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Richard Woods Letters to Sally Samson Woods

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS 00223
Content Description Collection contains 57 handwritten letters from Richard Dale Woods to his girlfriend and later wife Sally Rose Collins Samson Woods from 1964-1967. During this time, Woods served as a Boiler Technician Petty Officer Second Class in the United States Navy on board the USS Holder (DD-819), a Gearing Class Destroyer, and the USS Magoffin (APA-199). Woods used his middle name, Dale, as his signature. The letters primarily concern Dale’s desire to reunite with Sally and her young son, Rod (from...
Dates: 1964-1967
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Bettie Ann Woodson West Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ap41
Scope and Contents

Carbon typescript of a journal, 1802-1803, kept by Bettie Ann Woodson West, wife of Claiborne West, Planters Town, Buckingham County, Va.

Dates: 1802-1803
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Woodson C. Moody Certificates

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Identifier: UA 5.278
Scope and Contents Collection includes three certificates issued to Woodson C. Moody, while a student at William & Mary. He attended 1836-1838, 1846-1847.The earliest certificate is dated July 4, 1837 and acknowledges Moody's success "to the studies of Belles Lettres, Logic and Moral Philosophy." It is signed by faculty members Thomas Dew, Dabney Browne, Robert Saunders, Beverley Tucker, and John Millington. It features the Temple seal.The second certificate is dated July 4, 1838...
Dates: 1837 July 4, 1838 July 4, 1847 July 4
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Gilbert M. Woodward Poem

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00716
Scope and Contents

Poem, circa 1864, written by Gilbert M. Woodward. The poem is a humorous look at the role of the printer in the Civil War, and begins "Hail and Thrice Hail Ye Craftsman, / Knights of the Stick and the Rule, / Who through the fiery storm of war / With purpose high and courage cool / the fearful brunt of battle bore..." Throughout the poem, Woodward references the battles in which his unit, the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteers, participated. A transcription of the poem is also included.

Dates: circa 1864
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Woolfolk Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 W88
Scope and Contents Papers of the Woolfolk family of Caroline County, Virginia including correspondence and accounts of John George Woolfolk, Jourdan Woolfolk, Pichegru Woolfolk and John William Woolfolk. The collection includes correspondence, accounts and vouchers for the stage line run by the Woolfolk family (Allen &  Woolfolk; Jourdan Woolfolk & Company; and Woolfolk &  Hoomes). Includes records of routes, rates, supplies, arrangements for layover of passengers and mail contracts of the Potomac...
Dates: 1775-1893
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

John William Woolfolk Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad225
Scope and Contents

Contains notes on physiology and Biblical history and includes accounts, 1853-1861.

Dates: 1853-1861
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01690
Scope and Contents Assorted but unrelated materials from before, during and immediately after World War I, including a photograph of a young man in military uniform, labeled "Richard Flack"; an envelope addressed to Carlotta Howard; an invoice for stamps bought at the United States Military Academy; and a "Food Conservation Notes" newspaper.There is also a two-page typed letter sent from John J. Miland, Company "E" 13th Infantry, Manila, Philippines to Captain Charles N. Murphy. Captain Murphy was...
Dates: 1913-1923
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War I Field Artillery Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01017
Scope and Contents Field Book, October-November 1918, kept in France. Records artillery unit activities as well as airplane activity with both the Allies and Germany. Page headings include "Enemy Activity, Infantry," Enemy Activity, Artillery, " "Aeronautics, Airplanes," "Aeronautics, Balloons," "Movement, Visibility," "Works, " "Miscellaneous" and "General Impression of the Day." Includes a photograph of a young woman and a photograph of a baby with unclear note, "Leora. September 15, 1898"...
Dates: 1918
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War I Glass Slides

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Identifier: MS 00285
Scope and Contents Collection of 21 glass slides depicting various scenes from the First World War in France. Images include fox holes, fortification, soldiers in and around camp, and snow scenes. Some of the slides are numbered and some detail in French location and date descriptions. The individual slides are described below. 1. Alsace Panorama 2. Winter scene 3. La Chillette trench scene 4. Winter trench scene 5. Verdun with horses 6. Trench scene 7. Barricade at Coincy 8. walkway 9. Soldiers eating...
Dates: 1915-1917
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War I Postcard

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Identifier: SC 00378
Scope and Contents

One postcard depicting an American soldier towing a pretzel, a beer stein, sausages, and a dachshund. The caption says "I'll bring you back some souvenirs." The postcard was not sent but does bear the name "Harry Lydie" in pencil on the reverse.

Dates: 1917-1918
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War I Postcards and Newspaper Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01405
Content Description 10 postcards and eight newspaper clippings relating to World War I. The postcard images include uniformed men carrying artillery over a pontoon bridge, Battalion Drill at Camp Warden McLean in Chickamauga Park, Chattanooga, TN, Night Time at the U.S. General Hospital No. 12, formerly Kenilworth Inn, in Asheville, NC, The Salvation Army making doughbuts under bombardment of German guns along the front lines in France, an image of an unidentified US battleship, a war carnage scene from the...
Dates: 1917-1919
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War I Posters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.338
Scope and Contents Ten posters from the World War I era for the Red Cross and Victory Loans. Please note, posters are fragile and will require careful handling.Red Cross (8 posters): "Is There a Red Cross Service Flag in your Home? A heart and a dollar are all you need, join the Red Cross" Printed by the Wells Fargo and Co. and Seiter and Kappes Litho Co., NY; "Ten Million new members by Christmas. Join the Red Cross and On Christmas Eve, a Candle in Every Window, a Service Flag for Every Home;"...
Dates: 1917-1922
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War I Recruitment Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00263
Scope and Contents

World War I advertisement for various jobs within the United States Army.  Distinguishes white from colored job options.  Advertisement states, "Red Blooded Americans Within the Draft Age Step Forward"  Broadside is from Charlston, WV, recruitment contact, Captain Breckenridge Jones.

Dates: 1918
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War I Red Cross Hospital Train Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00040
Scope and Contents

This album contains eleven silver gelatin prints of the train's interior plus one RPPC depicting a machine gun unit. The images of the hospital train interiors include unidentified soldiers and medical staff.

Dates: 1918
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War I Scrapbook

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.309
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook pages from the unbound scrapbook of an unidentified member of the 78th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, on duty in France from the time of his departure from New York on May 19, 1918 to his return and discharge on May 29, 1919.

Dates: 1918-1919
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War II African American Soldiers photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00360
Content Description

This collection contains photographs taken by an unidentified African American soldier during World War II. The collection features photographs of soldiers training in the United States and deployed overseas in France and Belgium. Photographs including women and children are also featured in the collection.

Dates: 1945-1946
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War II Photo Album

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.034
Scope and Contents Photo album of a U.S. American soldier documenting his WWII tour of duty in Japan, circa 1945-1946. Includes photos of Okinawa, Nagasaki, Naha, Ominato, Tokyo, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Matsuyama, Kure, Hiroshima, and Kyota. While some photos are more of a sightseeing nature, many depict American service men and army camps, Japanese prisoners of war, and destroyed cities, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. All pages and and most photos have brief...
Dates: 1945-1946
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War II Stereograms, Postcards, and Artifacts

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00891
Scope and Contents

Stereograph cards, some printed by the Keystone View Company, of scenes from World War II, including a hospital scene, burned wreck of a Zeppelin, grave of Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, pontoon bridge inspection, bugle call, french flower lady decorating a soldier and clothing issue at Ft. Lee, Virginia.

A blue ribbon with name plate "Lutz" and silk baglike item with "Hankies" and "U.S. Army, Fort Lewis, Wash." printed on it have been transferred to the artifact collection.

Dates: circa 1942-1945
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World War Through the Stereoscope

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.178
Scope and Contents 100 photographic prints on stereo cards (stereographs, b&w ; 9 x 18 cm. in case 19 x 19 cm) from the Keystone View Company's Stereographic Library Series (Rare Book Call No. D522 .W67). The slides were produced in 1923, but the photographs were taken from 1914-1921.The stereoscopic views depict World War I scenes with lengthy captions (on back of cards). Included are images of battlefields and trenches, armaments, cavalry, buildings, hospitals and cemeteries, dirigibles,...
Dates: circa 1914-1923
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

World's Fairs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2004.046, Mss. Acc. 2012.240
Scope and Contents

Mss. Acc. 2004.046 consists of a scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings from the Chicago World's Fair in 1933.

Mss. Acc. 2012.240 contains the 1933 and 1934 Chicago World's Fair guidebooks, which provide maps and detailed information about the various exhibitions at the fair. The Theme of the fair was "A Century of Progress."

Dates: 1933-1934
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Asa Worthington Letter to Ebenezer Foote

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Identifier: SC 00599
Scope and Contents

Letter from A[sa] Worthington, Rariton, to Ebenezer Foot[e], Crumpond {?} about not being responsible for the cattle on the east side of the North River; his hope to tour Colchester [Connecticut] and wish to visit him and Mr. Kellogg; expresses need for them to travel eastward together; mentions the possibility of sleighing.  January 3, 1779.  Includes typescript.

Dates: 1779 January 3
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

C. L. Worthington Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 W89
Scope and Contents The collection also contains miscellaneous manuscripts and account books. Included in this material are: land grants, 1761 and 1766, for land in Fairfax and Frederick counties, Va.; eighty-five survey maps of Frederick, Fauquier, and Loudoun counties, Va. and Berkeley and Hampshire counties, W. Va.; road petitions, 1743-1828, for Frederick County; affidavits for Revolutionary War service; correspondence, 1923-1930, of the Improved Order of Redmen, Great Council of Virginia; letters written...
Dates: 1752-1938
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Worthington Smith Lodge Masonic Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Afr1
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1876-1906, containing dues of members of Worthington Smith Lodge of Masons, No. 46, Mt. Solon, Augusta County, Va.

Dates: 1875-1906
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Wranglers' Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 7.032
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a minute book of the Wranglers' Club. It includes reports of meetings as well as a list of members.

Dates: 1931-1934
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Wren Building Damascene Etching

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Identifier: UA 8.008
Scope and Contents

Scene of the Christopher Wren Building at the College of William & Mary etched on pure silver with 24 karat gold electroplate, and burnished in copper and bronze. The damascene was part of a limited edition produced by Reed & Barton, numbered 35 and registered and issued to Archie Roy Stubbs, Class of 1931.

Dates: circa 1930
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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