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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)