Lassiter Papers, 1861/1928

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:

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

Summary

Extent:
4 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

Papers (including correspondence and speeches); 1861-1928; of Francis Rives Lassiter and Charles Trotter Lassiter. Correspondence concerns Virginia Democratic Party, Prohibition, the Good Roads Movement, agriculture, and the presidential campaign of 1928. The collection includes a list of Petersburg, Va. volunteers in the American Civil War; letter copybooks of both men; and papers, 1910, relating to the death of Francis Rives Lassiter. 962 items and 8 volumes.

Acc. 2011.613 includes a letter, 12 August 1907, of Francis Rives Lassiter to William C. Schroeder.

Biographical / historical:
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Purchase. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.

Processing information:

Acc. 2011.613 added in October 2011 by Benjamin Bromley.