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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Theodore Richmond Papers, #632, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Chester Dawson Richmond of Chattanooga, Tenn., prior to 1939.

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A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

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Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, August 2010

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• Baptists--New York (State)--Diaries.
• Burgert family.
• Chatauqua County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
• Chattanooga (Tenn.)--Social life and customs.
• Clergy--New York (State)--Diaries.
• College students--New York (State)--Social life and customs--19th century.
• Family--New York (State)--Social life and customs.
• Family--Ohio--Social life and customs.
• Family--Tennessee--Social life and customs.
• Richmond family.
• Richmond, Bessie.
• Richmond, Grace, fl. 1880-1884.
• Richmond, Harriet Burgert, fl. 1861-1863.
• Richmond, Judah L., 1807-1868.
• Richmond, Theodore, 1837-1916.
• Travelers--West Indies--Diaries.
• Vassar College--Students--Social life and customs.
• Voyages and travels--History--20th century.
• West Indies--Description and travel.
• Women college students--New York (State)--Social life and customs.

Theodore Richmond (1837-1916) was the son of Judah L. Richmond (1807-1868), Baptist preacher of Ohio and New York. Theodore Richmond became a lawyer and practiced in Ligonier, Ind., 1861-1862, moving to Marshall, Iowa, in 1863. He went to Tennessee in 1865, living first in Athens and after 1870 in Chattanooga. He was a law partner of S. A. Key and later of Henry A. Chambers. He married Harriet "Hallie" Burgert, daughter of Adam Burgert of Navarre, later Cleveland, Ohio, in 1862. Their children were Grace, Theodore Jr., Bessie, and Chester Dawson Richmond.

The collection includes letters, 1861-1863, between Theodore Richmond and Harriet Burgert of Navarre, Ohio, whom he married in 1862, and correspondence with members of her family; slight family and social correspondence after the Richmonds moved to Tennessee; frequent letters from Richmond's daughter, Grace, while she was a student at Vassar College, 1880-1884, as well as letters to Grace from her family describing social life and schools in Chattanooga, Tenn.; and a brief diary, 1926, by Richmond's daughter, Bessie, of a West Indian cruise. Early papers pertain to Richmond's father, Judas L. Richmond (1807-1868), Baptist preacher, and include a diary, 1844, written while he was living in Forestville, N.Y., and preaching in Chatauqua County, N.Y., and scattered family letters.