Tyler Family Papers, Group D Guide to the Tyler Family Papers, Group D Mss. 65 T97 Group D

Guide to the Tyler Family Papers, Group D Mss. 65 T97 Group D


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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 65 T97 Group D
Title
Tyler Family Papers, Group D 1939-1951
Quantity
14.00 Linear Feet
Creator
Tyler, Sue Ruffin, 1889-1953
Creator
Tyler Family
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. 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 William & Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

Tyler Family Papers, Group D, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Acquisition Information:

W&M Special Collections Research Center began acquiring and collecting Tyler family papers in 1922 and the collection has grown considerably since. The vast majority of this collection was donated by generous family and friends of the Tyler family between 1922 and 2002, with the bulk of the collection being donated to in 1949 by Mrs. Sue Ruffin Tyler and in 1955 by the children of Lyon G. Tyler. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W&M Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.

Biographical Information:

Sue Ruffin Tyler was a scholar and wife of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, son of US President John Tyler.

Scope and Contents

Papers, 1939-1951, of Sue Ruffin Tyler concerning a projected work, The Women of Virginia . Includes biographical sketches of women, correspondence with women who had sent sketches and were subscribers, and correspondence of Robert Hendrix who collected money from the subscribers but was unable to publish the book. Sue Ruffin Tyler contracted to write the historical material for a book on women in Virginia, to have been entitled The Women of Virginia. Living women were to submit sketches of themselves and their organizations and to subscribe to the volume. The volume was never published.

Related Material

See also Tyler Family Papers, Groups A-C, E-H, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Container List

id109934
Series 1: Biographical Sketches of Women
Scope and Contents

Biographical sketches of women and some correspondence with women who had sent sketches. Dates refer to either the birth and death dates of the individual woman, or the dates they were alive and active.

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id121187
Series 2: Biographical Material
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id122152
Series 3: Histories of Women's Organizations
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id122165
Series 4: Business Correspondence
April 1939 - 1951, undated
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id122184
Series 5: Miscellaneous
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