Lane, Henry Gardiner Guide to the The Reverend Henry Gardiner Lane Memorial Collection Mss. 90 L24
Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification Mss. 90 L24
Title The Reverend Henry Gardiner Lane Memorial Collection 1799-1938
Quantity 300.00 Linear Feet
Language English
Conditions Governing Use:
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.
Conditions Governing Access:
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.
Preferred Citation:
The Reverend Henry Gardiner Lane Memorial Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William
and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift
Processing Information:
Processed by Kerry Ambrose in 1992.
Correspondence, chiefly 1850-1900, of members of the family of Henry Gardiner Lane, an Episcopal clergyman of Mathews and
Gloucester counties, Va. Correspondents include members of the Harrison, Randolph, and Lane families of Mathews and Gloucester
counties, Va. Included are autograph and composition books, wills, certificates of indenture, Civil War pardon, Confederate
bonds and almanacs.
See Also: Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 02-04 in Swem Library's
microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68.
Correspondence
Episcopal Church--Virginia--History--19th century
Financial records
Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century
Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century
Indentures
Legal documents
Mathews County (Va.)--History--19th century
Photographs
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/90_L24_Lane_Memorial_Collection.pdf
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Box 1
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Genealogy and history of family homes
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Will
1799-1800
Scope and Contents
Will and codicil to will of Henry Burton
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Correspondence
1802-1896
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between George E. Tabb and Thomas T. Tabb
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Yale College bill
1828
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Composition book
1834-1835
Scope and Contents
Composition book belonging to Mary Harrison Randolph
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Correspondence
1835-1881
Scope and Contents
Letters from Ellen Randolph Tabb
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Correspondence
1837-1868
Scope and Contents
Letters to and from Mary H. Randolph, Mary H. Tabb, and George E. Tabb
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Correspondence
1839-1865
Scope and Contents
Letters from Jane Cary Harrison Randolph to Mary Harrison Randolph
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Letters, deeds, and indentures
1839-1898
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Correspondence
1841
Scope and Contents
Letter from G. F. Harrison to Mrs. Mary H. Tabb
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Will
1843, 1850
Scope and Contents
Last will and testament of George E. Tabb
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Correspondence
1847-1921
Scope and Contents
Letters to and from J. (?) Tabb, E. C. Randolph, Ellen, James, Harry Tabb, John Tabb, G. E. Tabb
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Correspondence
1857-1904
Scope and Contents
Letters to and from George E. Tabb, Margaret Tabb, "Cousin Sally," and General James H. Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Correspondence
1860-1885
Scope and Contents
Letters to and from Ellen Randolph Tabb, John Tabb, George E. Tabb, and Mary H. Tabb
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Correspondence
1860-1916
Scope and Contents
Letters to Ellen Randolph Tabb Lane from Thomas B. Lane and Spencer Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Life sketch of Henry Wythe Tabb IV
1861
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Correspondence
1862-1864
Scope and Contents
Letters to George Edward Tabb from his family during the Civil War
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Loan notes to Confederate States of America
1863
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Correspondence
1863-1887
Scope and Contents
Letters belonging to Ellen Randolph Tabb (Lane) and Thomas B. Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
Pardon
1867
Scope and Contents
Civil War pardon signed by Andrew Johnson
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Correspondence
1889 January-May
Scope and Contents
Letters from Ellen Tabb Lane to George Edward Tabb Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
Correspondence
1890-1909
Scope and Contents
Letters and postcards to and from Miss Mary Randolph Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
Correspondence
1898-1909
Scope and Contents
Letters from George E. T. Lane during the Spanish/American War, enlistment and discharge papers
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
Correspondence
1901-1919
Scope and Contents
Letters to and from General James H. Lane, Mary Randolph, Ellen R. T. Lane, George E. T. Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25
Correspondence
1903-1921
Scope and Contents
Letters to and from Thomas B. Lane, Ellen R. T. Lane, and Mary Randolph Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26
Correspondence
1906
Scope and Contents
Letter to Henry Gardiner Lane from his mother, Ellen Randolph Tabb Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27
Correspondence
1907-1931
Scope and Contents
Letters to and from G. E. T. Lane, Mary Randolph Lane, Thomas B. Lane, and Henry Gardiner Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28
Correspondence
1907-1933
Scope and Contents
Letters from George E. T. Lane, receipt, and election pamphlet
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29
Correspondence
1903-1937
Scope and Contents
Letters to Mary Randolph Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30
Church bulletin
1929 December
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31
Newspaper clippings
1938, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Box 2
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of students
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photograph of family women
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Photographs
1897 May
Scope and Contents
Photograph of students at Woodstock High School
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Oscar Lane and J. Rooker Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of General James H. Lane and family
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photograph of Major Beverley Randolph
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of George Edward Tabb and his wife
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Kate Harrison Tabb Robertson
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Ellen Harrison Robertson
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Photographs
1906
Scope and Contents
Photographs of George E. T. Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Ellen Randolph Tabb
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Dr. Thomas Barkwell Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Thomas B. Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Miss Mary Randolph Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Henry Gardiner Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of family home
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photograph of memorial tablet honoring Thomas B. Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photograph of Bessie Browne
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of unidentified persons
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20
Photographs
1898
Scope and Contents
Photograph of Marcus Weeves
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photograph of Kate Lane
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photograph of Amanda Smith
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23
Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Photograph of (possibly) Ellen Roberson Harrison
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24
Poem book entitled Spring Blossoms
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25
Autograph album
1828
Scope and Contents
Autograph album belonging to George E. Tabb
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26
Loan notes to Confederate States of America
1868 July
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27
Universal Almanac
1869
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28
Richarson's Almanac for Virginia and North Carolina
1856
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