PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi03728::A Guide to the Goodwin Family Papers, 1880-1944)//EN" "vi03728.xml" A Guide to the Goodwin Family Papers, 1880-1944 Goodwin Family, Papers, 1880-1944 42233 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, 17 September 2012 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Goodwin Family Papers, 1880-1944 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 42233 Jim Greve

Library of Virginia 2012 Jim Greve Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Goodwin Family Papers, 1880-1944 42233 1.125 cubic feet (3 boxes) English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Goodwin Family Papers, 1880-1944. Accession 42233. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased.

Biographical Information

Frank Pendleton Goodwin was born on 12 May 1852. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah Windel Goodwin. He married Mary Emaline Mitchell (1860-1955). They resided in Salem, Virginia, where he operated a funeral home. Frank P. Goodwin died on 17 October 1916, and is buried in East Hill Cemetery.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1880-1944, of the family of Frank Pendleton Goodwin (1852-1916) and Mary Emaline Mitchell Goodwin (1860-1955) of Salem, Virginia. The collection includes accounts and receipts, agreements and contracts, correspondence, insurance policies, loan papers, promissory notes, sympathy cards, notes, and letters, and tax tickets and receipts. There are also business records relating to Goodwin's operation of a funeral home, including accounts and receipts with various companies for undertaker's supplies and for funeral services he provided, as well as burial or removal permits, and death certificates.

This collection also includes estate papers of Albert H. Baldwin (1877-1926) and tax returns, 1937-1944, of his widow, Lela A. Baldwin (1880-1953) of Roanoke.

Contents List Accounts and Receipts, 1897-1929. 1 1-6 Accounts and Receipts, n.d. 1 7 Accounts and Receipts - Funeral Home Services . 1 8 Accounts and Receipts - Music Lessons . 1 9 Agreements and Contracts . 1 10 Baldwin, Lela A. - Tax Returns, 1937-1944. 1 11-18 Z. Boon's Sons . 1 19 Bristol Coffin and Casket Company . 1 20 Burial or Removal Permits . 1 21 Cancelled Checks . 1 22 Correspondence . 1 23 Death Certificates . 2 1 Deeds . 2 2 Edwards Manufacturing Company . 2 3 Elizabeth College . 2 4 Estate of Albert H. Baldwin . 2 5 Estates of Frank P. Goodwin and Russell M. Goodwin . 2 6 B. Foreman & Sons . 2 7 Insurance . 2 8 International Correspondence Schools . 2 9 Licences . 2 10 Loan - Leas & McVitty . 2 11 Miscellaneous . 2 12 Piano - Michael & Brumfield . 2 13 Promissory Notes . 2 14 Railroad Passes . 2 15 Rankin Coffin and Casket Company . 2 16 Religious Herald. 2 17 Report Cards . 2 18 Richmond Casket Company . 2 19 Roanoke-National Business College . 2 20 Rock Falls Manufacturing Company . 2 21 Shank Milling Company . 2 22 Southern Coffin and Casket Company . 2 23 Suit Papers . 2 24 Sympathy Cards, Notes, and Letters . 2 25-26 Tax Tickets and Receipts, 1880, 1893-1929. 3 1-4 Teacher's Certificate . 3 5 Teacher's Contract . 3 6 J.A. Thomason . 3 7 Time Records . 3 8 Turner-White Coffin Company . 3 9 Utility Bills . 3 10 Wiley Feed, Fuel & Supply . 3 11