Jane Ayers Davis Collection
Scope and Contents
Obituaries and the story of Williamsburg residents Edwin A. Gilley and Comer C. Jackson who died when their car fell through the open draw on the Chickahominy Bridge, undated, obituary of murdered Harry Burleson of James City County in 1922, photograph of woman in a canoe with a note that it might be Virginia Waltrip, Notebook of handwritten stories by Ellsworth Ayers, dated 1909. There are also photographs of students from the Five Forks School.
Dates
- Creation: 1909-1932
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1909, 1920, 1922, 1932 and undated
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.
Biographical Information:
Extent
0.02 Linear Feet
Arrangement of Materials:
Loose.
Acquisition Information:
Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
Subject
- Boy Scouts of America (Organization)
- Burleson, Harry (Person)
- Gilley, Edwin A (Person)
- Jackson, Comer Clarke (Person)
- Waltrip, Virginia (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Title
- Guide to the Jane Ayers Davis Collection
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.
- Date
- 2009-07-24
- 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