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Daily Press Williamsburg Related Articles

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1999.30
Scope and Contents

Newspaper articles about Williamsburg residents and institutions, businesses and events.  Includes clippings, obituaries, notes and speeches relating to prominent residents and major events and important places in Williamsburg, James City County and York County, Virginia. The material was collected by the Newport News Daily Press newspaper.

Dates: circa 1950-1990s
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

B. Floyd Flickinger Papers

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2012.341
Scope and Contents Papers of B. Floyd Flickinger, Superintendent of the Colonial National Historic Park.  Letters, memos, reports, speeches, documents, photographs, and other material related to the creation and operation of the Colonial National Historic Park in Yorktown, Virginia.  Material on archaeology at Jamestown and the expansion of the National Park Service.  Personal papers which include Flickinger's position at the Technical Training Service at the Quartermaster School during World War II, his...
Dates: 1927-1950
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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....
Dates: 1745-1892
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Vernon Geddy, Jr. Speech on Williamsburg Restoration

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Identifier: SC 00613
Scope and Contents

Typed copy of a speech on Williamsburg and the Restoration given to the Bruton Parish Men's Club during August, 1988.

WHRA.

Dates: 1988 August
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Guy Family Papers

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1985.42
Scope and Contents Papers of the William George and Gladys Bennett Guy family of Williamsburg, Virginia with additions from Joan Eastman Bennett.  Includes correspondence, invitations, minutes, clippings, oral histories, notebooks, reports, photographs, written memories, essays and printed materials. Papers include items about water and gas, Williamsburg Landing, American Red Cross, Williamsburg United Service Organization, Williamsburg Female Academy, College of William and Mary and zoning regulations. ...
Dates: 1900-1988
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Channing M. Hall III Williamsburg, Virginia Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 1999.19a and Additions
Scope and Contents

The collection includes personal as well as offical papers of Channing M. Hall III of Williamsburg. Hall was a member of the Williamsburg City Council and most of the collection concerns the government of the Williamsburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1996-2004
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Independence Day Oration

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00972
Scope and Contents

A manuscript speech addressed to "Friends and Fellow Citizens of Williamsburgh" on 4th of July, 1825.

Not clear if city of Williamsburg, Virginia or another city.

Dates: 1825 July 4
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Cotesworth P. Lewis Papers

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1997.26
Scope and Contents Papers of the Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va. More than one-half of the collection consists of letters written to Lewis relating to a sermon he gave 12 November 1967 with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the congregation. Lewis questioned United States policy in Vietnam. Most of the letters in the collection are favorable to Lewis' sermon. The rest of the collection consists of other sermons, 1938, 1947-1995 (1200 sermons), eulogies given by Lewis;...
Dates: 1938-1995
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Richard Lee Morton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 90 M84
Scope and Contents Papers, chiefly 1930-1969, of Richard Lee Morton, professor of history at the College of William and Mary from 1919 to 1959. Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds,...
Dates: 1756-2006; Majority of material found in 1930-1969
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

J. Randolph Ruffin Papers

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1998.58
Scope and Contents

Papers of J. Randolph Ruffin. Newspaper clippings, brochures, drafts of speeches, correspondence about Virginia history, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and tours directed by J. Randolph Ruffin, Director of Special Events for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Accessions 1998.58 and 1999.22 WHRA.

Dates: 1956-1993
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Williamsburg (Va.) Area Ephemera Collection

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Identifier: 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...
Dates: 1858-2015
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Dudley Woodbridge Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 89 W85
Scope and Contents

Speeches and newspaper clippings relating to the career of Dudley Warner Woodbridge, who was professor, 1927-1966, and Dean of the Law school at the College of William and Mary. Also includes photographs and letters written to him on the occasion of his retirement.

Dates: 1897-1969
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

George Wythe Collection

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Identifier: Mss. 39.2 W99
Scope and Contents Copies of letters, 1781-1783, from George Wythe, Williamsburg, Va. , one to John Adams and another to Thomas Jefferson concerning the use of the College of William and Mary as a hospital. Also includes a magazine article about Wythe; newspaper copy of William Munford's oration at Wythe's funeral; correspondence, 1921, of Robert M. Hughes concerning a monument for Wythe's grave; a form book of Peter Tinsley, clerk of the High Court of Chancery which gives "Forms of Injunctions," Forms of...
Dates: 1779-1927
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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Correspondence 9
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 9
Speeches 8
Photographs 5
Speeches, addresses, etc. 5
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Reports 4
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 3
James City County (Va.)--History--20th century 3
Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century 3
Minutes 3
Newspapers 3
Pamphlets 3
Programs 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--History 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century 3
Yorktown (Va.)--History--20th century 3
Broadsides 2
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
College of William and Mary--Presidents 2
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation--History 2
Diaries 2
Financial records 2
Fliers (printed matter) 2
Invitations 2
Jamestown Festival (1957) 2
Legal documents 2
Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Notebooks 2
Publications 2
Scrapbooks 2
United States--Lawyers 2
Universities and Colleges--Virginia--Faculty 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--Colonial Period--History 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--Library 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 2
Williamsburg (Va.). 300th Anniversary Commission 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
York County (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Account books 1
Agricultural exhibitions--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century 1
Agriculture--Virginia--History--19th century 1
American Red Cross--History--World War II period 1
Announcements 1
Athletics--Football--Scandal of 1951 1
Baptist Church--Virginia--History 1
Bumper Stickers 1
Calendars 1
Certificates 1
Charles City County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Class materials 1
Clubs--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
College of William and Mary--Commencement 1
College of William and Mary--History--18th century 1
Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774 1
Continential Congress 1
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Daybooks 1
Declaration of Independence 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History 1
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Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--19th century 1
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 1
Episcopal Church--Virginia--Clergy--20th century 1
Episcopal Church--Virginia--History 1
Essays 1
Europe--Description and travel 1
Football--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Fourth of July celebrations--Virginia--Williamsburg. 1
Fourth of July. 1
Genealogy 1
Greeting cards 1
House of Burgesses 1
Isle of Wight County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
James City County (Va.)--Biography 1
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Laboratory notebooks 1
Land use--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Lecture notes 1
Letter books 1
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Maps 1
Membership lists 1
Memorandums 1
Mentally ill--Care 1
Menus 1
Methodist Church--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Microfilms 1
Norge (Va.)--History 1
Obituaries 1
Occasion for the Arts 1
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Postcards 1
Postcards--Virginia 1
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Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 4
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 3
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 3
Marshall-Wythe School of Law 2
Williamsburg Community Council (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
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Adams, John, 1735-1826 1
American Association of University Women 1
American Red Cross 1
Bennett, Henry Eastman, 1873-1941 1
Busch Gardens (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 1
College of William and Mary. 1
College of William and Mary. Dept. of History 1
College of William and Mary. School of Education 1
Colonial National Historical Park (Va.) 1
Daily Press 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Democratic Party (Va.) 1
Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770 1
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.) 1
Educational and Civic Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Flickinger, B. Floyd, 1905-1992 1
Galt family 1
Galt, Alexander D. II, 1827-1863 1
Galt, Elizabeth Judith, 1816-1854 1
Galt, John Minson, 1744-1808 1
Galt, John Minson, 1819-1862 1
Galt, Rogers Harrison 1
Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892 1
Geddy, Vernon M., Jr 1
Graves, Thomas Ashley, Jr 1
Guy family 1
Guy family. 1
Guy, Gladys Elizabeth Bennett 1
Guy, William George 1
Hall, Channing Moore, III 1
Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Lewis, Cotesworth P. 1
Mathews, Mary 1
Middle Plantation Agricultural Society (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Miller, Shirley Fout 1
Miss Williamsburg Pageant (Va.) 1
Molineux, Will 1
Morton family 1
Morton, Estelle 1
Morton, Richard Lee, 1889-1974 1
Mt. Ararat Baptist Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Nott, Edward (Governor) 1
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture 1
Peninsula News (Toano, Va.) 1
Peninsula Transit Corporation 1
Pulaski Club (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Ruffin, J. Randolph 1
Special Collections Research Center 1
The Palace (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
The Virginia Comedians 1
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935 1
US Army Quartermaster School 1
Unitarian Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
United Service Organizations (U.S.) 1
United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association. Chapter #609 (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
United States. National Park Service 1
Verkuil, Paul R 1
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board 1
Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission 1
Virginia Shakespeare Festival 1
Virginia. High Court of Chancery 1
Walsingham Academy (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Williamsburg Baptist Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.) 1
Williamsburg Female Institute (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Williamsburg Garden Club (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Williamsburg High School (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Williamsburg Press, Inc 1
Williamsburg Theater (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Woman's Club of Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Woodbridge, Dudley Warner, 1896-1969 1
Wythe, George, 1726-1806 1
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