Charles W. Hardin Collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains professional records and personal correspondence of Charles W. Hardin, a physician from Augusta County, Virginia. It includes two ledgers with notes related to patients Hardin treated, including enslaved people prior to the American Civil War. It also includes letters to family members and attorneys. Topics discussed include family health, financial troubles for physicians in Virginia after the Civil War, and an ongoing property dispute following the sale of his mother's land during the Civil War. The collection also includes two poems and a drafted debate response defending the importance of women's education.
Dates
- 1847 - 1883
Creator
- Hardin, Charles W., c. 1823-1899 (Person)
Language of Materials
The materials in this collection are written in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Biographical Note
Charles W. Hardin was born c. 1823 in Augusta County, Virginia. He studied medicine at University of Virginia and continued studies in Philadelphia, and by 1848, he practiced medicine in his home county. Some time after 1860, he moved to Summers, Rockbridge County, Virginia, where he sold general goods. He continued practicing medicine after the Civil War but expressed dismay over the decline of paying clients in postwar rural Virginia. He and his wife had several children, including a daughter named Minta Hardin and a son named Willie. Hardin died in 1899 at the age of eighty-five.
Source:
1850 United States Census, District 2 and A Half, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: 934; Page: 435b. Ancestry.com Database.
Maryland Medical Journal, a Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery. Volume XL, no. 1 (1898): 95. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Maryland_Medical_Journal/0x2gAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=charles+w+hardin&pg=RA1-PA95&printsec=frontcover.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Abstract
This collection contains professional records and personal correspondence of Charles W. Hardin, a physician from Augusta County, Virginia.
Arrangement
The items in this collection are arranged by material type.
Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 2021.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Charles W. Hardin Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Charles W. Hardin Collection was completed in October 2022.
- Title
- Charles W. Hardin Collection, 1847-1883
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Miranda Christy, Graduate Assistant
- Date
- 2022 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu