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Finding Aids to Special Collections in the VMFA Archives | Records of the Home for Needy Confederate Women SC-23

Special Collection 23 (SC-23)


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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives

Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4007
Business Number: 804-340-1495
library@vmfa.museum
URL: https://vmfa.museum/library/special-collections-archives/

Erica Borey, Records Manager; Finding aid encoded by Sylvio Lynch III, Archives Intern (2020)

Repository
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives
Identification
SC-23
Title
Records of the Home for Needy Confederate Women (SC-23) 1898-2007
URL:
https://archives.vmfa.museum/repositories/2/resources/272
Quantity
2.5 Linear Feet, 2 boxes; 68 folders
Language
English .
Abstract
The collections documents the administration of the Home for Needy Confederate Women, a large residential building for destitute female relatives of Confederate veterans for over 50 years. The collection includes administrative files, applicant and resident files, and financial files, among other related ephemera.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright, beyond that allowed by fair use, requires the researcher to obtain permission of copyright holders.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is minimally processed. Requests to perform research must be submitted to the VMFA Archives at least one business day in advance.

Custodial History

The collection was donated in August 2017 by Mason Montague Bavin, goddaughter and executor of the estate of Janet Roy Nunnally Burhans, who was the last President  next hit of the Home for Needy Confederate Women. The Home had been founded by her grandmother, Elizabeth Lyne Hoskins Montague. Burhans was the third previous hit President of the organization, serving after her mother, Janet Montague Nunnally, and her grandmother.

Preferred Citation

Records of the Home for Needy Confederate Women (SC-23). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.

Processing Information

In general, during processing, all publications are removed and added to the VMFA Library's holdings and original newspaper clippings are photocopied, with identifiers transferred, and then destroyed. Original folder titles are retained, when provided.

Historical Note

The monumental limestone building on the west boundary of the present Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' grounds was built in 1932 as a residence for destitute female relatives of Confederate veterans. In operation for over fifty years, the home was closed by its board in 1989. Assuming ownership of the building, the Commonwealth of Virginia designated it as a memorial to the women of the South and transferred its care to VMFA. Today, renovated and renamed the Stan and Dorothy Pauley Center, it houses museum offices and meeting rooms as well as the headquarters of the Virginia Association of Museums.

Funded through private donations and state support, the Home for Confederate Women was designed by architect Merrill Lee, who was inspired by the neoclassical lines and motifs of the White House. Its soaring ionic portico faces Sheppard Street.

Source: History of the VMFA Grounds

Arrangement

The collection is organized into six series. Correspondence files are arranged chronologically.

Series 1
Correspondence, 1924-1997, undated
Series 2
Administrative Files, 1898-1997, undated
Series 3
Resident and Application Files, 1914-1998
Series 4
Financial Records, 1908-1993
Series 5
Property Files, 1924-1989, undated
Series 6
Other Records, 1910-2007, undated

Related Materials - Library of Virginia

Home for Needy Confederate Women (Richmond, Va.) Records, 1862-1997, Coll. 34092
Roll of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1924, Coll. APA 194
Pension Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1967, Coll. 26418

Container List

SC-23-01
Series 1: Correspondence
1924-1997, undatedEnglish
Scope and Contents

This series is comprised of correspondence, including letters regarding solicitations, donations, visits, interest in the Home's welfare, and updates on efforts of members of the Board.

  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 1 Item: SC23.01.0.001 SC23.01.0.001
    General Correspondence
    1924-1983, undatedEnglish
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 2 Item: SC23.01.0.002 SC23.01.0.002
    General Correspondence
    1984-1985English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 3 Item: SC23.01.0.003 SC23.01.0.003
    General Correspondence
    1986-1997English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 4 Item: SC23.01.0.004 SC23.01.0.004
    Correspondence re: Closing of Home
    1985-1990English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 5 Item: SC23.01.0.005 SC23.01.0.005
    Correspondence re: Landmark Status
    1983-1986English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 6 Item: SC23.01.0.006 SC23.01.0.006
    Legal Matters – Lila Lee Riddell
    1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 7 Item: SC23.01.0.007 SC23.01.0.007
    Legal Matters – Mabel Taylor
    1986-1987English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 8 Item: SC23.01.0.008 SC23.01.0.008
    Correspondence re: Press
    1979-1989, undatedEnglish
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SC-23-02
Series 2: Administrative Files
1898-1997, undatedEnglish
Scope and Contents

This series is comprised of meeting minutes, policies, history of the Home, estate files, registers, dealings with state agencies, and the closing of the Home in 1989 and relocation of the residents.

  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 9 Item: SC23.02.0.001 SC23.02.0.001
    Board of Managers Charter, By-Laws and Acts of General Assembly
    1898-1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 10 Item: SC23.02.0.002 SC23.02.0.002
    Board of Managers Correspondence, Memos, and Notes
    1982-1997English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 11 Item: SC23.02.0.003 SC23.02.0.003
    Correspondence and Agreements re: Transfer of Home to State
    1988English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 12 Item: SC23.02.0.004 SC23.02.0.004
    Correspondence and Agreements re: Transfer of Home to State
    1989-1990English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 13 Item: SC23.02.0.005 SC23.02.0.005
    Correspondence re: Transfer of Residents from Home
    1987-1992English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 14 Item: SC23.02.0.006 SC23.02.0.006
    Correspondence with the House of Delegates
    1977-1988English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 15 Item: SC23.02.0.007 SC23.02.0.007
    Correspondence with Office of the Governor
    1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 16 Item: SC23.02.0.008 SC23.02.0.008
    Correspondence with the State Senate
    1988-1993English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 17 Item: SC23.02.0.009 SC23.02.0.009
    Correspondence and Application w/ VA Landmark Commission
    1983-1985English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 18 Item: SC23.02.0.010 SC23.02.0.010
    Correspondence with VMFA
    1981-1987English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 19 Item: SC23.02.0.011 SC23.02.0.011
    Correspondence with VMFA
    1988-1999English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 20 Item: SC23.02.0.012 SC23.02.0.012
    Department for the Aging
    1989-1992English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 21 Item: SC23.02.0.013 SC23.02.0.013
    Department of Housing and Community Development
    1984-1985English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 22 Item: SC23.02.0.014 SC23.02.0.014
    Department of Social Services
    1985-1986English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 23 Item: SC23.02.0.015 SC23.02.0.015
    Department of Welfare
    1978-1981English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 24 Item: SC23.02.0.016 SC23.02.0.016
    Facilities Management
    1984-1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 25 Item: SC23.02.0.017 SC23.02.0.017
    Furniture and Dec. Arts Collection and Disposition of Inventory
    1933-1980, undatedEnglish
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 26 Item: SC23.02.0.018 SC23.02.0.018
    Furniture and Dec. Arts Collection and Disposition of Inventory
    1985-1990, undatedEnglish
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 27 Item: SC23.02.0.019 SC23.02.0.019
    Insurance
    1983-1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 28 Item: SC23.02.0.020 SC23.02.0.020
    Policies and Personnel Matters
    1985-1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 29 Item: SC23.02.0.021 SC23.02.0.021
    Relocation Committee
    1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 30 Item: SC23.02.0.022 SC23.02.0.022
    State Corporation Commission
    undatedEnglish
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SC-23-03
Series 3: Resident and Application Files
1914-1998English
Scope and Contents

This series is comprised of files regarding residents and/or applicants to the Home. Typical files include the application, correspondence, and papers pertaining to her assets, as well as basic information, Confederate lineage, next of kin, and medical files.

  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 31 Item: SC23.03.0.001 SC23.03.0.001
    Correspondence re: Admittance to Home
    1952-1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 32 Item: SC23.03.0.002 SC23.03.0.002
    Health Reports from Brandermill
    1990-1993, undatedEnglish
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 33 Item: SC23.03.0.003 SC23.03.0.003
    Residents' Files A-M
    1914-1991English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 34 Item: SC23.03.0.004 SC23.03.0.004
    Residents' Files N-Z
    1922-1998English
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SC-23-04
Series 4: Financial Records
1908-1993English
Scope and Contents

This series is comprised of financial files including audit reports, annual and quarterly reports from financial institutions involved with the Home's endowment fund and investments, files pertaining to stocks/bonds, Board resolutions regarding purchases and sales, ledgers, bills, receipts, statements, and reports to state agencies. Taken together, these records reveal the Home's frequently fragile financial situation.

  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 35 Item: SC23.04.0.001 SC23.04.0.001
    AM Pullen and Co, CPAs – Reports
    1977-1982English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 36 Item: SC23.04.0.002 SC23.04.0.002
    AM Pullen and Co., CPAs - Correspondence
    1978-1984English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 37 Item: SC23.04.0.003 SC23.04.0.003
    Correspondence re: Costs, Budget, and State Appropriation
    1979-1988English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 38 Item: SC23.04.0.004 SC23.04.0.004
    Correspondence re: Costs, Budget, and State Appropriation
    1989-1993English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 39 Item: SC23.04.0.005 SC23.04.0.005
    Correspondence with Jessie Ball Dupont Fund
    1977-1982, undatedEnglish
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 40 Item: SC23.04.0.006 SC23.04.0.006
    Correspondence with Jessie Ball Dupont Fund
    1983-1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 41 Item: SC23.04.0.007 SC23.04.0.007
    Jessie Ball Dupont Grant Application
    1985English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 1 Folder 42 Item: SC23.04.0.008 SC23.04.0.008
    Correspondence re: Residents' Assets
    1979-1993English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 1 Item: SC23.04.0.009 SC23.04.0.009
    Capitoline Investment Services, Inc. Annual Reviews
    1974-1977English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 2 Item: SC23.04.0.010 SC23.04.0.010
    Capitoline Investment Services, Inc. Quarterly Reviews
    1978-1979English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 3 Item: SC23.04.0.011 SC23.04.0.011
    Capitoline Investment Services, Inc. Quarterly Reviews
    1979-1980English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 4 Item: SC23.04.0.012 SC23.04.0.012
    Capitoline Investment Services, Inc. Quarterly Reviews
    1980-1981English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 5 Item: SC23.04.0.013 SC23.04.0.013
    Capitoline Investment Services, Inc. Quarterly Reviews
    1981-1983English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 6 Item: SC23.04.0.014 SC23.04.0.014
    Oran Jarrell Promissory Note
    1985English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 7 Item: SC23.04.0.015 SC23.04.0.015
    Dominion Bank / Dominion Virginia Trust - Correspondence
    1982-1991English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 8 Item: SC23.04.0.016 SC23.04.0.016
    Dominion Bank / Dominion Virginia Trust – Quarterly Statements
    1983-1984English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 9 Item: SC23.04.0.017 SC23.04.0.017
    Dominion Bank / Dominion Virginia Trust – Quarterly Statements
    1984-1985English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 10 Item: SC23.04.0.018 SC23.04.0.018
    Dominion Bank / Dominion Virginia Trust – Quarterly Statements
    1986-1988English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 11 Item: SC23.04.0.019 SC23.04.0.019
    Dominion Bank / Dominion Virginia Trust – Quarterly Statements
    1988-1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 12 Item: SC23.04.0.020 SC23.04.0.020
    E.A. Barber and Co., CPAs
    1908-1911English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 13 Item: SC23.04.0.021 SC23.04.0.021
    Sabatini Winn, CPAs
    1987-1991English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 14 Item: SC23.04.0.022 SC23.04.0.022
    State-Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts Annual Report
    1966-1967English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 15 Item: SC23.04.0.023 SC23.04.0.023
    United Virginia Bank – Investment Account
    1977-1979English
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SC-23-05
Series 5: Property Files
1924-1989, undatedEnglish
Scope and Contents

This series documents the various real estate holdings of the Home, including the buildings housing the Home itself as well as those acquired through residents of the Home. Series 3 also includes information relating to properties turned over to the Home by residents upon admittance.

  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 16 Item: SC23.05.0.001 SC23.05.0.001
    Facilities Management
    1924-1989English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 17 Item: SC23.05.0.002 SC23.05.0.002
    William Henry Harris, III, Architects – Bid and Invoices
    1985-1987English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 18 Item: SC23.05.0.003 SC23.05.0.003
    William Henry Harris, III, Architects – Contract and Correspondence
    1985-1988English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 19 Item: SC23.05.0.004 SC23.05.0.004
    William Henry Harris, III, Architects – Drawings and Blueprints
    undatedEnglish
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SC-23-06
Series 6: Other Records
1910-2007, undatedEnglish
Scope and Contents

This series is comprised of various other materials such as newspaper articles, photographs, publications, and other ephemera.

  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 20 Item: SC23.06.0.001 SC23.06.0.001
    Miscellaneous Other
    undatedEnglish
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 21 Item: SC23.06.0.002 SC23.06.0.002
    Miscellaneous Photographs
    undatedEnglish
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 22 Item: SC23.06.0.003 SC23.06.0.003
    Miscellaneous Publications
    1924-1978, undatedEnglish
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 23 Item: SC23.06.0.004 SC23.06.0.004
    Newspaper articles
    1910-1946, undatedEnglish
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 24 Item: SC23.06.0.005 SC23.06.0.005
    Newspaper articles
    1948-1995English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 25 Item: SC23.06.0.006 SC23.06.0.006
    Pamphlet, "In Memory of the Heroes in Gray"
    1929English
  • mixed materials SC-23 Box 2 Folder 26 Item: SC23.06.0.007 SC23.06.0.007
    Pamphlet by Mrs. Janet Roy Nunnally Burhans, "My Magic Kingdom"
    2007English
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