Hardwick Family Correspondence,
Scope and Content
This collection contains several transcribed letters and diary entries from about 1877-1950. In addition to the transcribed letters and diary entries, this collection contains biographical information on various members of the Hardwick family.
Dates
- Creation: 2007 - 2007
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Hardwick Family Correspondence must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Information
Younger Hardwick (1792-1850) married Susannah Kinzer in Montgomery County, Virginia, in 1828. Younger and Susannah had five children: Alonzo Cecil (1830-1899), Thomas Germaine (1832-1914), Catherine Elouise (1835-1867), Elizabeth Arminta (1837-1900), and James Kinzer (1838-1903). Alonzo married Susan Wilson in 1860, and settled in an area of northeast Blacksburg, Virginia. They had seven children: Walton Jahue (1861-1898), William Marion H. (1864-died in infancy), James Thomas Sr. (1867-1921), Elliot Vinyard (?-1874, died in infancy), Herbert S. (1875-1917), Bessie Sullivan (1879-1917), and Samuel Elkanah (1882-1975).
Thomas Germaine married Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Smith in 1867, and settled in Newport, Giles County, Virginia. The couple had nine children: Ada Susannah Rebecca (1868-1876), Alonzo James (1870-1926), Charles Abram (1872-1956), Virginia Elizabeth (1874-1890), Thomas Viceroy (1875-1943), Henrietta Catharine (1877-1886), Lula Lee (1880-1953), Frank Staples (1882-1944), Mary Florence (1884-1965).
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains a spiral-bound copy of Hardwick family letters transcribed by Charles Graham Burress, Jr. The letters are supplemented with historical notes regarding various members of the Hardwick family.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Acquisition Information
The Hardwick Family Correspondence was donated to Special Collections in April 2009.
General Physical Description note
1 folder; 0.1 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Hardwick Family Correspondence commenced and was completed in September 2009.
Subject
- Title
- Hardwick Family Correspondence, 2007
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lora Settle
- Date
- © 2009 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in 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