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Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Anne and Alan Morledge Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2001.23 and Additions
Scope and Contents

Collections of programs, pamphlets and other items from the Williamsburg, Virginia area. Biography and photograph of Comer Clarke Jackson, Manager of Casey's Department Store.

Dates: 1969-2005; Majority of material found in 1969-1988

Bozarth Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2003.13
Scope and Contents Business and family papers of the Bozarth family. Acc. 2003.13 Scrapbook of Mary Hockaday Bozarth, Worthy Grand Matron of the Virginia Order of the Eastern Star with a list of Matrons and Patrons from 1941 to 1942 and certificates of membership for members of the Pocahontas Chapter 103 located in Williamsburg, Virginia from 1941.  Other related items in the collection is a photograph of Eastern Star women on the way to Bermuda and the Proceedings of the Grand Chapter...
Dates: 1931-1985; Majority of material found in 1931-1962

Jane Ayers Davis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01256
Scope and Contents

Obituaries and the story of Williamsburg residents Edwin A. Gilley and Comer C. Jackson who died when their car fell through the open draw on the Chickahominy Bridge, undated, obituary of murdered Harry Burleson of James City County in 1922, photograph of woman in a canoe with a note that it might be Virginia Waltrip,  Notebook of handwritten stories by Ellsworth Ayers, dated 1909. There are also photographs of students from the Five Forks School.

Dates: 1909-1932; Majority of material found in 1909, 1920, 1922, 1932 and undated

Fay Parr Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.50
Scope and Contents

The collection contains papers documenting the lives of the Fay Parr family. The collection also includes Williamsburg ephemera and memorabilia. Other materials contained in the collection includes family photograph albums, press photographs of Williamsburg residents as well as buildings, newspaper clippings of events in Williamsburg, Virginia as well as publications from Williamsburg and other places.

Dates: 1920-2002

Fred Frechette Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2000.24
Scope and Contents

Fred Frechette's papers which include his Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper articles on Williamsburg, Virginia, photographs and his script and related material on "The Once and Future Camelot" a production given for the Williamsburg Reunion.  Material related to his duty as a volunteer fireman and his March 25, 2000 pamphlet "William and Mary Students and the Travis House, Feb. 1, 1943-Feb. 28, 1951."

Dates: 1930-2000; Majority of material found in 1950-2000

Guy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1985.42
Scope and Contents Papers of the William George and Gladys Bennett Guy family of Williamsburg, Virginia with additions from Joan Eastman Bennett.  Includes correspondence, invitations, minutes, clippings, oral histories, notebooks, reports, photographs, written memories, essays and printed materials. Papers include items about water and gas, Williamsburg Landing, American Red Cross, Williamsburg United Service Organization, Williamsburg Female Academy, College of William and Mary and zoning regulations. ...
Dates: 1900-1988

Lee Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1993.06-01 and Mss. Acc. 1995.27
Scope and Contents Mss. Acc. 1993.06-01, Series 1 - 4: Papers and photographs of the Edward Myers Lee Family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Lee graduated from the College of William and Mary, as did many of his children.  An album has photos of a May Pole in front of the Williamsburg Court House on Duke of Gloucester St. The papers include material for some of his children, particulary Elizabeth Mallory Lee (Mrs. John Walston Henderson), Peticolas Lee (Mrs. Robert Edward Lee), Mary King Lee, and Edward M. Lee. ...
Dates: 1858-1976; Majority of material found in 1900-1950

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

Elizabeth Nunn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1991.51 and 2000.33
Scope and Contents

Papers of Elizabeth Nunn, an elementary school teacher in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1931-1975

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

Rodney B. Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00001
Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates: 1868-2007; Majority of material found in 1939-2000

Will Molineux collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00042
Scope and Contents

Williamsburg, Virginia items given by Will Molineux, mostly via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Some items are personal papers (newspaper articles, etc.) of Will Molineux. The photograph collection covers the entire Williamsburg area, including James City County and York County. Subjects include people, places, buildings, events, Colonial Williamsburg as well as the College of William & Mary.

Dates: 1952-2011

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  • Subject: Newspapers X
  • Subject: Photographs X

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Subject
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 10
Correspondence 6
Programs 5
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 4
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 4
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Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.) 4
Pamphlets 4
Scrapbooks 4
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 4
Printed ephemera 3
Reports 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs 3
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History 2
Education--Virginia--History--20th century 2
Financial records 2
Invitations 2
James City County (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Jamestown Festival (1957) 2
Notebooks 2
Oral histories 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Women teachers 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Account books 1
American Red Cross--History--World War II period 1
Audiocassettes 1
Bibles 1
Broadsides 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
Calendars 1
Certificates 1
Chickahominy Bridge 1
Church bulletins 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Clubs--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
College of William and Mary--Commencement 1
College of William and Mary--Presidents 1
College of William and Mary--Work Study Program 1
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation--History 1
Cumberland County (Va.) 1
Cumberland County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Diaries 1
Diplomas 1
Drawings and graphics 1
Drive-in theaters 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Education--Virginia--Cumberland County--History 1
Essays 1
Genealogy 1
Handbooks 1
Jamestown (Va.) 1
Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Jamestown 350th Anniversary 1
Journalists 1
Journals (accounts) 1
Legal documents 1
Maps 1
Membership lists 1
Mental illness--Treatment--History 1
Mental illness--Treatment--United States 1
Mental illness--United States 1
Mentally ill--Care 1
Minutes 1
Norge (Va.)--History 1
Obituaries 1
Ordinance 1
Pen drawing--19th century. 1
Plays (document genre) 1
Poems 1
Postcards 1
Reporters and reporting. 1
Schools--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Scripts, Vocal 1
Slides (photographs) 1
Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
Teachers 1
Toano (Va.) 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Video recordings 1
Virginia--Genealogy 1
Volunteer Fire Department (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Biography 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Planning Commission 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Hospital 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Library 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Utilities 1
Women college students 1
Women--Education--Virginia 1
Women--Education--Virginia--History 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States 1
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Yearbooks 1
Zoning ordinances 1
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