Whether traipsing through Taormina, Sicily's Greek Roman Theatre; performing as a circus side show sword girl; maintaining a... More > thirty-year friendship with advice columnist Ann Landers; covering NY Fashion week; viewing African wildlife from hot-air balloon over Kenya's Masai Mara or having lunch with Madame Helena Rubinstein, Shirley Davis' career has been nothing short of phenomenal. Shirley Davis Writer, Photographer, Traveler is a compilation of favorite stories from more than 50 years as a journalist for the Quad-City Times and its predecessors. < Less

This volume chronicles the lives of veterans of the War of 1812 and the Civil War related to members of the Yates Mill Chapter DAR

This book is a compilation of all known burials in 44 cemeteries in Swift Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina. Each... More > entry includes tombstone information from surveys conducted 2005-06, including name, birth and death dates. Additional research has been done including spouse(s), parents, marriage dates and data gleaned from census. The book includes comprehensive surname index. < Less

War of 1812 and Civil War veterans related to members of the Yates Mill (NC) chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

Whether traipsing through Taormina, Sicily's Greek Roman Theatre; performing as a circus side show sword girl; maintaining a... More > thirty-year friendship with advice columnist Ann Landers; covering NY Fashion week; viewing African wildlife from hot-air balloon over Kenya's Masai Mara or having lunch with Madame Helena Rubinstein, Shirley Davis' career has been nothing short of phenomenal. Shirley Davis Writer, Photographer, Traveler is a compilation of favorite stories from more than 50 years as a journalist for the Quad-City Times and its predecessors. < Less

Florence Bouton Pitts' suitcase of memorabilia representing the Virginia families of Pitts, Morgan, Bryan and Lee, was... More > donated to the Library of Virginia in 2006.

Richard Bland Lee II's family is well represented with photographs and letters, including a 19th century exchange between George Washington and Richard Bland Lee II.

Original letters from Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee were found in the collection as well as two photographs of her husband Robert E. Lee.

A letter dated April 1853 from Blanch Birard details a week-long stay with the Custis & Lee families at Arlington house. This letter offers a first person account of the federal government's business at a pivotal time prior to the Civil War; a visit with President Pierce at the White House and Mrs. Augustus Washington at Mt. Vernon.

The editors conclude with additional research materials, including federal census records and newspaper articles used to establish the relationships within the families and complete name index. < Less

This book is a compilation of all known burials in 44 cemeteries in Swift Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina. Each... More > entry includes tombstone information from surveys conducted 2005-06, including name, birth and death dates. Additional research has been done including spouse(s), parents, marriage dates and data gleaned from census. The book includes comprehensive surname index. A companion DVD with photographs of the 1700+ tombstones is also available. < Less