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Dora and Cara Armistead Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2004.24, 2006.54
Scope and Contents Papers from the household of Dora Travis Armistead (1890-1979) and Rowland Cara Armistead, sisters of Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes letters, personal, financial and business papers of Cary Peyton Armistead (1856-1901), father of Dora and Cara, Steward of Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital), and prominent local Episcopal Church and school leader; Eudora Ester Armistead (d. 1940), mother; Cary Champion Armistead (d. 1944), brother, and lawyer for a time in Detroit, Michigan;...
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Armistead Journal and Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00918
Scope and Contents

Broadside, "A Card from the Engineer of The E.L. Asylum" by Galba Vaiden, late engineer of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, about favoritism in firing and hiring employees. Possibly 1890.

Small notebook, belonging to an Armistead Family member, which includes names of a circa 1910 football team following family account information from 1901. Handwriting is different.

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Bishop James Madison Letter to the Speaker of the House of Delegates concerning Eastern State Hospital

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Identifier: SC 00641
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1788 October 31, Bishop James Madison, Williamsburg, to the Speaker of the House of Delegates of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Concerns Bishop Madison request to the General Assembly of Virginia funds to support the Eastern State Hospital for Lunatics. Also included is a lithograph of Bishop James Madison. The letter and lithograph were given by Harry Krauss in honor of professor David L. Holmes.

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Bozarth Brothers Ledger

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame8
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1913-1916, of Bozarth Brothers, merchants, of Williamsburg, Va., including accounts with the College of William and Mary and with Eastern State Hospital.

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Eastern Lunatic Asylum Ledgers

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.244
Scope and Contents 12 Ledgers from the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia recording purchases of food items, kitchen items, tools, clothing and other items for the hospital. Classified Receipts: August 31, 1892 to February 28, 1899. Ledger book listing 3 months of daily receipts on each page, 9 pages of items per quarter ranging from bacon to furniture sets. Consolidated Morning Report Book: March 1, 1876 to May 7, 1877. Daily record of the...
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Eastern State Hospital Records

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Identifier: SC 01415
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of material, chiefly 1862-1868, relating to Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital), Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence, a list of female patients and "coloured" female patients, patient reports, and requisition orders of Dr. Peter Wager, director of the hospital during the Union occupation of Williamsburg. There are also replies, 1956-1957, to inquiries for information about Dr. John de Sequeyera [or Sequeyra], a physician at the hospital from...
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Galt Papers (I)

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Identifier: Mss. 78 G13
Scope and Contents Professional and personal papers; 1745-1892; of the Galt family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Papers primarily concern the Galt family's work at the Eastern State Hospital, including apothecary shop daybooks, account books, medical daybooks, clinical notebooks, weather diaries, commonplace books, reports, medical notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and other. The personal papers consist of diaries, letters, scrapbooks, school notes, financial papers, memoirs, and other material....
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Galt Papers (II)

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Identifier: Mss. 78 G13 (II)
Scope and Contents Papers, 1840-1862, of John M. Galt II concerning his work at the Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes correspondence, reports, clinical notes, medical diaries, financial papers, and printed material. Two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings were added to the collection in 2011 and are in Box 17. The subject matter is mental health with topics such as insanity, murder, suicide and criminal behavior.  Some clippings are about Eastern State Hospital (Virginia...
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Galt Papers (III)

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Identifier: 01/Mss. 78 G73
Scope and Contents The collection covers the dates 1750-1982 and consists chiefly of the personal and business correspondence, financial and legal documents, literary documents, and family history and genealogy notes of the Galt family. The collection also contains clippings, photographs, and personal mementos such as artifacts. Negatives have been added to Galt III, Group XI, Box IV, folder 44. Some material pertaining to William R. Galt is filed in 78 G73 Galt Family Papers III,...
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Henry C. Hoar Memorial Collection

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Identifier: SC 01283
Scope and Contents Manuscripts purchased in memory of Henry C. Hoar, a volunteer in the Manuscripts Department of Swem Library, College of William and Mary from 1966 to 1976. Includes letters, 1861, written to Jane Margaret (Winfree) Brown by Catherine Virginia Winfree concerning the coming of the Civil War and by Virginia A. Brown Winfree concerning the evacuation of Hampton which bears letter of C. V. Winfree concerning the vulnerability of the Peninsula; letters, 1861-1863, from Civil War soldiers such as...
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Certificates 3
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 3
Diaries 3
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Mental illness--United States 3
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Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs 3
African Americans--Medical care--Virginia 2
Laboratory notebooks 2
Ledgers (Accounting) 2
Legal documents 2
Letters (correspondence) 2
Manuscripts (document genre) 2
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Newspapers 2
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Peninsular Campaign, 1862 2
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Women--Education--Virginia 2
Accomack County (Va.)--History 1
African Americans--Medical care--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg--History 1
Armistead family 1
Athletics--Football--Scandal of 1951 1
Big Bethel, Battle of, 1861 1
Broadsides 1
Buildings and Grounds--Sculptures--Statue of Lord Botetourt 1
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 1
Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)--History. 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
Chaplains, Hospital. 1
Church bulletins 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 1
College of William and Mary--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
College of William and Mary--Presidents 1
Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 30th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Richmond Howitzers--History 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 3rd--History 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 4th--History 1
Daybooks 1
Diplomas 1
Drawings and graphics 1
Dueling 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Editorials 1
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 1
Episcopal Church--Virginia--Clergy--20th century 1
Genealogy 1
Hampton (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
James City County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
James City County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Jamestown 350th Anniversary 1
Jamestown Festival (1957) 1
Journals (accounts) 1
Lawyers--Virginia--Correspondence 1
Letter books 1
Lithographs 1
Maps 1
Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Merchants--Virginia--History--20th century 1
Minutes 1
Norfolk (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Pamphlets 1
Pen drawing--19th century. 1
Pharmacists--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Plantation life--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Poems 1
Presidents' spouses--United States 1
Presidents--United States--Election 1
Programs 1
Psychiatric hospitals--Virginia 1
Publications 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Sherwood Forest (Virginia : Estate) 1
Slavery--Virginia--Williamsburg--History--19th century. 1
Speeches 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diaries 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals 1
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861 1
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 142nd (1861-1865) 1
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 40th (1861-1865) 1
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Eastern State Hospital (Va.) 11
Eastern Lunatic Asylum (Va.) 4
Galt family 3
Galt, John Minson, 1819-1862 3
Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 3
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Armistead Family 2
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2
Galt, Alexander D. II, 1827-1863 2
Galt, Elizabeth Judith, 1816-1854 2
Galt, John Minson, 1744-1808 2
Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892 2
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935 2
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 2
Armistead, Cary Champion, d. 1944 1
Armistead, Dora Travis, 1890-1979 1
Armistead, Rowland Cara 1
Blackstone Female Institute (Va.) 1
Board of Supervisors of James City County (Va.) 1
Bowden, Henry M. 1
Camp Peary (Va.) 1
Charles, John S., 1851-1930 1
City Council of Williamsburg (Va.) 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 1
College of William and Mary. 1
College of William and Mary. Dept. of Sociology 1
Dept. of Sociology 1
Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879 1
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- 1
Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert 1
Galt, James, 1741-1800 1
Galt, John Minson, II, 1819-1862 1
Galt, Mary Meares, 1885-1978 1
Galt, Rogers Harrison 1
Galt, Sallie, 1822-1880 1
Graves, William J. (Congressman), 1806-1876 1
Greenleaf, Joseph 1
Hoar, Henry C., 1899-1977 1
Holloway, Laura C. (Laura Carter), b. 1848 1
Jamestown Church 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Lee Family 1
Lee family 1
Lee, Edward Myers 1
Lee, Elizabeth Mallory, 1902- 1
Lee, Peticolas, 1904- 1
Madison, James, 1749-1812 1
McCandlish (Colonel) 1
Minge (Dr.) 1
Molineux, Will 1
Northwestern Literary and Historical Society 1
Poughkeepsie Lyceum (N.Y.) 1
Powell, William Devens 1
Sequeyra, John de, 1712-1795 1
Sheldon, Jacob D. 1
Shields, Howard 1
The Model School (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Tidewater Weekly Review (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Tyler Family 1
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 1
Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 1820-1889 1
Tyler, Mary 1
Tyler, Robert, 1816-1878 1
Tyler, Sue Ruffin, 1889-1953 1
Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Virginia State Senate 1
Waggaman, George 1
Ward, Archibald Floyd, Jr., 1912-2000 1
Watson, Gillet (Dr.) 1
Wheaton (Mr.) 1
Whig Party (U.S.) 1
Wickliffe, C.A 1
Williamsburg Weekly Gazette (Va.) 1
Williamsburg-James City County 1
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