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Preferred Citation:

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

Acquisition Information:

Purchase

Biographical Information:

John Wilkes Brodnax was Associate Professor of Anatomy, Medical College of Virginia, and author of Anatomy as Applied to Art; Art as Applied to Anatomy; and Some Remarks on Coroners and Their Duties. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Letters written to John Wilkes Brodnax concerning genealogy of the Brodnax family. Many letters written by members of the Brodnax family. Includes genealogical data on Bathurst, Munford, Perkins, Smith, Holmes, and Walker families. Includes a photograph of Brodnax at work on a bust of Hunter McGuire and two publications by Brodnax on art and anatomy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Bathurst family
• Brodnax family
• Correspondence
• Genealogy
• Holmes family
• McGuire, Hunter Holmes, 1835-1900--Sculpture
• Munford family
• Perkins family
• Smith family
• Walker family