Browse Items (137 total)

  • Collection: A. J. Davis Family Collection (Ms2012-067)
ajdst0068.pdf

Document containing an extract from Jacob Davis' will from 1851. Transcribed by unknown.
ajdst0055.pdf

Typed will and testament of Jacob Davis of London.
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Black and white photograph of J. A. Davis when he was 40 years of age.
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Black and white photograph labeled "Rev. J. A. Davis." Taken in Franklin, PA when J. A. Davis was 52 years of age.
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Black and white picture of John Macnider taken in 1870. Label on the bottom of picture is illegible.
ajdst0111.pdf

Handwritten diary of A. J. Davis (pdf)
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Page 1 of A. J. Davis' graduation speech at the University of Kentucky, Commercial College
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Black and white photograph of A. J. Davis at age 18.
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Black and white photograph of J. A. Davis when he was 68 years of age. Taken in Mansfield, OH.
ajdst0079.pdf

Historical sketch and biography of Jonas Wolff Davis.
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Photograph of A. J. Davis from 1883.
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Photograph of A. J. Davis with [wife?] and young child, presumably Delamater. Taken in Cleveland, OH.
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Photograph of A. J. Davis from 1886. Labels on the bottom indicate that the photograph was taken in Cleveland, OH. Another label is "Roberts [&?]…
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Photograph of A. J. Davis with a woman and two young children. The picture was taken in San Antonio, TX.
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Photograph of A. J. Davis, wife, and two children. Presumed to be a copy of "A. J. Davis with Robert & Delamater"
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Very poor image of the will of Jonas Abraham Davis, A. J. Davis' father.
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Short newspaper article about the death of Custer's horse Comanche.
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A will written by A. J. Davis in 1897, when he was living in OH.
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Transcription of a letter written by J. W. Davis, adressed to his brother, A. J. Davis. It talks about their mother, Elizabeth Ann Natt's sickness;…
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Handwritten postcard written by Joseph to his brother Albert [A. J. Davis]. Updating Albert on the condition of their mother.
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Certificate and record of death for Elizabeth Ann Davis from the state of Michigan. Cause of death: old age heart failure.
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Black and white photograph of A. J. Davis, wife Janet, and their three children. (Delamater, Robert, and Ermine)
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Black and white photograph of the working and living quarters of A. J. Davis as of 1903. Unidentified people are in the yard and on the porch.
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Report for the Chief of the Weather Bureau describing an incident with a stranded vessel bound from New York.
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Photograph of A.J. Davis' wife, Janet Macnider, at age 61. Taken in Norfolk, VA.
ajdst0097.pdf

First page/title page of writings by A. J. Davis.
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Black and white photograph of A. J. Davis, wife Janet, and two young chilren presumed to be Elizabeth and Hubbard. Picture was taken in 1916 in…
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Photograph of A. J. Davis taken in Norfolk, VA.
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Black and white photograph of A. J. Davis, Ermine, and a dog. Taken in Norfolk, VA in 1930.
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Photocopy of the will of A. J. Davis from 1930. Davis was located in Norfolk, VA at the time.
ajdst0029.pdf

Transcribed version of an autobiographical story that A. J. Davis wrote for a newspaper about Pincher, his horse. The story was published in the…
ajdst0038.pdf

Reflections written by Robert Davis about the events of a family trip in 1901. The reflections were transcribed and put in their current form by…
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Letter from the National Archives and Records Service detailing A. J. Davis' service.
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Obituary for Charles J. Davis from the San Francisco Examiner newspaper.
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Same as above, but cropped closer to the obituary.
ajdst0016.pdf

Email from Bob Davis to Dianne regarding the Davis ancestors. The message includes information going back to Elizabeth Ann Natt, b. 1815.
ajdst0050.pdf

History of the Cape Hatteras Weather Station (pdf)
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Color photograph of Leanora 'Dianne' Davis (great granddaughter of AJD) and her husband John Gallerano at Cape Hatteras.
ajdst0088.pdf

Document containing a short summary of Jonas Abraham Davis' life and an image of a rock that seems to be a headstone for J. A. Davis.
ajdst0102.pdf

Document containing a short summary of Jonas Abraham Davis' life.
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Report written by A. J. Davis for the Chief of the Weather Bureau about an anemometer circuit.
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Letter written by A. J. Davis (while he was an observer in Hatteras, NC) acknowledging the receipt of a circular relating to changes of the titles of…
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Report written by A. J. Davis for the Chief of Weather Bureau about a stranded schooner that he believed would become a wreck.
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Record of a sales agreement between a seller and the U.S. Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture.
ajdst0002.pdf

Collection of pictures presumably put together by A. J. Davis, including but not limited to photographs of Native Americans, landscapes, and…
ajdst0004.pdf

Photographs of A. J. Davis' journal containing his obervations about Woods Hole, MA.
ajdst0007.pdf

Information on where to get a copy of Doug Stover's book US Weather Bureau Hatteras, NC. Not really useful, to be quite honest.
ajdst0019.pdf

It is unclear whether this is an excerpt from a published book about histiory, or a transcribed version of a diary from A. J. Davis. The document…
ajdst0024.pdf

Document theorizing that A. J. Davis's brother, Joseph Wolff Davis, had more than one child. The author does not have concrete proof at the time of…
ajdst0028.pdf

Document containing a list of pamphlets written or copies by A. J. Davis based on his religion. Does not contain the pamphlets themselves.
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