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:

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

Acquisition Information:

Gift.

Processing Information:

Processed by Anne Johnson.

Biographical Information:

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Gloucester County, Virginia from 1918 to 1974. Born at Cash, Gloucester County, Virginia on January 1, 1889.

Scope and Contents

Photographs, postcards, election material and family material of the Roane Family of Gloucester County, Virginia.  Collection centers on the Roane Family, but also has material on Gloucester, Virginia organizations such as the Historical Society and Virginia organizations, such as the Clerk of Courts Association, and regional organizations, such as the Rotary Club.

Arrangement of Materials:

Collection is divided into folders, ordered alphabetically by subject, and into rolled items which include panoramic photographs and a genealogy chart.

Separated Material

Nine books were removed from collection to be added to Swem Library Collection or SCRC Rare Books.  See list in folder 5, Printed Materials.

Undated printer's block with photograph of Basil Bernard Roane has been transferred to the Artifact Colleciton.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• County clerks--Virginia
• County clerks--Virginia--Gloucester County
• Genealogy
• Gloucester County (Va.)--Genealogy.
• Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century
• Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century
• Gloucester County (Va.)--History--Pictorial works.
• Gloucester County (Va.)--Social life and customs
• Legal documents
• Minutes
• Newspapers
• Photographs
• Postcards
• Printed ephemera
• Roane family
• Rotary Club
• Tidewater Fox Hunters Association
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Washington family
• Washington, Lawrence, 1791-1875