Southall Papers, 1807/1904

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:

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

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of the Southall family of Williamsburg, Va. including correspondence, 1828-1830, of Peyton Alexander Southall but mostly comprised of the legal correspondence, 1831-1851, of George Washington Southall and documents concerning lawsuits and civil proceedings in many Virginia counties and including account books, 1832-1846, of George Washington Southall. Prominent correspondents include Lemuel Jackson Bowden, Richard Coke, John Augustine Deneufville, Thomas Roderick Dew, George Frederick Holmes, James Alexander Seddon, Abel Parker Upshur and Henry Alexander Wise.

Obituary of Mary Southall Jones, wife of Henly T. Jones and transcript of November 5, 1863 letter from Edward S. Joynes at Halifax C.H. (Va.) to R.G. H. Kean, Chief of Bureau of War about Miss Mary Southall who is seeking employment. Also mentions Miss Southall's leadership in trying to save William and Mary's library when it was burned. Addition Mss. Acc. 1992.47b.

The PDF versions of this inventory must be viewed in sections.

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_a.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_b.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_c.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_d.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_e.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_f.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_g.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_h.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_i.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_j.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_k.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_l.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_m.pdf

http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/39_1_So8_Southall_n.pdf

Biographical / historical:
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Gifts. February 1923 - Robert Bright Mss. Acc. 1947.15 found by Thomas Thorne in the Bright House attic. Mss. Acc. 1993.47b - transferred from Archives.

Physical description:
23572 items