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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 140 items) |
Abstract | John Wilkes Brodnax was a physician and professor at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va. The collection includes correspondence and other papers of Brodnax, chiefly concerning history and genealogy of the Brodnax and related families. Items include transcriptions of letters, 1801-1827, received by William H. Brodnax, Greensville County, Va., concerning national political issues, and William H. Brodnax's will, with codicils, 1828-1844. Five volumes contain genealogical data on the Brodnax and related families; one contains letters, 1881-1920, received by John Wilkes Brodnax concerning his professional activities, and personal and genealogical interests. A few items, 1902-1926, concern Brodnax's work at the Medical College of Virginia. |
Creator | Brodnax, John Wilkes, 1864-1926. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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John Wilkes Brodnax (1864-1926) was a physician and professor at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence and other papers of John Wilkes Brodnax, chiefly concerning history and genealogy of the Brodnax and related families. Items include transcriptions of letters, 1801-1827, received by William H. Brodnax, Greensville County, Va., concerning national political issues, and William H. Brodnax's will, with codicils, 1828-1844. Five volumes contain genealogical data on the Brodnax and related families; one contains letters, 1881-1920, received by John Wilkes Brodnax concerning his professional activities, and personal and genealogical interests. A few items, 1902-1926, concern Brodnax's work at the Medical College of Virginia.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
William H. Brodnax items, 1801-1844Includes typed copies of letters received, 1801-1827, by General William H. Brodnax of Greensville, Va., from George C. Dromgoole, James Trezvant, and others. There is also one original letter and a copy of the will of William H. Brodnax. |
Folder 2 |
Medical papers, 1902-1926Includes correspondence and other papers relating to John Wilkes Brodnax's professional work at the Medical College of Virginia. |
Folder 3 |
1900-1923Includes genealogical correspondence of John Wilkes Brodnax. |
Folder 4 |
1924-1927 and undatedIncludes genealogical correspondence of John Wilkes Brodnax. |
Folder 5 |
Brodnax family data, undated |
Folder 6 |
Brodnax family data, undated |
Folder 7 |
Brodnax family data, undated |
Folder 8 |
Brodnax family data, undated |
Folder 9 |
Batte family data, undated |
Folder 10 |
Walker family data, undated |
Folder 11 |
Bathurst, Belfield, Bolling, Brockman, and Brooking family data |
Folder 12 |
Chawton Manor, Digges, St. Leger, Travis, and Taylor data |
Folder 13 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 14 |
Volume 1: Genealogical notebookIncludes copies of Brodnax family letters, 1896-1904, concerning family history; also genealogical data and copies of wills and other papers. Material relates to the Batte, Brodnax, Bolling, and Bathurst families. |
Folder 15 |
Volume 2: Genealogical notebook, John Wilkes BrodnaxIncludes data on Batte, Brodnax, and Bolling family history. There are also typed copies of William H. Brodnax papers, 1813 and 1827, and correspondence of John Wilkes Brodnax, 1916 and 1920. |
Folder 16 |
Volume 3: Genealogical notesIncludes Brodnax family data copied from various sources by John Wilkes Brodnax. |
Folder 17 |
Volume 4: History of the Brodnax and related familiesIncludes copies of pertinent records and genealogical data. |
Folder 18 |
Volume 5: History of the Brodnax and related families, John W. Brodnax |
Folder 19 |
Volume 6: Scrapbook, John Wilkes Brodnax, 1881-1920Scrapbook contains letters received, clippings, and miscellaneous poems, obituaries, cards, and certificates of John Wilkes Brodnax. |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-89/1 |
Genealogical charts and coat of arms |
Image Folder PF-00089/1-4
PF-00089/1PF-00089/2PF-00089/3PF-00089/4 |
Broadnax family photographsBlack-and-White Photographic Prints Includes photographic portraits of Joel Crofford Brodnax, Samuel Houston Brodnax, Samuel Brodnax and Margaret Aycock Brodnax, Thomas Eves Brodnax, Judith Armistead, Martha Blount, Colonel Byrd, Evelyn Byrd, Thomas Mann Randolph, Robert Walker Brodnax, Cornelia Alvinia Batte Brodnax, T. J. Brodnax, Ida Rives, and Mrs. Bassett French. There are also family snapshots and negatives of houses and people, English ancestral estates, seals and coats of arms, and other items. |
Image Folder PF-00089/5-6
PF-00089/5PF-00089/6 |
Broadnax family photographsBlack-and-White Photographic Negatives |
Special Format Image SF-P-00089/1 |
Charles Brodnax, circa 1840Special Format Image (Daguerreotype) |