Box 5
Contains 24 Results:
Photograph of Hettie Adams and Family
This file consists of a photograph of Nannie Walker Scruggs, Nellie V. Lewis, James H. Lewis, and Hattie Adams (5x7). Folder also includes a copy of the certificate of death for Hettie Adams.
Photographs of Blandome Painted Gray With Black Pointing, 1919
This file includes two photographs of the Blandome home (5.5x3.5).
Photograph of Blandome in Winter
This file includes two photographs of the Blandome home in winter (5x7). No date.
Photograph of Clarence M. Wood as a Football Player Va. Union Univeristy, 1916 - 1917
This file includes a photograph postcard, on which Clarence M. Wood is indicated and pictured with football teammates. The postcard on the back is address to Jack M. Wood.
Photograph of Clarence Working for Money for College, 1917
This image shows Clarence Wood as a member of an unidentified summer staff. He was working to make money for college.
Photograph of Clarence Wood at Va. Union U., 1918
This file consists of a photograph of Clarence M. Wood at Virginia Union University and a photograph of Pickford Hall.
Photograph of the Walker-Wood Family, 1920 - 1930
This file contains a photo of the Walker-Wood family. Depicted in the front row from left to right are Harry Walker Wood, Marrie, Clarence Jr., Bettie Jo, Alex, and Nannie. Harry Walker is behind Nannie. DePriest is in the back row with white hair. Clarence M. is in the back row on the left. CMamie Jones is behind Harry Walker Wood.
Photograph of the C. M. Wood Family, 1943-08-01
This file contains a photograph of C.M. Wood's family (7x5). From left to right, the photograph depicts Edward, Clarence M., Nannie W., Harry Walker, Clarence Jr., and Alex B.
Photograph of the Clarence Wood Family Receiving Word that They Won Second Place in the Irish Sweepstakes, 1947-06-07
This file contains a photograph of Clarence Wood's family as Clarence accepts a second place prize in a sweepstakes. The photo depicts Harry Walker Wood, Olivia Johnson Wood, Clarence M. Wood Sr., Clarence Wood Jr., Nannie Walker Wood, and Dr. Edward T. Wood. On the back of the photograph, it is noted that Alex was not present.
Photo/Article of the Wood Family and Their Connection to North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, 1954
This file contains two pages of the Third Quarter, 1954 edition of "The Whetstone," a publication made by the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Two pages are the cover of the magazine, as well as an article on the Wood family and the Blandome home entitled "A 'Mutual' Family." Clarence M. Wood worked twenty-two years for North Carolina Mutual Insutrance Company.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Members, 1955
This file includes a photograph of Delta Sigman Sorority members from 1955 (10x8). From left to right the standing members are as follows: Marguerite Johnson, Mary Colbert Lewis, Laura Etta, Price Rucker, Freddye H. Wood, Christine Clayton, Elvia D. Brooks. The sitting members are, from left to right, Amanda Pleasants-Winters, Martha Price Lias, and Fracnes P. Ragsdale. Writing on the back of the photograph indicates Martha taught at Lylburn Downing.
Photograph and Newspaper Article About Edward T. Wood, 1957
This file consists of a photograph and an article about Edward T. Wood's graudation from the University of Virginia Medical School. Edward was one of the two first African American people admitted to the University of Virginia Medical School.
Photograph of Nannie Walker Wood on her Wedding Day, 1919-06-18
This file includes a photograph of Nannie Walker Wood on her wedding day in 1919.
Photograph of Susie Walker Morgan
This file contains one photograph. Susie is identified on the back as Marie Baker's mother who died when Marie was 2 years old. Marie Baker was 82 in 2001.
Eliza Walker's Address Book, 1891
This file contains Eliza Walker Wood's leather bound address book.
Two of Harry Walker's Account Books, 1940 - 1941
This file contains two account books belonging to Harry Lee Walker, one of which refers to his account with the Peoples National Bank, in Lexington, Va.
Nannie Wood's Account Book, 1940 - 1941
This file consists of Nannie Wood's account book of boarding school expenses of her children. The family paid a lot in real estate taxes but had to pay out a lot for private schools since Lexington had no complete high school until 1947. Lylburn Downing was built in 1927, but had no complete high school until 1947. Bette Jo went to Ingleside Free Memorial Institute.
Nannie Wood's Notebook of Income From Rental Property, 1947 - 1952
This file consists of a notebook of income from rental property. The first few were from parts of the Willson-Walker building. The cabins were relocated from Buffalo Creek to 'The farm.'
Invitation to the Reception for "Streets of Lexington", 1985-04-29
Harry Walker's photograph is used on the invitation on the left towards the bottom. Winifred Hadsel wrote a note to Nannie Wood thanking her for letting her use the photograph.
Funeral Program of Nannie Walker Wood, 1993-06-21 - 1993-06-23
This file consists of a program for Nannie Elizabeth Walker Wood's funeral service, held at Vine Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1993.
Stars for Window During WWII, 1939 - 1945
This file consists of a flag hung in the window during WWII. The flag has two stars for Clarence Jr. and Harry Walker.
Letter to C. M. Wood from Governor Price, 1940-07-02
This file consists of letter from Governor Price to Clarence Wood. Wood had found a ring belonging to Price's son. Returning the favor, Price interceded for Wood to get the administration's position at the New Green Pastures National Park. Included in the file is a note by Alexander Wood explaining the incident.
Miscellaneous, 1944
This file consists of a photograph of the 7th Grade First Aid Class at Lylburn Downing School, April 1944, a photograph of Mrs. Jesse M. Woodley, Alex's 1st and 2nd grade teacher at Lylburn Downing School, and a program from Marie Wood Hayes's funeral
Control Folder
This file contains the register for Box 5 of the Walker-Wood family collection, accompanying notes written by Alex Wood, the manuscripts cataloging information, and three photographs of the Green Pasture Recreational Area.