Evelina Lena Tucker Brooke Lucas scrapbook

Name/Title

Evelina "Lena" Tucker Brooke Lucas scrapbook

Entry/Object ID

ARC885

Scope and Content

An album of materials collected by Evelina "Lena" Tucker Brooke Lucas (1838-1928) from the 1860s to the 1890s. She married Daniel Bedinger Lucas in 1869. Most of the collection relates to Daniel Bedinger Lucas and Virginia Lucas (1871-1929), daughter of Daniel B. Lucas and Evelina Tucker Brooke Lucas. Items relating to Lena Brooke consist of handwritten notes and letters from both relatives and friends expressing their regards to her. Items relating to Virginia Lucas include poems she wrote and watercolors she painted. Contents in album: (See Media for annotated contents) -Handwritten poem, "The Land where we were dreaming," six pp, illustrated with images of Thomas J. Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Robert E. Lee. -Handwritten letter, from Henry L. Brooke to Daniel Bedinger Lucas. Brooke was granting Lucas' request to marry his daughter Lena. -Handwritten note, 2 pp, from J. R. Tucker to "My Dear Lina." Aug. 1, 1866. Uncle J. R. writing in his niece's memory book. -Handwritten note, from B. P. Noland to "My Dear Miss Lina." Aug. 1, 1866 from Middleburg [Va.] -Handwritten note, from J. Fairfax McLaughlin to "My Dear Lina." Aug. 29, 1868. -Handwritten note, from T. U. Dudley, Jr. to "My Dear Miss Lina." Sept. 28, 1868 at Winchester Va. -Engraved invitation from the University of Virginia to attend the Valedictory Oration of the Jefferson Society on June 28, 1855, at 8 p.m., at Public Hall. The Orator was D. B. Lucas. Signed "Compliments Dan B Lucas." -Handwritten poem, "To Lora." Signed Rion Hall, 1868. -Poem, "To our Southern Dead." Signed "D. B. L. 1888." -Poems clipped from type set page: -"Canadian Song," written for the Southern Metropolis. -"To Daniel B. Lucas," by Disque. From the New Era. January 14, 1870. -"The old heroic life of sacrifice," writer unknown. -Literary Comment, from the West Virginia School Journal. A review by unknown of D. B. Lucas' "Ballards and Madrigals" and especially the poem "The Solitary Horseman" a portion of which is printed in the review. -"Centennial Ode" by D. B. Lucas. First published in the "Berkeley Centennial Celebration," prepared by Charles J. Faulkner. -Poem, 2 pieces of paper, handwritten copy of "Centennial Ode." -Poem, handwritten copy of "Let me dream A Song." -Poem, 2 pp, handwritten copy of "Let me dream. (A Song for Springsbury.)," April 1878. Unsigned. -Poem, "From Paris to Versailles." Printed for the West Virginia School Journal. By Daniel B. Lucas. No date. -Poem, "To Byron." [Apropos to his Centennial Year], for the W. Va. School Journal. Charlestown, by Daniel B. Lucas. No date. -Program for the Forty-First Annual Convention of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Madison Street Theater, Chicago IL. October 19, 1887. Hon. Daniel B. Lucas, Eta (Virginia) '54 read his poem "Delta Kappa Epsilon." -Printed copy of the poem "Delta Kappa Epsilon." Oct. 20, 1887. -Printed bulletin, "Ohio's Greeting to Virginia." Includes a copy of the song "Ode To Jefferson County, W. Va." written for the Annual Dinner of the Charlestown Society of New York, January 20, 1894. Words by Anson A. Gard. Music arranged by Geo. Braverson. Includes poem, "'Owed' to the New York Sons of Jefferson." This is a reference to the families who lived in Jefferson County, Virginia and left Virginia to find homes in the Ohio territory. Especially Jefferson County natives Dr. Edward Tiffin, first governor of Ohio, and Thomas Worthington, Ohio's first US Senator and later a governor. Robert Lucas, also a governor of Ohio, descended from the Edward Lucas family of the Shepherdstown area. -Handwritten letter, from Daniel B. Lucas to "Dear Brother." 24 mis. W. of Lewisburg, Sept. 23, 1861. -Handwritten letter, from Daniel Bedinger Lucas to "Dear Miss Lena." From New Orleans, April 18, 1868. -Handwritten letter, from J. Fairfax McLaughlin to Henry L. Brooke, Esq. Sept. 10, 1869, from Taney Building, Baltimore. In the letter, McLaughlin requests Brooke's permission to marry his daughter Nannie. -Handwritten letter, from J. Fairfax McLaughlin to Henry L. Brooke, Esq. Sept. 19, 1869, from Taney Building, Baltimore. In the letter, McLaughlin acknowledges receipt of Brooke's reply granting McLaughlin permission to marry his daughter Nannie. -Envelope addressed to Henry L. Brooke Esq., Baltimore, Md. Notation: Mr. D. B. Lucas, June 14, 1869, ? missing F H T. -Untitled poem, signed with initials D. B. L. 1869. -Newspaper clippings: -Newspaper clipping. "Speech of Hon. J. R. Tucker." Unknown date or newspaper. -Newspaper clipping, "Miss Mary Tucker Magill." Unknown date or newspaper. -Newspaper clipping, "Men of the South -- I: John Randolph Tucker" by Colonel William Preston Johnson. -Newspaper clipping, "Still Vigorous at 210: Trinity Church, Oxford, Aims to Raise a $30,000 Fund." Unknown date or newspaper. -Newspaper clippings, "Confederate Memorial Day in Norfolk, Va." "Mr. Tucker's Poem." -Handwritten note, unsigned and undated. Appears to be a reply to an unknown invitation. -Untitled handwritten poem. Unsigned and undated. -Broadside, "Hon. Dan. B Lucas. Will address the people of Clarksburg and vicinity on Saturday, October 21st, at 7:30 o'clock in the Court House. Everybody is invited to hear the Gospel of Jeffersonian Democracy. By the above-named distinguished Orator. Democratic Ex. Com." -Newspaper clippings: -Newspaper clipping. "Mr. Lucas's Agents at Work." Report of D. B. Lucas campaigning for election to represent the 2nd Congressional District of WV. Unknown date or newspaper. -Newspaper clipping. D. B. Lucas withdraws in favor of Judge J. B. Hoge. Martinsburg Statesman. July 29th. -Newspaper clipping. "Judge Hoge's Announcement." Discussion of D. B. Lucas' candidacy for Congress from WV's 2nd district. Spirit of Jefferson. July 8, 1882. -Newspaper clipping, "Report of the Grant District Meeting." Unknown date or newspaper. -Newspaper clipping. "Second District: How the Democratic Faction Fight is Progressing." Examination of the race for election of Congressman from WV's 2nd district. -Handwritten poem, "Verbum sat." Unsigned and undated. -Handwritten poem, "Mother Goose in Latin." Unsigned and undated. -Handwritten composition, "Apples." 9 pp. Signed V. Lucas. June 1884. -Watercolor (?) of purple iris (?). Signed V. Lucas. -Handwritten poem, "The Christmas Angel," signed Virginia Lucas. -Handwritten poem, "Holly Berries," unsigned but matches handwriting of "The Christmas Angel." Undated. -Handwritten poem, signed V. L. Charlestown, Dec. 24, 1889. -Watercolor (?) of Virginia Dogwood. Signed V. Lucas. Undated. -Magazine article, "Old English Silverware: Its Romance and Its Artistry." Spring 1927. Store and Home magazine. Unknown author. -Handwritten composition. No title, written in pencil. Topic is Latin America. Notes on the back of the page. Unsigned. -Newspaper clipping. Untitled poem. Philadelphia Times. No date. Unsigned. -Newspaper clipping, "Aristocrats of India," unsigned. Unknown date or newspaper. Loose papers (stored in separate folder): -Handwritten note, "Lina T. Brooke -- Mrs Daniel B. Lucas" -Handwritten note, "Nov 1982, From - F. H. Trapnell, Wil. Del.; For. Jefferson County Historical Society" -Newspaper clipping of poem: "On ships that sail the seas, in churches' aisles, In busy marts, in country and in town, They meet and greet, with kindly words and smiles, Who once in battle faced, with warlike frown. To God be praise! for Passion yields her sway." -Business card for Daniel Lucas Hart, architect in Lewisburg, West Virginia -Four (4) grade report cards from Augusta Female Seminary (later named for Mary Baldwin), Staunton, Virginia, Report of Miss Virginia Lucas for: -Mar & Apr Session 1887-1888 -November Session 1888 -Apr & May Session 1888-1889 -Dec & Jan Session 1888-1889 Each has a handwritten comment about Virginia and is signed M. J. Baldwin. -Envelope (for grade report): Augusta Female Seminary. Stauton, Virginia, return address. Engraved image of the seminary campus. Addressed to Mr. D. B. Lucas, Charlestown, West Virginia. Postmarked 1890 (?), Staunton, Virginia. -Order form for "The Land Where We Were Dreaming," by Daniel Bedinger Lucas, with introduction by Charles W. Kent and Notes by Virginia Lucas. The Gorham Press, Boston. -Typed paper with genealogy of Lucas family: William Lucas, Jr., Virginia B. Lucas, Robert Lucas, and Sarah Eleanor Lucas.

Acquisition

Accession

Source or Donor

Charles Town Library

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1860 - 1890

Archive Size/Extent

1 album, 9 1/2" x 11 1/2," cover is debossed with a decorative design and the words "Photographic Album" in gold 1 folder of loose papers

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1860-1890