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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Alexander Farish Robertson Papers, 1867-1931, Ms2023-090, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Alexander Farish Robertson Papers were purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in June 2019.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Alexander Robert Farish Papers was completed in August 2023.

Biographical Note

Alexander Farish Robertson (1853-1938) was a prominent attorney in the Commonwealth of Virginia. His legal practice specialized chancery and fiduciary matters. In 1882, he married Margaret Briscoe Stuart, daughter of Congressman and Presidential Cabinet member Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart.

External sources:

"Alexander Farish Robertson", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38254946/alexander-farish-robertson , accessed on August 14, 2023.

"Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7685394/alexander-hugh_holmes-stuart , accessed on August 14, 2023.

"Margaret Briscoe Stuart Robertson", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38254954/margaret-briscoe-robertson , accessed on August 14, 2023.

Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, account books, and assorted documents, dating from 1867 to 1931. The majority of the material pertains to the legal practice of Robertson who as an attorney, made a specialty of chancery and fiduciary matters.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by material type into three series:

Series I: Correspondence, 1867-1868, 1888-1928, which is divided by correspondents.

Subseries A: Letters by A. F. Robertson, 1894-1928 Subseries B: Letters by Family to A. F. Robertson, 1899-1927 Subseries C: A. F. Robertson Letters, 1899-1928 Subseries D: Letters to A. F. Robertson, 1893-1928 Subseries E: Thomas D. Ranson Letters, 1903-1918 Subseries F: Other Letters, 1867-1868, 1888-1922

Series II: Ephemera, 1885-1921

Series III: Books, 1885-1931

Related Material

There are materials related to Alexander Farish Robertson in the Papers of Alexander H. H. Stuart and the related Stuart and Baldwin families, Accession #228-a, at Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottevsille, Va.

The Virginia Museum of History & Culture also maintains materials related to Alexander Farish Robertson, which you can find by searching their library collections catalog.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Alexander Farish Robertson Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).