Bland Family papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Bland Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
2.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Bland, Ethel Heckman, 1902-1978
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Bland Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1778-1989, of the Bland family of King and Queen County, Gloucester County, and the James River area of Virginia. Includes mostly genealogical material compiled by Lineous Preston Bland, Jr.

Includes correspondence, pamphlets, family trees, scrapbooks, newsletters, photographs, legal and military records, newspaper clippings, and oral histories. Much information focuses on Richard Bland (1710-1766), Virginia statesman and pamphleteer.

The collection also includes personal correspondence and certificates of Lineous Preston, Jr., his wife, Ethel Hickman Bland and son, Lineous Preston Bland, III.

Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

Part I of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

Part II of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

Part III of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

Part IV of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

Part V of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

Part VI of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

Part I of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part II of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part III of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part IV of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part V of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part VI of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part VII of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part VIII of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part IX of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part X of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part I of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook II on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part II of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook II on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

Part III of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook II on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

"Among Cousins," Volume 2, Numbers 1-2

"Among Cousins," Volume 3, Numbers 1-2

"Among Cousins," Volume 4, Numbers 1-2

"Among Cousins," Volume 5, Numbers 1-2

Photographs of Bland family members and places of importance to the Bland family

Photographs of Bland family members and places of importance to the Bland family

Miscellaneous records from the Gloucester County, Virginia Clerk of Circuit Court Office.

Family tree including many Blands; also includes a letter from Howson Coles, Senior Librarian of the Department of Manuscript Cataloging at the Virginia Historical Society, to the Reverend L. P. Bland.

Biographical / historical:

Lineous Preston Bland, Jr. was a United Methodist minister who served in the Virginia Conference. His wife was Ethel Hickman Bland (1902-1978) and their son was Lineous Preston Bland, III (b. 1927). Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Processing information:

Processed by Walter T. Latham, Jr. in 1998.

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