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Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935

 Person

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Brown Papers (I)

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 65 B83
Scope and Contents Inventory contains the papers of Alexander Brown (1843-1906), farmer, merchant and author who lived in Nelson County, Virginia. Includes correspondence relating to his books, The Genesis of the United States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin, New Views, and other correspondence and business papers of Brown including letters...
Dates: 1815-1910

Henry Denison Cole Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 C67
Scope and Contents Included are minutes of the Wise Light Infantry Co. of Williamsburg, 1881-1882; the College of William and Mary Alumni Association, 1906-1917; papers concerning the College of William and Mary including letters, 1873, from Benjamin S. Ewell; the Williamsburg Free School Trustees, 1870-1907; and the Democratic Committee of Williamsburg. Also accounts of the state school funds, 1894-1911; the city school funds, 1906-1911, 1919-1924; Bruton Parish Church 1897-1938; and of Robert F....
Dates: 1786-1939

College Papers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 14
Scope and Contents

This collection includes a variety of material formats and subjects from throughout the College's history.

Dates: circa 1880s-1990s

Farmer's Account Book, Williamsburg, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Af23 Oversize
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1909-1911, of an unidentified farmer, Williamsburg, Va. Includes accounts with the College of William and Mary and with Lyon G. Tyler.

Dates: 1909-1911

S. Bassett French Papers (I) and (II)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 F88 and Mss. 98 F88
Scope and Contents

Papers and letters of  Samuel Bassett French, a judge who lived in Manchester, Virginia during the mid to late 1800's.

Dates: 1858-1892

Fairfax Harrison Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 65 H25
Scope and Contents Papers, 1736-1945, of and collected by Fairfax Harrison. Papers collected include colonial era documents, deeds, surveys, the diary of Sally Fairfax (1771-1772), legal papers, a copy of the Dettingen Parish (Prince William County, Va.) vestry book which contains minutes, indentures, and other (1745-1802), and photostat copy of the letterbook (1801) of Col. John Tayloe of Mount Airy, Va. Fairfax Harrison's papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his...
Dates: 1736-1945

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

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

Office of the President. Lyon Gardiner Tyler Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 2.07
Scope and Contents Series 1 (Acc. 1980.123): One box containing biographical material; engravings; lectures; addresses; publications; an article about the Gardiner Manor in New York; Tyler's application for the William and Mary presidency; testimonials; a calling card; correspondence, including a letter to Mrs. Alex S. Porter (circa 1917), possibly referring to Bound Volume no. 13.Series 2 (Acc. 1984.019): For preservation reasons, researchers will have to access all materials in this series on...
Dates: 1888-1935

Anonymous Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad161
Scope and Contents Scrapbook probably kept by Lyon G. Tyler. Contains newspaper clippings which concern politics especially the campaign of Fitzhugh Lee for governor of Virginia, the General Assembly of Virginia from December 1887-March 1888 as well as clippings concerning the College of William and Mary. Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings chiefly relating to political affairs in Virginia. Note:  The book contains the following clippings relating to William and Mary College:...
Dates: 1885-1890

Tyler Family Papers, Group A

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 T97 Group A
Scope and Contents Papers, 1716-1944, of the John Tyler family of "Sherwood Forest," Charles City County, Va. The collection contains correspondence, 1818-1862, of John Tyler concerning politics, War of 1812 claims, presidential election of 1840, land purchases in western Virginia, Kentucky and Illinois, "Sherwood Forest," business matters and his family. Some of the children of John Tyler and his first wife, Letitia Christian Tyler, are represented in the collection: Robert Tyler (and wife,...
Dates: 1716-1946

Tyler Family Papers, Group A - H, Additions

 Collection — Box 1: Series id68297
Identifier: 01/Mss. 65 T97 Additions
Scope and Contents

Additions to the Tyler Family Papers that are not shelved with Mss. 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers, Groups A-H are included on the pdf inventories.

Please see the record for 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers.

Many of these additions can logically be incorporated into the Groups A-H, and possibly will be in the future.

Dates: 1821-1976

Tyler Family Papers, Group C

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 T97 Group C
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and accounts of "Tyler's Quarterly", edited by Lyon G. Tyler and Sue Ruffin Tyler.

Dates: 1919-1951

Tyler Family Papers, Group E

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 65 T97 Group E
Scope and Contents

Chiefly writings, ca. 1880-1935, of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, historian. Most concern Virginia history in the colonial period, or defend his father, John Tyler, or defend the southern point of view in the Civil War. Includes an unpublished history of the Virginia Line in the American Revolution. Also includes writings, 1921-1951, of his second wife, Sue Ruffin Tyler, and of other authors.

Dates: 1880-1951; Majority of material found in 1880-1935

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Correspondence 11
Financial records 5
Account books 4
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 4
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 4
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Legal documents 4
Minutes 4
Photographs 4
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 4
Diaries 3
Education--Virginia--History--19th century 3
Manuscripts (document genre) 3
Speeches 3
Virginia--History 3
Virginia--History--19th century 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 3
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 2
Programs 2
Reports 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sherwood Forest (Virginia : Estate) 2
Slavery--Virginia--19th century 2
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 2
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Virginia--Politics and Government--19th century 2
Accomack County (Va.)--History 1
African Americans--Virginia--Suffrage 1
Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century 1
Agriculture--Virginia--History--20th century 1
American diaries--Women authors 1
American periodicals--Virginia--History 1
Athletics--Football--Scandal of 1951 1
Awards and scholarships 1
Biography as a literary form 1
Broadsides 1
Buildings and Grounds 1
Buildings and Grounds--Fires--1859 1
Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)--History. 1
Charter Day 1
Church of England--Virginia--History 1
Class materials 1
Coeducation--United States--History--20th century 1
Coeducation--Virginia 1
College of William and Mary--History--17th century 1
College of William and Mary--History--18th century 1
Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774 1
Course work 1
Curriculum--History 1
Debt, Imprisonment for--Virginia 1
Democratic Party (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Dueling 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Editorials 1
Education, Higher--Virginia--History 1
Education--Virginia--History--20th century 1
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--18th century 1
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--19th century 1
Engravings (Prints) 1
Farms--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Football--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Genealogy 1
Handbooks 1
History of the College--Reconstruction efforts after the war 1
Horses--Virginia 1
Indians of North America--Virginia 1
Invitations 1
Jamestown (Va.)--History 1
Letter books 1
Letters (correspondence) 1
Lynchburg 1
Lynchburg (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Medicine--Prescriptions--19th century 1
Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Merchants--Virginia--Lynchburg 1
Nelson County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Newspapers 1
Notebooks 1
Parishes--Virginia 1
Patronage, Political--United States--History 1
Petitions 1
Photography, Stereoscopic 1
Photostats 1
Plantation life--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Plantations--Virginia--Nelson County 1
Plays (document genre) 1
Presidents' spouses--United States 1
Presidents--United States--Election 1
Prince William County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Private Libraries 1
Publications 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Richmond (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Schools--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Slavery--Virginia--18th century 1
Slavery--Virginia--History 1
Slides (photographs) 1
Stereographs 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States--History--Prohibition 1
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