Finlay Forbes Ferguson Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Open to researchers with the only restriction being that no access to the collection will be permitted for any purposes to any representative of the New York Life Insurance Company or any successor of that company.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Finlay Forbes Ferguson Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
1.60 Linear Feet and 1 Hollinger document case and 1 oversize box boxes
Creator:
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes
Abstract:
A Norfolk architect. Descendant of longtime Norfolk family. Consists of papers concerning the restoration of the Willoughby-Baylor House and family papers documenting the history of Norfolk since the nineteenth century. Includes correspondence, business papers, ledgers, deeds, genealogical material, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Finlay Forbes Ferguson Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection principally consists of material relating to Finlay Forbes Ferguson's numerous descendants, including family trees, birth and death registers, correspondence, deeds, remembrances, newspaper clippings, and a diary. The papers also consist of material, notably photographs, relating to Ferguson's involvement in the restoration of several of Hampton Roads' historic houses, including the Willoughby-Baylor House, the Moses Myers House, and the Adam Thoroughgood House. Of special note is correspondence concerning New York Life Insurance Company's payment of insurance claims after conflict between the United States and Confederacy was declared unlawful in 1861.

Biographical / historical:

Finlay Forbes Ferguson was an architect and the descendant of a prominent Norfolk family.

Note written by Special Collections Staff

Acquisition information:

Anna Lawrence Redfern Ferguson (Mrs. Finlay F. Ferguson Jr.) and her daughter, Anne Stuart Ferguson Cantile

Gift. Accession #A81-16

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard