Inventory of the Abbot Family Papers, 1733-1999 and undated (bulk 1860-1910)
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleAbbot Family Papers,
1733-1999 and
undated (bulk
1860-1910)
Creator
Abbot family.
Extent
19 Linear Feet,
7000 items
Repository
7000 items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Language
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Abbot Family Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Abbot Family Papers was received by the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library as a purchase and gift in 2000.
Processing Information
Processed by Tania Roy
Completed December 13, 2000
Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
William Richardson Abbot
| 1839 January 1 | Born in Hagerstown, Md. |
| 1855-1857 | University of Virginia, distinction in the Study of Law |
| 1857 | Teacher at Mr. Halliwell's School, Alexandria, Va. |
| 1858-1860 | Teacher at Dr. Charles Minor's Brookhill School, outside Charlottesville, Va. |
| 1860-1861 | Tutor to family of Dr.Arthur Taylor, Opelouses, St. Landry Parish, La., until outbreak of Civil War |
| 1861 | Clerk at General Post Office Department, Auditor's Office to the Treasury of the Southern Confederacy, Richmond, Va. |
| 1862 | Clerk at First Auditor's Office to the War Department, Richmond Va. |
| 1863-1865 | Enlistment in the First Regiment of Engineers Troops, Army of Virginia; served in the field as Second Lieutenant; was present with Robert E. Lee at Appomattox. |
| 1863 | Marriage to Lucy Ridgway Minor, daughter of Dr. Charles Minor of Brookhill School, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 1866-1870 | Opened school for boys in Charlottesville |
| 1870-1873 | Teacher of Classics and English; Associate Headmaster with founder James P. Holcombe at Bellevue High School, Va. |
| 1873-1901 | Headmaster of Bellevue on the death of J.P. Holcombe |
| 1882 | Purchased Bellevue |
| 1902-1909 | Bellevue administered chiefly by W.R. Abbot's son, Associate Principal Charles Minor Abbot |
| 1909 | Closed and converted Bellevue to personal residence; continued to reside at Bellevue with his family |
| 1916, October 5 | Died at Bellevue, Va. |
Ellen Harris Abbot
| 1815 December 9 | Born; given name Ellen Jane |
| 1831 | Married William R. Abbot, founder of Georgetown Classical and Mathematical Academy, Georgetown. |
| 1852 | Widowed with five children |
| 1861 | Closed her boarding house in Georgetown with the outbreak of the Civil War |
| 1902, December 3 | Died |
Jane (Jeannie) Oliver Abbot
| 1834, August 14 | Born to William and Ellen Abbot |
| 1898, October 28 | Died |
Francis (Frank) Harris Abbot
| 1841 | Born to William and Ellen Abbot |
| 1861-1862 | Served as Lieutenant in 17th Regiment of the Alexandria Riflemen, Army of the Southern Confederacy |
| 1862 | Died in combat |
Ellen Harris Abbot
| 1847, June 1 | Born to William and Ellen Abbot; given name Ellen Harris |
| 1901, November 17 | Died in Washington D.C. |
Lucy Ridgway Minor Abbot
| 1838 | Born to Dr. Charles and Lucy Minor of "Brookhill," Charlottesville, Va.; given name Lucy Ridgway |
| 1861 |
Moved to
"Lands End"
(Va.)
on death of Dr. Charles Minor and the subsequent sale of Brookhill
School
Tutored and taught music with outbreak of the Civil
War
|
| 1863 | Married William R. Abbot |
| 1870 | Moved to Bellevue with W.R. Abbot |
| 1921 | Died |
Charles M. Abbot
| 1875, September 10 |
Born in Charlottesville to William and Lucy Abbot; given
name Charles Minor
Educated at Bellevue, Bedford County (Va.)
|
| 1896 | Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, University of Virginia |
| 1897-1901 | Taught at Bellevue High School |
| 1901-1902 | Moved to Norfolk, Va. |
| 1902-1909 | Returned to Bellevue to teach; administered Bellevue in the capacity of Associate Headmaster until its closure |
| 1909-1925 | Taught in Campbell and Bedford counties, (Va.) |
| 1925-1946 | Taught History and Government at Glass High School,(Va.) |
| 1940 [1941?] | Played central role in re-establishment of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Forest, Va.; continued to serve as vestryman |
| 1946 | Retired from faculty at Glass High |
| 1949 | Died |
Francis (Frank) H. Abbot
| 1877, November 3 |
Born to William and Lucy Abbot
Early education at Bellevue and other private schools in
Va.
|
| 1895-1899 | Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees, University of Virginia |
| 1899 | Doctoral student of Modern Languages at universities of Goettingen and Leipzig, Germany |
| 1902 |
Ph.D from University of Leipzig
Returned to United States; taught English at Marion Military
Institute, Alabama
|
| 1904-1919 |
Associate Professor of Rhetoric at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, Blacksburg (Va.)
Instructor of French, Johns Hopkins University
Instructor of French, University of Chicago
|
| 1919 | Adjunct Professor of French, University of Virginia |
| 1926 | Full Professor of French, University of Virginia |
| 1933 | Died at the University of Virginia |
Virginia Henderson
| 1897, November 30 | Born in Kansas City Mo. to Daniel Brosius Henderson and Lucy Minor Abbot |
| 1900 | Moved to Bellevue High School (Va.), where the Hendersons established their residence, "Trivium" |
| 1921 |
Completed schooling in nursing with highest mark on
examination, U.S. Army School of Nursing, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington D.C.
Certified as Registered Nurse in N.Y. and Va.
|
| 1921-1929 |
Public health visiting nurse in New York City and Washington
D.C.
Nurse educator at the Protestant Hospital School of Nursing,
Norfolk, Va.
|
| 1929 | Enrolled in Teacher's College, Columbia University |
| 1932 | Bachelor of Sciences, Teacher's College, Columbia University |
| 1934 | Master of Arts, Teacher's College, Columbia University |
| 1934-1948 | Associate Professor of Nursing Education, Teacher's College, Columbia University |
| 1948-1953 | Engaged in extensive revisions of 5th ed. of Textbook of Principles and Practice of Nursing by Bertha Harmer |
| 1959-1971 | Research Associate at Yale University |
| 1971 | Retired from faculty of Yale University |
| 1964 | Publication of Nursing Research: Survey and Assessment, coauthored with Leo Simmons |
| 1966 | Publication of Basic Principles of Nursing |
| 1972 | Completed Nursing Studies Index |
| 1982 | Received honorary degree from Yale University |
| 1985 | Received highest nursing honor, the Christiane Reimann prize, from the International Council |
| 1996 | Died in Branford, Ct. |
Dr. Charles Minor
| 1810, Nov. 4 | Born in Louisa county (Va.) |
| 1827 | Moved to Virginia, teaching at the Forks of the Rivanna, after graduating in medicine at the University of Virginia and attending Philadelphia Medical Clinics |
| 1835 | Traveled to New Orleans to decide whether to settle there; returned to Virginia to reside in Ridgway |
| 1836 | Married Lucy Walker Ridgway |
| Early-1850's | Established Brookhill School, six miles north of Charlottesville (Va.) |
| 1861 | Died |
John Barbee Minor
| 1813, June 2 | Born in Louisa county (Va.) |
| 1828-1829 | Attended Kenyon College, Ohio |
| 1831-1834 | Attended University of Virginia |
| 1834 | Awarded Bachelor of Law; practiced Law in Botetourt county, (Va.) |
| 1840 | Moved to Charlottesville |
| 1840-1843 | Partnership with his brother Lucian Minor in Charlottesville |
| 1845 | Appointed Professor of Law at the University of Virginia |
| 1856 | Appointed Professor of Common and Statute Law, University of Virginia |
| 1875-1878 | Published four volumes of Common and Statute Law |
| 1895, July 29 | Died at his home at the University of Virginia |
Collection Overview
The papers of the
Abbot family consist mainly of correspondence, but
also include financial and legal papers,
diaries, a
letter-book, clippings, printed material,
speeches and photographs (several of them
cartes-de-visite). The papers date from 1733 to
1999, the bulk ranging from 1860-1910. A significant portion of the
correspondence comprises personal letters exchanged during the
Civil War between
William Richardson Abbot, who became headmaster of
Bellevue High School in Virginia, and his wife,
Lucy Minor Abbot (daughter of educator Dr. Charles
Minor and niece of prominent legal scholar John Minor). Abbot's letters mention
battles and political events of the Civil War. They also recount Abbot's
experience of active service in the field as an officer in the
First Regiment of the Engineers Troops (Army of
Virginia). Other correspondence from the nineteenth century includes
exchanges between
W.R. Abbot and his immediate family, both during
and after the Civil War, as well as numerous letters to Abbot from parents of
boys attending
Bellevue High School. The collection also includes
materials from the lives of the children and grandchildren of William and Lucy
Abbot, ranging from the late-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.
Letters from the children of William and Lucy Abbot consist of personal
exchanges, including accounts of extended tours through and stays in
turn-of-the-century Europe, as well as experiences of higher study in the
German university system of the time. The Abbot
family papers also extend to materials belonging to the Minors of
Charlottesville (Va.), and include correspondence of
Charles and John Minor. The Abbot Family papers
are particularly rich in their documentation of military and civilian life
during the Civil War;
boys' secondary education in the liberal arts during
Reconstruction; and the romantic and social conventions of the American South
in the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
The Correspondence Series includes Abbot's
personal letters to his wife and family (William Richardson Abbot and Lucy
Ridgway Minor Abbot sub-series), as well as several from his mother and sisters
(Abbot Family (1) sub-series). Correspondence from the Civil War consists
predominantly of Abbot's romantic exchanges with Lucy Minor. Apart from
expressing Abbot's deep attachment to Lucy, both during and immediately after
their courtship, the letters document Abbot's daily life as a clerk in the
War Office in Richmond, his duties as an officer on
recruiting assignments in Georgia and his experiences in the field in Virginia.
Abbot's letters from 1864-1865 describe conditions at various camps and picket
lines in and around
Appomattox, where Abbot was present during General
Lee's surrender.
The letters of Abbot's widowed mother and sisters speak to women's
experiences of everyday life during the War. The Abbot women sometimes mention
the price of supplies and clothing from both before and after the Civil War. Of
particular interest is an exceptionally detailed, ten-paged letter from
Ellen Abbot to her brother from September of 1864,
recounting the surrender of the town of
Woodstock in Northern Virginia to Union soldiers.
Written over the course of several days, the letter describes Ellen and her
mother's departure from the border town, providing a general idea of refugee
movements within and around the state. The account details the prices of
supplies and of means of conveyance during evacuation. Ellen Abbot also
documented the concealment and care of wounded Confederate soldiers by
civilians, partisan violence, and a summary execution during the town's
surrender.
A significant portion of nineteenth century material from the Abbot
Family Correspondence series relates to Abbot's teaching activities after the
War, and in particular to his involvement with and eventual purchase of
Bellevue High School (1870-1909) (Education/Bellevue sub-series). Founded by
prominent educator and lawyer J.P. Holcombe in 1866, this institution was an
important preparatory school for the University of Virginia. A series of
letters from parents of its students provide personalized accounts of education
during the Reconstruction. Of interest is a two-paged letter from one of
Abbot's students in Mississippi (1874), assessing the political and social
causes of interracial violence in his hometown during the Reconstruction.
Early to mid-twentieth century material from the Correspondence series
consists of exchanges between the children and grandchildren of William and
Lucy Minor. (Abbot Family (2) subseries). The letters of
Francis H. Abbot, son of W.R and Lucy Abbot, are
predominantly reports of his experience as a doctoral student of German
language and literature in the Universities of Goettingen and Leipzig
(1889-1903). A few political lampoons on
postcards provide a perspective on current
events in Europe at the time, including perceptions of
Prussian militarism and of events leading to the
Boer war. Also included in this subseries are
personal correspondence of
James Southall (married Jane Oliver Abbot),
prominent physicist at the University of Columbia; personal and business
letters of
Daniel Henderson (married Lucy Minor Abbot),
lawyer and well-known activist for Native-American rights; early personal
correspondence of
Virginia Henderson (daughter of Daniel and Lucy
Henderson), pioneer in the post-war nursing profession and coauthor of the
authoritative study on modern nursing techniques,
Nursing Research: Survey and Assessment.
The Correspondence series extends to the Minor side of the family (
Minor Family subseries), and includes letters from
the early-nineteenth century exchanged between
Dr. Charles Minor, prominent educator in Virginia,
and his brother
John Minor, leading legal scholar at the
University of Virginia. Correspondence of the Minor brothers continued in
exchanges with Abbot during the latter's tenure at Brookhill School before the
Civil War, and afterwards, when Abbot served as principal of Bellevue. The
subseries also includes some of the private correspondence of the numerous
siblings of Lucy Ridgway Minor.
While the bulk of the collection comprises correspondence, the papers
also include Abbot's addresses to schools and the Virginia Educational Society;
printed bulletins detailing courses of study and formal statements of the
teaching philosophy at Bellevue; and an official letter-book, receipts,
financial and legal documents relating to the purchase, expansion and daily
administration of the school. Other materials relating to the children of the
William and Lucy Abbot include educational addresses by their son,
Charles Minor Abbot, who administered Bellevue
until it closed (1901-1909), as well as biographical material on Virginia
Henderson's authoritative influence on professional nursing.
Newspaper clippings from the Reconstruction include articles by
Ellen Abbot (Sr.) on her interpretation of the
events leading immediately to the Civil War, and by
William R. Abbot on the role of women in the
Confederate cause. These also include some patriotic poetry; Virginian novelist
Thomas Nelson Page's childhood recollection of a
slave-auction; reports of speeches by W.R. Abbot; and obituaries of friends and
family.
Of particular interest from the Minor side of the family papers are
two personal
diaries, the first belonging to
Dr. Charles Minor and the second kept by
Anne Minor, the youngest of the ten children of
Charles Minor. Charles Minor's eleven-paged account of a trip from
Charlottesville to New Orleans provides a detailed idea of road and steamboat
travel in the early nineteenth century. The account
mentions
General Jackson, who was on the same boat. The
second half of the diary is an autobiographical note on Minor's early
instruction in the classics. The ten-page record of Anne Minor's diary is
unusual for its dramatic reconstruction of a child's perspective on events
witnessed during the Civil War, as well as for its disturbing reflections on
the particular insecurities suffered by young children in war-time (c.1929).
The Picture Series includes
photographs and several
cartes-de-visite of the Abbot and Minor
families.
The Abbot Family Papers provide the researcher with numerous vantage
points onto public, professional and private life in
nineteenth-century Virginia, most particularly
through personalized accounts of men and women of the time. While the papers
follow the families' colonial past from the early eighteenth century into the
mid-twentieth century, the collection is noteworthy for its emphasis on
military and private life in the Confederacy and in the Reconstruction South.
The collection illuminates the experience of the Civil War through numerous
windows onto the private lives of individuals; the professionalization of
secondary education during the Reconstruction; the social and epistolary
conventions of nineteenth century courtship; and the construction of an
inter-generational identity, based on extended familial affections and ties to
the institution of Bellevue.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a
search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will
bring up other related research materials.
- Abbot, W. R.
- Abbot, Lucy Minor.
- Minor, Carolus.
- Minor, Ann.
- Minor, John B.
- Abbott family.
- Minor family.
- Henderson, Virginia.
- Holcombe, James Philemon, 1820-1873.
- University of Virginia--History.
- Bellevue High School.
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia--First regiment of engineers troops.
- Women-Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
- Courtship--Virginia--History--19th century,
- Schools--Virginia--Bedford.
- Education--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Virginia--Education--History.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Virginia--Social life and customs--History--19th century.
- Virginia--Social life and customs--History--20th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Children.
- Cartes-de-visite.
- Photographs.
- Genealogies.
- Alfred and Elizabeth Brand Collection of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence Series, 1827-1952
The Correspondence series is divided into five subseries: the
William Richardson Abbot and Lucy Ridgway Minor Abbot subseries; Bellevue High
School subseries; Abbot Family (1) subseries; Abbot Family (2) subseries; and
the Minor Family subseries.
William Richardson Abbot and Lucy Ridgway Minor Abbot Subseries, 1860-1909
Personal and romantic exchanges between William and Lucy Abbot,
chiefly from the Civil War period. Includes some
hand-written transcriptions.
Arranged chronologically.
Box 1
1860
March-1862 October
(27 folders)
Box 2
1862
November-1864 December
(32 folders)
Box 3
1865 January-1909 March
(7 folders)
Undated
(2 folders)
Abbot Family (1) Subseries, 1827-1875
Personal letters to and from
William R. Abbot, and family members. Chief
correspondents are
W.R. Abbot's mother
Ellen Abbott and his sisters Ellen and
Jane Abbot. Includes letter from
Ellen Abbot (Jr.) recounting surrender of
Woodstock in Northern Virginia to Union
soldiers. Also includes official papers such as reports of W.R. Abbot's
academic progress at the
University of Virginia and professional
recommendations for university positions; and W.R Abbot's enlistment papers and
other formal correspondence with the
Confederate Army. The personal correspondence
contains some
hand-written transcriptions.
Arranged chronologically; W.R. Abbot's university evaluations,
professional recommendations and correspondence with the Confederate Army
collated separately and arranged according to subject.
Box 3
1827 November-1875 November
(17 folders)
Undated
(2 folders)
Official Civil War Correspondence,
1863 November-1864 February
(3 folders)
Academic Evaluations and Recommendations,
1861-1863
(1 Folder)
Education/Bellevue Subseries, 1866-1911
Formal correspondence to and from the
Virginia Educational Association, and
correspondence regarding general administrative matters at
Bellevue High School. Also includes letters
of parents of Bellevue students assessing students' progress and concerns.
Contains letter to
W.R. Abbot from a student describing
inter-racial violence in
Mississippi. A letter-book in
William R. Abbot's hand-writing contains
copies of correspondence pertaining to Bellevue High.
Arranged chronologically.
Box 4
1866 July-1911 July
(25 folders)
See also letter-book,
1886 Aug. 27-1903 June 24
(1 vol. in Box 8)
Abbot Family (2) Subseries, 1879-1960
Personal letters of the Abbot children to and from William and
Lucy; to each other; to their spouses; and from their spouses to William and
Lucy. Includes several postcards to
Bellevue from
Francis Abbot during his studies in Germany.
Also includes the personal exchanges of several Abbot grand-children.
Arranged alphabetically, according to correspondent.
Box 5
Abbot, Charles Minor,
1901-1960
(1 folder)
Abbot, Emily McIlvane,
1901-1912
(1 folder)
Abbot, Francis H. (Frank),
1895-1932
(10 folders)
Abbot, Jane Oliver (Jinx; Jeannie),
1889-1927
(3 folders)
Abbot, Louisa Noland (Toodles; Loulie),
1889-1910
Abbot, William (III),
1912 Oct.
(1 folder)
Henderson, Jane,
1931-1953
(1 folder)
Henderson, Lucy Minor Abbot,
1898-1950
(3 folders)
Henderson, Lucy (Jr.) and Charles,
1901-1925
(1 folder)
Houff, Frances Minor,
1918-1933
(2 folders)
Southall, James (Jim),
1900-1931
(4 folders)
Unidentified; undated
(1 folder)
Minor Family Subseries, 1825-1900
Exchanges between Charles and
John Minor as students, and with
W.R. Abbot. Includes the personal
correspondence of
Lucy Ridgway Minor and her siblings.
Arranged alphabetically, according to correspondent.
Box 5
Minor, Annie et al.,
1846-1900 (1
folder)
Minor, Dr. Charles,
1827-1876
(2 folders)
Minor, John B.,
1828-1825
(2 folders)
Minor, Lancelot,
1825-1834
(1 folder)
Minor, Lucy Ridgway,
1863-1904
(2 folders)
Minor, Lucy Walker (cousin Lucy),
1890-1892 (1
folder)
See also oversize
folder.
Diaries Series, 1835; 1836; 1930
Transcription of entries from
Charles Minor's personal
diary from a trip from
Charlottesville to
New Orleans, mentioning
General Jackson. The second half of the
document is Minor's account of his early education in the classics, also
detailing the circumstances surrounding Minor's first teaching position in
Albemarle County and eventual move to
Ridgway.
Personal diary of
Anne Minor, youngest child of Charles Minor.
The diary describes early childhood experiences during the
Civil War, after the family moved from
Brookhill to
Lands End upon the death of Charles Minor.
Box 8
Anne Minor Diary,
1828-1830 (?)
(1 vol.)
Charles Minor Diary,
1835;
1836
(1 document)
Addresses, Notes and Drafts Series, 1856-1857 and undated
W.R. Abbot's undated
addresses to the Virginia Educational
Association, the Alumni Association of the University of Virginia, the Bar
Association and assemblies of other Virginian schools;
Charles Minor's
speeches; and W.R. Abbot's notebook from his
undergraduate philosophy course at the
University of Virginia. Unarranged.
Box 6
W.R. Abbot's addresses
(7 folders)
W.R. Abbot's notes and drafts
(1 folder)
W.R. Abbot's philosophy notes,
1856 Oct.-1857
March
(Notebook)
Charles Minor Abbot's speeches
(2 folders)
Printed Material Series, 1866-1921
Printed speech by
W.R. Abbot and program for annual meeting of
the
University of Virginia Alumni Association;
Bellevue High School Catalogues,
transcriptions of school songs and copies of
the
Nondescript, the Bellevue High
magazine; and transcriptions by
Francis Abbot of folk and African-American
music from Virginia. Unarranged.
Box 6
Printed material,
1866-1921
(6 folders)
Clippings Series, 1863-1909
Accounts of events and personalities of the
Civil War written during the
Reconstruction period; obituaries of Abbot
friends and family; and obituaries for members of the
Minor family.
Arranged chronologically.
Box 6
Clippings,
1863-1909
(5 folders)
Genealogy and Family Histories Series, undated
Genealogies of Abbots and Minors; family and
church records of births and deaths; biographical notes on
William Abbot,
John B. Minor,
Dr. Charles Minor and
Virginia Henderson; an early history of Minor
family estates in
Albemarle County; and a printed transcription
of an
oral history of
Bellevue and the
Abbot family's association with
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church by
Frances Minor Henderson Houff. Unarranged.
Box 6
Genealogy and family histories, undated
(4 folders)
Financial Papers Series, 1860-1916
W.R. Abbot's business correspondence regarding
the administration and expansion of
Bellevue as well as various other real estate
investments in
Virginia and
Kansas City. Contains savings book as well as
an account book of Bellevue. Also includes receipts of taxes on property and of
miscellaneous transactions with merchants for the daily administration of
Bellevue.
Arranged chronologically; correspondence with legal firms
recording financial investments collated separately and arranged alphabetically
according to name of solicitor.
Box 6
Financial papers,
1860-1916
(11 folders)
Box 7
Financial papers,
1860-1916
(15 folders)
Savings book,
1875 July-1890
July (1 vol.)
See also Account-book,
1895 March-1906
Sept. (1 vol.) in Box 8.
Legal Papers Series, 1733-1950
Insurance policies, deeds of trust, and land plats pertaining to
Bellevue property and
W.R. Abbot's property elsewhere in
Virginia and in
Kansas City; legal papers of
Ellen Abbot's pre-Civil War residence in
Georgetown; records of
W.R. Abbot's partnership with
J.P. Holcombe and his assumption of Bellevue
subsequent to Holcombe's death; affidavits of family members recording receipt
of inheritance; and original deeds of trust recording land grants made in
Virginia to
John B. Minor from
Sir Thomas Carr of Topping Castle.
Arranged chronologically; records of distribution of family estate
and Holcombe-Bellevue papers collated separately and arranged alphabetically
according to name.
Box 7
Legal papers,
1733-1950
(17 folders)
Pictures Series, [1860s-1980s]
60
photographs of the
Abbot family and
Bellevue, most of which are identified; one
photocopy of a group picture of Abbots at Bellevue ([ca. 1900]) with names and
dates labeled on reverse; 24 photographs of the
Minor family; one
photograph album containing mostly pictures
of students at a turn-of-the-century women's college, including pictures of
Lucy and
Virginia Henderson; and 15 unidentified
photographs of children, and young men and women. Series includes several
cartes-de-visite and a few
tintypes taken mostly at photographers'
studios in Charlottesville and Lynchburg.
Box 7
Photographs,
[1860s-1980s]
(5 folders)
Oversized Material, 1878-1906 and undated
Account book,
1895 March-1906 Sept.
(Financial papers series)
Letterbook,
1886 Aug. 27-1903 June 24
(Correspondence series)
Annie Minor's Civil War Memoir, undated
(Miscellany series)
1906 Typescript of the
1836 Diary of
Charles Minor (Miscellany
series)
Letter,
1878 from Charles Minor to
"My Dear Mother..."
(Correspondence
series)
Miscellany, 1857-1965 and undated
Minutes of the
Bellevue High School Literary Society;
miscellaneous Bellevue-related papers including transcripts of a
school-play and lists of academic journals on education;
John Abbot's certificates of distinction at
Bellevue; memorabilia of the Minor children
comprised of verses by
Cabell Minor and an elegy by
Charles Minor (Jr.) on the death of Walter
Scott written at Brookhill; a handwritten prayer and records of
Brookhill school sessions (1857-1865).
Includes
Annie Minor's memoir of her experiences as a
child during the Civil War (housed with oversized material in Box 8) and the
Minor family Bible, an incomplete two-volume 1769 edition of the Authorized
version with manuscript poetry and letters added to the front pages of the
first volume.
Box 9
Miscellany,
1857-1965 and undated
(3 folders)
Album
(1 vol.)
Box 10
Abbot family Bible
(2 vol.)
