Webb-Prentis Family Papers 1735-1942

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

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no use restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Wewbb-Prentis Family Papers, Accession #4136-h, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Wewbb-Prentis Family Papers, Accession #4136-h, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains sixteen cased daguerreotypes and ambrotypes; fifty-two cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, and postcards; and one tintype. Among those depicted are Robert Riddick Prentis, Robert Henning Webb, and Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr.

Acquisition information:

Gift, 1989 May 23

Physical location:

Physical description:

ca. 1300 items