Jean Cynthia Cheatham family papers

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 16387 Jean Cynthia Cheatham family papers, Albret and Shirley Small Special Collections library, at the University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:

1 Cubic Feet Two document boxes

Language:

Materials are in English.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16387 Jean Cynthia Cheatham family papers, Albret and Shirley Small Special Collections library, at the University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Jean Cynthia Cheatham family papers (1852-2012; 1 cubic foot) contains genealogy information, military papers, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Biographical / historical:

Jean Cynthia Cheatham, was a trained nurse from Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg Va. and served in the South Pacific during World War II. She was born March 28, 1920 to John Bishop Cheatham, Jr. and Mariah Kinckle Cheatham. After the war, she lived with her partner, Allah Lee Gould.

Source: Materials within the collection.

Acquisition information:

Donated by Kay Goldman, 27 March 2017.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into three series. The series are: 1. Genealogy, 2. Military papers, 3. Personal papers.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Scrapbooks