Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Correspondence of J. D. K. Sleight
Image not available
You might also be interested in
Image not available
Brock Collection: Correspondence of the editor of the Richmond standard
Manuscripts
Scattered correspondence accumulated by the editors of the Richmond Standard, chiefly by George Watson James. Included are letters to James from contributors, readers, and subscribers; articles, books reviews, etc. The articles and letters to the editor deal with Virginia history and genealogy
mssBR Box 177
Image not available
Brock Collection: Correspondence of the Richmond Agency of the American Tract Society
Manuscripts
Correspondence of George L. Shearer, Secretary of the Richmond Agency of the American Tract Society and T. L. D. Walford, the Agency's Depositor. The collection consists chiefly of letters received by the Richmond Agency concerning affairs of Sunday and other schools, especially those established for Freedmen in Virginia and the Carolinas. Many letters were written in response to requests for books.
mssBR Box 154
Image not available
Brock Collection: Papers of the editors of the Richmond enquirer, (bulk 1867-1876)
Manuscripts
Papers, chiefly routine correspondence with a few documents, accumulated by the editors and managers. Included are accounts, advertisements, letters from contributors, readers, subscribers, and advertisers, correspondence relating to the merger with Richmond Examiner (1866) and the company management. The majority of the letters are addressed to George C. Wedderburn and W. W. Berry.
mssBR Box 176
Image not available
Brock Collection: Papers of Benjamin H. Smith
Manuscripts
Correspondence of Benjamin H. Smith with his friends and family, chiefly letters from his father in Richmond, Va. Also included are Smith's letters describing his duty guarding John Brown, a brief diary covering Sept. - Dec., 1861, scattered regimental records of Co. 3 of the Richmond Howitzers, and the paperwork relating to Smith's wound and his court martial case
mssBR Box 153 (1)
Image not available
Brock Collection: Clergymen's collection : Methodist Church and Baptist Church
Manuscripts
Collection of miscellaneous personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of Methodist and Baptist ministers and congregations, mostly of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and Baptist Southern Convention. Included are groups of correspondence of Samuel T. Moorman, a Methodist minister who served in North Carolina and Virginia in 1840-1860's., Rev. George William Keese, a Richmond, Va. Baptist minister, and materials relating to First Baptist Church (Richmond, Va)
mssBR Box 119
Image not available
Brock Collection: Clergymen's collection : Episcopal Church, (bulk 1837-1893)
Manuscripts
Collection of correspondence and manuscripts of various Episcopal clergymen. Although the majority of the collection deals with Virginia and other Southern states, there are scattered pieces relating to Episcopalian clergy in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Lower Canada. Included are materials related to the Monumental Episcopalian Church (Richmond. Va.), St. James's Episcopal Church (Richmond, Va.), St. John's Church (Hampton, Va.), Virginia Council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the Southern Churchman and other publications and institutions of Episcopal Church, particularly in the diocese of Virginia. There are only a few pieces relating to the Civil War
mssBR Box 117