Southwest Virginia Counties Collection
Scope and Content
The collection includes letters from various members of the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties establishes the relationship between them. In addition to correspondence, the collection also contains deeds, promissory notes, invoices for goods and services, toll bridge fee receipt, a child's watercolor, 13 pen and ink drawings of weaver's coverlet designs with titles of designs included. The collection also contains five bound leather volumes include accounts and recipes.
Dates
- Creation: 1783 - 1878
Creator
- Godwin, Ann (Person)
- Figgat, Nancy Godwin (Person)
- Bralley, John, 1797-1866 (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Southwest Virginia Counties Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Full Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes correspondence, manuscript memoranda and recipe books, and family papers from the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Acquisition Information
The Southwest Virginia Counties Collection was purchased by Special Collections in 2000.
Alternate Form Available
The collection contains two handwritten recipe books, both of which are available online:
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Southwest Virginia Counties Collection was completed in August 2001 by Gail McMillan and Jane Wills. Additional description was completed in 2010. Additional description is expected in the future.
- Title
- A Guide to the Southwest Virginia Counties Collection, 1783-1878
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2011 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu