A Guide to the Marie Gordon Pryor Rice Recollections Rice, Marie Gordon Pryor, Recollections 24061

A Guide to the Marie Gordon Pryor Rice Recollections

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 24061

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Repository

Library of Virginia

Accession number

24061

Title

Marie Gordon Pryor Rice Recollections

Physical Characteristics

24 leaves, negative photostats

Physical Location

Personal papers collection, Acc. 24061

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Marie Gordon Pryor Rice. Recollections. Accession 24061, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying by W.R. Turner 27 October 1953.

Biographical/Historical Information

Marie Gordon Pryor Rice was born April 1850 to Roger A. Pryor (1828-1919) and Sarah Agnes Rice Pryor (1830-1912). She grew up in Charlotte County, Virginia, but after the Civil War moved to New York, New York, with her parents. She moved back to Charlotte County after her marriage to Henry Crenshaw Rice (1842-1916). They had at least 4 children. Rice and her husband later moved to Nottoway County.

Scope and Content Information

Recollections written by Marie Gordon Pryor Rice of Charlotte County, Virginia, about the time of the first World War, in which she remembers life at South Isle and The Oaks plantations in Charlotte County during the Civil War and the last half of the 19th century. She includes observations on society and culture, religion, slavery, canning and preserving, tenant farming, race relations, agriculture, gardens, and other aspects.