PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00002::William D. Ligon Papers)//EN" "ViU00002.sgm" A Guide to the William D. Ligon PapersLigon, William D. 3203Processed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Kimberly HanksFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00002::William D. Ligon Papers)//EN" "ViU00002.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the William D. Ligon Papers A Collection in the Special Collections Department 3203

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Kimberly Hanks Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #3203 Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
William D. Ligon Papers 1935-1947 3203 ca. 1450 items English William D. Ligon Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

 Preferred Citation

William D. Ligon Papers, Accession 3203, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

These papers were given to the University of Virginia Libraryon May 18, 1949by William D. Ligon, Jr.of New York City, New York.

 Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Scope and Content

This collection consists of ca. 3,000 items, (13 Hollingers and 15 oversize bound volumes), ca. 9 linear shelf feet), ca. 1907-1949, chiefly the genealogical correspondence and research of William D. Ligon, Jr.concerning the Ligon family. The collection contains correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, post cards, photostats, forms, genealogical charts, book reviews, Christmas card albums, and printed material, much of it mounted in bound volumes and scrapbooks. Also present is the typescript and illustrations for the book The Ligon Family and Connections,the product of all of the research and genealogical inquiries conducted by Ligon through his correspondence.

Much of the information concerns the first and second Ligonreunions, in Richmond, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.respectively, William D. Ligon's visit to Englandin 1938, and the Ligonkin in England, especially the Royal Family. A copy of the two volume published work can be found in the Rare Books Division (see CS 71. L724 1947). According to Ligon, the founder of the family in Virginia, was Colonel Thomas Ligon[Lygon]who came to Henrico County, Virginia, in 1641. Thomas Ligonmarried Mary Harris, daughter of Captain Thomas Harris, who arrived in Virginiain 1611 from Essex, England. Other related families include: Beauchamp, Berkeley, Corbin, Harris, and Savage.

 Container List PAPERS OF WILLIAM D. LIGON, JR Correspondence of William D. Ligon, Jr. 1912, 1926-1936 Jun Box 1 (7 folders) Correspondence of William D. Ligon, Jr. 1936 Jul-1937 May Box 2 (7 folders) Correspondence of William D. Ligon, Jr. 1937 Jun-Nov Box 3 (6 folders) Correspondence of William D. Ligon, Jr. 1937 Dec-1938 Sep Box 4 (5 folders) Correspondence of William D. Ligon, Jr. 1938 Oct-1943 Box 5 (5 folders) Correspondence of William D. Ligon, Jr. 1944-1947 Box 6 (6 folders) Correspondence of William D. Ligon, Jr. n.d. Box 7 Correspondence between William D. Ligon, Jr. and Alice Ligon Jeanblanc 1930-1941 Box 7 Correspondence of William D. Ligon, Jr. (England File) 1936-1938 Box 7 The Ligon Family and Connections - Preface, Contents, and Pages vii-406 1947 Box 7 (3 folders) The Ligon Family and Connections - Pages 407-1335 1947 Box 8 (5 folders) The Ligon Family and Connections - Pages 1336-2158 and Index, 233 p. 1947 Box 9 The Ligon Family and Connections - Pictures 1947 Box 10 (2 folders) The Ligon Family and Connections - Omitted Chapter & Illustrations 1947 Box 10 Corbin and Harris Families in England and Virginia n.d. Box 10 Ligon Family Records n.d. Box 10 Magna Charta by John S. Wurts, Part VII, Pedigree 3V by William D. Ligon, Jr., pages 2218-2223 1954 Box 11 Miscellaneous Ligon Family Data, including Reunions 1937-1938, n.d. Box 11 Printed Material 1937-1947 Box 11 Proceedings in Two Sections The Ligon Family and Kinsmen Association 1937, 1939 Box 11 (2 volumes) Records & Data obtained from members of the Ligon Family n.d. Box 12 (4 folders) Reviews re The Ligon Family and Connections by William D. Ligon, Jr. 1948-1949 Box 12 Wills and Other Legal Documents re the Ligon Family - Copies n.d. Box 13 (4 folders) OVERSIZE SCRAPBOOKS & ALBUMS 1 Christmas Card Album 1941 2 Christmas Card Album 1942 3 Christmas Card Album 1943 4 Christmas Card Album 1944 5 Christmas Card Album 1945 6 Christmas Card Album 1946 7 Christmas Card Album 1947 Photostats (bound) of Colonial and other records n.d. 9 Photostats (bound) of Virginia and English records relating to the Ligon, Berkeley, Savage, etc. Families n.d. 10 Photostats (bound) largely from Burke's Peerage, Landed Gentry, Extinct Peerage n.d. 11 Photostats (bound) largely from Burke's The Commoners, Extinct Peerage, Nash's Worcestershire and Visitations n.d. 12 Scrapbook re Ligons and their kin both in England and America, especially the Royal Family ca. 1930-1947 13 Scrapbook re Ligon kin, mostly in America & the marriage of W.D. Ligon, Jr. and Ellen L. Singleton ca. 1907-1944 14 Scrapbook of Photographs & Post Cards re the First (Richmond, Virginia) and Second (Washington, D.C.) Ligon Reunions and Ligon's Visit to England 1937-1938 15 Scrapbook of Visit to England, and Ligon Reunions at Madresfield Court & in the United States 1938-1939 GENEALOGICAL CHARTS Full size photostat of Beauchamp-Lygon Family Chart, prepared by Sir William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp for Second Ligon Family Reunion in Washington, D.C. October 13, 14, 15, 1938 1938 Oversize Tray 4 Chart - "Some Royal Kin of the Ligons" n.d. Oversize Tray 4 Chart - "Berkeley-Ligon" n.d. Oversize Tray 4 Chart - "Lygon-Beauchamp" n.d. Oversize Tray 4 Blank Chart for Family Tree n.d. Oversize Tray 4 The Ligon Family and Kinsmen Association Resolution to Sir William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp, as President of the Association 1939 Jun 12 Oversize Tray 4