Manuscripts

Diaries

Description: The bulk of the collection concerns the Anderson family, centering about William Marshall Anderson and his family; mainly for the period 1838-1938.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1810-1948.
Call number: mssAD 1-454
Creator: Anderson (Family)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Included are letters (including 1 letter book), manuscripts (including 14 diaries, 1 commonplace book), documents (including 4 account books and 1 address book, 1 photograph album, and various commissions, certificates, and land grants to Virginia revolutionary soldiers).
Provenance: Acquired from various sources in 1954-1968.
Associated people: Anderson, William Marshall, (1807-1881.); Anderson, Charles, (1814-1895.); Anderson, Ellen Columba Ryan. (1803-1878.); Anderson, Larz, (1805-1871.); Anderson, Robert, (1862-1939.); Anderson, Robert Marshall, (1836-1917.); Anderson, Thomas McArthur, (1862-1893.); Clarke, Powhatan H. (1815-1891.); Draper, Lyman Copeland, (1816-1894.); Early, Jubal Anderson, (1810-1868.); Ellison, Robert Spurrier. (1772-1839.); Juncker, Henry Damian, (1800-1883.); Keefe, Charles C.; McArthur, Duncan,; Peet, Edward D.; Purcell, John Baptist,
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