James B. Lynch Collection (MS022)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], James B. Lynch Collection, MS022, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.115 Cubic Feet 24 folders
Creator:
Lynch, James B., Jr., Dr., 1919-2008
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], James B. Lynch Collection, MS022, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of the research materials used by Dr. Lynch in writing The Custis Chronicles. Materials include correspondence; copies of wills, inventories and other documents; and articles and other publications about the Custis family.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. James B. Lynch was a professor of art history at the University of Maryland. After his retirement, he spent several years researching the history of the Custis family in Europe and America. He authored a two-volume work on the family: The Custis Chronicles: The Years of Migration (published 1993) and The Custis Chronicles: The Virginia Generations (published 1997).

Acquisition information:
Donated James B. Lynch Jr., March 30, 2000
Arrangement:

Dr. Lynch had organized the materials into several subject areas. These subject divisions have been retained in the collection, and a few new subject divisions have been created out of the group of miscellaneous documents found in the file.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard