Papers of Edward Price Buford

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Some documents are fragmented and brittle, especially in box 69. Bound letter books and account ledgers (volumes) are all in poor condition with damage to spines and covers. Onionskin paper inside volumes is extremely fragile. In some of the volumes, the ink has faded greatly, making many of the letters very difficult to read or completely illegible. Handle with care.

Bound volumes are damaged and extremely fragile. Handle with care.

Terms of access:

This collection contains some in-copyright material. Visit our Permissions and Publishing page for more information about use of Special Collections materials (https://library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/publishing).

The library can provide copyright information upon request, but users are responsible for making their own determination about lawful use of collections materials.

Preferred citation:

MSS 38-31, Edward Price Buford Papers, [box number, folder number], Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
49 Cubic Feet 114 document boxes and 19 bound volumes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 38-31, Edward Price Buford Papers, [box number, folder number], Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Edward Price Buford, lawyer of Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va., who practiced alone and in the firms of Buford, Palmer and Hill, and Buford, Palmer and Eggleston. Letter books, daybook and journal containing personal and legal correspondence and accounts, and materials relating to political and economic conditions in Lawrenceville and Southside Virginia, to a hospital fund campaign in Lawrenceville, and to the Lawrenceville Land and Timber Co. of which Buford was an officer. Correspondents include Robert Strange.

The letter books contain copies of outgoing correspondence, typically typed in ink and containing signatures of the originating correspondent (Buford). They also contain handwritten indexes which reference the names of correspondents and pages on which they can be found. The account ledgers contain financial account transactions. Correspondence "letter books" are listed first and ledgers are listed last; both are in chronological order according to start date. Letter Books 3, 5, and 6 do not exist.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Strange, May 23, 1938. Originally a deposit; Deeds of Gift received on December 14, 1984 from nieces nephews: Robert P. Buford, Mrs. Mary Strange Morton, Allan T. Strange, Ann Engart Heller, Mary Stewart Buford Peery; and on January 2 1985 from Robert Strange Jr.
Processing information:

This collection was originally cataloged with a summary description. In May 2025, a collection inventory was created by Special Collections staff. Folder titles and dates were transcribed and existing order was maintained. The metadata from the original catalog record was combined with the inventory to create this finding aid.

Letter books 1-11 were numbered by the creator; numbers are marked on the covers of the volumes. Letter books beyond number 11 and ledgers were assigned numbers by Special Collections staff to facilitate retrieval from the stacks.

Physical location:
Boxes 1-114 in this collection are stored offsite. Please allow 72 hours for delivery to Small Library. Bound letter books and account ledgers are stored onsite at Small Library.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard