Charles D. Tibbetts Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Charles D. Tibbetts Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Creator:
Tibbetts, Charles D., 1827-1924, Carson, Susie B., Cunningham, W.N., Fuller, P. A., Hahn, Virginia K., and Power, W. H.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Charles D. Tibbetts Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Charles D. Tibbetts who died in Phoebus, Virginia in 1924 at the age of 94 or 96. The collection includes a few financial and personal documents and personal correspondence, but it is mostly correspondence between people involved with Tibbetts' inheritance. Tibbetts enlisted in the army in Richmond, Virginia when he was 17 years old and fought in the Mexican War. Genealogy of the Tibbetts, Stover and Cunningham families are partially shown in the letters searching for heirs.

Biographical / historical:

Probably born in Virginia. Died in Phoebus, Virginia. Participated in the Mexican War. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Gift.
Custodial history:

The papers were located in the old Digges House in Mathews, Virginia.

Arrangement:

Divided by genre, then chronologically.