Richard Couture Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Longwood University
Archives and Special Collections
Greenwood Library
Longwood University
401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 395-2432
Fax: (434) 395-2453
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.

Summary

Extent:
19.4 Linear Feet
Creator:
Couture, Richard
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of materials dating from the mid to late 19th century through the 20th century. The bulk of the collection is research materials collected by Couture during the writing of his several books. Boxes 1-8 contain research, draft manuscripts, and the final manuscript of Couture's Powhatan: A Bicentennial History and are organized by chapter. Boxes 9-13 contain research, draft manuscripts, and the final manuscript of The Jarman Legacy and are organized by chapter. Boxes 14 and 15 contain research and drafts of To Preserve and Protect. Box 16 contains drafts of Charlies Letters and are organized by chapter. Boxes 17-19 contain draft manuscripts of Couture's unpublished book The Bolling Diaries and are organized by year. Box 20-28 contain Couture's footnotes and the corresponding research for The Bolling Diaries and are organized numerically. Box 29 contains manuscripts of The Gresham Papers and is organized chronologically. Box 30 contains Couture's unpublished manuscript The History of Longwood and is organized by chapter. Box 31 the two oversize folders contain copies of Couture's published works and various memorabilia he collected.

Biographical / historical:

Richard T. Couture was born in San Pedro, California in 1935. He received his B.A. from William and Mary in 1958 and received his M.A. in history from the University of Virginia in 1959. In 1966 Couture began teaching history at Longwood College. He is the author of five books: Powhatan: A Bicentennial History, Charlie's Letters: The Correspondence of Charles E. DeNoon, To Preserve and Protect: A History of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, The Gresham Papers: What Think You of That?, and The Jarman Legacy. Couture retired from the faculty at Longwood University in 1999 but continued to work as a researcher and writer in residence at the Greenwood Library until his death in February of 2003.

Custodial history:

The materials in this collection came into the Greenwood Library Archives in the early 2000s, during the time when Couture was doing research at the library.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard