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Items related to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

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Material directly relating to the Lee Family.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Mss. Acc. 1993.06-01, Series 1 - 4: Papers and photographs of the Edward Myers Lee Family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Lee graduated from the College of William and Mary, as did many of his children.  An album has photos of a May Pole in front of the Williamsburg Court House on Duke of Gloucester St. The papers include material for some of his children, particulary Elizabeth Mallory Lee (Mrs. John Walston Henderson), Peticolas Lee (Mrs. Robert Edward Lee), Mary King Lee, and Edward M. Lee. ...

Scope and Contents August 5, 1932 issue of the Virginia Gazette about the restoration of Williamsburg. Reprint of the Vogue September 15, 1935 articles, “Williamsburg Restored” by Grace Hegger Lewis. April 1936 issue of The Richmond News Leader on Garden Week in Virginia. April 3, 1940 booklet, “Remarks of the Retiring Chairman Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. at the meeting of The Rockefeller Foundation” published by the Rockefeller Foundation. Signature of George P. Coleman on top. Other newspaper clippings and...

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Pamphlets and newspaper articles about Colonial Williamsburg, booklet “Some Williamsburg Memories, Consisting of Articles Solicited from the Writers and Printed for the Williamsburg before 1936 Reunion,” correspondence with Bill Kelly and Dr. Janet C. Kimbrough, copy of early map of Williamsburg and a typescript of “Williamsburg in 1861 by Mrs. Victoria Lee with Peticolas Lee.

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Hostess material from Colonial Williamsburg, including the Restoration News from 1940 to 1942, letters, poems, memos, cards, hostess coat of arms and photographs. Individual and group photographs of Elizabeth Mallory Lee Henderson and possibly Peticolas Lee as hostesses.

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Photographs of Colonial Williamsburg Employees at the beach and on a picnic in Virginia and Maine. Though unidentified, employees include Mildred Layne, Elizabeth Lee Henderson and Sing Moorehead.

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Calendars, programs, The Quill literary magazine, Senate Bill No. 4 (undated), paper on interpreting landmarks and historic sites and Williamsburg Community Council Directory for 1959. 18 items.

Scope and Contents Lee and Kirby family genealogy notes and correspondence, certificates, wedding invitation, marriage certificate and Marriage Service Book of Elizabeth Lee to John Henderson in 1926, Marriage Service Book of Peticolas Lee to Robert Edward Lee, data sheet on Mary King Lee, news clippings from Williamsburg area papers, “The Lees of Virginia” published by The Society of the Lees of Virginia in 1967, letter from Pat Gibson about selling property and letter from Thomas Barlow to Miss Todie dated...

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Unidentified and identified photographs of Lee Family members in and around Williamsburg. 13 items.

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Unidentified and identified photographs of Lee Family members. Some are tintype. 17 items

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Handwritten poems by Victoria Lee in two small notebooks. Most poems concern the Civil War.

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Notebook of newspaper clippings of poems and handwritten poetry and short stories.

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Latin exercises written in a Poll Book.

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Scrapbook of Peticolas Lee of Williamsburg, Virginia. Scrapbook was made from a partially used ledger belonging to an unknown person. Scrapbook contains poems from newspapers, clippings of pictures from different sources.

Scope and Contents Inscription on inside front cover, “Victoria L. Lee’s Scrapbook from her beloved Husband. 1870.” Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, loose pages from newspapers, and pencil drawings. Dates range from 1858 to 1931 though many items are undated. Some loose clippings and printed material at the end of the book are dated 1923, 1930 and 1931. The spine of the scrapbook says “Register of the Eastern State Lunatic Asylum 1858-1859. Notes from the register are shown for some patients, but most...

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Material directly relating to the Lee Family.

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Material directly relating to the Lee Family.

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Photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia Before and During Restoration. Most photographs are 8 x 10 and appear to be blow-ups of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation photographs. 24 items.

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Unidentified and identified photographs of Lee Family members and friends in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes some negatives. 63 items.

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Red Flag (window flag) with white center containing two blue stars, one hand sewn and the other dyed. 16.5” x 11” and palm shaped fan with advertisement for Peninsula Bank and Trust in Williamsburg, Va. stamped on it. These two items have been removed and placed in the artifact collection.

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letter from Thomas Barlow to Miss Todie dated March 21, 1862