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Bland Family papers Guide to the Bland Family papers Mss. 94 B159

Guide to the Bland Family papers Mss. 94 B159


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 94 B159
Title
Bland Family papers 1778-1989
Quantity
2.00 Linear Feet
Creator
Bland, Ethel Heckman, 1902-1978
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

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.

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:

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

Processing Information:

Processed by Walter T. Latham, Jr. in 1998.

Biographical Information:

Lineous Preston Bland, Jr. was a United Methodist minister who served in the Virginia Conference. His wife was Ethel Hickman Bland (1902-1978) and their son was Lineous Preston Bland, III (b. 1927). Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Papers, 1778-1989, of the Bland family of King and Queen County, Gloucester County, and the James River area of Virginia. Includes mostly genealogical material compiled by Lineous Preston Bland, Jr.

Includes correspondence, pamphlets, family trees, scrapbooks, newsletters, photographs, legal and military records, newspaper clippings, and oral histories. Much information focuses on Richard Bland (1710-1766), Virginia statesman and pamphleteer.

The collection also includes personal correspondence and certificates of Lineous Preston, Jr., his wife, Ethel Hickman Bland and son, Lineous Preston Bland, III.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Bland family
  • Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
  • Correspondence
  • Genealogy
  • Interviews
  • King and Queen County (Va.)--History
  • King and Queen County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • King and Queen County (Va.)--History--20th century
  • Legal documents
  • Newsletters
  • Pamphlets
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Bland, Ethel Heckman, 1902-1978
  • Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1
Box 1
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Correspondence
    1980-1985
    Scope and Contents

    Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
    Correspondence
    1985
    Scope and Contents

    Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
    Correspondence
    1985
    Scope and Contents

    Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
    Correspondence
    1985-1986
    Scope and Contents

    Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
    Correspondence
    1986
    Scope and Contents

    Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Correspondence
    1986-1987
    Scope and Contents

    Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
    Correspondence
    1987
    Scope and Contents

    Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
    Correspondence
    1988
    Scope and Contents

    Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
    Correspondence
    Scope and Contents

    Letters from correspondents of the Reverend L.P. Bland about genealogy

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part I of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part II of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part III of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part IV of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part V of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part VI of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook on the James River Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part I of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part II of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part III of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part IV of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part V of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part VI of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part VII of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part VIII of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part IX of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part X of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook I on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part I of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook II on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part II of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook II on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    Part III of the Reverend L.P. Bland's notebook II on King and Queen Co., Va., and Gloucester Co., Va., Blands

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29
    Notebook
    Scope and Contents

    "Among Cousins," Volume 2, Numbers 1-2

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30
    Newsletters
    1983-1984
    Scope and Contents

    "Among Cousins," Volume 3, Numbers 1-2

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31
    Newsletters
    1984-1985
    Scope and Contents

    "Among Cousins," Volume 4, Numbers 1-2

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32
    Newsletters
    1985-1986
    Scope and Contents

    "Among Cousins," Volume 5, Numbers 1-2

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33
    Newsletters
    1987
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34
    Typed copies of Civil War Letters
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35
    Xerox copies
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 36
    Xerox copies
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 37
    Xerox copies
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38
    Xerox copies
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 39
    Histories of the Bland Family
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 40
    Account by Charles L. Bland
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 41
    Histories of the Bland Family
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 42
    Histories of the Bland Family
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 43
    Bland family trees
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 44
    Bland family trees
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 45
    Bland family trees
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Box 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
    Bland and Ewell family trees and related information
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
    Bland family trees and related information
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
    Bland family trees and related information
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
    Bland family trees and related information
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
    Bland family trees and related information
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
    Bland family trees
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
    Bland family notebooks
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
    Newspaper articles
    1985
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
    Miscellaneous articles concerning Bland family history
    1947-1987
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
    Obituaries
    1969-1989
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
    Announcement of marriage
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
    Childhood on Piankatank River
    1974-1975
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
    Wills of Bland family members and allied family members
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
    Wills of members of the Bland family
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
    Deeds
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
    Tax-related records
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
    Military pensions and payroll records
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
    Marriage records
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
    Bible and church records
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20
    Census and similar records
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21
    Census and similar records
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22
    Census and similar records
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23
    Legal documents
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24
    Legal documents
    1833-1835
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25
    Photographs
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26
    Photographs
    1967-1986
    Scope and Contents

    Photographs of Bland family members and places of importance to the Bland family

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27
    Photographs
    Scope and Contents

    Photographs of Bland family members and places of importance to the Bland family

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28
    Photographs
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29
    Photographs
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30
    Maps related to the Bland family
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 31
    Bulletins
    1985-1988
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 32
    Personal correspondence of the Reverend L.P. Bland
    1985
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 33
    Personal correspondence
    1955-1961
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 34
    Writings of Reverend L.P. Bland
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 35
    Sermon notes of Reverend L.P. Bland
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 36
    Sermon notes of Reverend L.P. Bland
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 37
    Sermon notes of Revered L.P. Bland
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 38
    Sermon notes of Revered L.P. Bland
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 39
    Certificates
    1926-1938
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 40
    Certificates
    1926-1976
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 41
    Index to "The Bulletin of King & Queen County"
    1956-1981
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 42
    Miscellaneous printed material
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 43
    Miscellaneous items
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 44
    Miscellaneous items
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 45
    Miscellaneous items
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 46
    Miscellaneous items
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 47
    Miscellaneous items
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 48
    Miscellaneous items
Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 17 Folder: 1
Oversize materials
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous records from the Gloucester County, Virginia Clerk of Circuit Court Office.

Family tree including many Blands; also includes a letter from Howson Coles, Senior Librarian of the Department of Manuscript Cataloging at the Virginia Historical Society, to the Reverend L. P. Bland.