Box 4
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Box 4
File — Box: 4
Identifier: id280386
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
1868-2007; Majority of material found in 1939-2000
Sam Robinson, 1947-1965, undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: id280388
Scope and Contents
Sam Robinson was an African-American man who served as sexton of Jamestown Church and a guide at Jamestown from the mid-1930s until his death in 1965. He became famous for his story "The Morther-in-Lae Tree," which he recited for Queen Elizabeth of England during her 1957 visit to Jamestown. This folder includes newspaper clippings relating to Robinson, a print copy of "The Mother-in-Law Tree," and correspondence from Robinson. It also includes a 1950 issue of Reader's Digest, which has a...
Dates:
1947-1965, undated
Jamestown causeway filling, 1949
File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: id280390
Scope and Contents
Includes material relating to the replacement of the bridge to Jamestown Island with a causeway dredged from the James River, connecting the island to the mainland. Includes a 1949 article discussing controversy over the proposed filling, and an editorial in response by Rodney Taylor, opposing the filling.
Dates:
1949
"Virginia Cavalcade," 2002 Spring
File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id280392
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
1868-2007; Majority of material found in 1939-2000
Map of Richmond, undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Identifier: id280394
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
undated
Genealogy, 1993, undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Identifier: id280396
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
1993, undated
"Ice Formation on Aircraft," undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Identifier: id280398
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
1868-2007; Majority of material found in 1939-2000
Postcards, 1946, undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Identifier: id280400
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
1946, undated
Postcard album, undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Identifier: id280402
Scope and Contents
Bound album containing mounted postcards. Also contains four loose postcards found inside the album.
Dates:
undated
Photographs, 1928-1959
File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Identifier: id280404
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
1928-1959
Photographs, 1992-2003
File — Box: 4, Folder: 10
Identifier: id280406
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
1992-2003
Photographs, undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 11
Identifier: id280408
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
undated
Framed photograph, 1926
File — Box: 4, Folder: 12
Identifier: id280410
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
1926
Photo negatives, 1937-1957
File — Box: 4, Folder: 13
Identifier: id280412
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Consists of correspondence, printed matter, monographs, ephemera, photographs, and photo negatives relating to Virginia history, with an emphasis on Jamestown. There is also material related to the Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia, and material relating to Taylor's involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Includes materials related to Lady Astor, Queen Elizabeth's 1957 visit to Jamestown, and...
Dates:
1937-1957