Elizabeth Carrington Eggleston Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections
Walter M. Bortz III Library
P.O. Box 7
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 223-6302
Phone: (434) 223-7225
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use upon request.

Terms of access:

The nature of the Hampden-Sydney College Archives and Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. As a result, Hampden-Sydney College claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
8.5 Linear Feet 7 Hollinger Boxes; 149 Volumes Jotting Books; 1 Binder
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

Inventoried collection of correspondence, poems, essays, mementos, and personal effects of Elizabeth Carrington Eggleston, daughter of former Hampden-Sydney College President Joseph DuPuy Eggleston, including numerous "jotting books" or commonplace books that Eggleston kept throughout her life.

Elizabeth Eggleston's "Jotting Books" are notebooks containing diary entries, personal information, and drafts of various poems, essays, and letters.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard