East End Cemetery (Richmond, Va.) records, 1901-1973

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:

East End Cemetery (Richmond, Va.) records, 1901-1973. Accession 54855. Cemetery records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes and one folder)
Creator:
East End Cemetery (Richmond, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

East End Cemetery (Richmond, Va.) records, 1901-1973. Accession 54855. Cemetery records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Records, 1901-1973, of East End Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, consisting of a minute book, 1901-1932, including financial records for 1901-1904 and 1920-1922 as well as loose papers, 1925-1967, consisting of correspondence, invoices, minutes, notes, receipts, and other papers; and consisting of a cash book, 1922-1973, including a list of section owners, as well as loose papers, 1906-1968, containing deeds to plots, bill of sale, envelopes, insurance policy, and notes. Also includes two maps, 1 November 1922, for the annex to East End Cemetery.

Biographical / historical:

The Greenwood Memorial Association was established in 1891 to open a cemetery in the eastern part of Richmond, Virginia. The association purchased land in June 1891, but white landowners protested and the city court blocked the cemetery. The association tried again in 1895, purchasing land adjacent to the newly established African American cemetery Evergreen, but it was unable to make payment on the property and returned it to the seller. In 1897, members of Greenwood established the East End Burial Association and succeeded in purchasing the land that Greenwood had to return. They established East End Cemetery.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Adrienne Gray Rhone, Vienna.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged

  • Minute book, 1901-1932, and loose papers, 1925-1967
  • Cash book, 1922-1973, and loose papers, 1906-1968
  • Maps, 1 November 1922