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Jack L. Hiller Jamestown Festival Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00315

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

Jack Lewis Hiller's collection of mostly photocopies and carbon copies of documents relating to the 1957 Jamestown Festival. Material includes planning documents, transcripts of speeches and script content for plays and presentations. Also includes Jamestown related brochures and publications on Jamestown and Virginia History.

Jack Hiller received a bachelor's degree in history from the College of William and Mary in 1953. He served as a park ranger in Jamestown, Virginia.

Accessioned as 2013.076.

Dates

  • Creation: 1956-1958

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 publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift via WHRA), acquired in 2013 (Acc. 2013. 076).

Title
Guide to the Jack L. Hiller Jamestown Festival Collection
Author
Special Collections Staff.
Date
2019-09-19
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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