Stith Family Genealogy Collection

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.

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:

Stith Family Genealogy Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
7.50 Linear Feet
Creator:
Crabbe, Estie Stith, 1887-1982
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Stith Family Genealogy Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Working papers and correspondence of Estie Stith Crabbe in preparation for a book on the genealogy of the Stith Family, Hardaway Family and collateral families. Includes research notes, typed transcriptions of research material and correspondence with professional genealogists, researchers from her family and Stith Family members from all over the United States. Estie Stith Crabbe typed transcriptions of much of her research, including many letters she received from researchers and Stith Family contacts. Some personal correspondence and papers are included.

Biographical / historical:

Estie Malinda (Stith) Crabbe was born March 12, 1887 in Jasper County, MO to James Richard and Ophelia Haynes Stith. She married Benjamin Franklin Crabbe in 1920 in Seattle, WA. She died May 1982 in Seattle, WA. She spent much of her adult life researching her Stith Family and collateral lines.

Acquisition information:
Gift
Custodial history:

Laura Stith Strike received the collection from her father's estate and gave them to the Irving Public Library, Texas. Irving Public Library gave them to William and Mary Libraries because of a Stith Family connection with the college: William Stith, was the president of William and Mary from 1752–1755. Irving Public Library informed the Stith family of the donation.

Processing information:

Processed by Anne Johnson in October 2014.

Arrangement:

Arranged in series: Correspondence, Stith Ancestors, Family Names, Research, Publications and Personal Papers.