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Box 1

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

Hugh Carr's purchase of Riverview Farm , 1870 September 20; 1872-1874

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1870 September 20; 1872-1874

Hugh Carr work contracts (John Wingfield and A. A. Southerland)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1843-1978

Hugh Carr receipts for farm and family supplies, 1874-1908; 1922

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1874-1908; 1922

History of land titles and county records

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1843-1978

Correspondence Mary Carr Greer and Conly Greer, 1911-1933

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1911-1933

Letter written for Hugh Carr to Conly Greer (giving permission for Conly to marry his daughter Mary), 1913 December 2

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1913 December 2

Carr, Greer, and Jones family correspondence, 1911-1914; 1961

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1911-1914; 1961

Correspondence to Conly and Mary Greer, 1911-1933

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1911-1933

Correspondence Hinton C. Jones to Evangeline Greer Jones (including one letter from Evangeline to her mother Mary Greer), 1922; 1932-1934

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1922; 1932-1934

Correspondence Hinton C. Jones to Evangeline Greer Jones, 1934-1935

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1934-1935

Correspondence: invitations and cards (including one with an aerial view of Riverview Farm)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1911-1961

Cookbooks, programs, and advertisements, 1908-1921

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1908-1921

Programs, classes, or By-laws from the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, and the Southeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, 1922-1961

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1922-1961

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1843-1978

Photograph of Marshall Hubert Carr (brother of Mary Greer and son of Hugh Carr)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1843-1978

Mary Carr Greer school essays, 1922

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1922

School records: Report card for Manfred Jones (grandson of Mary Greer through Evangeline and Hinton C. Jones), 1958-1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1958-1959

Conly Greer school notebooks (music and rhetoric)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1843-1978

Newspaper clippings-Carr family

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the history of Hugh Carr, an African American born in enslavement in 1843 and his family who lived on a tract of land (Riverview Farm) that Carr and his wife Texie Mae Hawkins bought in 1870 after emancipation. He became one of the largest African American landowners in Albemarle County, where he raised several generations of his family in the Union Ridge Hydraulic Mills community, until his death in 1914.The papers show that Carr highly valued...
Dates: 1843-1978