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Johnston Family Papers - Accession 1217, American Civil War, Thomas Jefferson Johnston, Robert James Johnston, Johnston Family, Huber Family, Nesbit Family, Stassen Family Jan 2022

Johnston Family Papers - Accession 1217, American Civil War, Thomas Jefferson Johnston, Robert James Johnston, Johnston Family, Huber Family, Nesbit Family, Stassen Family

Manuscript Collection

The Johnston Family Papers consists mostly of material genealogical in nature. This genealogical material was accumulated by Andrew D. Johnston with much being handed down to him by family members. Also included is genealogical research conducted by Mr. Johnston and by Patricia Andrews Johnston Treadwell. The research includes Family Tree Makers files, pedigree charts, descendant reports, ahnentafel reports, family unit charts, grave records, family narratives, published genealogical materials, marriage announcements, and obituaries. The prominent family names are Johnston, Huber, Nesbit, Stassen, Wiedderecht, Glass, Briegel, and Boese. Also included in this collection are the personal papers of Thomas Jefferson Johnston, Burdette …


Knox-Wise Family Papers - Accession 591, Knox-Wise Jan 1985

Knox-Wise Family Papers - Accession 591, Knox-Wise

Manuscript Collection

The Knox-Wise Family Papers includes a land grant issued to John Knox in 1768; diaries written by Dr. John Knox [1792-1859] covering the 1840s and 1850s; James N. Knox [1806-1880] covering 1859-1880; and William D. Knox [1847-1928] covering 1869-1928; indentures, deeds, receipts, court summonses and other papers of Hugh Knox [1757-1821], sheriff and justice of the peace in Chester County, South Carolina (ca. 1780s and 1790s); correspondence of James N. Knox, correspondence, and other professional papers of Dr. John Knox; correspondence, and other papers of William D. Knox, Superintendent of Education in Chester County from 1896-1928. Papers of various other …


Lucile Kathryn Delano Papers - Accession 509, Lucile Kathryn Delano Jan 1983

Lucile Kathryn Delano Papers - Accession 509, Lucile Kathryn Delano

Manuscript Collection

The Lucile Kathryn Delano Papers consist of correspondence relating to Dr. Delano, Hallet Abend, and Virgilia Peterson (Princess Sapieha of Poland), an account of her trips to Europe and Mexico City, honors and awards she received, a dissertation presented to the Board of Graduate Studies at Washington University, notes on projected research on William Cullen Bryant, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and family photographs.


Boulware Family Papers - Accession 102, Thomas Mccullough Boulware, James Richmond Boulware Jan 1977

Boulware Family Papers - Accession 102, Thomas Mccullough Boulware, James Richmond Boulware

Manuscript Collection

The Boulware Family Papers consist of photocopies of a plantation journal (302 pages) kept by Thomas McCullough Boulware I (1829-1889) and a genealogy of the Boulware family written by James Richmond Boulware II of Lakeland, Florida, in 1948. The journal concerns the Blackstocks Plantation in Chester County, South Carolina and subjects include the planting of crops and farming of land; family events, such as deaths, births and marriages; family travel and vacations; church affairs, including the local temperance league; land sales; free black and northerners in Chester County after the Civil War.