Baird Family Papers Guide to the Baird Family Papers Mss. 65 B16

Guide to the Baird Family Papers Mss. 65 B16


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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 65 B16
Title
Baird Family Papers 1656-1922 1656-1848
Quantity
8.01 Linear Feet
Creator
Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

Copyright to this collection was retained by the family and researchers should first contact the Special Collections Research Center.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:

Baird Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Deposit of 3,312 items by Elizabeth W. Baird, Imogen W. Baird, and Samuel B. Baird in 1942; and Acc. 1994.046 gift of 2 items by Lily Blackwell on 6/7/1994. 2008.271 addition a gift of R. D. Jordan.


Scope and Contents

Collection includes papers, 1656-1848, concerning Essex County, Va. including land records and wills, many of which relate to the Rowzee family. Many of the records date from the seventeenth century.

The collection also includes correspondence, 1830-1920, of members of the Baird family including letters, 1859-1911, of Edward R. Baird while attending the University of Virginia, serving in Pickett's Division and as superintendent of schools in Essex County.

There are also letters of William Baird while attending the University of Virginia and business correspondence of the family with publishers and with cigar manufacturers. The collection also includes papers, 1835-1897, of members of the Hunter family including R. M. T. Hunter.

1994.46 Addition: Copy of Baird-Rowzie genealogy chart and Samuel Barron I genealogy chart.

2008.271 Addition: "Letters to a Nineteenth Century Physician" paper by R.D. Jordan.  Papers concerns letters from owners of ailing slaves in Albemarle County, Virginia to Charles Brown, a Charlottesville physician.

Related Material

Dr. Richard P. Ludlow and Alexander Somervail Medical Accounts (Mss. Acc. 2005.35)

Subjects and Indexing Terms


Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 id223423
Rowzee Family Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id223496
Rowzee Family Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id223540
Baird Family Personal Correspondence
1830-1899
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id223549
Baird Family Personal Correspondence
1900-1920, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id223677
Baird Family Business Papers
1830-1875
Mixed Materials Box: 6 id223685
Baird Family Business Papers
1876-1879
Mixed Materials Box: 7 id223690
Baird Family Business Papers
1880-1882
Mixed Materials Box: 8 id223694
Baird Family Business Papers
1883-1889
Mixed Materials Box: 9 id223701
Baird Family Business Papers
1890-1899
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id223708
Baird Family Business Papers
1900-1915
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id223716
Baird Family Business Papers
1915-1925, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id223723
Printed Material and Pamphlets, Correspondence from Cigar Manufacturers
Mixed Materials Box: 13 id223728
Baird Family Correspondence with Publishers
1860-1903
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id223737
Miscellaneous Papers and Documents
Mixed Materials Box: 15 id223802
Empty Envelopes
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id223803
Hunter Family Materials