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This folder contains a leather bound Certificate of Honor Award 1978 presented to Lucy Ackerly by Lexington High School Classes of ’45, ’46, ’47, ’48, 49.

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This folder contains a brown expandable folder containing Major William W. Ackerly’s War Department papers, etc.

Scope and Contents This folder contains:- Two page historical sketch of Hollins College 1923, 1924, 1925 - Letters among W. W. Ackerly’s wartime buddies concerning wartime news 1942 + With the Colors publication of Mar. 17, 1942 with picture of FDR on the cover referencing his 60th birthday - Letter Sept. 4, 1939 from William W. Ackerly, Esq. to Circuit Court Loudoun County asking for date of deed of trust from Mary D.A. Field (widow) to L. R. Bartenstein and “myself” covering sale of farm - ...

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This folder contains the original and transcript of a letter from John Milton White (a lieutenant in the 34th VA Infantry) Jan. 12, 1865 from the defenses in Petersburg to his wife who lived near Cifax in Bedford County, VA.

Scope and Contents This folder contains: - Broadside of Republican Convention to be held at Lexington Courthouse Mar. 30, 1895 - Receipt Mrs. C.B. Ackerly bought of E.A. Moore & Co. Studebaker wagon gear Aug. 25, 1899 - Note from Col R.A. Marr of VMI to “Appointing Power of the Postmaster of Lexington, VA” Apr. 8, 1902 recommending that John P. Ackerly be re-appointed as postmaster - Letter to the Lexington Postmaster from The McKinley Monumental Tree Committee...

Scope and Contents This folder contains the following miscellaneous publications:- Pamphlet on dieting entitled The New Figure (Reducing and Gaining) by Gladys Glad (Central Press Ass’n, Cleveland and New York – no date) - Colonial Virginia Direct Ferry Routes (Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown) - Map of Virginia Seashore (A Year Round Playground Among Historic Shrines) - Reprint from Confederate Veteran (Nashville, TN) “The Original ‘Dixie’s Land’ by Daniel Decatur Emmett” - The Port of Hampton Roads map...

Scope and Contents This folder contains the following miscellaneous publications:- Land deed Aug. 29, 1939 Mary D.A. Field (widow) to Algernon A. S. Davy returned for revision per letter from W. A. Metzer (Attorney at Law, Leesburg) to William Ackerly (Attorney at Law, Lexington) - Contract by and between Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula E. (Jeter) Parker regarding publication of Our Kin – Dec. 26, 1929 - Letter from Mary Ackerly to brother William Ackerly about dissolving Our Kin partnership with Lula Parker...