Fairfax Hall (Waynesboro, Va.) records, 1918-1965

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:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Fairfax Hall records, 1918-1965. Accession 42529. Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2.4 cu. ft. and 9 boxes and 2 volumes
Creator:
Fairfax Hall (Waynesboro, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Fairfax Hall records, 1918-1965. Accession 42529. Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1918-1965, of Fairfax Hall, a girls' school located in Waynesboro, Virginia, containing account books, accounts, administrator and executor papers, catalogs, certificates, correspondence, financial records, invoices, ledgers, registers, scrapbooks, stock certificates, tax records, yearbooks, and other papers detailing the history and operations of Fairfax Hall from 1920 to 1936; as well as concerning the private life and professional career of Octavia Goode Maxwell (1892-1974).

Biographical / historical:

John Noble Maxwell (1888-1932) opened Fairfax Hall as a girls' school in Waynesboro, Virginia, in 1920. On his death in 1932, his widow, Octavia Goode Maxwell (1892-1974) ran the school until 1936. That year, Fairfax Hall was sold to W. B. Gates. It operated as a school until closed in 1975.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Diane Jones Langston of Moseley, Virginia.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into the following series:

  • Series I: Fairfax Hall records, 1920-1936
  • Series II: Octavia Goode Maxwell papers, 1918-1965