Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Dollins Collection, MS 713, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated by Patricia B. Sutker in December of 2020.

Biographical/Historical Information

John B. Dollins was born September 21, 1826 and died December 9, 1920.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of receipts, some correspondence, a weather ledger, and miscellaneous documents.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically and chronologically.

Box 1

f. 1: Accession folder

f. 2: Advertisements, 1867-1899, and undated:

F. M. Wills, Pharmaceutist, Charlottesville, 1867

L. Levy, General Commission Merchant, 1881 and undated

Latest Styles Hats and Bonnets and Fashionable Novelties, Rockfish Mills, Afton, undated

Fred T. Andrew, Dealer in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, C'ville, VA, undated

The R. J. Ruth Co., Manufacturers of Fertilizers, 1886

The Letterman Company Department Store, Charlottesville, VA, 1899

T. F. Parks and Co., New York, 1899

D. Crossley and Sons, Fruit and Commissions Merchants, 1899

White Bros. Newport News, VA, undated

Macys, undated

f. 3: Barber, J. W. announcement of his candidacy to the office of constable of Samuel Miller Township, 1879

f. 4: Barksdale, William - receipts, 1872-1873, undated

f. 5: Dollins Family - correspondence, 1880-1885, undated

f. 6: Dollins Family Memorabilia - poems, lines assignment, undated

f. 7: Dollins, John B. and Malinda - correspondence, undated

f. 8-14: Dollins, John B. - accounts, notes receipts, 1831-1921, undated (7 folders)

f. 15: Dollins, John B. - Confederate States of America, War Department permission to visit, March 21, 1862

f. 16: Dollins, John B. - Will, March 1890

f. 17: Dollins, Malinda - correspondence, 1833-1883

f. 18: Robertson, James and Mathew - Plat, Albemarle County, VA, 1799

f. 19: White, John S. - receipts and circular, 1856-1871

f. 20: White, Lucinda Martin - receipts, 1867-1884

f. 21: White, Lucinda Martin - miscellaneous notes, letters, contract, recipe, 1867-1880

f. 22: Winn, Jerry and Florence (Afton, VA) - correspondence, receipts, 1873-1926

f. 23: Memorabilia found in ledger

f. 24: Bound ledger book with "day book," "cash book," "sales book," (1860-1861) and weather entries, 1882-1891

Index Terms

Persons:

• Florence Winn
• James Robertson
• Jerry Winn
• John B. Dollins
• John S. White
• Lucinda Martin White
• Malinda Dollins
• Mathew Robertson

Family Names:

• Dollins family

Subjects:

• Accounts
• Afton (Va.) -- History
• Albemarle County (Va.) -- History
• Letters (Correspondence)
• Receipts

Geographical Names:

• Virginia - Albemarle County
• Virginia - Charlottesville