<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Roane-Family-Papers</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Roane Family Papers</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Roane Family Papers <num>Mss. Acc. 1975.31</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Anne T. Johnson.</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2009-05-19</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-04-11 07:01:56 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>The collection description/finding aid is written in English</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Roane Family Papers</unittitle>
    <unitid>Mss. Acc. 1975.31</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.50 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1880/1973" type="inclusive">1880-1973</unitdate>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="bulk">1950's</unitdate>
    <langmaterial id="aspace_803a4c6e740b4cbae8e19100291a4b96">English</langmaterial>
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  <bioghist id="aspace_31d4a4677ab924e345aa8886a5424ec7">
    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>Clerk of the Circuit Court of Gloucester County, Virginia from 1918 to 1974. Born at Cash, Gloucester County, Virginia on January 1, 1889.</p>  </bioghist>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_e3230ac5bd68bd47cd52502b20e7c007">
    <head>Acquisition Information:</head>
<p>Gift.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <processinfo id="aspace_5630512ff0ff595c5317cb5ebe43f0ae">
    <head>Processing Information:</head>
<p>Processed by Anne Johnson.</p>  </processinfo>
  <separatedmaterial id="aspace_6f78166fa833499f0b94dfb35f544878">
    <head>Separated Materials:</head>
<p>Nine books were removed from collection to be added to Swem Library Collection or SCRC Rare Books.  See list in folder 5, Printed Materials.</p><p> Undated printer's block with photograph of Basil Bernard Roane has been transferred to the Artifact Colleciton.</p>  </separatedmaterial>
  <userestrict id="aspace_8514714a35f7a59e1492b368dc61616f">
    <head>Conditions Governing Use:</head>
<p>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.</p>  </userestrict>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_d326e796f888fadd0ecef6d080b31de6">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>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.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <prefercite id="aspace_b64705391956ee763fe5c9d5153e1204">
    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>Roane Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary</p>  </prefercite>
  <arrangement id="aspace_ab595239c2a47a59c69ec66b220b1447">
    <head>Arrangement of Materials:</head>
<p>Collection is divided into folders, ordered alphabetically by subject, and into rolled items which include panoramic photographs and a genealogy chart.</p>  </arrangement>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_d50ff51bb6727ffdc9228427b2e9e687">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Photographs, postcards, election material and family material of the Roane Family of Gloucester County, Virginia.  Collection centers on the Roane Family, but also has material on Gloucester, Virginia organizations such as the Historical Society and Virginia organizations, such as the Clerk of Courts Association, and regional organizations, such as the Rotary Club.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <controlaccess>
    <genreform source="aat">Minutes</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Newspapers</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Photographs</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Postcards</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Printed ephemera</genreform>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Gloucester County (Va.)--Genealogy.</geogname>
    <occupation source="lcsh">County clerks--Virginia</occupation>
    <occupation source="lcsh">County clerks--Virginia--Gloucester County</occupation>
    <subject source="lcsh">Genealogy</subject>
    <subject source="local">Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century</subject>
    <subject source="local">Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Gloucester County (Va.)--History--Pictorial works.</subject>
    <subject source="local">Gloucester County (Va.)--Social life and customs</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Legal documents</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865</subject>
    <corpname role="subject" source="lcsh">Rotary Club</corpname>
    <corpname role="subject" source="local">Tidewater Fox Hunters Association</corpname>
    <famname role="subject" source="local">Roane family</famname>
    <famname role="subject" source="lcsh">Washington family</famname>
    <persname role="subject" source="lcnaf">Washington, Lawrence, 1791-1875</persname>
  </controlaccess>
  <dsc><c id="aspace_b03862588df973ccc74c7c66b4f72e57" level="series"><did><unittitle>Series 1: Folders</unittitle><unitid>id57242</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585829</unitid></did><c id="aspace_207859040b287e142295db207fa2bdba" level="file"><did><unittitle>Election Papers of B.B. Roane for County Clerk</unittitle><unitid>id57244</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585831</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1943, 1959</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_ffc7fb8b59092fd12665ef155672a994" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_33e395455e6adfa2a40655ee53d75e09"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Papers relating to the Primary Election on August 3, 1943 and documents from 1959.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_4b07a5e0b2759f08b336eafe456381cb" level="file"><did><unittitle>Gloucester Historical and Bicentennial Committee</unittitle><unitid>id57245</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585832</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1973</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_ad7ac5d32a36abbf6b308a0a134833e2" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_a3d700778c07fa959741b505b03ebc6d"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Request from the Gloucester Historical and Bicentennial Committee for help with adding historical information to an attached list.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_d785b0d67d8036c1190a1d04ab58a5f9" level="file"><did><unittitle>Newspaper Clippings</unittitle><unitid>id57246</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585833</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1964, undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_590e7a3f9fd90ba577dc9f17650f8fd7" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_7a0daa43c81cd402b6c89114cf52ad90"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Scope and Contents</p><p>Daily Press clipping, November 15, 1964, on the service of the Gloucester County Clerks, one being R.R. Roane. Picture of the Abington Hotel in Gloucester Point, Virginia. undated</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_a6678bc84ccd5b2cb258884caeb1ec10" level="file"><did><unittitle>Printed Material</unittitle><unitid>id57247</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585834</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1945, 1946, undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_b49533bde024f2b8ae5642f438700f7a" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_10ab3c8999b376e8f24dd1f47ad6e6b6"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Scope and Contents</p><p>Souvenir album of visit at the country club at Gloucester, Virginia on May 1, 1946 when a group of South American Highway Engineers and other friends were guests of A.W. "Al." Evans at an informal party and demonstration of the AL. Evans Winch, and the Thew-Lorain Moto-Crane. Report of Proceedings of Virginia Court Clerks' Association, including list of officers and members. 1944-45. Bound copy, "Muster-Roll, Gloucester County, VA. in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865." Blank notecard with picture of Saint Peters Church. "Symbols of Quality" advertisement for Hallmark Cards. Nine books were removed from collection to be added to Swem Stacks or SCRC Rare Books. See list in folder.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_bc7192a79576cf651cde154cd9123278" level="file"><did><unittitle>Roane Family Genealogy</unittitle><unitid>id57263</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585835</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1935, undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_1472e7f86cf2d09d8e96ae72e65e95cd" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_bb2ba0d151451ae0ebb6c8bf1c87962a"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Reports and correspondence about the Roane Family. Compiled by Congressman M. A. Romjue, Catherine C. Woodland and B.B. Roane.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_2a6ffe4e4bafc0087b725f91cbc6c962" level="file"><did><unittitle>Southeastern District Virginia Court Clerks' Association of Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id57264</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585836</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1950, 1951, 1953</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_9875ec15e7d11b581a6661fd11e59f52" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_0143b454bddca4a11b2f7eb90ef20927"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Expenses from 1950, minutes for 1951 and a list of members from 1953.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_c3dd0a8baefaac8648aea6980d670545" level="file"><did><unittitle>Photographs</unittitle><unitid>id57265</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585837</unitid><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_3a3ddf9d9a6effaff71d5fdec30b5164" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><c id="aspace_4a3429e097e71928d557ba5594d24305" level="item"><did><unittitle>Civil War Monument with Veterans</unittitle><unitid>id57266</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585847</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">Possibly 1880</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_4e8e66e0769cc0d0960646fda5002f71" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_11110c0ceb44a7b94d1e68d7e284df48"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Group of men in front of possible the confederate memorial at Gloucester Courthouse which was dedicated in 1880. Men are identified by W.C. Stubbs, Jr. in 1938 and are listed on a separate sheet.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_0236745b1a67e8a098922e3eb623fff6" level="item"><did><unittitle>Postcards of "High Gate" and Whiting Family Graveyard</unittitle><unitid>id57267</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585848</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1908, 1956</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_dc0738d3695702a0e0ff3524e102ddbf" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_e9f85223cbb158b08acd9a7b052f0fa5"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Scope and Contents</p><p>Two postcards with descriptions written on them. Postcard of "High Gate" is dated 1908. Letter from Hoskins Mallory Sclater of Roanoke, Virginia to Bernard B. Roane, August 9, 1956, returning the postcards.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_5973c15ce6c422d7a4b35c8390940b5d" level="item"><did><unittitle>Postcards</unittitle><unitid>id57268</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585849</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1908, 1913</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_e2615405ed3bd43fe8b3b440ba04108b" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_6cc45e8123e1dc0888c7e46fcc060f12"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Scope and Contents</p><p>Two postcards addressed to Master R.D. Roane in Baltimore, Maryland from Carrie. Both postcards are of "Sunnyside" in Cash, Virginia. One postcard to B.B. Roane of Gloucester, Virginia from Maryland with a photograph of "The Water Works at Gloucester C.H." One postcard of an unidentified church.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_9a34a8ff2b8bac7ef06c963c66274ca4" level="item"><did><unittitle>Man sitting at a desk.</unittitle><unitid>id57269</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585850</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_2b8cc7b900eb25918396974bb6158576" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_9c54914756ef10e44f64732e472a04fe"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Possibly Basil Bernard Roane.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_fde97f3d5e492e1c6ea882ecd8363844" level="item"><did><unittitle>Group of Men</unittitle><unitid>id57270</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585851</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_9d5b4e9213202c72e7a6921f1e674e26" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_21819452bde01e956b0326b3e4f46002"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Group of men, one who may be Basil Bernard Roane, eating crabs and drinking beer around a table.</p></scopecontent></c></c></c><c id="aspace_d1829e3d4543603221adc9056134056a" level="series"><did><unittitle>Series 2: Rolled Items</unittitle><unitid>id57243</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585830</unitid></did><c id="aspace_7fbdbcb186def8ecdc1f8d3e1419de3c" level="item"><did><unittitle>Photograph of Men in Richmond, Virginia</unittitle><unitid>id57271</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585838</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_557951fc3fa84c41f7a6d930d1371fa6" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_dd38eddf6503e31f2fc54e1521cf97e9"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Panaramic photograph of a group of men from each county of Virginia, with names and counties noted under their picture. Appears to be in Richmond, Virginia. Possibly the Clerks of Court in Virginia.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_a79ebac452065845a18c3ddaed03941e" level="item"><did><unittitle>Photograph of Tidewater Fox Hunters Association Annual Trials, Gloucester</unittitle><unitid>id57272</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585839</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1926</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_9f0848f057b40ae1e0882a906eacdcaf" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_9620be21143e6c00ea7284ea12a2bdb5"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Panoramic photograph of men and women on horses in a field. November 29 to December 3, 1926.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_c133df20e3d5e06acf5894b1849b9afe" level="item"><did><unittitle>Photograph of Men in front of a brick building</unittitle><unitid>id57273</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585840</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_99d952dfed32afd56d18752fb6fd54a8" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_81795ba6b50f0bc938a360b4513c6931"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Panoramic photograph of men standing in front of a brick building.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_c21dc5ad0c07a7bc52f59e56c74f7682" level="item"><did><unittitle>Commission from Virginia War History Branch</unittitle><unitid>id57274</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585841</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1919</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_afb05682c5814de8c14c5e481869f9e4" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_b8b46099890af06db31f71f68f230216"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Commission for Basil Bernard Roane as a member of the Virginia War History Branch, Gloucester, signed by Westmoreland Davis, Governor of Virginia. July 25, 1919.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_a3e80d92f528f97565334c5e6598705b" level="item"><did><unittitle>Photograph of 87th District Rotary Conference</unittitle><unitid>id57275</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585842</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1938</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_0f381b16d896a0a1217314a960af2ff1" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_8f2f0e3d9e649bf5a6f3db32638a9f2f"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Panoramic photographs of attendees of the 87th District Rotary Conference at Elizabeth City, North Carolina. May 3, 1938.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_f8ba955f613341e31b3283f8895fbc1d" level="item"><did><unittitle>Photograph of Grand Lodge Meeting I.O.O.F.</unittitle><unitid>id57276</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585843</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_5f793236cb5122fcf63aeb6a8b5ac58c" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_82c8c38e590e41c12b71c819c5e9acca"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Panoramic photograph of men, women and young people in front of a brick building. Note on photograph says Alexandria, Virginia.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_48a959982e5a70fdc0dd5970ca577b8c" level="item"><did><unittitle>Photograph of Men and Women at Banquet Tables</unittitle><unitid>id57277</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585844</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_adb57109affb9d98589157237097df83" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_2ff3a46415458e20445336287d8e460a"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Panoramic photograph of mean and women seated at banquest tables in a banquet type hall.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_117160cd843b5ea47c623adaf2e05c32" level="item"><did><unittitle>Family Tree of Rev. Lawrence Washington</unittitle><unitid>id57278</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585845</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_3c03f5dcef66eed4d4bdf08f73ed002a" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_d3b142cb2d0cdbf2f01c02569212ed20"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Photostat copy of the family tree of Rev. Lawrence Washington.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_bc36856a9b9d912cb3a310a3a28546ec" level="item"><did><unittitle>Printer's Block with Photograph of Basil Bernard Roane</unittitle><unitid>id57279</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/585846</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 11 x 17" id="aspace_ade951cf7facfeab7b5255489cc69f49" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_17d9b80e6f24aaa25c355a0f4c8e0167"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Item has been transferred to the Artifact Collection.</p></scopecontent></c></c></dsc>
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