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Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)

 Organization

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

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

Hortense Brigham Mayer Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00886
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Hortense Brigham, later called Dr. "Robin" Mayer and Mrs. Alden Brigham Mayer.  Photograph is undated, but of a young woman in her late teens or twenties.

She was in the Class of 1951 at Smith College.

Dates: undated

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

Pulaski Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00097
Scope and Contents

Records of the Pulaski Club of Williamsburg, a men's social club, named in honor of Count Pulaski of American Revolutionary War fame.  Includes minutes, correspondence, photographs, poetry, stationery and clippings.  Two letters by John D. Rockefeller are included.

Dates: 1877-2014

Robb-Bernard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 65 R54
Scope and Contents Papers, 1800-1901, of and relating to John Hipkins and John Hipkins Bernard (mostly accounts); of and relating to members of the Hipkins, Bernard and Robb families; and relating to the Hipkins-Bernard-Robb home "Rose Hill," Caroline County, Va. (later renamed "Gay Mont") and to Bernard's lands in Alabama, Texas and Arkansas. Includes diaries, correspondence, poems, accounts and account books of women (Elizabeth Hipkins, Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, and Helen Struan Bernard Robb); and legal...
Dates: 1665-2001; Majority of material found in 1850-1950

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

Trevillian Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01225
Scope and Contents

Photographs and documents chiefly relating to the Trevillian family of Williamsburg, Virginia. 11 items.

Includes an invoice for Mrs. Trevillian from B.F. Wolfe with a photograph of his store on the invoice, a photograph of a house at the 1987 location of the KAO house, a group photograph of the Moncure and Trevillian families, gas receipt for Capt. Trevillian, 1911, and invoices and receipts for the Trevillian Family.

WHRA.

Dates: 1896-1978; Majority of material found in 1896-1911

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

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

Elizabeth White Willard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01012
Scope and Contents

2007-08 Correspondence with Mrs. Elizabeth (Emerson) Willard enclosing 1947 program for the Common Glory, enlarged photocopy of a card from the "English Antiques" located in the Blair's Brick House (present day Red Lion) and owned by Margaret G. and Col. Frances Wray of Charlottesville (1951) and photocopy of photographs of Grace Coles, a maid of the White Family and good friend of Elizabeth Willard and the sign of the "Blair's Brick House, English Antiques."

Dates: 1951-2008

William and Mary Students Copy Print

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01240
Scope and Contents

An 8 x 10 photograph of William and Mary students in front of the George Wythe House, May 1875. Names of students are identified on the back of the photograph.

Dates: circa 1985

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

Williamsburg, Virginia Souvenir Photograph Booklet

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01152
Scope and Contents

Souvenir photograph album of Williamsburg and vicinity, early 20th century.

Dates: circa 1906

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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Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 25
Correspondence 17
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 16
Programs 14
Newspapers 12
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Scrapbooks 10
Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.) 9
Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs 9
Financial records 8
Reports 8
Pamphlets 7
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 6
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 6
Printed ephemera 6
Minutes 5
Poems 5
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century 5
Clippings (information artifacts) 4
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation--History 4
Obituaries 4
Photocopies 4
Postcards 4
Business records 3
College of William and Mary--Students 3
Education--Virginia--History--20th century 3
Genealogy 3
Legal documents 3
Letters (correspondence) 3
Notebooks 3
Receipts (financial records) 3
Slides (photographs) 3
Video recordings 3
Virginia--Genealogy 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council 3
Women teachers 3
World War, 1939-1945 3
Account books 2
American Red Cross--History--World War II period 2
Booklets 2
Broadsides 2
Certificates 2
Clubs--Virginia--Williamsburg 2
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 2
Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Diaries 2
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History 2
Invitations 2
James City County (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Jamestown Festival (1957) 2
Maps 2
Membership lists 2
Norge (Va.)--History 2
Oral histories 2
Schools--Virginia--Williamsburg 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--History 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--Library 2
Women--Education--Virginia 2
Women--Education--Virginia--History 2
Women--History--Virginia 2
Women--Societies and clubs 2
Yearbooks 2
Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century 1
Alabama--History--19th century 1
Audiocassettes 1
Bank statements 1
Battleships--United States--History 1
Bibles 1
Books 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
COVID-19 (Disease) 1
Calendars 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
Charter Day 1
Checks (bank checks) 1
Chemical warfare--United States--History--20th century. 1
Chickahominy Bridge 1
Christmas cards 1
Church bulletins 1
Class materials 1
College of William and Mary--Commencement 1
College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff 1
College of William and Mary--Presidents 1
College of William and Mary--Work Study Program 1
College students 1
Coronavirus infections 1
Cumberland County (Va.) 1
Cumberland County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Diplomas 1
Drawings and graphics 1
Drive-in theaters 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Education, Higher--Virginia--History 1
Education--Virginia--Cumberland County--History 1
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