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Williamsburg Historic Records Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00033

  • Staff Only

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

  • Creation: 1984-2009

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Historical Note:

The Williamsburg Historic Records Association (WHRA) is an organization dedicated to collecting and preserving records of post-colonial Williamsburg, James City County, and York County.

It gives all its material to the Special Collections Research Center of the College of William and Mary's Swem Library. WHRA has gathered thousands of diversified documents, ranging from a single photo to large collections of personal papers and organizational records.

Especially important are 19th and 20th-century letters, diaries, wills, deeds, photographs, books, maps, newspaper clippings, scrap books, pamphlets, medical records, programs of events, church and school records, membership lists of local organizations, phone books and school year books. An annual meeting is held each Spring to discuss acquisitions and to hear a speaker on local history.

Donated ephemera and more generally printed materials are accessible through this WHRA Ephemera Collection. Other records and papers are described in separate catalog records with WHRA as added author. Furthermore, all WHRA records will have at least one subject heading 'Williamsburg (Va.)--History--[century] to facilitate access.

Further information about this group may be found in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki at:

Extent

1.14 Linear Feet

Arrangement of Materials:

Alphabetical by subject and type of material.

Acquisition Information:

Deposit. Additions: 1993.01a Gift by WHRA. 1997.39   Gift by WHRA. 2006.28  Deposit of WHRA via Susan Godson. 2006.47  Deposit by WHRA. 2007.47  Gift of Terry Meyers. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.

Title
Guide to the Williamsburg Historic Records Association Records
Author
Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.
Date
2009-08-04
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The collection description/finding aid is written in English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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