A Guide to the Kate Carper Papers, 1861-1976
A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library
Record Group Number MSS 06-30
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
Consult repository for information
Preferred Citation
Kate Carper Papers, MSS 06-30, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library
Acquisition Information
Received as gift from Cordelia G. Sansone, 1976.
Processing Information
Mark F. Hall, March 2024
EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024
Historical and Biographical Information
The Civil War diaries of Miss Kate Carper are reproduced from a book belonging to her sister which was in the Civil War collection of Mr. Richard Hammond in 1976. Kate Carper lived at Bloomfield in Dranesville, VA. Bloomfield was named by Frederick Carper in 1824 and was the home of that branch of the Carper family (a branch of the family that built Colvin Run Mill) until 1924. Ms. Carper, the daughter of Frederick and Martha Mead Carper was educated first at Mrs. Edwards School for Girls, and subsequently at Coombe Cottage in Fairfax. Ms. Carper remained unmarried and was involved in running the household in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries until her death in 1924.
Scope and Content
The Kate Carper Papers collection consists of 0.25 linear feet and spans the years 1861-1976 and contains typescript copies of her diary entries from the Civil War years of 1861-1863, transcripts and photocopies of some correspondence, and a list of events from the later years of 1899-1924. It also contains typescript copies of expense records from her home "Bloomfield" for the years 1863-1881 and 1910-1924.
Separated Material
None
Index Terms
- Archer, Capt. John, 1838-1899
- Austin, Georgia, 1842-1869
- Bellows, Arnold H., 1884-1957
- Carper, Catherine Louise (Kate), 1834-1924
- Carper, Thomas, 1831-1891
- Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893.
- Dranesville (Va.) -- History.
- Fairfax County (Va.) -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War.
- Fairfax County (Va.) -- History.
- Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Fairfax County.
- Hutchinson, Joshua, 1842-1931