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1. Bride of Columbia Student: Miss M'Clanahan is Wed in Jersey - September 28 1952

   Wedding announcement of Mrs. Richard K. Barnes, nee Sophie McClanahan, who was wed in Englewood, New Jersey, in her parents home. She was given in marriage by her father, Dr. Robert McClanahan, with her sisters, Sara and Anne as bridesmaids, her brother William S. McClanahan 2d, as best man. Louisa Morton acted as the maid of honor.

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2. Evan's Mill File - November 7 1957

   Three typed pages with graphite and blue ink annotations from Phillip Trout to Gale Palmer [daughter of Allen Ingles Palmer and Josephine Palmer] on thin onion skin paper. Titled 'Evans Mill File,' this document is a compilation of several different sources involving several family relations of the McClanahans, Kinneys, and Trouts from the mid-1700s to the mid 1800s.

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3. Fairview Cemetery McClanahan Lot - n.d.

   List of individuals, written in a grid formation on a legal sized yellow piece of paper, of the McClanahan lot in Fairview Cemetery. Listing illustrates the vacant spots in the lot, along with the birth and death dates and any inscriptions on the headstones. At the bottom of the page is a separate listing for individuals buried in the Palmer and Allen Lot at Fairview Cemetery.

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4. Letter from Gale Palmer Penn to Caleb Rossi - March 26 1997

   Typed letter from Gale Palmer Penn, to Caleb Rossi concerning the McClanahan Cemetery. The letter gives Caleb Rossi permission to work on the cemetery for his Eagle Project as part of the Boy Scouts of America.

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5. Letter from Harry Shaner to Rebecca and Isabel - January 19 1981

   Typed letter from Sophia McClanahan to the patients of her husband, Dr. Robert McClanahan, an ophthamologist in New York City. She writes to inform Dr. McClanahan's patients of his recent death. She reassures his patients that Dr. Socha, of whom she reccommends they see, is an outstanding eye physician and surgeon. In addition to the typed letter, Harry L. Shaner has written to a Mrs. Thomas Burke in Roanoke Virginia, forwarding on Sophia'...

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6. Letter from Jack Coulter - July 15 1997

   Photocopy of a typed letter from Jack Coulter concerning the efforts to maintain the McClanahan Cemetery. The letter was sent to four recipients, each acting as presidents, CEOs, or Regents within the Roanoke area: Cdr. William S. Bagby, Mrs. A.J. Newcomb, Rusty Pritchett, and Paul Kuhnel. This letter discusses the research of Joe McClenahan (2010.40.0550), as well as includes an excerpt of notes from Kyle Montague (2010.40.0552). The ef...

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7. Letter from Joe McClenahan to Judge Coulter - June 29 1997

   Photocopy of a typed letter from Joe McClenahan to Judge Coulter concerning the efforts to maintain the McClanahan Cemetery. Joe also includes some information on his relation to the McClanahans of Roanoke. Location of the original letter is unknown.

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8. Memorandum from the Roanoke Historical Society concerning the McClanahan Cemetery - September 1 1967

   Photocopy of a typed memorandum from September 1, 1967, from the Roanoke Historical Society, concerning the McClanahan Cemetery. The memorandum creates a historical sketch of the family and the cemetery, as well as tracks the sale of land on which the cemetery resides.

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9. Miss McClanahan Is Bride - March 27 1967

   Wedding announcement of Mrs. George Allen Bourne, Jr., nee Miss Anne McClanahan. The couple married in Englewood, with a reception at the Woman's Club of Englewood.

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10. Speech: Roanoke's Colonial Background - n.d.

    Speech written by Lyl Palmer and delivered to a committee of Dames. The speech tells the early colonial history of Roanoke, and those individuals who traveled and settled the area.

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11. The McClanahans - 1894

    Small hardbournd publication, titled 'The McClanahans,' from 1894 Publication has a light yellow imitation leather cardboard cover, and is bound with a deep gold spine. 'The McClanahans' is printed on cover in a metallic gold. On the inside front cover, return address sticker for Mrs. George T. Ellis, Jr. at Woods End. This publication is the complete history of the McClanahan family in the Roanoke area, starting with Robert McClanahan (fro...

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