Calfee Papers 1812-1919, 1859-1889

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.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Calfee Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Creator:
Calvin J. Calfee , David H. Calfee , James Calfee , L. S. Calfee , William B. Calfee.
Language:
English
Abstract:
Papers and letters, chiefly 1858-1889, of the Calfee family of southwest Virginia.
Preferred citation:

Calfee Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, chiefly 1858-1889, of the Calfee family of southwest Virginia. Includes letters written from Texas by Calvin J. Calfee and letters written by Confederate soldiers David H. Calfee, James Calfee, L. S. Calfee and William B. Calfee as well as deeds for land in Pulaski and Wythe counties, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Purchased: 431 items, 07/02/1938.
Arrangement:
Arrangement

This collection is arranged into series, then alphebetically by person's name, and finally chronologically by date.

Organization

This collection has been organized into 4 series:
1. Correspondence
2. Vouchers
3. Legal Papers
4. Other Papers.

Physical description:
431 items.