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Baird Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B16
Scope and Contents Collection includes papers, 1656-1848, concerning Essex County, Va. including land records and wills, many of which relate to the Rowzee family. Many of the records date from the seventeenth century. The collection also includes correspondence, 1830-1920, of members of the Baird family including letters, 1859-1911, of Edward R. Baird while attending the University of Virginia, serving in Pickett's Division and as superintendent of schools in Essex County. There are...
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Charles Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 B84
Scope and Contents Letters, accounts, and legal papers of Dr. Charles Brown. Collection includes letters, 1813-1818, concerning patients (including slaves). Includes land signed by Henry Lee and John Tyler, items relating to "Actonplace" [Acton] English estate of William Jennings and plats of land in Albemarle County, Virginia; as well as letters of members of the Brown family. Charles Brown Papers 1792-1888, Albemarle County Virginia is available on microfilm in Swem Library’s...
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Cabell Family Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 65 C12
Scope and Contents Accounts, surveys and correspondence, chiefly 1743-1823, of members of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Amherst counties, Virginia.Includes accounts and land transactions, 1733-1754, of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774) as well as letters written to him concerning medical treatment.Also includes accounts, surveys of Amherst County and correspondence with commission merchants of William Cabell (1730-1798); and surveyor's license and surveys of William Cabell (b....
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School of Education Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 25
Scope and Contents

This collection contains subject files, publications, reports, and other material related to the School of Education at the College of William and Mary. The collection includes correspondence from the Dean's Office, photographs of special events, committee reports, and records of the Historic Triangle Substance Abuse Coalition (HTSAC).

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McGavock Papers

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Identifier: 01/Mss. 39.1 M17
Scope and Contents Papers (including correspondence, legal documents, and accounts) of James McGavock (1728-1812), his son James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an...
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Laura Parrish Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.036
Scope and Contents

This collection contains completed questionnaires sent to women who attended William and Mary between 1918 and 1945, keypunch cards recording the data, computer printouts, and a code book. This data was gathered by Laura Parrish for her thesis "When Mary Entered with her Brother William: Women Students at the College of William and Mary, 1918-1945" (M. A. Thesis, College of William and Mary, 1988).

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Robert Preston Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 39.1 P92
Scope and Contents Papers of Robert Preston, surveyor of Washington County, Virginia, dated 1780-1864. Mostly unprocessed and the vast majority of items has not been described yet.Includes letters, from relatives in Ireland; financial and legal documents; surveys; plats; and memorandum books. Includes certificate, 22 December 1779, issued by the College of William and Mary appointing Robert Preston surveyor of Washington County, signed by Thomas Jefferson.  Some surveys for...
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Surveying Collection

 File
Identifier: UA 246
Scope and Contents Survey accounts prepared by individual surveyors for Virginia Counties. Collection also includes licenses, bonds and correspondence. Most of the reports include the name of the purchaser, the amount of acreage surveyed, the fee charged, and the date. Many of the names have been transcribed in the descriptions, but often the writing is illegible and names are misspelled. The Royal Charter established the College of William and Mary, and Article XVI appointed the...
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Virginia Cities Collection

 Collection
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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Virginia Counties Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.4 V82co
Scope and Contents

Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.

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Correspondence 8
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College of William and Mary--History--18th century 3
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Surveying--Virginia--History 3
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 3
Albemarle County (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Catalogs 2
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 2
College of William and Mary--Students 2
Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774 2
Deeds 2
Invoices 2
Minutes 2
Montgomery County (Va.)--History--18th century 2
Petitions 2
Programs 2
Real property--Virginia 2
Slavery--Virginia--19th century 2
Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century 2
Virginia--Governors 2
Washington County (Va.)--History--18th century 2
Washington County (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Accomack County (Va.)--History 1
Accounts 1
Acton (Eng. : Estate) 1
Advertising cards 1
African American physicians 1
African Americans--Medical care--Virginia 1
African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Agriculture--Virginia--19th century 1
Agriculture--Virginia--History 1
Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century 1
Albemarle County (Va.) 1
Albemarle County (Va.)--History 1
Alexandria (Va.)--History 1
Amelia County (Va.)--History 1
Amherst County (Va.) 1
Amherst County (Va.)--History 1
Announcements 1
Anti-slavery movements 1
Augusta County (Va.)--History 1
Augusta County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Bedford County (Va.)--History 1
Bedford County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History 1
Bible records 1
Blue Ridge Springs (Va.) 1
Booklets 1
Botetourt County (Va.)--History 1
Botetourt County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Broadsides 1
Brunswick County (Va.)--History 1
Buckingham County (Va.)--History 1
Campbell County (Va.)--History 1
Caroline County (Va.)--History 1
Charles City County (Va.)--History 1
Charlotte County (Va.)--History 1
Charlottesville (Va.)--History 1
Cherokee Indians 1
Chesterfield County (Va.)--History 1
Church records and registers--Virginia 1
Cigars--History 1
Circulars (fliers) 1
Clarke County (Va.)--History 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Coeducation--United States--History--20th century 1
Coeducation--Virginia 1
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 1
College of William and Mary--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
College theater--United States 1
Community theater 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Pickett's Division 1
Criss Cross House (New Kent County, Va.) 1
Culpeper County (Va.)--History 1
Cumberland County (Va.)--History 1
Curriculum--Education 1
Danville (Va.)--History 1
Daybooks 1
Deeds--Virginia 1
Dinwiddie County (Va.)--History 1
Dunmore County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Education, Higher 1
Education, Higher--Virginia--History 1
Education--Virginia--Essex County--History 1
Education--Virginia--History 1
Education--Virginia--History--20th century 1
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--19th century 1
Elizabeth City County (Va.)--History 1
Episcopal Church--Virginia--History 1
Essex County (Va.)--History--17th century 1
Essex County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Essex County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Fairfax County (Va.)--History 1
Fauquier County (Va.)--History 1
Fayette County (W. Va.)--History 1
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 2
Baird family 1
Barron family 1
Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.) 1
Boyd family 1
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Brown family 1
Brown, Charles 1
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Cabell family 1
Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856 1
Cabell, William, 1730-1798 1
Cabell, William, Dr., 1700-1774 1
Cabell, William, b. 1759 1
Cloyd family 1
College of William and Mary 1
College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 1
College of William and Mary. 1
College of William and Mary. School of Education 1
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 1
Crawford, William S., b. 1815 1
Crawford, William S., d. 1815 1
Crump family 1
Dunlop family 1
Fry, Joshua, 1700 (ca.)-1754 1
Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.) 1
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 1
Hunter family 1
Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887 1
Jennings, William, d. 1798 1
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 1
Marshall, John, 1755-1835 1
McGavock family 1
McGavock, James, 1728-1812 1
McGavock, James, 1764-1838 1
McGavock, James, 1804-1839 1
McGavock, John Williamson, b. 1843 1
McGavock, Stephen, 1807-1880 1
Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon 1
Nicholas, Philip Norborne, 1773-1849 1
Parrish, Laura Frances 1
Preston Family 1
Preston, Robert, circa 1750-1831 1
Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.) 1
Rowzee family 1
School of Education 1
The Virginia Comedians 1
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 1
Tyler, John, Jr., 1819-1896 1
United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th 1
University of Virginia 1
Virginia. General Court 1
Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.) 1
Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va) 1
Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va) 1
Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va) 1
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