A Guide to the Fairfax Harrison Papers, 1911-1943 Harrison, Fairfax Papers 1843

A Guide to the Fairfax Harrison Papers, 1911-1943

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The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 1843

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

1843

Title

Fairfax Harrison Papers 1911-1943

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of ca. 2000 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Permission for access must be obtained from Mr. Harrison Baird.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Fairfax Harrison Papers, Accession #1843, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was loaned to the Library by Mrs. Charles Baird, Jr. of Dunnsville, Virginia and Mrs. Gerhard Dicke of Baltimore, Maryland, on January 21, 1944. The collection is now owned by Mr. Harrison Baird of Marshall, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

The papers of Fairfax Harrison, 1830-1943, and n.d., of ca. 2000 items, include his personal and professional correspondence, 1911-1943, as well as the personal correspondence of the Harrison and Cary families. There are also two folders of correspondence (originals and copies), 1977-1943, of Harrison published in A Selection of the Letters of Fairfax Harrison. There are papers, including biographies, charts, and printed, relating to the genealogy and history of the Cary, Fairfax, and Randolph families as well as various related Northern Neck families. There is information on "Belvoir" on the Potomac, Fairfax County. Research materials include photographs, illustrations, and maps used in Landmarks of Old Prince William; maps and surveys of Virginia lands, probably compiled for Virginia Land Grants, a Study of Conveyancing in Relation to Colonial Politics; and, miscellaneous papers, transcripts of letters, photostats of documents, and printed material, probably compiled for The Virginia Carys: an Essay in Genealogy.

Letters of the Harrison family pertain to family and personal news and contain much genealogical information. Correspondents include Sir William Fairfax, Clement R. Markham, Philip Slaughter, Robley Dunglison Evans, Douglas Southall Freeman, Joseph B. Gilder, James Norris Morgan, William Gordon McCabe, Henry Tiffany Scott, and various members of the Harrison and Cary families. Letters to William Miles Cary include correspondence, 1883, with Joseph E. Johnston concerning an application for membership in the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States.

The correspondence, 1911-1943, of Fairfax Harrison, cover a wide variety of subjects, including Virginiana, genealogy, railroads, the Southern Railway Company, his articles and books, literature and classical scholarship, and some legal matters. He corresponded with educators, historians, librarians, publishers, architects, attorneys, and politicians. Correspondents include William Gordon McCabe, Thomas F. Bayard, John Stewart Bryan, Jennings C. Wise, Arthur Kyle Davis, Robert Baylor Tunstall, Beverley Dandridge Tucker, Edwin Anderson Alderman, Earl G. Swem, James Southall Wilson, Poultney Bigelow, Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr., Douglas Southall Freeman, and John Cook Wyllie, as well as many other notable persons.

Contents List

Correspondence of the Harrison and Cary Families

Box Box 1
Correspondence of Fairfax and Hetty (Cary) Harrison 1872-1929, n.d.
Box Box 1
Letters to Burton N. and Constance (Cary) Harrison 1873-1920, n.d.
Box Box 1
Letters to Wilson Miles Cary 1883-1903, n.d.

Correspondence of Harrison Fairfax

Box Box 1
Correspondence: Published in A Selection of the Letters of Fairfax Harrison 1877-1943

2 folders
Box Box 1
Correspondence 1911-1921

2 folders
Box Box 2
Correspondence 1922-1923

5 folders
Box Box 3
Correspondence 1924-1925

6 folders
Box Box 4
Correspondence 1926-1928

5 folders
Box Box 5
Correspondence 1929-1943

4 folders
Box Box 5
Correspondence: Old Dominion Press 1929-1930

Genealogical and Research Materials

Box Box 5
Belvoir on the Potomac, Fairfax County 1898, n.d.
Box Box 5
Cary Family 1830, 1901-1938, n.d.

2 folders
Box Box 5
Engravings of 18th Century English Aristocrats and Nobility n.d.
Box Box 6
Fairfax and related Northern Neck Families 1858, 1906-1927, n.d.
Box Box 6
Maps and Surveys of Virginia Lands (copies) 1915-1923, n.d.
Box Box 6
Photographs 1919-1921, n.d.
Box Box 6
Printed Material 1875-1943, n.d.
Box Box 6
Randolph Family n.d.
Box Box 6
Transcripts of Early Cary Letters and Photostats of Other Documents n.d.
Box Box 6
Illustrations and Maps used in Landmarks of Old Prince William n.d.
Physical Location: Oversize
Box Box 6
Photographs used in Landmarks of Old Prince William n.d.
Physical Location: Oversize