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Preferred Citation:
Calfee Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Purchased: 431 items, 07/02/1938.
Family History:
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Scope and Contents
Papers, chiefly 1858-1889, of the Calfee family of southwest Virginia. Includes letters written from Texas by Calvin J. Calfee and letters written by Confederate soldiers David H. Calfee, James Calfee, L. S. Calfee and William B. Calfee as well as deeds for land in Pulaski and Wythe counties, Virginia. 431 items.
Arrangement of Materials:
Arrangement: This collection is arranged into series, then alphabetically by person's name, and finally chronologically by date. Organization: This collection has been organized into 4 series: 1. Correspondence 2. Vouchers 3. Legal Papers 4. Other Papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Calfee family
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Legal documents
- Pulaski County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Texas--History
- Texas--History--Civil War
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Wythe County (Va.)--History--19th century
General
Other Information:
Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00033.frame
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Calfee, Calvin J.
- Calfee, David H.
- Calfee, James
- Calfee, L. S.
- Calfee, William B.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Wythe County (Va.)--History--19th century
Container List
- id163897
Subseries 1: Correspondence between family members, 1858-1919
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id163895
Correspondence between members of the Calfee family of southwest Virginia1858-1919Scope and Contents
97 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id163895
- id163898
Subseries 2: Correspondence during the Civil War, 1861-1865Scope and Contents
26 items. Correspondence of the Calfee family of southwest Virginia, describing conditions during the Civil War.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163904
James Calfee, at Raleigh Court House, Virginia, to his brother, L. S. Calfee1861 May 19
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163905
James Calfee, Raleigh County, Virginia, to L. S. Calfee1861 June 9
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163906
J. C. Honaker, Berkeley County, [Virginia], to his mother, [ ? ] Honaker1861 June 23
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163907
David H. Calfee, at Camp Lee near Richmond, to his father, James D. Calfee1861 August 5
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163908
Sarah A. Calfee, at Barren Spring, Wythe County, Virginia, to her brother, D. H. Calfee1861 August 7
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163909
David H. Calfee, at White Sulphur, Greenbrier County, Virginia, to his brother, [ ] Calfee1861 August 13
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163910
[ ] [Calfee], in Camp at Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier County, Virginia, to his uncle and aunt1861 September 29
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163911
John Calfee, at Abbs Valley, [Tazewell County, Virginia], to James D. Calfee1861 October 28
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163912
James Calfee, in camp near Bowling Green, Ky., to his wife, [ ? ] Calfee1862 January 7
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163913
William B. Calfee, in camp near Hensonville, to his father, [ ? ] Calfee1862 April 15
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163914
John Calfee, at Abbs Valley, [Tazewell County, Virginia], to his brother, James D. Calfee1862 July 2
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163915
William B. Calfee, at Camp Pound Cap, to his father, [ ? ] Calfee1862 September 9
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163916
William B. Calfee, in camp near Wytheville, [Virginia], to his father, [ ? ] Calfee1862 November 12
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163917
L. S. Calfee, Prince George County, Virginia, to his uncle and aunt1862 December 28
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163918
John Calfee, at Abbs Valley, [Tazewell County, Virginia], to his brother, James D. Calfee1863 April 21
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163919
William B. Calfee, in camp near Knoxville, Tennesse, to his aunt, [ ? ]1863 May 25
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163920
William B. Calfee, in camp near Knoxville, Tennesse, to his father, [ ? ] Calfee1863 May 29
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163921
William B. Calfee, in camp near Loudon, Roane County, Tennesse, to his father, [ ? ] Calfee1863 June 13
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163922
William B. Calfee, in camp near Knoxville, Tennesse, to his sister, Mary A. Calfee1863 July 13
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163923
John Calfee, at Abbs Valley, [Tazewell County, Virginia], to his brother, Davis [Calfee?]1863 July 23
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163924
William B. Calfee, at Strawberry Plains, [Tennessee], to his sister, Mary A. Calfee, at Drapers Valley, Pulaski County, Virginia1863 August 7
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163925
John Calfee, at Abbs Valley, [Tazewell County, Virginia], to James [Calfee?]1863 October 8
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163926
William B. Calfee, in camp near Dalton, Ga., to his father, [ ? ] Calfee1863 December 1
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163927
L. S. Calfee, in camp near Dalton, Ga., to his brother, [ ? ] Calfee1863 December 9
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163928
William B. Calfee, at Kingston Hospital, near Atlanta, Ga., to his father, [ ? ] Calfee1864 June 24
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id163929
[ ? ], at Headquarters, Pine Grove, to [ ? ]1865 August 30
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163904
- id163903
Subseries 3: Correspondence from Calvin J. Calfee of Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee, 1859-1861Scope and Contents
10 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163931
Calvin J. Calfee, Sycamore Creek, Tarrant County, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1859 April 18
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163932
Calvin J. Calfee, Fort Worth, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1859 July 7
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163933
Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1860 February 19
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163934
Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1860 May 21
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163935
Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1860 November 11
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id211053
Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1860 November 25
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163936
Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1861 January 24
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163937
Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1861 February 14
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163939
Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1861 March 31
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163941
Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1861 April 7
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163943
Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his brother, Leander S. Calfee1861 May 12
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id163931
- id164502
Subseries 3: Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id164501
Calvin J. Calfee, Goliad, Texas to his aunt, Rhoda Calfee, Wythe County, Virginia1860 November 25
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id164501
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id164999
Bailey (Joannah C.), 1853-1889Scope and Contents
6 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id164519
Bailey (Leonard G.), 1849-1890Scope and Contents
27 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id164524
Calfee (J. D.), 1870-1884Scope and Contents
18 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id163900
Calfee (J. L.), 1884-1900Scope and Contents
8 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165002
Calfee (James), 1898-1901Scope and Contents
9 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165004
Calfee (James D.), 1845-1901Scope and Contents
42 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165006
Calfee (James L.), 1892-1899Scope and Contents
5 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165008
Calfee (R. T.), 1898-1913Scope and Contents
12 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165010
Calfee (Sallie), 1896-1904Scope and Contents
5 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id165012
Calfee (W. B.), 1885-1894Scope and Contents
4 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165014
Calfee (W. B.) & Brother, 1890-1901Scope and Contents
48 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165016
Calfee (W. W.), 1914-1919Scope and Contents
4 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165018
Calfee (William) estate, 1823-1870Scope and Contents
3 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165020
Cassell (Joana), 1844-1890Scope and Contents
8 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165021
Other members of the Calfee family, 1820-1915Scope and Contents
23 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id165024
Other persons, 1864-1882Scope and Contents
12 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164503
A court order changing the location of a public road in Wythe County, Virginia1812
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164504
A court order establishing rates for James Calfee's ferry across New River1817
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164505
A deed given by Samuel T. Calfee and wife to James D. Calfee covering a half interest in a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia1846
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164506
A deed given by Susan S. Davis granting to James D. Calfee her claim upon a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia1852
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164507
A deed given by Samuel T. Calfee and wife to Henry Honaker, Sr., covering a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia1853
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164508
A written guarantee of a wheat fan sold by Benton F. Peters to Leonard G. Bailey1856
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164509
A bond given by Leonard G. Bailey and wife to James D. Calfee guaranteeing a good deed to a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia1856
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164510
A deed given by James D. Calfee to William R. Wheeler covering a tract of land in Wythe and Pulaski Counties, Virginia1871
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164511
Suit in Carroll County of Irven Ayers vs. John Quesenberry1873
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164512
A deed given by James D. Calfee to William R. Wheeler covering a tract of land in Wythe and Pulaski Counties, Virginia1882 November 18
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164513
An order from the commissioner of accounts for an inventory of the personal property of J. D. Calfee1885Scope and Contents
One item with two copies.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164514
A deed given by D. P. Graham and wife and John W. Robinson and wife to James L. Calfee, covering a tract of land in Wythe County, Virginia1892 August 22
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id164515
Furlough of Private O. P. Simmons1865
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166082
Instructions for weaving and needle workundatedScope and Contents
2 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166083
Prescription for a cough remedyundated
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166085
Verses and newspaper clippingsundatedScope and Contents
8 items. 3 newspaper clippings.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166086
Memorandum Bookundated
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166090
Printed advertising sheetsundatedScope and Contents
5 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166091
Other PapersundatedScope and Contents
12 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166121
Unidentified pieces and fragmentsundatedScope and Contents
11 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id166123
Envelopes and covers, undatedScope and Contents
10 items.