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Earl Gregg Swem Genealogy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 82 Swem4, 2000.049
Scope and Contents

Papers collected by Earl Gregg Swem concerning the genealogies of his family and the family of his wife Lilia Hansbrough Swem. Families on which there is data include Swem (Swaim), Luce, Gregg, Wright, Farish and Smith. Includes written histories, documents, genealogical charts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Addition 2000.49 is described on PDF inventory.

Dates: 1719-1982

Theodor R. and Helen V. Swem Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.165
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of personal papers, genealogy material and family photographs, gathered by Theodor R. and Helen V. Swem. Included are original documents, notes on the Swem, Gregg and Wright families, correspondence among family members regarding genealogy, articles, books, publications and diaries by or about the families, photographs of family members, including one of Dr. Earl Gregg Swem, Sr., Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., and Earl Gregg Swem, III, and material on Earl Gregg Swem's...
Dates: 1856-1996; Majority of material found in 1950-1970

William Booth Taliaferro Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 T15
Scope and Contents Papers, 1811-1954, of William Booth Taliaferro and his family of Gloucester County, Va. Taliaferro's papers consist of diaries, letterbook (while at Harpers Ferry), correspondence, speeches, memoirs and accounts. The collection also includes papers of his wife, Sally Nivison Lyons Taliaferro (including diaries), his ancestors, siblings and descendants, as well as photographs, genealogical notes and artifacts of the Taliaferro family.There are papers of other people who are not...
Dates: 1811-1954

Tyler Family Papers, Group F

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 T97 Group F
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of letters, historical sketches, wills, genealogical charts and coats of arms of Virginia families. The majority of these papers are genealogical inquiries made to Lyon Gardiner Tyler. Very few of Tyler's responses are included but the inquiries contain information.

One reel of microfilm for the Register Index for Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co.,1671-1761, is available in the Swem Library Microforms Collection.

Dates: 1880-1935

Upshur Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 66 Up8
Scope and Contents Papers, 1622-1936, of the Upshur family of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Chiefly the genealogical correspondence and notes of Thomas Teackle Upshur (d. 1910) who was interested in the local history of Northampton and Accomack counties, Va. and in the genealogies of Eastern Shore families. Includes three manuscript volumes (indexed) called "Genealogies of the Kingdom of Accomack." The family papers of the Upshur family includes correspondence, 1786-1910, unpublished writings, accounts, and...
Dates: 1662-1936

John D. Weaver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 77 W37
Scope and Contents

Collection contains genealogy of the Poulton Family, published stories, articles, book reviews, books, correspondence with family and friends and news clippings by and relating to John D. Weaver, author, novelist, biographer and West Coast editor of  "Travel and Leisure Magazine".

Dates: 1906-1997

William and Mary Quarterly Records

 Collection
Identifier: 00/02/01/07/UA 64
Scope and Contents Acc. 1988.001 consists of two boxes of correspondence arranged alphabetically.  The correspondence is primarily about business aspects of publishing the Quarterly, but also includes genealogical information, editorial comments, some article manuscripts, a list of advertisers (1910-1913), and some fliers. Acc. 1988.113 consists of one box of correspondence between Earl G. Swem and various  printers, authors, and others about the William and Mary Quarterly (2d Series)....
Dates: 1893-1944

William Cabell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00484
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, mainly concerning Cabell's efforts to buy books for Brown and to do research for him. Includes a letter, 1894, from Margaret R. King containing genealogical information on the Rives family.

Dates: 1885-1890, 1894; Majority of material found in 1885-1890

William Henry DeBell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 D35
Scope and Contents Papers of William Henry DeBell, teacher in Staunton, Va. and Fairfax County, Va.; and deputy superintendent of schools in San Francisco, Calif., 1914-1931. Includes congratulatory letters and testimonials upon his retirement in 1931. Also includes correspondence, 1928-1930, of Mrs. William H. DeBell [Lucy Brockenborough Daingerfield DeBell] concerning the Colonial Dames of America; genealogical material on the Daingerfield family; and a newpaper clipping concerning the diary of John...
Dates: 1821-1931

Wissler-Mayer Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.223
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1830s-1950s, of the Wissler, Mayer, and Erb families of Grottoes and Columbia Furnace, Virginia, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Included are photographs, an autograph album, a manuscript cookbook, receipts, two ledgers, a Bible and hymn book, a Wissler family record for the descendants of William Franklin Wissler and Elizabeth Mayer (m. 1890), and correspondence.

For a more detailed description see finding aid link below.

Dates: 1835-1952

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Correspondence 57
Genealogy 46
Virginia--Genealogy 26
Photographs 22
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Financial records 18
Diaries 12
Manuscripts (document genre) 9
Receipts (financial records) 9
Notebooks 8
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 7
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Pamphlets 6
Account books 5
Genealogical tables 5
Poems 5
Publications 5
Scrapbooks 5
Slavery--Virginia--19th century 5
Certificates 4
Clippings (information artifacts) 4
Gloucester County (Va.)--History 4
Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century 4
Letters (correspondence) 4
Photocopies 4
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 4
United States--Slavery 4
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 4
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century 4
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 4
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs 4
Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century 3
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 3
College of William and Mary--Students 3
Episcopal Church--Virginia--Clergy--20th century 3
Newsletters 3
Photostats 3
Reports 3
Research notes 3
Richmond (Va.)--History--19th century 3
Speeches 3
Typescripts 3
Virginia--History--19th century 3
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 3
Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century 3
Accomack County (Va.)--History 2
Baptist Church--Virginia--History 2
Bible records 2
Books 2
Buckingham County (Va.)--History 2
Cabinet photographs 2
Carte de visite photographs 2
Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774 2
Cotton trade--Southern States--History--19th century 2
Deeds 2
Eastern Shore (Va.)--History 2
Episcopal Church--Virginia--Clergy--19th century 2
Genealogies 2
Gloucester County (Va.)--Genealogy. 2
Indians of North America 2
Maps 2
Northampton County (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Postcards 2
Printed ephemera 2
Programs 2
Recipes 2
Sermons 2
Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century 2
Surveys (documents) 2
Transcripts 2
Virginia--History 2
Virginia--Maps 2
Virginia--Politics and Government 2
Virginia--Religious history 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
World War, 1939-1945--European Front 2
African Americans--Genealogy 1
African Americans--Medical care--Virginia 1
Agendas (administrative records) 1
Agriculture--History--19th century 1
Agriculture--Virginia--19th century 1
Alabama--History 1
Alabama--History--19th century 1
Albemarle County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Almanacs 1
American Red Cross--History--World War II period 1
American diaries--Women authors 1
Appointments (military records) 1
Apprenticeship programs--Virginia 1
Architecture, Domestic--Virginia 1
Athletics--Football--Scandal of 1951 1
Augusta County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Authors, American--19th century 1
Authors, American--20th century 1
Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence 1
Autograph albums 1
Baptists--United States--Clergy 1
Barbour County (W. Va.)--History, Military--19th century. 1
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French 2
German 2
Dutch; Flemish 1
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Undetermined 1
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College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 7
Smith family 3
Taliaferro family 3
Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 3
Adams family 2
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Booth family 2
Brown, Alexander, 1843-1906 2
College of William and Mary. Swem Library 2
Curtis family 2
Daingerfield family 2
Fitzhugh family 2
Galt family 2
Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892 2
Garland family 2
Gregg family 2
Luce family 2
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture 2
Sinclair family 2
Stubbs family 2
Swem family 2
Taliaferro family. 2
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935 2
Wright family 2
Adams, Linda Friend, 1943-2008 1
Adams, Richard 1
Adams, Richard, 1760-1817 1
Adams, Richard, d. 1800 1
Allison White and Company 1
American Chemical Society 1
American Red Cross 1
Anderson Seminary 1
Army Nurse Corp 1
Baird family 1
Ball family 1
Ballard family 1
Ballard, James William, 1875-1920 1
Barron family 1
Bathurst family 1
Battaile family 1
Baytop family 1
Beale family 1
Belvin, Edward 1
Bernard Family 1
Bevill family 1
Blair family 1
Bland family 1
Bland, Ethel Heckman, 1902-1978 1
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776 1
Boyd family 1
Braithwaite family 1
Braithwaite, Adelia Bucktrout 1
Brodnax family 1
Broome family 1
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Bucktrout family 1
Campbell family 1
Campbell, Charles, 1807-1876 1
Carmalt family 1
Carrington family 1
Carter, Mary B. 1
Centenary Church 1
Cheever, John 1
Cloyd family 1
Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908 1
College of William and Mary. 1
College of William and Mary. Dept. of History 1
College of William and Mary. Office of the President 1
College of William and Mary. Phoenix Literary Society 1
Cooke family 1
Crabbe, Estie Stith, 1887-1982 1
Cringan family 1
Crozer Theological Seminary 1
Cryer, William 1
Dade family 1
Darby family 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
DeBell, Lucy Brockenborough Daingerfield 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Democratic Party (Va.) 1
Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770 1
Dornin family 1
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809 1
Duval family 1
Eastern Publishing Co 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.) 1
Erb family 1
Ewell family 1
Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894 1
Ewell, Elizabeth S., 1814- 1
Exchange Bank of Virginia 1
Farish family 1
Farmer's Register 1
Fauntleroy family 1
Forrest Family 1
Foster, Adam 1
Galbraith family 1
Gallaher, Juliet Hite, 1916-1952 1
Galt, Alexander D. II, 1827-1863 1
Galt, Elizabeth Judith, 1816-1854 1
Galt, Howard Spilman, 1872-1948 1
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