PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00600::Blackwell Family Papers)//EN" "ViU00600.sgm" A Guide to Blackwell Family PapersBlackwell Family Papers. 5764-dProcessed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Elizabeth SlombaFunded 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 17, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00600::Blackwell Family Papers)//EN" "ViU00600.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 Blackwell Family Papers A Collection in the Special Collections Department 5764-d

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Elizabeth Slomba Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #5764-d Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Blackwell Family Papers 1725-1930, n.d. 5764-d ca. 40 items English Mrs. Edward J. Jones (Lucy Steptoe Blackwell Jones) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

 Preferred Citation

A Guide to Blackwell Family Papers, Accession 5764-d, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

This collection was made a gift to the Library by Mrs. Edward J. Jones [Lucy Steptoe (Blackwell) Jones] of Warrenton, Virginia, on June 29, 1990.

 Funding Note

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

 Scope and Content

There are ca. 40 items, 1725-1930 and n.d., consisting of land grants, deeds, surveys and plats, and other papers pertaining to the Blackwelland Smithand related families, chiefly of Fauquier County, Virginia; and, printed material. Printed articles pertain to the Blackwell family, Civil War heroes, George Washington, the United States Army, and Randolph-Macon College. There are also two small published works, Baptismal Vows(1863) and Military and Naval Insignia and Novelties(1914).