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Tyler Family Papers, Group D

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

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Preferred citation:: Tyler Family Papers, Group D, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Summary

Extent:: 14.00 Linear Feet
Creator:: Tyler, Sue Ruffin, 1889-1953 and Tyler Family
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Tyler Family Papers, Group D, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1939-1951, of Sue Ruffin Tyler concerning a projected work, The Women of Virginia. Includes biographical sketches of women, correspondence with women who had sent sketches and were subscribers, and correspondence of Robert Hendrix who collected money from the subscribers but was unable to publish the book. Sue Ruffin Tyler contracted to write the historical material for a book on women in Virginia, to have been entitled The Women of Virginia. Living women were to submit sketches of themselves and their organizations and to subscribe to the volume. The volume was never published.

Biographical sketches of women and some correspondence with women who had sent sketches. Dates refer to either the birth and death dates of the individual woman, or the dates they were alive and active.

Photograph.

Includes photographs.

See "Forgotten Women of an Early Day" and Bourne, Rosa Jones.

See also "Forgotten Women of an Early Day"

Photograph.

See also "Famous Women-Fredericksburg, Virginia"

See "Famous Women-Fredericksburg, Virginia."

See also Astor, Lady Nancy (Langhorne)

Includes photographs.

3 items, including photographs

See "Noted Women in the Locality"

Includes photographs.

See also "Forgotten Women of an Early Day." Includes photographs.

See Across My Path excerpts

See "Famous Women -- Fredericksburg, Virginia"

See Lewis, Hildah

4 items, including photographs

See "Distinguished Women of Southwest Virginia"

See Booker, Sallie Cook

See Bryan, Mrs. Joseph

See also Jordan, Cornelia Jane (Matthews)

See also "Famous women -- Fredericksburg, Virginia

See Wiley, Mary Evans

3 items, including photographs

See also "Some Significant Women of Richmond." Includes photographs.

See Across My Path excerpts

See Rives, Amelia

Iincludes photograph.

See also Bodeker, Anne Whitehead; "Forgotten Women of an Early Day"; "Some Significant Women of Richmond"

Includes photograph.

See also "Famous Women -- Fredericksburg, Virginia"

See "Famous Women -- Fredericksburg, Virginia"

See also "Forgotten Women of an Early Day"

See "Important Women of the Lynchburg Florence Crittenden Home"

See Martin, William H. (Mrs.)

See Humphreys, Margaret

DeLeon, Thomas Cooker.

Ellet, Elizabeth F. (Lummas).

Waylander, John Walter.

Andrews, Charles McLean.

Preliminary correspondence with Robert Hendrix concerning the Women of Virginia project; references for Robert Hendrix.

Correspondence with prospective members of the Board of Advisors including acceptances of the position, rejections of the position, and suggestions for the project. Correspondence between Robert Hendrix and Sue (Ruffin) Tyler concerning terms of their agreement and preliminary steps to prepare the work.

Correspondence with prospective members of the Board of Advisors; correspondence with Robert Hendrix; subscription forms for The Women of Virginia; correspondence with the writers of articles to be included in the work; correspondence with the bank concerning funds for the project.

The Southern Historical Publishing Association's correspondence with subscribers to The Women of Virginia; copies of subscription forms; correspondence with writers and members of the advisory board.

Sue (Ruffin) Tyler's correspondence with friends and acquaintances concerning suggestions for The Women of Virginia; subscription forms, The Southern Historical Association's correspondence with subscribers.

The Southern Historical Association's correspondence with writers of sketches and subscribers; subscription forms; Sue (Ruffin) Tyler's correspondence with friends and acquaintances concerning suggestions for The Women of Virginia.

The Southern Historical Association's correspondence with subscribers; Sue Ruffin Tyler's correspondence with prospective writers.

The Southern Historical Association's correspondence with subscribers; Subscription forms; Sue (Ruffin) Tyler's correspondence with prospective writers and friends and acquaintances concerning suggestions for The Women of Virginia.

Subscription forms for The Women of Virginia; The Southern Historical Association's correspondence with subscribers; Sue (Ruffin) Tyler's correspondence with friends and acquaintances concerning the project.

Subscription forms; The Southern Historical Association's correspondence with subscribers; notices to Robert Hendrix from the credit bureau; Sue (Ruffin) Tyler's correspondence with prospective writers, publishers, and friends concerning Robert Hendrix's financial difficulties.

Letters giving Sue (Ruffin) Tyler permission to publish articles in The Women of Virginia; inquiries from subscribers on the status of the book; correspondence concerning problems with Robert Hendrix.

Correspondence between Robert Hendrix and Sue (Ruffin) Tyler concerning the funds and research materials for the project; Sue (Ruffin) Tyler's correspondence with friends concerning the problems with the project; a form letter from Sue (Ruffin) Tyler to the subscribers explaining the financial difficulties and problems with Robert Hendrix; response letters from irate subscribers.

Letters giving Sue (Ruffin) Tyler permission to publish articles in The Women of Virginia; letters from irate subscribers to Robert Hendrix and Sue (Ruffin) Tyler; Sue (Ruffin) Tyler's correspondence with her attorney concerning getting back money and/or research materials from Robert Hendrix.

Sue (Ruffin) Tyler's correspondence with her attorney, Robert Hendrix, publishers, and friends concerning The Women of Virginia.

Correspondence with prospective writers and suggestions from friends and acquaintances for The Women of Virginia.

Robert Hendrix's correspondence with subscribers; Sue (Ruffin) Tyler's correspondence with friends and acquaintances concerning suggestions for The Women of Virginia.

A sketch of the Table of Contents and a rough draft of the author's introduction for The Women of Virginia; a list of historians, a list of advisors, and a business card for The Women of Virginia.

Sample of the printed volume format.

Biographical / historical:

Sue Ruffin Tyler was a scholar and wife of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, son of US President John Tyler.

Acquisition information:

W&M Special Collections Research Center began acquiring and collecting Tyler family papers in 1922 and the collection has grown considerably since. The vast majority of this collection was donated by generous family and friends of the Tyler family between 1922 and 2002, with the bulk of the collection being donated to in 1949 by Mrs. Sue Ruffin Tyler and in 1955 by the children of Lyon G. Tyler. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Women--History--Virginia
Correspondence
Manuscripts (document genre)
Names:: Tyler family

Collection