RECOLLECTIONS & MEMORIES
The family in its own voice
Personal essays, wartime narratives, memoirs, and the places that hold them — what survives in handwriting, photographs, and the things people kept.
Family Recollections
Memoirs & Essays Across Four Generations
6118 · by Stephen Rintoul Davenport
Memories, 2006 · by Betty Davenport Wright
Grandpa's Photo Album · by Martha Davenport
Marguerite Davenport · by L. Marguerite Davenport
Memories of “Sixty One Eighteen” · by Marguerite Davenport Warwick Lord
Raps and Taps Byrd Senior Year
Recollections from Bradfute Warwick Davenport, Jr.
Letter from Stephen Rintoul Davenport to Martha (Orr) and Warwick
Memories of Davenport Hollow · by Mary Davenport Nelson
Newspaper Clippings (Marriages and Obits)
Byrd Family of VA:
Memories of Upper Brandon, Video with Voiceover from Alice Byrd Davenport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_7MWfoD6bA
Byrd Family of VA Home Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBwsL8JDVho
Family History Video by John L. Davenport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVhz1pxt0A
Photos of Byrd’s art & pottery: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VmEw673qbspstfpiUsj7c7tX6m96yx-5/view?usp=drive_link