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Daingerfield Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 D14

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

Letters, 1833-1840, from Sallie Withrow Daingerfield at "Belleplane" [or "Belleplain"] Richmond County, Va. to her husband Joseph F. Daingerfield, member of the Virginia House of Delegates; to her sister Margaret A. Withrow at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Va. [now W. Va.]; and to her brother John Withrow.

Includes letters, 1850-1851, from Edward Randolph Edmunds in London, Eng. and Florence, Italy to his sister Sallie Edmunds (Mrs. Edwin Short Edmunds) describing his travels; and a letter, 1930, concerning the military service of Joseph F. Daingerfield.  Photographs of Miss Jean Wallace, Arthur H. Wallace and R.E. Wallace, photograph of an unknown man and child and photographs of paintings of Thomas Edmunds, Elisa K. Edmunds and Jn. Edmunds and obituary for Lucy W. Moore.

Mss. Acc. 2005.41 Addition is a transcript of part of the papers.  See Restrictions for access.

An Edmunds Diary (Polygott Bible) is part of this accession and is shelved offsite.  It does not contain any genealogical information.

Dates

  • Creation: 1833-1930

Creator

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.

Conditions Governing Use:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

The copyright to Mss. Acc. 2005.41 Addition transcript of the Daingerfield Papers by Rona O'Regan is not held by Swem Library. Researchers must contact Ms. O'Regan before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials.

Extent

0.02 Linear Feet

Arrangement of Materials:

The inventory has been divided into five series. Series 1 are the letters of S. M. Daingerfield, series 2 are letters of Edward R. Edmunds, series 3 is a letter concerning the West Point record of Joseph F. Daingerfield, series 4 are photographs of Miss Jean Wallace, Arthur H. Wallace and R.E. Wallace, photograph of an unknown man and child and photographs of paintings of Thomas Edmunds, Elisa K. Edmunds and Jn. Edmunds and series five is the addition, Acc. 2005.41.

Acquisition Information:

Gift, 31 March 1930. Mss. Acc. 2005.41 Addition - Rona O'Regan.

Related Materials:

Daingerfield Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Processing Information:

Mss. Acc. 2005.41 filed with Mss. 39.2 D14 in 2009 by Anne Johnson.

Title
Guide to the Daingerfield Papers
Author
Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Date
2007-06-20
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The collection description/finding aid is written in English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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