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Collection
Identifier: UA 5.314
Content Description
This collection consists of materials created and collected by Vivian Jones-Schmidt (Class of 1972) during her time at William & Mary. Materials include: color photographic slides; textiles, including a Freshman duc cap, a cloth "zodiac bag," a white t-shirt with black lettering reading "Mary & William," and a white buttoned shirt painted to advertise the Backdrop Club musical "Sellout;" newspaper clippings; choir diagrams and ephemera; and student activism ephemera including a black...
Dates:
1968-1972
Collection
Identifier: UA 6.103
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection contains subject files, correspondence, reports, and committee files created and collected by William and Mary Physics Professor Hans Von Baeyer while he was Director of the Virginia Associated Research Campus (VARC) from 1979-1984. Included in this material are: correspondence and reports of Board of Visitors Meetings; reports of the William and Mary Self-Study committee in 1983; and correspondence with various William and Mary offices and departments. The papers...
Dates:
1979-1984
Collection
Identifier: UA 354
Scope and Contents
This collection is housed off-site. A minimum of 72 hours advanced notice is required for retrieval.
This collection contains both print photographs and negatives from the Williamsburg, Virginia photography studio Von Dubell Studio. The photographs cover a variety of subjects, including William & Mary students and sororities, local churches and people, and car collisions for insurance purposes.
Dates:
1950-1979
Collection
Identifier: SC 00842
Scope and Contents
The following information was provided by the seller:"Contains information pertaining to the 'Ward 3' voting district of the city of Portland, Maine. Volume contains about 133 pages of handwritten entries giving the name, address and occupation of hundreds of Portland's registered voters. Names are listed alphabetically and are organized by lettered tabs." "Several occupations relate to Portland's coastal environment [lobster dealer, sea captain, naval architect,...
Dates:
circa 1880-1899
Collection
Identifier: UA 384
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two William & Mary Pocket Guides to Free Speech and 56 posters of varying sizes from VOX’s (Voices for Planned Parenthood) counter protest to an anti-abortion demonstration held on William & Mary’s campus on April 17-18, 2019. Poster slogans include “Your Choice Matters,” “My body, my choice,” “We respect bodily autonomy” “Shame and fear have no place here,” “Please go away,” and “We choose love,” among others. Some posters say “The genocide of my...
Dates:
17-18 April 2019
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.36
Scope and Contents
Letters from Valentino Vozza to his girlfriend, then wife, Lee Perley, while he served in the Navy during World War II. He was part of the Ninth fleet while in California, and the Third fleet, on the ship U.S.S. Mundo, and stationed in San Diego, California, San Francisco, California, Bremerton, Washington and the Pacific Front in and near Guam, Pearl Harbor and Japan. His wife was in or near Los Angeles, California and Ocean Park, California. Valentino Vozza moved up...
Dates:
1942-1945
Collection
Identifier: SC 00078
Scope and Contents
Five letters written by Wilbur A. Goodpasture to his wife during World War II. Goodpasture was a combat soldier in the United States Army, 3rd Armored Division. The letters were written in England, shortly before the invasion at Normandy and from Germany. Two of the letters were written post Victory over Europe Day. Goodpasture received the Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and earned five campaign medals. When the United States Army initiated the point system to rotate soldiers back to the...
Dates:
1944- 1945
Collection
Identifier: SC 00271
Content Description
6 page letter addressed to "Mother" from Adams Run, South Carolina. Winn was a Corporal in Company "D" of the South Carolina 3rd Infantry Battalion. He writes extensively about his disdain for the North and the belief that permanent separation is the only possible outcome. ..."better far to be crushed than live in disgrace our separation from the North is distinct, unalterable, complete. We are henceforth a distinct race and no interest can again unite us..." Winn goes on to describe news...
Dates:
1862-06-04
Collection
Identifier: SC 00412
Scope and Contents
The certificate declares W.G. Byrd, Co. E, 31st Regiment, unfit for field service and recommends he be reassigned as a nurse in the hospital. The form originates from General Hospital, Staunton, Va.
Dates:
1863 November 17
Collection
Identifier: SC 00051
Scope and Contents
Letter written by Army Private W. K. Jaye to a Mrs. Price on Mar. 26, 1951 while Jaye was serving during the Korean War. The letter explains that he was shot in the arm and hospitalized. The letter also describes another occasion when a mortar shell landed 10 feet from him, killing two other soldiers and wounding more. The second page of the letter is a pencil sketch of a solider walking while a bullet whizzes in front of his face, going through his right arm. It is captioned, "It had my...
Dates:
1951 March 26
Collection
Identifier: SC 01252
Scope and Contents
Letter from W. M. M.[?], Washington, D.C., to President Lincoln about Rev. Dr. Jenkins seeking a post as chaplain in one of the army hospitals and about Dr. Jenkins' decision to leave behind all his property and dependents rather than remain under the "Rebel Flag." August 11, [1863]. Includes correspondence about the purchase of the letter.
Dates:
1862 August 11
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.177
Scope and Contents
The collection contains three photographs: the 1902 William & Mary football team (with players identified), Wade MacDonald and W.N. Shackleford in football uniforms (1902), and MacDonald's senior portrait (1905).
Dates:
1902, 1905
Collection
Identifier: SC 01847
Content Description
Land lease agreement between Nicholas Bourne and William Wake, Reverend Father, for 7 acres of land in Kent County, England, at 30 shillings per year for 21 years. Examined and received by Rowland Jones and signed by William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury. Handwritten on vellum. 14" x 20". William Wake was Chancellor of College of William & Mary at a later date.
Dates:
20 March 1718/1719
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad199-208
Scope and Contents
Account books, 1857-1863, of Benjamin F. Walker, miller, of Augusta County, Va.
Dates:
1857-1863
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2011.411
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Diaries of Benjamin Franklin Walker of Bristol County, Massachusetts from 1870 - 1873 and 1875 - 1904. Includes Walker's income from all sources, including farm and shop labor, household work, as well as his expenses, such as food, clothing, musical instruments, concert tickets, and home furnishings. There are also daily entries, which include information about the weather, personal contact with a wide range of aquaintances, work done on the property, social events attended, music lessons...
Dates:
1870-1904
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV D23
Scope and Contents
Diary of F. N. Walker, Captain in the 3rd South Carolina Volunteers, in which he discusses what he is reading, news he hears of battles, and marching from Manassas, Virginia, (including a visit to the battlefield of First Bull Run) to the vicinity of Yorktown and Williamsburg, Virginia (mentioning the statue of Lord Botetourt, College of William and Mary, and Eastern State Hospital).
Dates:
1862 January 21-June 8
Collection
Identifier: SC 00589
Scope and Contents
Military pass for Mr. Keenan signed by J. Andy Wallace, Lieutenant and Provost Marshall, Clarksville, Tennessee. Jun 30, 1863.
Dates:
1863 June 30
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Aa11
Scope and Contents
Account book, 1803-1833, of Benjamin Waller, Spotsylvania County, Va., which includes the account of his estate administered by Benjamin Waller, Jr; the account of the estate of William E. Waller with Benjamin Waller and Richmond L. Waller, executors; genealogical data on the Waller family; and farm memoranda.
Dates:
1803-1833
Collection
Identifier: SC 01156
Scope and Contents
Photograph of a destroyed miniature of Benjamin Waller of Williamsburg. Undated. Note with accession describes original miniature as "now destroyed" which was "6 3/4" x 4 3/4" mounted on a 11 x 7 3/4" white board within a gilt-line border, 1 to 1 1/2" from outer edges of board."
Dates:
undated
Collection
Identifier: MS 00375
Content Description
The Waller family papers contains original documents including correspondence, deeds, land indentures, receipts, photographs and other papers related to the genealogical research of the Waller family by Anne Waller Reddy (1890-1971). Materials include those belonging to or documenting Governor Littleton John Waller Tazewell as well as Benjamin and John Waller. The 18th century papers concern a lawsuit between Benjamin and John Waller over land in King William County. There are...
Dates:
1750-1965
Collection
Identifier: SC 00690
Scope and Contents
Service record book, 1943-1946, of John J. Waller, a member of the United States Army from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Includes a list of his duty stations, ranks that he held, his citations and decorations, places he visited, and his discharge date. There are also photographs of Waller from various points in his service.
Dates:
1943-1946
Collection
Identifier: SC 01290
Scope and Contents
Land Grant to John Waller, Junior for 400 acres in Hanover County, Virginia. Signed by William Gooch. August 9, 1735.
Dates:
1735 August 9
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad224
Scope and Contents
Contains Latin notes (Tacitus), scattered diary entries (concerning weather, farming and court business), drafts of deeds and agreements, drafts of speeches by Waller while running for commonwealth's attorney of Spotsylvania County and accounts, concerning corn and the rebuilding of Waller's Church. Includes a folder of loose Waller family items which concern the War of 1812, the Baptist Church and the Readjuster Party.
Inventory of loose items available in library.
Dates:
1873-1882
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad209-223
Scope and Contents
Diaries, 1858-1872, of Dr. Robert Page Waller of Williamsburg, Va. Although Waller was a medical doctor, these diaries do not relate to the practice of medicine. During the period from October 1862 to July 1865, Waller lived in Lynchburg, Va. The diaries concern farming, his ill-health, family, the Civil War and Reconstruction. Note: The diaries were numbered by Waller and some volumes are not present. Msv Ad209 Vol. 1: August 16, 1858 to October 7, 1858...
Dates:
1858-1872
Collection
Identifier: SC 00709
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1866-1891, of Kate M. Walsh, a teacher from Cambridge, New York. Walsh primarily teaches at the Caldwell Institute in Danville, Kentucky and in a suburb of Chicago. Entries include information about her job as a teacher, her interaction with other teachers and school officials, and with her students. There is also information about her Methodist faith, teaching Bible classes, her attendance at religious services, and her relationship with her sisters and other family members. She also...
Dates:
1866-1891
