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Black Education in Williamsburg-James City County, 1619-1984

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Identifier: SC 00395
Scope and Contents A report sponsored by the Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, "Black Education in Williamsburg-James City County, 1619-1984" by Philip D. Morgan, 1985.  1 item.  76 pp.
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

College Papers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 14
Scope and Contents This collection includes a variety of material formats and subjects from throughout the College's history.
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

James City County Oral History Collection

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Identifier: MS 00241
Scope and Contents The James City County Oral History Collection holds two copies of transcripts and one corresponding cassette tapes of the Oral History Project directed by Robinette Fitzsimmon of the James City County Historical Commission. The collections includes interviews of residents of James City County, the City of Williamsburg, and York County, Virginia.  Topics range from education to farming to Eastern State Hospital.  Time periods covered begin with family memories from the Revolutionary War to the...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Jones Family Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 69 J71
Scope and Contents Papers, 1826-1916, of the Jones family of "Land's End," Gloucester County, Virginia, and related families of Curtis, Taliaferro, Page and Harrison. Includes correspondence, genealogical notes, obituaries, legal files, real estate material, notes concerning Land's End, Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County), Yorktown, and the homes of the Cringan family and the Mackenzie family, ; and Bible records of the Jones and Fauntleroy families. The first two accessions, which compose the bulk...
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Margaret Newbold Thorpe's "Life in Virginia by a Yankee Teacher" and "Life in North Carolina"

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Identifier: SC 01457
Scope and Contents Photostatic copy of "Life in Virginia by a Yankee Teacher", an account by a missionary school teacher, Margaret Newbold Thorpe, who taught black students at Fort Magruder and in Williamsburg, Virginia from 1866-1867. Photostatic copy of "Life in North Carolina," September 1869-1870, an account written by Margaret Newbold Thorpe Stokes about Warrenton, North Carolina. The accounts were apparently written in 1881 and 1907.The photostatic copies were likely made in 1951, when gifted to...
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Robert Morris Diary

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Identifier: SC 01210
Scope and Contents Diary of a schoolteacher and farmer who lived in James City County, Virginia as well as in Williamsburg and in Warwick County, Virginia. He rented the President's House at the College of William and Mary. Includes comments on church meetings, schools, local people and weather. Also includes lists of students attending his schools in Williamsburg and Warwick County.
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Virginia Cities Collection

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Identifier: Mss. 39.4 V82ci
Scope and Contents Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Williamsburg (Va.) Area Ephemera Collection

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Identifier: 01/Mss. 1.09
Scope and Contents This collection covers the Greater Williamsburg Area, including Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown, James City County, York County and other nearby communities. It includes gifts and purchases whose contents are ephemeral in nature and not well-suited as stand-alone collections.  The items are usually transient documents of everyday life and can include menus, flyers, advertisements, and programs but can also be postcards, games, ticket stubs, and the like. The majority of materials...
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Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
The Virginia Comedians 2
Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.) 2
Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.) 1
Busch Gardens (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
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Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908 1
College of William and Mary 1
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 1
Cringan family 1
Crump family 1
Curtis family 1
Dunlop family 1
Educational and Civic Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Fauntleroy family 1
Foster, Adam 1
Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.) 1
Harrison family 1
Hicks family 1
James City County Historical Commission 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Jones family 1
Jones, Mary Fauntleroy 1
Jones, Mary Throckmorton 1
Jones, Richard P. 1
Jones, Warner Throckmorton 1
Langborn, William 1
Mackenzie family 1
Mathews, Mary 1
Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon 1
Middle Plantation Agricultural Society (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Miller, Shirley Fout 1
Miss Williamsburg Pageant (Va.) 1
Morton, Richard Lee, 1889-1974 1
Mt. Ararat Baptist Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Page family 1
Peninsula News (Toano, Va.) 1
Peninsula Transit Corporation 1
Pulaski Club (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.) 1
Sheldon family 1
Sinclair family 1
Special Collections Research Center 1
Swem, E. G. (Earl Gregg), 1870-1965 1
Taliaferro family 1
Taliaferro family. 1
The Palace (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827 1
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935 1
Unitarian Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association. Chapter #609 (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th 1
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands 1
Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission 1
Virginia Shakespeare Festival 1
Williamsburg Baptist Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
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Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va) 1
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Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va) 1
Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va) 1
Williamsburg Press, Inc 1
Williamsburg Theater (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
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