Name/Title
Lippitt-Craighill Family CollectionEntry/Object ID
ARC625Scope and Content
A collection of items from the Lippitt-Craighill family of Charles Town.
ARC625-1 through ARC625-10: Handwritten originals and typed transcripts of reminiscences of James B. Craighill (donor's grandfather), including recollections of the John Brown Raid and Civil War
ARC625-11: Book: James B. Craighill: Personal Recollections; printed and bound version of ARC625-1-10
ARC625-12: Books: My Family According to Me, Vol. I and II, by Margaret C. Price (inside back cover of Vol. I is abbreviated genealogy of Craighill family).(Stored next to, not inside Box 7)
ARC625-13: Daguerreotype: according to an enclosed note, the subject is Mary Louisa Perry (donor's grandmother) when she was 14
ARC625-14: Tintype: probably of Mary Louisa Perry Lippitt (donor's grandmother) with a child
ARC625-15: Daguerreotype: according to an enclosed note, the subject is probably Elizabeth Upshur Bowdoin Smith (donor's great-grandmother)
ARC625-16: Ambrotype or tintype: according to an enclosed note, the subjects are Rev. James B. Craighill (donor's grandfather) and James H. Brown in the uniform of the Jefferson Rangers; contains a sheaf of brown hair tied by thread
ARC625-17: Daguerreotype of Joseph Francis Lippitt
ARC625-18: CD of original and retouched images of 5 items above; prints of original and retouched images of 5 items above-- labeled as copies
ARC625-19: Shakespeare Birthday Book: according to an enclosed note, this book belonged to Mary Louisa Perry Lippitt (donor's grandmother). Contains various names handwritten in ink.
ARC625-20: Judge Perry carte-de-visite, originally was inserted in Shakespeare Birthday Book, between pp. 106-107.
ARC625-21 and ARC625-22: Two ledgers: one with name of W. F. Lippitt, Jr. (donor's cousin) and other with no name, but according to the donor it also belonged to W. F. Lippitt, Jr.
ARC625-23: Digital photo of Louisa Lippitt (donor's aunt) and fellow nursing students (Location: Perm Collections-Digital Images)
ARC625-24: Digital photo of Louisa Lippitt (donor's aunt) in World War I uniform. (Location: Perm Collections-Digital Images)
ARC625-25: Digital copy of Sunday Washington Star news article with photo of Louisa Lippitt (donor's aunt) and Eleanor Roosevelt concerning her physical therapy for infantile paralysis. (Location: Perm Collections-Digital Images)
ARC625-26: Book by Louisa C. Lippitt, A Manual of Corrective Gymnastics (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923) 249 pp.
ARC625-27a: Diary of James B. Craighill (donor's grandfather), February 1 - April 4, 1849, 66 pages
ARC625-27b: Transcription by Margaret Craighill Price of 1849 diary of James B. Craighill (ARC625-27a)
ARC625-28: Photograph of St. Andrew's House, undated
ARC625-29: Photograph of Dr. Margaret Craighill Witherspoon (donor's cousin)
ARC625-30: Newspaper clippings and other information on Dr. Margaret Craighill Witherspoon (donor's cousin)
ARC625-31: Copy of transcribed Account of the Lineage of the Browne Family by Thomas Browne, governor of Florida. Pages 26-45 are an account of living in Charles Town with his brother while he attended Charles Town Academy (about 1798 or 1799 to 1802). Genealogy at end indicates a familial connection to Craighill family.
ARC625-32: Miscellaneous Craighill papersAcquisition
Accession
255Source or Donor
Price, Margaret CraighillAcquisition Method
Gift