Special Collections Research Center
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
The copyright to Mss. Acc. 2005.41 Addition transcript of the Daingerfield Papers by Rona O'Regan is not held by Swem Library. Researchers must contact Ms. O'Regan before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials.
Conditions Governing Access:
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.
Preferred Citation:
Daingerfield Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift, 31 March 1930. Mss. Acc. 2005.41 Addition - Rona O'Regan.
Processing Information:
Mss. Acc. 2005.41 filed with Mss. 39.2 D14 in 2009 by Anne Johnson.
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1833-1840, from Sallie Withrow Daingerfield at "Belleplane" [or "Belleplain"] Richmond County, Va. to her husband Joseph F. Daingerfield, member of the Virginia House of Delegates; to her sister Margaret A. Withrow at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Va. [now W. Va.]; and to her brother John Withrow.
Includes letters, 1850-1851, from Edward Randolph Edmunds in London, Eng. and Florence, Italy to his sister Sallie Edmunds (Mrs. Edwin Short Edmunds) describing his travels; and a letter, 1930, concerning the military service of Joseph F. Daingerfield. Photographs of Miss Jean Wallace, Arthur H. Wallace and R.E. Wallace, photograph of an unknown man and child and photographs of paintings of Thomas Edmunds, Elisa K. Edmunds and Jn. Edmunds and obituary for Lucy W. Moore.
Mss. Acc. 2005.41 Addition is a transcript of part of the papers. See Restrictions for access.
An Edmunds Diary (Polygott Bible) is part of this accession and is shelved offsite. It does not contain any genealogical information.
Arrangement of Materials:
The inventory has been divided into five series. Series 1 are the letters of S. M. Daingerfield, series 2 are letters of Edward R. Edmunds, series 3 is a letter concerning the West Point record of Joseph F. Daingerfield, series 4 are photographs of Miss Jean Wallace, Arthur H. Wallace and R.E. Wallace, photograph of an unknown man and child and photographs of paintings of Thomas Edmunds, Elisa K. Edmunds and Jn. Edmunds and series five is the addition, Acc. 2005.41.
Related Material
Daingerfield Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Correspondence
- Daingerfield family
- Greenbrier County (Va.)--History
- Photographs
- Richmond County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Theses
- Transcripts
- United States--Politics and Government
- Virginia House of Delegates
Container List
Letters S. M. Daingerfield, at Lewisburg, [Va.], to Joseph F. Daingerfield, at Fayette Court House, Va., 17 March 1833. S. [M. Daingerfield], at Belplain, to Major J. F. Daingerfield, at Richmond, Va., 8 Feb. 1839. Postmarked Warsaw. [S. M. Daingerfield], at Belleplane, to [J. F.] Daingerfield, at Richmond, Virginia, March 1839. S. M. Daingerfield, at Westwood, to her sister, Margaret A. Withrow, at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Va., 18 Sept. 1840. Postmarked Port Republic, Va. and S. M. Daingerfield to her brother, [John Withrow]. E[dward] R[andolph] Edmunds, at Florence, Italy, to Mrs. Efdwin] S[hort] Edmunds, at Hopkinsville, Ky., 25 June 1850. Edward [R. Edmunds], at London, to Sallie [i.e. Mrs. Edwin S. Edmunds], at Hopkinsville, Ky., 10 Aug. 1851. Sally [Daingerfield], to Joseph F. Daingerfield, at Fayette Court House, Va., No date. Postmarked Lewisburgh, Va. Copy of a letter from [ ? ] LeR. Martin, assistant adjutant, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, to [Miss Sally Daingerfield], 10 Feb. 1930, concerning the record of Joseph F. Daingerfield.
Also included are transcripts of Daingerfield papers not owned by Special Collections. Special Collections does not have copyright over the transcripts.
A bound set of portrait photographs. The cover is detached.