Chappelear 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. 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:

Chappelear Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
6.00 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Chappelear Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection, 1876-1959, of Benjamin Curtis Chappelear including manuscript and printed maps of Fauquier, Loudoun, Clarke, and Warren Counties, Virginia; Virginia state maps; United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Maps of areas in Virginia and West Virginia; notes concerning land records and manuscript volumes which include account books collected by Chappelear of blacksmiths, farmers, postmasters, students, tanners, and operators of general stores. The collection also includes drawings done by Nancy Chappelear as well as genealogical notes on different families.

Biographical / historical:

Benjamin Curtis Chappelear, author of "Maps and Notes Pertaining to the Upper Section of Fauquier County, Virginia" (Warrenton, Va.: The Warrenton Antiquarian Society, 1954).

Acquisition information:
Gift of 309 pieces by Mrs. Chappelear in memory of B. Curtis Chappelear in February 1956; gift of 116 pieces by Albert Edmonds in February 1956; and gift of 2 pieces by John Gott in February 1976.
Processing information:

Processed and finding aid updated in 2017.

Physical description:
425 items