Scrapbook A (oversize), circa 1862-1905
Scope and Contents
Page 1 and 2 of this scrapbook contain images of “Clover Hill,” and its cemetery, Chesterfield, Virginia, a famous plantation before the Civil War. An enslaved man found coal on the land which led to several mines opening on the plantation. These mines became known as the "Clover Hill Pits." Robert E. Lee also briefly visited this house for dinner. This plantation was the childhood home of Kate Virginia Cox, the wife of Thomas Muldrup Logan.
Pages 4 and 5 of the scrapbook contain photographs of General Thomas Muldrup Logan in uniform and in civilian clothes after the Civil War.
Page 9 contains images of African Americans. The African American woman shown is named Ellen Jasper (died 1904).
Page 17 contains two images of an African American man listed only as “Uncle David (Algoma).” He served previously as an enslaved laborer for one of the Rives family in the Confederate Army.
Page 18 has another image of “Uncle David.” It also shows an image of someone plowing, who may also be an African American man.
Page 19 shows Lena Logan dressed up for Mardi Gras. The Logan families' non-summer home was located in Louisiana.
Page 23 has another photograph of Ellen Jasper and page 25 shows an African American man working as a carriage driver.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1862-1905
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
1 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States