Broome Family Papers Guide to the Broome Family Papers Mss. Acc. 2011.296

Guide to the Broome Family Papers Mss. Acc. 2011.296


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Finding Aid Authors: Benjamin Bromley, Public Services Archives Specialist; Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. Acc. 2011.296
Title
Broome Family Papers 1862-1995
Quantity
1.00 Linear Feet
Creator
Broome family
Creator
Taliaferro, Louise B.
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

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

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in May 2011. Arranged and described by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant, in April 2012.


Family History:

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Scope and Contents

Papers of the Broome family of Richmond, Virginia. Includes 2 diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro from a 1924 European trip and one diary of an unknown woman from a 1924 European trip.  Includes photographs, genealogical material, legal and business papers and correspondence, including letters of Talbot Broome during voyages to South America.

The connection between Louise B. Taliaferro and the Broome Family has not been established.  Louise B. Taliaferro was married to William M. Taliaferro and lived in Richmond, Virginia.  It is possible that Louise Taliaferro and Ellie Broome were friends.

Arrangement of Materials:

Organized into five series.  Series 1: Photographs, Series 2: Travel Diaries, Series 3: Family Papers, Series 4: Genealogy and Series 5:  Legal Records.

Related Material

Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01), Wedding March sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)

Separated Material

Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01), Wedding March sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Broome family
  • Cabinet photographs
  • Correspondence
  • Deeds
  • Deeds--Virginia
  • Diaries
  • Dornin family
  • Europe--Description and travel--20th century
  • Genealogical tables
  • Genealogies
  • Genealogy
  • Photograph albums
  • Photographs
  • Real property
  • Richmond (Va.)--Description and travel
  • Richmond (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Richmond (Va.)--History--20th century
  • Richmond (Va.)--Social life and customs
  • South America--Description and travel.
  • Taliaferro, H.B. and Company
  • Virginia--Genealogy
  • Williams family
  • Women travelers--Diaries
  • Women--Travel

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Europe--Description and travel--20th century
  • Richmond (Va.)--Description and travel
  • South America--Description and travel.
  • Virginia--Genealogy

Container List

id146168
Photographs
1867- 1971
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Broome Family, mostly from the period 1867 to 1930. Includes studio portraits of children and adults plus photographs of family, friends, animals and homes. Sizes range from 1" square to 8"x10";. Very few photographs are labeled, but some locations mentioned are Richmond, Norfolk, Sarasota, Belgrade, Craigville, Tampa Leo, Bethel, Savanna and Kimberley. Names written on the reverse of some photographs include William Theodore Bloome, Ellie Adele Williams (Bloome), Talbott Dornin Broome, Ellie Broome, Emma Dornin Broome, William Broome, Edith Livingston Broome, Ellie Montclair, Alice Newkirk (Elliott), Ruth Searing and Miss Cary. Two 8"x10" group photographs of the Commonweath of Virginia, Purchases and Supply department for 1966 and 1971, a wedding picture from Bee Allen's wedding and a group photograph of girls from their graduation from Kimberley. There are duplicates of many photographs, scattered among the different sizes. The photographs are filed loosely by size.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 id146169
    Box 1
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 id146171
      Photographs
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2 id146172
      Photographs
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3 id146173
      Photographs
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id146170
    Box 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1 id146174
      Photographs
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 2 id146175
      Photograph Album
      Circa 1920
      Scope and Contents

      Photograph album of an unknown member of the Broome Family. Photographs appear to be from a family vacation on a lake with a rustic log lodge. 4.5" x 5.5"

id146176
Travel Diaries
1924
Scope and Contents

Three travel diaries describing European trips. Two diaries are written by Louise B. Taliaferro and one by an unknown writer.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id146177
    Box 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 3 id146354
      Travel Diary - Louise B. Taliaferro
      May-June 1924
      Scope and Contents

      Travel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of May 27th to July 24th. She left on the French Cruise Line, S.S. La Bourdonnais and shared a room with Katherine, Sister Margaret and May. She gives the itinerary of her trip at the beginning of the diary. This diary covers her trips through France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. She has one or more page entries for each city she visited. She also includes names of people she met, people who attended a party, gifts she received and more. Notation at end of book, "From Katherine Bemise, Mrs. Hunter McGuire. 1924." Small pencil holder with pencil is on the side of the diary.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 id146355
      Travel Diary - Louise B. Taliaferro
      July-September 1924
      Scope and Contents

      Travel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of July 29th to September 1st. Her itinerary includes France, Belgium and Great Britain. Contains two poems and one gargole postcard insert.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 5 id146356
      Travel Diary - Unknown
      February-June 1924
      Scope and Contents

      Travel diary written by an unknown woman during a trip to Europe, from February 20 to June 20, 1924. She leaves from New York. The handwriting is different from the diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro.

id146626
Family Papers
1862-1995
Scope and Contents

Documents and correspondence of individual family members.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id146627
    Box 3
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1 id146628
      Edward P. S. Broom
      1862
      Scope and Contents

      Marriage certificate of Edward P.S. Broom and Emma Dornin on December 18, 1862 from the Church of the Ascension in New York, New York signed by Horatio Southgate, Rector of Zion Church.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2 id146630
      Ellie Adele (Williams) Broome (1870-1950)
      1896-1950
      Scope and Contents

      Papers of Ellie Adele Williams of Richmond, Virginia who married William Theodore Broome of New York. Her parents were Harriet Jean Talbott and Richmond LeRoy Williams and grandparents were Caroline Moore Benson and Charles Talbott. Mother of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbot Dornin Broome. June 15, 1896 certificate for membership in the Richmond Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, as Ellie A. Williams. Newspaper clippings of Ellie Adele Williams marriage to William Theodore Broome in Richmond, Virginia. July 1896. Newspaper clipping of the death of William Theodore Broome, son of William T. and Ellie Williams Broome. June 6, 1898. Newspaper clipping about a party held in the Broome's home in honor of Miss Evelyn Williams of Richmond, Virginia and sister of Ellie Adele Williams Broome. undated. Letter from "Grandpa" to his daughter, Mrs. Ellie Broome in Montclair, New Jersey. August 18, 1917. Typed letter from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on the S.S. Virginian, a cargo ship, on a trip to South America. He tells about the weather and his experiences on the ship. He also describes his experiences in Reo. The letters date from Monday, April 12 to May 11, 1920. May 20 -June 8, 1926 letter(s) from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on a voyage with Captain and Mrs. Cann and Mr. Morris, the Chief Engineer. Most "mates" are from England or Scotland. Gives daily schedule and recounts how boring it is and how he looks forward to seeing land. Mentions seeing millions of albatross flying overhead "as far as the eye could see, and for all one day, from daylight to dark." Comments on how much better he feels. June 21[1926] letter from Talbot Broome in Argentina to his Mother about a 150 mile ride to one of the "big ranches." Condolence letter from Jno. Lucas on the death of her husband. November 18, 1931. Christmas card from Bill, Peg and Win Cook. December, 1940. Letter from Miss Lucy T. Fenner of South Orange, New Jersey, about items in her house that belonged to Elizabeth [Strong] that should stay in the family, including a Dornin Family Bible. April 23, 1946. Obituaries of Mrs. Ellie Williams Broome, November 27, 1950. Card to "Mother" and card from "My Precious Son." Undated. Newspaper article about a meeting of the "Monclair unit of the New Jersey Democratic Women's Association" where Mrs. William T. Broome was a new member. Undated. Invitation to membership in the Woman's Club of New York with brochure, undated.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3 id146640
      Ellie Williams Broome (1905-1995)
      1905-1995
      Scope and Contents

      Ellie Williams Broome is the daughter of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome. Certified copy (1955) of the birth certificate of Ellie Williams Broome on March 9, 1905. June 3, 1924 certificate from "The Kimberley School" stating that "Ellie Williams Broome has satisfactorily completed the General course of this school." June 15, 1926 letter from her brother, Talbot, while in Bahia Blanca, where he decribes the town and terrain. Brochure for the Montclair Art Museum where Ellie exhibited a sculpture, "Meditation" with a pricetag of $200.00. November 15-December 20, 1931. 3 copies. Poem to Ellie from "Marietta" [Ewald Cook] with note "For Ellie, to be opened en route - not before." 1933. This poem also with her obituary notices. Newspaper clippings and wedding invitation for the marrieage of Marietta Chapin Ewald to Winthrop Olmstead Cook in Monclair, New Jersey. May 2, 1936. October 1941 birth annoucement for William Ewald Cook. Job acceptance letter from the Commonweath of Virginia noting "you are employed...as a clerk on a trial basis of six months for service in the Division of Purchase and Printing..." Acknowledgement letter from the Valentine Museum for the gift of a toy dog, 1951, and announcement of its display in 1951 and 1961. Letters from the Personnel Section of the Commonweath of Virginia to J.C. Rees about a job review for "position No. 27, Clerk B, Division of Purchasing and Printing; incumbent, Ellie W. Broome," where he praises Ellie but cannot raise her position. February 25 and 28th, 1955. Invitation to join the Pi Omicron National Sorority, Alpha Delta Chapter In Richmond, Virginia. March 20, 1964. Personal letter from Ruth Bullock, National President, accepting Ellie as a member in the Pi Omicron National Sorority, July 30, 1965. Obituary, funeral card, copies of poem by Marietta Cook and a Westminister-Canterbury death checklist for Ellie Williams Broome. 1995. Poem to Ellie, possibly by one of her coworkers, Undated. Envelope labeled "Prayers" with clippings of prayers.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 id146660
      Talbott Dornin Broome (1900-1958)
      1900-1958
      Scope and Contents

      Ceritified copy (1951) of the birth certificate of Talbott Dornin Broome, born August 4, 1900. List entitled "Talbott's vocabulary at 18 months, single words." Letter to "My dear little boy" from "Your Dear Old Daddy," where he writes "...been out in a horse and buggy for three long days..." October 28, 1904. Church Bulletin of St. Luke's Church when Talbott was confirmed. May 10, 1914. Citizen's Seaman's Identification card and book for traveling on a ship. Each include a photograph and description. The card is dated March 22, 1920 and the book, May 12, 1926. Certificate from the Junior Industrial Army of New Jersey, Agricultural Division, for "Talbot B. Broome as a member. "...has rendered satisfactory farm service during the season of 1917." November 1, 1918. Letter from the president of the "Centennial Celebration" at the University of Virginia appointing Talbott as the delegate to "represent the University at the alumni meeting to be held in your community..." December 7, 1920. Certified photostat copy of a life insurance application to the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 1920. Letter from Ellie Williams to "Dear Brother" about her visit in Richmond. November 29, 1922. Newspaper obituaries and card for Talbot Broome, January 28, 1958. Newspaper photograph of "Commercial Construction Judges" which includes Talbot Broome. Undated. Newspaper article entitled "Broome is Named Analyst for CPA," undated. A cartoon entitiled "puzzle picture" where the people are labeled "Mother, Auntie, Evelyn, Little Sister and "Who is this?," undated. Note: On his birth certificate, Talbott was spelled with two "t's" but often during his life, it was spelled with one "t."

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5 id146687
      William Theodore Broome (1866-1931)
      1871-1932
      Scope and Contents

      William Theodore Broome was married to Ellie Adele Williams and was the Father of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbott Dornin Broome.  His parents were Emma Dornin and Philip Livingston Broome. A birthday letter from his father addressed to "Willie T. Broom...Ludlow, Vermont."  Attached business card for "Mr. William T. Broome" has a handwritten note, "April 9th 1891 - 1896."  August 15, 1871. Letter from Heidelburg, Germany to W.T. Broom, care Mr. W.C. Dornin...New York City" from Helen S. Mitchell.  She describes her experiences in Germany as a part of a group of 8 women.  Mentioned seeing the comet out the window on the way to Cologne.  October 29, 1882. Letter from his Mother c/o R.W. Evans of  Hudson-Columbia County, New York.  May 26, 1887. Letter from "Shef" with silly word plays.  May 25, 1893. Small advertisement for "New Wholesale Hat and Cap House...E.P.L. Broom..." addressed to W.T. Broome in Richmond, Virginia.  April 1894. Correspondence between W.H. Williams, General Manager of the Union News Company, New York City and W.T. Broome.  William Bloome, who works for The Union News Company, asks for a better position in the company, which is refused because of business restraints.  Clarence Williams also responds with a personal letter.  Includes a letter to Uncle William C. Dornin, April 1894. Letter from sister Ellie Bloome about the Broome coat-of-arms and other genealogy comments, November 4, 1894. Letter from Uncle Will congratulating him on the good news, November 3, 1895. Letter from his Grandmother saying she was so proud of his success "I went to my room and cried for joy.,"  December 2, 1895. News clippings pasted on a sheet of paper with four leaf clovers about the marriage of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome.  Clippings are from the Richmond Dispatch, New York Herald, The Philadelphia Press and the Richmond State.  Includes telegram from Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Dornin and Thomas P. Armisted with marriage congratulations, July 1896. February 26, 1900 letter from Ellie Broome to her husband at the Hotel Lexington in Lexington, Virginia about her "sweet lovely baby." Letter from Ellie, his wife, about her baby and other birthdays, August 15, 1900. News clipping about the appointment of William T. Broome as the manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, February 1907. Handwritten note from Talbott to his Father, circa 1908. Letter from W.C. Dornin, on Columbia University Club stationery, about copying material on the "coffins" "...they are so far off your line."  Notes items sold (family items?) and land in Jamaica (New York?). Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, telling about his time in "Reo"  and Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Laments that he had not realized he would need so much money while he was in port, May 18, [1920]. Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, on American-Hawaiian Steamship Company letterhead, about how lazy the people are, borrowing money from Captain Greene, and the price of items.  "If I had enough money I could buy a package of Skunk Skins for 180 peso...," May 23, 1920. Obituary of William T. Broome, Undated. List of flowers and cards at the funeral of "Mr. William T. Broom, November 18, 1931" from the L.T. Christian Funeral Service in Richmond, Virginia. Bill from Arthur K. Brown, Inc. for the funeral expenses, $766.78, November 19, 1931. Letters from the funeral home to Talbott Broome about the evergreens on the grave, December 14, 1931 and  August 3, 1932.  The bill includes the planting of evergreens.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6 id146775
      Taliaferro Family
      1893 and undated
      Scope and Contents

      Copy of Chancery case with C.C. Taliaferro against Erasmus Taylor, administrator of Mrs. Ann M. Allen and others. Concerns money paid by Taliaferro in the interest of Mrs. Allen M. Allen to many people. Orange Circuit Court. December 20, 1884. Edward L. Travis, lawyer from Halifax, North Carolina to Mss. Christian and Christian, Richmond, Virginia about the case of Taliaferro vs. Sater and Company which was brought in the name of H.B.Taliaferro and Co. States that the death of a partner in a company does not mean a lawsuit does not continue. February 6, 1893. Copy of Bill of Information written to Honorable Samuel F. Coleman, Circuit Court Judge, Buckingham County, Virginia by Nathan T. Payne about liens on his lands. Lein trust prepared by N.T. Payne to Daniel Lyon, Jr., trustee, and given to C.C. Taliaferrto who is selling the land, 1891-1893. State of Virginia Supreme Court publication for H.B. Taliaferro and Company versus W.A. Sater and Company, et. al, all from Halifax, Virginia. Concerns ownership of timber cut from land either owned by S.T. Rawls as an individual or as a partner in Hale Brothers, February Term, 1893. Check or receipt for $400 from Taliaferro and Co. to "Myself." for sixty days, undated.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7 id146777
      Williams Family
      1878 and 1946
      Scope and Contents

      Letter from E.H. Williams, Gloucester C.H., to Harriet offering condolences for the death of a relative. Mentions Hattie, Martha, Wilson Family and Mrs. Cook, November 2, 1878. Letter from Talbot Broome to J. Henry Brown and Son of Richmond, Virginia with the notation, "the dates you requested for the stone for Evelyn R. Williams are as follows: August 20, 1872 -November 21, 1945. November 15, 1946."

id146778
Genealogy
1867-1926 and Undated
Scope and Contents

Genealogy material on the Broome, Ruggles, Livingston, Talbott and Crooke families, including applications for the Sons of the American Revolution through Corporal Gamaliel Marchant.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id146779
    Box 3
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8 id146780
      Genealogy - Crooke and Ruggles Families
      1933-1935
      Scope and Contents

      Three letters from George B. Kinkead, College of Preachers, Cathedral Close, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Broome about a headstone in Poughkeepsie, New York for Charles H.H. Broome, deceased December 12, 1872. Kinkead states that the area has no other burials and was "supposed to belong to Ruggles" though the Crookes, Ruggles, and Broomes are related. He also found an old Crooke burying ground near Hyde Park which contained Charles Crooke and his wife, Jane Van Valkenburgh, plus other ancestors of the Broomes. He wants to use the plot to move the stones to the Poughkeepsie cemetery, where a Crooke is buried near the Broome family. He gives the genealogy of Jan Van Valkenburgh through the Crooke and Broome families.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 9 id147148
      Genealogy - Family Trees and Notes
      1867, 1878, 1909 and Undated
      Scope and Contents

      Empty envelope addressed to Capt. W. G. Coffin of Cincinnati, Ohio from Spencer [Houss] of Cumberland CH, Virginia, November 7, 1867. Newspaper article from the New York World about Charles Broom finding old letters from his Livingston, Barker and other ancestors at an old family farm near Woodburn, Sullivan County, June 25, 1878. Copy of a newspaper article about Miss Edith Livingston Broome and her success as the manager of the store on the Lapland during her maiden voyage. New York Journal, April 20, 1909. (Sister of William Theodore Broome). Handwritten family trees for the Dornin, Coffin, and Broome familes. Hand colored Coat of Arms of the Broome family on a tattered piece of poster board. Genealogical reports tracing William and Anneke Brooke Broom to Talbot Dornin and Ellie Williams Broome. "Family Record," possibly from a Bible, beginning with Charles Crooke who married Jane Van Valkenburgh. Report on Emma Dornin, daughter of William Henry and Poebe George Coffin Dornin and wife of Edward Phillip Livingston Broom. Request from H.A. to L.E. B., in a newspaper article, to contact him for more information on the Broome Family, undated. Obituary for Clermont Livington, on the Judson three miles north of Tivoli, the son of Lieutenant-Governor Edward P. Livingston. Newspaper article on the death of John Lloyd Broome while his son, George C. Broome and new bride were rushing to his bedside. Byline is Binghamton, New York, undated.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 10 id147181
      Genealogy - Memberships
      1920, 1926 and undated
      Scope and Contents

      Partially completed application by William T. Broome to the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the New York State Sons of the American Revolution through his ancestor, Corporal Gamaliel Marchant. Undated. Correspondence with the Montclair Chapter of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution about application process. 1920. Blank application for the State of New York Sons of the Revolution Form letter to Mrs. W.T. Broome, with partial list of members, for membership in The Order of Jamestown, 1926.

id147248
Legal Records
1893 and 1920
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id147249
    Box 3
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 11 id147251
      Legal Documents
      1893 and 1920
      Scope and Contents

      Letter of E.L. Travis of W.H. Day law office to Jackson Bolton of Richmond, Virginia about signing a $50 bond, January 10, 1893. Signed copy of last will of Edith Livingston Broome with signatures of witnesses, Frances L. Watkins and Frank C. [?], April 4, 1920.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 12 id147252
      Legal Documents-Real Estate
      1892-1914
      Scope and Contents

      Promissary note between Greenville Land and Improvement Company, who is indebted to H.B. Taliaferro of H.B. Taliaferro and Company in Richmond, Virginia for $5042.89, to be transferred to Thomas J. Jarvis. Pitt County, North Carolina, September 1, 1892. Deed between James Brown of Pitt County, North Carolina and William P. Smith, trustee, of Richmond, Virginia concerning land and property transferred to P.B. Taliaferro by Thmas J. Jarvis in 1893 and then to James Brown, May 8, 1894. Typed instructions and to-do list for mortgage closing entitled "Memorandum for S.C. Hamilton, Jr.." 1896. Blank note form for The Pedigo-Beller Real Estate Co. in Roanoke, Virginia, circa 1890. Papers concerning the purchase of Lot 48, Stanmont Estates in Brookhaven, New York by William T. Broome of Norfolk, Virginia and Darr Realty of New York State. Includes deed and correspondence about payments and taxes, 1911-1914