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Shirley Plantation records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2019-0064

Content Description

Collection consists mostly of the plantation journals, accounts, receipts, and personal papers (1816-1875) of Hill Carter (1796-1875); his wife Mary B. Carter (1800-1864); his son, Robert R. Carter (1825-1886); daughter-inlaw, Louise H. Carter (1832-1906); grandchildren, Alice Carter Bransford (1852-1926), and Marion Carter Oliver (1859-1953); and James H. Oliver (1857-1928). The Carters' dealings with merchants and tradesmen in Richmond and Petersburg are documented through accounts and receipts collected over 100 years (1816-1920). Included are receipts for tuition, subscriptions, medical visits, and taxes. Also includes papers on the Randolph estate at Norwood and the construction of Upper Shirley.

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased, December 2018.

Restrictions Apply

Yes

Access Restrictions

Oversize boxes 143-155 are currently closed until contents can be properly assessed by conservation.

Use Restrictions

Some bound volumes are in fragile condition. Handle with care.

Dates

  • Creation: 1650 - 1989

Extent

53 Cubic Feet (116 oversize small flat boxes, 9 oversize medium flat boxes, 1 oversize large flat boxes, 1 document box, 1 legal half-width document box)

Inventory

Series 1: Correspondence and Business papers: box 1 1650-1819; box 2 1820-August 1824; box 3 September 1824-December 1828; box 4 1829-1832; box 5 1833-1835; box 6 1836-1839; box 7 1840-1842; box 8 1843-1844; box 9 1845-1846; box 10 1847-1848; box 11 1849-1850; box 12 1851-1852; box 13 1853-1854; box 14 1855-1856; box 15 1857-1858; box 16 1859-1860; box 17 1861-1863; box 18 1864-1866; box19 1867-June 1868; box 20 July 1868-October 1869; box 21 November 1869-1870; box 22 1871-1872; box 23 1873-April 1874; box 24 May 1874-March 1875; box 25 April 1875-July 1876; box 26 August 1876-1878; box 27 1879 & undated 1870's; box 28 undated & 1880; box 29 1881; box 30 1882; box 31 1883-April 1884; box 32 May 1884-May 1885; box 33 June 1885-September 1886; box 34 October 1886-1887; box 35 1888-1889; box 36 1890-1891; box 37 1892-February 1894; box 38 March-December 1894; box 39 1895-1897; box 40 January-June 1898; box 41 July-December 1898; box 42 1899; box 43 January-October 1900; box 44 November 1900-June 1901; box 45 July-December 1901; box 46 January-September 1902; box 47 October 1902-July 1903; box 48 August 1903-January 1904; box 49 February-June 1904; box 50 July-October 1904; box 51 November 1904-January 1905; box 52 February 1905-April 1905; box 53 May-September 1905; box 54 October-December 1905; box 55 January-July 1906; box 56 August 1906-February 1907; box 57 March-December 1907; box 58 January-September 1908; box 59 October 1908-March 1909; box 60 April-September 1909; box 61 October 1909-February 1910; box 62 March-December 1910; box 63 January-June 1911; box 64 July-December 1911; box 65 January-March 1912; box 66 April-October 1912; box 67 November 1912-April 1913; box 68 May-October 1913; box 69 November 1913-October 1914; box 70 November 1914-July 1915; box 71 August 1915-August 1916; box 72 September 1916-March 1917; box 73 April 1917-January 1918; box 74 February 1918-1919, misc.; box 75 1920-1924; box 76 1925-1929; box 77 1930-1936; box 78 1937-1949; box 79 1950-1980 & undated; Series 2: Writings, Ephemera and Artwork: Box 80 Writings; box 81 Genealogical notes, medical cures, recipes, ephemera; box 82 Ephemera, maps; box 83 Magazine articles, news clippings & envelopes; Series 3: Bound volumes: Box 84 Bound volumes; box 85 Bound volumes; box 86 Bound volumes; box 87 Bound volumes; box 88 Bound volumes; box 89 Bound volumes; box 90 Bound volumes; box 91 Bound volumes; box 92 Bound volumes; box 93 Bound volumes; box 94 Bound volumes; box 95 Bound volumes; box 96 Bound volumes; box 97 Bound volumes; box 98 Bound volumes; box 99 Bound volumes; box 100 Bound volumes; box 101 Bound volumes; box 102 Bound volumes; box 103 Bound volumes; box 104 Bound volumes; box 105 Bound volumes; box 106 Bound volumes; Series 4: Photographs: Box 107 Photographs; box 108 Photographs; box109 Photographs; box 110 Photographs; box 111 Photographs; box 112 Photographs; box 113 Photographs; box 115 Music (a few items not cataloged); Box 141 Photographs, 1658-1980; Box 142 Glass plates; Oversize box 141 Photographs, 1650-1980; Oversize box 142 Miscellaneous Glass Portraits; Oversize box 143 Miscellaneous Glass Portraits; Oversize box 144 Photographs, Shirley House exterior; Oversize box 145 Photographs, Shirley House interiors; Oversize box 146 Photographs, people, Shirley movies, places/Brandon; Oversize box 147 Photographs, J.H. Oliver Naval career; Oversize box 148 Oversized manuscripts; Oversize box 152 Artwork; Oversize box 153 Non-original art, pattern book; Oversize box 154 Photographs, J.H. Oliver Naval career; Oversize box 155 Original art/non-original art; Document box 156 Letters, 1650-1980

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