Collection Number:
00089
Collection Title: John Wilkes Brodnax Papers, 1801-1844; 1881-1927
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material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are
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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National
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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.
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Creator |
Brodnax, John Wilkes, 1864-1926. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language |
English |
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- No restrictions. Open for research.
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- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
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- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the John Wilkes Brodnax Papers, #89, Southern Historical
Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Acquisitions Information
- Purchased 1937.
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
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- See also John Grammar Brodnax Papers (#88-z)
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John Wilkes Brodnax (1864-1926) was a physician and professor at the Medical College
of Virginia, Richmond, Va.
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The 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.
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John Wilkes Brodnax Papers, 1801-1844; 1881-1927.
Folder 1a
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Folder 1
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Includes 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.
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Folder 2
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Includes correspondence and other papers relating to John Wilkes Brodnax's professional
work at the Medical College of Virginia.
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Folder 3
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Includes genealogical correspondence of John Wilkes Brodnax.
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Folder 4
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Includes genealogical correspondence of John Wilkes Brodnax.
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Folder 5
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Folder 6
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Folder 7
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Folder 8
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Folder 9
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Folder 10
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Folder 11
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Folder 12
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Folder 13
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Folder 14
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Includes 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.
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Folder 15
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Includes 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.
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Folder 16
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Includes Brodnax family data copied from various sources by John Wilkes Brodnax.
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Folder 17
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Includes copies of pertinent records and genealogical data.
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Folder 18
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Folder 19
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Scrapbook contains letters received, clippings, and miscellaneous poems, obituaries,
cards, and certificates of John Wilkes Brodnax.
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Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-89/1
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Image Folder PF-00089/1-4
PF-00089/1
PF-00089/2
PF-00089/3
PF-00089/4
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Black-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.
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Image Folder PF-00089/5-6
PF-00089/5
PF-00089/6
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Black-and-White Photographic Negatives
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Special Format Image SF-P-00089/1
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Special Format Image (Daguerreotype)
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- Photographs (PF-89/1-6, SF-P-89/1)
- Oversize papers (X-OPF-89/1)
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Processing Information
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.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to
facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
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