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Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)

 Organization

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

S. F. (Bill) Royall, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.351
Scope and Contents

The papers of S.F. Bill Royall, Jr. contain a variety of personal material and ephemera, much of it related to Williamsburg, Virginia. The collection includes samples of printing from Bill Royall's press relating to Williamsburg organizations and events such as tags, calendars, posters, programs, stickers, flyers, bulletins and other items.

Dates: 1883-1979

Glenna G. Shiflett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00695
Scope and Contents

Glenna Shiflett's papers concerning the Twentieth-Century Gallery (This Century Gallery) of Williamsburg, her teaching career in public schools and tax and other documents for property on Richmond Road in Williamsburg, Virginia owned by her and her husband, Thomas Shiflett.

Dates: 1961-1993

William Harrison Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1994.14
Scope and Contents

Papers of the donor's stepfather, William Harrison Smith, superintendent and postmaster at the island of Jamestown, Virginia.  Mostly business correspondence with Ellen Bagby of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (A.P.V.A.) with reports, Elbert Cox of the National Park Service and Ellen Harvie Smith of the A.P.V.A.  Includes monthly general reports, financial reports, salary lists, tax forms, soil report certificates, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1934-1966

Stryker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1989.37A
Scope and Contents

Material about and by Mayor Henry Stryker and Colonial Williamsburg hostess Fannie Stryker including reminiscences of Mrs. Stryker, photographic album on Mayor Stryker's retirement, scrapbook, 1957, of Jamestown Festival and visit of Queen Elizabeth. Mss. Acc. 1989.37a

Dates: 1916-1977

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

Minor Wine Thomas, Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01011
Scope and Contents Papers of Minor Wine Thomas, Sr. Includes letters, 1952, concerning land that had belonged to Lorenzo F. Nesselrodt and Josephine Nesselrodt, rental agreement with R.B. Gilliam and sale of York County, Virginia farm to Ware Loves. 1920 agreement between Richard Houge of James City County, Virginia and L.F. Nesselrodt of Shenandoah County, Virginia for a 5,970 pound shoatee. 1926 Deed of Release between the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore and Lorenzo F. and...
Dates: 1920-1952

Mary Elizabeth McGinnis White Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00662
Scope and Contents Papers, 1938-1994, of Mary Elizabeth Maginnes White. Includes Colonial Williamsburg picture ID; bronze medal, 1983 for Summit of Industrialized Nations, 1983 letter thanking her for her efforts in making the Summit successful; photograph, ca 1944, of Mathew Whaley students, photographs, 1994 of 50th reunion of Mathew Whaley students; newspaper clipping, 1994, concerning reunion; invitation and graduation photograph, 1994; program 1994 junior-senior banquet; issue June 5,1944, of the Powder...
Dates: 1938-1994

Williamsburg Area Historical Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 1993.41 and Acc. 2005.45
Scope and Contents

Records of the Williamsburg Area Historical Society and six monographs on Williamsburg, Virginia related topics.

Dates: 1983-1993

Williamsburg Historic Records Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00033
Scope and Contents

Organizational records of the Williamsburg Historic Records Association (W.H.R.A.).  Includes accession record of donations, newspaper articles, press releases, brochures, photographs, resolutions, correspondence, notices of annual meetings, minutes, WHRA constitution and some material on the formation of WHRA. There is also a resolution honoring Janet Coleman Kimbrough.

Dates: 1984-2009

Williamsburg Reunion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 1.01
Scope and Contents

The collection includes programs, booklets, and various material from the Williamsburg Reunion. The Williamsburg Reunion is a series of activities designed to celebrate the common heritage and shared memories of everyone who lived in the Williamsburg area 40 or more years ago.

Dates: 1968-2010

Woman's Club of Williamsburg records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00378
Scope and Contents

The collection contains scrapbooks, yearbooks, photographs, minutes and correspondence showing the activities, projects, causes and meetings of the Woman's Club of Williamsburg.  The Woman's Club was founded to mostly help local schools.

Dates: 1915-2014

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Correspondence 30
Photographs 20
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 19
Reports 9
Financial records 8
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Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.) 8
Newspapers 8
Pamphlets 7
Scrapbooks 7
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 7
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 6
Letters (correspondence) 6
Minutes 6
Programs 6
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century 6
Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs 6
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 5
Legal documents 5
Business records 4
Certificates 4
Schools--Virginia--Williamsburg 4
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council 4
Williamsburg (Va.)--History 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
Account books 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 3
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation--History 3
Membership lists 3
Notebooks 3
Poems 3
Printed ephemera 3
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 3
Women teachers 3
American Red Cross--History--World War II period 2
Broadsides 2
College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff 2
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 2
Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Diaries 2
Genealogy 2
James City County (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Obituaries 2
Postcards 2
Receipts (financial records) 2
Resolutions (administrative records) 2
Schools--Virginia--James City County 2
Speeches, addresses, etc. 2
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Planning Commission 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--Library 2
Women--History--Virginia 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
Yearbooks 2
Yorktown (Va.) 2
Agendas (administrative records) 1
Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century 1
Alabama--History--19th century 1
Bank statements 1
Battleships--United States--History 1
Bibliographies 1
Booklets 1
Books 1
Building Permits--Virginia 1
Buildings and Grounds 1
Canada--Description and travel 1
Caroline County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Caroline County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Chandler Court (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Charities--Virginia 1
Checks (bank checks) 1
Chemical warfare--United States--History--20th century. 1
Christmas cards 1
Clubs--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
College of William and Mary--Commencement 1
College of William and Mary--Presidents 1
College of William and Mary--Students 1
Cumberland County (Va.) 1
Cumberland County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Deeds--Virginia--James City County 1
Diplomas 1
Dissertation 1
Drawings and graphics 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Education--Virginia--Cumberland County--History 1
Education--Virginia--History--20th century 1
Essays 1
Europe--Description and travel 1
Faculty housing 1
Farm management--Virginia--History--20th century 1
Farms--Virginia--York County 1
Fliers (printed matter) 1
Germany--History--Allied occupation, 1945- 1
Identity cards 1
Invitations 1
James City County (Va.)--Genealogy 1
James City County (Va.)--History 1
James City County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
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