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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
Andrea Calabretta.
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:
Peebles-Watson-Arrington Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift
Processing Information:
Mss. 98 P34 combined Accessions 1997.27 and 1997.55 during processing.
The two boxes were combined into one box, but folder labels still reflect two boxes. July 2009.
Folder labels now reflect the new one-box arrangement. June 2015.
Scope and Contents
Papers and photographs, 1871-1913, bulk 1873-1904, of the Peebles, Watson and Arrington families of Norfolk and Petersburg, Va. Includes letters, primarily from Joseph Littleton Peebles to Kate S. Watson during their courtship and marriage. Also includes genealogical notes. The Peebles farm is a part of the Petersburg National Battlefield Park.
Arrangement of Materials:
Following the correspondence and family documents is a subseries of photographs arranged by individual names, first by gender and then alphabetically. Some folders combine multiple individuals.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Correspondence
- Legal documents
- Marriage--Virginia
- Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century
- Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century
- Photographs
Container List
Letters from Joseph Littleton Peebles in Petersburg, Virginia to Kate Smith Watson, also in Petersburg, Virginia, during their courtship. (26 items.)
Letters from Joseph L. Peebles, in Petersburg, Virginia, to Kate S. Watson, also in Petersburg, Virginia, during their courtship. (29 items.)
Letters from Joseph L. Peebles, in Petersburg, Virginia, to his wife Kate W. Peebles, while she was visiting relatives in Littleton, North Carolina. (6 items.)
Letters from Joseph L. Peebles, in Petersburg, Virginia, to his wife Kate W. Peebles, while she was visiting relatives in Littleton, North Carolina. (7 items)
Letters from Joseph L Peebles, in Petersburg Virginia, to his wife Kate Watson Peebles, while she was visiting relatives in Prince George County, Virginia. (4 items.)
Letters from Joseph L. Peebles, in Petersburg, Virginia, to his wife Kate W. Peebles, while she was visiting relatives in Portsmouth, Virginia. One letter from Joseph, in Roanoke, Virginia, to Kate, in Norfolk, Va., on her birthday. (7 items.)
Letters and poems from Dr. John T. Watson, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to his daughter Kate W. Peebles, Petersburg, Virginia. (4 items.)
Miscellaneous letters to Kate Watson from various suitors, including her cousin Jacob Bauth; from her sons John Frederick Peebles and Joseph L. Peebles Jr.; and from her brother Sidney Peebles following the death of their father Dr. John T. Watson. (8 items.)
Miscellaneous documents pertaining to the Peebles and Watson families, including birth and wedding anouncements, obituaries and other newspaper clippings, and a deed of sale for property bought by Kate Peebles from B.W. Leigh. (10 items.)
Miscellaneous documents pertaining to Kathryn Peebles Grant, the donor of the collection, her husband Walter Seay Grant and their family, of Rawlings, Virginia. Includes birth and baptism certificates, school records, post cards, a newspaper clipping, and notes by the donor on the collection. (17 items.)
Letters from Joseph L. Peebles, in Petersburg, Virginia, to Kate Watson, in Petersburg, Virginia, during their courtship and marriage. (10 items.)
Letters from Kate S. Watson to J. L. Peebles during their courtship and her pregnancy with their first child. (3 items.)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id286000
Arrington, PattieScope and Contents
(4 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id286004
Arrington, Sallie F.1870'sScope and Contents
(5 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id148565
Arrington, Jessie-Dudley, Florence P.Scope and Contents
(7 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id286008
Dudley, Katharine PeeblesScope and Contents
(7 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id286012
Grace, ZuliemeScope and Contents
(2 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id148566
Grant, Evelyne - Hume, MarieScope and Contents
(7 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id286016
Peebles, Kate WatsonScope and Contents
(6 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id286020
Peebles, KathrynScope and Contents
(9 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id286024
Peebles, SallyScope and Contents
(7 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id148567
McElroy, Jennie-Peebles - Stevenson, RosaScope and Contents
(15 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id148568
Watson, AnnaScope and Contents
(5 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id148569
Watson, India - White, Hannah ArringtonScope and Contents
(9 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id286028
Photographs of Unidentified WomenScope and Contents
(7 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id286032
Arrington, Watson Y.Scope and Contents
(5 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27 id148571
Arrington, Herbert - Tom HumeScope and Contents
(9 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28 id286036
Peebles, Charles - Pinner JohnScope and Contents
(16 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29 id286040
Watson, Arthur Page and Watson, Charlie PaulScope and Contents
(6 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30 id286044
Watson, CharlieScope and Contents
(7 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31 id286048
Watson, PaulScope and Contents
(5 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32 id286052
Watson, Dr. John T. - Watson, TurnerScope and Contents
(13 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33 id286056
Watson, WalterScope and Contents
(7 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34 id286060
Unidentified MenScope and Contents
(9 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35 id148575
Mixed groupsScope and Contents
(11 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 36 id286064
Envelope with Description of Ambrotype of Lemuel Peebles Jr.Scope and Contents
(1 item)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 37 id286068
Ambrotype of Lemuel Peebles Jr. in Confederate Uniformcirca 1861-1865Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Bears the notation "showing typical Confederate soldier and uniform" in the back. Previously removed from its case and in poor condition. 3" x 3.5" For preservation reasons, placed not in a folder but in a small box at the end of the larger box in between spacers.