A Guide to the Peyton Family Papers 1746-1960 Papers of the Peyton Family 5843, 5843-b

A Guide to the Peyton Family Papers 1746-1960

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The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 5843, 5843-b

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

5843, 5843-b

Title

Peyton Family Papers 1746-1960

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of ca. 50,000 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Peyton Family Papers, Accession #5843, 5843-b, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The Peyton Family Papers were a gift to the Library on April 19, 1982 from Colonel John Peyton of "Peyton Hill," Manakin, Virginia and bear no restrictions.

Scope and Content Information

The Peyton family collection consists of ca. 50,000 items, 1746-1960, mainly correspondence, financial and legal papers, genealogical material, diaries, photographs, bound volumes, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and other related miscellaneous material of the Peyton family of Stauton, Virginia. Other families represented in the collection include: Steele, Baldwin, Catlett, and Erskine. The papers pertain chiefly to social, business, and personal matters of various family members such as: Colonel John Lewis Peyton, L.W.H. Peyton, Margaret Erskine Catlett Peyton, Lawrence Washington Howe Peyton, and others.

Contents List

Correspondence 1746-1859

Box 1

Correspondence 1860-1868 June

Box 2

Correspondence 1868 July-1869

Box 3

Correspondence 1870 January-August

Box 4

Correspondence 1870 September-December

Box 5

Correspondence 1871 January-August

Box 6

Correspondence 1870 September-December

Box 7

Correspondence 1872-1876

Box 8

Correspondence 1877-1880

Box 9

Correspondence 1881-1882

Box 10

Correspondence and information on John Lewis Peyton's History of Augusta County 1883-1891

Box 11

Correspondence 1892-1895

Box 12

Correspondence, chiefly Lawrence Washington Howe Peyton 1896-1897

Box 13

Correspondence 1898-1929

Box 14

Correspondence 1930-1958, and undated

Box 15

Correspondence of John B. Baldwin 1872 January-June

Box 16

Correspondence of John B. Baldwin 1872 July-November

Box 17

Correspondence of John B. Baldwin 1897-1903

Box 18

Receipts and business papers 1873-1874

Box 19

Business and legal papers, some personal correspondence, receipts 1873-1876

Box 20

Business papers, money receipts, some printed material 1868-1879

Box 21

Business and personal correspondence 1878-1881

Box 22

Business and personal correspondence, receipts 1880-1881

Box 23

Business, legal, and personal correspondence, some printed material 1856-1861

Box 24

Business and legal papers, receipts 1882-1885

Box 25

Printed material, receipts, personal and business papers 1886-1890

Box 26

Business and personal correspondence, receipts, printed material 1891-1893

Box 27

Primarily personal correspondence, receipts and cancelled checks, personal papers, some printed material 1894-1895

Box 28

Primarily personal papers, receipts and checks; some printed 1896

Box 29

Business and financial papers re various banks, including Bank of Riverheads 1931-1939

Box 30

Correspondence of Margaret Catlett 1899-1903

Box 31

Personal correspondence of Margaret Catlett 1904-1926

Box 32

Personal, business, and military papers, receipts and bills 1932-1949

Box 33

Payne: Personal, business papers and legal documents, many cancelled checks 1926-1945

Box 34

M. Peyton: Special Account: cancelled checks only 1927

Box 35

Karr, Kiger, Kent-Hamp: Business papers and legal documents 1925-1935

Box 36

Hendren-Tremble, various suits, business papers and legal documents, some printed material 1925-1941

Box 37

Business papers and bills, some business correspondence 1927

Box 38

Chiefly bills and business papers, some personal correspondence 1927-1930

Box 39

Personal correspondence, primarily to Betty Peyton 1931

Box 40

Building, Westwood; primarily business papers and legal documents; some printed material, cancelled checks 1926-1949

Box 41

Mills-Williams Estate business papers and legal documents 1932-1947

Box 42

Notebooks: diaries, school notes[?], bank book, etc. Business papers, bills and receipts, legal documents 1868-1885

Box 43

Business papers and legal documents, receipts 1931-1944

Box 44

Business papers and legal documents, printed material, reports 1931-1946

Box 45

West Augusta Farm: diary, sheet music; material re mineral rights (manganese ore), some printed material 1939-1940

Box 46

Chaney V. Stover-Lakeview Corp., business papers and legal documents 1926-1949

Box 47

Photographs and Etchings: Kern Estate, primarily cabinet cards and visiting cards, two etchings; a half-filled scrapbook; folder containing business papers re Elizabeth Kerr [1871-1936?]

Box 48

Masincup: Stauton Military Academy Business correspondence and receipts 1924-1937

Box 49

Frozen Foods: Miscellaneous correspondence, business correspondence, estimates, receipts, forms, deeds 1932-1946

Box 50

Checkbook with receipts, $500 bonds, scrapbook, cancelled checks, business correspondence 1906-1937

Box 51

Correspondence, chiefly business and receipts 1897-1898

Box 52

Maps; dressmaking patterns; pamphlets on maps; books; bound volumes; and, miscellaneous printed material undated

Box 53

Correspondence business and personal Staunton Military Academy 1901-1931

Box 54

Business correspondence, some printed material 1940-1946

Box 55

Bank of Riverheads, primarily business correspondence; of Society of the Cincinnatti 1931-1944

Box 56

Stover Trust- Lewis Mem. primarily legal correspondence, some printed material 1920-1949

Box 57

West Augusta Farm Diary, Vol. V. November 6, 1886-November 5, 1890; loose receipts and business correspondence 1942-1949

Box 58

Legal papers of J.B. Baldwin; class notes of R.C. Peyton; miscellaneous correspondence re the Social Security Act and University of Virginia Alumni Association business correspondence, primarily concerning Virginia Military Institute 1937-1949

Box 59

Lawrence Washington Howe Peyton autobiography; Berry P. Suit 16 chapters undated

Box 60

Autobiography of a Virginia Gentleman became Adventures of My Grandfather. undated

Box 61

Porter-Zadarozny: legal papers and correspondence 1933-1946

Box 62

Papers of John L. Peyton circa 1930-circa 1959

Box 63

Papers of John L. Peyton; Society of the Cincinnatti; Chaney v. Stover speeches; legal and case files. 1927-1949

Box 64

Papers of Richard C. Peyton 1927-1944

Box 65

Papers of Richard C. Peyton 1943-1944

Box 66

Hendren-Trimble business correspondence, some personal correspondence, legal documents, some financial papers, including cancelled checks circa 1930-circa 1949

Box 67

Virginia Military Institute 1944-1946

Box 68

Papers of related families; genealogies; some printed material undated

Box 69

Printed invitations, newspapers, essays, etc. n.d.

Box 70