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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/ ).
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Robertson, Alexander Farish, 1853-1938
Container List
- Subseries A: Letters by A. F. Robertson1894-1928
- box-folder 1 folder: 1
By A. F. Robertson1894-1907
- box-folder 1 folder: 2
By A. F. Robertson1912-1918
- box-folder 1 folder: 3
By A. F. Robertson1919
- box-folder 1 folder: 4
By A. F. Robertson1920-1921
- box-folder 1 folder: 5
By A. F. Robertson1924-1928
- box-folder 1 folder: 1
- Subseries B: Letters by Family to A. F. Robertson1899-1927
- box-folder 1 folder: 6
Lucy Gibson to A. F. Robertson1919
- box-folder 1 folder: 7
Stuart McGuire to A. F. Robertson1900-1927
- box-folder 1 folder: 8
Hallie Robertson to A. F. Robertson1900-1908
- box-folder 1 folder: 9
James F. Robertson to A. F. Robertson1899-1921
- box-folder 1 folder: 10
Kate Robertson to A. F. Robertson1900-1919
- box-folder 1 folder: 11
Stuart Robertson to A. F. Robertson1919-1921
- box-folder 1 folder: 12
W. R. Robertson to A. F. Robertson1899-1905
- box-folder 1 folder: 13
Kate S. [Slaughter] to A. F. Robertson
- box-folder 1 folder: 14
Atwell Sommerville1899-1925
- box-folder 1 folder: 15
Fannie Temple Sommerville to A. F. Robertson1899-1905
- box-folder 1 folder: 16
S. W. Sommerville to A. F. Robertson1900-1905
- box-folder 1 folder: 17
Thos. H. Sommerville to A. F. Robertson1900-1919
- box-folder 1 folder: 18
Sommerville Family to A. F. Robertson1899-1900
- box-folder 1 folder: 19
Family to A. F. Robertson1897-1927
- box-folder 1 folder: 6
- Subseries C: A. F. Robertson Letters1899-1928
- box-folder 1 folder: 20
American National Bank and Trust to A. F. Robertson1918-1921
- box-folder 1 folder: 21
Banner Store to A. F. Robertson1918-1921
- box-folder 1 folder: 22
Barbour and Rixey to A. F. Robertson1906-1907
- box-folder 1 folder: 23
Wm. Cabell to Robertson Family1919-1925
- box-folder 1 folder: 24
Philip Alex Bruce to A. F. Robertson1925-1927
- box-folder 1 folder: 25
E. [Carruthers] to A. F. Robertson1919-1927
- box-folder 1 folder: 26
Crosby and Dinsmore to A. F. Robertson1900-1906
- box-folder 1 folder: 27
Davenport and Co. to A. F. Robertson1919-1920
- box-folder 1 folder: 28
Judson T. Cull to A. F. Robertson1905
- box-folder 1 folder: 29
Gov. Westmoreland Davis to A. F. Robertson1918-1921
- box-folder 1 folder: 30
Duke and Duke to A. F. Robertson1909-1925
- box-folder 1 folder: 31
J. B. Finley to A. F. Robertson1919-1920
- box-folder 1 folder: 32
First National Bank of Richmond to A. F. Robertson1919-1920
- box-folder 1 folder: 33
Goodrich Hatton1925-1928
- box-folder 1 folder: 34
Guy and Lea to A. F. Robertson1918
- box-folder 1 folder: 35
Heiskell and McLean to A. F. Robertson
- box-folder 1 folder: 36
Internal Revenue Service to A. F. Robertson1900
- box-folder 1 folder: 37
W. L. Jeffries to A. F. Robertson1900-1904
- box-folder 1 folder: 38
Robert C. Jett to A. F. Robertson1919-1928
- box-folder 1 folder: 39
R. M. Morrison to A. F. Robertson1905
- box-folder 1 folder: 40
M. M. Nolley to A. F. Robertson1918-1919
- box-folder 1 folder: 41
Margaret W. Ranson to A. F. Robertson1918
- box-folder 1 folder: 42
James W. Ratcliffe to A. F. Robertson1900-1904
- box-folder 1 folder: 43
Rixey and Hiden to A. F. Robertson1907
- box-folder 1 folder: 44
Rogers Peet Company to A. F. Robertson1919-1921
- box-folder 1 folder: 45
Stuart Hall to A. F. Robertson1918-1920
- box-folder 1 folder: 46
Virginia Senator Claude A. Swanson to A. F. Robertson1919
- box-folder 1 folder: 47
Thompson and Laskey to A. F. Robertson1899-1905
- box-folder 1 folder: 48
Hugh A. White to A. F. Robertson1926
- box-folder 1 folder: 49
Wilmer and Canfield to A. F. Robertson1900
- box-folder 1 folder: 50
Rt. Rev. Beverley D. Tucker to A. F. Robertson1919
- box-folder 1 folder: 51
Henry St George Tucker to A. F. Robertson1925
- box-folder 1 folder: 52
Lyon Tyler to A. F. Robertson1926
- box-folder 1 folder: 53 1920-1926
- box-folder 1 folder: 54
Winslow, Laney and Co. to A. F. Robertson1899-1901
- box-folder 1 folder: 20
- Subseries D: Letters to A. F. Robertson1893-1928
- box-folder 1 folder: 55
To A. F. Robertson1893-1899
- box-folder 1 folder: 56
To A. F. Robertson1900-1907
- box-folder 1 folder: 57
To A. F. Robertson1918
- box-folder 1 folder: 58
To A. F. Robertson1919
- box-folder 1 folder: 59
To A. F. Robertson1920-1921
- box-folder 1 folder: 60
To A. F. Robertson1925-1928
- box-folder 1 folder: 55
- Subseries E: Thomas D. Ranson Letters1903-1918
- box-folder 1 folder: 61
By Thomas D. Ranson1903-1909
- box-folder 1 folder: 62
By Thomas D. Ranson1910-1918
- box-folder 1 folder: 63
J. W. Arbuckle to Thomas D. Ranson1903
- box-folder 1 folder: 64
To Thomas D. Ranson1910-1918
- box-folder 1 folder: 65
To Thomas D. Ranson1903-1909
- box-folder 1 folder: 66
W. L. Finley to Thomas D. Ranson1909-1914
- box-folder 1 folder: 67
W. L. Finley to Thomas D. Ranson1907-1912
- box-folder 1 folder: 68
E. C. Gratton to Thomas D. Ranson1904-1915
- box-folder 1 folder: 69
L. C. Gratton to Thomas D. Ranson1900-1914
- box-folder 1 folder: 70
W. A. Mackey to Thomas D. Ranson1911-1914
- box-folder 1 folder: 71
Sproul and Crowle to Thomas D. Ranson1912-1915
- box-folder 1 folder: 61
- Subseries F: Other Letters1867-1868, 1888-1922
- box-folder 1 folder: 72
Letters to Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart1867-1868
- box-folder 1 folder: 73
Letters1888-1907
- box-folder 1 folder: 74
Letters1910-1922
- box-folder 1 folder: 75
Incomplete Letters1919
- box-folder 1 folder: 72
- box-folder 1 folder: 76
Papers, Docs, and Ephemera1910-1918
- box-folder 1 folder: 77
Papers, Docs, and Ephemera1885-1919
- box-folder 1 folder: 78
Ephemerac. 1900-1921
- box-folder 1 folder: 79
Ephemerac. 1890-1900
- box-folder 1 folder: 80
Ephemerac. 1890-1928
- folder 1
Peyton Cochran Certificate1904
- box-folder 2 folder: 1
A. F. Robertson Account Book1889-1929
- box-folder 2 folder: 2
Bachelor Born PlaybookUndated
- box-folder 2 folder: 3
The Middle Watch PlaybookUndated
- box-folder 2 folder: 4
Brief for RemaindantUndated
- item box: 3 item: 1
Blank CheckbookUndated
- item box: 3 item: 2
Account Book1904-1931
- item box: 3 item: 3
Record Book1885-1927