A Guide to the Webb-Prentis Family Papers Webb-Prentis Family Papers 4136-h

A Guide to the Webb-Prentis Family Papers

A Collection in
Special Collections
The University of Virginia Library
Accession number 4136-h


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Collection Number
4136-d
Title
Webb-Prentis Family Papers 1735-1942
Extent
ca. 1300 items
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no use restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Wewbb-Prentis Family Papers, Accession #4136-h, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 1989 May 23

Scope and Content

The collection contains sixteen cased daguerreotypes and ambrotypes; fifty-two cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, and postcards; and one tintype. Among those depicted are Robert Riddick Prentis, Robert Henning Webb, and Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr.

Container Listing

Photographs of the Webb, Prentis, and Riddick Families
  • Positive Paper Prints
    • George Lloyd Barton (see Charles Henry Causey )
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Annie Bernard
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Miss Bibb (see Misses Sharp, Southall, and Bibb)
      n.d.
      carte-de-visite
    • William Briggs
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Charles Henry Causey and George Lloyd Barton
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • G. Bowdoin Craighill
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Georgia C. Crump
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • J. Lawrence Daniel (see Richard McGehee . ..)
      n.d.
      5 3/4" x 4 3/4"
    • Mary Darden
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr.
      n.d.
      carte-de-visite
    • James C. Eley (see Richard McGehee . ..)
      n.d.
      5 3/4" x 4 3/4"
    • Mrs. Walker B. Ferguson
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Robert E. Fultz
      1901
      4 1/2" x 6"
    • Anna Belle F[ ]
      1902
      4 1/4" x 6 1/2"
    • Robert Hall
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • J. E. B. Halladay
      1900
      3 7/8" x 5 3/8"
    • Thomas Sanford Hart
      1900
      4" x 5 3/4"
    • Thomas Bernard Jones
      n.d.
      carte-de-visite
    • Miss [ ] Jones
      n.d.
      carte-de-visite
    • George G. Junkin (see Richard McGehee . ..)
      n.d.
      5 3/4" x 4 3/4"
    • John Richardson Kilby
      n.d.
      carte-de-visite
    • Wilbur J. Kilby
      n.d.
      carte-de-visite
    • Wilbur J. Kilby
      1875
      carte-de-visite
    • Wilbur J. Kilby
      1898
      6 3/4" x 9"
    • Richard McGehee ; George G. Junkin ; John B. McFerrin ; James C. Eley ; J. Lawrence Daniel
      n.d.
      5 3/4" x 4 3/4"
    • John B. McFerrin (see Richard McGehee . ..)
      n.d.
      5 3/4" x 4 3/4"
    • Harris Moss
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Effie Murray
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Helen Murray
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Wallace Murray (right)
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Wallace Murray
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Mrs. William W. Murray
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Allie Murrell
      n.d.
      6" x 8"
    • C. B. [Nelson?]
      1900
      5 1/4" x 7 1/4"
    • Janet W. Prentis
      1887-1888
      cabinet card
    • Robert Riddick Prentis (2 copies)
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Robert Riddick Prentis
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Robert Riddick Prentis (3 copies)
      n.d.
      5 1/4" x 7 3/8"
    • Robert Riddick Prentis
      1904
      5 7/8" x 7 7/8"
    • Robert Riddick Prentis
      n.d.
      7" x 9"
    • M. Raine
      n.d.
      2 1/8" x 2 3/4"
    • Mrs. Joseph Riddick
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Misses Sharp, Southall and Bibb
      n.d.
      carte-de-visite
    • Miss Southall (see Misses Sharp, Southall and Bibb)
      n.d.
      carte-de-visite
    • [Happer?] Stewart and Mrs. William H. Stewart
      n.d.
      7 1/4" x 5 1/8"
    • W. Carroll Vaden
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Dr. Vandersliee
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • Robert Henning Webb (left, balloon)
      1907
      postcard
    • Robert Henning Webb (left, front of house)
      n.d.
      5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
    • Janet Whitehead
      n.d.
      carte-de-visite
    • Margaret G. Whitehead
      1894
      cabinet card
    • S. B. Woods
      n.d.
      carte-de-visite
    • unidentified woman
      1907
      postcard
    • unidentified woman
      1896
      cabinet card
    • unidentified woman (Newman)
      1912
      4" x 7"
    • unidentified man (name Mary Darden written on back)
      n.d.
      cabinet card
    • unidentified group of two women and two men
      n.d.
      tintype
  • Cased Photographs
    • Rev. Allen Rodney Bernard , 1795-1866, husband of Lucy Swepson , daughter of Thomas Swepson and Anne (Riddick) Swepson
      n.d.
      daguerrotype
    • John Robert Darden , 1841-1919, son of Mills William Darden and Sarah Jane (White) Darden (second wife)
      n.d.
      ambrotype
    • Algernon Sidney Darden and Mary Swepson (Allen) Darden , married November 27, 1853
      n.d.
      daguerreotype
    • Indiana Virginia (Kilby) Henry , wife of Capt. Edward Moore Henry of Norfolk, and daughter of John Thompson Kilby and Ann Newton (Jones) Kilby
      n.d.
      ambrotype
    • Mary Louisa (Darden) Pruden , born 1827, daughter of Mills William Darden and Ann Missouri (Jordan) Darden . Married Nathaniel E. Pruden of Spring Hill, Nansemond County
      n.d.
      daguerreotype
    • Rev. Joseph Henry Riddick
      n.d.
      daguerreotype
    • Mariana (Prentis) Riddick , wife of Richard Riddick , and daughter of Joseph Prentis II and Susan Caroline (Riddick) Prentis
      n.d.
      ambrotype
    • Richard H. Riddick
      n.d.
      ambrotype
    • Walter Riddick , only child of Richard H. Riddick, Jr. and Marianna Saunders (Prentis) Riddick . Drowned in childhood.
      n.d.
      daguerreotype
    • Walter Riddick
      n.d.
      ambrotype
    • Mary Diana (Webb) Upshaw , 1830-1903, wife of Col. Thomas Edmund Upshaw , and daughter of Col. Richard Daniel Webb and Mary Allen (Riddick) Webb
      n.d.
      daguerreotype
    • Margaret Susan (Prentis) Webb , 1810-1882, wife of Robert Henning Webb , and daughter of Joseph Prentis and Susan Caroline (Riddick) Prentis
      n.d.
      daguerreotype
    • Robert Henning Webb
      n.d.
      ambrotype
    • Robert Henning Webb (2 cases)
      n.d.
      daguerreotype
    • Eliza Ann (Swepson) Whitlock , 1798-1866, wife of James Whitlock , and daughter of Thomas Swepson and Charlotte (Driver) Swepson
      n.d.
      daguerreotype