James S. Barron Letters

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 without restrictions.

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], James Barron Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.05 Linear Feet and 1 Folder folders
Creator:
Barron, James S. (1875-1941)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], James Barron Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of two letters written to James S. Barron, a Virginia State Senator representing Norfolk. The first letter, dated 1913, is from the African-American men of the Bank Street Baptist Church thanking him for his service on his birthday. Also included is an autographed signed letter to Barron from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt thanking him for sending photographs of Confederate States of America ships. The collection contains both the original and a copy of each letter.

Acquisition information:

Gift

The letters were given to Special Collections and University Archives some time prior to 2015.

Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archivist, in August 2019.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in chronological order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard