Library Collections

Archive Collection

The National Sporting Library & Museum Archive Collection is housed on the Lower Level of the Library. The archive consists of letters, papers, hunt diaries, photographs, scrapbooks and other ephemera from the past two centuries. Access to the Archive Collection is available by appointment only. Due to the sensitive nature of archival materials, NSLM may prohibit scanning, photocopying, or photographing materials.

The Library is open to the public. If you would like to visit the Library to conduct your own research please contact info@nationalsporting.org.

Finding Aids

ID	Collection	Materials	Dates
MC0085	The National Beagle Club of America, Inc., Archives PDF - 123 KB	Letters, clippings, scrapbooks, minute books, photographs	1890-1987
	Early Books on Horsemanship and Sporting Topics
MC0084	Canadian English Foxhound Show Collection PDF - 62K	Correspondence, clippings, photocopies, result lists	1954-1975
MC0083	Pulsifer Carriage Driving Materials	Programs and catalogs	1911-1953
MC0082	Patricia W. MacVeagh Photo Collection	Photographs, ephemera, ribbons, programs	1935-2013
MC0081	James Reynolds Collection PDF - 9K	Correspondence	1957
MC0080	Henry Bethune Scrapbook PDF - 9K	Scrapbook	1853-1890
MC0079	J. Blan Van Urk’s “Good Hunting” Series PDF - 10K	Typescripts	1938-1939
MC0078	James Corlett Correspondence Collection PDF - 10K	Correspondence, clippings, ephemera	1880-1913
MC0077	Marilyn Mackay-Smith Archive Collection PDF - 15K	Manuscripts, facsimiles, photographs, ephemera	1974-2000
MC0075	Eleanor Weller Reade Collection PDF - 31K	Scrapbooks, Photographs, Clippings, Ephemera	1881-2009
MC0074	Ethel McLane Hoffman Archive Collection PDF - 103K	Logbooks, Clippings, Photocopies, Manuscript	1928-1954
MC0076	Dartmoor Pony Registry of America Archive Collection PDF - 24K	Manuscript, Photographs, Facsimile, Booklets, Documents	1901-2014
MC0073	William Almy, Jr. Collection PDF - 10K	Hunt Diaries, Ledger Book	1921-1968
MC0004	John J. Woodriff Collection PDF - 11K	Letters, documents, photographs	1890-1964
MC0054	Paul Brown Archive PDF - 13K	Correspondence, Photographs, Photocopies	1893-2007
MC0065	Ritzenberg Photo Collection PDF - 95K	Photographs, Photo albums, Scrapbooks	1950-1995
Index	Master Container List XLSX - 170K	NSLM Archive Container List (Spreadsheet)	N/A
MC0067	Middleburg Field Day Photo Album PDF - 10K	Photograph Album	1911
MC0068	Arabian Horse Photographs PDF - 9K	Photograph Albums	Undated
MC0069	Leon Rasmussen Collection PDF - 29K	Papers, Manuscripts	1950-2003
MC0071	Horse and Hound Show Catalogs PDF - 17K	Catalogs, Prize Lists, Programs	1890-2014
MC0070	Rombout Hunt Archive PDF - 18K	Letters, Newsletters, Photographs, Maps, Ephemera	1929-2000
MC0072	Jenney Family Collection PDF - 46K	Correspondence, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Clippings, Ephemera	1918-2007
MC0064	Richard Stone Reeves Archive PDF - 103K	Correspondence, Photographs, Transparencies, Clippings, Documents, Scrapbooks, Art Tools	1931-2005
MC0063	H. L. M. van Schaik Papers PDF - 14K	Letters, Photographs, Articles	1961-1991
MC0062	NSLM Academic Typescripts Collection PDF - 11K	Typescripts	1971-1996
MC0061	John Glass Archive PDF - 13K	Letters, Documents, Data Lists	1954-1997
MC0060	Mill Creek Hunt Archive PDF - 14K	Letters, Clippings, Photographs, Member Lists, Hunting Records	1923-1967
MC0058	William Haggin Perry Archive PDF - 13K	Photographs, Albums, Poster Boards, Clippings	1953-2000
MC0057	M. L. “Duke” Biscotti Ephemera Collection PDF - 13K	Ephemera	1997-2010
MC0056	Gordon Smith Papers PDF - 14K	Log Books, Clippings, Photocopies, Draft Manuscript	1923-2008
MC0059	Wesley Dennis Scrapbooks PDF - 12K	Scrapbooks, Photo Albums	1948-1966
MC0055	Mary Cochran Diaries PDF - 11K	Photocopies	2001
MC0052	Chapman Family Angling Collection PDF - 17K	Booklets, Directories, Magazines, Pamphlets, Catalogs, Ephemera	1944-2009
MC0053	Jackie C. Burke Collection PDF - 12K	Photographs, E-mails, Magazines, Programs, Clippings, Correspondence	1796-2007
MC0066	Fairfax Hunt Archive PDF - 20K	Letters, Clippings, Programs, Photographs, Pcrapbooks	1933-2011
MC0051	John H. Daniels Archive PDF - 15K	Correspondence, Photograph Albums, Slides, Publication	1978-1993
MC0050	Hotaling Media Guides Collection PDF - 12K	Horseracing Media Guides	1990-2004
MC0049	Virginia Trail Riders Archive PDF - 11K	Photographs, documents, memorabilia, clippings	1957-2015
MC0048	Middleburg Spring Races Collection PDF - 11K	Photograph Albums, Scrapbooks	1965-1998
MC0047	Rolling Rock Races Scrapbooks PDF - 27K	Scrapbooks	1952-1957
MC0046	E. H. Carle Photo Collection PDF - 13K	Photographs	1889-1934
MC0045	Frederick Burlew Collection PDF - 28K	Manuscripts	1960s
MC0044	Washington Riding and Hunt Club PDF - 24K	Documents, booklets, and bulletins	1913-1938
MC0043	Vladimir S. Littauer Papers PDF - 24K	Correspondence, typescripts, documents, ephemera	c. 1893-1995
MC0042	Wallace W. Nall Collection PDF - 17K	Slides, Photographs, Correspondence, Papers	1923-2003
MC0041	Harry Worcester Smith Papers PDF - 70K	Papers, photos	1875-1977
MC0040	Alexander Mackay-Smith Papers PDF - 70K	Papers	1747-1995
MC0039	John S. and Betty W. Donald Papers PDF - 106K	Papers	1940-1962
MC0037	Upperville Colt and Horse Show Papers PDF - 125K	Papers	1857-2003
MC0036	*Witez II Pedigree Album PDF - 12K	Pedigree Books	1808-1955
MC0035	Margaret L. Smith Scrapbooks PDF - 122K	Scrapbooks	1952-1965
MC0034	Orange County Hunt Hunting Diaries PDF - 91K	Hunting Diaries	1936-1969
MC0033	Middleburg-Leesburg (Virginia) Photograph Album PDF - 88K	Photographs	1911-1953
MC0032	Warrenton Hunt Photograph Album PDF - 90K	Photographs	1936-1937
MC0031	F. Ambrose Clark Scrapbooks PDF - 97K	Scrapbooks	1921-1933
MC0030	Custer Cassidy Collection PDF - 132K	Illustrations	1953-1978
MC0029	American Foxhound Club Minutes PDF - 87K	Papers	1912-1977
MC0028	Ellen B. Wells Papers PDF - 125K	Papers	c.1930-1992
MC0027	Daingerfield and Keene Families Genealogical Materials PDF - 103K	Papers	1900-1987
MC0026	George J. Garrett Papers PDF - 126K	Papers	1929-1959
MC0025	“Lost Treasure” Stud Fees Account Ledger PDF - 115K	Ledger Books	1957-1962
MC0024	Ladies’ Four-in-Hand Driving Club Scrapbook PDF - 50K	Scrapbooks	1904-1910
MC0023	Walker Hounds Pedigree Book PDF - 95K	Pedigree Books	1867-1913
MC0022	Henry Hugh Somerset, Tenth Duke of Beaufort Scrapbook PDF - 97K	Scrapbooks	1960-1989
MC0021	Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. Hunting Diaries PDF - 94K	Hunting Diaries	1948-1963
MC0020	Bryn Mawr Horse Show Register PDF - 92K	Papers	1939
MC0019	Lucy Linn (Mrs. Howard Linn) Photographs PDF - 114K	Photographs	1934-1939
MC0018	S. Bryce Wing Photograph Albums PDF - 118K	Photographs	1903-1930
MC0017	Nantucket Harriers Hunting Diaries PDF - 94K	Hunting Diaries	1934-1955
MC0016	Treweryn Beagles Hunting Diaries PDF - 128K	Hunting Diaries	1930-1987
MC0015	Buckram Beagles Journals PDF - 95K	Hunting Diaries	1936-1972
MC0014	Middlesex Hunt Minute Book PDF - 90K	Papers	1901-1910
MC0013	Meadow Brook Hunt Scrapbooks PDF - 97K	Scrapbooks	1895-1906
MC0012	Alexander Henry Higginson Scrapbooks PDF - 112K	Scrapbooks	1899-1926
MC0011	Dorothy Neyhart Scrapbooks PDF - 98K	Scrapbooks, Hunting Diaries	1922-1935
MC0010	Gerald B. Webb, Jr. Photograph Albums PDF - 126K	Photographs	1935-1961
MC0009	Piedmont Fox Hounds Archives PDF - 14K	Papers	1915-1930
MC0008	Joseph B. Thomas Hunting Diaries PDF - 16K	Hunting Diaries	1913-1929
MC0007	Warder H. Cadbury Sheet Music Collection PDF - 14K	Sheet Music	1798-1914
MC0006	Sterling Larrabee Papers PDF - 17K	Papers	1847-1974
MC0005	Peter Winants Papers PDF - 18K	Papers, Photographs	1907-2000
MC0003	Leonard S. Sutcliffe Photograph Albums PDF - 17K	Photographs	1925-1934
MC0002	Lisa Fleitmann Bloodgood Papers PDF-30K	Papers	1906-1982
MC0001	Marshall Hawkins Photograph Collection PDF- 28K	Photographs	1940-1980