White Family Correspondence

Access and use

Location of collection:
Longwood University
Archives and Special Collections
Greenwood Library
Longwood University
401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 395-2432
Fax: (434) 395-2453
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.

Summary

Extent:
.85 Linear Feet 1 archival flat box
Creator:
Préot, Arnaud. and White Family.
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection ranges in date from 1844 to 1864 and consists of: a land survey of property in Fluvanna County done in 1844 (2) pieces of correspondence between sisters Lucie and Willie White in 1864, and (1) piece of correspondence from Arnaud Preot[then] President of Farmville Female College to James P. White.

Biographical / historical:

Sisters, Lucie and Willie White, attended Farmville Female College in 1864. The sisters were born in 1834 and 1842, respectively, in Fluvanna County, Virginia.

Custodial history:

The materials in this collection were donated to [then] Longwood College in 1993, by Raymond L. Parsons of Loxahatchee, Florida. It is unknown when the collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard