Tazewell and Allied Families Papers

Primarily from Residue of the Collection of C. W. Tazewell, Jr.

          I would like to discuss with the Perry Library of Old
     Dominion University the disposition of certain of my personal and
     family papers.  These include among other items my own papers,
     copies of material relating to Governor Tazewell and the
     Littleton Family, and Newsletters of the Tazewell and Goode
     Families.
          Background information is available at the Internet Web
     Sites:
Tazewell Family Connections
Antecedents
Royal Ancestry
He of the Restless Spirit
          Related concerns are certain printed and online versions of
     the papers, plus additional material relating to Douglas
     MacArthur and Bertha Fanning Taylor.  In addition there are
     archival computer diskettes and computer tapes of much of the
     information.
          An outline and notes on these and related papers is
     available at the Internet Web Site,
What's Next?
          There is a series of audio tapes relating to the published
     book, Let Me See Your Eyes, about the history of Mrs.
     Johns School in Norfolk.  These are tapes of the songs as sung
     at the school provided by Miss Elizabeth Sills, niece of Mrs.
     Johns.
          There are copies of a number of published articles by me. 
     In some instances there are printed copies of the published
     article, and in others a copy of the entire magazine.  This
     portion of the archival material would be of interest to
     instructors and students of creative writing.
See He of the Restless Spirit
          There are a few books such as Skippin' The Details by
     Charles S. Symington, Bradford, Lamberth.                   
          With the coming changes in the Internet in the 21st century
     there will be more and more "library-type" material online. 
     Would ODU like to take over portions of my many web sites, or
     should I approach organizaions such as WHRO?
See: One of C. W. Tazewell's Home Pages
     Also, The End of Printed Publications
          I found this quotation about the ODU Archives, describing
     the services of the Perry Library Special Collections very
     interesting:
               "LOCAL AND REGIONAL HISTORY - The Archives contains a
     growing collection of the personal papers of historically
     significant citizens and families of the Tidewater Area.  No
     longer must valuable manuscript material leave the area to find a
     suitable repository.  Among the collections are the papers of
     mineteenth century Norfolk merchant Moses Myers and other members
     of the Myers family, collections of the letters of Confederate
     and Union soldiers, the papers of ODU's founder Robert M. Hughes,
     former Norfolk Mayor Joseph D. Wood, former Lieutenant Governor
     Henry E. Howell, Jr., and extensive material about events in the
     history of Norfolk, such as the Jamestown Exposition of 1907. 
     Although much of old Norfolk has disappeared, the Archives
     endeavors to preserve the documentary evidence of her rich and
     exciting past."
     

Prepared 5-17-01