Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Everett Family Papers, Collection number MS 645, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Biographical/Historical Information

Dr. Charles D. Everett (1806-1877) was the son of John Denny Everett and Alice Harrison Everett. Born in Kentucky, he lived with his uncle, Dr. Charles D. Everett ( -1848), of Belmont in Albemarle County, Virginia. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and opened a practice in Philadelphia. His uncle Charles D. Everett left him his entire Belmont estate at his death in 1848.

Everett married Mary Kate Coleman in 1852. They had ten children: Alice Kate (1852), Mary Coleman (1854), Clara (1856), Louise Montague (1858), Charles Edward (1860), John Coleman (1862), Alylett Lee (1864), Hester Hawed (1866), Joseph William (1869), and Alice Harrison (1871).

Joseph W. Everett (1869-1926) was the superintendent of Albemarle County Schools. He was also editor of the Virginia Journal of Education.

Scope and Content

The majority of the collection are family letters written by Joseph W. Everett about his visits to county schools during his tenure as superintendent. Other letters of note were written by Gertrude and Amelie Rives of Castle Hill. Also in the collection are three cartes de visite of Charles Everett, Gertrude Rives, and Amelie Rives.

Arrangement

31 folders arranged in chronological order.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Everett, Charles (-1848)
• Everett, Charles D.(1806-1877)
• Everett, Joseph W.
• Rives, Amelie (1863-1945)

Family Names:

• Everett family.

Subjects:

• Public schools--Virginia--Albemarle County

Geographical Names:

• Belmont estate