Broome Family Papers Guide to the Broome Family Papers Mss. Acc. 2011.296

Guide to the Broome Family Papers Mss. Acc. 2011.296


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Finding Aid Authors: Benjamin Bromley, Public Services Archives Specialist; Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. Acc. 2011.296
Title
Broome Family Papers 1862-1995
Quantity
1.00 Linear Feet
Creator
Broome family
Creator
Taliaferro, Louise B.
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access:

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Preferred Citation:

Broome Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in May 2011. Arranged and described by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant, in April 2012.


Family History:

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Scope and Contents

Papers of the Broome family of Richmond, Virginia. Includes 2 diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro from a 1924 European trip and one diary of an unknown woman from a 1924 European trip.  Includes photographs, genealogical material, legal and business papers and correspondence, including letters of Talbot Broome during voyages to South America.

The connection between Louise B. Taliaferro and the Broome Family has not been established.  Louise B. Taliaferro was married to William M. Taliaferro and lived in Richmond, Virginia.  It is possible that Louise Taliaferro and Ellie Broome were friends.

Arrangement of Materials:

Organized into five series.  Series 1: Photographs, Series 2: Travel Diaries, Series 3: Family Papers, Series 4: Genealogy and Series 5:  Legal Records.

Related Material

Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01), Wedding March sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)

Separated Material

Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01), Wedding March sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)


Subjects and Indexing Terms


Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Container List

id146168
Photographs
1867- 1971
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Broome Family, mostly from the period 1867 to 1930. Includes studio portraits of children and adults plus photographs of family, friends, animals and homes. Sizes range from 1" square to 8"x10";. Very few photographs are labeled, but some locations mentioned are Richmond, Norfolk, Sarasota, Belgrade, Craigville, Tampa Leo, Bethel, Savanna and Kimberley. Names written on the reverse of some photographs include William Theodore Bloome, Ellie Adele Williams (Bloome), Talbott Dornin Broome, Ellie Broome, Emma Dornin Broome, William Broome, Edith Livingston Broome, Ellie Montclair, Alice Newkirk (Elliott), Ruth Searing and Miss Cary. Two 8"x10" group photographs of the Commonweath of Virginia, Purchases and Supply department for 1966 and 1971, a wedding picture from Bee Allen's wedding and a group photograph of girls from their graduation from Kimberley. There are duplicates of many photographs, scattered among the different sizes. The photographs are filed loosely by size.

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id146176
Travel Diaries
1924
Scope and Contents

Three travel diaries describing European trips. Two diaries are written by Louise B. Taliaferro and one by an unknown writer.

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id146626
Family Papers
1862-1995
Scope and Contents

Documents and correspondence of individual family members.

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id146778
Genealogy
1867-1926 and Undated
Scope and Contents

Genealogy material on the Broome, Ruggles, Livingston, Talbott and Crooke families, including applications for the Sons of the American Revolution through Corporal Gamaliel Marchant.

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id147248
Legal Records
1893 and 1920
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