Armistead, Dora and Cara Guide to the Dora and Cara Armistead Papers Mss. Acc. 2004.24, 2006.54

Guide to the Dora and Cara Armistead Papers Mss. Acc. 2004.24, 2006.54


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Zach Hilpert, P.J. Bell and Samantha Besora.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. Acc. 2004.24, 2006.54
Title
Dora and Cara Armistead Papers 1880-1950
Quantity
6.00 Linear Feet
Creator
Armistead, Dora Travis, 1890-1979
Creator
Armistead Family
Creator
Armistead, Cary Champion, d. 1944
Creator
Armistead, Rowland Cara
Creator
Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894
Creator
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

Dora and Cara Armistead Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

2006.54 purchased from Hamilton's Bookstore. 2004.24 Addition Transferred from University Archives on May 5, 2004.

Processing Information:

Processed by Zach Hilpert, P.J. Bell and Samantha Besora in 2006.


Scope and Contents

Papers from the household of Dora Travis Armistead (1890-1979) and Rowland Cara Armistead, sisters of Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes letters, personal, financial and business papers of Cary Peyton Armistead (1856-1901), father of Dora and Cara, Steward of Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital), and prominent local Episcopal Church and school leader; Eudora Ester Armistead (d. 1940), mother; Cary Champion Armistead (d. 1944), brother, and lawyer for a time in Detroit, Michigan; Meriwether Irving Armistead (d. 1945), brother, and lawyer in Williamsburg; and Dora and Cara Armistead, elementary school teachers; along with materials related to relatives in the Armistead family, most notably Gregory Armistead, brother, who died at an early age; and Julia Maria Armistead (1858-1897), sister of Cary Peyton. The papers pertain primarily to Armistead family finances, health and personal affairs, the financial operation of the asylum/hospital, and school and church issues. Also included are a number of undated and unlabeled photographs, schoolwork of the Armistead siblings as children and college students, letters to Cary Peyton from College of William and Mary Presidents Benjamin S. Ewell and Lyon G. Tyler, and a long series of letters to Cary Champion from girlfriend Ruth Conkey.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Blackstone Female Institute (Va.)
  • Certificates
  • Charles, John S., 1851-1930
  • College of William and Mary--History--20th century
  • Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.)
  • Correspondence
  • Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History
  • Episcopal Church--Virginia--Clergy--20th century
  • Financial records
  • Lawyers--Virginia--Correspondence
  • Photographs
  • The Model School (Williamsburg, Va.)
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
  • Women--Education--Virginia

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Armistead, Cary Champion, d. 1944
  • Armistead, Dora Travis, 1890-1979
  • Armistead, Rowland Cara
  • Charles, John S., 1851-1930
  • Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894
  • Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.)
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century

Container List

id60351
Series 1: Mss. Acc. 2006.54
1880-1950
Scope and Contents

Papers from the household of Dora Travis Armistead (1890-1979) and Rowland Cara Armistead, sisters of Williamsburg, Virginia.

  • id60695
    Finances
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 id60696
      Cary Armistead Finances
      Scope and Contents

      Note that, due to ambiguity in these records, the documents contained in the following folders may pertain to Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital), school district, church, or personal accounts. Documents are grouped by year

      • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id60697
        Bills and Receipts
        undated
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id60698
          Bills and Receipts
          undated
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id60699
          Receipts and Bills
          1881-1884
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id60700
          Receipts and Bills
          1885
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id60701
          Receipts and Bills
          1886
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id60702
          Receipts and Bills.
          1887
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id60703
          Receipts and Bills
          1888
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id60704
          Receipts and Bills
          1889
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id60705
          Receipts and Bills (Part 1)
          1890
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id60706
          Receipts and Bills (Part 2)
          1890
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id60707
          Receipts and Bills
          1891
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id60708
          Receipts and Bills
          1892
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id60709
          Receipts and Bills
          1893
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id60710
          Receipts and Bills
          1894
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id60711
          Receipts and Bills
          1895
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id60712
          Receipts and Bills
          1896
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id60713
          Receipts and Bills
          1897
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id60714
          Receipts and Bills
          1898
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id60715
          Receipts and Bills
          1899
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id60716
          Receipts and Bills
          1900-1901
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id60717
          Cancelled Checks and Bank Receipts
        • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id60718
          Insurance and Investment Pamphlets
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id60719
      Armistead Family Finances
      Scope and Contents

      Documents are grouped by year

      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id60721
        Family Tax Materials
        1919-1945
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id60722
        Family Account Books
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id60723
        Family Account Books
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id60724
        Tax and Health Permits for Armistead Guest House Operation
        1962-1974
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id60725
        Dora (I) Armistead Banking Papers and Receipts
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id60726
        Cara Armistead Receipts
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id60727
        Cara Armistead Banking Papers
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id60728
        Cara Armistead Cancelled Checks
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id60729
        Champ Armistead Receipts
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id60730
        Champ Armistead Banking Papers
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id60731
        Champ Armistead Banking Papers
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id60732
        Meriwether Armistead Receipts
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id60733
        Dora (II) Armistead Bills
      • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id60734
        Julia Armistead Finances
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id61610
      Dora (I) Armistead Cancelled Checks
      1902-1918
      Scope and Contents

      The Checks in this box were pasted by Dora into stub books, with approximately 40 checks in each book. 21 items.

  • id61611
    Correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id62071
      Armistead Family Letters and Correspondence
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id62144
        Dora (I) Armistead's Correspondence
        undated
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id62145
        Dora (I) Armistead's Correspondence
        1890 to 1909
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3 id62146
        Dora (I) Armistead's Correspondence
        1910-1939
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4 id62147
        Dora (II) Armistead's Correspondence
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5 id62148
        Cara Armistead's Correspondence
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6 id62149
        Meriwether Armistead's Business Correspondence
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7 id62150
        Meriwether Armistead's Christmas Cards
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8 id62151
        Meriwether Armistead's Christmas Cards
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9 id62152
        Letter Fragments
        undated
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10 id62153
        Letters to Unknown and Unrecognized Recipients
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11 id62154
        Registered Mail Receipts
      • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 12 id62155
        Emily Waltrip's Correspondence
    • id61613
      Correspondence from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
      • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id62018
        Armistead Family Letters and Correspondence
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id62019
          Champ Armistead Correspondence – Business and Employment-Related
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id62020
          Champ Armistead Correspondence with Friends
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id62021
          Champ Armistead Correspondence with Hazel/"Carolina"
          Scope and Contents

          Note that Hazel – last name unknown – is occasionally referred to in these letters as "Carolina."

        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id62022
          Champ Armistead Correspondence with Margaret [perhaps Tyler], Virgie [last name unknown], Dick Lawson, and Copie [last name unknown]
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id62023
          Correspondence among Armistead Family Members
          undated
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id62024
          Correspondence among Armistead Family Members
          1885-1895
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id62025
          Correspondence among Armistead Family Members
          1896-1899
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id62026
          Correspondence among Armistead Family Members
          1900-1940
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id62027
          Correspondence among Armistead Family Members
          1941-1944
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id62028
          Correspondence Between Meriwether and Dora (II)
          Scope and Contents

          Content regarding the addition of a bathroom to the family home.

        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id62029
          Empty Envelopes
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12 id62030
          Empty Envelopes
        • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13 id62031
          Empty Envelopes
      • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id62032
        Correspondence from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
        Scope and Contents

        The letters in this box, and the next two, were written by a friend and admirer, Ruth Conkey, whom Champ met during his time at the College of William and Mary. The correspondence continued for four years from 1919 to 1922, as Champ moved from Williamsburg to Wilmington, Del., and then Detroit, Michigan. Letters are arranged chronologically by date.

        • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id62033
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 May 1-20
        • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id62034
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 May 21-31
        • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id62035
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 May 21-31
        • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id62036
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 July 1-13
        • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id62037
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 July 14-31
        • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id62039
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 August
        • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id62040
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 September 1-18
      • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id62041
        Correspondence from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
        • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id62042
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 September 19-30
        • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id62043
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 October 1-16
        • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id62044
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 October 17-31
        • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id62045
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 November
        • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id62046
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1919 December
        • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id62047
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1920 January
        • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id62048
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1920 February-March
      • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id62049
        Correspondence from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
        • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id62050
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1920 February-April
        • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id62051
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1920 April-May
        • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id62052
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1920 June-July
        • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id62053
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1920 August-September
        • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id62054
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1920 October-December
        • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6 id62055
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1921
        • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id62056
          Letters from Ruth Conkey to Champ Armistead
          1922
      • id62057
        Cary Armistead Correspondence
        Scope and Contents

        Correspondence related to personal business (finances, property) and friendly communication.

        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id62058
          Correspondence Between Cary and Julia Armistead
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id62059
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
          undated
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id62060
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
          1885-1889
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id62061
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
          1890-1892
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5 id62062
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
          1893-1895
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 6 id62063
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
          1896-1897
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 7 id62064
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal Business
          1898-1901
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 8 id62065
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal
          1888-1892
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 9 id62066
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal
          1893-1896
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 10 id62067
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Personal
          1897-1901
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 11 id62068
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Favor Requests
          undated
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 12 id62069
          Cary Armistead Correspondence – Favor Requests
          1884-1900
        • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 13 id62070
          Letters from William and Mary President Benjamin Ewell to Cary Armistead
  • id61617
    Other Family Materials
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id62072
      Armistead Family Education and Teaching Materials
      • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id62176
        Armistead Children Report Cards
      • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id62177
        Dora (II) and Cara Armistead's Teaching Materials
      • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id62179
        Cary Armistead's Notes for 1878 Law Class
      • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id62180
        Dora (II) Armistead's Homework
      • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5 id62181
        Champ Armistead's Homework
      • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6 id62182
        Armistead Children Homework and Class Notes.
      • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 7 id62183
        Spelling Book
        circa 1850
      • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 8 id62184
        Jefferson High School (Roanoke) 1926 Yearbook and Class of 1918 Clipping
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id62073
      Armistead Family Social, Cultural, and Property Materials
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1 id62156
        Plats, Lease Contracts and Other Paperwork for the Pine Crest Subdivision of Williamsburg
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2 id62157
        Sales Paperwork for the Lot Next to the Armistead Lot
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 3 id62158
        Documents Relating to Fuel Oil Rationing in Colonial Williamsburg Area Homes
        1944
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4 id62159
        Newspaper Clippings Related to Colonial Williamsburg
        Scope and Contents

        Includes W.A.R. Goodwin, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Henry Ford.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 5 id62160
        Meriwether Armistead Office Space in Colonial Williamsburg, Leases and Other Documentation
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 6 id62161
        Correspondence Between the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the Armistead Family
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 7 id62162
        Contour Map of the Armistead Lot
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 8 id62163
        Jamestown 350 Celebration – 1957 Information on Queen Elizabeth's Visit
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 9 id62164
        Confederate Memorial Lawsuit of 1932 – Legal Documents
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 10 id62165
        Confederate Memorial Lawsuit of 1932 – Signed Relocation Petition
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 11 id62166
        Confederate Memorial Lawsuit of 1932 – Clippings and Letters
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 12 id62168
        Commencement Invitations
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 13 id62169
        William and Mary-Related Materials – Bulletins, Newsletters, Fraternity Letters
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 14 id62170
        William and Mary Event Programs
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 15 id62171
        Virginia Gazette
        1934 October 14
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 16 id62172
        Plat of the Keck Farm, James City County
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 17 id62174
        Rental Agreement Between Cary Armistead and H.L. Hundley
      • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 18 id62175
        The Application of Hallie Sinclair English Oliver for Membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 id62075
      Armistead Family Issues and Interests
      Scope and Contents

      Issues included here are church materials, politics, the Travis House, collected advertising materials, seed and bulb advertisements, Cara's contest entries, Dora (I)'s family tree, and pro- and anti-Ku Klux Klan clippings.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id62115
        Cary Armistead Church Materials – Correspondence
        1885-1894
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id62116
        Cary Armistead Church Materials – Correspondence
        1895-1901
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id62117
        Cary Armistead Church Materials – Finance
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 4 id62118
        Cary Armistead Church Materials – Printed Materials
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id62119
        Cary Armistead Politics – Correspondence
        undated
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 6 id62120
        Cary Armistead Politics – Correspondence
        1884-1890
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 7 id62121
        Cary Armistead Politics – Correspondence
        1891-1899
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 8 id62122
        Cary Armistead Politics – Vote Tallies and Committee Lists
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 9 id62123
        Cary Armistead Politics – Senate Bills and City Ordinances
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 10 id62124
        Cary Armistead Politics – Campaign Materials
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 11 id62125
        Cary Armistead Politics – Democratic Ticket Cards
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 12 id62126
        Cary Armistead Politics – Speeches
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 13 id62127
        Cary Armistead Politics – Certificate of Appointment to the Williamsburg Precinct Committee for the 1892 Presidential Election
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 14 id62128
        Menu and Correspondence Related to the Travis House
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 15 id62129
        Miscellaneous Collected Advertising Materials
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 16 id62130
        Miscellaneous Collected Advertising Materials
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 17 id62131
        Cara Armistead's Newspaper and Magazine Contest Entries
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 18 id62132
        Cara Armistead's Seed and Bulb Advertisements
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 19 id62133
        Dora (I) Armistead – Jones and Tinsley Family Trees
      • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 20 id62134
        Pro- and Anti-Ku Klux Klan Clippings Sent from Champ to Dora (I) Armistead
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id62076
      Photographs
      Scope and Contents

      Note that, when possible, the photographs have been removed from the original folder, envelope or sleeve. When done, the original folder or sleeve has been filed with its accompanying photograph. These items are included in the item total for each folder (i.e., one photograph and its accompanying folder are considered two items).

      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 1 id62100
        Photos of William Junell, Francis Stevens, John Wear and an Unidentified Male
        Scope and Contents

        Photo taken of them posing in front of a Statue of Thomas Jefferson on the campus of the University of Virginia.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 2 id62101
        Portrait Proofs of Meriwether Armistead
        undated
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 3 id62102
        Portraits – Two of Champ Armistead, One of Champ, Gregory and Meriwether Armistead
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 4 id62103
        Unidentified Portraits
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 5 id62104
        Portraits of Family Friends
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 6 id62105
        Portraits of Armistead Family Members – One Possibly Cary, One Possibly Col. Robert H. Armistead, One of Family
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 7 id62106
        Photos of Historic Items and One of the Pulaski Club
        Scope and Contents

        Note that some photos have duplicates, which are stored in the same sleeve.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 8 id62107
        Scaling Photos of Plaster Architectural Fragments
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 9 id62108
        Photo of Shirley Temple with Facsimile Autograph and a Photo of a Painting of Winston Churchill
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 10 id62109
        Two Photos of the Jones House (Now Restored as the Surveyor's Office) and an Unidentified House
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 11 id62110
        Photos of Cara and One Possibly of Meriwether Armistead
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 12 id62111
        Unidentified Portraits
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 13 id62112
        Photos of Classes and Groups (Unidentified)
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 14 id62113
        Photos from an Outdoor Fair
      • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 15 id62114
        Photos of Colonial Williamsburg Sites (Including the Cary Armistead House), and an Unidentified Factory
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id62077
      A Box of Virginia Law Firm Cards
      Scope and Contents

      Includes an unidentified, extremely fragile rolled photograph.

    • id61621
      Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital) Materials
      • Mixed Materials Box: 12 id62074
        Cary Armistead – Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital) Materials
        Scope and Contents

        See Box I for financial materials.

        • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1 id62185
          Eastern Lunatic Asylum Contract Bidding Materials
        • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id62186
          Eastern Lunatic Asylum Menus
        • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id62187
          Letters of Recommendation of Cary Armistead to Eastern Lunatic Asylum Steward's Position.
        • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 4 id62188
          Eastern Lunatic Asylum Annual Report
          1886
        • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 5 id62189
          Eastern Lunatic Asylum Carpentry Correspondence and Lists
        • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 6 id62190
          Letters and Lists From and Concerning Patients at Eastern Lunatic Asylum
        • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 7 id62191
          Eastern Lunatic Asylum Bills, Payroll and Financial Materials
        • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 8 id62192
          Eastern Lunatic Asylum Bills, Payroll and Financial Materials
        • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 9 id62193
          Eastern Lunatic Asylum Correspondence
    • id61626
      Armistead Family Interest Materials
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 1 id62079
        Food Competition Award Ribbons – 1938 Virginia State Fair
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 2 id62080
        1896 Book: The Battle of Chancellorsville: Jackson's Attack
        Scope and Contents

        Includes Iinscription, "Compliments of the Author, and Genl. James H. Lane."

      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 3 id62081
        Sons of the American Revolution Magazine, January, 1931, Volume XXV, Number 3.
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 4 id62082
        Psalm Book: Daily Food
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 5 id62083
        Various Calling Cards
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 6 id62084
        Book: Fancy Work and Art Decorations with Diamond Dyes by Nella Daggett
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 7 id62085
        Music Recital Flyers
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8 id62086
        Lists of Indeterminate Origin and Purpose
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 9 id62087
        James City County Levy Information
        1895-1896
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 10 id62088
        Williamsburg Lodge Postcard and Menu
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 11 id62090
        Notary Public Commission for Mary Taliaferro
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 12 id62091
        Four Poems – One by Col. R.H. Armistead, One by "M.L.P.," Two Clipped from Newspapers
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 13 id62092
        Bylaws of the Williamsburg Yacht Club
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 14 id62093
        Virginia Bar Weekly
        1943 January 5
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 15 id62094
        Newspaper Scraps and Clippings
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 16 id62095
        Valentine's Day Cards
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 17 id62096
        Advertisements and Handbills
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 18 id62097
        Unused Postcards
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 19 id62098
        Envelope of Hair Labeled "Meriwether's Hair"
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 20 id62099
        1959 VA State Fair Guide/Premium List
      • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 21 id70925
        John Charles and the "Model School"
        1894, 1995 and 1914
        Scope and Contents

        Scope and Contents Recommendations for John Charles, a Williamsburg teacher, to be the head of the "Model School" to be established by the College of William and Mary. Includes 3 Certificates of Proficiency for Miss Minta Charles at the Williamsburg Female Academy.

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Series 2: Mss. Acc. 2004.24
1905, 1906, 1907
Scope and Contents

Three Certificates of Distinction given to Cara Armistead while a student at Blackstone Female Institute in Blackstone, Virginia. Each certificate has a stamped signature of James Cannon, Jr. This addition is filed at the beginning of Box 1, Mss. Acc. 2006.54.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
    Box 1