PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi00695::A Guide to the E. Carter Foster Papers, 1916-1973)//EN" "vi00695.xml" A Guide to the E. Carter Foster Papers, 1916-1973 Foster, E. Carter, Papers, 1916-1973 50300 Jim Greve Library of Virginia © 2012 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Jim Greve, 14 February 2012 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the E. Carter Foster Papers, 1916-1973 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 50300 Jim Greve

Library of Virginia 2012 Jim Greve Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia E. Carter Foster Papers, 1916-1973 50300 1.75 cubic feet (5 boxes). English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

E. Carter Foster Papers, 1916-1973. Accession 50300. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Anne C. Hindman, Gordonsville.

Biographical Information

Edward Carter Foster was born on 5 January 1895. He was the son of James Robert Foster (1849-1919) and Mary deButts Carter (1871-1938). He attended Episcopal High School and the University of Virginia. Foster was an avid horseman, and bred horses at his farm "Hillside" near The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia. He was also a vestryman and treasurer of Grace Episcopal Church. Foster married 1) Francis B. Broaddus (1885-1980) on 16 September 1924. They divorced in 1934. He married 2) Anne Foster (1908-1994) of London, England on 8 November 1941. Carter Foster died on 19 January 1973, and is buried on the family farm "Whitewood."

Scope and Content

Papers, 1916-1973, of E. Carter Foster (1895-1973) of The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia. Includes an account book and day book, deeds, diaries, guest registers, memorandum books, and information relating to his interest in horse breeding and racing, and Jones (or Norwich) terriers. There are also sympathy cards and notes written to his family upon his death in 1973.

Contents List Account Book - Hilton, 1942-1943. 1 1 Address Book . 1 2 Articles and Essays by E. Carter Foster . 1 3 Check Registers, 1926. 1 4 Correspondence - Miscellaneous . 1 5 Daybook - Hilton, 1942-1943. 1 6 Deeds . 1 7 Diaries, 1916-1953 . 4 Diaries, 1967-1973 . 5 Farm and Orchard Birds . 1 8 Genealogical Notes . 1 9 Guest Registers 1943-1945, 1946-1947. 5 Horse Racing and Breeding - Publications . 1 10-11 Horse Worms . 1 12 Jones Terriers/Norwich Terriers . 1 13 Memorandum Books . 1 14 Miscellaneous . 1 15 Nutrition . 1 16 Periodic Opthalmia (Moon Blindness) . 2 1 Photographs . 2 2 Plains Riding Club . 2 3 Plats . 2 4 Publications - History . 2 5 Sympathy Cards and Notes . 2 6-13 Sympathy Cards and Notes . 3 1-5