<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Jefferson-Davis-Papers</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Davis, Jefferson papers</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Jefferson Davis Papers <num>Mss. 39.2 D31</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2007-08-03</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 13:31:21 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>The collection description/finding aid is written in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Jefferson Davis Papers</unittitle>
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      <persname source="lcnaf">Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889</persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcnaf">Darling, Flora Adams, 1840-1910</persname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcnaf">Davis, Varina, 1826-1906</persname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcnaf">Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894</persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <corpname source="lcnaf">Jefferson Davis Monument Association (Richmond, Va.)</corpname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.02 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1858/1904" type="inclusive">1858-1904</unitdate>
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    <head>Processing Information:</head>
<p>Box and folder list compiled by Kelsey Kavanagh, SCRC staff, in October 2011.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use:</head>
<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>Jefferson Davis Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Papers include correspondence, 1884-1885, of Jefferson Davis and correspondence, 1890-1904, of Varina Howell Davis with Flora Adams Darling; and a ledger, 1858, believed to be the mailing list for Davis while United States Senator from Mississippi; and correspondence, 1904, of Jefferson Davis Monument Association of Richmond, Va. Includes letter, 25 January 1890, of Varina Davis to Benjamin Stoddert Ewell. Also includes broadside, 1862, of Davis' Inaugural Address; and program, 1893, of exercises at the re-interment of Davis' remains and engravings and prints of Davis.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Engravings (Prints)</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Photographs</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Programs</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Publications</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Iconography</subject>
    <persname source="lcnaf">Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889</persname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_335c814353522c5016ce666e5ae48ccf" level="file"><did><unittitle>Ledger</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/269080</unitid><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Century Box" id="aspace_c1bfc49da84ce37241e0ac4af391ea69" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Manuscripts Group 2 Box 8</container><container id="aspace_c2b7f1559867845f37b123f583cc276d" parent="aspace_c1bfc49da84ce37241e0ac4af391ea69" type="folder">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_5ddf4140052ef8487a1477d1fbeddd25"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Believed to be Davis' mailing list while serving as U. S. Senator from Mississippi.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_cc637affebfefed2316e188e94db2ab8" level="file"><did><unittitle>Letters</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/269081</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1884-1885</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Century Box" id="aspace_2cf2bc1d3a6240a166a4e4adac8849f4" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Manuscripts Group 2 Box 8</container><container id="aspace_ee9819825fd1304d2a3233d00a705610" parent="aspace_2cf2bc1d3a6240a166a4e4adac8849f4" type="folder">2</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_38f1e7840ee4411931d9c01727df9783"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Item 1: Inaugural address, 22 February 1862
Inaugural address of Jefferson Davis, president of the confederate States of America. Broadside. 1 piece.
Item 2: Printed facsimile of a letter to Samuel M. Duncan, 12 April 1882
Printed facsimile of a letter from Jefferson Davis to Samuel M. Duncan. 1 piece.
Item 3: Four letters from Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, 1884-1885
One incomplete. 4 pieces.
Item 4: Four letters from Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, 1884-1885
One incomplete. 4 pieces.
Item 5: Four letters from Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, 1884-1885
One incomplete. 4 pieces.
Item 6: Four letters from Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, 1884-1885
One incomplete. 4 pieces.
Item 7: The Richmond Dispatch, 12 December 1889
The Richmond Dispatch, 12 December 1889, containing notices of the death of President Davis. 1 piece.
Item 8: Program of exercises upon the occasion of the re-interment of the remains of Jefferson Davis, 31 May 1893
Program of exercises upon the occasion of the re-interment of the remains of Jefferson Davis at Richmond. 1 piece.
Item 9: Programs of a memorial service
No date. 1 piece.
Item 10: Correspondence of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association, 1904
Correspondence of the Jefferson Davis Monument Assocation of Richmond, Va. 9 pieces.
Item 11: Portrait photographs, engravings and prints of Jefferson Davis
Portrait photographs, engravings and prints of Jefferson Davis. 4 pieces.
Item 12: Other prints relating to Jefferson Davis
Other prints relating to Jefferson Davis. 2 pieces.
Item 13: An envelope depicting a Confederate flag
An envelope depicting a Confederate flag with the words "Jeff Davis, Prest., Alexr. H. Stephens, Vice Prest." 1 piece.
Item 14: Letters from Mrs. Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling and to Benjamin Ewell
Letters from Mrs. Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling and to Benjamin Ewell</p></scopecontent></c></dsc>
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