Copy of a typed manuscript entitled "Goodwin Ancestry & History." Notation on document, "written evidently be the Rev. Edward Lewis Goodwin up to p. 21. Thence, evidently, continued by Miss Mary Frances Goodwin, his daughter. RSB." 34 pp.

Copies of Bible entries from the Goodwin Family Bible for marriages, births and deaths.  6 pp. 1 item.

Manuscript of the book "The Archer and Silvester Families" written and signed by Robert Archer, April 1870. One printed version, with signature of Edward Goodwin Ballard. Printed in April 1937 by William Byrd Press, Inc. 28 pp.

Copies of 2 genealogical charts with some handwritten notes.

Handwritten genealogical chart entitled "Genealogy of Edward Louis (sic) Goodwin and Maria Love Smith. Married 11 January 1881." Includes the families of Goodwin, LeBaron, Briggs, Archer, Smith, Hawkins-Lee, Marshall and Ambler.

Copy of handwritten genealogical chart of the Goodwin Family, "last four generations, continued from Page 14."  Copy of handwritten narrative about the Goodwin Family with cover sheet noting "Please leave each section exactly in order - Written (sic) by his son, Edward Lewis Goodwin, 1886, E.G. B.  68 pages.

Copy of a typed manuscript "A Small Boy's Recollections of the War," by Edward L. Goodwin. 29 pp. 1 item.

Copy of a typed manuscript "Recollections of My First Parish, 1880-1885," by E[dward] L[ewis] Goodwin. 17 pp. Photo included. 1 item.

Manuscript Christmas sermon by Edward L. Goodwin.

Letter about family news, dated September 26, 1868.  1 item.

Letter from Maria L. Smith Goodwin to Edward L. Goodwin, dated August 28, 1893.

Friends and fellow ministers about family and friends, scholarship, ministry and the Episcopal Church. Some correspondents are Rev. Robert White, E.A. Penick, Charles Mayo, J.R. Winchester, C.C. Penick, Charles F. Taylor, Francis M. Whittle (Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia) and others. 15 items.

Letters mostly from friends about his ministry. Correspondents include Charles F. Taylor, George Greer, Peter Saunders, Thomas Packard, J. J. Gravatt, James Wheeler Warden, W.M. Clark and others. 14 items.

Letter from M. C. Pelton acknowledging Edward L. Goodwin's resignation as minister of a church in Christiansburg, Va. Other letters concern the death of his wife, Maria Love (Smith) Goodwin. 5 items.

Letters about the Episcopal Church, "The History of Truro Parish," Custis/Washington family history and Virginia History. Correspondents include C.M. Beckwith, Lawrence Washington of the Library of Congress, N. B. Nevitt, P. C. Bagby, Gen. G. W. C. Lee about the Washington Family, C. C. Penick and others. 9 items.

Typed manuscript, "Monographs of the Colonial Church in Virginia, and other Historical Papers," [by Edward L. Goodwin?] 18 pp. 1 item.

Private Journal of Edward Lewis Goodwin. Front cover states "Theological Seminary, Virginia, Sept. 1874 - Oct. 1877." Some pages have been removed, probably by Edward Goodwin. Manuscript volume 1. 1 item.

Private Journal of Edward Lewis Goodwin from October 1877 to January 1, 1881. He notes in a postscript at the end of the journal that since his last entry, he has married "my darling Maria" and he's not sure if he will continue recording his life and "I know not what disposition I shall make of my journals...." Some pages have been removed. Manuscript volume 2. 1 item.

Private Journal of Edward Lewis Goodwin. Newclippings have been pasted into the journal. The clipping on page 7 is about the "Late Rev. Mr. Goodwin [Frederick Deane Goodwin]." Manuscript volume 3. 1 item.