A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series G, Holdings of the University of Virginia Library, Part 2: Central Piedmont Virginia A UPA Collection from Cover (clockwise from top): Mrs. Lucy White McClure Page; daguerrotype of Mananna Saunders; group portrait including Susan Colston (Minor) Wilson, Mary (Sans) Cocke, and Fannie Soumetal. Courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library. Research Collections in Women’s Studies General Editors: Anne Firor Scott and Ellen Fitzpatrick Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series G, Holdings of the University of Virginia Library Part 2: Central Piedmont Virginia Consulting Editor: Anne Firor Scott Guide compiled by Ariel W. Simmons A UPA Collection from 7500 Old Georgetown Road • Bethesda, MD 20814-6126 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Southern women and their families in the 19th century, papers and diaries. Series G, Holdings of the University of Virginia Library [microform] / consulting editor, Anne Firor Scott. microfilm reel. — (Research collections in women’s studies) Contents: pt. 1. Tidewater Virginia—pt. 2. Central Piedmont Virginia. Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Martin Paul Schipper and Ariel W. Simmons, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of Southern women and their families in the 19th century, papers and diaries. ISBN 1-55655-776-0 (part 1)—ISBN 1-55655-777-9 (part 2) 1. Women—Virginia—Social life and customs—19th century—Sources. 2. Family—Virginia—Social life and customs—19th century—Sources. 3. Plantation life—Virginia—History—19th century—Sources. I. Title: Holdings of the University of Virginia Library. II. Scott, Anne Firor, 1921– . II. Schipper, Martin Paul. IV. University of Virginia Library. V. University Publications of America (Firm). VI. Title: Guide to the microfilm edition of Southern women and their families in the 19th century, papers and diaries. VII. Series. HQ1438.V5 305.4'09755—dc21 2002066154 CIP Copyright © 2005 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55655-777-9. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... vii Scope and Content Note ...................................................................................................................... xiii Note on Sources .................................................................................................................................... xv Editorial Note ........................................................................................................................................ xv Reel Index Reel 1 Baker Family Papers, 1781–1921, Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia ................ 1 Ada P. Bankhead Collection, 1805–1865, Virginia; also Louisiana and Mississippi ............................................................................................................... 2 Mrs. Byron Banks Ledger, 1885–1933, Prince William County, Virginia .................. 2 Barringer Family Papers, 1828–1963, Albemarle County, Virginia ............................. 3 Reels 2–6 Barringer Family Papers, 1828–1963 cont. ..................................................................... 3 Reel 7 Barringer Family Papers, 1828–1963 cont. ..................................................................... 5 Barringer Family Papers Addition, 1861–1865, Albemarle County, Virginia ............. 6 Booker, Dabney, and Perkins Family Papers, 1850–1870, Albemarle and Henrico Counties, Virginia; also Mississippi ............................................................................. 6 Booker Family Papers, 1863–1879, Lynchburg, Virginia ............................................. 6 Rachel Branham Collection, 1852–1890, Scottsville, Albemarle County, Virginia ... 7 Robert S. Brooke Papers, 1792–1927, Augusta County, Virginia ................................ 7 Reel 8 Robert S. Brooke Papers, 1792–1927 cont. .................................................................... 7 Caroline Morrill Brown Memoirs, 1910, Albemarle County, Virginia ......................... 7 Cleaveland Family Papers, 1858–1901, Albemarle County, Virginia .......................... 8 Coolidge-Randolph Collection, ca. 1810–1861, Albemarle County, Virginia ............ 8 Reel 9 Coolidge-Randolph Collection, ca. 1810–1861 cont. .................................................... 13 Dabney and Davis Letter, 1899, Albemarle and Loudoun Counties, Virginia ............ 15 John Warwick Daniel Papers, 1816–1936, Lynchburg, Virginia ................................. 15 iii Reels 10–16 John Warwick Daniel Papers, 1816–1936 cont. ............................................................. 15 Reel 17 Eugene Davis Family Papers, 1744–1925, Albemarle County, Virginia ..................... 18 Douglass Family Papers, 1731–1900, Greene County, Virginia................................... 20 Reel 18 Douglass Family Papers, 1731–1900 cont. ..................................................................... 21 Eddins Family Papers, 1847–1863, King George County, Madison, and Richmond, Virginia ................................................................................................ 21 Edgehill School for Girls Letters, 1864, Albemarle County, Virginia .......................... 21 Jane E. Ferguson Letter, 1824, Albemarle County, Virginia ......................................... 21 Miscellaneous Virginia Papers, 1826–1950, Albemarle County, Virginia .................. 22 Thomas Garland Papers, 1820–1870, Albemarle County and Richmond, Virginia ... 22 Reel 19 Thomas Garland Papers, 1820–1870 cont. ..................................................................... 22 Sallie Gwathmey Postcards, ca. Late 1800s, Campbell County and Richmond, Virginia ........................................................................................................................... 23 Hubard-Randolph-Carter Family Papers, ca. 1832–1941, Albemarle County, Virginia ........................................................................................................................... 23 Reels 20–22 Hubard-Randolph-Carter Family Papers, ca. 1832–1941 cont. .................................... 27 Reel 23 Hubard-Randolph-Carter Family Papers, ca. 1832–1941 cont. .................................... 37 Fannie Page Hume Scrapbook, 1860, Orange County, Virginia................................... 38 Johnston-Wright Family Papers, 1858–1900, Albemarle County, Virginia................. 38 Ann Maury Collection, 1790s–1850s, United Kingdom and Virginia ......................... 38 Maury Family Papers, 1807–1872, Buckingham County, Virginia .............................. 38 Reel 24 Jane Maury Maverick Recollections of Piedmont, 1940, Albemarle County, Virginia ........................................................................................................................... 39 Maury Family Papers, 1793–1874, Virginia, United Kingdom, and New York ......... 39 Septimia Randolph Meikleham Papers, ca. 1700–1870, Albemarle County, Virginia ........................................................................................................................... 39 Septimia Randolph Meikleham Letters, 1882–1886, Albemarle County, Virginia; also New York ............................................................................................................... 40 Meikleham Family Papers, 1790–1915, Albemarle County, Virginia; also Scotland and Cuba ................................................................................................. 40 Mary Berkeley Minor Memoirs, undated, Albemarle County, Virginia ....................... 41 Mary Willis Minor Manuscript, ca. 1887, Amherst County, Virginia ........................... 41 Minor Family Papers, 1826–1892, Albemarle County, Virginia................................... 41 Reel 25 Minor Family Papers, 1826–1892 cont. ........................................................................... 42 Minor-Wilson Family Papers, 1800–1936, Albemarle County, Virginia ..................... 42 iv Reels 26–35 Minor-Wilson Family Papers, 1800–1936 cont. ............................................................. 42 Reel 36 Minor-Wilson Family Papers, 1800–1936 cont. ............................................................. 46 Page-Walker Family Papers, 1742–1886, Albemarle County, Virginia ....................... 46 Reel 37 Page-Walker Family Papers, 1742–1886 cont. ............................................................... 48 Payne Family Papers, 1849–1947, Fluvanna County, Virginia; also Arkansas and North Carolina ........................................................................................................ 51 Preston-Davis Family Papers, 1840–1900, Albemarle County, Virginia ..................... 52 Reels 38–42 Preston-Davis Family Papers, 1840–1900 cont. ............................................................. 53 Reel 43 Preston-Davis Family Papers, 1840–1900 cont. ............................................................. 57 Rives Family Papers, 1791–1908, Albemarle County, Virginia ................................... 57 Reels 44–46 Rives Family Papers, 1791–1908 cont. ........................................................................... 58 Reel 47 Rives Family Papers, 1791–1908 cont. ..........................................................................