PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi06561::A Guide to the R. S. Bristow and Son (Middlesex County, Va.) papers, 1915-1952)//EN" "vi06561.xml" A Guide to the R. S. Bristow and Son (Middlesex County, Va.) papers, 1915-1952 R. S. Bristow and Son (Middlesex County, Va.) papers, 1915-1952 54591 Trenton Hizer Library of Virginia © 2025 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Trenton Hizer, 3 September 2025 Description is in English A Guide to the R. S. Bristow and Son (Middlesex County, Va.) papers, 1915-1952 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 54591

Library of Virginia 2025 Trenton Hizer Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia R. S. Bristow and Son (Middlesex County, Va.) papers, 1915-1952 54591 .225 cubic feet (1 box) English R. S. Bristow and Son (Middlesex County, Va.) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

R. S. Bristow and Son (Middlesex County, Va.) papers, 1915-1952. Accession 54591. Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased

Historical Information

R. S. Bristow and Son was established in Urbanna, Virginia, 1876, by Robert S. Bristow as R. S. Bristow. The store was operated as R. S. Bristow and Son during the 1920s and 1930s. The store is still open in Urbanna as R. S. Bristow.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1931-1935, of R. S. Bristow and Son of Middlesex County, Virginia, consisting of correspondence, invoices, and price lists detailing the business operations of the store, as well as a menu, 18 September 1915 from the restaurant in the McAlpin Hotel in New York City. Also includes correspondence, 1922-1923 and 1951-1952, of W. I Stockdon (1891-1968) and Bryan Stockdon (1924-2010) of Richmond, Virginia.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

R. S. Bristow and Son (Middlesex County, Va.) records, 1924-1935 (LVA accession 54344).

Contents List Menu from the McAlpin Restaurant, 18 September 1915 1 Papers, 1931 2 Papers, January 1932 3 Papers, February 1932 4 Papers, March 1932 5 Papers, April 1932 6 Papers, May 1932 7 Papers, June 1932 8 Papers, July-August, no date 1932 9 Papers, 1933 10 Papers, 1934 11 Papers, 1935 12 Papers, no date 13 Price lists 14 Stockdon family papers, 1922-1923, 1951-1952 15