Venable Family Bible

Access and use

Location of collection:
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections
Walter M. Bortz III Library
P.O. Box 7
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 223-6302
Phone: (434) 223-7225
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use upon request.

Terms of access:

The nature of the Hampden-Sydney College Archives and Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. As a result, Hampden-Sydney College claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

Summary

Extent:
1 Volumes
Language:
English .

Background

Biographical / historical:

The Venable Family Bible, given to the Hampden-Sydney Library in 1913 by Mrs. John M. Venable, documents the births and deaths of the 14 children born to Nathaniel Venable and his wife Elizabeth Woodson Venable, residents of the Slate Hill Plantation in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard