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Box 4

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

Alex Wood's Notes - Control Folder

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 67
Scope and Contents

This file consists of Alex Wood's notes on the collection.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Alex Wood's speech to VMI, 2001

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 68
Scope and Contents

This file consists of Alex Wood's speech concerning the experience of Black Lexingtonians from 1900 to 1950, given at Virginia Military Institute for the Rockbridge Historical Society. Topics include social dynamics, education, economics, and religion in the Black community.

Dates: 2001

C.M. Wood's biology notebook, 1918

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 73
Scope and Contents

This file consists of C.M. Wood's biology notebook.

Dates: 1918

C.M. Wood's philosophy notebook, 1918

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 74
Scope and Contents

This file consists of C.M. Wood's philosophy notebook.

Dates: 1918

C.M. Wood's Latin notebook, 1918

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 75
Scope and Contents

This file consists of C.M. Wood's Latin notebook

Dates: 1918

C.M. Wood's English literature notebook, 1918

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 76
Scope and Contents

This file consists of C.M. Wood's English literature notebook.

Dates: 1918

Miscellaneous Correspondence

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 77
Scope and Contents

This file consists of miscellaneous correspondence addressed to the Blandome home, usually addressed to Nannie Walker Wood and Clarence M. Wood. The folder includes a copy of a letter addressed to Alex Wood from the Virginia state Department of Historic Resources sharing that Blandome was entered into the national register of historic places.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Family information. Resumes of H.L. Walker and Eliza Bannister Walker

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 80
Scope and Contents

This file consists of Harry Lee Walker's resume, photocopies of the resume, newspaper clippings regarding Nannie Walker Wood, and a program for the twenty-fifth anniversary dinner of the Rockbridge chapter of the NAACP, where Malvin R. Goode was a guest speaker.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Insurance survey by Aetna of 3 of C.M. Wood's properties, 1956

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 82
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a bound insurance survey by Aetna of Clarence M. Wood's three buildings in 1956.

Dates: 1956

Fire insurance report of C.M. Wood's properties, 1957-10

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 83
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a bound copy of a fire inspection report for the property of Clarence M. Wood and Nannie Walker Wood, submitted by R. Bruce Morrison.

Dates: 1957-10

Lexington Old Folks Home and Orphanage

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 84
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a photocopy of a proposed Lexington Old Folks Home and Orphanage, which was one of Eliza Walker's projects.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Nannie Walker's notebook on the Bible at Hartshorn College, 1914

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 86
Scope and Contents

This file consists of Nannie Walker Wood's notebook on the Bible at Hartshorn College in Richmond Virginia from 1914.

Dates: 1914

Nannie Walker's notebook on the Bible, 1916

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 87
Scope and Contents

This file consists of Nannie Walker Wood's notebook on the Bible from 1916.

Dates: 1916

Nannie Walker's algebra notebook, 1917

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 89
Scope and Contents

This file consists of Nannie Walker Wood's algebra notebook from 1917.

Dates: 1917

Nannie Wood - Photo of Roanoke Link, 1950

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 90
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a photo of the Roanoke, Va. Link Chapter from October 1950, of which Nannie Wood is standing in the first standing row second from the right. Other photographed members are listed on the photo.

Dates: 1950

Nannie Walker's notebook on the Bible, 1917

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 88
Scope and Contents

This file consists of Nannie Walker Wood's notebook on the Bible from 1917.

Dates: 1917

Paper on Willson-Walker House by Anthony Murray for Pam Simpson at Washington and Lee University, 1974

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 97
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a paper by Anthony M. Murray for Pam Simpson's architecture 107 class in Spring of 1974 entitled "Architecture Project: The Appalachia Pickin' Parlor." The paper details the history and provenance of the "Pickin' Parlor," formerly the Lexington Meat Market and later the Wilson-Walker house, both in ownership and in astylistic exterior and interior architectural features.

Dates: 1974

Paper by Wayne Kille for American Vernacular Architecture class for professor Dell Upton on Willson-Walker House

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 98
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a paper written by Wayne Kille for the WLU course American Vernacular Architecture 557 for professor Dell Upton in February of 1957, entitled "The Willson-Walker House: A Provincial Neoclassical Revival Building." The paper provides an architectural and stylistic analysis and evaluation of the building, as well as numerous photos depicting the interior and exterior of the building.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Paper on "Little House" at Blandome by Leonard Darby, 1974-05-22

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 69
Scope and Contents

This file contains the paper entitled "Orson Fowler, The Domestic Octagon, and 'The Little House at Blandome'" written by F. Leonard Darby for a course on American Architecture. The paper traces the history of octagonal deisgn in domestic homes, and explores its use in Blandome.

Dates: 1974-05-22