Answer of Lewis Lanier to Jane's Bill of Complaint
Petersburg City (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1960, <em>Jane v. Admr. of Edwin Lanier etc.</em>, 1840-066. Local Government Records Collections, Petersburg City Court Records, Library of Virginia. 730-1840-066-0010/0011.
11 June 1826
Manuscript
Answer of Thomas Hunt to Jane's Bill of Complaint
Petersburg City (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-066. Local Government Records Collections, Petersburg City Court Records, Library of Virginia. 730-1840-066-0007/0008.
10 June 1826
Manuscript
Application for Marriage License
In an application for a marriage license, one had to indicate not only that he or she was not "a habitual criminal, idiot, imbecile, hereditary epileptic or insane person," but but also whether he or she was "white, colored, or mixed."
Rockbridge County (Va.) Clerk's Correspondence, 1912-1943. Local Government Records Collection, Rockbridge County Court Records. The Library of Virginia. 12-1245-002.
Ca. 1924
Printed form
Application for Marriage License (Charlie Sorrells and Sophia Jane Woods)
In his application for a marriage license, Charlie Sorrells indicated that both he and his fiancee, Sophia Jane Woods, were white. A.T. Shields, the same clerk of the court who denied Atha Sorrells' right to marry, signed the license. The Sorrells' name was later placed on a list of "mixed negroid" families living in Rockbridge, Virginia.
Rockbridge County (Va.) Clerk's Correspondence [Walter A. Plecker to A.T. Shields], 1912-1943. Local Government Records Collection, Rockbridge County Court Records. The Library of Virginia. 10-0477-001/002.
24 August 1925
Printed form and manuscript
Archer House (Powhatan County, Va.)
WPA Federal Art Project in Virginia
Dwellings. -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
Pen and ink drawing of a wood and brick house surrounded by trees. Artist's signature, "Edward A. Darby," appears in the lower right-hand corner of the drawing.
<a href="http://lva.omeka.net/exhibits/show/wpa_drawings/artists/darby">Darby, Edward Allen, 1877-1966</a>
WPA Historic Houses Drawings Collection
Library of Virginia Special Collections, Prints & Photographs, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA. Contact 804-692-3703.
1932-1937
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
Virginia Conservation and Development Commission
Finding aid to Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History, Records, 1927-1950, Accession 24806a-c, 25913 and 41571: <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00960.xml" target="_blank">http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00960.xml</a>
WPA Photograph and Negative Collection
Pen and ink drawing
English
Lab# 12_0676_38_16031
Powhatan County, Va.
Aubrey E. Strode, Author of Virginia's Sterilization Law
Aubrey E. Strode drafted the 1924 sterilization law and acted as legal counsel to the Board of Directors of the Virginia State Colony. He was paid $750 to represent the Board in each of the appeals of Carrie Buck's case.
The Library of Virginia. 05-0905-02.
1908
Photograph
Auburn (Mathews County, Va.)
WPA Federal Art Project in Virginia
Dwellings. -- Virginia -- Mathews County.
Pen and ink drawing of a brick house surrounded by trees and landscaping. Artist's signature, "Edward A. Darby," appears in the lower right-hand corner of the drawing.
<a href="http://lva.omeka.net/exhibits/show/wpa_drawings/artists/darby">Darby, Edward Allen, 1877-1966</a>
WPA Historic Houses Drawings Collection
Library of Virginia Special Collections, Prints & Photographs, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA. Contact 804-692-3703.
1937
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
Virginia Conservation and Development Commission
Finding aid to Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History, Records, 1927-1950, Accession 24806a-c, 25913 and 41571: <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00960.xml" target="_blank">http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00960.xml</a>
WPA Photograph and Negative Collection
Pen and ink drawing
English
Lab# 12_0676_38_16652
Mathews County, Va.
Bacon Letter Transcription
Barbara Johns (Proposed Civil Rights Monument, Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia)
The Library of Virginia, Special Collections. 06-0678-02.
2006
Crayon on paper
Barford (Lancaster County, Va.)
WPA Federal Art Project in Virginia
Dwellings. -- Virginia -- Lancaster County.
Pen and ink drawing of a wood house showing a tree in front of the house. Artist's signature, "R. M. Allyn 35," appears in the lower left-hand corner of the drawing.
<a href="http://lva.omeka.net/exhibits/show/wpa_drawings/artists/allyn">Allyn, Rex Merrill, 1887-1965</a>
WPA Historic Houses Drawings Collection
Library of Virginia Special Collections, Prints & Photographs, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA. Contact 804-692-3703.
1935
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
Virginia Conservation and Development Commission
Finding aid to Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History, Records, 1927-1950, Accession 24806a-c, 25913 and 41571: <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00960.xml" target="_blank">http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vivadoc.pl?file=vi00960.xml</a>
WPA Photograph and Negative Collection
Pen and ink drawing
English
Lab# 12_0676_38_16643
Lancaster County, Va.