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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Thomas Tate Brady Papers, RHS Coll. 0090, Special Collections and Archives,
James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. In some cases the citation format may vary. Please
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This collection records the life of Tate Thomas Brady and his wife, Bonnie Fillingane and their family. Tate grew up at the
Buffalo Forge estate in Rockbridge County, Virginia, greaduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Montgomery
County, Virginia, and worked for Virginia Power Company in various positions and locations in Virginia. Most of the collection
includes personal and business correspondence and papers of his family, who lived at the Buffalo Forge estate. Some of the
family material includes his brother Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., father Douglas E. Brady, Sr., grandfather and grandmother Daniel
C. E. and Emma Brady, and great grandfather Charles Patrick "Pat" Augus Brady. Most of the remainder of the collection concerns
Tate and Bonnie and their families, which includes correspondence, photographs, their social life, and genealogies. Also included
are papers of Sgt. Tate Brady, WWII. A record storage box of slides and books.
Customers include Garland Thompson and the Camden family.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Charles "Pat" Brady papers
1871, 1882, 1919
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Agreements with Freedman
1867
Scope and Contents
Brady, Daniel C. E.; Buffalo Forge African Baptist Church; letter J. W. Sharp (Freedmen's Bureau Agent to D.C.E. Brady).
Scope and Contents
Articles of Agreement with Freedmen, Sam Williams, Sam Thompson, Garland Thompson, Ephraim Thomas, Jim Garland, Harry Anderson,
Anderson Coleman, Henry Mathew, and Henry Towler.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Daniel C. E. Brady, Buffalo Forge, papers
1867, 1871
Scope and Contents
Papers related to Antoine Bernard and the Buffalo Forge Vineyard.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Daniel C. E. Brady, Buffalo Forge, personal and business papers
1871-1876, 1878
Scope and Contents
Patrick Brady Estate business (1871-1876); Manganese mining correspondence (1878), Personal and business related correspondence
(1877-1878).
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers
1833-1873
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers
1852-1871
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers.
1860-1870
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers
1871-1878
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Daniel C. E. Brady, Business papers
1858-1865
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from R. Brady to Daniel, and announcement of funeral for Daniel C. E. Brady.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
Daniel C. E. and Emma Brady, land papers
1865-1871
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
Daniel C. E. and Emma Brady, tax records
1859-1876
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
Miscellaneous correspondence
1855-1888
Scope and Contents
Includes letter to Dear Miss Sallie from friend, H. M. Morrsion, Nov. 5, 1855, and letter to Mrs. Rebecca A. Sterrett from
niece, S. S. Bear, Dec. 6, 1888.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
Hair in envelope
1897
Scope and Contents
Hair in envelope addressed to Mr. Mc Sterrett, Lexington, VA from Gilkeson, Fishersville, VA.
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
Newspaper clippings (obituaries, weddings, misc.)
1906-1980
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 1
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., business papers, miscellaneous
1896-1946
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 2
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., correspondence
1922-1951
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 3
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., estate papers
1969-1973
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 4
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., insurance papers
1933-1971
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 5
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., miscellaneous papers
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 6
Douglas E. Brady, Sr., Obituary
1971
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 7
Douglas E. Brady, Sr. and Mrs., miscellaneous wedding invitations, and birth announcement cards
1882-1917, 1919-1927
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 8
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence
1961, 1971-1972
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 9
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence
1973-1974
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 10
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence
1976-1978
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 11
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence
1980-1983
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 12
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., correspondence
1984
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 13
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., miscellaneous papers
1970, 1974
Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 14
Douglas "Pat" Brady, Jr., report cards
1923-1924 through 1926-1927, Fall 1932, Grade 9
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 1
Brady, Janice Elaine (daughter of Tate and Bonnie Brady), Birth certificate
1950-01-28
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 2
Brady, Lydia, Report cards
1923-1930
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 3
Brady, Tate, correspondence, miscellaneous
1945-1951, 1974, 1981, 1992
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 4
Brady, Tate, Iron Furnaces
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 5
Brady, Tate, Kiwanis member
1991-1992
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 6
Brady, Tate, papers, miscellaneous, birth and church certificates
1922, 1982
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 7
Brady, Tate, Physical Fitness certificates, 1931-1932, 1934-1935, Report cards, 1932-1933, 1935, 1939-1940, no date, Natural
Bridge High School Diploma, 1940, Certificate for completing 7th grade, May 7, 1936.
