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Size | 28 items |
Abstract | Bryan and Minor families of Georgia and Virginia, descendants of Jonathan Bryan. Scattered family letters, 1807-1918, of the Bryan and Minor families; Bryan family Bible records; reminiscences of John Randolph Bryan's experiences in balloon reconnaissance for the Confederate Army during the siege of Yorktown in 1862; and thirteen volumes of Bryan and Minor family Records, chiefly consisting of typed transcriptions of biographies, autobiographies, and letters, including reminiscences of a former slave and servant, and relating to religion, education, household affairs, slavery, freedmen, plantation economy, and other aspects of 19th- century Virginia life. |
Creator | Bryan (Family : Bryan, John Randolph)
Minor (Family : Minor, William Wardlaw, Jr., 1840-1927) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, July 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Container list revised by: Dawne Howard Lucas, July 2020
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Scattered family letters, 1807-1918, of the Bryan and Minor families; Bryan family Bible records; reminiscences of John Randolph Bryan's experiences in balloon reconnaissance for the Confederate Army during the siege of Yorktown in 1862; and thirteen volumes of Bryan and Minor family Records, chiefly consisting of typed transcriptions of biographies, autobiographies, and letters, including reminiscences of a former slave and servant, and relating to religion, education, household affairs, slavery, freedmen, plantation economy, and other aspects of 19th- century Virginia life.
Back to TopTen copies of pages from the family Bible of the Bryan Family and two pages of accounts of the Bible written by Mrs. E. C. Williston.
Folder 1 |
Family Bible Papers |
One letter, 1807, from John Randolph (1773-1833) to Dr. Richard E. Meade about personal matters; two letters to John Randolph Bryan, one from his son at the University of Virginia, 1851, and one from his wife, 1855; two letters, 1885 and 1904, from John Randolph Bryan; and six letters, 1913-1918, written by William Wardlaw Minor, Jr. (1840-1927) to his brother Richmond T. Minor.
Folder 2 |
Correspondence |
Thirteen volumes chiefly of typed copies of letters, memoirs and reminiscences, family genealogy, and photographs.