. 70 items, ca. 1860-80 Consists primarily of letters of E. L. Roberts, a Confederate soldier, to his wife and daughter. A December 18, 1861, letter from Roberts describes a planned slave insurrection in Shreveport and a slave who threatened to kill his Alabama master. A February 21, 1862, letter describes how a slave freed by Union soldiers escaped and returned to the Confederate lines. (Acc. 10207) 365. JOHN W. HASKINS PAPERS 20 items, 1811-87 Legal and business papers of this Buckingham Court House lawyer. A will of Abraham Neighbours on April 4, 1850, divides his slaves among his survivors. (Acc. 1173) 366. HAWFIELD PLANTATION ACCOUNT BOOKS ca. 120 items, ca. 1840-1930 The account books, ledgers, and journals of this Orange County plantation. Noted is a photograph of black and white miners at Mineral Springs, a sulphur mine on the plantation. The account books of the 1840s and 1850s have infrequent references to payment of slaves. There is also a plantation record book kept by the overseer. (Acc. 2198) 367. HAWKINS FAMILY PAPERS ca. 300 items, 1769-1849 Primarily the business papers of Laban Hawkins of Prince Edward County. Slave references include tax receipts, doctor's bills, and bills of sale for slaves. (Acc. 38-142) 368. HEMINGS GENEALOGIES 14 items, ca. 1960 Genealogies of the slaves at Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, compiled by John Cook Wylie. (Acc. 6636, -a, -b, -c) 369. ATCHESON HENCH PAPERS 665 items, 1939-48 Papers of Hench as Charlottesville School Board member and member of various committees including curriculum, personnel, education facilities for blacks, and the special committee to investigate conditions at Jefferson High, containing correspondence, memoranda, meeting dockets, and related material. General topics include school budgets, teachers' salaries, Miller School applicants, school activities and programs, war activities, and statistics. Specific topics of interest are the opening of Lane High School, 1940; petitioning for equalization of salaries for blacks and whites; and teacher-principal conflicts at Jefferson High School, 1945-46. (Acc. 927) 370. ATCHESON HENCH COLLECTION ca. 5,000 items, ca. 1800-1930 A miscellaneous collection of letters, primarily by Virginians, collected by Hench. Included are some letters discussing slavery and an 1860 deposition and conviction notice of Lafayette Lee for selling liquor to a slave. (Acc. 4030) 370a. HENKEL FAMILY PAPERS ca. 475 items, 1805-1941 Papers of New Market, Shenandoah County, family of Lutheran clergy and printers, operators of the German/English Henkel Press. Contains a letter in German, February 22, 1816, from Jacob Crigler to Dr. Solomon Henkel about a slave ill with dysentery. (Acc. 8653-f) 371. HENRY FAMILY PAPERS 15 items, 1766-1866 Included are an 1823 receipt for the purchase of two slaves and a reference in an 1840 letter to a slave who had run away to Canada. (Acc. 38-473) 372. HARRY HETH PAPERS ca. 4,000 items, 1763-1841 Business, personal, and legal correspondence and documents of this Richmond and Norfolk area businessman who owned the Black Heath coal pits. Scattered references to slavery include a December 25, 1796, letter about the hire of slaves; a list of slaves, ca. 1810; and an 1821 certificate concerning the apprehension of a runaway slave. (Acc. 38-114) 373. HETH-SELDEN FAMILY PAPERS ca. 220 items, 1725-1925 Papers and personal correspondence of these Richmond-area families. Included is a list of slaves bought at auction on December 15, 1842, with prices. (Acc. 5071) 374. HILL FAMILY PAPERS ca. 70 items, ca. 1820-85 Business, legal, and personal papers of this family of King William and King and Queen counties. In the farm diaries kept by Edward Hill for 1860-66 there are numerous entries on slaves including one on May 31, 1863, noting that a slave named William was missing. (Acc. 6548) 375. HILL, DICKINSON & COMPANY DOCUMENT 1 item, ca. 1860 Printed form used by this company for slave purchases. (Acc. 2146) 376. HILLYER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 350 items, ca. 1790-1860, microfilm (M-209) Letters between Asa Hillyer of Connecticut and his sons. Most of the correspondence is with his son Shaler of Poplar Grove, Georgia. The social comment mainly concerns Georgia. Included are a slave bill of sale; a "Cotton Book" listing the number of pounds picked by each hand; and a list of slaves "Freed by Abe Lincoln's Proclamation." (Acc. 2130) 377. WILLIAM SILLIMAN HILLYER PAPERS ca. 640 items, 1822-1931 Correspondence, military papers, speeches, photographs, printed material, and memorabilia of this Civil War Union officer (1831- 1874). Military papers of Hillyer include references to various services by blacks. (Acc. 10645) 378. MARY JANE HOLLADAY JOURNAL 1 item, 1851-61 Most of the journal concerns a trip to famous natural scenic spots in the Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The account includes a short description of a black church in Lexington. The journal was privately printed in 1970 as The Journals of Mary Jane Boggs Holladay. 1851-1861, and portions of it were published in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 77 (1969): 78-111. (Acc. 9703) 379. HOLLAND FAMILY PAPERS ca. 3,000 items, ca. 1830-70 Consists of the legal papers of Asa Holland, sheriff of Rockingham County. Included are an indenture of October 29, 1847, mentioning the sale of slaves to pay a debt; a bill of sale for a young boy in 1846 for $500; and an 1805-12 cash book which lists the ages of black children. (Acc. 902) 380. HOLLOWAY FAMILY PAPERS 1 item, 1853-56 The medical account journal of Drs. William Amiss and William S. Alsop of Rappahannock County. The accounts include references to medical treatment of slaves such as an entry of April 4, 1852, noting the extraction of a tooth for a "negro woman." (Acc. 6133-b) 381. HOLSINGER STUDIO COLLECTION ca. 10,000 items, ca. 1890-1920 Glass and film negatives of this local Charlottesville studio. Included among the many portraits are those of a few local black citizens. (Acc. 9862) 382. HOOE-HARRISON LETTERS 20 items, 1832-50 Personal letters primarily from Nathaniel Hooe of King George County to his son-in-law William A. Harrison in Alabama. Some discuss the movement of slaves from Virginia to Alabama. (Acc. 10548) 383. JOHN HOOK AND BOWKER PRESTON PAPERS 146 items, 1787-1882 Personal correspondence, business correspondence, and ledgers of Hook and his son-in-law, Bowker Preston, of Franklin and Bedford counties. Included are a one-volume ledger, 1851-69, with slave birth records, etc.; a promissory note on a hired-out slave in 1787; and an 1806 warrant for the arrest of a man suspected of harboring a fugitive slave. A September 9, 1834, letter describes the death of a young male slave from cholera; an October 8, 1834, letter describes the sickness of a slave with a bowel complaint; and a December 23, 1835, letter mentions the possibility of hiring out slaves. (Acc. 247) 384. HOOPER-WRIGHT PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, ca. 1760-1895 Correspondence and financial records of Nicholas Hooper of Front Royal and Middletown and of George Wright of Middletown. Included is a deed of manumission for Rachael Smith dated December 1799. (Acc. 4392) 385. MARCUS HOPKINS DIARY 1 item, 1868 The diary of Major Marcus Hopkins, a Civil War soldier from Ohio, who was an official in the Freedmen's Bureau in central Virginia. There is much discussion of the treatment of blacks. (Acc. 4656) 386. GUSTAVUS RICHARD BROWN HORNER PAPERS ca. 7,000 items, 1822-91 Personal correspondence, business records, account books, and diaries of this medical doctor who served as ship's surgeon in the U.S. Navy. Many letters written by relatives in Warrenton mention the physical condition of slaves. An entry in the diary for 1880 recounts a lynching near Warrenton. (Acc. 379) 387. ERASTUS HOSKINS PAPERS ca. 50 items, 1862-64 Letters of a captain in the Quartermaster Corps of the Confederate army stationed in Mississippi, as well as letters of James Preston Pinkston and a few other family members. A March 17, 1853, letter from Hoskins to his son mentions that "Cousin John" had some sick slaves that had been "pressed" by the government. A letter of March 17, 1864, from Alice Pearson to her aunt reports that the northern soldiers burned the house of Aunt Maryan, the slaves told the soldiers where everything was hidden, and twenty-eight slaves went with the Federal troops. (Acc. 7478) 388. WILLIAM HOWARD PAPERS 1 item, 1782-1824 A Book of Common Prayer recording the births of slaves of an Albemarle County family, 1782-1824. (Acc. 7988) 389. HUBARD FAMILY LETTERS 3 items, 1827-54 Two letters to Robert T. Hubard, Sr., in Cumberland County and an 1827 diary probably kept by a family member. The diary has notations on sales of slaves, runaways, and entries for the hire of a free black to do some "ditching." (Acc. 4253) 390. HUBARD FAMILY PAPERS ca. 12,000 items, ca. 1750-1950 Correspondence, legal, and business documents of Robert T. Hubard, Sr., and his descendants of Rosny and Chellowe in Buckingham County. This large family collection has references to slavery including a list of Hubard's slaves and their value at emancipation; a list of Virginia counties having fewer than 500 taxable slaves; a table of the population, both slave and white, of Virginia by decades from 1790 to 1870; and a December 22, 1854, letter from Charles Jones to Robert Hubard written for a slave, Walker, who wanted Hubard to buy his wife who was going to be sold. (Acc. 8039) 391. HUBARD FAMILY PAPERS 135 items, ca. 1825-1910 Additional business and personal papers of Robert T. Hubard, Sr. An 1844 letter from Thomas Gilmer to Hubard states "it was useless to deny or doubt that this Negro question is the question on which our fate hangs. We must give up our slaves or give up the Union." A February 14, 1843, letter from William B. Hubard to Robert Hubard speaks of William s desire to acquire a good "body servant." (Acc. 7093-c,-e,-f) 392. HUBARD FAMILY PAPERS ca. 5,000 items, ca. 1810-70 Additional papers of this family, chiefly receipts and accounts, detailing every phase of the operation of Rosny, in Buckingham County, and Tye River Quarter, in Nelson County. In several notebooks, 1836-62, Robert T. Hubard, Sr., made notes for the instruction of his sons in farming methods, of his crops produced each year on the plantations, and on his slaves. Post-Civil War material includes many receipts of payment to freedmen for work on his plantations. (Acc. 8708) 393. HUBARD FAMILY PAPERS 1 item, 1841-46 A register entitled "Negroes in Buckingham" kept by Hubard. The document includes records of slave purchases and deaths. (Acc. 7786-m) 394. HUBARD FAMILY PAPERS 2 items, 1860-65 Included is a Civil War diary kept by Hubard which contains occasional mention of his personal servant, Davy, who accompanied him to the front. (Acc. 10522) 395. HUBARD FAMILY PAPERS 1 item, January 10, 1864 A letter from A. D. Almond, Howardsville, to A. R. Blakey, Madison Court House, describing conditions on the Hubard farm and mentioning procurement of "linen for all our Negroes." (Acc. 7786-v) 396. HUGER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 50 items, 1773-1863, microfilm (M-1256) Mainly the papers of Joseph A. Huger, a plantation owner near Savannah, Georgia. A "plantation book" for 1855-61 has detailed information on the numbers of slaves, clothing issued them, births, deaths, and work assigned. (Acc. 6019) 397. BENJAMIN HUGER PAPERS ca. 600 items, ca. 1830-70, microfilm (M-2277-79) Correspondence of this career army officer from South Carolina who served in the Mexican War and the Civil War. There is practically no material on blacks, but an October 10, 1837, letter from a friend of Huger, Captain Gait, who was serving in the Indian wars in Florida, mentions that a number of black slaves had surrendered to the post in St. Augustine. He thought that the slaves were let loose by the Indians because of a food shortage. (Acc. 9942) 398. HULLIHEN-STANDARD-KLINE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 3,500 items, ca. 1740-1940 Business, legal, and personal papers of various Virginia families. An account book of R. C. Ambler, 1831-36, notes medical treatment, including treatment of slaves. (Acc. 6394) 399. FONTAINE HUMPHREY ACCOUNT BOOK 2 items, 1819-31 Farm notebooks kept at Palmyra, with references to the health of slaves, etc. (Acc. 1623) 400. JOHN H. HUNTER PAPERS 86 items, 1861-64 Official correspondence of this CSA surgeon. An October 12, 1861, letter to Hunter requests a pass for a sick black "teamster." (Acc. 166) 400a. HUNTER-GARNETT FAMILY PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, ca. 1700-1940 Papers of the Hunter-Garnet families consisting primarily of personal, financial, and political correspondence of Muscoe Garnett (1821-1864) and architectural plans, plats, and legal documents concerning the family estate Elmwood. Also included are a daybook of William Hunter containing lists of slaves and clothing and shoe allotments and a daybook of James Mercer and Mercer Garnett as estate administrators containing slave lists and evaluations. (Acc. 38-45-C) 401. HUTCHINSON-ABERNETHY GENEALOGY 3 items, ca. 1780-1850 Bible records of the Isaac Hutchinson family, 1781-1850, of Virginia and West Virginia, including his son's slaves. (Acc. 4735) 402. HUTTON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 50 items, ca. 1775-1850, microfilm (M-633) Papers of the Hutton family of Broughton, England, and of Isaac Hutton who emigrated to America in 1814 and lived in Albany, New York. Included are the 1816 minutes of Albany's Sunday Free Schools for Negroes of which Isaac was president. (Acc. 4325) 403. INDENTURE 1 item, August 19, 1865 An indenture binding a "Free girl of color," Susan, to John F. Hawkins to learn to be a house servant. (Acc. 6060) 404. RICHARD IRBY PAPERS ca. 500 items, 1825-1900, microfilm (M-33) Correspondence and plantation records of this Nottoway County resident. The many slave references include an 1805 memorandum book which is chiefly a record of slaves; accounts of slaves, 1848-53; an 1858 overseer's notebook; 1805 slave records; and plantation records with slave accounts for 1847 and 1854-56. (Acc. 1194) 405. IRVINE-SAUNDERS FAMILY PAPERS ca. 3,500 items, 1763-1925 A large collection consisting of the papers of these Campbell and Prince Edward counties families. Among the many business and legal papers and documents are slave sale transactions. The personal letters, especially those of the Civil War period, discuss slaves and slave problems, e.g., an October 7, 1861, letter from Fleming Saunders to his mother concerning troubles with slaves and an October 24, 1863, letter relating news of a murder by a slave. Also included are three special orders involving the U.S. Colored Troops stationed near Petersburg in 1864. (Acc. 38-33) 406. WASHINGTON IRVING COLLECTION 11 items, n.d. Fragments of Washington Irving manuscripts including an incomplete discussion of the case concerning the Spanish slave ship Amistad and the ownership of the ship and cargo following the mutiny of the slaves, as well as a story of a German "who had an amour with a slave." (Clifton Waller Barrett Library Acc. 6256-aj) 407. PHOEBE JACKSON ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1843-45 The account book of this Afro-American Petersburg resident who performed medical services such as "cupping" and "leeching." She noted many visits to servants. (Acc. 2120) 408. LOUIS I. JAFFE PAPERS ca. 5,600 items, 1914-50 Personal and business correspondence of the editor of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. There is correspondence with Governor Harry F. Byrd, Sr., concerning a proposed antilynching bill and with such prominent Afro-Americans as Walter White and P. B. Young, editor of the Norfolk Journal and Guide. (Acc. 9924) 409. LOUIS I. JAFFE PAPERS 430 items, 1931-49 Articles, reports, speeches, news clippings, pamphlets, and other printed material, photographs, and some correspondence, all pertaining to subjects of concern to Jaffe as editor of the Virginian- Pilot. The chief topic is the use by Norfolk Polytechnic College (Virginia State University) of a vacated nurses home at the former St. Vincent's Hospital in a predominantly black section of Norfolk. Also of interest are materials on the Southern Regional Council including minutes of the executive committee and board meetings and copies of The Southern Frontier and The New South. Other topics include suffrage reform, particularly in regard to the poll tax; World War II, especially the military buildup in Norfolk and attendant problems; Virginia politics and the Byrd machine; Norfolk civic issues; public health; and Judaism. Of unusual interest is a letter from Bravid W. Harris about Third World democracy and Liberia. (Acc. 9924-k) 410. EDWARD WILSON JAMES PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, 1635-1906 Records of the James family of lower Norfolk County consisting mostly of legal and business records. Occasional slave bills of sale are included, such as an 1829 bill for the sale of a woman, as are 1784 lists of tithables and taxable property for various Tidewater districts. (Acc. 38-402) 411. JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL COMPANY PAPERS 1 vol., 1859-80 Minutes of stockholders' meetings that in March 1865 mention the use of black labor to repair locks destroyed by Sheridan. (Acc. 10421-a) 412. JARRETT, BYNUM, ETC., FAMILY PAPERS ca. 100 items, 1813-96 Largely private correspondence of a number of North Carolina and other southern families. Many of the letters discuss slaves: prices, runaways, etc. A May 30, 1838, letter to Major Thomas B. Cooper from George Phillips mentions a slave's attempt to kill an overseer. (Acc. 1030) 413. ISAAC JEFFERSON COLLECTION 2 items, ca. 1847 The manuscript reminiscences of this Monticello slave once owned by Thomas Jefferson as told to Charles Campbell, printed as Memoirs of a Monticello Slave (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1951), and a daguerreotype of Isaac Jefferson. (McGregor Library Acc. 2041) 414. THOMAS JEFFERSON PAPERS ca. 3,300 items, 1732-1826 The Jefferson Papers contain many references to slaves and slavery. A published calendar to the collection is available: The Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia, compiled by Constance E. Thurlow et al. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1973). 414a. JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLECTION 1 item, ca. 1920 Signed sepia photograph of James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), African-American writer and one of the founders of the National Association for the Avancement of Colored Persons (NAACP) and its secretary from 1916 to 1930. Johnson is shown sitting against a wooden post. Signed on the bottom margin in blue ink "James Weldon Johnson." (Barrett Library Acc. 11072) 415. JOHNSTON-WRIGHT FAMILY PAPERS 625 items, 1858-1900 The collection consists chiefly of personal account books, daybooks, journals, ledgers, business correspondence, and other papers of James Johnston, postmaster at Hardware, ca. 1885-90, general merchant, and owner of the Green Mountain Mill, Albemarle. An 1891 letter from Thomas E. Locke, a minister, about his services and salary and an 1885 letter from William Garland to Joshua Martin about a "Yankee carpetbagger" causing trouble among blacks are of note. (Acc. 38-8) 416. JONES FAMILY PAPERS 53 items, 1790-1820 A collection of bills, receipts, and legal documents of Isaac and Thomas Jones, merchants of Fredericksburg. Included is a November 2, 1795, bill of sale for a slave belonging to William True. (Acc. 2428-a) 417. LEROI JONES COLLECTION 27 items, 1960-63 Letters and postcards of this contemporary black author to Diane Di Prima. (Barrett Library Acc. 7884) 417a. JORDAN FAMILY COLLECTION 25 items, 1875-1966 The Jordan family were Quakers residing in James City, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, and Halifax counties. The papers consist of correspondence, family histories, a genealogical chart, and Bible records containing birth and death dates for both family and slaves. Most of the material pertains to the descendants of 1609 immigrants Samuel and Cicely Jourdan (Jordan), and particularly to the family of Dr. Clement Hobson Jordan. (Acc. 10617-E) 418. C. BRIAN KELLY PAPERS ca. 2,500 items, 1959-78 Staff writer for the Washington Star, Kelly covered Virginia politics, particularly election campaigns, and activities of the General Assembly. Politically related topics in the collection include the desegregation of Prince Edward County schools. (Acc. 10566) 419. KELLY-NORRIS PAPERS 16 items, 1812-38 Letters primarily from John Kelly, a retail merchant in Charlottesville, to Opie Norris, a commission merchant in Richmond. A March 19, 1813, letter from Kelly to Norris mentions a slave who seemed to be an habitual runaway. (Acc. 3928-a) 420. KENNON PAPERS ca. 950 items, 1808-1903 Personal and business papers of William Henry Kennon and his son, William Upshur Kennon, of Norwood, Powhatan County. A two-volume journal, 1808-83, of Beverly Randolph's Powhatan County plantation contains slave records. The voluminous general correspondence probably contains reference to slaves and slavery. (Acc. 38-95) 421. KENTUCKY SLAVE CONTRACT 1 item, October 3, 1814, photocopy Bill of sale, original at the University of Kentucky Library, between W. Crawford and James Pipen of Nicholas County, Kentucky, authorizing the sale of a female slave for $350 from Pipen to Crawford. (Acc. 4679) 422. KENT FAMILY PAPERS 7 items, 1760-1912, photocopies Contains business papers and Bible records of the Kent, Meux, and McGavock families of Bedford County. An indenture, October 17, 1805, signs over slaves and other property of Jane Quirk of Montgomery County to Joseph Kent of Wythe County. (Acc. 8994) 423. KENT-HUNTER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 350 items, 1823-1919, microfilm (M-608) Papers of Robert M. Kent of Louisa Court House and the Hunter, Thompson, and Lane families of Louisa County. Three letters, 1851 and 1853, to Robert M. Kent from William H. Starr of the American Colonization Society discuss the emigration of ex-slaves to Liberia. Among the correspondence of the Thompson family, 1823-51, are letters describing the selling of slaves. (Acc. 4165) 424. JAMES J. KILPATRICK PAPERS ca. 40,000 items, ca. 1940- Business and personal papers of James J. Kilpatrick, newspaper editor and syndicated columnist. There is much correspondence concerning Virginia's position on integration of the public school system during the 1950s and 1960s. (Acc. 6626) 425. SIGISMUNDA STRIBLING KIMBALL JOURNAL 1 item, 1860-63 Journal of this woman from Mount Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley recording daily farm business. There are frequent references to slaves ("hands") and a detailed account concerning the return of runaway slaves with Union troops to rescue their wives and families. (Acc. 2534) 426. KING AND QUEEN COUNTY TAX BOOKS 4 items, 1819-21 Three tax books and a fee book which record taxes on slaves and the taxation of free blacks. (Acc. 4414) 427. KLIPSTEIN FAMILY PAPERS 55 items, 1823-68 Chiefly correspondence of Dr. Philip Klipstein of Fauquier County. Included are receipts for the hire of black women, discussion of a court case involving the ownership of slaves taken from Virginia to Kentucky, and material on the Baltimore Colonization Society. (Acc. 2234) 428. ROBERT LARIMER PAPERS 12 items, 1863-65 A small group of letters, documents, and diaries of this Union soldier in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry who was in Virginia during the Civil War. The diaries have occasional references to freed slaves and black troops. (Acc. 38-219) 429. LEWIS LATANE DAYBOOK 1 item, 1707-94, microfilm (M-622) A daybook of Lewis Latane, a Huguenot immigrant who lived in Manakin, Goochland County. It contains many names and birth dates of slaves. (Acc. 4348) 430. LATANE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 710 items, 1650-1898 Personal, legal, military, and business correspondence and accounts of this family of Essex County. A number of letters and documents refer to individual slaves and slavery in general, including a December 10, 1772, letter from Samuel Peachey to William Latane asking that a young male slave be sent to him to learn the blacksmith trade; a 1794 circular referring to the transportation of slaves from Africa to the West Indies; and several slave inventories and bills of sale. (Acc. 6490) 431. THOMAS LAW PAPERS 49 items, 1808-34 Correspondence of this Englishman who immigrated to the United States and became prominent in Washington society. In a November 1, 1824, letter he discussed emigration of American slaves to Haiti, and on October 1, 1828, he wrote of the emancipation of slaves. (McGregor Library Acc. 2801) 431a. CHARLES LEE LETTER 1 item, May 2, 1813 Letter from Charles Lee, Alexandria, to William Broadfoot, with legal advice concerning compensation for the seizure of a ship apparently used as a slave trader. (Acc. 38-112-C) 432. RICHARD BLAND LEE LETTER 7 items, 1798, 1903-23 A letter from Richard Bland Lee to Edmund Jennings Lee; five letters from Jean Jules Jusserand to Frederic A. Delano; and a pamphlet, Patronage National des Blesses. The December 13, 1798, Lee letter concerns an apparent confusion over the sale and expected emancipation of a slave, Caroline. (Acc. 9971-a) 433. LEESBURG FAMILY PAPERS ca. 10,000 items, ca. 1650-1960 Business, legal, and personal papers of five interrelated Loudoun County families: the Fendall, Harrison, Miller, Murray, and Jones families. Included are lists and descriptions, 1823-30, of slaves belonging to Miss McCall, whose estate was settled by Walter Jones. The diary of Sterling Murray, 1812-16, includes a fine description of a trip to Havana, Cuba, by the slaves on a sugar plantation. Also mentioned are the slave trade in Havana and an incident in which an African chief boarded a slave ship and removed all the slaves in retaliation for the abduction of some of his warriors. (Acc. 8557-a) 434. GENERAL JOEL LEFTWICH PAPERS ca. 2,500 items, 1780-1890 Correspondence, financial and legal papers, printed material, and miscellaneous related papers of this Bedford County businessman and farmer. Tax statements for the year 1802 depict Joel Leftwich as the owner of seven slaves for which he paid a tax of $13.90 (the tax for Pilgrim was ten dollars). Other documents pertain to the hiring of his slaves and the legal dispensations of them for the payment of debts, 1796-1826. Among these legal documents is a complaint against a slave named Bill who was owned by Jesse Leftwich; the slave had shot a dog belonging to his owner's brother Augustine, and Joel Leftwich, as justice of the peace, issued a warrant for his arrest. (Acc. 38-32) 435. JOHN LEVERING CIVIL WAR MEMOIRS 2 items, 1887-91 Memoirs of the Civil War experiences of this former officer of the 2d Brigade of the Indiana Volunteer Militia. He made scattered references to black troops and on pages 489-90 described Cherokee Union troops at Fort Gibson, Florida, who brought their black slaves into the ranks with them. (Acc. 10113) 436. LEWIS FAMILY PAPERS ca. 200 items, ca. 1800-1860 Mainly business papers of this Essex County family. The many slave entries include a May 18, 1810, letter from Erasmus Jones to Vernon Lewis describing the sale and swap of a slave, Esther, who wanted to remain with her husband and an inventory of the slaves of the estate of Dr. John Lewis. (Acc. 1525) 437. LEWIS, ANDERSON, AND MARKS FAMILY PAPERS ca. 800 items, ca. 1770-1900 Personal, business, and legal correspondence of these Albemarle County residents. Included are an April 6, 1778, letter from an elderly slave to Lucy Marks and numerous documents and letters concerning slavery, as well as a series of letters in 1827-28 from Sidney Reese, a member of Congress, to Reuben Lewis describing the payment of a debt to Reese in the form of slaves. (Acc. 9041) 438. JAMES H. LEWIS PAPERS ca. 30 items, ca. 1840-65 Business papers of this Albemarle County resident. There appears to be only one reference to slavery, a document in which the births of slaves are recorded. (Acc. 9946) 439. JUDSON A. LEWIS PAPERS 8 items, 1883-95 Letterbooks and scrapbooks of Judson A. Lewis, U.S. consul to Sierra Leone in West Africa, and a diary kept by his wife which mentions Stanley (William Stanley?). The letterbooks and the diary are filled with commentary about Africans. (Acc. 7665) 440. PHILIP LIGHTFOOT ACCOUNT BOOKS 6 items, 1781-1872, microfilm (M-25) Account books of this Port Royal, Caroline County, resident. Three are ledgers, two are daybooks, and one is a slave book for 1850-72, which details names of slaves, clothes allotments, life dates, etc. (Acc. 5 441. GEORGE LONG COLLECTION 2 items, 1862 and 1868 In an August 27, 1868, letter to George Tutwiler, Long expressed hope that European peasants would emigrate to the United States and eliminate the need for black labor. (Acc. 1230) 442. LONGDALE IRON CO. PHOTOGRAPHS 3 items, 1889-1914 Photograph of black laborers constructing the Longdale Furnace in Alleghany County in 1889. (Acc. 9515-a) 443. LOUTHAN AND SEAY FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,500 items, ca. 1830-60 Mainly legal and business papers of these and other families chiefly from Caroline County. There are infrequent slavery references, such as an 1849 doctor's account which notes a visit to a sick "Negro woman"; a January 1, 1819, receipt for hire of a slave; an 1856-57 journal of John Hackett containing many entries on sales of slaves and expenditures for hiring out slaves; and an 1856 account sheet noting payment for medical treatment of slaves. (Acc. 1800) 444. LUNENBURG COUNTY DOCUMENT 1 item, 1814 A list of free blacks. (Acc. 2376) LYBROOK FAMILY LETTERS 5 items, 1833-43 Letters of Philip and Sally Lybrook of Giles County, to their brother, Henry C. Lybrook, Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan, regarding sales of slaves and estates, slave children as workers, an 1843 smallpox outbreak, and family news. (Acc. 11087) 445. LYNCHBURG COMMON COUNCIL LEDGER 2 items, 1787-1838, microfilm (M-567) The ledger of the Proceedings of the Trustees of the Town of Lynchburg and the ledger of the Proceedings of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the Corporation of Lynchburg. A few entries concern slavery, such as the amount of revenue in 1837 attributable to slaves and a series of entries in the Common Council proceedings in 1827-28 about a slave named Joe who was apparently purchased by the corporation and eventually sold to a New Orleans merchant. (Acc. 4033) 446. WILLIAM GORDON McCABE PAPERS 1,016 items, 1757-1920 Correspondence with prominent scholars, U.S. and British literary figures, and Civil War veterans. Topics include the Civil War, the Confederacy, World War I, and black suffrage. (Acc. 10568) 447. ALEXANDER MacKAY-SMITH PAPERS 104 items, 1928-58 Included in the papers of this musician are several concert programs. Among them is one for the performance of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, May 5, 1925, in Paris, France. The program included "Steal Away," "Go Down Moses," and "Swing Low." (Acc. 2515-b) 448. MADDEN FAMILY PAPERS ca. 200 items, ca. 1760-1870, microfilm (M-589) Correspondence, business papers, legal documents, etc., of a free black family from Culpeper and Rappahanock counties. Included are genealogical data, deeds of land, and correspondence attesting to the character of the Maddens. (Acc. 4120) 449. MADISON FAMILY DOCUMENT 1 item, December 6, 1848 Sales records from the estate of William Madison containing records of the value of his slaves. (Acc. 8607-a) 450. JAMES MADISON LETTER 1 item, March 28, 1823 A letter from Madison to Jedidiah Morse answering a series of questions (not included) on slavery. (Acc. 8347) 451. MALLORY FAMILY PAPERS ca. 200 items, 1728-1835 A small collection of the business papers of Nathan and John Mallory, small planters, of Orange County. Included are a February 2, 1758, bill of sale for a black woman; a September 1767 letter offering payment of debt in slaves; and a June 16, 1774, letter from Colonel Aylett forbidding the sale of slaves to satisfy estate settlement. (Acc. 38-140) 452. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 10 items, 1824- 1921 Contains, among other diverse documents, an 1824 list of slaves hired out to Urial Hillman of Orange County by George Wallis and an 1851 letter from C. S. Morgan to Duff Green about the purchase of a slave. (Acc. 8979-s) 453. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 3 items, 1827-62 Includes an 1827 will, recorded in 1850, of Francis Harriss of Buckingham County mentioning slaves previously given to heirs. (Acc. 10644) 454. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 31 items, 1853-1927 Contains two Chesterfield County tax receipts, 1853 and 1857, including one for a freedman, and a photograph, ca. 1927, of the gas station and cafe of Mathew Jackson of Disputanta, the first black- owned Greyhound bus stop. (Acc. 8979-r) 455. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 9 items, 1861-63 Letters of seven Union and two Confederate soldiers mentioning Federal occupation of Winchester, the 1862 Chambersburg raid, the 1863 bombardment of Charleston, camp life including picket duty and the guarding of black homes, the duty of men to enlist and save the Union, and the Elmira prison. (Acc. 10694) 456. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 7 items, 1839-1935 Collection relates chiefly to Richmond blacks and includes a minute book for the Clocks Social Club detailing the regular and business meetings of the club and recording dues and attendance. Also included are a list of sewing instructions, a February 1935 letter to the Clocks urging them to buy tickets to hear the Eva Jessye Choir at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, a copy of the Reverend John Jasper's sermon "De sun do move," and a photograph of Jasper. A February 11, 1839, letter from Sarah McPhail of Franklin, Tennessee, to her brother, Thomas Glass of Winchester, gives family and farm news and mentions the loss of a Negro woman. (Acc. 8979-u) 457. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 50 items, 1826-1950 Collection includes miscellaneous letters, University of Virginia student notebooks of Archer and Joseph R. J. Anderson, account books and ledgers from various Virginia businesses, a genealogical record of the Withrow family of Rockbridge County, and 1875-76 letters from Mrs. J. H. Fultz to Washington May about money for Leanna, a freedwoman, and her child. (Acc. 8850) 458. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 2 items, ca. 1812 Collection includes two sets of depositions taken in Botetourt County for the Superior Court of Chancery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, concerning the sale by John B. Douglas of a slave, Sucky, to Elisha Williams. (Acc. 8977-aa) 459. MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 5 items, 1856-82 Included is a letter from John Francis Heath, Petersburg, December 19, 1856, discussing a slave, William. (Acc. 10590) 460. HENRY MARSHALL DIARY 1 item, 1824 Diary written on a walking trip from Philadelphia, to his home in Society Hill, South Carolina. Marshall made a few observations on blacks, such as an entry on November 1, 1824, in which he compared the differences between blacks on either side of the Blue Ridge; he believed those blacks on the eastern side were more deferential. On November 7, 1824, he wrote of slaves near the Dan River who he believed "do as they please." (Acc. 9655-a) 461. CAPTAIN JOHN MARSHALL JOURNAL 2 items, 1856-57, microfilm (M-192) Farm journals of 1856-57 kept by Captain Marshall at the Hermitage in Prince Edward County, with frequent references to slaves and slave problems. The March 16 entry notes that his slaves disciplined a hired slave from another plantation by whipping him. (Acc. 2425) 462. JOHN H. MARTIN PAPERS ca. 50 items, 1842-98 Mainly business papers and ledgers of this Caroline County resident. Included in a ledger is a page entitled "Ages of Negro Children." (Acc. 4224) 463. MARX FAMILY PAPERS 8 items, 1828-76 Business ledgers of this family of Richmond and Falls Plantation in Chesterfield County. Two of the ledgers have occasional entries on sales and hiring of slaves. (Acc. 1213) 464. MASON FAMILY PAPERS 73 items, 1776-1899 A small collection of business and legal papers of this Sussex County family. Documents pertaining to slavery, i.e., sales, tax lists, etc., are included. (Acc. 1228) 465. COTTON MATHER PAPERS 1 item, 1704 List of marriages including blacks performed by this Massachusetts minister. (McGregor Library Acc. 4860) 466. MATHEWS-DUNDORE PAPERS 3 items, [April] 16, 1856 A letter of William Mathews, Charlottesville, to "Grand Pa" in which he wrote of a slave, Maria, who was in jail where she had been beaten repeatedly and had a chain around her neck. (Acc. 10274) 467. RICHARD SNOW MAUPIN PAPERS 60 items, 1816-57 The papers of this Rockingham County physician contain receipts, accounts, a slave bill of sale, a bond, and two physician's licenses issued to Dr. Maupin. (Acc. 10737) 468. SOCRATES MAUPIN PAPERS ca. 200 items, ca. 1830-50 Correspondence between Maupin in Richmond and his brother in Charlottesville. There is a good deal of material on domestic slaves. A May 31, 1847, letter states that flogging a slave might bring him in line and describes him as a "true Negro" because he was always doing "poorly"; one of December 21, 1847, offers a personal servant for sale or for hire; one of June 27, 1849, discusses a black man's attack of cholera; one of December 23, 1849, discusses selling a slave, Garland, whom Maupin had trouble handling; and another of December 28, 1849, raises the possibility of turning Garland over to an "agent" to "handle"; and a November 30, 1856, letter describes smallpox in Richmond mainly in the black population. (Acc. 2769-a) 469. MAURY FAMILY PAPERS ca. 600 items, ca. 1770-1915 Private and business correspondence of this Albemarle County family, mainly of James Maury. The correspondence is predominantly about business, but the letters of Matthew Maury to his brother James do > contain much family material and consequently information on family slaves such as a December 1797 letter telling James of the selling of an estate and the disposition of the slaves. (Acc. 3888) 470. ANN FONTAINE MAURY DIARY 1 item, 1827-32 A diary containing references to the debates on slavery in the Virginia General Assembly. (Acc. 949) 471. McCUE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 5,000 items, 1777-1920 Correspondence, legal and business papers, accounts, and Confederate army quartermaster records from the personal papers of the Reverend John McCue of Augusta County, Judge John Howard McCue of Nelson County, and William T. McCue of Staunton. Among the papers are the policies and rates of the Lynchburg Hose and Fire Insurance Company, which include rates for insuring slaves. (Acc. 4406) 472. McDOWELL FAMILY PAPERS ca. 600 items, 1792-1852 Largely the papers of Colonel James McDowell of Rockbridge County. These are mainly political in nature, but there are references to slavery, such as a letter from Preston to James McDowell discussing the possibility of selling his slaves and undated lists enumerating prices of slaves. There are many examples of hiring out slaves, e.g., two in 1808. (Acc. 1707) 473. McGAHEY FAMILY PAPERS ca. 60 items, 1759-1892, microfilm (M-649) Business, personal papers, and account books of this Rockingham County family. A genealogy of this family contains slave births and death dates. (Acc. 4543) 474. DORSEY McPHERSON PAPERS ca. 400 items, ca. 1865-1935 Collection consists mainly of letters from this army surgeon while on duty in the American Southwest, 1878-80. He vividly described attempts to capture renegade Apaches under the leadership of Victoria. One of the units pursuing Victoria was the North Cavalry, a black troop, which McPherson mentioned in letters of May 25 and October 8, 1879, and March 13, 1880. (Acc. 6144) 475. MEADE FAMILY PAPERS 28 items, ca. 1775-1850 Primarily consists of family correspondence of Richard Everard Meade, originally of Amelia County. Scattered references to slavery include a November 12, 1824, letter from Hadijah Meade to R. L. Meade cautioning him that buying slaves might not be a worthwhile venture because they were "lazy and vicious." (Acc. 10126-a, -b) 476. MEADE-FUNSTEN PAPERS ca. 400 items, 1792-1906 Correspondence and business letters of these Clarke County families. An 1852 letter describes a medical exam of a slave, and a legal deposition deals with a slave woman and child. (Acc. 3039) 477. MEIKLEHAM FAMILY PAPERS ca. 100 items, ca. 1790-1915 Personal papers of David Scott Meikleham and his wife Septimia Randolph Meikleham. A letter from P. Turnbull in Havana discusses the stories about the shipwreck of the slave ship Aquila in Havana. (Acc. 6065) 478. SEPTIMIA RANDOLPH MEIKLEHAM PAPERS ca. 60 items, ca. 1700-1870 Personal and family letters of a granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. Included is an 1821 Monticello slave bread list in Jefferson's hand and a letter from a slave, John Hemmings, to Septimia, August 28, 1825. (Acc. 4726-a) 479. CALLOHILL MENNIS PAPERS ca. 550 items, ca. 1765-1850 Business, personal, and legal papers of this Bedford County lawyer. A letter of January 17, 1820, from John Mays to Mennis asks about two runaway slaves; a March 1827 letter from Thomas Preston concerns the purchase of a slave whose leg had been withered by disease; and various other letters and legal memoranda discuss hiring out and other slavery activities. (Acc. 1993) 480. LOUISA H. A. MINOR DIARY 1 item, September 1, 1855-December 29, 1865 Personal diary of this woman who lived at "Pant-Ops" in Albemarle County. Of special interest are comments about freed slaves emigrating to Liberia in December 1856, talk of insurrection among the slaves in the same month, and general disparaging comments about freed slaves in December 1865. (Acc. 10685) 481. MINOR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 6,000 items, 1764-1936 Mainly business, legal, and educational papers of John B. Minor, a University of Virginia law professor, and the Minor family of Albemarle County. There appears to be very little material relating to slavery; however, a letter to Minor in 1860 refers to the American Colonization Society. (Acc. 38-602) 481a. MINOR FAMILY PAPERS 26 items, 1857-65 Letters from former slaves of the Minor family of Albemarle County written from Liberia. The slaves were freed under the terms of the will of their owner, Dr. James Hunter Terrell, and were transported to Africa through the offices of the American Colonization Society. (Acc. 10460) 482. MINOR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 200 items, 1838-1944 Business and personal papers of Launcelot Minor and his family of Pedlar Mills, Amherst County. An 1838-87 farm ledger has information on slaves, especially birth dates, and on sharecropping by freedmen after the war. Bible records note slave births and deaths, and there is a daguerreotype of a female slave. (Acc. 6055) 484. MINOR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 50 items, ca. 1830-1910 Personal correspondence of this family of Edgewood in Albemarle County. A statement by Bishop William Meade attests to the fact that his wife before her death wished part of her estate to be used for "The Welfare of The African race" and a November 22, 1884, letter from C. L. C. Minor at Winchester comments on the trial of two blacks for killing a white man and the mood of the community for a lynching if the verdict was not death. (Acc. 6907) 485. MISSISSIPPI SLAVE TRADE DOCUMENT 1 item, ca. 1837 Unidentified fragment which discusses Mississippi and the regulation of the slave trade. (Acc. 3226) 486. MITCHELL-GARNETT LEDGERS 20 items, 1821-63 Account books, ledgers, journals, and daybooks from the plantations of James Mercer Garnett, Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett, and Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter. Interwoven in all of these records are slave accounts. (Acc. 38-45) 487. HOPIE WRIGHT MOATS PAPERS ca. 140 items, 1889-1915 Personal correspondence of a black family living in Highland County. (Acc. 5113) 488. JAMES MONROE COLLECTION ca. 500 items, 1783-1830 Included are letters in which Monroe discussed slavery and the buying and selling of slaves, such as an April 7, 1788, letter on the sale of a slave; a February 25, 1817, letter to William Noland on the alleged mistreatment of one of his slaves; an August 12, 1822, letter to his overseer on the health of a slave; a June 6, 1830, letter to [Egbert Watson] on the possibility of selling some of his slaves; and a letter of July 5, 1830, to Watson again discussing the sale of a slave, Nancy. 489. MORTON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 6,000 items, ca. 1725-1975 Correspondence, financial and legal papers, account books, and miscellaneous papers of this family of Orange County. There is a considerable amount of material on slavery including hiring out of slaves, slave trade, and medical attention. A May 17, 1845, letter was written by Lewis Tappan on behalf of an ex-slave who needed his "free papers." (Acc. 9755-a) 490. MORTON-HALSEY FAMILY PAPERS ca. 10,000 items, ca. 1840-80 Correspondence and other papers of Colonel Jeremiah Morton, Jackson Morton, and Joseph J. Halsey of Culpeper County. Included is material on Colonel Morton's participation in a slave trade centered in Virginia and Mobile, Alabama. Morton's personal account book for 1836-47 and an 1861 slave account book reflect this interest. There is also correspondence to Halsey from Northern family and friends commenting on their reaction to slavery. (Acc. 3995) 491. JOHN SINGLETON MOSBY SCRAPBOOKS 6 items, 1869-1915 These scrapbooks, compiled by Mosby and his daughter, Mary Virginia Mosby Campbell, contain newspaper articles relating to Mosby's life and career as well as miscellaneous poetry, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia. Topics include Mosby's Civil War slave, Aaron Burton. (Acc. 7872-a) 492. MOUNT EDD BAPTIST CHURCH REGISTER 1 item, 1823-44 The minute book of this Batesville church contains lists of names of black church members. (Acc. 3673) 493. NANSEMOND COUNTY COLLECTION 31 items, n.d., microfilm (M-517) Included is a five-page typescript article, "The Negro in Nansemond County" by W. E. MacClenny. 494. "THE NEGRO AND CONFEDERATE MORALE" 1 item, 1951 Typescript master's thesis by Carl I. Olson, University of Mississippi, 1951. (Acc. 5820) 495. NELSON COUNTY BUSINESS LEDGERS 85 items, 1812-1928 Account books, daybooks, journals, and ledgers of Nelson County businesses owned and/or operated by William Faber, Hudson Martin, T. W. Martin, Martin Thurmond, etc. A "Negro Book," 1858-62, details general store and work transactions with area slaves. (Acc. 5640) 496. NELSON FAMILY PAPERS 57 items, 1848-94 The papers consist chiefly of thirty-five letters, 1856-61, from Thomas Frederick Nelson to his parents, Robert Carter Burwell Nelson and Susan Price Nelson, about life at the school run by his great-aunts at their Clarke County home, Rosney. The collection contains the 1855 will of John M. Price of Fincastle mentioning slaves. (Acc. 10605) 497. NELSON AND KINLOCH FAMILY PAPERS 20 items, 1779-1836 Legal and business papers of Hugh Nelson of Belvoir, Albemarle County, dealing primarily with the estate of his father-in-law, Francis Kinloch. Included are various legal documents and papers on transfers, prices, and the inheritance of slaves. (Acc. 2841) 498. NELSON AND PAGE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 2,400 items, ca. 1750-1910 Business, legal, and personal correspondence of these families of Richmond and Yorktown. Included is a July 9, 1809, letter from Thomas Nelson to Francis Page asking him to be on the lookout for his runaway slave, Bristol, and a receipt signed by Sarah Chisholm for money received for midwifery services performed for a slave of Francis Page, October 20, 1811. (Acc. 9014) 499. GEORGE NEVILLE COLLECTION 8 items, 1834-63 Primarily the Civil War letters of this James City County resident. An 1834 marriage indenture conveys the dower right to eight slaves. (Acc. 1291) 500. WILSON CARY NICHOLAS PAPERS ca. 3,000 items, 1751-1850 Business and personal papers of this governor of Virginia concentrating in the years of the War of 1812. There is a slave Tax Book of 1815, and the abundant personal letters no doubt contain material on blacks. (Acc. 2343) 501. WILSON CARY NICHOLAS PAPERS ca. 1,150 items, ca. 1725-1830 Mostly personal correspondence of the Randolph family of Edgehill and of Nicholas. The documents concerning slavery include a June 1802-June 1803 list of the sale of slaves; a December 21, 1808, letter of Peggy Nicholas to Wilson Cary Nicholas about a massacre plotted by slaves; and several undated items: a note by Nicholas about slaves and land, a note on the sale of Edmund Randolph's slaves, and a petition for educating slaves before freeing them. (Acc. 5533) 502. LAWRENCE O'BRYAN BRANCH PAPERS ca. 650 items, ca. 1840-80, microfilm (M-2296) Personal, political, and military correspondence of this North Carolina citizen. The correspondence between Branch and his wife contains some comment on family slaves. A March 8, 1862, letter from J. Robert Jeffreys in Pacific, North Carolina, answering a request from Branch, replies that Jeffreys "drafted" fifty-six free blacks and sent them to the chief engineer at New Bern, North Carolina. (Acc. 10057) 503. SILAS AND R. H. OMOHUNDRO BUSINESS LEDGER 1 item, 1857-63 The volume contains names, prices, purchasers, and profits of slaves sold by this firm. (Acc. 4122) 504. THE BRIG OTHELLO ACCOUNT BOOK 6 items, 1772-97 Entries in September and March 1772 record paying "blacks" for burying a sailor and for bringing back a "runaway" sailor. (Acc. 9183) 505. OVERTON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 7,000 items, ca. 1740-1935 Legal, business, and personal papers of this family of Prospect Hill, Louisa County. The early plantation records contain slavery material, such as a July 1835 sale of a slave, Katy, to Mr. Overton and an 1837 deed of sale of a slave to William Overton. (Acc. 8929) 506. THOMAS NELSON PAGE DOCUMENT 1 item, 1853-1922 Printing block belonging to this American novelist and diplomat. The block contains a photoengraving of an old black man and a relief metal engraving of the manuscript of the first page of Page's story Marse Chan. (Acc. 9109) 507. PAGE-WALKER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 300 items, 1742-1886 This collection consists of the papers of these families of Castle Hill and Keswick in Albemarle County. Among the items are bills of sale for slaves in 1785 and 1786, an 1803 rental of a slave wagon driver, and a 1868 letter from a former slave. (Acc. 3098) 508. GEORGE W. PALMORE PAPERS ca. 1,500 items, 1858-96 Business and legal papers of this Cumberland County businessman. Included are registration lists for black voters of Madison Township in Farmville. (Acc. 38-55) 509. JOSEPH PALMORE PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, 1781-1883 Interspersed throughout this collection of a Cumberland County farmer are documents and letters relating to slavery, such as an 1830 deed of sale for a slave. In the 1830s there are a few notes promising payment for the hiring out of slaves, and there are letters to Joseph Palmore from his brother in Mississippi mentioning the selling and trading of slaves. (Acc. 38-149) 510. SAMUEL PANNILL PAPERS 765 items, 1847-1938 Letters, indentures, accounts, receipts, promissory notes, and tax receipts of this Pittsylvania County plantation owner. Many concern tobacco, grist mill accounts, railroad shipments, and the hiring of laborers. Of interest are 1858 and 1862 accounts for medical treatment of slaves, receipts for slaves impressed to work on Confederate fortifications, an 1867 list of wages paid to sharecroppers, and a Freedman's Bureau apprenticeship indenture. (Acc. 10721) 511. THEODORE PARKER COLLECTION 4 items, 1835-55 A manuscript by this noted American antislavery clergyman entitled "Aspect of the Slave Power in America in the Beginning of 1854." Also included is a draft of a letter to the pope appealing for support against slave owners. (Barrett Library Acc. 8119) 512. STEPHEN D. PARRISH PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, 1857-1941 Papers of this Richmond, Kentucky, attorney. Included is correspondence with several socialist and religious organizations, among them the United Colored Socialists of America. There is also correspondence in 1902 from Milo Shanks, Senator J. C. S. Blackburn, and Congressman G. C. Gilbert about Theodore Roosevelt's dinner invitation to Booker T. Washington. (Acc. 4227) 513. SARAH P. PATTERSON PAPERS ca. 30 items, 1930-50 Business, educational, and religious records of this black teacher in Buckingham County, consisting mainly of school papers of a one-room black school in Buckingham and records of black churches in Buckingham County. (Acc. 10154) 514. PAYNE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 60 items, 1849-62 Personal correspondence of Bettie V. Jones Payne and William J. Payne of Fluvanna County. A November 23, 1853, letter from James M. Payne in Arkansas to his brother William mentions that he had recently purchased a woman as a slave but she had run away the next day. (Acc. 10530) 515. WILLIAM PENDLETON LETTERS 3 items, 1849-53 Letters to William Pendleton of Louisa County. A May 5, 1849, letter from W. Barret of Richmond discusses the health of slaves. (Acc. 9096) 516. PERRY FAMILY PAPERS ca. 850 items, ca. 1830-1915 Consists primarily of the legal, financial, and medical records of W. H. Perry of Lunenberg County. There is a large number of medical receipts dated 1834, many containing entries on treatment of slaves. (Acc. 9960) 517. PERRY, MARTIN, AND McCUE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 625 items, ca. 1805-1930 Business and personal papers of these related northern Virginia families. There are infrequent references to slavery, such as a December 29, 1856, letter from Lexington mentioning a good deal of "excitement about some fears lest there should be a Negro riot." A July 17, 1864, letter from a Confederate soldier requests that his uncle trade a slave for a good horse for him. (Acc. 6806-b) 518. PERSONAL ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1755-56 Very small personal account book of an unknown man. Included are two memoranda discussing the disposition of slaves among family members. (Acc. 1613) 519. PETER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, ca. 1700-1900 Business, legal, and personal papers of this family of Georgetown, D.C., and of Frederick and Montgomery counties, Maryland. The frequent references to slavery include a series of letters in 1836-45 mentioning the buying and selling of slaves in Georgetown; an 1850 letter from John Denning to L. W. Candler discussing the current market in slaves; and an undated letter from John Candler to George Peter about seventy-five runaway slaves from Charles County heading through Rockville County to Pennsylvania. (Acc. 7605-a) 520. PETERSBURG ACCOUNT BOOKS 18 items, ca. 1795-1900 Account books from various Petersburg businesses and merchants. The 1836-39 daybooks and ledgers of the Blandford Mill Company include records of wages paid to hired hands and entries such as "Negro Expenses." (Acc. 2135) 521. JOHN W. PEYTON PAPERS 51 items, 1862-1913, microfilm (M-687) This small collection of a Rapidan citizen includes a diary with occasional mention of runaway slaves during the Civil War and incidents of Federal troops taking slaves on raids. (Acc. 4944) 521a. PHOTOGRAPH 1 item, ca. late 1862 Photograph of post office building at Surry Court House, showing a group of men including two Union cavalrymen and an unidentified black man; identified persons are Dr. Corbell and his partner, Peyton A. Cocke. (Acc. 11077) 522. GEORGE PICKETT LETTER 3 items, 1790-1829, photocopies A 1797 document (original held by donor) authorizes the sale of some of the slaves of George Pickett. (Acc. 8845) 523. PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY RESOLUTION 1 item, 1861 Apparently adopted at a public meeting, this resolution calls for Virginia to retaliate by any means against states who refuse to cooperate with the Fugitive Slave Law. (Acc. 6458) 524. JAMES PLEASANTS LETTER 1 item, January 25, 1825 A letter from this Virginia governor to Littleton W. Tazewell giving his feelings on the slavery question. Pleasants contended that the problem would be comparatively small, "if the unfortunate beings were white." (Acc. 10063) 525. POCKET PLANTATION PAPERS ca. 3,000 items, ca. 1740-1880 The business and personal papers of the Pittsylvania County plantation families Smith and Clement. These records are filled with references to slavery, including items such as account books and slave records of the Smith family and slave account books and a medical record book of the Clement family. (McGregor Library Acc. 2027) 526. WILLIAM POLLARD DOCUMENT 1 item, August 29, 1797 Legal document signed by David Bullock of Hanover Court House empowering him to purchase and sell slaves to settle estate claims and detailing the individual slaves sold. (Acc. 8875) 527. JOHN POWELL PAPERS ca. 30,000 items, ca. 1885-1965 Personal correspondence, pamphlets, and miscellaneous material of John Powell, noted composer from Richmond. One box of material covers Powell's association with the Anglo-Saxon Clubs, an organization dedicated to belief in the racial superiority of the white race over the black race. (Acc. 7284) 528. PRESTON-DAVIS FAMILY PAPERS ca. 6,000 items, ca. 1840-1900 Personal and business correspondence of these Albemarle County families. Included are January 26, 1854, and July 8, 1859, letters about the religious instruction of slaves. (Acc. 4951) 529. PUBLIC HEALTH POSTERS 6 items, ca. 1940 Used in antisyphilis program for blacks. (Acc. 851) 530. JOHN ANTHONY QUITMAN PAPERS 80 items, 1798-1858 Personal and business papers of Major General Quitman. An 1855 letter refers to efforts to keep slaves safe in Texas. (Acc. 38-343) 531. RACE RELATIONS SCRAPBOOK 1 item, 1942-57 A scrapbook mainly of clippings from the Chicago Tribune kept by Monroe F. Cockrell. (Acc. 5276-a) 532. RAINEY FAMILY PAPERS 4 items, 1836-54 Letters of this Boydton family. One letter concerns the sale of a slave in 1836, and another refers to the whipping of a slave. (Acc. 2734) 533. RANDALL FAMILY PAPERS 98 items, ca. 1830-70 Letters of Burton Randall, an army surgeon from Annapolis, Maryland, who was stationed in the West and Southwest. They contain references to slaves and slavery, such as an 1827 letter from Randall to Alexander Randall asking him to procure slaves from markets on the Eastern Shore. (Acc. 9564) 534. RANDOLPH FAMILY PAPERS ca. 6,000 items, ca. 1760-1930 Personal correspondence and business papers of the Randolph, Page, and Taylor families of Albemarle County (descendants of Thomas Jefferson), including many of the papers of Thomas Jefferson Randolph. There are many references to slaves and their treatment, e.g., a January 11, 1827, letter from P. H. Leuba to [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] mentioning that the slave named Jeanette he recently bought from Randolph had been severely burned by Randolph's overseer and thrown into a fire twice and that he could not return her because she feared for her life but that he believed her value was much less than the sale price; an account of the sales of Thomas Jefferson's slaves in 1829; and a list of slaves, possibly belonging to Thomas Jefferson Randolph. (Acc. 8937, etc.) 535. RANDOLPH FAMILY PAPERS ca. 35 items, ca. 1820-80 Included in this small Randolph collection is a manuscript written by John F. Watson in 1818 entitled a "Scheme for Colonizing the Island of St. Domingo with American Blacks" and a death notice of an Edgehill slave dated October 30, 1822. (Acc. 5385-f) 536. JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE LETTER 1 item, June 11, 1821 Written to Walter Coles discussing his refusal to sell one of his slaves. (Acc. 5076) 536. RICHARD RANDOLPH'S WILL 1 item, February 18, 1796 A copy of the last will of Richard Randolph of Bizarre in Cumberland County wherein he explained why he was emancipating his slaves and declared his opposition to slavery. (Acc. 3882) 538. RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE NOTEBOOKS 2 items, 1855 One volume contains notes by Joseph Walker on Dr. Smith's proslavery lectures. (Acc. 5042-a) 539. JOHN RANSDELL DIARY AND COMMONPLACE BOOK 1 item, 1840-65 Diary and commonplace book kept in Louisiana. There are very few references to blacks except for a couple of pages about the disruption of the slaves when the Federal troops arrived. (Acc. 2607) 540. "RECOLLECTIONS OF PIEDMONT" 1 item, ca. 1940 A typescript copy of Jane Maury Maverick's remembrances of Piedmont, the Albemarle County home of the Maurys. She wrote of moving to the University of Virginia after the Civil War because of fear of "roving negroes." (Acc. 2129) 541. WILLIAM HENRY REDMAN PAPERS 880 items, ca. 1860-1900 Civil War letters of a Union soldier from Illinois. Included are comments on blacks, such as a May 8, 1864, letter telling of burning and sacking plantations in Louisiana and how many slaves followed the Union troops. A November 5, 1865, letter expresses Redman's violent opposition to suffrage for blacks. (Acc. 7415; -a) 542. REGISTER OF FREE BLACKS, WASHINGTON COUNTY 1 item, 1838-63 Includes descriptions of 144 free blacks including age, physical appearance, occupation, and manner in which freedom was obtained. (Acc. 41-a) 542a. REID PAPERS ca. 3300 items, 1767-1918 A miscellaneous collection of documents pertaining to the history of southside Virginia. Included are two volumes (1790-1814, 1814-1832) of the Church minutes of the County Line Baptist Church in Pittsylvania County which include information on black members. These minute books are available only on microfilm (M-618). Also included are miscellaneous documents, such as bills of sale, authorization to form a company of "Patrollers" (1806), rental agreements, wills, runway notices, etc., pertaining to the history of slavery. (Acc. 550) 543. REPUBLICAN PARTY (CHARLOTTESVILLE) PAPERS 3 items, 1900- 1922 Correspondence of the Charlottesville Republican party. Included are a list of the "colored" vote in 1900 and a 1911 form letter urging the recipient to help in the voter registration drive, signed by R. M. Flanagan. (Acc. 9077) 544. DAVID RICHARDSON PAPERS 408 items, 1792-1839 Miscellaneous papers of this Louisa County resident. Included are a 1792 document emancipating some slaves and an 1839 warrant for the arrest of David Richardson and his slave Warner for allowing a slave to be at large contrary to law. (Acc. 5616) 545. RICHMOND POLICE DAYBOOK 1 item, 1834-43 Contains entries on runaway slaves, etc. All entries differentiate subjects by race. (Acc. 1481) 546. RIDDICK FAMILY PAPERS ca. 70 items, 1739-1890 Mainly legal papers of this Nansemond County family. Included is a copy of an 1820 document exempting the Riddick estate from taxation on two slaves. (Acc. 2227) 547. WILLIAM CABELL RIVES PAPERS 55 items, 1860-82 Papers of this Albemarle County and Boston, Massachusetts, lawyer. Chiefly letters from J. D. Osbourne, Paris; John C. Rutherfoord, Rock Castle; and Charles Morris, Hanover. Topics include the Civil War, Reconstruction, sharecropping, and the education of freedmen. (Acc. 10596-a) 548. RIVES FAMILY PAPERS ca. 100 items, 1832-82 Personal and business papers of this family of Albemarle County, chiefly of Robert Rives, Jr., of Oakland near Warren. A February 23, 1850, letter from P. Rives to her brother Robert discusses the sale of slaves. Also, a January 18, 1850, letter from R. Pollard to Robert Rives mentions that male slaves were selling in Georgia and Florida at $1,000 to $1,200. (Acc. 4289) 549. RIVES FAMILY PAPERS 5 items, ca. 1830-60 Included in this small collection is a May 29, 1838, letter from R. Pollard to Robert Rives of Nelson County complaining that the slaves on Pollard's plantation were mistreating his children in his absence and asking Rives to look into it. (Acc. 6094) 550. RIVES FAMILY PAPERS ca. 130 items, ca. 1832-82 Chiefly correspondence among members of the Rives family of Castle Hill, Cobham. Judith Page Walker Rives's letters discuss news of her family and friends and, during 1865-67, express her opinions concerning the effects of the Civil War on blacks. On November 6, 1865, she mentioned a "free negro settlement" in Cobham to whom Dr. Eastham had offered work. On January 15, 1866, she wrote of the conditions and work relationships with blacks after the war. And, in her letters of March 9 and 19 and June 15, 1867, she expressed her displeasure that blacks had received the right to vote while her husband and son, Alfred Landon, had been disfranchised. (Acc. 10596-c) 551. RIVES, SEARS, AND RHINELANDER FAMILY PAPERS 278 items, 1829-1953 Correspondence, business and legal papers, genealogical papers, diary, photographs, clippings, and memorabilia of the Rives family, especially William Cabell Rives, Sr., Judith Page Walker Rives, William Cabell Rives, Jr., Grace Winthrop Sears Rives, and William Cabell Rives III. An 1845 letter describes a plantation on a Louisiana bayou and a slave-pulled towboat. (Acc. 10596) 552. MANGUS ROBINSON PAPERS 11 items, 1894-99 A small collection of the personal and business correspondence of this editor of a black newspaper, the Alexandria Leader. (Acc. 1499) 553. THOMAS ROBINSON DOCUMENT 1 item, July 2, 1850 A list of Robinson's slaves sold by his estate in [Orange County]. (Acc. 6008) 554. JOHN CARR ROGERS PAPERS 2 items, 1971-72 In a June 9, 1972, letter Murrell Edmunds discussed his novel Behold, Thy Brother, about the coming of blacks to the major leagues, and commented on Mark Twain's Letters from the Earth, which Edmunds was sending to Rogers. (Acc. 6803-p) 555. RORER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 500 items, ca. 1770-1935, microfilm (M-1385) Business, legal, and personal papers of this family of Pittsylvania County. A diary entry for February 24, 1848, mentions that a slave named Margaret murdered a white female baby of the family of John Jones and Angeline Rorer Jones in Wentworth, North Carolina. In a journal is a "Register of Blacks, 1835-1865" with birth dates and mothers' names of family slaves. (Acc. 7901) 556. RUST FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,500 items, ca. 1820-95 Business and legal papers of this family of Loudoun County and Baltimore, Maryland, mainly those of Armistead Thomson Mason Rust and George T. Rust. A series of 1848-57 documents detail a number of slave purchases by George Rust and the hiring of slaves by A. T. M. Rust. (Acc. 9706) 557. SABINE HALL PAPERS ca. 500 items, 1659-1780 Business, legal, and personal papers of Landon Carter of Sabine Hall, Richmond County. Two of the personal letters mention slaves: a January 1, 1764, letter from Landon Carter, Jr., to Landon Carter mentioning a runaway slave and a 1770 letter from Charles Carter to Landon Carter complaining of runaways. A published guide is available: Walter Ray Wineman, The Landon Carter Papers in the University of Virginia Library (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1962). (Acc. 1959) 558. ROBERT ADDISON SCHOOLFIELD PAPERS ca. 700 items, 1855-1973 Business correspondence and writings of one of the founders of the Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills of Danville. In one of his manuscript histories of Dan River Mills, Schoolfield wrote of the riot of 1883 in Danville and the importing of North Carolina labor to "break negro rule." (Acc. 10325) 558a. GEORGE SAMUEL SCHUYLER COLLECTION 3 items, ca. 1932, 1934, ca. 1966 Manuscript by African-American writer and journalist George Samuel Schuyler (1895-1977), on Dr. Robert Weaver (b. 1907) and the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Weaver was the first black to serve in the cabinet of a US president. Also present is a small memorandum book, 1932, containing Schuyler's notes on cannibalism and lycanthropy, "When Man Eats Man," and a blank memorandum book "Plots / Articles, Sketches," 1934. (Barrett Library Acc. 11071) 558b. "SECRET TWELVE CLUB" Ledger 1 item, 1935, 1949-55 Ledger of The Secret Twelve Club, an all male African-American social club in Charlottesville. Most entries were made between January 10, 1950, and February 22, 1955, and consist of minutes, membership lists, dues and assessments, "Rules and Regulations," initiation rituals, and donations of funds to various individuals and organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). (Acc. 11089) 559. SEWARD FAMILY PAPERS ca. 300 items, 1857-88 Business and personal papers of William Seward of Isle of Wight County. The Seward farm journal, 1857-88, includes vital statistics for slaves. (Acc. 38-60) 560. DAVID SHAVER COLLECTION 1 item, ca. 1831 Memorial to the city of Lynchburg protesting the suppression of the African Baptist Church following the Nat Turner revolt. (Acc. 1122) 561. SHEPHERD FAMILY PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, 1817-83 Business and personal papers of this Fluvanna County family. Some interesting letters of 1870-71 concern the hiring out of black people in Fluvanna County to work in the sugar refineries in Louisiana. (Acc. 4241) 561a. SHEPERDSTOWN COLLECTION ca. 1500 items, 1748-1880 Collections from the Sheperdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia), and northern Shenandoah Valley area including sermons, ledgers, correspondence, receipts, and diaries of James Markell, merchant and slave trader, and John Hargrave, Presbyterian circuit rider, and various medical records of Dr. John Briscoe and Dr. John Quigley. (Acc. 11104) 562. FRANCIS TROWBRIDGE SHERMAN PAPERS 1 item, microfilm, 1863-65 Diaries of this Union Army officer, 88th Illinois Cavalry, which give brief accounts of his participation in the Chattanooga, Atlanta, Shenandoah Valley, and Appomattox campaigns. He discussed camp life, prison conditions, rumors of the death of General Grant, and Confederate desertions and gave an account of several days spent in Charlottesville during which it was rumored that blacks were plundering the town with the encouragement of the townspeople. (Acc. 10735) 563. JERRY SHOWALTER COLLECTION 4 items, 1900-1912 Photographs of Westcairns, Albemarle County. Westcairns on Ivy Road was for many years the McElroy residence; it is now the site of the Children's Rehabilitation Center. Photographs show both its construction and interior and exterior views of the completed house. An inscription on one indicates the house was "built by H B Boone and Kenneth Brown with negro 'hands' ranging from $2 a day to 25 cents. Average $1 or less. R E Shaw architect." (Acc. 9732-g) 564. PHILIP SLAUGHTER DIARY 6 items, 1796-1878, microfilm (M-1934 vols. 1-3) A diary kept by this Culpeper County farmer contains many entries on slaves, including information on slave births and deaths. (Acc. 6556) 565. SLAVE ACCOUNT LEDGER 1 item, 1817-27 Accounts of expenditures for slaves, 1817-27, perhaps contemporary copies from an old ledger. The origin of the ledger is unknown. (Acc. 38-692) 566. SLAVE BILL OF SALE 1 item, January 25, 1845 Bill of sale by Joseph Dinwiddie for the sale of a female slave, Sarah, to William Dinwiddie for $700. (Acc. 3194-h) 567. SLAVE BILL OF SALE 1 item, January 4, 1811 Bill of sale for a slave named Moses sold by William Morton of Louisa County to George Adams of Louisa County. (Acc. 6159) 568. SLAVE DOCUMENTS 24 items, 1796, microfilm (M-1207) These items are copies of material in Hampton University. They consist mainly of individual unrelated documents such as bills of sale, inventories, and manumission papers. (Acc. 6428) 569. SLAVE DOCUMENTS 3 items, 1787-1827 Three miscellaneous documents, two of them slave bills of sale: one from Wickes County, Georgia, 1820, and the other an 1827 document conveying a number of slaves bought by Lewis Berkeley. (Acc. 9661) 570. SLAVE PASS 1 item, April 24, 1864 Engineering Department slave pass from Richmond. (Acc. 38-436-b) 571. SLAVE RECEIPT 1 item, September 30, 1824 Receipt for the sale of a slave woman and child (Acc 4400) 572. SLAVE SALE 1 item, December 27, 1841 A document authorizing the sale of the slave Reuben by Jeremiah Morton of Orange County to William W. Hume. (Acc. 3383) 573. "SLAVES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA" 1 item, 1965 An eight-page typescript by James J. Thomas. (Acc. 8103) 574. SMITH FAMILY PAPERS 16 items, 1811-65, microfilm (M-609) Correspondence, business, and legal papers of Nathaniel A. Smith and Mrs. Lavinia C. Smith of Louisa County and William O. Smith of Somerset, Orange County. Of special interest are slave evaluations made in 1840 by John C. Collins. (Acc. 4186) 575. ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH PAPERS ca. 4,000 items, ca. 1820-95 Correspondence, diaries, literary manuscripts, essays, and newspaper columns of this nineteenth-century literary figure who was born in Maine and lived in South Carolina and New York. A diary she kept during the Civil War contains a lengthy description of the New York draft riot in 1863. (Acc. 38-707) 576. GERRIT SMITH COLLECTION 6 items, 1841-71 Five letters and one engraving of this noted American abolitionist and philanthropist. A September 22, 1841, letter to Pauline Wright was written on a pamphlet entitled Some of the Duties of an Abolitionist. (Barrett Library Acc. 7210) 577. HOWARD W. SMITH PAPERS ca. 30,000 items, 1933-60 Files and working papers of this Virginia congressman who represented the Eighth Congressional District for thirty-five years. Smith became a powerful figure as chairman of the Rules Committee and was a strong opponent of civil rights legislation. Included in the collection is much material related to civil rights legislation and segregation. (Acc. 8731) 578. MARY WATSON SMITH PAPERS 90 items, 1814-84 Chiefly letters written by Mrs. Smith of Charlottesville to her sister. Her letters include comments on slavery. (Acc. 1624) 579. R. B. SMITH ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1855-62 Account book kept by an Amelia County merchant. Included are many entries on two hired-out slaves, Henry and Phoenix. (Acc. 5800) 580. SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ABDUCTION AND ABSCONDING OF SLAVES MINUTES 1 item, 1833-49 This Richmond and Henrico County society offered rewards for information leading to, or the actual return of, runaway slaves. (Acc. 9272) 580a. SOUTHERN ELECTIONS FUNDS PAPERS ca. 5,500 items, ca. 1968-1975 Papers of the Southern Elections Fund including professional and personal correspondence of Julian Bond, the fund's chairman. Included are correspondence, mailing lists, newsletters, printed material, photographs, slides, videotapes, and miscellany produced by the various officers and trustees of the organization. The fund was established to funnel campaign funds and technical assistance to progressive southern political candidates. Support from the fund was instrumental in the election of many southern Afro-American candidates. Among the correspondents are Robert Struass, Lawrence F. O'Brien, Anne Wexler, Hubert Humphrey, William Brown, John Lewis, John Conyers, Andrew Young, Ralph David Abernathy, and Walter Mondale. (Acc. 10907) 581. SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILY PAPERS ca. 2,500 items, 1770-1920 Included are quite a few scattered references to slavery, such as doctor's bills for treating slaves, acknowledgment of pay for keeping a family of slaves for a year, bill of hire for a slave child, and an agreement for transporting and sale of slaves. A letter from the sheriff of Marion reports the capture of a runaway slave who had been traveling with a white woman; the slave had been dressed as a woman and his accomplice as a man. (Acc. 550) 582. SPAULDING PAPERS 22 items, 1859-65 The personal letters and diary of Henry S. Spaulding, captain in the 38th Company, New Jersey Volunteers. A March 25, 1865, letter from Spaulding to Lieutenant E. G. Smith describes a disturbance in camp caused by the "Colored Cavalry." (Acc. 38-156) 583. ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD MANUSCRIPT 1 item, 1739 This Virginia colonial governor prepared a manuscript entitled "Proposals for Leasing My Ironworks at Tuball" in which he included a good description of how slaves were to be leased. (McGregor Library Acc. 425) 583a. STANLEY-CLARKE FAMILY COLLECTION 26 items, 1925-92 Papers and miscellaneous related items pertaining to the civic, social, and professional activities of a Charlottesville, African-American family: Mary C. Stanley (1901-91) and her brother, George Albert Clarke (1910-92), a World War II veteran. Items include Mary's beautician diploma and various materials regarding her membership in Blue Ridge Temple 67 (Daughters of the Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World); military ribbons and insignia and a letter to George from a fellow soldier while stationed in France, May 1945; and a photographic china plate: "Future Home For The Need--Richmond, Virginia / Purchased by Virginia State Baptist Deacon's Convention and Women's Auxiliary, Inc." (Acc. 10396-B) 584. STEWART FAMILY PAPERS ca. 900 items, 1829-41 Business, legal, and personal correspondence of a Richmond family, much of it involving the tobacco business. The frequent references to the buying and selling of slaves include a January 4, 1836, letter from Bryce Stewart to Daniel Stewart commenting on the price of slaves and noting that it was cheaper to buy slaves than hire them. (Acc. 7786-t) 585. WILLIAM STOKES CIVIL WAR DIARY 1 item, 1862-65 Brief diary of William Stokes, lieutenant colonel in the 4th South Carolina Cavalry, CSA. There are two entries on blacks: a September 14, 1863, description of a skirmish with a black outfit, the 1st South Carolina Negro Regiment, at Green Pond, South Carolina; and an engagement on June 28-29, 1864, near Stormy Creek in central Virginia where some 500 or 600 blacks were recaptured from Federal troops. (Acc. 7896) 586. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE COLLECTION ca. 110 items, ca. 1825-95 Letters and manuscripts of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Many of the letters discuss Stowe's and others' attitudes on slavery and mention individual slaves and episodes of slavery. (Barrett Library Acc. 6318) STROTHER FAMILY GENEALOGY 1 item, 1983 Printed genealogy of Strother family by carol L. Merrill. Of special interest because it pertains to an African-American family with origins in Charlottesville. (Acc. 10953) 587. STUART FAMILY PAPERS ca. 600 items, ca. 1650-1900 Business, legal, and personal papers of this family of Stafford and King George counties. The few slave references include a 1798 slave contract; a series of papers, 1835-52, including slave bills of sale; a group of papers from the trust estate of George Turberville of Fairfax County including lists of slaves and expenses for their clothes and their hires per year; and an 1862 deed of manumission. (Acc. 6406) 588. ALEXANDER H. H. STUART PAPERS ca. 500 items, 1791-1895 Personal correspondence of this prominent lawyer and politician of Staunton. Included are such items as a slave sale in 1814, a will providing for transference of slaves, and a mounted clipping on the Virginia Secession Convention. There is a copy of the Report of the Joint Committee of the General Assembly on the Harpers Ferry Outrages, most of its twenty-four pages constituting a defense of slavery and an attack on the treatment of blacks in the North. (Acc. 345) 589. STUART-BALDWIN PAPERS ca. 15,000 items, ca. 1780-1850 A large collection consisting almost solely of the legal, financial, and personal correspondence of Archibald Stuart and Briscoe Baldwin, lawyers from Staunton, and their related family letters. There are very few references to slavery, e.g., the June 6, 1820, sale of a slave and letters of April 10 and May 2, 1823, from P. H. Leuba to Miss Mary Jane Lewis discussing the health of slaves. (Acc. 228) 590. SYDNOR AND CARTER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 50 items, ca. 1780-1905 Business and legal papers of William Sydnor of Christ Church Parish, Lancaster County, and the Carter family of Frederick County. Included are legal papers mainly involving the purchase and sale of slaves by William A. Carter. (Acc. 6405) 591. GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH TALIAFERRO PAPERS ca. 15 items, 1823-1939 A small collection of papers of this Confederate general from Gloucester County. Included is an 1862 slave list. (Acc. 4536) 592. TAYLOE FAMILY PAPERS 4 items, 1708-1890 Business ledgers of Henry A., Benjamin Ogle, and Edward Thornton Tayloe of King George County. A farm journal for 1850-69 contains annual slave inventories, a reference to runaways, etc. The 1708-10 Lloyd brothers' store journal includes an "Account of sales of a Cargo of Slaves Imported in the Leopard . . . from Guinea Virginia July 4, 1710." (Acc. 38-62) 593. TAYLOE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 300 items, 1830-93 A group of business and family letters. Much of the correspondence is between Henry A. Tayloe in Alabama and his brother Benjamin Ogle Tayloe in Virginia and centers around the business of getting Virginia slaves to Alabama. There are many accounts of sales and prices. Other references to slaves and black farmhands after the war fill these letters. (Acc. 38-630, 5854) 594. TAYLOR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 500 items, ca. 1800-1890, microfilm (M-2109) Personal, legal, and business correspondence of this family of Westmoreland County. References to slavery include a December 31, 1863, letter from Henry Taylor refusing to hire out his slave to Thomas Watson because the slave was previously returned from Watson without the usual clothes provided and a June 5, 1865 letter of William Robertson in Charlottesville to Henry Taylor discussing and outlining the results of a meeting of "Masters" about how they would handle emancipation. (Acc. 4653) 595. TAYLOR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 470 items, ca. 1760-1910 Personal and military papers of John Cowdery Taylor and Dr. Harry Taylor, Sr., of Norfolk. Included is a diary of the siege of Vicksburg in 1863. There are numerous references to slaves leaving masters or being taken by Federal troops. (Acc. 9965) 596. A. P. TAYLOR LETTER 1 item, July 12, 1844 This letter concerns a shipment of clothes for slaves. (Acc. 4561) 596a. TEMPLEMAN AND GOODWIN LEDGER 1 item, 1849-1851 A bound manuscript, account book of H. N. Templeman and W. H. Goodwin. Contains entries on their business of trading slaves listing date, name of slave, age, price paid, date of sale, name of buyer, and price received. (Acc. 11036) 597. THRIFT FAMILY PAPERS 20 items, 1825-75 Consists mainly of the private correspondence of Dr. George N. Thrift of Madison County. One letter of December 15, 1846, from Thrift to an unknown correspondent concerns a runaway slave named Adam. (Acc. 9153) 598. THURMOND FAMILY PAPERS 23 items, ca. 1820-1900 Included is an 1842-93 plantation account book with a few slave entries and a slave bill of sale of November 29, 1820. (Acc. 1490) 599. TIMBERLAKE FAMILY PAPERS 4 items, ca. 1780-1855 Family Bible records containing a few slave entries. (Acc. 9769) 600. TOOLE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 700 items, 1860-1901 Correspondence of this Albemarle County family, mainly of John Toole. Included is a May 8, 1901, letter from a former slave to "old Mistress" (Jane Toole). (Acc. 4876-e) 601. KELLY WALKER TRIMBLE PAPERS ca. 5,000 items, ca. 1770-1950, microfilm (M-791-93) Consists of personal and business papers of the Trimble, Wilson, and Love families of Augusta County. There are scattered slavery documents such as deeds of sale in the Wilson papers dated January 13 and August 11, 1810, August 1, 1861, and January 1, 1863. (Acc. 7792) 602. TRIST, BURKE, AND RANDOLPH FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,500 items, 1721-1969 Mainly personal and legal papers of Nicholas Philip Trist and the related families of Albemarle County. There is very little mention of slavery in the personal correspondence except for a few scattered letters such as one of November 22, 1818, from Thomas Mann Randolph to Nicholas Trist mentioning an incident at a neighboring Albemarle plantation owned by the Higginbothams involving the hanging suicide of a male slave who apparently took his own life because of punishment inflicted by a new overseer. (Acc. 10487) 603. TUCKER FAMILY PAPERS 6 items, 1797-1843 Business ledgers of this family of Brunswick County. One of the volumes contains overseers' records for the period 1821-26. (Acc. 3483) 604. TUCKER, HARRISON, AND SMlTH FAMILY PAPERS ca. 22,500 items, ca. 1790-1940 Business, legal, and personal correspondence of these three Virginia families, much of it involving the University of Virginia. Scattered references to slavery include a March 14, 1861, letter from Gessner Harrison to Eliza Tucker Harrison threatening to whip a "malingering" slave and an August 27, 1862, letter on the cost of winter clothing for slaves. (Acc. 3847) 605. NATHANIEL BEVERLY TUCKER PAPERS ca. 100 items, 1857-61 Letters between Tucker and his relatives while he was serving as consul in Liverpool, England, in 1851-61. The letters from Virginia were mainly from relatives at Tucker's home in Jefferson County. Many of them contain news of the slaves: on January 30, 1853, the slave Mammy requested that she be taken to her grave in a hearse, and a March 28, 1856, letter mentions typhoid among slaves. (Acc. 10321) 606. HENRY TUTWILER PAPERS 19 items, ca. 1835-1950 Papers of Tutwiler and family of Virginia and Greene Springs, Alabama. Included are the alleged recollections of Le Grand Tutwiler, former slave of Tutwiler. (Acc. 10156-a) 607. TWYMAN FAMILY PAPERS 300 items, ca. 1790-1890 Business, legal, and personal papers of this Albemarle County family. Slavery material includes a February 15, 1838, letter from George Twyman to his brother and mother in which he mentioned hearing that they had lost a female slave and her baby; he was "very sorry to hear of your losses in your black's." Two daybooks have frequent entries on the hiring of slaves. (Acc. 7808) 608. JOHN TYLER LETTER 11 items, 1798-1868, microfilm (M-517) Included in these letters is an 1857 letter by Tyler in which he commented on the African slave trade. (Acc. 3402) 609. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ARCHIVES ca. 2,000,000 items, 1818- Many of the early records contain information on slavery at the university, e.g., the faculty minutes, proctor's papers, and the board of visitors minutes. The president's papers are a good source for material on integration in the South and at the university in the 1950s and 1960s. 610. VIRGINIA COLONIAL RECORDS PROJECT ca. 80,000 items, ca. 1580-1780, 960 reels of microfilm This project was established in the 1950s by the Virginia Historical Society, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, University of Virginia Library, and the Virginia State Library to reconstitute the archive of Virginia's colonial history through a systematic survey of records in public and private collections in England and to a much lesser extent in Scotland, France, and Spain and by ordering microfilm of many of the original documents. There is much on slavery and the slave trade. The two-volume work by Charles M. Andrews, A Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783, in the Public Record Office of Great Britain, is a good guide to the British records and thus to the project. The 14,000 Survey Reports are available at all four participating institutions, and the microfilm may be borrowed from the University of Virginia. Preparation of a personal-name index to the Survey Reports is under way for eventual publication. 611. VIRGINIA COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS PAPERS ca. 1,500 items, 1958-60 Personal papers of J. L. B. Buck as president of the Virginia Committee for Public Schools. Organized to keep Virginia public schools intact, this committee opposed the policy of "massive resistance" to school integration. (Acc. 7783, -a) 612. VIRGINIA LETTERS COLLECTION 440 items, 1776-1930 Included is an 1831 estate account of Lawrence Washington containing a list of slaves hired out. (Acc. 5736) 613. MISCELLANEOUS VIRGINIA LETTERS ca. 50 items, 1803-81 Letters and legal and business documents by and about Virginians. Included are a number of slave documents, such as purchase and hiring agreements. (Acc. 7083) 614. WALKER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,300 items, ca. 1780-1880 Mostly family letters of the Walker family of Rockbridge County. In the business and legal papers are a few scattered slave items, such as an 1825 letter referring to the sale of slaves to provide cash, an 1837 letter listing high slave prices in Missouri, and an 1837 letter discussing the need for slaves for rent in Missouri, at double the Virginia rates. (Acc. 1532) 615. MARY BALL WALL PAPERS ca. 250 items, ca. 1850-1910 Mostly letters sent to this resident of Winchester. One letter dated May 1, 1864, discusses the deployment of black Union soldiers in that city. Several other letters contain general references to blacks. (Acc. 10482) 616. WALLACE FAMILY PAPERS 210 items, 1799-1880 Family correspondence and legal documents of this family of Albemarle County and the related Rogers family of Albemarle and Carter and Woodson families of Goochland County. An 1837-43 account book of Michael Wallace contains entries on the sale and hiring of slaves. (Acc. 2689) 617. WALLACE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 115 items, 1750-1864 Primarily the papers of Dr. Michael Wallace and his six sons of King George County. Of special interest are the letters of his son Michael concerning a suit involving counterclaims on a female slave. (Acc. 38-150) 618. WALLACE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 2,500 items, ca. 1790-1900 Business correspondence and documents and personal correspondence of Michael Wallace of Madison County. There are scattered references to slavery, such as a May 12, 1833, note of sale of a family of slaves to H. H. Wallace with the understanding that the family would be kept together; an 1837 list of the slaves on Michael Wallace's estate; and an April 22, 1833, letter discussing the price of slaves and stating: "The cholera has thinned the Negros much on the coast and the South generally and they are then said to be selling very high." (Acc. 10241) 619. WASHINGTON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 500 items, ca. 1800-1875 Receipts, account books, deeds, and some correspondence of this Caroline County family. An 1830-47 notebook of accounts of John Washington with George Buckner contains notations on the hiring of slaves and the repairing of slaves' shoes. Laid in a farm account book of John Washington is a page detailing the birth dates of slaves for 1794-1838. (Acc. 3683) 620. WASHINGTON, LEWIS, AND MADISON FAMILY PAPERS 153 items, 1768-1866 Consists mainly of the personal and political correspondence of these 1 important Virginia families. In the Madison collection is an 1844 deed for slaves and a January 22, 1853, letter from John Tyler to Thomas Ritchie concerning the emancipation of slaves etc. In the Lewis collection are documents relating to free blacks, 1814-18. (McGregor Library Acc. 2988) 621. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON COLLECTION 4 items, 1901-4 Letters and one autograph of this black leader and educator. (Barrett Library Acc. 8337) 622. WATSON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 10,000 items, ca. 1760-1890 Correspondence, business and personal, ledger books, bank books, farm account books, and sundry memorandum books of this Louisa County family. This collection is rich in slave material and may prove useful for quantitative approaches to slavery. Many of the journals and the private correspondence refer to slavery and particular slaves. Examples are a May 3, 1768, letter outlining medical treatment for a young male slave; an 1824-50 farm diary describing the division of slaves among the family members and the work performed; an 1858 account book in which pages 32-60 are devoted to a description of the work done by each slave; and an 1866 account book labeled "Freedman Accounts." (Acc. 530) 623. WEAVER-BRADY IRON WORKS AND GRIST MILL PAPERS ca. 1,500 items, 1824-78 Business papers of William Weaver concerning his mines, furnaces, and forges in Rockbridge, Rockingham, and Botetourt counties. The journal volume for 1830-41 is devoted to accounts for black workers. The volume for 1859-66 has a record of blacks vaccinated. A five- volume "Negro Book" for 1839-59 has such items as a "list of boys who came in sick." These volumes present a detailed picture of the use of slave labor in the manufacture of pig and forged iron. The accounts reveal a system of overtime work and compensation for the slave employees. There is brief mention of slave hire in the bound journals and daybooks, and the letterbooks and incoming loose correspondence provide additional detail. Among the loose papers is an 1863 inventory of William Weaver's estate which identifies the slaves owned by him. See also a bound ledger, 1865-72, with contracts and accounts of blacks who stayed on in various jobs after the Civil War. (Acc. 38-98) 624. WEBB-PRENTIS PAPERS ca. 14,000 items, ca. 1770-1920 Correspondence, notebooks, journals, and manuscripts of these and allied families of the Tidewater area of Virginia. Material on blacks is generally sparse, but there are intermittent slave sales and wills, such as a valuation and division of slaves belonging to the estate of Archibald Allen, December 27, 1860, and a 1771 will of John Blair distributing his slaves. There is also a legal memorandum on petit larceny cases for slaves, and a public record lists names and ages of Virginia slaves belonging to the Prentis family. (Acc. 4136, etc.) 625. CHARLES C. WELLFORD LETTER 1 item, May 24, 1861 Letter requesting the exemption of plantation overseers from military service. (Acc. 1663-a) 626. WERTENBAKER FAMILY PAPERS 50 items, 1878-1916 Correspondence, legal papers, genealogical material, photographs, memorabilia, an account book, Masonic bylaws, and an obituary, chiefly pertaining to Dr. Charles P. Wertenbaker, graduate of the University of Virginia Medical School. An August 1, 1891, letter from George Wertenbaker to his brother tells of the drowning of a black boy in the old university reservoir (August 1, 1891). (Acc. 10619-a) 627. CHARLES P. WERTENBAKER PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, ca. 1890-1915 Business and personal correspondence of this Charlottesville native while he was in the U.S. Public Health Service. Included is correspondence concerning tuberculosis among southern blacks. (Acc. 3619) 628. WEST INDIAN TRAVEL JOURNAL 1 item, 1800- 1801 A narrative by a Virginian, Robert Fisher, of his attempt to establish an ice market in the West Indies. There are a few references to blacks, including his description of a black man who piloted the vessel into Kingston and his general discussion of the loose morals of Jamaican white men and how they took mulatto women for concubines. (McGregor Library Acc. 3863) 629. SAMUEL WHITCOMB DOCUMENT 1 item, 1824 An interview with Thomas Jefferson on slavery and other subjects. (Acc. 2816) 630. WHITE FAMILY PAPERS 1,190 items, 1794-1921 Correspondence and financial and legal papers of the White and related Robertson families of Abingdon. The collection contains the business papers, 1807-38, of James White, lessor and operator of the King saltworks, Saltville, Washington County. There are also papers about cotton shipments and from the settlement of White's estate, 1838-78, including slave and land inventories and a record of property divisions. (Acc. 9372-b) 631. FLOYD L. WHITEHEAD PAPERS 48 items, ca. 1820-1900 Personal and business papers of this Nelson County resident. A temperance petition to the Nelson County court protests the selling of liquor and attributes unrest and rebellion among slaves to liquor. There is a March 14, 1837, letter from Milo Morris, apparently a slave of the Whiteheads who had the authority to buy and sell slaves, to "My Dear Master" (Floyd Whitehead). A May 15, 1839, letter from Robert Rives to Whitehead asks that Morris be kept away from Rives's slaves. (Acc. 8712, a-d) 632. JOHN S. WHITTLE PAPERS 2 items, 1838-41 Diary kept by Whittle, a Virginian, of an expedition to the Pacific islands in 1838 which mentions the sighting of a British slave ship. His comments on the natives of the various island groups reflect his racial attitudes. (Acc. 3227) 632a. J. WILDER LETTER 1 item, June 14, 1891 J. Wilder? to T. H. Canfield?, Bristol, re the lynching of a black man in the city and his own experience with mob justice. He discusses in detail his belief that the local government is corrupt. (Acc. 10961) 633. WILL OF MANUMISSION 1 item, September 3, 1846 The will of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter of King George County emancipating her three slaves Jack, Winnie, and Payne. (Acc. 5678) 634. JAMES PETER WILLIAMS PAPERS ca. 700 items, 1854-89 Primarily the personal Civil War letters of this Confederate soldier, who infrequently mentioned blacks. A May 8, 1861, letter to his sister discusses blacks throwing up breastworks. (Acc. 490) 635. WILLIS FAMILY PAPERS ca. 180 items, ca. 1760-1890, microfilm (M-2107) Personal and business papers of this Wilkes County, Georgia, family. Included are a number of slavery documents, such as bills of sale; an August 27, 1830, power of attorney for the purpose of catching and returning a runaway slave; and a January 1861 list of slaves. (Acc. 8304-a) 636. WILSON, WHITEHEAD, AND HOUSTON FAMILY PAPERS 21 items, 1831-65 Personal, business, and legal papers of these Rockbridge County families. An 1840 letter from Jesse Scott to Thomas Wilson complains that the slaves had not milked the cows clean; a September 11, 1856, letter from James Whitehead in the Kansas territory states that "we met the pro-slavery army"; and a May 6, 1861, letter from N. [Willson] of Troy, N.Y., to E[liza Wilson] of Rockbridge County, expresses the author's views on slavery and the danger from bands of blacks during the war. (Acc. 38-490) 637. SUSAN COLSTON WILSON PAPERS ca. 1,000 items, 1895-1960 Personal, financial, and legal correspondence of the Minor family of Charlottesville and the Wilson family of New Jersey. Included are photographs of Afro-Americans who were servants for the Minor family. (Acc. 10489) 638. WILLIAM WILSON PAPERS 7 items, 1791-93 Seven letters written by this Fredericksburg resident to Benjamin James in Charleston, South Carolina. In a January 18, 1793, letter, Wilson told of selling a slave to alleviate financial distress. (Acc. 9994) 639. ROBERT N. WINDSOR PAPERS 3 items, 1839-45 Two of the letters concern Windsor's 1839 shipment of slaves for another individual. (Acc. 2867) 640. WINFIELD FAMILY PAPERS 7 items, 1797-1894 Business and legal documents of a Sussex County family. Included are a bill of sale for a young male slave and an 1862 estate inventory listing slaves and their valuation. (Acc. 8509) 641. WINSTON AND DICKINSON FAMILY PAPERS 4 items, 1830-50 Bible records of these Louisa County families, including slave birth and death records. There is a copy of an 1851 letter to W. Winston from a member of the American Colonization Society about the shipping of manumitted slaves to Liberia. (Acc. 4762) 642. WISE FAMILY PAPERS ca. 200 items, ca. 1740-1890, microfilm (M-1313) Business and personal letters of John Wise of Bath County. Some references to slavery are included, such as a November 23, 1835, letter of John Wise to his son Henry, in which he related the necessity of selling a slave, Jane, and her subsequent attempt to burn down the place, and a deed of sale for a slave named Fleming in December 24, 1835. (Acc. 6741) 643. HENRY ALEXANDER WISE LETTER 1 item, October 31, 1846 A letter concerning the possibility that the ship Frederica was engaged in the slave trade. (Acc. 7939) 644. MICAJAH WOODS PAPERS ca. 750 items, 1836-1926 Personal correspondence of this Albemarle County resident and his family. Much of the correspondence was during the Civil War years and contains many references to slaves. A December 17, 1864, letter mentions that Edmonia had run away to the Yankees with household goods; a July 2, 1863, letter mentions the effect of the escape of a slave named Henry on the rest of the slaves; a letter of July 2, 1863, describes Henry's capture and the resolve to sell him south. (Acc. 10279) 645. WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION FOLKLORE COLLECTION ca. 6,500 items, ca. 1930-40 Copies of the records kept by workers in the WPA Folklore project. Of special interest are the ex-slave narratives and many interviews concerning black folklore. Readers should consult the published guide to the collection, An Annotated Listing of Folklore Collected by Workers of the Virginia Writers' Project, Works Project Administration: Held in the Manuscripts Department at Alderman Library of the University of Virginia (Norwood Pa.: Norwood Editions, 1979), compiled and edited by Charles L. Perdue, Jr., Thomas E. Barden, and Robert K. Phillips. (Acc. 1547) 646. RALPH WORMELEY LETTERBOOK 1 item, 1763-1802 Contains 200 business, legal, and personal letters of Ralph Wormeley of Rosegill, Middlesex County, mainly with merchants and political leaders. There are a few remarks about buying and selling slaves. (Acc 1939) 646. WRIGHT FAMILY PAPERS 16 items, 1839-89 A small collection of personal papers of Dr. William Wright of Amherst County. A letter of December 1845 from Macon County, N.C., to William Wright informs him that the writer was quite happy with a slave [Jourdin?] received from him and that Jourdin sent his regards to all, "both white and black." Also a letter of November 10, 1847, from Sheldon Wright to Dr. William Wright notes that Sheldon had sold his slave Nancy and her children for $740; he could have received a higher price if he had separated them, but he chose not to. (Acc. 3824) 648. YANCY FAMILY PAPERS ca. 50 items, ca. 1780-1860 Legal and financial papers of this Culpeper County family. Included are an 1855 slave bill of sale, an 1848 will mentioning disposition of slaves, and an 1824 doctor's bill which includes treatment of slaves in Culpeper County. (Acc. 10094) 649. CHARLES YANCY ACCOUNT BOOKS 2 items, 1811-62 These volumes contain records of Yancy's three plantations in Buckingham County. One of the volumes has an eight-page detailed account of births, deaths, and the buying and selling of slaves. (Acc. 4459) THE VALENTINE MUSEUM

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A special collecting interest of the Valentine Museum has been in the photographic field. Two works detail a major part of the photographic collections: Shadows in Silver (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954) and "Don't Grieve after Me": The Black Experience in Virginia 1619-1986 (Hampton University, 1986).

650. JOHN JASPER LETTER 1 item, 1869 A letter from this Afro-American preacher to an unknown recipient concerning the preaching of Jasper's sermon about the rotation of the sun. (Acc. V 86.60.1) 651. LAWSON NUNNALLY PAPERS 95 items, 1765-1923 Correspondence, accounts, and other legal and financial documents of this Richmond banker, primarily concerning his position as trustee for various estates. Several letters and documents pertain to the hire and sale of slaves. (Acc. MS. C 56) 652. "PRECINCT RECORD OF COLORED VOTERS" 1 item, May 12, 1891-November 1891 A ledger with entries for voters' name, address, and occupation. It is tentatively identified as a Henrico County document. (Acc. MS. FB 83) 653. PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION ca. 1,000 items, mid-nineteenth century to present Many photographs and prints of Afro-Americans and Afro-American scenes are included in subject files under "People" (subheadings, "Negroes" and "Children"), "Agriculture," "Business-tobacco,n "Cabins," and "Transportation." Prints and photographs of individual Afro-Americans, including John Jasper and Gilbert Hunt, are filed under their names. 654. RICHMOND COMMUNITY INTERVIEWS ca. 15 items, 1985 Video tapes of a number of Richmond residents in connection with a project concerning race relations. Included are tapes of interviews with Virginius Dabney, Elise Richmond, Benjamin Lambert, Oliver Hill, William Hill, Ruth Poindexter, Samuel Tucker, Henry Marsh, and Douglas Wilder. 655. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ST. LUKE 304 items, 1877-1986 Records including constitutions, financial reports, order rituals, annual meeting papers, and minutes of this Afro-American fraternal organization created to provide for the sick and aged and burial expenses. It later became a business organization which included an insurance company and bank. (Acc. MS. C 64) 656. SEDGWICK AND MUSSEN FAMILY PAPERS 176 items, 1846-1903 Letters, business papers, and documents relating to these families who migrated to Virginia from Ireland in the early nineteenth century. Over 100 documents concern John R. Sedgwick's purchase and sale of slaves from 1856 to 1863 in Mobile, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, and Richmond. (Acc. MS. C 7) 657. PEYTON SKIPWITH PAPERS ca. 50 items, 1763-1852 Business and legal correspondence of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Prestwould, Mecklenburg County. The plantation records refer to slaves. (Acc. MS. C 8) 658. CHARLES SOMMA PAPERS ca. 3,000 items, 1920-39 Primarily business papers of this Richmond theater owner. Contains records of business dealings with film companies and live acts for performances at the Byrd Theater and the Hippodrome in Jackson Ward. Included is material on black entertainers and films. (Acc. MS. C 55) 659. CHARLES TALBOTT PAPERS 105 items, 1842-1883 Business and legal papers of this Richmond manufacturer including receipts for the sale of slaves. (Acc. MS. C 10) 660. MAYOR JOSEPH TATE DOCKET 1 item, 1836-39 The private docket of this Richmond mayor, with many entries concerning slaves and free blacks. (Acc. MS. B75) 661. TAZEWELL and NORTON DAYBOOK 1 item, 1819-23 Medical daybook of Richmond-area doctors William Tazewell and Daniel Norton, with entries for the medical treatment of slaves. (Acc. MS. FB 14) 662. TYNDALL, ALLBERGER, AND VAN HORN FAMILY, PAPERS 123 items, 1831-90 Legal, business, and personal papers of Mrs. Frances Tyndall, her son Mark Anthony Tyndall, and her daughter Frances K. Tyndall Van Horn. Included are four receipts for slaves bought by Mark A. and Frances K. Tyndall. (Acc. MS. C 51) VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

James Branch Cabell Library 901 Park Avenue Richmond, VA 23284-0001 804-828-1101 Fax: 804-828-0151 e-mail: ulsjbcref@ruby.vcu.edu

663. RICHMOND ORAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION COLLECTION 1983- Interviews with members of the Richmond community. A subject index to the collection mentions topics such as black labor, black medical doctors, black parades, civil rights, Elks, massive resistance, slavery, and the poll tax. Of special interest are interviews with black residents of the historic Church Hill neighborhood. VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Fax: 804-355-2399 664. MARK ALEXANDER DIARY 1 item, January 9-September 13, 1804 Kept in Mecklenburg County by Alexander while he served as the administrator of the estate of John Goode. Included are comments on slaves and slavery. (Mss5:1AL275:1) 665. ALLEN FAMILY PAPERS 106 items, 1850-1910 Consists mainly of business and legal papers of Robert Henderson Allen, commissioner of accounts and justice of the peace from Oral Oaks, Lunenburg County. Included is material on his work as an agent for the Freedmen's Bureau. (MsslAL546a) 666. ALLMAND FAMILY PAPERS 573 items, 1796- 1891 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of John Driver Allmand and family of Baltimore, New York City, and Norfolk. Included is an 1825 deed of manumission. (MsslAL566a) 667. SAMUEL ALLYNE DOCUMENT 1 item, February 13, 1745/46 A receipt to Thomas March in Boston, Massachusetts, for the sale of a slave. (Mss2AL59Sa) 668. AMBLER FAMILY PAPERS 159 items, 1772-1852 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of John Ambler of Richmond. The personal correspondence has frequent references to individual slaves and the subject of slavery, such as a December 19, 1808, letter from Samuel Coleman to John Ambler asking him to muster militia into service to prevent the assembly of slaves in Richmond. (MsslAm 167c) 669. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, VIRGINIA BRANCH, DOCUMENT 1 item, November 22, 1831 List of slaves removed from Thomas Pretlow of Southampton County and shipped to Liberia. (Mss4AM353al) 670. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, VIRGINIA BRANCH RECORDS 2 vols., 1823-59 A minute book and account book of this society devoted to the freeing and emigration of American slaves to Liberia. (Mss3AM351a) 671. CHARLES WESLEY ANDREWS PAPERS 9 items, 1847-55 Published in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 59 (1957): 72-78. Included are letters written by freedmen in Liberia. (Mss2AN263b) 672. ARCHER FAMILY PAPERS 265 items, 1771-1918 Business, personal, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Amelia County. Included is a list of slaves belonging to Jane Segar Archer. (MsslAR247a) 673. ROBERT AUGUSTUS ARMISTEAD PAPERS 151 items, 1848-88 Personal, legal, and religious correspondence and documents of this Methodist Episcopal minister. An 1852-61 execution book of the justice of the peace of Elizabeth City County concerns, in part (2 of 16 cases), the trial of slaves for criminal offenses. (MsslAR552a) 674. JOHN ARNOLD PAPERS 4 items, 1812-31 Legal documents of this King George County resident which include deeds for slaves. (Mss2AR646b) 675. AYLETT FAMILY PAPERS 3,949 items, 1776-1945 Personal, business, and legal correspondence, speeches, and accounts of this family of Montville, King William County. Among the documents pertaining to slavery are materials on an 1857 lawsuit, Commonwealth v. Martha (slave), and 1859 bonds concerning the hiring of slaves. (MsslAY445a-b, Mss2AY44b) 676. BAILEY FAMILY PAPERS 608 items, 1802-1980 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this Halifax County family. Included is a list of slaves belonging to William Bailey. (MsslB1565a-b) 677. BARBOUR FAMILY PAPERS 1,353 items, 1741-1876 Mainly legal and business papers of Philip Pendleton Barbour, a lawyer from Frascati in Orange County. Included are 1806-18 deeds for slave sales of Thomas Barbour to James and Philip Barbour. (MsstB2346a-b) 678. CLAIBORNE BARKSDALE DOCUMENT 1 item, [1826?] Bond to pay Mrs. Paulina Legrand for the hire of a slave. (Mss2B2472) 679. BASKERVILL FAMILY PAPERS 3,408 items, 1747-1928 Business, legal, and medical correspondence and accounts of this family of Waverley, Mecklenburg County. Included are 1830-52 slave lists and an 1863 diary which contains a list of slaves. (MsslB2924a-d) 680. BASSETT FAMILY PAPERS 2,271 items, 1728-1923 Business and personal papers of the Bassett family of Eltham, New Kent County, and of the Lewis family of Hanover County. An 1841- 42 plantation account book includes an 1835 list of slaves. (MsslB2944a) 681. WEALTHY BAYLEY DOCUMENT 1 item, September 22, 1791 A deposition taken in Accomack County concerning a slave, Southy, who was the property of Levin Joynes. (Mss2B3433) 682. BAYLOR FAMILY PAPERS ca. 3,000 items, 1662-1962 Business and personal papers and plantation accounts of Robert Payne Waring of Edenatta, Essex County, and Richard Baylor of Sandy Point, Charles City County. Scattered throughout are records on plantation management. (MsslB3445eFA2) 683. BERRYMAN FAMILY PAPERS 15 items, 1664-1815 Legal and business documents of this family of Stafford County. Included is a 1722 deed for slaves in Stafford County. (Mss2B4598c) 684. BEVERLEY FAMILY PAPERS 26,825 items, 1654-1929 Business, personal, and legal correspondence of the various members of this family of Blandfield, Essex County. An 1852 agreement of William Bradshaw Beverly and John Nelson concerns slaves in Marengo County, Alabama. (Mss5:lB4677:1) 685. BIBLE RECORDS Some of the collected Bible records contain records of family slaves. These are listed in the card catalog under "Bible Records," with subentries of the slave owners' surnames. 686. BLAND FAMILY PAPERS 236 items, 1713-1825 Personal, legal, and military correspondence and accounts of this family of Cawsons and Farmingdell, Prince George County. Included are 1780-1825 letters from and to two slaves, Tom Baker and Charles. (MsslB6108a) 687. BOATWRIGHT FAMILY PAPERS 448 items, 1815-1953 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Cumberland County. Among the documents are deeds concerning the purchase of slaves and 1861-62 bonds for the hire of slaves. (MsslB6304a) 688. BOLLING FAMILY PAPERS 663 items, 1749-1956 Personal and business papers of this planter family of Centre Hill, Powhatan County, and Richmond. Included are lists of slaves. (MsslB6386a) 689. WILLIAM BOLLING REGISTER 1 item, 1752-1890 Slave register of this planter from Bolling Hall, Goochland County. (Mss5:5B6387: 1) 690. BOULDIN FAMILY PAPERS 3,757 items, 1737-1960 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of Thomas Tyler Bouldin of Golden Hills, Charlotte County, and Lynchburg. Included is a March 22, 1850, list of slaves. (MsslB6638a) 691. BOWLES FAMILY PAPERS 45 items, 1817-74 Personal and business correspondence and accounts, primarily of Benjamin Bowles of Fluvanna County. Included is a photocopy of an undated letter from a slave or former slave named Gallant. (Mss2B6818b) 692. BENJAMIN BRAND PAPERS 417 items, 1790-1838 Personal and business papers of this Richmond merchant who was an official of the American Colonization Society and the Virginia Colonization Society. (MsslB7332a) 693. BRECKINRIDGE FAMILY PAPERS 331 items, 1740-1902 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Grove Hill, Botetourt County. Included are 1834-38 slave appraisals and 1834-42 mortgages for slaves in Jefferson County, Florida. (MsslB7427a) 694. BROWN FAMILY PAPERS 335 items, 1801-89 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Benvenue and Sunnyside, Nelson County. Included are deeds of sale for slaves. (MsslB8305a) 695. BRUCE FAMILY PAPERS 1,464 items, 1665-1906 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of various members of the Bruce family of Staunton Hill, Charlotte County, King William County, Richmond County, and King George County. Included are an estate inventory of Charles Bruce of Orange County, an 1835 list of slaves in Charlotte County, and an 1850-57 list of slaves. (MsslB8306a-b) 696. BUFORD FAMILY PAPERS 34 items, 1816-44 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Lunenburg County. Included are an 1836 deed of John H. Craddock to John Buford for slaves and an 1816 list of slaves. (Mss2B8648b) 697. ANN BURWELL DOCUMENT 1 item, 1746-1834 A commonplace book kept by this woman which includes a list of slaves owned by Armistead Burwell. (Mss5:5B9585: 1) 698. BURWELL FAMILY PAPERS 2,141 items, 1770-1965 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Frederick (later Clarke) County. Scattered references to slavery include an 1821 deed for a slave and an 1862 list of George Burwell's slaves. (MsslB9585a) 699. WILLIAM BYRD LETTERBOOKS 3 items, 1728-41 Correspondence of William Byrd Il, published in The Correspondence of the Three William Byrds of Westover Virginia. 1684-1776, ed. Marion Tinling, 2 vols. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1977). There is frequent mention of slavery and blacks. For example, the July 12, 1736, letter of William Byrd II to the earl of Egmont comments about his fear that the continued importation of African slaves would eventually lead to a rebellion. (Mss1B9968b-c) 700. WILLIAM CABELL DOCUMENTS 9 items, 1769-95 Commonplace books of this surveyor and politician from Amherst County. They include a number of references to slavery and individual slaves, such as a list of slaves and discussion of slavery at Union Hill, Nelson County. (Mss5:5C1117: 1-9) 701. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL LETTER 1 item, May 12, 1763 Addressed to Henry Tucker of Philadelphia. Campbell discussed the conviction and death sentence of a slave in Norfolk. (Mss2C1522al) 702. CARRINGTON FAMILY PAPERS 527 items, 1761-1954 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Ingleside, Charlotte County, and Richmond. Included are a January 12, 1839, deed for slaves, an 1862-82 account book of Henry Carrington containing lists of slaves, an account book of Paul Carrington with lists of slaves, and an 1865 agreement of Clement Carrington with Aaron Read concerning the hiring of free blacks. (MsslC2358c,e,g) 703. CARRINGTON FAMILY PAPERS 5,151 items, 1744-1940 Personal, business, legal, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Edgehill and Mulberry Hill, Charlotte County. Included is a December 7, 1847, list of slaves at Mulberry Hill. (Mss1C2358d) 704. CARTER FAMILY PAPERS 2,556 items, 1651-1861 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of Robert "King" Carter of Corotoman, Lancaster County. Included are letterbooks which are indexed and contain much information on slaves. (MsslC2468a) 705. CHARLOTTE COUNTY RECORDS 1,026 items, 1763-1896 Accounts, correspondence, order books, fee books, and other court records. Included are lists of free blacks. (Mss3C3815a-b) 706. CHIMBORAZO SCHOOL DOCUMENT 1 item, October 8, 1868-June 25, 1869 This register of this Richmond school contains entries on the attendance of Afro-American students. (Mss4C442al) 707. CLAIBORNE FAMILY PAPERS 1,060 items, 1803-1954 Business, personal, legal, and genealogical correspondence and accounts of this Richmond family. Included are notes about the division of slaves and material concerning the imprisonment of John Brown at Harpers Ferry. (MsslC5217a) 708. CLARKE FAMILY PAPERS 761 items, 1815-1938 Personal and business correspondence, primarily of John Clarke of Keswick, Powhatan County. There is correspondence with Frederick Clarke concerning slaves. (MsslC5587a) 709. COCKE FAMILY PAPERS 1,840 items, 1770-1860 Personal and plantation papers, primarily of Stephen Cocke of Woodlawn, Amelia County. Included are lists of slaves. (Mss1C6458b) 710. COCKE FAMILY PAPERS 2,950 items, 1794-1980 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of these families of New Kent and Cumberland counties and Richmond. An 1834-36 cookbook of Mary Banister records the births of slaves. (Mss1C6458dFA2) 711. PHILIP ST. GEORGE COCKE PAPERS 6 items, 1854-71 Plantation records kept by Samuel P. Collier, John W. Talbot, and, George W. Taylor, managers of Cocke's plantations in Powhatan County, Belldale and Bellmead. Included are materials on slaves. (Mss1C6458c) 712. COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS DOCUMENT 1 item, 1731-43 An account book kept by this colonial officer in the Upper James River District. Included in it is a listing of captains, ships, fees, and cargoes of, in part, slaves. (Mss4V819a5) 713. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA DOCUMENT 1 item, February 16, 1865 A pass issued to a slave, Bob, to visit King and Queen County. (Mss4C7609al) 714. HOLMES CONRAD PAPERS 800 items, 1794-1959 Personal, military, and genealogical correspondence and accounts of this Winchester lawyer and Confederate soldier. In the correspondence are agreements made by David Holmes Conrad concerning a slave and discussion of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry. (MsslC7637a-b) 715. ROBERT YOUNG CONRAD PAPERS 156 items, 1850-1944 Personal and legal correspondence and documents of this Winchester lawyer. A brief, undated document concerns the murder trial of a slave, George. (MsslC7638a) 716. COONS FAMILY PAPERS 1,208 items, 1828-1982 Business, personal, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of North Cliff, Culpeper County. Scattered references to slavery include an 1862 bond for the hire of a slave. (MsslC7835a) 717. RICHARD CORBIN PAPERS 13 items, 1767-97 Business and legal correspondence and accounts of this resident of Laneville, King and Queen County. Included are 1778 lists of slaves at Moss Neck, Caroline County, and Richland, King and Queen County. (Mss2C8114b) 718. CORR FAMILY PAPERS 145 items, 1688-1975 Business and legal documents of the Corr and related families of King and Queen County. Included is an 1838 deed for slaves from Anthony Shackelford to Thomas Corr. (MsslC8177a) 719. A. M. CREW DOCUMENT 1 item, 1822-61 List of births of slaves. Most of the slaves were interred in Shockoe Cemetery, Richmond. (Mss2C8676a 1) 720. JOHN CROPPER PAPERS 396 items, 1779-1820 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this resident of Bowman's Folly, Accomack County. In the personal correspondence are scattered letters with references to individual slaves. (MsslC8835a) 721. RICHARD EGGLESTON CUNNINGHAM PAPERS 194 items, 1790-1978 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of Cunningham and other residents of Richmond and central Virginia. An estate document of Edward Cunningham concerns the division of slaves. (MsslC9175a) 722. HENRY CURTIS PAPERS 340 items, 1774-1865 Personal, business, plantation, medical, and legal correspondence and accounts of this physician and resident of Puccoan, Hanover County, Richmond, and Piedmont, Albemarle County. There are scattered references to slaves. (MsslC9434a & Mss2C9435b) 723. CUSTIS FAMILY PAPERS 909 items, 1683-1858 Business, personal, plantation, and legal correspondence and accounts of John Custis (1678-1749) of Williamsburg and York County. Included are slave lists of 1710, 1750, and undated and a 1764 warrant for the arrest of a runaway slave. (MsslC9698a) 724. CHARLES DABNEY COMMONPLACE BOOK 1 item, 1811-1825, photocopy Document that concerns plantation economy in Hanover County and contains lists of slaves. (MssS:SD1124:1) 725. DABNEY FAMILY PAPERS 4,012 items, 1742-1928 Business and personal correspondence and accounts mainly of Charles William Dabney of Aldingham, Hanover County. Included are materials on the operation of the plantation, such as 1833 and 1855 deeds of slaves and an 1867 agreement with John Tyler, a freedman, for the hire of another freedman as a servant. (Mss1D1124b) 726. DANIEL WEBSTER DAVIS PAPERS 52 items, 1900-1959 Literary and personal papers of this Afro-American author and educator from Richmond. (MsslD2915a) 727. JOHN DAWSON LETTERS 3 items, 1788-94 Letters from Richmond. Among the concerns mentioned is the sale of slaves in Augusta County. (Mss2D3253b) 728. JAMES LEWIS DOHERTY PAPERS 155 items, 1969-72 Personal correspondence of this Richmond author while he was serving as chairman of the West End Concerned Parents and Friends, an organization concerned about the desegregation of Richmond schools. (MsslD6805a) 729. DUPUY FAMILY PAPERS 1,059 items, 1781-1896 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Falkland, Prince Edward County. An 1810-65 commonplace book contains birth and death records of slaves. Also included are lists of slaves. (MsslD9295a,c) 730. EARLY FAMILY PAPERS 676 items, 1764-1956 Personal correspondence of this Lynchburg family. The papers of Samuel Henry Early include an 1860 account with D. P. & G. A. Diuguid of Lynchburg for a coffin and the burial of slaves. (Mss1EA765b) 731. EDMUNDS FAMILY PAPERS 99 items, 1826-1950 Business and personal correspondence and accounts of this Charlotte County family. Slave records are included in an account book. (MsslED596a) 732. EDMUNDSON FAMILY PAPERS 1,402 items, 1781-1949 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Fotheringay, Montgomery County. Included are 1813-39 bills of sale for slaves. (MsslED598a) 733. EGGLESTON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 37,000 items, 1788-1975 Personal and business correspondence of this family of Prince Edward i County. Included is a list of slaves of Thomas Walton. (Mss1EG396b) 734. EPPES FAMILY PAPERS 1,067 items, 1722-1953 Business, personal, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Appomattox Manor, Hopewell. Included are an 1851-68 account book which contains lists of slaves; an 1821 will of Patty Cocke, a slave; and a letter concerning the escape of slaves. (MsslEP734a-d) 735. JAMES H. EVANS COLLECTION 6 items, 1856-65 Correspondence of this Farmville native. An 1865 petition from Evans to the Confederate States Department of Engineers seeks pay for a conscripted slave who died while working on fortifications around Richmond. (Mss2EV156b) 736. FAUQUIER COUNTY REGISTER OF FREE BLACKS 1 item, 1817-65 Bound volume that lists names, ages, heights, complexions, and cirCumstance of freedom of free blacks. (Mss4F2742a2) 737. FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH 1 item, 1841-57, photocopy Incomplete minute book of this black church of Richmond. (Mss5:8BX6440F5915: 1) 738. JOHN FITZGERALD PAPERS 303 items, 1827-96 Business and legal correspondence and accounts of this Blackstone merchant. Included are 1859-65 lists of slaves of John Fitzgerald. (MsslF5764a-b) 739. JOHN E. FLETCHER PAPERS 630 items, 1857-1952 Business, personal, and legal correspondence and accounts of this Greene County lumberman. A number of documents concern the hire of slaves. (MsslF6353a-f) 740. REBECCA FOESEE DOCUMENT 1 item, 1818-52 List of births of slaves, location not identified. (Mss2F6862al) 741. FONTAINE FAMILY PAPERS 929 items, 1760-1892 Legal, business, and personal correspondence and accounts of this Buckingham County family. Included are a number of deeds of slaves. (Mss lF7345a) 742. FRIEND FAMILY PAPERS 18 items, 1792-1871 Business and plantation accounts of this family of White Hill, Prince George County. An 1839-69 account book and the diaries of Charles Friend both contain lists of slaves. (MsslF9156a) 743. WILLIAM MAYO FULTON PAPERS 42 items, 1819-1865 Business and legal correspondence and accounts of this Richmond lawyer. Included are deeds for slaves. (Mss2F9599b) 744. GEORGE K. GILMER PAPERS 90 items, 1860-96 Business and personal papers of this Richmond postmaster, much of it relating to the Republican party. (MsslG4215a) 745. GLOUCESTER COUNTY DOCUMENT 1 item, 1767 An order to the county sheriff to apprehend an escaped slave. (Mss4Gsl84) 746. GOOCH FAMILY PAPERS 367 items, 1812-1961 Personal and business correspondence and accounts of this family of Airfield, Henrico County, and Richmond. Included are 1839-52 lists of slaves. (MsslG5906a) 747. JOSEPH NOTON GOODMAN COMMONPLACE BOOK 1 item, 1834-79 Included in this Cumberland County and Roanoke County document is a register of slaves for 1809-56. (MssS:SG6225:1) 748. GRAHAM FAMILY PAPERS 353 items, 1798-1925 Business and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Lexington, Fairfax County. Included is an 1814 affidavit for the hire of a slave. (MsslG7605a) 749. WILLIAM GREEN PAPERS 323 items, 1806-80 Personal and legal correspondence and accounts of this lawyer of Culpeper County. An 1839 affidavit concerns the death of slave, and an 1840 affidavit concerns the age of a free black indentured to John D. Browning. (Mss l G8274a) 750. GRIGSBY FAMILY PAPERS 372 items, 1745-1940 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Hickory Hill, Rockbridge County. Included is an undated list of slaves. (MsslG8785a) 751. HUGH BLAIR GRIGSBY PAPERS 6,929 items, 1745-1944 Personal, business, legal, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this resident of Edgehill, Charlotte County, and Norfolk. Included are an 1829 deed for a slave and 1824 lists of slaves. (Mss1G8782b) 752. GRINNAN FAMILY PAPERS 1,610 items, 1645-1935 Personal, legal, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Brampton, Madison County, Fredericksburg, and Richmond. Included are 1845-65 lists of slaves belonging to John Randolph Bryan, a document for the hire of a slave, and correspondence with Andrew Glassel Grinnan concerning life insurance on slaves. (MsslG8855a) 753. GRYMES FAMILY PAPERS 20 items, 1815-1919 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Selma, Orange County. Included is an 1816 deed for slaves. (MsslG9297a) 754. HANNAH FAMILY PAPERS 4,721 items, 1760-1967 Business, personal, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Gravel Hill, Charlotte County. Plantation records concern slaves and the hiring of free blacks, and an 1800-1851 commonplace book contains information on the births of slaves. (MsslH1956a) 755. HANOVER COUNTY DOCUMENT 1 item, 1780 Tax book of the county assessor. Included are personal accounts of George Clough with entries in 1859 for slaves' corn. (Mss4H1973a2) 756. RICHARD EGGLESTON HARDAWAY DOCUMENT 1 item, 1825-64 An account book concerning the operation of a blacksmith shop in Nottoway County. Included are 1825-30 accounts with slaves. (Mss5:3H2164: 1) 757. ABIGAIL GRANBERY HARGROVES DOCUMENT 1 item, 1694-1818 A commonplace book kept in Nansemond and Norfolk counties that contains notations on the births of slaves. (Mss5:5H2244:1) 758. HAXALL FAMILY PAPERS 431 items, 1835-1920 Chiefly papers of Bolling Walker Haxall of Gordonsville, Richmond, and Springfield, Albemarle County. Included is material on plantation slavery. (MsslH3203a-c, e) 759. HENRY FAMILY PAPERS 1,085 items, 1763-1920 Personal and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Red Hill and Kenwood, Charlotte County. Included is a letter of a slave, Caesar, to James Pulliam Marshall, lists of slaves, and an 1857- 81 account book of William Wirt Henry which contains lists of slaves and notes on the employment of freedmen. (MsslH3968a) 760. HILL FAMILY PAPERS ca. 4,600 items, 1787-1942 Personal, business, legal, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Culpeper County and of Glendalough, Madison County. Included is an 1831 division of the slaves belonging to the estate of James Govan. (MsslH5565aFA2) 761. ISAAC HITE COMMONPLACE BOOK 1 item, 1776-1859 Kept at Belle Grove, Frederick County, this commonplace book includes lists of slaves. (Mss5:5H6375:1) 762. HOLLADAY FAMILY PAPERS 15,396 items, 1728-1968 Business, plantation, personal, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Prospect Hill, Spotsylvania County. There are many lists of slaves and deeds transferring them and accounts of medical treatment of slaves by Dr. Richmond Lewis. Of special interest is a 1799 report concerning the murder of one slave by another. (MsslH7185a-e) 763. JAMES LAWRENCE HOOFF DIARY 1 item, 1855-1860, microfilm Farm diary of agricultural operations in Jefferson County. Included are lists of slaves. (MsslO:no.219) 764. HENRY WATKINS HUNDLEY ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1841-(1923-33) Kept at Dennison Junction, Halifax County, this account book includes an 1841 list of slaves. (Mss5:3H8925:1) 765. HUNDLEY FAMILY PAPERS 80 items, 1817-1900, photocopies Business and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Rose Hill, Essex County. Included is an 1857 pass for a slave. (MsslH8928a) 766. WILLIAM HUNTINGDON PAPERS 143 items, 1808-56 Included in the papers of this Connecticut native who taught school in Charlotte Court House is an 1839-55 diary which records among other topics the religious activities of slaves. (MsslH9262a) 767. JOHNSON FAMILY PAPERS 47 items, 1826-50 Personal, business, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Oakland, Chesterfield County, and Petersburg. Some of the accounts concern the sale of slaves. Also included is an undated list of slaves. (MsslJ6398a) 768. JONES FAMILY PAPERS 69 items, 1808-1942 Legal and business correspondence and accounts of this family of Clarke County. Included is an 1859 bond for a slave. (Mss1J735b) 769. JONES FAMILY PAPERS 101 items, 1819-1964 Personal, legal, and business correspondence and accounts of this family of Loudoun County. Included are an 1819 account of William Mills of Alexandria with the slave Thideas for flour and an 1861-63 list of slaves belonging to Philip De Catesby Jones. (Mss1J735c) 770. ROBERT JORDAN COMMONPLACE BOOK 1 item, 1736-1958 Nansemond County journal that includes 1813-21 lists of slaves belonging to Edmund Jordan as well as births of slaves. (Mss5:5J7664:1) 771. KEITH FAMILY PAPERS 239 items, 1710-1916 Personal, business, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Woodburn, Fauquier County. Included are undated notes concerning the employment of a slave, George, by the Fauquier White Sulphur Springs Company, Fauquier County. (MsslK2694a) 772. LEE FAMILY PAPERS 1,426 items, 1824-1918 Personal correspondence and accounts of George Washington Parke Custis, Mary Custis Lee, Robert E. Lee, and other members of the Lee and Custis families of Arlington, Alexandria, and Lexington. Some of the personal correspondence concerns individual slaves, such as a January 21, 1843, letter of Robert E. Lee on the hire of a slave, Gardner. Intermixed throughout are lists of slaves. (Mss1L51c, f) 773. LEWIS FAMILY PAPERS 44 items, 1749-1920 Business and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Augusta and Rockingham counties. A ca. 1790 inventory of the estate of Thomas Lewis contains a list of slaves. (Mss1L5896b) 774. LUPTON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 1,400 items, 1745-1895 Business and personal correspondence and accounts of this Quaker family of Apple Pie Ridge, Frederick County. Included are records of the administration of the estate of Henry Wells, a free black. (Mss lL9747aFA2) 775. McKENNY FAMILY PAPERS 11 items, 1814-64 Personal and legal correspondence and accounts of this Richmond- area family. Included are 1844-48 bills of sale for slaves and an 1860 agreement for the hire of a slave. (Mss2M1997b) 776. MAJETTE FAMILY PAPERS 999 items, 1812-1908 Personal correspondence of this family of Southampton County. A number of the letters for 1864-65 concern slaves. (MsslM2886a) 777. MARSHALL FAMILY PAPERS 493 items, 1742-1951 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Fauquier County. Included are papers of the Digges family of Fauquier County containing notes on the births and deaths of their slaves, 1758-1859. (MsslM3587a) 778. MASON FAMILY PAPERS 9,967 items, 1789-1965 Personal, political, business, legal, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Fortsville, Southhampton County, and Homestead, Greensville County. A 1793-1831 account book contains lists of slaves; an 1849-53 account book contains entries about the allocation of slaves to Emily Wingfield; and another document contains accounts of Lewis Edmunds Mason of Fortsville, Southhampton County, which enumerate and list slaves. (Mss1M3816a-c) 779. MASSIE FAMILY PAPERS 7,030 items, 1698-1900 Personal and business correspondence and accounts of this family of Nelson County. Included are lists of slaves of Henry Massie in Bath and Alleghany counties. (Mss1M3855c) 780. DAVID JOHN MAYS PAPERS ca. 8,250 items, 1905-85 Business and professional correspondence and records of this Richmond attorney and author. Included are records of his service as chairman of the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government, concerned with integration and school desegregation. (Mss1M4555gFA2) 781. MERCER FAMILY PAPERS 569 items, 1656-1869 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Marlborough, Stafford County. Included are frequent references to and lists of slaves. (MsslM5345a) 782. JOHN PETER METTAUER PAPERS 128 items, 1812-58 Among the records of this Prince Edward County physician are documents on the medical treatment of slaves. (MsslM5677a) 783. MINOR FAMILY PAPERS 5,167 items, 1657- 1942 Personal and military correspondence and accounts of this family of Linden, Fauquier County, and Richmond. Included is a receipt issued by Robert Dabney Minor for slaves detailed to work for the Ordnance Bureau of the Confederate States of America. (Mss1M6663c) 784. MONTAGUE FAMILY PAPERS 337 items, 1808-1939 Business, personal, and legal correspondence and accounts of this Gloucester County family and related families. Of interest are materials concerning the buying and selling of slaves. (MsslM7607a) 785. MYERS FAMILY PAPERS 283 items, 1763-1929 Personal and business correspondence and accounts of this family of Richmond. Included is an 1855 pass to slaves Richard and Narcissa to reside in Richmond. (MsslM9924a) 786. NALLE FAMILY PAPERS 79 items, 1800-62 Mainly personal, business, legal, and military correspondence and accounts of Jesse Nalle and family members of Culpeper County. A large part of the collection concerns slaves and slavery, such as 1809- 19 deeds for slaves and 1839-61 letters concerning individual slaves. (MsslN1495a) 787. NASH FAMILY PAPERS 8,438 items, 1734-1889 Personal, business, legal, and political correspondence and accounts of this family of Red Hill, Powhatan County. There are frequent references to slavery, such as lists, inventories, and deeds. A 1792- 1859 account book of John White Nash mentions a fee for defending two slaves accused of poisoning their master. (MsslN11786a) 788. NEBLETT FAMILY PAPERS 673 items, 1819-91 Business and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Brickland, Lunenburg County. Included are lists of slaves for 1860 and undated. (MsslN2795a) 789. NICHOLSON FAMILY PAPERS 26 items, 1711-1877 Legal and business correspondence and accounts of Thomas Nicholson and family members of Norfolk and Princess Anne counties. Included are papers of the Matthias family with registers of slave births, 1759-99. (MsslN5287a) 790. JANE FRANCES PAGE COMMONPLACE BOOK 1 item, 1802-45 Kept at Castle Hill, Cobham, and Turkey Hill, Albemarle County, this record includes clothing and food accounts for slaves. (Mss5:5P1432: 1) 791. PEYTON FAMILY PAPERS 1,767 items, 1731-1919 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Gordonsdale, Fauquier County. A number of the documents refer to slavery, including deeds. (Mss1P4686b) 792. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION ca. 200 items, ca. mid-nineteenth century to present Many photographs and prints of Afro-Americans and Afro-American scenes are included in subject files under "Negroes," "Agriculture," and "Transportation." Prints and photographs of individual Afro-Americans are filed under their names, including Arthur Ashe, Lott Carey, John Jasper, James Hugo Johnson, James Armistead Lafayette, John Mercer Langston, Maggie Walker, and Booker T. Washington. 793. PICOT FAMILY PAPERS 63 items, 1753-1907 Business, legal, personal, and genealogical correspondence and accounts of this Richmond family. Included are 1863 lists of slaves held by Elizabeth Temple of Ampthill, Chesterfield County. (MsslP5884a) 794. PITTS FAMILY PAPERS 346 items, 1848-1926 Personal and business correspondence and accounts of this family of Essex County. Included are 1860-1922 notes that concern among other things the labor performed by slaves. (MsslP6875a) 795. POLLARD FAMILY PAPERS 2,743 items, 1782-1907 Business, personal, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of King and Queen County. Included is material on the buying and selling of slaves. (MsslP7637a) 796. PRESTON FAMILY PAPERS 4,702 items, 1744-1961 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Fincastle, Washington, Halifax, and Botetourt counties. Included are deeds transferring slaves. (MsslP9267a-e) 797. REPUBLICAN PARTY IN VIRGINIA 852 items, 1896-1926 Consists mainly of correspondence of party officials. Included is an October 1897 pamphlet entitled Address to Colored Voters .... (Mss3R2997a) 798. MARIA GORDON PRYOR RICE REMINISCENCES 1 item, 1855-85 Among the topics discussed by this South Isle, Charlotte County, woman are slavery and freedmen. (Mss5:1P3652:1) 799. RICHMOND CITY SERGEANT PAPERS 22 items, 1841-51 Registers of prisoners including slaves and free blacks. (Mss3R4156b) 800. ARCHIBALD GERARD ROBERTSON DOCUMENT 1 item, 1974 Memoir of preparation of the case of Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954 concerning school desegregation. (Mss5:1 R5453:1) 801. ROBINS FAMILY PAPERS 4,290 items, 1784-1939 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Point Lookout, Gloucester County. Included are inventories and lists of slaves. Of special interest are 1862-63 lists of fugitive slaves owned by Thomas Coleman Robins. (MsslR559Sa) 802. EDMUND RUFFIN PAPERS 826 items, 1818-65 Personal papers of the Marlbourne, Hanover County, agriculturalist and author, including essays and correspondence about the subject of slavery. (Mss1 R8385a) 803. RUTHERFOORD FAMILY PAPERS 200 items, 1811-1946 Personal, legal, and genealogical papers of this Richmond family. Included are materials on plantation slavery and slavery in Virginia, such as lists of slaves. (Mss1R9336:1) 804. SAUNDERS FAMILY PAPERS 3,571 items, 1798-1903 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Bleak Hill, Franklin County. Included are lists of slaves belonging to Anna Maria and Thomas Lewis Preston and 1817-53 lists of slaves sold by Samuel and Fleming Saunders. (MsslSA878a) 805. SHEPHERD FAMILY PAPERS 87 items, 1732-1907 Business, personal, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Princess Anne County and Norfolk. Included are 1856- 62 lists of slaves and documents concerning the hire of slaves. (MsslSH485a) 806. ROBERT WINN SNEAD PAPERS 75 items, 1860-62 Personal correspondence of this Confederate soldier from Amherst County. Included is correspondence with Aunt Peggy, a slave. (MsslSN215a) 807. PHILIP TURNER SOUTHALL ACCOUNT BOOK 2 items, 1817-46 Volume kept by this Amelia County physician that includes entries on the medical treatment of slaves. (Mss5:3So875:1-2) 808. CAROLINE T. SPARROW COLLECIION 1 item, n.d Notes about the case of a female slave tried before the Hustings Court of Richmond in February and March 1843 for burning a dwelling occupied by William Rushmer. (Mss7:3E443SP272:1) 809. SPRAGINS FAMILY PAPERS 7,572 items, 1753-1967 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Cherry Hill, Halifax County. Frequent references to slavery and slaves include an 1816 notice of slaves for hire, a register of ages of slaves bought by Melchizedek Spragins, and an 1845 affidavit concerning the fugitive slave Charles. (MsslSP716a-b) 810. JAMES STANARD PAPERS 6 items, 1833-74 Personal and legal correspondence and documents of this free black from Philadelphia, including his emancipation and a manumission certificate for Maria Spencer. (Mss2ST2423b) 811. STICKLEY FAMILY PAPERS 416 items, 1795-1912 Business, legal, military, and personal correspondence and accounts of Daniel Stickley of Shenandoah County. Included is a November 25, 1844, slave list. (MsslSTSlSa) 812. EDMUND FITZGERALD STONE LETTER 1 item, December 7, 1864, photocopy Letter mentioning the use of black troops by the Federal army during the Civil War. (Mss2ST714al) 813. STUART FAMILY PAPERS 1,005 items, 1785-1888 Chiefly legal and business papers of Archibald Stuart of Staunton. Subjects discussed include land, slaves, and colonization. (MsslST9102b-e) 814. PETER SUBLETT DOCUMENT 1 item, December 18, 1788 Deed of emancipation for slaves. (Mss2SU162al) 815. TALIAFERRO FAMILY PAPERS 42 items, 1820-1920 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Belleville, Gloucester County. Included is a list of slaves. (MsslT1438a) 816. TAYLOE FAMILY PAPERS 28,335 items, 1650-1970 Business, personal, and legal papers of this family of Mount Airy, Richmond County. A large part of the collection concerns the management of plantations, including significant materials on overseers and slavery and the movement of slaves from Virginia to Mississippi. (Mss1T2118a-e) 817. TEMPLE FAMILY PAPERS 175 items, 1675-1901 Business, personal, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Ampthill, Chesterfield County. Included are an 1865 list of slaves belonging to Benjamin Temple and an 1831 letter of Charles Thompson in England to Judith, a slave belonging to George Garrett of Middlesex County, concerning her daughter, Mary Ann Markham, an escaped slave. (Mss1T2478b) 818. THOM FAMILY PAPERS 343 items, 1670-1924 Legal, business, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Berry Hill, Culpeper County. Included are a number of wills specifying the division of slaves, an undated list of slaves, and account books with information concerning the emancipation of slaves. (MsslT3602a) 819. THORNTON FAMILY PAPERS 1,248 items, 1744-1954 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of these families of Lauderdale County, Shelby County, and Memphis, Tennessee. Included are estate papers deeding slaves and an 1855 agreement leasing slaves. (Mss1T3977b) 820. BENJAMIN TOLER DOCUMENT 1 item, November 12, 1783 List of slaves belonging to Sam[ue]l Gist in Goochland, Hanover, and Louisa counties. (Mss2T5757al) 821. TOMPKINS FAMILY PAPERS 2,930 items, 1792-1869 Personal, legal, business, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Poplar Grove, Mathews County. Included are lists of slaves and correspondence concerning individual slaves. A 1864-65 diary of Christopher Tompkins concerning operations at the Dover Coal Mine, Goochland County, contains lists of slaves, and there are 1863-64 letters written to Tompkins from Jack Foster, a slave with the 36th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army. (MsslT5996a-d) 822. TREDEGAR COMPANY DOCUMENT 1 item, January 1, 1864 Bond to J. M. Burton concerning the employment of a slave as an ironworker. (Mss4T7138al) 823. UPPER APPOMATTOX COMPANY RECORDS 22 items, 1796-1935 Business documents of this company including minutes, reports, stockholder certificates, and account books. Also included is an 1809 list of slaves. (Mss3UP65a) 824. ARCHIBALD VAUGHAN DOCUMENT 1 item, 1835-66 An account book which includes 1850-66 accounts of Henry Carrington of Ingleside, Charlotte County, concerning the hire of slaves. (Mss5:3V4654: 1) 825. WILLIAM MACON WALLER PAPERS 27 items, 1843-50 Personal and business papers of this planter of Forest Hill, Amherst County. Included are letters from Waller concerning his trip to Mississippi to sell slaves and the trial of the slave Virginia. (Mss2W1567b) 826. RICHARD HENRY WATKINS DOCUMENT 1 item, 1847-96 An account book kept at Linden, Prince Edward County, which includes information on the births of slaves. (Mss5:3W3275:1) 827. WATKINS FAMILY PAPERS 640 items, 1801-1960 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Linden, Prince Edward County. There is little material on slavery, but an undated deed concerning a slave is included. (MsslW3286a-b) 828. BEVERLEY RANDOLPH WELLFORD PAPERS 187 items, 1773-1907 Includes a 1779 inventory of the estate of Landon Carter and an October 8, 1773, deed to Timothy Younglove for a slave. (MsslW4597e) 829. WEST FAMILY PAPERS 2,005 items, 1843-1976 Business and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Gravel Hill, Buckingham County. Included are a bond for the hire of a slave and 1860 accounts concerning slaves. (Mss1W5207b) 830. WILLIAMS FAMILY PAPERS 4,062 items, 1811-1946 Personal, business, and legal papers of this Richmond family. Included is a January 1, 1811, deed for two slaves. (MsslW6767a-b) 831. WILLSON FAMILY PAPERS 210 items, 1781-1838 Business and plantation correspondence and accounts of this Amelia County family. Included is an October 7, 1826, affidavit for a runaway slave. (MsslW6867a) 832. BICKERTON LYLE WINSTON ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1846-59 Included in this document of this Hanover County planter are accounts with slaves. (Mss5:3W73341) 833. JENNINGS CROPPER WISE PAPERS 101 items, 1886-1965 Business and personal papers of this Richmond and New York lawyer. Included is material on the integration of schools. (MsslW7544a) 834. WOOLFOLK FAMILY PAPERS 579 items, 1780-1936 Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Mulberry Place and Shepherd's Hill, Caroline County. Included is an 1811-19 account book with a list of slaves. (MsslW8844a) 835. YIELDING ZION BAPTIST CHURCH DOCUMENT 1 item, February 25, 1923 A letter to A. B. Bland concerning his dismissal as pastor of the black church in Burkeville, Nottoway County. (Mss4Y525al) 836. WILLIAM PROBY YOUNG DIARY 1 item, 1860 Included in this diary of a ship's doctor on the Castilion is discussion of the American Colonization Society. (MssS:lY876:1) VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY

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837. NEW FARMERS OF AMERICA, MARYLAND, ASSOCIATION RECORDS ca. 110 items, ca. 1920-50 Business papers of this national organization for Afro-American students studying vocational agriculture. There are many photographs. (Ms84-112) 838. NORFOLK AND PETERSBURG RAILROAD COMPANY RECORDS ca. 250 items, 1853-71 Business ledgers, journals, reports, cash books, construction accounts, annual reports, and subject files of this railroad. Included are bonds for the hire of slaves in 1858. (Ms81-042) 839. SLAVE SHIP RECORDS 6 items, 1750 Ledger accounts of the ship Elizabeth concerning the sale of indigo, sugar, and slaves to M. de Fleurian by Captain Audebert of the Navire l'Elizabet de la Rochelle in St. Dominique. (Ms74-001) THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA

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840. AFRICAN METHODIST CHURCH 1 item, 1842-56, microfilm Included as part of the minutes of Quarterly Conferences of the Monumental Methodist Church of Portsmouth are reports from this Portsmouth church formed in 1843 when black members separated from the Dinwiddie Street Methodist Church. (Acc. 29799f) 841. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, BOARD OF COLONIZATION 11 items, 1856-58 Vouchers of the board that was created on April 6, 1853, to supervise the transportation of free blacks to Liberia on a voluntary basis. (RG 48.110) 842. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CAPITATION TAXES 2 items, 1861 and n.d. Lists of male and female blacks over twelve years of age in Amherst County. (RG 48.409) 843. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CAPITATION TAXES ca. 100 items, 1850-52 Alphabetical lists by locality of free blacks who were delinquent in payment. (RG 48.413) 844. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CAPITATION TAXES 2 items, 1856 A list of free blacks of Westmoreland County delinquent in payment. (RG 48.414) 845. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CAPITATION TAXES 1 item, 1852 A list of free blacks of Page County delinquent in payment. (RG 48.417) 846. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CAPITATION TAXES 76 vols., 1910-27 These volumes list those who were assessed a penalty for nonpayment of the capitation or poll tax. The lists denote race. (RG 48.415 & 416) 847. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, COMMISSIONERS OF REVENUE 1 item, 1837 A list of free blacks in Williamsburg. (RG 48.614) 848. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, DELINQUENT PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BOOKS ca. 350 items, 1819-82 The Richmond City lists contain the names of delinquent free blacks for hire. (RG 48.629) 849. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, FINES ca. 75 items, 1917-18 Lists of deeds for the partition and conveyance of land. The records contain names of grantors and grantees and their race. (RG 48.571) 850. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, GUN FACTORY AT FREDERICKSBURG 14 items, 1778, 1783 Consists of apprentices' indentures and vouchers. Included among the vouchers are those for pay due the Afro-American workers. (RG 48.173) 851. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, INDUSTRIES ca. 50 items, 1778-89 Accounts and receipts of the lead mines. Of particular interest are references to slaves employed at the Oxford Iron Works in Bedford County. (RG 48.661) 852. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, INDUSTRIES 16 items, 1781-92 Accounts of the public foundry at Westham. Included are references to black workers. (RG 48.662) 853. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, INDUSTRIES, PUBLIC ROPEWALK ca. 250 items, 1776-89 Correspondence, accounts, and receipts of the ropewalk at Norfolk and then Warwick. Included are records that refer to Afro-American workers. ( RG 48.663) 854. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES ca. 19,000 vols. and 130 microfilm reels, 1782-1927 Tax books listing those who paid taxes on personal property, which included slaves until 1865. (RG 48.633) 855. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, OVERSEER OF THE POOR ca. 6,000 items, 1800-1909 Included in these materials are the annual reports of the superintendent of the poor for the various counties. Arranged chronologically, the reports identify individuals by name and race. (RG 48.739) 856. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC CLAIMS, BLACK TITHABLES ca. 500 items, 1846 Reports on the numbers of free blacks and slaves subject to taxation in each locality. (RG 48.755) 857. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC CLAIMS, CONDEMNED BLACKS ca. 2,000 items, 1783-1865 General records of slaves and free blacks condemned, executed, and transported. If a slave was condemned, the value to the owner was estimated and certified to the auditor. (RG 48.756) 858. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC CLAIMS, FREE BLACKS ca. 500 items, 1833-37, 1839, 1850-60, 1862-63 Reports on free blacks, including acts for removal, assessments, capitation taxes, and voluntary enslavements. (RG 48.757) 859. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC CLAIMS, INSURRECTIONS ca. 400 items, 1800-1801, 1831-33 Records, consisting mainly of militia payrolls and accounts of other expenses involved in the official reaction to two slave revolts, Gabriel's Insurrection and Nat Turner's Rebellion. (RG 48.758) 860. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, PUBLIC CLAIMS, RUNAWAY AND ESCAPED SLAVES ca. 200 items, 1806-59, 1863 Receipts and reports, including reports of runaways, reports of the sales of runaways, and receipts of the sales of runaways. (RG 48.759) 861. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, REVENUE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION, CAPITATION LISTS ca. 500 items, 1879-83 Capitation and property tax lists from different localities, divided by race. (RG 48.335) 862. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, REVENUE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION, FREE NEGROES 1 item, 1851 A return that lists free blacks in Norfolk. (RG 48.339) 863. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, VIRGINIA MANUFACTURY OF ARMS ca. 130,000 items, 1798-1828, 1830-64 Records of the operation of this factory, including pay vouchers for Afro-American workers. (RG 48.175) 864. PHILIP AND WILLIAM R. AYLETT 1 item, 1813-31, 1866-71, microfilm Business accounts of these King William County residents. Included are entries on the purchase of slaves. (Acc. 29438) 865. REVEREND ALEXANDER BALMAIN RECORD BOOK 1 item, 1782-1821, photocopy Church record kept by this rector of the Winchester Episcopal Church. Included are entries for slave births. (Acc. 20562) 866. SAMUEL H. BELL LEDGER 1 item, 1844-67 Accounts of this Augusta County farmer, including an 1852-53 account of the hiring of slaves belonging to the estate. (Acc. 25459) 867. BIBLE RECORDS Copies of records from family Bibles, some including vital statistics. The Guide to Bible Records (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1985), compiled by Lyndon H. Hart III, is available. 868. JOHN AND JOHN R. BILLUPS LEDGER 1 item, 1774-1838, photocopy A ledger primarily concerned with the collection of the parish levy of Gloucester and Mathews counties. Later entries of 1803-38 include records of births, deaths, or sales of slaves. (Acc. 20998) 869. BINNS FAMILY PAPERS 2 items, 1814 and n.d. Included in these estate papers of New Kent County is a listing of slaves with their surnames added later. (Acc. 20543) 870. RICHARD BLOW RECEIPT BOOK 1 item, 1784-96 and 1809-14 Business account of this Portsmouth judge, president of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, and president of the Farmer's Bank of Norfolk. Included are receipts for the hire of slaves. (Acc. 27744) 871. GEORGE BOLLING LElTER 1 item, January 1, 1850 Written to Mrs. Rebecca B. Colquhoun of Petersburg concerning the division of the slaves of her mother's estate. (Acc. 23709f) 872. BOULWARE FAMILY MEMORANDUM BOOK 1 item, 1762-1863, photocopy Included in this Caroline County document are pages noting the births of slaves. (Acc. 27162) 873. BOARD OF BRIERY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RECORDS 3 items, 1760-1847, photocopies Session books and the treasurer's book of this Prince Edward County church. Most of the entries in the treasurer's book deal with the hiring of slaves. (Acc. 20586, 20587, & 23834) 874. ROBERT BRISTOW PAPERS 2 items, 1688-1750 Ledger for 1688-90 and letterbook for 1705-37 and 1746-50 of this London merchant relating to Virginia activities including tobacco production and plantation management. Some of the letters concern clothing for slaves. (Acc. 22953) 875. J. WILCOX BROWN REMINISCENCE 1 item, 1904 This Afton resident's recollection of relations with his slaves before and during the Civil War. (Acc. 92) 876. BRYAN FAMILY PAPERS ca 2,650 items, 1679-1943 Business, legal, personal, and genealogical correspondence and accounts of this Virginia family. Included is material on slavery. (Acc. 24882) 877. SLAUGHTER B. BULLOCK DOCUMENT 1 item, June 17, 1865, photocopy An agreement of terms of employment with former slaves. Bullock resided in Spotsylvania County. (Acc. 22133) 878. JOHN BUTTERWORTH COLLECTION 7 items, 1790-1890 Dinwiddie County records including a slave deed. (Acc. 21509) 879. CARTER FAMILY PAPERS ca. 10,000 items, 1736-1923, microfilm Business, legal, and plantation correspondence and accounts of this family of Shirley, Charles City County. The records contain many documents concerning slave labor, such as an 1835-64 slave record book and a list of provisions supplied to the slaves. (Acc. 28429) 880. CERTIFICATE OF FREEDOM DOCUMENT 1 item, 1853 A certificate noting that America Wood of Albemarle County was a free black. (Acc. 21096) 881. JOSHUA CHAFFIN LEDGERS 3 items, 1792-1818 Business ledgers of this Amelia County sheriff. Included are 1792- 1803 lists slave births with dates of sale and death. (Acc. 25114d-f) 882. GENERAL DUNCAN L. CLINCH DOCUMENT 1 item, January 8, [18]60 A division of the slaves of an estate which may have been Refuge Plantation, Georgia. (Acc. 26902) 883. COAN BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 2 items, 1804-1923, photocopy and microfilm Minute book for 1804-51 and the membership book for 1805-1923 of this Northumberland County church. Entries in the minute book for 1814 note that some black members were influenced by the British to run away. (Acc. 20555 & 29808) 884. COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT ca. 22,200 items, 1958-69 Correspondence, financial records, minutes, and reports of the commission created to oppose school desegregation and to support the "massive resistance" movement. (RG 70) 885. CONVENTION OF 1901-2 ca. 700 items, 1901-2 Attendance books, committee reports, constitution, and minutes of the convention called with the explicit purpose of disfranchising the black voter. (RG 97) 886. ELSIE COOPER COLLECTION 2 items, 1855, 1864 Included is a June 12, 1855, letter from Samuel F. McGill in Monrovia, Liberia, writing about the settlement of immigrants from America. (Acc. 23715) 887. COUNTY RECORDS Included in these voluminous records, in addition to wills, deeds, loose papers, etc., are documents such as free black certificates. A Records Management Manual for State and Local Government Agencies (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1985) by William Grady Ray contains a good description of the records as well as a list of records by county available on microfilm in Appendix K, p. 77. 888. GENERAL JOHN CROPPER, JR., LEDGER 1 item, 1789-1800, microfilm A ledger of this Accomack County resident which includes accounts for free blacks and charges placed against runaway slaves. (Acc. 32062) 889. DANDRIDGE-PAYNE PAPERS 4 items, 1751-93 Included is a 1751 deed of gift for two slaves. (Acc. 24722) 890. DAYBOOK 1 item, 1825-70 Business account of an unidentified tailor of New Kent County. Included are entries on the hire of slaves. (Acc. 21386) 891. DAYBOOK 1 item, 1823-28 Business account of an unidentified merchant of Alexandria. Included is a March 1828 record of slaves purchased. (Acc. 20608) 892. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, NEGRO REFORMATORY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 2 items, 1905-42 Minutes of the board of trustees of the association, also called the Virginia Industrial Schools for Colored Children. (RG 42) 893. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, VIRGINIA MANUAL LABOR SCHOOL FOR COLORED BOYS 1 item, 1922-40 Minute book of the executive committee. (RG 42) 894. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SCHOOLS ca. 4,800 items, 1965-70 Files concerning the desegregation of Virginia public schools. (RG 27) 895. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DIVISION OF VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS, BIRTH RECORDS 82 vols. & 68 reels of microfilm, 1853-96 Virginia jurisdictions began keeping vital records in 1853. The birth registers contain names, sex, race, birth date, and for slaves, owners. (RG 36) 896. JAMES AND JOHN DUNLOP RECORDS 4 items, 1809-41, photocopies Business records of these Chesterfield County planters and merchants. An 1830-31 memorandum and account book concerns the hire of slaves. (Acc. 23873) 897. MARTHA BURKE EPPES COMMONPLACE BOOK 1 item, 1823-57 Included in this Buckingham County document are entries concerning the distribution of clothing and blankets to slaves. (Acc. 20856) 898. JOHN E. FLETCHER PAPERS 54 items, 1858-84 Military and personal correspondence and accounts of this Fauquier County farmer and soldier. Included are agreements to hire slaves. (Acc. 31718) 899. WILLIAM GATEWOOD LEDGER 1 item, 1772-1822, 1861, microfilm Business accounts of this Essex County merchant. Included are 1773- 1861 records on the births of slaves, at times noting parentage. (Acc. 30056) 900. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Includes documents such as sound recordings of Commission on Public Education, a public hearing on school desegregation, November 15, 1954 (Acc. 32117; copies in Acc. 32403 and RG 122), and the transcript of a public hearing on July 27, 1959, on the integration of public schools in Floyd County (Acc. 32749). 901. WILLIAM ORVILLE GEORGE PAPERS 7,000 items, 1695-1869 Legal, business, and personal correspondence and accounts of this Richmond businessman. Included are 1729-74 slave deeds. (Acc. 24642) 902. JOSEPH R. GOODMAN REGISTER 1 item, 1803-29, photocopy This Cumberland and Roanoke County document includes births of slaves. (Acc. 27882) 903. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, LETTERS RECEIVED ca. 2,151 feet, 1776-1984 Of special interest in this voluminous amount of correspondence directed to Virginia governors are the administrations of the governors during the period when Virginia struggled to desegregate the public school system, Thomas B. Stanley, J. Lindsay Almond, and Albertis S. Harrison. (RG 3) 904. GRAVES FAMILY PAPERS 57 items, 1731-1863 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Madison County. Included are a number of slave appraisals for estate purposes. (Acc. 20563) 905. GREGORY FAMILY PAPERS 359 items, 1764-1855 Financial and legal correspondence and documents of this family of Elsing Green, King William County. Included are estate records listing slaves. (Acc. 25325) 906. NANCY GUTHRIDGE PAPERS 5 items, 1834, 1856, photocopies Papers relating to the emancipation of this woman in Louisa County and her registration in Halifax County as a free black. (Acc. 30892) 907. JOSEPH GWATHMEY PAPERS 1 item, December 27, 1836, photocopy An inventory and appraisement of slaves of the Gwathmey estate in King William County. (Acc. 26315) 908. RICHARD HALEY DOCUMENT 1 item, March 18, 1779 A Washington County runaway time account by a slave. (Acc. 25201) 909. OVERTON HARRIS LETTER 1 item, September 17, 1825, photocopy A letter from Todd County, Kentucky, to Benjamin Harris of Louisa County. There is discussion of illness among the slaves. (Acc. 23388) 910. ALLEN HINES PAPERS 6 items, 1830-43, photocopies Legal and business correspondence and accounts of this Surry and Sussex County resident. Included is a note regarding the hire of blacks in 1840. (Acc. 32483) 911. WILLIAM HODGSON LETTERBOOK 1 item, 1803-07 Document concerning the estate of William Ludwell Lee, Green Spring, James City County. Included are letters discussing the disposition of the estate's slaves. (Acc. 29067) 912. WALTER G. HUDGINS AND WILLIAM HOULDER PAPERS 236 items, 1850-94 Business correspondence and accounts of a Mathews County general store. An 1869-70 volume details the accounts with local black residents. (Acc. 24667) 913. C. STERLING HUTCHESON PAPERS ca. 12,000 items, ca. 1940-69 Personal, business, and professional correspondence of this noted jurist from Mecklenburg County. Included are materials relating to the desegregation of public schools in Prince Edward County when he was U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia. (Acc. 32432) 914. ROBERT R. JACKSON LEDGER 1 item, 1828-50, microfilm Business accounts of this deputy sheriff of Fairfax County which include the hire of slaves and the 1841 sale of slaves in Vicksburg, Mississippi. (Acc. 29377) 915. JERDONE FAMILY ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1761-1865, photocopy An "Age Book" of slaves of this Louisa County family. (Acc. 20415) 916. JARRETT A. JETER DOCUMENT 1 item, August 6, 1825, photocopy Bill of sale for a slave sold by this Amelia County resident to Pleasant Richards. (Acc. 24846) 917. JONES FAMILY DOCUMENTS 12 items, 1844-64 Business accounts of this family of Buckingham County, which include physicians' accounts for the medical treatment of slaves. (Acc. 21359) 918. IRENE BLAND JURIX LETTER 1 item, August 15, [1941?] Includes biographical information on Mrs. Jurix's brother, James A. Bland, the Afro-American composer of various songs including the state song "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny." (Acc. 27469) 919. KERSEY AND DAVIS COMPANY RECORDS 127 items, 1858-1910 Business records of this Richmond general contracting company. Included is a receipt of premiums from the Lynchburg Hose and Fire Insurance Company for insurance on a slave. (Acc. 23319) 920. LAND OFFICE, REGISTER ca. 150,000 items, 416 vols. & 285 microfilm reels, 1790 to present Included in the volumes are deed and will books. Manumissions are sometimes entered in the deed books. The will books specify race only if the writer so chose. Some of the bounty warrant claims were filed by black veterans. (RG 4) 921. MARY CUSTIS LEE LETTER 1 item, February 17, 1858 Letter from Mrs. Robert E. Lee at Arlington to [W. G.] Webster discussing agitation among her slaves. (Acc. 22404) 922. FIELDING LEWIS PAPERS ca. 1,400 items, 1783-1900, microfilm Business, legal, plantation, and personal correspondence and accounts of this family of Charles City and Gloucester counties. Included is material on slavery such as lists of taxable slaves and accounts for their clothing. Originals are in the Regenstein Library, University of Chicago. (Restricted Acc. 29514) 923. CYRUS H. McCORMICK LETTER 1 item, December 2, [18]54 Written from Washington, D.C., to "My Faithful Servant, Joseph" granting him the right to work as he pleased. (Acc. 22121e) 924. MACON FAMILY DOCUMENT 1 item, 1780-1861 Book detailing slave ownership of this family of New Kent and Hanover counties. (Acc. 31564) 925. WILLIAM MASSIE ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1836-65, photocopy A "Slave record book" kept by this manager of Pharsalia and Level Green, Nelson County. It contains detailed information on names, births, deaths, acquisition, illness, and other pertinent data on slaves. (Acc. 20610) 926. MOSSINGFORD BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 1 item, 1823-69, photocopy Minute book of this Charlotte County church. The church had a large slave membership, many of whom belonged to John Randolph. The black members applied for and were granted permission to organize a separate church in 1865. (Acc. 28981) 927. MOUNT TIRZAH BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 3 items, 1834-1915, photocopies Minute books of this Charlotte County church. This church had a large black membership, and the minutes reflect debate about their welfare. (Acc. 24261a, b, c) 928. MOUNTAIN PLAIN BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 1 item, 1833-69(-1886), photocopy Minute book of this Albemarle County church known before 1858 as the Escol Baptist Church. Some of the entries refer to slaves whose owners are named in the membership lists. (Acc. 29393) 929. NOMINI BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 2 items, 1824-83, photocopies Minute books of this Westmoreland County church. Of the 875 members reported in 1809, a large number were slaves. (Acc. 30051a, b) 930. OFFICE OF THE SECOND AUDITOR, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO REMOVE FREE PERSONS OF COLOR ca. 300 items, 1833-52 Correspondence, certificates, lists, etc., for 1850-52 and the minutes of the board for 1833-39 and 1850-52. 931. SILAS OMOHUNDRO PAPERS 52 items, 1842-82 Business and legal correspondence and accounts of this Richmond- area slave trader. Included in the records are accounts of boarding charges for slaves, 1851-64 records of sales, entries for medical expenses, and fees paid for newspaper advertisements of runaway slaves. (Acc. 29642) 932. SAMUEL OVERTON DOCUMENT 1 item, April 5, 1806 A deed of emancipation issued to Marcia Smith and John Willis by this resident of Hanover County. (Acc. 26895) 933. PATTESON FAMILY PAPERS 2,590 items, 1734-1896 Legal, business, and personal correspondence of this Buckingham County family. Included are estate papers. (Acc. 24295) 934. WILLIAM PORTER DOCUMENT 1 item, September 19, 1803 A deed of emancipation issued to Jenny and her daughter, Jenny, by William Porter of Portsmouth and recorded in Norfolk County. (Acc. 26898) 935. PUPIL PLACEMENT BOARD ca. 173,000 items, 1957-66 General records, applications, correspondence, financial records, minutes, and public hearings of the board created by the General Assembly in September 1956 as part of the Commonwealth's opposition to school desegregation under the "massive resistance" program. (RG 62) 936. PHILIP RAINEY PAPERS 8 items, 1830-51 Business and personal correspondence of this resident of Boydton. Included is information on the hiring out of slaves. (Acc. 27850) 937. RIDDICK FAMILY PAPERS 19 items, 1798-1860 Personal and business correspondence and accounts of this Nansemond County family, including slave lists. (Acc. 28524) 938. ROANOKE DISTRICT BAPTIST ASSOCIATION RECORDS 1 item, 1789-1831, photocopy Minute book of the association which included Pittsylvania and surrounding counties. Included is discussion of a plan to purchase a slave and set him free so that he could "preach the Gospel." (Acc. 23600) 939. EDMUND RUFFIN JOURNAL 1 item, January 1, 1844-September 15, 1851 Plantation journal for Marlbourne, Hanover County. Included are entries concerning the work of the slaves in the marl fields. (Acc. 14060) 940. FRANK GILDART RUFFIN PAPERS 22 items, 1874-92 Personal correspondence and manuscripts of this journalist who wrote about race relations and the condition of blacks in Virginia in the 1880s. (Acc. 28838) 941. WILLIAM HENRY RUFFNER PAPERS 102 items, 1866-1907, photocopies Personal correspondence and notes of this Presbyterian minister and educator. Of special interest is a folder of research notes on John Chavis, a free black minister. (Acc. 24814) 942. GARNETT RYLAND COLLECTION 15 items, 1832-60, photocopies Included are character certificates for slaves seeking to join Bethel Baptist Church, Clarke County. (Acc. 22681) 943. ROBERT SAMPSON DOCUMENT 1 item, July 18, 1857, photocopy Registration as a free black in Richmond. (Acc. 31123) 944. SAUNDERS FAMILY PAPERS 176 items, 1830-99 Business and legal correspondence and accounts of this family of Buckingham County. The records contain an 1819-55 list of slave births and an April 24, 1865, document issued from Headquarters, U.S. Forces, Petersburg, concerning recently freed slaves. (Acc. 28053) 945. WILLIAM SELDEN ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1811-32 Maintained by William Selden as executor of estates in Henrico and Prince George counties. Among the loose items is an 1827-32 account for the medical treatment of slaves. (Acc. 27812) 946. SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 1 item, 1825-73, photocopy Minute book of this Charlotte County church. The minutes often refer to church business related to black members. (Acc. 27453) 947. MRS. E. B. SHORT COLLECTION 2 items, 1783, 1800, photocopies Dinwiddie County records including a 1783 slave deed. (Acc. 27289) 948. SKINQUARTER BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS 9 items, 1824-1915, photocopies Four minute books and five deeds of this Chesterfield County church. A notation was made in 1868 that the black members had withdrawn to form their own church. (Acc. 26297, 29968a, b, c, & 28288) 949. SLAVE LETTER 1 item, November 6, 1864, photocopy A letter from a slave, Sipe, to "Master" commenting on the foraging of Union soldiers, possibly in Georgia. (Acc. 26903) 950. SMITH SLAUGHTER DOCUMENT 1 item, April 25, 1791 Bill of sale for a slave sold by this Berkeley County resident to James Graham. (Acc. 20498) 951. TAYLOE FAMILY PAPERS 3 items, 1844, 1857, photocopies Includes a letter to W. H. Tayloe permitting his slave to marry. (Acc. 27154) 952. TELFAIR FAMILY PAPERS 21 items, 1803-93, photocopies Legal, business, and genealogical correspondence and accounts of this family of Wilkes County, Georgia. Included is an 1838 list of slaves. (Acc. 32226) 953. TREDEGAR IRON COMPANY RECORDS ca. 550,000 items, 1836-1955 Business correspondence and accounts of this Richmond-area business. Included in the voluminous records is a ledger entitled "Negroes and Rations at Catawba, 1863." (Acc. 23881a-g) 954. UPPER GOLD MINE BAPTIST CHURCH 1 item, 1845-73, microfilm Minute book of this Louisa County church. The minutes refer to attempts to help the black members form their own church after the Civil War. (Acc. 29815) 955. REVEREND CORTLANDT VAN RENSSELAER COLLECTION 15 items, 1784-1851 Correspondence of this prominent New York Presbyterian minister who included among his duties missionary work among slaves in Virginia. (Acc. 23002) 956. WALKER FAMILY LEDGER 1 item, 1770-1860, photocopy A business and plantation ledger kept by this family of King and Queen County. Included are entries about slave labor. (Acc. 22455) 957. CHARLES M. WALLACE, JR., COLLECTION 88 items, 1896-1912 A compilation entitled "Collection of Negro Melodies" (Acc. 1) 958. WATKINS FAMILY PAPERS 384 items, 1852-89, microfilm Personal correspondence of this family of Prince Edward Court House. Included are comments on the conditions of blacks during Reconstruction. (Acc. 29283) 959. WICKHAM FAMILY PAPERS 8 items, 1836-63 Personal correspondence and accounts of this Hanover County family. Included are a January 1, 1836, list of slaves and a July 31, 1863, list of slaves "carried off by the Yankees." (Acc. 27679) 960. NATHANIEL WILSON DOCUMENT 1 item, December 26, 1809 An estate division of his slaves of unknown location. (Acc. 21121) 961. WILSON-HAIRSTON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 16,800 items, 1751-1928, microfilm Business, legal, plantation, and personal correspondence and accounts of these families of Henry and Pittsylvania counties and of Davie, Rockingham, and Stokes counties, North Carolina. The mercantile business was primarily associated with tobacco, and there are records of the purchase and hiring of slaves. Lists of slaves are included in the plantation records. Original records are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library. (Restricted Acc. 30805) 962. JACOB E. YODER DIARIES 3 items, 1861-70 Diaries of this teacher in Lynchburg who taught under the auspices of the Freedmen's Bureau. (Acc. 27680) 963. ZION HILL BAPTIST CHURCH 2 items, 1834-66, photocopies Minute books of this Botetourt County church, which until 1840 was known as Patterson's Creek Church. 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964. HELEN ESTES BAKER PAPERS 200 items, 1950-67 Personal and business correspondence of this graduate of Virginia State University from Suffolk. The collection reflects her commitment to social activism. (Acc. 0082-19) 965. JOHN F. BANKS PAPERS 76 items, 1910-59 Consists of photographs and artifacts from the Christiansburg Institute. (Acc. 0085-34) 966. JOHN R. BEVERLY, JR., PAPERS 3 items, 1922-79 A photograph, funeral program, and history of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Oxford. (Acc. 0082-58) 967. BLACK NEWSPAPERS COLLECTION 1882-1913 Issues of some of the black-owned newspapers that existed in and around the Southside Virginia area beginning in 1882. (Acc. 0076-55d) 968. REVEREND GEORGE FREEMAN BRAGG PAPERS ca. 400 items, 1892-1925 Personal and business correspondence, accounts, and printed items of the first black Episcopal bishop in the United States. Included are copies of the newspaper published by Bragg, The Afro-American Churchman. (Acc. 0042-18) 969. JAMES A. BREWER PAPERS 7 items, ca. 1790s Manumission papers of slaves in North Carolina. The material was collected by Brewer while he was a faculty member at Virginia State. Included is a petition for the self-hire of a slave in Wilmington, North Carolina. (Acc. 0078-25) 970. CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (CIAA) COLLECTION 1929- Bulletins pertaining to the association's athletics. (Acc. 0076-55e) 971. COLSON-HILL FAMILY PAPERS ca. 100,000 items, 1833-1984 Personal, business, and academic correspondence of this antebellum free black and slave family from Petersburg. Included are letters concerning activities of the underground railroad in Petersburg. This large collection contains the papers of a number of related family members who were all involved in black academic institutions in Virginia. Among the correspondents are William Still, John Henry Hill, and William Henry Johnson. (Acc. 0065-13) 972. JAMES MAJOR COLSON III PAPERS 65 items, 1835- 1915 Financial correspondence, printed items, and other memorabilia of the Colson-Hill family. (Acc. 0088- 13b) 973. ROBERT PRENTISS DANIEL PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, (1886)-ca. 1940-55 Personal and business correspondence of the fifth president of Virginia State, one of the leading proponents behind equalization of salaries and integration at institutions of higher learning in Virginia. (Acc. 0076-16) 974. E. F. S. DAVIS PAPERS ca. 30 items, 1962-65 Business and personal correspondence, writings, speeches, pamphlets, and news clippings of this professor of philosophy and religion at Virginia State University. (Acc. 0086-42) 975. RUSSELL DeBOSE PAPERS 9 items, ca. 1940s-1960s Photographs, most of which pertain to homecoming activities at Virginia State University. (Acc. 0085-54) 976. E. S. DECOSTA PAPERS 2 items, 1921 Photographs of black women who were members of the "The First Colored Women Voters of Ettrick" club. (Acc. 0084-26) 977. TONY DELANDO PAPERS 1 item, 1986 Self-published book, an account of a California family. (Acc. 0086-51) 978. JAMES A. ESTES, JR., PAPERS 1 item, 1901 A Virginia State University commencement invitation. (Acc. 0080-57) 979. HELEN W. EVANS PAPERS 11 items, ca. 1920s Photographs of events, people, and places at Virginia State University. (Acc. 0084-46) 980. LUTHER HINTON FOSTER PAPERS 15 items, 1928- Personal correspondence of the fourth president of Virginia State University. (Acc. 0076-56SB) 981. FUNERAL SERVICES PROGRAMS 24 items, 1947- Printed memorabilia of funeral services for people connected with Virginia State University. (Acc. 0076-55c) 982. JOHN MANUEL GANDY, SR., PAPERS ca. 5,000 items, 1914-50 Personal, business, and academic papers of the third president of Virginia State University. Included are two unpublished manuscripts by Gandy, one an autobiography and the other a history of Virginia State, and a considerable amount of material concerning a student strike in 1936. (Acc. 0067-2) 983. HAMLIN-MITCHELL FAMILY PAPERS ca. 200 items, 1885-1960 Personal correspondence and memorabilia collected by these influential black citizens of Petersburg. (Acc. 0079-11) 984. ALFRED W. HARRIS PAPERS 1 item, 1879 The Howard University law degree of the founder of Virginia State. (Acc. 0081- 17) 985. MABEL HARRIS PAPERS ca. 200 items, 1888-1945 Personal, business, and legal correspondence and accounts of this black Petersburg schoolteacher. (Acc. 0045-5) 986. COLONEL ROBERT M. HENDRICKS, JR., PAPERS 2 items, ca. 1940-60 A photographic scrapbook of Virginia State showing all the houses and buildings and a copy of a master's thesis entitled "The Status and Treatment of Children during Slavery." (Acc. 0083-31) 987. ROY HINES PAPERS 30 items, 1972-74 Political papers of the youngest person ever to serve on the Petersburg City Council. They address the issue of the United Virginia Bank making loans to the government of South Africa. (Acc. 0085-49) 988. M. E. V. HUNTER PAPERS 12 items, 1931-63 Manuscripts, reports, and a biography of Mrs. M. E. V. Hunter, the founder of the School of Home Economics at Virginia State University. (Acc. 0062-44) 989. LORENZO IVY COLLECTION 1 item, 1893 A Danville teaching certificate. (Acc. 0093-22) 990. ALICE ATWELL JACKSON PAPERS 50 items, 1835-1972 Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia, most of which is directly related to the Colson family. Included is an 1836 letter to Sarah Colson from Joseph Jenkins Roberts, who later became the first president of Liberia. (Acc. 0077-13a) 991. LUTHER PORTER JACKSON, SR., PAPERS ca. 20,000 items, (1772)-1910-19G0 Personal, business, and academic papers of this Afro-American historian and professor of history at Virginia State University. Among the correspondents are John Hope Franklin, W. E. B. DuBois, Hugh Smythe, Helen Edmonds, P. Bernard Young, E. Franklin Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Alrutheus Taylor, Lorenzo J. Green, and Carter G. Woodson. In the collection are papers of black families collected by Jackson for his work, among them the Butler, Layton, and Wooldridge families, and an 1881-82 handwritten diary belonging to Samuel T. Miller, a missionary in South Africa, 1881-82. (Acc. 0052-1) 992. JACKSON AND WALKER PAPERS 2 items, 1900 A letter from two black businessmen of Covington to Booker T. Washington. (Acc. 0076-59) 993. ALTONA JOHNS PAPERS 50 items, 1906-69 Correspondence of a member of the music department at Virginia State. Mrs. Jones wrote Play Songs of the Deep South, which was illustrated by James A. Porter. Included are the papers of Cleota Collins Lacy. (Acc. 0079-8) 994. WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON PAPERS ca. 5,000 items, 1884-1935 Personal and business correspondence, manuscripts, and military papers of the highest-ranking black officer in the 6th Virginia Volunteer Infantry. The manuscripts include a biographical sketch and speeches. Included are hundreds of photographs of black citizens of Petersburg, many dating from the nineteenth century. (Acc. 0057-3) 995. JAMES HUGO JOHNSTON, JR., PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, 1876-1962 Personal, business, and academic correspondence and accounts of this faculty member and author of Race Relations in Virginia and Miscegenation in the South, 1776-1860. (Acc. 0063-10) 996. JAMES HUGO JOHNSTON, SR., PAPERS ca. 200 items, 1865-1914 Academic and business accounts of the second president of Virginia State. Included are materials on the Virginia Teachers Association and the Peabody Reading Circle and a number of speeches and photographs. (Acc. 0063-9) 997. ROBERT JONES PAPERS 3 items, 1897-99 Monthly teaching reports for one of the black schools in Sussex County. (Acc. 0087-48) 998. ANNA LAURA LINDSEY PAPERS ca. 100 items, ca. 1890-1937 Personal and business correspondence and photographs of this Virginia State faculty member who was a leading figure in the music department. Included is correspondence with E. Azalia Hackley. (Acc. 0059-7) 999. SAMUEL A. MANN PAPERS ca. 200 items, 1863-1914 Personal, business, and agricultural correspondence and accounts of this white farmer from Matoaca in Chesterfield County. Of special interest are many diaries detailing daily observations. (Acc. 0057-6) 1000. AMAZA L. MEREDITH PAPERS ca. 2,000 items, 1916-82 Personal, business, and academic papers of this faculty member who was the founder of the art department at Virginia State. Among the correspondents are Helen Edmonds. (Acc. 0082-20) 1001. THE HONORABLE A. W. MITCHELL PAPERS ca. 15,000 items, 1910-50 Copies of the personal, political, and business correspondence of this black congressman from Chicago, Illinois. The originals are in the Chicago Historical Society. This group was collected by Professor Edgar Toppin of Virginia State. (Acc. 0068-15) 1002. J. HAROLD MONTAGUE PAPERS ca. 200 items, 1920-60 Photographs, artifacts, and a few news clippings of this professor of music at Virginia State University. (Acc. 0086-40) 1003. ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION ca. 50 interviews Taped interviews with local black residents of Petersburg and surrounding communities and with people involved in some manner with Virginia State University. Some of the subjects covered are segregation and desegregation in Petersburg and other central Virginia communities, the Great Depression, racism in the military, early days at Virginia State, white-black relations, early transportation, religion, the KKK, World Wars I and II, and education in general.. 1004. GEORGE WASHINGTON OWENS PAPERS 2 items, ca. 1940s Letterbook and biography of the Virginia State faculty member who started the Extension School. (Acc. 0044-12) 1005. THOMAS D. PAWLEY PAPERS ca. 50 items, 1912-62 Business correspondence and memorabilia of this faculty member at Virginia State University. (Acc. 0085-35) 1006. E. H. PAYNE PAPERS 3 items, 1907 Photographs of the parents of Dr. E. H. Payne who were students at the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. (Acc. 0084-28) 1007. PAUL POLLARD PAPERS 1 item, 1902 Commencement speech by this 1902 graduate. (Acc. 00843-29) 1008. PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY FREE SCHOOL PAPERS ca. 100,000 items, 1962-65 Working papers of this school formed in reaction to the closing of the public schools in the county. All but one of the students were black. Included are medical records, photographs, yearbook, etc. (Acc. 0069-38) 1009. REFORMED ZION UNION APOSTOLIC CHURCH ca. 200 items, 1876-1974 Minutes, conference reports, programs, and published documents of this black church of Mecklenburg County. (Acc. 0080-36) 1010. HARRY W. ROBERTS PAPERS ca. 100,000 items, ca. 1916-68 Mainly academic and some personal correspondence of this faculty member of the sociology department of Virginia State University who was an authority on black life in rural Virginia. Among the correspondents are W. E. B. DuBois and E. Franklin Frazier. There is also a considerable amount of sociology department material for 1940-66. (Acc. 0084-39) 1011. WILLIAM A. RODGERS PAPERS ca. 15 items, ca. 1930s CIAA (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) ephemera, consisting mainly of bulletins. Rodgers was the secretary of the group for a number of years. (Acc. 0084-33) 1012. JAMES W. SMITH PAPERS ca. 100 items, 1978-70 Personal and business correspondence and manuscripts of this faculty member. (Acc. 0082-30) 1013. HUGH SMYTHE PAPERS 2 items, n.d. African masks collected by this black anthropologist. (Acc. 0084-27) 1014. THOMAS VERDELL PAPERS 50 items, 1940s-1960s Photographs collected by this head coach and athletic director at Virginia State University. (Acc. 0085-50) 1015. VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTERS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY 1 item, 1982 A plaque presented to Virginia State University on its centennial. (Acc. 0082-43) 1016. VIRGINIA INTERCOLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION PAPERS ca. 100,000 items, 1951-69 Correspondence, photographs, minutes, reports, films, tapes, news clippings, and artifacts of this association, which governed all nonacademic activities of black high schools in Virginia. The VIA was headquartered at Virginia State University from 1954 to 1969. (Acc. 0069-37) 1017. VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES ca. 200,000 items, 1883- Minutes and reports of the board, early student records, grades, photographs, some correspondence of the president's office, fiscal records, and all catalogues. 1018. VIRGINIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PAPERS ca. 100,000 items, 1929-65 Working papers, including correspondence, of this black teachers' association. Included are radio speeches, reports of conference meetings, etc. (Acc. 0069-14) 1019. CHARLES WHITE PAPERS ca. 50 items, 1785-1956 Materials collected by White while he was writing a history of blacks in Buckingham County, consisting of copies of wills, letters, and news clippings. Also included are issues of the official journal of the Virginia Baptist Convention, The Expected. (Acc. 0083-41) 1020. LENA AND ASA WHITT PAPERS 4 items, ca. 1880s Lithographs of Afro-American scenes. (Acc. 0079-32) 1021. REVEREND HENRY WILLIAMS PAPERS ca. 50 items, 1856-1901 Personal, business, and miscellaneous correspondence and accounts.of the first black minister of Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg. Williams was also a member of the Petersburg City Council during Reconstruction. (Acc. 0045-4) 1022. INEZ WORSHAM PAPERS 4 items, 1928-31 Personal correspondence of this resident of Ettrick. (Acc. 0031-24) 1023. MARION GANDY WYATT PAPERS ca. 20 items, ca. 1930s Photographs mainly of Virginia State scenes. (Acc. 0082-21) WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY

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1024. ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1863-67 Kept by an unidentified planter from Rockbridge County. It contains a record of days worked by slaves and diary entries referring to the freeing of slaves. (Acc. 100) 1025. WILLIAM ACKERLY PAPERS 7 items, 1860-64 Contracts for the "hire of Negroes" from Ackerly's estate. (RHS Misc) 1026. ANDERSON FAMILY PAPERS ca. 700 items, 1755- 1958 Personal, business, and legal correspondence of this family of Botetourt and Rockbridge counties. Although the material is primarily personal, an 1858-59 farm diary kept by William Alexander lists the slaves and clothing allotted; a March 22, 1844, letter concerns the hiring of slaves; and a letter from Andrew Alexander to William Alexander comments on the effect of Nat Turner's Rebellion in Lexington. (Acc. 001) 1027. EDWARD BRYAN DOCUMENTS 2 items, 1838, 1852 Included is his will which disposes of slaves. (RHS MSS) 1028. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA ca. 250 items, ca. 1820-1900 Memorabilia mainly relating to the South during the Civil War. Included are some bills of sales for slaves. (Acc. 110) 1029. JEFFERSON DAVIS PAPERS 3 items, 1862-87 Includes a printed broadside, January 5, 18G3, issued by President Davis in answer to the Emancipation Proclamation. (Acc. 011a) 1030. ETNA FURNACE COMPANY ACCOUNT BOOK 1 item, 1854-57 Owned by William Weaver of Botetourt County, the account book contains materials on slaves, such as entries for January 31, 1855, concerning the hiring of slaves. (Acc. 167) 1031. GEORGIA DOCUMENTS ca. 80 items, 1806-72 Includes twelve items, 1806-55, concerning the sale and hiring of slaves and a license to sell slaves. (Acc. 085) 1032. WASHINGTON JACKSON PETITION 1 item, October 5, 1863 Signed by Rockbridge County citizens for the release of Jackson, a free black blacksmith, from service with the Confederate army. (RHS MSS) 1033. ZACHARIAH JOHNSTON PAPERS ca. 540 items, 1747-1893 Personal papers including an undated petition to the House of Delegates advocating gradual abolition of slavery. (Acc. 006a) 1034. SAMUEL KIRKPATRICK DOCUMENTS 2 items, 1842-43 Tax books recording the taxes levied on slaves owned by Rockbridge County residents. (Acc. RHS ledgers) 1035. SAMUEL MOSLEY DOCUMENT 1 item, June 12, 1828 Receipt for the sale of a slave. (Acc. RHS Misc) 1036. REID FAMILY PAPERS ca. 4,000 items, 1763-1880 Personal and business papers of this Rockbridge County family, including three letters, November 7, 9, 17, 1850, from R. W. Bailey to S. Mcd. Reid concerning Liberian colonization; a May 8, 1851, letter from a colonist in Liberia; and a May 13, 1850, list of subscribers for the removal of fifty free blacks to Liberia. (Acc. 027) 1037. ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY PAPERS ca. 95 items, 1778-1912 Miscellaneous papers including an 1841 list of slaves exempt from taxation; an 1844 list of slaves in a district of Rockbridge County; 1862 and 1863 requisitions of slaves by the Confederate States of America; a January 24, 1863, valuation list of slaves in the county for use of the CSA; and miscellaneous 1863 certificates of exemptions of sick slaves. (Acc. 086) 1038. WASHINGTON AND LEE ARCHIVES 1774 to present In the board of trustees records is an 1849-59 folder about the Colonization Society in Lexington and in the faculty minutes an 1878 entry denying blacks the use of the mess hall.