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Preferred Citation:

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

Acquisition Information:

gift

Family History:

The Bright Family resided in Williamsburg, Virginia and Philadephia, Pennsylvania. They had family ties to the Southall of Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Papers of the Bright Family of Williamsburg, Virginia and Philadephia, Pennsylvania.  Correspondence and business papers of Robert Anderson Bright of Williamsburg, Virginia and his son Robert Southall Bright, College of William and Mary class of 1891 and a Philadelphia lawyer.  Personal and professional correspondence, bills and receipts, photographs and legal papers.

Includes letters between Robert Southall Bright while a student at William and Mary to his father and letter describing trip to Switzerland.

Arrangement of Materials:

Series arranged in alphabetical order by name of Bright Family member and related topics.

Related Material

University of Delaware, Bright Family Papers, Mss. Collection Number 128.

Southall Papers, 1807-1904, Mss. 39.1 So8

Robert Southall Bright Papers, UA 5.131

Mss. MsV Ap 4-5 Samuel F. Bright Account Books, 1826-1861

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Bright family
• Business records
• Checks (bank checks)
• College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
• Correspondence
• Lawyers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Legal documents
• Photographs
• Southall family
• Tax records
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century