Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of papers relating to Nydrie and Algoma, consisting chiefly of photographs and articles pertaining to the family homes of the Logan and Forsyth families. Included is a scrapbook of articles by Lily Logan Morrill.This collection contains material from around 1880, when the homes were built, to about 1960, when the Forsyth family, which owned “Nydrie” at the time, started a discussion about what to do with the house due to its dilapidated conditions. This collection...

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Christmas cards to one of the families, containing images of “Guthrie Hall,” an historic mansion located in Esmont, Virginia, and a photograph of the Cliveden Astors.

Scope and Contents This folder contains newspaper clippings about Thomas Muldrup Logan, including a newspaper clipping about Lena Logan Forsyth accepting honors for her father at the unveiling of the Washington Light Infantry Monument in Charleston, SC in 1891. There is also an article of Elizabeth Drake Morrill Holladay, a female pilot who ferried planes during WWII. This was a part of a female group of pilots called the ‘Ninety-Nines.’ Her second husband, Richard Fairfield Holladay, helped build the...

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This folder contains photographs of the inside and outside of the Algoma house, dating from around 1890 until around 1980. There is information about the farm with a diagram of how the farm was divided up and information about who had different areas of the farm. There is also an image of “Dungannon,” the house on the Algoma farm owned by Katy Logan Bruns, one of the daughters of Thomas M. Logan.

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This folder contains various images of the inside and outside of Nydrie, including an article about Nydrie having fallen into disrepair and There is also a hand drawn image of Nydrie used on a flier attempting to sell materials from Nydrie.

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“Enniscorthy” was a large plantation in Albemarle County originally owned by the Coles family who had business connections with Thomas Jefferson. Mr. and Ms. Morrill obtained the house in 1926. Lily Morrill completely restructured the garden, and it became well known in the area for its beauty.

Scope and Contents This folder contains various images of the Forsyth and Logan family. There are various images of Sarah Johnson (Forsyth) Randolph getting married in 1937 at Christ Episcopal Church, Glendower, Albemarle County, Virginia. This church is one of the oldest Episcopal churches in St. Anne’s Parish, Albemarle Virginia, and is recognized in the National Record of Historic Places. There are also various images of Sarah Rice Johnson Forsyth, Bucky Forsyth, Lily Logan Morrill, Albert Henry Morrill,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of papers relating to Nydrie and Algoma, consisting chiefly of photographs and articles pertaining to the family homes of the Logan and Forsyth families. Included is a scrapbook of articles by Lily Logan Morrill.This collection contains material from around 1880, when the homes were built, to about 1960, when the Forsyth family, which owned “Nydrie” at the time, started a discussion about what to do with the house due to its dilapidated conditions. This collection...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of papers relating to Nydrie and Algoma, consisting chiefly of photographs and articles pertaining to the family homes of the Logan and Forsyth families. Included is a scrapbook of articles by Lily Logan Morrill.This collection contains material from around 1880, when the homes were built, to about 1960, when the Forsyth family, which owned “Nydrie” at the time, started a discussion about what to do with the house due to its dilapidated conditions. This collection...

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Pages 1 and 2 of Scrapbook B contains images of Thomas M. Logan, both as a young man and as an older man.

On page 15, the top left photograph may possibly be of an African American farmhand. This scrapbook is filled with excellent images of the Algoma house, both inside and outside.

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Page 10 of Scrapbook C shows an image of an unnamed African American man in the uniform of a carriage driver, standing beside two horses and carriage.

Scope and Contents There is a typed list of identifications with this scrapbook provided by the donors. Page 3 of Scrapbook D shows people taking a carriage ride. Page 4a and b possibly contain images of African American men.Page 6a contains images of African American men. 6b and 7a shows women raking hay but possibly a posed photograph since they appear to be wearing nice dresses. One of the women in 6a is Lena Logan, Lily Logan is in 7b. 8b also shows a woman "at work" and may be. This woman is...