Guide to the Calfee Family Papers , Mss. 39.1 C15

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Preferred Citation:

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

Acquisition Information:

Purchased: 431 items, 07/02/1938.

Container List

id163891

Series 1: Correspondence, 1858-1919

id163897
Subseries 1: Correspondence between family members, 1858-1919
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id163895
  Correspondence between members of the Calfee family of southwest Virginia
  1858-1919
  Scope and Contents
  97 items.
id163898
Subseries 2: Correspondence during the Civil War, 1861-1865

Scope and Contents
26 items. Correspondence of the Calfee family of southwest Virginia, describing conditions during the Civil War.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163904
  James Calfee, at Raleigh Court House, Virginia, to his brother, L. S. Calfee
  1861 May 19
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163905
  James Calfee, Raleigh County, Virginia, to L. S. Calfee
  1861 June 9
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163906
  J. C. Honaker, Berkeley County, [Virginia], to his mother, [ ? ] Honaker
  1861 June 23
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163907
  David H. Calfee, at Camp Lee near Richmond, to his father, James D. Calfee
  1861 August 5
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163908
  Sarah A. Calfee, at Barren Spring, Wythe County, Virginia, to her brother, D. H. Calfee
  1861 August 7
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163909
  David H. Calfee, at White Sulphur, Greenbrier County, Virginia, to his brother, [ ] Calfee
  1861 August 13
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163910
  [ ] [Calfee], in Camp at Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier County, Virginia, to his uncle and aunt
  1861 September 29
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163911
  John Calfee, at Abbs Valley, [Tazewell County, Virginia], to James D. Calfee
  1861 October 28
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163912
  James Calfee, in camp near Bowling Green, Ky., to his wife, [ ? ] Calfee
  1862 January 7
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163913
  William B. Calfee, in camp near Hensonville, to his father, [ ? ] Calfee
  1862 April 15
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163914
  John Calfee, at Abbs Valley, [Tazewell County, Virginia], to his brother, James D. Calfee
  1862 July 2
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163915
  William B. Calfee, at Camp Pound Cap, to his father, [ ? ] Calfee
  1862 September 9
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163916
  William B. Calfee, in camp near Wytheville, [Virginia], to his father, [ ? ] Calfee
  1862 November 12
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163917
  L. S. Calfee, Prince George County, Virginia, to his uncle and aunt
  1862 December 28
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163918
  John Calfee, at Abbs Valley, [Tazewell County, Virginia], to his brother, James D. Calfee
  1863 April 21
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163919
  William B. Calfee, in camp near Knoxville, Tennesse, to his aunt, [ ? ]
  1863 May 25
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163920
  William B. Calfee, in camp near Knoxville, Tennesse, to his father, [ ? ] Calfee
  1863 May 29
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163921
  William B. Calfee, in camp near Loudon, Roane County, Tennesse, to his father, [ ? ] Calfee
  1863 June 13
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163922
  William B. Calfee, in camp near Knoxville, Tennesse, to his sister, Mary A. Calfee
  1863 July 13
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163923
  John Calfee, at Abbs Valley, [Tazewell County, Virginia], to his brother, Davis [Calfee?]
  1863 July 23
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163924
  William B. Calfee, at Strawberry Plains, [Tennessee], to his sister, Mary A. Calfee, at Drapers Valley, Pulaski County, Virginia
  1863 August 7
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163925
  John Calfee, at Abbs Valley, [Tazewell County, Virginia], to James [Calfee?]
  1863 October 8
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163926
  William B. Calfee, in camp near Dalton, Ga., to his father, [ ? ] Calfee
  1863 December 1
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163927
  L. S. Calfee, in camp near Dalton, Ga., to his brother, [ ? ] Calfee
  1863 December 9
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163928
  William B. Calfee, at Kingston Hospital, near Atlanta, Ga., to his father, [ ? ] Calfee
  1864 June 24
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id163929
  [ ? ], at Headquarters, Pine Grove, to [ ? ]
  1865 August 30
id163903
Subseries 3: Correspondence from Calvin J. Calfee of Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee, 1859-1861

Scope and Contents
10 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163931
  Calvin J. Calfee, Sycamore Creek, Tarrant County, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1859 April 18
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163932
  Calvin J. Calfee, Fort Worth, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1859 July 7
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163933
  Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1860 February 19
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163934
  Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1860 May 21
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163935
  Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1860 November 11
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id211053
  Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1860 November 25
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163936
  Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1861 January 24
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163937
  Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1861 February 14
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163939
  Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1861 March 31
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163941
  Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1861 April 7
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163943
  Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee
  1861 May 12
id164502
Subseries 3: Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id164501
  Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his aunt, Rhoda Calfee, Wythe County, Virginia
  1860 November 25

id163892

Series 2: Vouchers, including invoices, notes, and tax bills, 1845-1913

Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id164999
Bailey (Joannah C.), 1853-1889

Scope and Contents
6 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id164519
Bailey (Leonard G.), 1849-1890

Scope and Contents
27 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id164524
Calfee (J. D.), 1870-1884

Scope and Contents
18 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id163900
Calfee (J. L.), 1884-1900

Scope and Contents
8 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165002
Calfee (James), 1898-1901

Scope and Contents
9 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165004
Calfee (James D.), 1845-1901

Scope and Contents
42 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165006
Calfee (James L.), 1892-1899

Scope and Contents
5 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165008
Calfee (R. T.), 1898-1913

Scope and Contents
12 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165010
Calfee (Sallie), 1896-1904

Scope and Contents
5 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165012
Calfee (W. B.), 1885-1894

Scope and Contents
4 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165014
Calfee (W. B.) & Brother, 1890-1901

Scope and Contents
48 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165016
Calfee (W. W.), 1914-1919

Scope and Contents
4 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165018
Calfee (William) estate, 1823-1870

Scope and Contents
3 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165020
Cassell (Joana), 1844-1890

Scope and Contents
8 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165021
Other members of the Calfee family, 1820-1915

Scope and Contents
23 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165024
Other persons, 1864-1882

Scope and Contents
12 items.

id163893

Series 3: Legal Papers, 1812-1892

Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164503
A court order changing the location of a public road in Wythe County, Virginia
1812
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164504
A court order establishing rates for James Calfee's ferry across New River
1817
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164505
A deed given by Samuel T. Calfee and wife to James D. Calfee covering a half interest in a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia
1846
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164506
A deed given by Susan S. Davis granting to James D. Calfee her claim upon a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia
1852
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164507
A deed given by Samuel T. Calfee and wife to Henry Honaker, Sr., covering a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia
1853
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164508
A written guarantee of a wheat fan sold by Benton F. Peters to Leonard G. Bailey
1856
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164509
A bond given by Leonard G. Bailey and wife to James D. Calfee guaranteeing a good deed to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia
1856
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164510
A deed given by James D. Calfee to William R. Wheeler covering a tract of land in Wythe and Pulaski Counties, Virginia
1871
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164511
Suit in Carroll County of Irven Ayers vs. John Quesenberry
1873
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164512
A deed given by James D. Calfee to William R. Wheeler covering a tract of land in Wythe and Pulaski Counties, Virginia
1882 November 18
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164513
An order from the commissioner of accounts for an inventory of the personal property of J. D. Calfee
1885
Scope and Contents
One item with two copies.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164514
A deed given by D. P. Graham and wife and John W. Robinson and wife to James L. Calfee, covering a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia
1892 August 22

id163894

Series 4: Other Papers, 1865, undated

Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164515
Furlough of Private O. P. Simmons
1865
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166082
Instructions for weaving and needle work
undated
Scope and Contents
2 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166083
Prescription for a cough remedy
undated
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166085
Verses and newspaper clippings
undated
Scope and Contents
8 items. 3 newspaper clippings.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166086
Memorandum Book
undated
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166090
Printed advertising sheets
undated
Scope and Contents
5 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166091
Other Papers
undated
Scope and Contents
12 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166121
Unidentified pieces and fragments
undated
Scope and Contents
11 items.
Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166123
Envelopes and covers, undated

Scope and Contents
10 items.