Fairfax Harrison Papers, 1736-1945

Title: Fairfax Harrison Papers, 1736-1945
ID: Mss. 65 H25
Extent: 13.0 Cubic Feet
More Extent Information: 6116 items
Scope and Contents: Papers, 1736-1945, of and collected by Fairfax Harrison. Papers collected include colonial era documents, deeds, surveys, the diary of Sally Fairfax (1771-1772), legal papers, a copy of the Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.) vestry book which contains minutes, indentures, and other (1745-1802), and photostat copy of the letterbook (1801) of Col. John Tayloe of Mount Airy, Va. Fairfax Harrison's papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects include Sir Edmund Andros,Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E. G. Swem's Virginia Historical Index. The collection also includes notes by Wilson Miles Cary concerning the Cary family and the books at "Carysbrook," Fluvanna County, Va.
On-line Images/Records: Fairfax Harrison Scrapbook, 1891-1914
Other URL: http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/65_H25_Harrison.pdf
Creators: Harrison, Fairfax (1869-1938); Bryan, John Stewart (1871-1944); Bushnell, David Ives, Jr. (1875-1941); Cary, Wilson Miles (1838-1914); Fairfax, Sally (fl. 1771-1772); Ford, Worthington Chauncey (1858-1941); Freeman, Douglas Southall (1886-1953); Stanard, William G.; Tayloe, John (fl. 1801); Torrence, Clayton (1884-1953); Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1853-1935)
Subjects: American diaries--Women authors; Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714; Carey family.; Culpeper family.; Debt, Imprisonment for--Virginia.; Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.); Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768; Horses--Virginia.; Legal documents.; Libraries, Private.; Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728; Parishes--Virginia.; Prince William County (Va.)--History--18th century.; Virginia--History--18th century.; Virginia--History--19th century.; Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Historiography.; Virginia--Religious history.; Women--History--Virginia.
Genres: Correspondence; Diaries; Financial records; Letter books; Minutes; Notebooks; Photographs; Photostats; Scrapbooks
Languages: English

Detailed Description

Administrative Information

Acquired

01/20/1942.

Restrictions

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. 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. Â§ 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia Â§ 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.

Rights

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.

Acquisition Note

Source: Mrs. Fairfax Harrison.
Presented

Related Materials

Related collection is Francis Burton Harrison Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

2008.280 Virginia Historical Index - Fairfax Harrison Family Correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Related Publications

Diary of Sally Fairfax printed in <i>Virginia Magazine of History and Biography</i>, Vol. XI (October 1903), pp. 212-213.

Preferred Citation

Fairfax Harrison Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Other Note

A PDF document of this inventory is available online.

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