Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Papers of Lewis Webb and associates
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Brock Collection: Papers of Lunsford Lomax Lewis
Manuscripts
Scattered letters and a few documents relating to Lewis' legal practice, his government service, political career, and personal affairs.
mssBR Box 143 (1)
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Brock Collection: Correspondence of Lewis Hill
Manuscripts
Chiefly business letters addressed to Lewis Hill, relating to bill collecting and hiring of slaves. Included are a few documents and pieces of personal correspondence
mssBR Box 92
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Brock Collection: Papers of Jaquelin P. Taylor
Manuscripts
Scattered business papers of Jaquelin P. Taylor and his business partners and associates. Also included is a small group of documents of the estate of Harry Tompkins, which was administered by Taylor
mssBR Box 26
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Brock Collection: Papers of John C. Underwood
Manuscripts
Miscellaneous professional and political correspondence of Judge Underwood. Included are his legal opinions and correspondence with legislators, clerks, lawyers, Republican politicians, etc. discussing legal matters and political situation, particularly Virginia Constitutional Convention (1867-1868)
mssBR Box 207
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Thompson Webb papers, (bulk 1905-1974)
Manuscripts
A collection of approximately 30,000 items from 1798 to 1995, it contains the personal, professional and business papers of educator Thompson Webb (1887-1975) and his wife, Vivian Louise Howell Webb. The letters, manuscripts and documents in the collection concern education, especially the Webb School in Claremont, California; agriculture in the Coachella Valley and Riverside; the town of Claremont, California; and religious organizations. There is also material about the other Webb Schools in Bell Buckle and Knoxville, Tennessee; Scripps College; The Claremont Colleges; and Pilgrim Place, Claremont, California. The collection also includes copies of 56 letters from 1859 to 1862 of Daniel L. Clary, a student who joined the Confederate Army not long after the beginning of the United States Civil War and who died from battle wounds. There is also a significant amount of Webb family correspondence in the collection, in addition to the papers of Thompson Webb's father-in-law, a Los Angeles area minister named Robert Paine Howell. Persons represented in the collection include: Marshall Stimson, Jerry Voorhis, William Robert "Swaney" Webb, Thompson Webb, Thompson Webb (1917-1998), Vivian Louise Howell Webb, William Robert Webb (1874-1960), William Robert Webb (active 1947-1962), and William Robert Webb (1921-). Included in the collection are 10 boxes of minimally processed addenda.
mssWebb
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Brock Collection: Papers of Edward Willis
Manuscripts
Official correspondence and records accumulated by Edward Willis during his career in the Confederate Army. Included are the general and special orders received from Army of Northwest, War Department, Army Headquarters, Adjutant and Inspector General, and Headquarters of Cavalry Forces, dispatches and regimental records (petitions, recommendations, medical certificates, reports, requisitions, muster rolls, etc.), records of courts martial, etc.
mssBR Boxes 149-152