Ballard Family Papers Compiled by Margaret Lewis Goodwin Ballard (1881-1981)
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Scope and Contents
Letters, memoirs, journals, sermons, monographs, genealogical material concerning the Goodwin, Archer, Silvester, Ballard and Smith families.
The bulk of the collection is comprised of the papers of Frederick Deane Goodwin, an Episcopal minister. Bishop William Meade is a correspondent. Correspondence between Frederick Deane Goodwin's immediate family is included and papers of his son, Edward Lewis Goodwin, an Episcopal minister and his granddaughter, Mary Frances Goodwin, a researcher for Colonial Williamsburg.
Much of the correspondence, journals and recollections concern the Goodwin Family and/or the Episcopal Church in Virginia and elsewhere. Mary Frances Goodwin's letters are from her time in France at the end of World War I and her discovery of the Bodleian Plate in 1930.
Volumes include diaries, journals and registers of Edward Lewis Goodwin, correspondence between family members and letters to and from Mary Frances Goodwin during World War I while she was working with the YMCA in France as part of the American Expeditionary Force. The Episcopal Church of Virginia is mentioned often in the correspondence by all family members.
Included is a memoir by Mary F. Goodwin on her discovery of the Bodleian Plate, a copper printing plate with buildings of 18th century Williamsburg, and a memoir of Wytheville, Virginia during the Civil War.
Dates
- Creation: 1826-1959
Creator
- From the Collection: Ballard, James William, 1875-1920 (Family)
- From the Collection: Goodwin, Benjamin Lewis, 1819-1852 (Person)
- From the Collection: Goodwin, Daniel LeBaron, 1800-1867 (Person)
- From the Collection: Goodwin, Edward Bryam, 1810 - (Person)
- From the Collection: Goodwin, Hannah LeBaron, 1814-1852 (Person)
- From the Collection: Goodwin, Henry Bradford, 1802-1859 (Person)
- From the Collection: Goodwin, James Briggs, 1806-1886 (Person)
- From the Collection: Goodwin, Mary De Wolf, 1812-1841 (Person)
- From the Collection: Goodwin, Mary Frances (Archer), 1817-1900 (Person)
- From the Collection: Ribble, Fanny Archer Goodwin, 1838- (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.85 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository