Special Collections Research Center
Bright Family Papers
Bright family.
Bright, Robert Anderson, 1839-1904
Bright, Robert Southall, 1872-1943
Mss. Acc. 1996.24
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1.00 Linear Feet
1876-1933
300 items
English
Family History:
The Bright Family resided in Williamsburg, Virginia and Philadephia, Pennsylvania. They had family ties to the Southall of Virginia.
Acquisition Information:
gift
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Conditions Governing Access:
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Preferred Citation:
Bright Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Related Materials:
University of Delaware, Bright Family Papers, Mss. Collection Number 128.
Southall Papers, 1807-1904, Mss. 39.1 So8
Robert Southall Bright Papers, UA 5.131
Mss. MsV Ap 4-5 Samuel F. Bright Account Books, 1826-1861
Arrangement of Materials:
Series arranged in alphabetical order by name of Bright Family member and related topics.
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Bright Family of Williamsburg, Virginia and Philadephia, Pennsylvania. Correspondence and business papers of Robert Anderson Bright of Williamsburg, Virginia and his son Robert Southall Bright, College of William and Mary class of 1891 and a Philadelphia lawyer. Personal and professional correspondence, bills and receipts, photographs and legal papers.
Includes letters between Robert Southall Bright while a student at William and Mary to his father and letter describing trip to Switzerland.
Business records
Checks (bank checks)
Correspondence
Photographs
Tax records
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
Lawyers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Legal documents
College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
Bright family
Southall family
Series 1: Douglas Southall Bright Papersid69924/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150581897, 1928-1933, undatedScope and Contents1897 letter from his grandfather, Robert A. Bright, legal papers, 1933 condolence letters for the death of his mother and other papers.
Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/31810111Series 2: Captain Robert A. Bright Papersid69367/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150591876-1903Correspondenceid69370/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150671Correspondenceid69387/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150801876-189812Correspondenceid69388/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150811899-1903, undated13Legal and Business Papersid69386/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150681879-1903, undated14Bright and Moncure debt agreementid69926/repositories/2/archival_objects/315082189915Scope and ContentsCaptain Robert A. Bright agreement to pay debt to James D. Moncure.
Series 3: Robert Southall Bright Papersid69383/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150601892-1933Bank Statements, Canceled Checks and Stockid69396/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150691895-193316Scope and ContentsBank Statements, Canceled Checks and stock Silica Stone Company.
Correspondenceid69936/repositories/2/archival_objects/315070Correspondenceid69390/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150831892-189517Correspondenceid69391/repositories/2/archival_objects/315084189618Correspondenceid69392/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150851897-190019Correspondenceid69927/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150861901-193221Correspondenceid69928/repositories/2/archival_objects/315087193322Undated Correspondence and Empty Envelopesid69929/repositories/2/archival_objects/315088Undated23Legal and Business Papersid69385/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150711906-193024Speeches and Editorialsid69395/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150721906, 1907 and undated25Scope and ContentsPolitical speeches, letter to editor about "Why Wilson should be Elected" and speech at William and Mary.
Series 4: Mrs. Robert Southall Bright Papers (Caroline de B.L. Bright)id69937/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150611896-1933Correspondence and Legal Papersid69938/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150731896-193326Willid69939/repositories/2/archival_objects/315074189627Scope and Contents1896 will of Mrs. Robert Southall Bright.
Series 5: Thomas Bright Papersid69940/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150621933School Papersid69941/repositories/2/archival_objects/315075193328Scope and ContentsTwo spelling tests and a paper on the poem "The Barefoot Boy."
Series 6: Southall Correspondenceid69943/repositories/2/archival_objects/315063Peyton Southall Correspondenceid69953/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150761851-185229Scope and Contents1851 letter from John Maynard to Peyton Southall in Yorktown, Virginia about planting wheat and other farm topics. 1852 letter from Robt E. Clarke to Peyton Southall in Williamsburg, Virginia about a prize drawing and likenesses of Southall's brother, George. 1852 letter from William B. Rogers of Norfolk, Virginia to Peyton Southall in Williamsburg about looking for a shipping vessel and an 1852 letter about Captain Lively.
Series 7: Correspondence and Poetryid69954/repositories/2/archival_objects/315064Correspondence, Poems and Notesid69955/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150771901210Series 8: Woodland Cemetery and William Carvillid69956/repositories/2/archival_objects/315065William Carvill and Woodland Cemetery Agreementid69957/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150781846211Scope and ContentsAgreement for planting trees in the Woodland Cemetery.
Series 9: Photographsid69958/repositories/2/archival_objects/315066Photographsid69959/repositories/2/archival_objects/3150791896-1925 and undated212Scope and ContentsPhotographs of family, friends and landscape scenes. Most peope are not indentified.