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Box 1

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains scrapbooks, reports, and publications from The Rev. James Blair Chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century. The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks, which date from 1981-2011, containing photographs and other material for events and meetings of the chapter. Also included are conference programs, newletters and publications from the state and national chapters of the Colonial Dames XVII, and histories of both The Rev. James Blair Chapter and...

Box 2

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains scrapbooks, reports, and publications from The Rev. James Blair Chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century. The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks, which date from 1981-2011, containing photographs and other material for events and meetings of the chapter. Also included are conference programs, newletters and publications from the state and national chapters of the Colonial Dames XVII, and histories of both The Rev. James Blair Chapter and...

Scrapbooks, Brochures, 1962-2011

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains scrapbooks, reports, and publications from The Rev. James Blair Chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century. The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks, which date from 1981-2011, containing photographs and other material for events and meetings of the chapter. Also included are conference programs, newletters and publications from the state and national chapters of the Colonial Dames XVII, and histories of both The Rev. James Blair Chapter and...

Scrapbooks, 1981-2011

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains scrapbooks, reports, and publications from The Rev. James Blair Chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century. The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks, which date from 1981-2011, containing photographs and other material for events and meetings of the chapter. Also included are conference programs, newletters and publications from the state and national chapters of the Colonial Dames XVII, and histories of both The Rev. James Blair Chapter and...

Lewis Cohen Signed Profile Study for Sculpture of James Blair, 2006 May 5, 1992

 File
Content Description From the Collection: A 17 x 11 inch signed print of a profile study done by Lewis Cohen for a sculpture of James Blair. The statue was commissioned by William & Mary for the 300th anniversary of the university. The original sketch was drawn in 1992. This particular print was given as a gift by the Muscarelle Museum of Art to its Patron members, Board of Directors, and major donors during a Thank-You Event on May 5, 2006. The event took place in connection with the exhibition "Lewis Cohen: Five...

Statue of James Blair, 1993

 Item
Identifier: id3142
Scope and Contents

One statue, bronze body with stone frame. 1 ft. x 1.5 ft. Located in Art S4.  UA 1996.001

Excerpts from primary sources, 1941

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id9971
Scope and Contents

Transcriptions or excerpts quoting from official records, private correspondence (neither to nor from Blair), and contemporary published works that mention Blair.

Dedication of the James Blair Statue, Blair Hall Plaza, 1993 October 21

 File — Box: Series 16, Box 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: id211945
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Acc. 2005.009 contains speeches and articles from Timothy Sullivan's term, as well as speeches from individuals other than Sullivan, arranged chronologically.

Correspondence

 File — Container: Small Collections Box 125, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Letter from Colin Clarke to Hugh Blair Grigsby about Grigsby's book preparation, 1858 August 20. Transcription included. Acceptance letter from Thomas Cuthrell, secretary of the Washington Institute in Norfolk, Virginia to Hugh Blair Grigsby, regarding a visit. 1854 June 21.Preamble and Resolution adopted by the Board of Visitors and Governor's of the College of William and Mary for Hugh Blair Grigsby. 1881 July 8.Resolution for "Hugh Blair Grigsby...

Surname Bie-Bl

 File — Cabinet: 1, Drawer 4
Scope and Contents Bieri, Rudolf H., WM 1972/Bill, James A., WM 1987/2005Billups, Henry "Doc," WM 1888-1953Billups, Joel A., WM 1845/46Billups, Joseph, WM 1777Binns, Charles, WM circa 1758Binns, Dorothy W., WM 1955/57Binns, Preston E., WM 1874/75Bircher, Elizabeth Ellen, WM 1978/82Birckhead, Kendall P., WM 1904/09Birckhead, Thomas G., WM 1930s [?]Bird, George G., WM 1842/44...

The Church Review, and Ecclesiastical Register 8, January 1856

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: id9960
Scope and Contents

The Church Review, and Ecclesiastical Register 8 (New Haven, Conn.: January 1856). Photostat of page 613, discussing James Blair's death as noted in the vestry minutes of 1743.

Papers

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Scope and Contents Grant for 400 acres of land in Goochland County, VA, to Thomas Evans. Signed by James Blair, President of Council and Commander and Chief of Colony and Dominion at Williamsburgh[sic] July 6, 1740. Transcript included. Document signed by John Blair as President of the Council, authorizing the following Justices of the Peace of Loudoun County,VA, to administer oaths: Francis Lightfoot Lee, James Hamilton, Nicholas Minor, Josias Clapham, George West, Francis Peyton, John McElhaney [sic],...

Correspondence (copies)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id9972
Scope and Contents

Photocopies and transcriptions of correspondence to and from James Blair.

Photographs of a 1705 portrait of Blair's wife, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: id9981
Scope and Contents

Three photographs of an oil painting by J. Hargreaves, in London, 1705, of Sarah Harrison, wife of James Blair. Portrait owned by the college.

Charlotte Balfour, "Flower de Hundred" Prince George County, Virginia, to Mrs. Eliza (Braxton) Whiting, 1791 January 3

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id111557
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Reminds her of their friendship; thanks her for her letter; glad that she and her family are well and hopes they stay well; Mr. Peachy moved his family from "Amelia" to his new purchase along the James River; stayed two months in Petersburg and arrived here the 2nd of November; doesn't think she (EW) would be pleased with all the "water prospects" although there is a convenience in the two ferrys which go to Williamsburg or Ceeleys; has been packed and waiting to leave but...

Hugh Blair Grigsby, "Edgehill," Charlotte County, Virginia, to James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 11 October 1879.

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: id176857
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Positive response to his James Barron Hope letter concerning the Battle of Yorktown centennial celebration; presents legal view of holding Congress to its 1781 pledge of the erection of a statue at Yorktown; lists relatives of Edmund Randolph, who read the pledge in 1781; thinks one of these relatives should read the resolution at the celebration; mentioned the matter to, and received a positive response from, the Massachusetts Historical...

Published Biographies

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id9959
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Some folders in the biographical material series are more thoroughly organized in the PDF inventory available at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/UA_1980_128%20blair,%20james.pdf Consult a staff member for assistance.

Reuben Elmore Stivers, "The Governor, the Commissary, and St. John Shropshire", January 1993

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: id9963
Scope and Contents

Reuben Elmore Stivers, "The Governor, the Commissary, and St. John Shropshire," Shropshire Journal 3 (no. 4, January 1993).

Parke Rouse, Jr., "A Scottish Cleric in America", September 30, 1971

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: id9969
Scope and Contents

Country Life 150. Article and table of contents page, and photocopies of article.

James Blair, Williamsburg, VA

 Item — Box: 3
Identifier: id287763

James Blair High School, circa 1959-1970

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photographs, negatives, slides, film, postcards, ephemera, correspondence and artifacts belonging to Thomas L. Williams, photographer for William & Mary for 35 years. He was also a photographer for Camp Peary and Colonial Williamsburg prior to working for William & Mary.

James Blair High School, 1960

 File — Box: 48, Folder: 104
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photographs, negatives, slides, film, postcards, ephemera, correspondence and artifacts belonging to Thomas L. Williams, photographer for William & Mary for 35 years. He was also a photographer for Camp Peary and Colonial Williamsburg prior to working for William & Mary.

James Blair of Virginia – Tissue Paper Carbon Typescript , 1971

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id66227

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