Colleton estate photographs

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.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16440, Colleton estate photographs, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.04 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

MSS 16440, Colleton estate photographs, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The Colleton estate photographs (circa 1890s-1910; 0.04 cubic foot) document the appearance of Colleton, a Cabell family estate in Nelson County. Materials include ten mounted photographs of the Colleton house and one photograph of the nearby James River. Colleton photograph subjects include rooms like the ballroom and library, along with a childhood portrait of Evelyn Byrd Robinson on the building's porch.

The collection also contains a copy of Robinson's will, where she divides Colleton between her two sons, Wirt and Clifford Cabell.

Biographical / historical:

Colleton was a Cabell family estate on the James River in Nelson county. Colleton was owned during the late 19th and early 20th century by Evelyn Carter Robinson (1844-1910), née Cabell, who married William Russell Robinson. Upon her death, Cabell left Colleton to her two sons: Wirt and Clifford Cabell.

According to an inscription on one of the photographs in the collection, Colleton was destroyed by neglect and was no longer standing by 1970.

Source: Materials within collection, Virginia Museum of History and Culture.

Acquisition information:
Accession 2019-0239 Purchased, 8 April 2019; Robert and Virginia Tunstall Trust Fund, 2018/2019.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Black-and-white photographs