Name/Title
A. V. Garney CollectionEntry/Object ID
ARC110Scope and Content
Papers and ephemera associated with and collected by A. V. (Chick) Garney. Includes:
1 - Small hardcover booklet of handwritten and printed sheet music for the Mechanics Silver Cornet Band 1st Eb Tuba; Inside cover is stamped James W. Garney, Charlestown, W.Va.
2 - Menus for the 15th and 16th Annual Dinner of the Charles-Town Society in New York City, dated 1904 and 1905, respectively.
3 - Engraving of two women and one man on wide, tree-lined street.
4 - Paper flyer or poster for the "Southern Plantation Minstrels" at Charles Washington Hall on March 3, 1877.
5 - Paper flyer or poster for "Mr. Harry Pease" and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" stage productions; no venue or date listed [not included on original catalog card, but found with Garney items].
6 - Souvenir for the Home Coming Celebration for WWI soldiers on September 25, 1919 [accompanied by single page program insert; unclear if associated with original Garney donation].
7 - Newspaper clippings and printed brochures related to the Rural Delivery Service.
8 - Three papers related to Hill Construction Company.
9 - Typed note from T. T. Perry addressed to "Chic" [Thornton T. Perry, Jr., was a postmaster in Charles Town; see T. T. Perry Collection, ARC682, and other items in Accession No. 595 for T. T. Perry items].
10 - Envelope addressed to A. V. GarneyAcquisition
Accession
29Source or Donor
Garney, James W.Acquisition Method
GiftArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1901 - 1999