Warren M. Billings Research Files, 1970-2006 (bulk 1984-2006)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Some items in the correspondence files are available only in redacted form (Social Security numbers have been blacked out). The originals will not be available until May 2083.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Warren M. Billings Research Files, 1970-2006. Accession 43386. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Creator:
Billings, Warren M., 1940-
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Warren M. Billings Research Files, 1970-2006. Accession 43386. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Research files, 1970-2006, compiled by Warren M. Billings (1940- ) while editing The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677 (Library of Virginia, 2007). Correspondence, 1984-2006, reflects Billings's efforts to locate Sir William Berkeley (1605-1677) manuscripts at repositories in England and elsewhere, find answers to research queries, obtain funding, consult with editors, and arrange for publication of the book. Included among the correspondence files are proposals, grant applications, status reports, and a looseleaf travel diary documenting a 1989 research trip to England. Other materials in the collection include notes and outlines, an undated, 1,117-page draft of the book, and photocopies of Berkeley manuscripts.

Biographical / historical:

Warren M. Billings (1940- ), a scholar of seventeeth-century Virginia history and early American law, is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and Historian of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. He holds degrees from the College of William and Mary, the University of Pittsburgh, and Northern Illinois University. Among his many publications are Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia (Louisiana State University Press, 2004) and The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677 (Library of Virginia, 2007). Sir William Berkeley (1605-1677) served as colonial governor of Virginia from 1642 to 1652 and from 1660 to 1677.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Warren M. Billings, New Orleans, Louisiana, 24 July 2007.
Physical description:
2.2 cubic feet (6 boxes)