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A Guide to the Shands Family Papers

Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2005


Descriptive Summary

Provenance: Shands Family
Title: Shands Family Papers
Dates: 1757-1911
Abstract: Correspondence of Shands Family members, including William A. Shands.
Extent: 1 Box
Identification: Ms Group 36


Scope and Content

The collection consists of the correspondence of Shands Family members, primarily pre-Civil War but spanning 1757 to 1911. Correspondents include William A. Shands, Young, Purviance, Jackson, Picard, Augustine Shands, Glenn, and Tunno.


Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Shands Family Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.


Contents List

Shands Family Papers


Box 1

Thomas Shands. June 30, 1805
William A. Shands. Dec 8, 1825
J. Winsmith. Oct 16, 1834
R. Q. Pinckney. Sep 6, 1836
Theodore Blois. July 4, 1839
W. J. Thompson. Nov 20, 1848
Glenn Young. 1850
Young, Purviance, Beard, etc. 1851
Mays, Young, Glenn, etc. 1852
Young, Jackson, Young, etc. 1852
Jackson, Geiger, Nichols, etc. 1853
Young, Picard, etc. 1853
Robarts, Stephens, Glenn, etc. 1854
Robarts, Tunno, Villalonge, etc. 1854
Jackson, etc. 1855
J. W. C. Glenn. July 30, 1856
Glenn, Jackson, Glenn, etc. 1857
Jackson, Glenn, Baskin, etc. 1858
Jackson, Burns. 1859
William J. Jackson. Sep 13, 1862
William A. Shands. April 23, 1864
John F. Jackson. Dec 8, 1885
Thomas A. Glenn
James M. Jackson
G. A. Knight (torn)
Mary Patty
H. E. Purviance
Robert Young. Aug 23, ?
(signature torn). Jan 9, 1854
Letter. Feb 1, 1855
William A. Shands. March 18, 1757
William A. Shands. Jan 4, 1759
Nathan Norhtington. Sep 17, 1761
William A. Shands. Oct 30, 1770
Augustine Shands. Sep 1, 1787
Augustine Shands. Nov 28, 1811
Augustine Shands. Nov 19, 1813
Thomas Lewis. Nov 29, 1816
Storey, Jon, Mary and George. Oct 5, 1829
McDaniel Shands. 1841
Votes Return. Oct 4, 1852
Henry J. Stewart. Oct 21, 1853
Shands State Acc. 1854
M. S. Perry (Gov.). Oct 24, 1854
Henry Stewart, L.S. July 4, 1860
Perry Shands. 1861
Shands, Lynham, Miller. 1864
Single Baldwin. June 30, 1865
William A. Shands. Jan 5, 1870
Shands, Shands. 1873
Shands, Shands. 1873
William A. Shands. June 5, 1877
L. Stillwell. July 12, 1911
W. C. Allen. April 29, 1842
David Brown
Mary J. Brown
fragment of a poem
Philip, Goodhead
James M. Jackson
James M. Jackson
Love me Darling...
note...
Sarah C. Shands. Oct 10, 1878
William A. Shands. Sep 4, 1875




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