Name/Title
Virginia Lucas CollectionEntry/Object ID
ARC124Scope and Content
Documents and published materials related to Virginia Lucas
Inventory below and in media file
Folder 1: Correspondence
-Four (4) letters: Dec 21, 1858 (2); Jan 4, 1859; Jan, 10, 1859 to Daniel Bedinger Lucas concerning The Ladies Mount Vernon Association purchase of Mount Vernon for the state of Virginia. Also included is a typed brochure titled "An Appeal to the Ladies of the State of Virginia for the Purchase of Mount Vernon"
-Postcard dated Aug 15, 1912, to Virginia Lucas from L. S. Marye (?) expressing admiration of her father as a literary person
-Letter dated Dec 10, 1913, to Virginia Lucas from her uncle, Rev. F. J. Brooke, replying to her Dec 6 letter and expressing regrets about not spending Christmas holidays with her
-Letter dated Oct 17, 1921, from Admiral R.E. Coontz, US Navy, to Miss Lucas regarding Lucas genealogy
-Photocopy of a letter dated Oct 12, 1850, from Colin L. (S.?) Hunter (?), Cincinnati, to his daughter Sady (?) about a convention he is attending
Folder 2: Lucas Literary Works and Reviews of Literary Works -Feb 25, 1928, press clipping from the Farmer's Advocate announcing publication of Virginia Lucas' book "June, a Yearbook of Sonnets," attached to a paper on which are typewritten excerpts of other comments
-Typed poem, "To My Poet Daniel Bedinger Lucas I Sonnets"
-Typed poem, "A Song of Dead Poets I Edgar Allen Poe"
-Typed poem, "The May"
-Typed poem, "A Hymn For May"
-Hardbound book, "The Captain" by Virginia Lucas (1912); inside page inscribed to Lizzie D. Brooke "With love from Virginia Lucas 1912"
-Pamphlet, "Souvenir Europe 1891," by Daniel B. Lucas; itinerary of trip followed by a poem, printed 1902
-Undated pamphlet, "Dream Circles and other Sonnets," by Virginia Lucas
-Handwritten poem, "Poe, to an Oxford Student, from Virginia"
-Typed poem, "Poe To One at Oxford, on the Centennary of Tamerlane"
-Typed, edited draft of "The Pearl of Mecklenburg (A Romance of The Shenandoah Valley)" by Virginia Lucas, Charles Town, W. Va.
-Review dated May 1, 1913, from The Dial, of the poem "In the Land Where We Were Dreaming" by Daniel Bedinger Lucas
-Two copies of the poem "In the Land Where We Were Dreaming" by Daniel Bedinger Lucas
Folder 3: Area History Notebook
-Hand-tied notebook containing various materials related to the history of this area (many pages missing)
Folder 4: Area History Loose Material
-Collection of various materials related to the history of this area
Folder 5: Clippings
-Collection of newspaper clippings concerning the death of Virginia Lucas, the destruction of cedar trees, Rion Hall, Catoctin Furnance, and Rose Brake
Folder 6: Miscellaneous Papers
-Handwritten notes, "The Invitation(?) of Christ, Book II. Notes. Nov. 08, V.L." on Rion Hall stationery
-Two handwritten promissory notes, dated Oct 29, 1897, and signed Virginia Lucas, promising to pay $116.66 to Jefferson Building Association
-Itemized list of apparent expenses for the week of Apr 27 - May 5 (no year) handwritten on Aetna Insurance Company letterhead
-Typed "List of Ferns at Rion Hall … 1912"
-Handwritten list, "Ferns at Rion Hall…."
-Pamphlet, "16 to 1," by A. W. McDonald containing articles originally published in the Farmers Advocate, Charlestown, W. Va., and "re-published … as a contribution … to the great silver campaign of 1896"
-Poem handwritten on an envelope followed by "Words written by my grandfather Judge Henry St. George Tucker" and "A Tucker poem--give to Tucker Brooke"
-Two copies of a poem by Col. St. George Tucker printed with an explanatory note by H. St. George Tucker, Lexington, Va., dated July 1931
Fragment of paper (probably stationery) embossed with "Mary Baldwin Seminary, Staunton, Virginia."Acquisition
Accession
134Source or Donor
Perry, Roger and WandaAcquisition Method
GiftArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
circa 1850 - circa 1931Archive Size/Extent
Six folders of notes and poems (typed and handwritten), letters, clippings, and publications