James B. Lynch Collection (MS022)
Content Description
The collection consists of the research materials used by Dr. Lynch in writing The Custis Chronicles. Materials include correspondence; copies of wills, inventories and other documents; and articles and other publications about the Custis family.
Dates
- 1974-1993
Biographical / Historical
Dr. James B. Lynch was a professor of art history at the University of Maryland. After his retirement, he spent several years researching the history of the Custis family in Europe and America. He authored a two-volume work on the family: The Custis Chronicles: The Years of Migration (published 1993) and The Custis Chronicles: The Virginia Generations (published 1997).
Extent
.115 Cubic Feet (24 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Dr. Lynch had organized the materials into several subject areas. These subject divisions have been retained in the collection, and a few new subject divisions have been created out of the group of miscellaneous documents found in the file.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated James B. Lynch Jr., March 30, 2000
Source
- Lynch, James B., Jr., Dr., 1919-2008 (Person)
- Title
- James B. Lynch Collection Finding Aid
- Subtitle
- A detailed guide, index and folder list exists.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library Repository