Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting 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:

Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1 Linear Feet
Creator:
Blair family, Banister, Anne Blair, Bannister family, Braxton family, Horner family, Prescott, Mary Blair Braxton Burwell, and Whiting family
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters, chiefly 1765-1817, of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, and Whiting families. Correspondents include John Blair (1732-1800), Anne (Blair) Banister and Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott. Many of the letters are written by women.

Subjects covered in the collection include the Baron de Botetourt, William Tryon, Martha Washington, dueling, social life and customs, marriage and courtship, medicine, the Richmond theater fire, slavery, War of 1812, the College of William and Mary, and Williamsburg, Virginia.

Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting Papers are available on 1 reel of microfilm in Swem Library's microforms area call number CS71 .B645 B53

Processing information:

Processed by Sheryl Brown in 1988.

Physical / technical requirements:

Use of microfilm only. When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard