THE VALENTINE MUSEUM
1015 East Clay Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-649-0711
Fax:
804-643-3510
A special collecting interest of the Valentine Museum has been in the
photographic field. Two works detail a major part of the photographic
collections: Shadows in Silver (New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1954) and "Don't Grieve after Me": The Black
Experience in Virginia 1619-1986 (Hampton University, 1986).
650. JOHN JASPER LETTER
1 item, 1869
A letter from this Afro-American preacher to an unknown recipient
concerning the preaching of Jasper's sermon about the rotation of the sun.
(Acc. V 86.60.1)
651. LAWSON NUNNALLY PAPERS
95 items, 1765-1923
Correspondence, accounts, and other legal and financial documents of
this Richmond banker, primarily concerning his position as trustee for
various estates. Several letters and documents pertain to the hire and sale
of slaves.
(Acc. MS. C 56)
652. "PRECINCT RECORD OF COLORED VOTERS"
1 item, May 12, 1891-November
1891
A ledger with entries for voters' name, address, and
occupation. It is tentatively identified as a Henrico
County document.
(Acc. MS. FB 83)
653. PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION
ca. 1,000 items,mid-nineteenth century to
present
Many photographs and prints of Afro-Americans and Afro-American scenes
are included in subject files under "People" (subheadings, "Negroes" and
"Children"), "Agriculture," "Business-tobacco, "Cabins," and
"Transportation." Prints and photographs of individual Afro-Americans,
including John Jasper and Gilbert Hunt, are filed under their names.
654. RICHMOND COMMUNITY INTERVIEWS
ca. 15 items, 1985
Video tapes of a number of Richmond
residents in connection with a project concerning race relations. Included
are tapes of interviews with Virginius Dabney,
Elise Richmond, Benjamin
Lambert, Oliver
Hill, William Hill, Ruth
Poindexter, Samuel Tucker, Henry Marsh, and Douglas
Wilder.
655. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ST. LUKE
304 items, 1877-1986
Records including constitutions, financial reports, order rituals,
annual meeting papers, and minutes of this Afro-American fraternal
organization created to provide for the sick and aged and burial expenses.
It later became a business organization which included an insurance company
and bank.
(Acc. MS. C 64)
656. SEDGWICK AND MUSSEN FAMILY PAPERS
176 items, 1846-1903
Letters, business papers, and documents relating to these families who
migrated to Virginia from Ireland in the early
nineteenth century. Over 100 documents concern John R.
Sedgwick's purchase and sale of slaves from 1856 to 1863 in Mobile, Alabama, North
Carolina, Virginia, and Richmond.
(Acc. MS. C 7)
657. PEYTON SKIPWITH PAPERS
ca. 50 items, 1763-1852
Business and legal correspondence of Sir Peyton
Skipwith of Prestwould, Mecklenburg
County. The plantation records refer to slaves.
(Acc. MS. C 8)
658. CHARLES SOMMA PAPERS
ca. 3,000 items, 1920-39
Primarily business papers of this Richmond
theater owner. Contains records of business dealings with film companies and
live acts for performances at the Byrd Theater and the Hippodrome in Jackson Ward. Included is material on black
entertainers and films.
(Acc. MS. C 55)
659. CHARLES TALBOTT PAPERS
105 items, 1842-1883
Business and legal papers of this Richmond
manufacturer including receipts for the sale of slaves.
(Acc. MS. C
10)
660. MAYOR JOSEPH TATE DOCKET
1 item, 1836-39
The private docket of this Richmond mayor,
with many entries concerning slaves and free blacks.
(Acc. MS. B75)
661. TAZEWELL and NORTON DAYBOOK
1 item, 1819-23
Medical daybook of Richmond-area doctors
William Tazewell and Daniel Norton, with entries for the medical treatment of slaves.
(Acc. MS. FB 14)
662. TYNDALL, ALLBERGER, AND VAN HORN FAMILY, PAPERS
123 items, 1831-90
Legal, business, and personal papers of Mrs. Frances Tyndall, her son Mark Anthony Tyndall, and her daughter Frances K. Tyndall Van Horn. Included are four
receipts for slaves bought by Mark A. and Frances K.
Tyndall.
(Acc. MS. C 51)
