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Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)

 Organization

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas R. Daley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1994.09
Scope and Contents Portfolio of correspondence to Thomas R. Daley of Porto Bello Farm, ca. 1914-1920. Business records. Letters written to and from Thomas R. Daley regarding land and property investments in Minnesota, Virginia and Florida. Includes property descriptions, business records,orders for shares in the Metropolitan Milk Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota and orders for farm materials. Thomas Daley's properties in Virginia included Porto Bello Farm, Bassetterre and property on Queen's Creek...
Dates: 1914-1920
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Mary Ware Galt Memory Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00148
Scope and Contents

Memory Book of Mary Ware Galt of Williamsburg containing memorabilia, programs, photographs, souvenirs, correspondence, and ephemera from Williamsburg, Virginia and the Tidewater area, plus from her days as a student at Hampton College (1908-1909) in Hampton, Virginia and Stuart Hall (1909-1910) in Staunton, Virginia.

Dates: 1904-1910
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Jerusalem Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01223
Scope and Contents

Copies of death records from the Jerusalem Baptist Church, an African American church near Five Forks in James City County, Virginia. One folder of records dates from 1908-1940s. Original in the hands of the three remaining members of the Church including Mary Howard as of 1986.

Dates: 1908-1949
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Matthew Whaley School Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0/2 Mss. 1.11
Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection of material from and about Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia including material from the annual fifty year reunions. The school newspaper, The Powder Horn, 1930-1937 and 1946-1948, is available in Rare Books call number AN47 .W54 P68.

Dates: 1850-2012 and undated; Majority of material found in 1880-1960
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Parker Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1989.20
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers related to the Parker family, notably Lena Parker and Bessie Parker of Cumberland County, Virginia. The bulk of the letters are from Harry Leach and Edward Embly, both living in Washington, D.C., which contain descriptions of everyday life. Other letters are from friends, family, the State Teachers College, schools where Lena Parker taught, and from children she had taught. The collection also includes photographs, greeting cards, and genealogical material....
Dates: 1923-1939
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

J. Randolph Ruffin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1998.58
Scope and Contents

Papers of J. Randolph Ruffin. Newspaper clippings, brochures, drafts of speeches, correspondence about Virginia history, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and tours directed by J. Randolph Ruffin, Director of Special Events for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Accessions 1998.58 and 1999.22 WHRA.

Dates: 1956-1993
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 4
Correspondence 3
Education--Virginia--History--20th century 3
Newspapers 3
Photographs 3
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African Americans--Religion 1
African Americans--Virginia--History--20th century 1
Baptist Church--Virginia--History 1
Business records 1
Church records 1
Cumberland County (Va.) 1
Cumberland County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Education, Higher--Virginia--History 1
Education--Virginia--Cumberland County--History 1
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 1
Europe--Description and travel 1
Farm management--Virginia--History--20th century 1
Farms--Virginia--York County 1
Financial records 1
Handbooks 1
Invitations 1
James City County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Jamestown Festival (1957) 1
Lecture notes 1
Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Notebooks 1
Pamphlets 1
Plays (document genre) 1
Printed ephemera 1
Programs 1
Real property--Virginia 1
Schools--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Scrapbooks 1
Speeches 1
Teachers 1
Virginia--Description and travel 1
Virginia--History--20th century 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 1
Williamsburg Travel Club (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Women teachers 1
Women--Education--Virginia 1
Women--Education--Virginia--History 1
York County (Va.)--History 1
Yorktown (Va.)--History--20th century 1
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