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Collection
Identifier: UA 5.091
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The scrapbook of College of William and Mary student Marion Sargent Lane includes photographs of students, some routine correspondence from William and Mary, news clippings, programs, dance cards, corsages, and related material compiled by the student during her time at the College of William and Mary.
Dates:
circa 1928-1930
Collection
Identifier: MS 00098
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Letters of Lanetta Merriweather, an African American who joined the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps in World War II. From Texas, she was a graduate of Sam Houston College and served as a teacher in civilian life. Her husband, Lee Merriweather also served in the Army during World War II. Most of the letters are between her and her spouse. There are also letters from family members, one in particular detailing a house fire that claimed the lives of all of her cousin's children. ...
Dates:
1937-1945
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 L25
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Papers, 1783-1837, of William Langborn and concerning his estate which was administered by Burwell Bassett. Includes letters, 1793-1805, from William Murdock, agent for Langborn in London, Eng. and typescripts of letters, 1790-1791, from William Langborn to William Short; and abstract from the correspondence of William Short concerning Langborn. Subjects discussed by Murdock include Jay's Treaty; and Langborn's rental houses in London.
Dates:
1783-1837
Collection
Identifier: MS 00094
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Collection of 59 silver print photographs of early images of Langley Air Field in 1918- 1919. At that time the base was called the United States Army School of Aerial Photographic Reconnaissance, founded in 1917. Depicted in the photographs are images of Curtiss JN-4 Jennys both on the ground and in flight, a picture of the school's commanding officer, Captain M.A. McKinney, Jr., and multiple shots of pilots and planes in flight. There is also one photograph of an aerial shot of Hampton/...
Dates:
1918- 1919
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.069
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This collection contains course material and a scrapbook, created in 1980, commemorating the 50th reunion of the William and Mary Class of 1930. The scrapbook contains loose material, including programs and a class directory, and is approximately 12" x 10". The collection also includes a notebook and an annotated textbook used by Lanier in her French classes while a student at William and Mary.
Dates:
1926-1988; Majority of material found in 1975-1988
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 L27
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Papers and artifacts, 1917-1946, of Julius John Lankes, artist, who lived many years of his life in Newport News, Va. Includes biographical data, notes concerning a Lankes exhibition at the College of William and Mary; printed books by Lankes; correspondence and documents concerning the publication of Virginia Woodcuts by Lankes; photocopies of letters concerning a visit to Robert Frost; photocopies of prints from Lankes woodcuts; and woodcut blocks. Additions (Sm Coll Add 12, 1996.42,...
Dates:
1917-1946
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.079
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This collection contains photographic prints, negatives, and slides that were taken on various assignments by Chiles T. A. Larson as a photographic journalist. The photographs include images taken by Larsen while an undergraduate at William & Mary and include images of sports, Greek life, campus scenes, drama and television productions, and the Norfolk Division of William & Mary, today known as Old Dominion University. The Norfolk Division photographs supported an article published...
Dates:
1956-1995; Majority of material found in 1956-1960
Collection
Identifier: SC 00014
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This collection consists of three letters written by Carl Laskey of the U.S. Navy while aboard the USS Pickaway in the Pacific during the Korean War. Two of the letters are addressed to the Harner family in Lancaster, Ohio. The other is addressed to his wife, Anne, in San Diego, California. Laskey wrote about life at sea, as the Pickaway traveled past Japan to bring troops to Korea. The letters are handwritten and are included with their original envelopes. An addition to the collection is...
Dates:
1951
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 L33
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Papers (including correspondence and speeches); 1861-1928; of Francis Rives Lassiter and Charles Trotter Lassiter. Correspondence concerns Virginia Democratic Party, Prohibition, the Good Roads Movement, agriculture, and the presidential campaign of 1928. The collection includes a list of Petersburg, Va. volunteers in the American Civil War; letter copybooks of both men; and papers, 1910, relating to the death of Francis Rives Lassiter. 962 items and 8 volumes. Acc. 2011.613...
Dates:
1861-1928
Collection
Identifier: MS 00305
Collection
Identifier: UA 7.057
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This collection contains administrative records, fliers, photographs, scrapbooks and posters created by the Latin American Student Union (LASU). The LASU is a student group at William & Mary. Included in the records are drafts of the group's consitution, agendas from meetings, and posters and fliers related to the LASU sponsored event "State Terrorism in Latin America Awareness Week" in March 2011.
Dates:
2008-2012
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ngr2
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Notebook, circaa. 1861-1865, of Latin and Greek verse.
Dates:
1861-1865
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nl1
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Manuscript Latin exercise book. English exercises consisting of original aphonisms on schoolmasters, rules of life, extracts from contemporary letters, notices of a few remarkable events, etc. on one page with the Latin translation opposite 1672-1674. 180 pp. Latin exercises done by Richard Wardell. At end of book, the exercises were done by Thomas Bullen in 1721.
Dates:
1672-1684. 1721
Collection
Identifier: SC 01568
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Four page letter addressed to her brother from Evangasimba on the island of Corisco off the coast of Africa. She describes her journey and extended length to sail from Boston to Africa because of the lack of winds and favorable conditions for the vessel. Despite that and a quick, but destructive tornado, the journey across the Atlantic, according to Latta, was a very pleasant one. Upon her arrival in Corisco Latta presented with a few welts or sores on the back of her hand. She thought...
Dates:
1860 November 29
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2015.076
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The bulk of this collection consists of letters to and from Norman E. Lau, who served as an aviation metalsmith for the U.S. Navy during World War II, and his family. The correspondence was written before and after the war, and concern Lau's search for a job in Chicago during the Depression, his training, his time spent overseas during the war stationed in the Philippines, and his life after the war in California. Many of the letters were written to or by his wife, "Kitty." Correspondence...
Dates:
1929-1950
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV D26
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Diary, 1862-1865, of Laura Lee, Winchester, Virginia. (?) entitled "A History of Our Captivity," discussing in detail movements of and occupation by Union forces. The volume also includes lists of persons who died during the Civil War.
The material can also be viewed on microfilm: Laura Lee Diary, Winchester, VA 1862-1865, in Swem Library’s microforms area, 1 reel, call number E605 .L44
Dates:
1862-1865
Collection
Identifier: SC 01693
Dates:
Majority of material found in 2009, undated
Collection
Identifier: MS 00067
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Research notes, drafts, and writings of Laura Polanyi Striker on Captain John Smith. Materials include correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, reviews, books jackets and photographs related to her extensive research. Late in her career, Striker wrote about Captain John Smith's Hungarian travels, including the 1957 introduction and translation of The Life of John Smith, English Soldier, a seventeenth-century text by Henry Wharton; 1953's Captain John Smith's Hungary...
Dates:
undated
Collection
Identifier: MS 00255
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This collection is stored off-site. At least 72 hours advanced notice required for retrieval.
The collection is mainly publications relating to printing and bookbinding. There are a couple of folders containing correspondence about rural school fairs.
Dates:
circa 1907-1992
Collection
Identifier: UA 143
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the 2018 Lavender Graduation Ceremony program and printed remarks from the speakers. May 2018 marked the first inaugural Lavender Ceremony at William & Mary. The collection also includes the 2018 stole presented to graduates.
Future accruals are expected.
Dates:
2018-2019
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 88 L39 and Additions
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Papers of Linda Lavin which document her career as a Broadway and television actress, and also as an advocate of women’s rights and equal opportunity. Newspaper clippings, interviews, news releases, and personal letters record her success as a member of Neil Simon’s Broadway play, “Broadway Bound,” for which she received a Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Helen Hayes Award in 1987 as best leading actress. Newsclippings also record her roles as producer and actress in...
Dates:
1940-1995; Majority of material found in 1940-1995
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Sc 14
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Scrapbook, ca. 1863-1875, of Kattie W. Law, Hillsboro, N. C. which contains newspaper clippings of poetry and prints pasted into Monteith's Comprehensive Geography.
Dates:
circa 1863-1875
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nla13
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Notebook of law notes by an unknown author. First page notes, "Bacons Abridgement." The inside back cover has an index to an unknown item which notes court information for Augusta, Rockingham and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia.
Dates:
circa mid 1800's
Collection
Identifier: SC 00704
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Diary, 1943, kept by Private William J. Lawler while he was stationed in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Niagara Falls, New York, Tenessee, Georgia, and Denver, Colorado during World War II. Most of his entries in the diary are very detailed, and some of the entries were written by his wife, Nancy Selina. The entries record his life as a service member in the United States Army. Topics include Lawler attending basic training, details of his wife's pregnancy, attending flight school, going to...
Dates:
1943
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2006.29, 2009.395
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This collection is composed entirely of scripts from Bill Lawrence. It includes approximately 90 scripts, including one from a 1996 episode of the television series "Spin City," and the rest from the television series "Scrubs" from the period 2001-2008. Many of the scripts are broadcast drafts, but the later ones become mostly shooting drafts. The scripts are ordered by the script number and not necessarily by date broadcast. Many of the scripts are signed by Bill Lawrence.
Dates:
1996-2008; Majority of material found in 2001-2008
