Daingerfield 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 publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

The copyright to Mss. Acc. 2005.41 Addition transcript of the Daingerfield Papers by Rona O'Regan is not held by Swem Library. Researchers must contact Ms. O'Regan before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials.

Preferred citation:

Daingerfield Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.02 Linear Feet
Creator:
Daingerfield family
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Daingerfield Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters, 1833-1840, from Sallie Withrow Daingerfield at "Belleplane" [or "Belleplain"] Richmond County, Va. to her husband Joseph F. Daingerfield, member of the Virginia House of Delegates; to her sister Margaret A. Withrow at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Va. [now W. Va.]; and to her brother John Withrow.

Includes letters, 1850-1851, from Edward Randolph Edmunds in London, Eng. and Florence, Italy to his sister Sallie Edmunds (Mrs. Edwin Short Edmunds) describing his travels; and a letter, 1930, concerning the military service of Joseph F. Daingerfield. Photographs of Miss Jean Wallace, Arthur H. Wallace and R.E. Wallace, photograph of an unknown man and child and photographs of paintings of Thomas Edmunds, Elisa K. Edmunds and Jn. Edmunds and obituary for Lucy W. Moore.

Mss. Acc. 2005.41 Addition is a transcript of part of the papers. See Restrictions for access.

An Edmunds Diary (Polygott Bible) is part of this accession and is shelved offsite. It does not contain any genealogical information.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 31 March 1930. Mss. Acc. 2005.41 Addition - Rona O'Regan.
Processing information:

Mss. Acc. 2005.41 filed with Mss. 39.2 D14 in 2009 by Anne Johnson.

Arrangement:

The inventory has been divided into five series. Series 1 are the letters of S. M. Daingerfield, series 2 are letters of Edward R. Edmunds, series 3 is a letter concerning the West Point record of Joseph F. Daingerfield, series 4 are photographs of Miss Jean Wallace, Arthur H. Wallace and R.E. Wallace, photograph of an unknown man and child and photographs of paintings of Thomas Edmunds, Elisa K. Edmunds and Jn. Edmunds and series five is the addition, Acc. 2005.41.