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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
URL: https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections
Finding Aid Authors: Kerry Ambrose.
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:
The Reverend Henry Gardiner Lane Memorial Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift
Processing Information:
Processed by Kerry Ambrose in 1992.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, chiefly 1850-1900, of members of the family of Henry Gardiner Lane, an Episcopal clergyman of Mathews and Gloucester counties, Va. Correspondents include members of the Harrison, Randolph, and Lane families of Mathews and Gloucester counties, Va. Included are autograph and composition books, wills, certificates of indenture, Civil War pardon, Confederate bonds and almanacs.
See Also: Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 02-04 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Correspondence
- Episcopal Church--Virginia--History--19th century
- Financial records
- Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century
- Indentures
- Legal documents
- Mathews County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Photographs
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/90_L24_Lane_Memorial_Collection.pdf
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Genealogy and history of family homes
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Will1799-1800Scope and Contents
Will and codicil to will of Henry Burton
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Correspondence1802-1896Scope and Contents
Correspondence between George E. Tabb and Thomas T. Tabb
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Yale College bill1828
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Composition book1834-1835Scope and Contents
Composition book belonging to Mary Harrison Randolph
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Correspondence1835-1881Scope and Contents
Letters from Ellen Randolph Tabb
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Correspondence1837-1868Scope and Contents
Letters to and from Mary H. Randolph, Mary H. Tabb, and George E. Tabb
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Correspondence1839-1865Scope and Contents
Letters from Jane Cary Harrison Randolph to Mary Harrison Randolph
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Letters, deeds, and indentures1839-1898
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Correspondence1841Scope and Contents
Letter from G. F. Harrison to Mrs. Mary H. Tabb
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Will1843, 1850Scope and Contents
Last will and testament of George E. Tabb
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Correspondence1847-1921Scope and Contents
Letters to and from J. (?) Tabb, E. C. Randolph, Ellen, James, Harry Tabb, John Tabb, G. E. Tabb
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Correspondence1857-1904Scope and Contents
Letters to and from George E. Tabb, Margaret Tabb, "Cousin Sally," and General James H. Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Correspondence1860-1885Scope and Contents
Letters to and from Ellen Randolph Tabb, John Tabb, George E. Tabb, and Mary H. Tabb
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Correspondence1860-1916Scope and Contents
Letters to Ellen Randolph Tabb Lane from Thomas B. Lane and Spencer Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Life sketch of Henry Wythe Tabb IV1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Correspondence1862-1864Scope and Contents
Letters to George Edward Tabb from his family during the Civil War
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Loan notes to Confederate States of America1863
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Correspondence1863-1887Scope and Contents
Letters belonging to Ellen Randolph Tabb (Lane) and Thomas B. Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
Pardon1867Scope and Contents
Civil War pardon signed by Andrew Johnson
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Correspondence1889 January-MayScope and Contents
Letters from Ellen Tabb Lane to George Edward Tabb Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
Correspondence1890-1909Scope and Contents
Letters and postcards to and from Miss Mary Randolph Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
Correspondence1898-1909Scope and Contents
Letters from George E. T. Lane during the Spanish/American War, enlistment and discharge papers
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
Correspondence1901-1919Scope and Contents
Letters to and from General James H. Lane, Mary Randolph, Ellen R. T. Lane, George E. T. Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25
Correspondence1903-1921Scope and Contents
Letters to and from Thomas B. Lane, Ellen R. T. Lane, and Mary Randolph Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26
Correspondence1906Scope and Contents
Letter to Henry Gardiner Lane from his mother, Ellen Randolph Tabb Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27
Correspondence1907-1931Scope and Contents
Letters to and from G. E. T. Lane, Mary Randolph Lane, Thomas B. Lane, and Henry Gardiner Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28
Correspondence1907-1933Scope and Contents
Letters from George E. T. Lane, receipt, and election pamphlet
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29
Correspondence1903-1937Scope and Contents
Letters to Mary Randolph Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30
Church bulletin1929 December
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31
Newspaper clippings1938, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of students
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photograph of family women
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Photographs1897 MayScope and Contents
Photograph of students at Woodstock High School
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of Oscar Lane and J. Rooker Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of General James H. Lane and family
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photograph of Major Beverley Randolph
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of George Edward Tabb and his wife
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of Kate Harrison Tabb Robertson
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of Ellen Harrison Robertson
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Photographs1906Scope and Contents
Photographs of George E. T. Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of Ellen Randolph Tabb
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of Dr. Thomas Barkwell Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of Thomas B. Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of Miss Mary Randolph Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of Henry Gardiner Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of family home
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photograph of memorial tablet honoring Thomas B. Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photograph of Bessie Browne
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photographs of unidentified persons
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20
Photographs1898Scope and Contents
Photograph of Marcus Weeves
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photograph of Kate Lane
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photograph of Amanda Smith
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23
PhotographsundatedScope and Contents
Photograph of (possibly) Ellen Roberson Harrison
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24
Poem book entitled Spring Blossomsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25
Autograph album1828Scope and Contents
Autograph album belonging to George E. Tabb
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26
Loan notes to Confederate States of America1868 July
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27
Universal Almanac1869
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28
Richarson's Almanac for Virginia and North Carolina1856