Collection Number: MS 192
Preferred Citation: , MS , Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Vertical file contains an index for the other MS 192 vertical files and the items that are in the shelved boxes, as well as one painted photo of five women from 1944. There are 15 file boxes containing items ranging from 1860-1988. The material mostly relates to Mary Norris Rawlings (1873-1960; daughter of Helen Carter Watson and Reverend James Minor Rawlings), Velora Ames Carver (married to James Rawlings Thompson, the nephew of Mary Rawlings), and Marjorie Dunham Carver (sister of Velora). Miss Rawlings founded the Charlottesville Civic League and the Albemarle County Historical Society, and published several short stories under the name of Minor Watson. Velora Thompson was on the board of the Historical Landmarks Commission, the Architectural Control Survey of Charlottesville, the Civic League of Charlottesville, and the North Downtown Residents Association. Marjorie Carver was an employee at the University of Virginia Library (now Alderman Library).
(1) Box I A-G: Photographs
(2) Box II: Geneological
(3) Box III: Clippings
(4) Box IV: A-D: Correspondence
(5) Box V:
a. A: Mary Rawlings Short Stories
b. B: Mary Rawlings Correspondence
c. C: Mary Rawlings Historical Writings
d. D: Mary Rawlings Diaries
(6) VI: Business Papers
(7) Box VII: Albemarle Bounty Entities
(8) Box VIII – Box X: Charlottesville Entities
(9) Box XI: Charlottesville and Albemarle County Entities
(10) Box XII: Landmarks Commision
(11) Box XIII: Correspondence
(12) Box XIV: Printed Items
(13) Box XV: Oversized Items
