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Posters featuring works illustrated by George Withers while an artist at the European Theater of Operations in Paris, France during World War II. Includes the first page of a letter home to his wife Virginia, Victory in Europe (V-E) Day in Paris, liberated Paris in the summer of 1945, and the Cirque de Paris. There are also two commercial illustrations by George Withers which include a movie poster and a drawing of Walt Whitman's birthplace on Long Island.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of correspondence, sketches, and other material mostly related to Union General David Allen Russell during the Civil War. Included in the papers are letters from the battlefield, hand-drawn sketches of the battlefield in Yorktown, Virginia and near Petersburg on the Appomattox River, issues of the Baltimore Clipper and the Philadelphia Inquirer  newspapers regarding Fort Monroe and the Battle of...

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This collection contains clippings, drawings, and other material related to the guide book In and Around Williamsburg With Children written by Sarah R. Houghland, as well as clippings and correspondence concerning Houghland's work with the League of Women Voters in organizing the 1976 Presidential Debate between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Oversize photographs.

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Scope and Contents A woman going to the town ovens to make dolmathes; black & white; 11" x 14" Same image as Series 1 Box 1 Folder 6 Item 12 Side 2

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Scope and Contents A woman standing in front of a doorway; black & white; 11" x 14" Same image as Series 1 Box 1 Folder 6 Item 25 Side 1

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Scope and Contents A woman sitting on a bench by the water, with a town in the background; black & white; 11" x 14"; on the back is written "West Coast Spain"

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Scope and Contents A boat harbor and a town; black & white; 11" x 14"

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Scope and Contents Children in Moscow celebrate Lenin's 90th birthday by his tomb in the Kremlin; black & white; 11" x 14" (matted so it is 13.5" x 17")

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Scope and Contents A river running through the mountains, possibly somewhere in the Alps?; black & white; 11" x 13.5" (matted so it is 13.5" x 17")

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Scope and Contents A man carrying baskets walking down the street, possibly in Spain or Italy?; black & white; 10.75" x 13.25" (matted so it is 13.5" x 17")

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Charcoal drawing of a house with people in colonial costume, unknown artist. 1 item.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains papers ranging in date from 1872 to 2002 documenting the Person family. Materials includes account books including those of both Charles Person and William Person, Sr. Other papers and photographsd illustrate family life in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia in the early-to-mid 1900s. Artifacts, including fans, Williamsburg Laundry thermometer and a charcoal drawing of a residence are also included.Box 5 (oversize) includes material from the addition...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains papers ranging in date from 1872 to 2002 documenting the Person family. Materials includes account books including those of both Charles Person and William Person, Sr. Other papers and photographsd illustrate family life in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia in the early-to-mid 1900s. Artifacts, including fans, Williamsburg Laundry thermometer and a charcoal drawing of a residence are also included.Box 5 (oversize) includes material from the addition...

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Scope and Contents Photograph of "Emily getting out of Carriage" in front of the Governor's Palace and beside a tour bus, Peninsula Lines.

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High School graduation photograph in front of Matthew Whaley.

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Photographs of two women together, a cannon in the Wren Yard, and a basketball team of women, holding a ball, "Champions, 1918-1919."

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2 Maps of "Proposed Improvement for the Association of the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities at Jamestown Island," surveyd and drawn by E.T. Myers, Jr. December 1896. Printed by Arthur Scrivenor, Mechanical Engineer.

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Black and white panoramic photograph from the James River entitled "Jamestown shortly after coming into the possession of the APVA." Certificate from the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution to Ellen M. Bagby, Chairperson of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA, June 17, 1959.

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Drafting paper sketch of "Foundation of Church at Jamestown, Virginia" dated June 14, 1901. Includes name "Robert W. Galt."