Virginia enslaver documents

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Brenda Gunn

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 15982, Enslaver documents, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:

0.03 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

MSS 15982, Enslaver documents, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection of Elisha Roberts and other enslavers holders documents (1822-1860; 0.03 cubic feet) consists of inventories, bill of sales, and appraisal lists of household items including enslaved people of Elisha Roberts, Gotlif Schmidt, James Broddus, Robert Allen Givens, John Cornelison, Jr., Francis Carter, Archibal Brooks, Henry Carpenter, Lewis Campbell, John Bentley, and Talton Taylor.

Acquisition information:

Accession 15982 Purchased 8 July 2015; Alfred Henry Byrd Endowment Fund, 2015/2016.

Arrangement:

Documents are in order by date from 1822 to 1860.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Slavery--United States -- Virginia