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Sources consulted for the biography of:Richard Ratcliffe Farr (1845–1892)
Biographical Information
- Clayton Beverly Phillips, "Education in Virginia Under Superintendent Richard Ratcliffe Farr, 1882–1886" (M.A. thesis, University of Virginia, 1932), including transcriptions of widow's "Summary Life of R. R. Farr" (with birth, marriage, and death dates), some official records, an editorial from a lost issue of the Herndon Wedge, 1 Sept. 1882, and an editorial tribute from an undated clipping of an otherwise unidentified Washington Democrat.
- S. Bassett French Papers II, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., with widow's "Summary Life of R. R. Farr" and document transcriptions provided by son.
- Richard Ratcliffe Farr II Manuscripts, Historic Fairfax City, Inc., Fairfax, Va.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers (1861–1865), War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Wesley E. Pippenger and Dorothy S. Provine, eds., District of Columbia Marriage Records Index, June 28, 1877 to October 19, 1885 (1997), 149.
- Death Register, Fairfax Co., Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia
- Steven C. Stombres, "The Farr Family Residences: Historic Homes of Local Family Enrich Modern Fairfax City," The Fare Facs Gazette: The Newsletter of Historic Fairfax City, Inc. 5 (Fall 2007): 6–7 (portrait).
Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Election as superintendent in Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, 1881–1882 sess., 141, 142.
- Farr's published Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1882–1885.
Obituaries
- Alexandria Gazette, October 11, 1892
- Washington Post, October 11, 1892; October 14, 1892
- Richmond Dispatch, October 12, 1892
- Richmond Times, October 12, 1892
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