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James City County Oral History Collection
Collection
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...
Dates:
1983-1986; Majority of material found in 1984
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Samuel F. Bright Account Books
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ap4-MsV Ap5
Scope and Contents
Contain oystering accounts; farm accounts for "Porto Bella," York County, Virginia and "New Hope," [?]; cash accounts of Williamsburg, Virginia; list of ages and prices of slaves; records of physician's visits to family and slaves; remedy for colic; and memorandum of a purchase of land from College of William and Mary in October 1847.
Dates:
1826-1861
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center