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Oglesby Collection of 18th and 19th Century Papers, 1766-1850, Date acquired: 01/01/1961

 

Summary

Extent:
11.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Oglesby Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-0-194

Background

Scope and content:

The Oglesby Collection consists of two series:

Biographical / historical:

Smithson H. Davis and Bowker Preston, based in Lynchburg and Bedford, Virginia and doing business as Davis & Preston, were general merchants and traders in cotton, tobacco, hides and skins, and also purchased enslaved persons and "hired them out" to farmers in the neighborhood.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Dean R.R. Oglesby
Processing information:

Davis & Preston Papers processed March 30, 1964. The Hook Papers processed April 2, 1964. Their finding aids were merged into a single collection and finding aid 06/2015.

Accruals:

Note: The name of the collection has no relation to the content. The donor wished it to be called the Thomas Jacob Oglesby Collection in honor of his father who assembled the papers as a neighbor of the decendents of Davis, Preston and Hook.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
United States--History
Places:
Virginia

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Oglesby Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-0-194

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA