Randolph Family 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:

The 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:

Randolph Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.84 Linear Feet 4 1-inch binders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Randolph Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Randolph Family Papers contains correspondence and financial documents relating to Isham Randolph (1771-1844), first cousin of Thomas Jefferson, David Coupland Randolph (1804-1886), son of Isham Randolph, Isham Randolph Page (1834-1923), nephew of Isham Randolph and Judith Randolph Swann (Circa 1815-1870), sister of Isham Randolph. Materials document daily financial activities such as the hiring and buying of enslaved people, and Isham Randolph's role as an officer at the James River & Kanawha Company. Correspondence documents the family's relationship with enslaved people and their participation in the American Civil War (1861-1865). The letters also describe the Civil War in Richmond from the battlefield and the home front. Materials also describe the role of enslaved people in the post Civil War period and records the names and emancipation of those enslaved by the Randolphs.

Acquisition information:
Purchased with the Forsyth, Special Collections Research Center Acquisitions, Tonkin, Tyler, and Presson Funds.
Processing information:

The Randolph Family papers has received series level processing. The finding aid may be updated to reflect new aqusitions to the collection.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into four series: Series I. Isham Randolph papers, Series II. David Coupland Randolph papers, Series III. Gibson, Watkins, Francis Randolph Page and Judith Randolph Swann papers and Series IV. Isham Randolph Page papers.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard