William Booth Taliaferro Papers, 1811-1954
- Title
- William Booth Taliaferro Papers, 1811-1954
- ID
- Mss. 65 T15
- Extent
- 61.1 Cubic Feet
- More Extent Information
- Over 7700 items.
- Scope and Contents
Papers, 1811-1954, of William Booth Taliaferro and his family of Gloucester County, Va. Taliaferro's papers consist of diaries, letterbook (while at Harpers Ferry), correspondence, speeches, memoirs and accounts. The collection also includes papers of his wife, Sally Nivison Lyons Taliaferro (including diaries), his ancestors, siblings and descendants, as well as photographs, genealogical notes and artifacts of the Taliaferro family.
There are papers of other people who are not related to the Taliaferro family including Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler. William Booth Taliaferro's papers concern his military service in the Mexican War and the Civil War and his career as a lawyer, judge and politician during Reconstruction; and reflect his service on the Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary.
Collection includes a rough draft of a September 20, 1892 letter from Benjamin S. Ewell, possibly a response to an editorial, where he gives a short history of the transformation of The College of William & Mary from a private to a public school.
Descriptions of the 1991 to 2006 additions can be viewed using the Finding Aid/Inventory listed below the PDF links.
For Sally Nivison Lyons Taliaferro, see Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 10-14. Typescripts of diaries 1859-1899 and undated on Reel 14. Located in Swem Library’s microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68
- On-line Images/Records
- Letter, D.H. Hill to William Booth Taliaferro, 22 September 1848
- Miscellaneous papers of Edwin Taliaferro, 1854-1855, 1867
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged by groups. Group I are the papers of William Booth Taliaferro. Group II are his wife's papers. Group III are his ancestors' papers. Group IV are his siblings' papers. Group V are his descendants' papers. Group VI is printed material, genealogical notes and photographs. Group VII is material not relating to the Taliaferro family and oversize material is in Group VIII.
- Creators
- Taliaferro, William Booth
- Saunders, Nina Taliaferro
- Taliaferro family.
- Subjects
- Barbour County (W. Va.)--History, Military--19th century.
- Booth family.
- College of William and Mary--Alumni and Alumnae.
- College of William and Mary--History--19th century.
- Genealogy
- Gloucester County (Va.)--Genealogy.
- Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century.
- Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century.
- Gloucester County (Va.)--History.
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859.
- Legal documents.
- Longwood University
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Slavery--Virginia--19th century.
- Taliaferro, Sally Lyon
- Taliaferro family.
- Todd family.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848
- United States--Politics and Government
- United States--Slavery
- Virginia--Genealogy
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Virginia--Politics and Government.
- Virginia Military Institute--History--19th century.
- Whittle (Bishop)
- Women--Virginia--Social life and customs.
- Genres
- Agendas (administrative records)
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Financial records
- Manuscripts (document genre)
- Maps.
- Photographs
- Programs
- Receipts (financial records)
- Reports
- Technical reports
- Virginia--Maps
- Languages
- English
Detailed Description
Administrative Information
- Acquired
- 01/01/1947.
- 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. § 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.
- 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.
- Access Notes
- When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.
- Acquisition Note
-
Source: Gifts and purchases..
The bulk of the collection was donated by Mrs. H. O. Sanders between 1947 and 1961, and additional donations were made by Wellford Marshall, John Dann, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Field, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hunter, Jr. Acc. 1991.17 was purchased from Mark R. Wenger; Acc. 1991.54 was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Field; Acc. 1994.19 was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hunter, Jr.; Acc. 2003.15, Acc. 2004.58, and Acc. 2006.34 were purchased. - Related Materials
- Sally Nivison Lyons Taliaferro's Papers Available in microfilm University Publications of America.
- Related Publications
- William Booth Taliaferro's letters from Mexico were printed in "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" 73 (October 1965), 455-473.
- Preferred Citation
- William Booth Taliaferro Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
- Finding Aid Revisions:
- Additions (1991 to 2006) physically and intellectually combined by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant, in 2009.
- Collection Material Type:
- Papers
- Other Note
- Inventory available at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
