College of William and Mary. Dept. of History

Organization

Staff Only

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Lee Morton Papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss. 90 M84

Scope and Contents Papers, chiefly 1930-1969, of Richard Lee Morton, professor of history at the College of William and Mary from 1919 to 1959. Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds,...

Dates: 1756-2006; Majority of material found in 1930-1969

Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Phi Beta Kappa Records of John Lesslie Hall and Charles Washington Coleman

Collection

Identifier: UA 6.022

Scope and Contents

Primarily Phi Beta Kappa correspondence of Charles Washington Coleman and John Lesslie Hall, both of whom served as Secretary of the Alpha of Virginia chapter. Also includes some meetings of minutes, poems, addresses, and bylaws; a notebook listing "Distinctions awarded in English and in History;" obituaries of Hall; English examinations (questions only)' documents from George Willis Guy about his high school and college course work.

Dates: 1888-1928; Majority of material found in 1888-1928