TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Myers Family Papers. 1766-1908.

Manuscript Collection No. 480



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Myers family.
Title: Myers Family Papers.
Dates: 1766-1908.
Quantity: 22.1 linear feet.
Abstract: Collection consisting of correspondence, journals, ledgers, and various financial records pertaining to the family's personal and business affairs.
Collection Number: MS-480
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Residents of Norfolk, Va.; active in shipping, banking, trading, and mercantile interests.


Scope and Content Note

Collection consisting of correspondence, journals, ledgers, and various financial records pertaining to the family's personal and business affairs.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Myers Family Papers are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

Property and Literary Rights

Various donors, by the act of donating the Myers Family Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the Myers Family and their heirs. Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators of materials.

Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Myers Family Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-480. Myers Family Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Myers Family Papers were received from various donors.

Processing Information

Processed by American Jewish Archives staff.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.



Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the AJA's online catalog.

Jewish businessmen -- Virginia -- Norfolk
Myers, John -- 1787-1830
Myers, Moses, -- ca. 1752-1835
Norfolk (Va.)