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Williamsburg Pottery Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 00112
Content Description

Fliers, pamphlets, working papers, and catalogs of the Williamsburg Pottery Factory in Lightfoot, Virginia. Papers include a profit sharing plan, maps of the factory, and an aerial postcard of the facility.

Dates: 1983 - 1993

Jane Ayers Davis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01256
Scope and Contents

Obituaries and the story of Williamsburg residents Edwin A. Gilley and Comer C. Jackson who died when their car fell through the open draw on the Chickahominy Bridge, undated, obituary of murdered Harry Burleson of James City County in 1922, photograph of woman in a canoe with a note that it might be Virginia Waltrip,  Notebook of handwritten stories by Ellsworth Ayers, dated 1909. There are also photographs of students from the Five Forks School.

Dates: 1909-1932; Majority of material found in 1909, 1920, 1922, 1932 and undated

Eleanor Calkins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1992.02-3
Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of College of William and Mary Professor of Mathematics Eleanor Calkins' 32 gradebooks from 1927-1961, a notebook with A-Z listings of her favorite musical recordings (the exceptional ones noted in red), and three yearbooks, 1915-1917, entitled Mossoks, from Columbia College in Lake City, Florida.

Dates: 1915-1961; Majority of material found in 1927-1961

Jack and Jill Nursery and Kindergarten Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2002.58.2
Scope and Contents

Administrative records, programs and working materials for plays, attendance records and financial records of the Jack and Jill Nursery and Kindergarten, operated by Cary Wynne Boelt in Williamsburg, Virginia.

A rough draft inventory and a history of the Jack and Jill Nursery and Kindergarten Records by Frederick W. Boelt are filed at the beginning of the collection.

Dates: 1949-1975; Majority of material found in 1950's

Mary Ware Galt Memory Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00148
Scope and Contents

Memory Book of Mary Ware Galt of Williamsburg containing memorabilia, programs, photographs, souvenirs, correspondence, and ephemera from Williamsburg, Virginia and the Tidewater area, plus from her days as a student at Hampton College (1908-1909) in Hampton, Virginia and Stuart Hall (1909-1910) in Staunton, Virginia.

Dates: 1904-1910

Peninsula Bank Minute Books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1995.37
Scope and Contents

Mss. Acc. 1995.37

Eight ledgers, 1897-1916, 1917-1937, 1949, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1963 and 1964 of the Peninsula Bank Williamsburg showing business records including individual accounts and minutes of the Board.

Peninsula Bank was also known as Peninsula Bank and Trust, then later became Crestar Bank and Crestar became SunTrust Bank.

Mss. Acc. 1994.92 has been added to this collection.  Two newspaper articles, undated, on the history of the Peninsula Bank.

Dates: 1897-1927

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

Williamsburg Reunion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 1.01
Scope and Contents

The collection includes programs, booklets, and various material from the Williamsburg Reunion. The Williamsburg Reunion is a series of activities designed to celebrate the common heritage and shared memories of everyone who lived in the Williamsburg area 40 or more years ago.

Dates: 1968-2010

Williamsburg Area Historical Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 1993.41 and Acc. 2005.45
Scope and Contents

Records of the Williamsburg Area Historical Society and six monographs on Williamsburg, Virginia related topics.

Dates: 1983-1993

Minor Wine Thomas, Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01011
Scope and Contents Papers of Minor Wine Thomas, Sr. Includes letters, 1952, concerning land that had belonged to Lorenzo F. Nesselrodt and Josephine Nesselrodt, rental agreement with R.B. Gilliam and sale of York County, Virginia farm to Ware Loves. 1920 agreement between Richard Houge of James City County, Virginia and L.F. Nesselrodt of Shenandoah County, Virginia for a 5,970 pound shoatee. 1926 Deed of Release between the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore and Lorenzo F. and...
Dates: 1920-1952

Young Women's Club of Williamsburg Installation Program

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00971
Scope and Contents

Programs for Junior Class of Matthew Whaley School, "Don't Take My Penny," Friday, March 13, [1942], and Annual Installation Banquet of the Young Women's Club of Williamsburg, May 13, 1949.

Dates: 1949 May 3

Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Davis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1994.91
Scope and Contents Items relating to early twentieth-century College of William and Mary, Colonial Williamsburg, and Williamsburg High School. A few items are from the Ayres family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Invitation of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, dated 1935; brochure for Tidewater, Virginia, invitation of The College of William and Mary to address given by Samuel Black McCormick (Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh), undated; postcard of the Peninsula Bank and Trust Company,...
Dates: 1911-1994; Majority of material found in 1911-1944

Mr. and Mrs. Hibbert D. Corey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1993.43-2
Scope and Contents Papers of Professor H.D. Corey, formerly economics professor at the College of William and Mary and of his wife, an active member of the Williamsburg Garden Club. Includes typescript of "American Foreign Trade Zone Policy and its Application to Hampton Roads" by Hibbert D. Corey, August 1930 and a "Rose Test Notes" scrapbook and related papers from the Williamsburg Garden Club, 1947-1957. Publications include "National Geographic" October 1954 issue,"Williamsburg: Its College and...
Dates: 1930-1958

A. Edwin Kendrew Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01234
Scope and Contents

Pamphlets and brochures from Colonial Williamsburg, plus various invitations and programs for Williamsburg area events.

Dates: 1930s-1950s

Rosa Marie and James A. Fuller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2001.F95
Scope and Contents

Collection includes letters, citations, scripts of plays, photographs, slides and videos concerning Rosa Marie Fuller's teaching career and James A. Fuller's employment with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and his service with the Boy Scouts.

Dates: 1948-1989

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

 Collection
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.

Dates: compiled in 1985

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

J. Randolph Ruffin Papers

 Collection
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

Parker Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1989.20
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers related to the Parker family, notably Lena Parker and Bessie Parker of Cumberland County, Virginia. The bulk of the letters are from Harry Leach and Edward Embly, both living in Washington, D.C., which contain descriptions of everyday life. Other letters are from friends, family, the State Teachers College, schools where Lena Parker taught, and from children she had taught. The collection also includes photographs, greeting cards, and genealogical material....
Dates: 1923-1939

Stella Neiman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1999.54, 2000.004, 2008.70
Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection contains papers related to Stella Neiman while on the Williamsburg City Council. These include reports, minutes, agendas, clippings, and a report on the desegregation of the public schools. The collection also contain Professor Fraser Neiman's Harvard dissertation on English literature. Stella Neiman was a member of the Williamsburg City Council from 1966-1970, the Williamsburg-James City County School Board from 1981-1987 and the Williamsburg Planning...
Dates: 1938-1998

Catherine May Thonesen Autograph Book, Class of 1943 Matthew Whaley School

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00402
Content Description

Class Autograph Book titled Schoolday Memories of Catherine May Thonesen, Class of '43. The book lists her school activities, class officers, favorites, school yell, colors, and messages from friends and classmates.

Dates: 1943

Historical Pageant of Colonial Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00624
Scope and Contents

Plans, correspondence, pictures of a proposed historical pageant planned by the "Historical Pageant of Colonial Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Inc." in 1939.  The pageant never happened.  Correspondence with Clark Robinson of New York, President  General of the SAR, and others.  Includes prospectus which explains the object of the pageant.  Pageant script called "Symphonic, Out-door Play, Depicting the Colonial Days of Jamestown and Yorktown, Virginia" by John C. Temple.  Copies.

Dates: 1939

Edward Belvin Collection of Williamsburg and James City County materials

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01197
Scope and Contents

Edward Belvin's Collection of Williamsburg and James City County, Virginia material. Includes copies of wills and death certificates, correspondence and certificates.

Dates: 1908-1987

W. Melville Jones Photographs of Williamsburg (Va.)

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01188
Scope and Contents Three photographs of two homes in Williamsburg, Virginia where W. Melville Jones lived during 1934 and 1936.  The two houses were rented to The College of William and Mary faculty. One house is a two story building which was beside the Theta House, but is now a vacant lot and the second house was near the  intersection of North Boundary and Richmond Road and is now a park/garden.  One photograph of a car at an auto repair shop which is where the Blue Talon is in...
Dates: 1934-1936

William Harrison Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1994.14
Scope and Contents

Papers of the donor's stepfather, William Harrison Smith, superintendent and postmaster at the island of Jamestown, Virginia.  Mostly business correspondence with Ellen Bagby of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (A.P.V.A.) with reports, Elbert Cox of the National Park Service and Ellen Harvie Smith of the A.P.V.A.  Includes monthly general reports, financial reports, salary lists, tax forms, soil report certificates, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1934-1966

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Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 59
Photographs 50
Correspondence 35
Programs 21
Newspapers 20
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Pamphlets 18
Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs 18
Scrapbooks 17
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 17
Financial records 16
Reports 15
Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.) 14
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 13
Minutes 13
Printed ephemera 13
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century 11
Photocopies 10
Clippings (information artifacts) 8
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 8
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation--History 8
Account books 7
Business records 7
Letters (correspondence) 7
Maps 7
Notebooks 7
Schools--Virginia--Williamsburg 7
Invitations 6
James City County (Va.)--History--20th century 6
Legal documents 6
Poems 6
Williamsburg (Va.)--History 6
Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century 5
Obituaries 5
Postcards 5
Receipts (financial records) 5
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council 5
World War, 1939-1945 5
Broadsides 4
Certificates 4
College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff 4
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 4
College of William and Mary--Students 4
Diaries 4
Genealogy 4
James City County (Va.)--History 4
Jamestown Festival (1957) 4
Ledgers (Accounting) 4
Speeches, addresses, etc. 4
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 4
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Virginia--Genealogy 4
Williamsburg (Va.)--Biography 4
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Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 4
Baptist Church--Virginia--History 3
Church bulletins 3
Clubs--Virginia--Williamsburg 3
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History 3
Education--Virginia--History--20th century 3
Fliers (printed matter) 3
Garden Clubs--Virginia--Williamsburg 3
Jamestown (Va.)--History 3
Land use--Virginia--Williamsburg 3
Membership lists 3
Norge (Va.)--History 3
Schools--Virginia--James City County 3
Slides (photographs) 3
Speeches 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--Library 3
Women teachers 3
Women--Education--Virginia 3
Women--History--Virginia 3
Women--Societies and clubs 3
Yearbooks 3
York County (Va.)--History--20th century 3
Yorktown (Va.) 3
Agendas (administrative records) 2
American Red Cross--History--World War II period 2
Booklets 2
Books 2
COVID-19 (Disease) 2
Calendars 2
Church records 2
College of William and Mary--Presidents 2
Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Coronavirus infections 2
Deeds--Virginia--Williamsburg 2
Diplomas 2
Drawings and graphics 2
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--19th century 2
Episcopal Church--Virginia--History 2
Gardening--History--20th century 2
Gardening--Societies, etc.--Virginia 2
Gardening--Virginia 2
Greeting cards 2
James City County (Va.)--Biography 2
James City County (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Jamestown (Va.) 2
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Language
English 125
Dutch; Flemish 1
French 1
 
Names
Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 102
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 9
College of William and Mary. 6
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 5
College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 4
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Nicholson High School (Williamsburg, Va.) 4
Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Va.) 4
Williamsburg High School (Williamsburg, Va.) 4
Camp Peary (Va.) 3
Eastern State Hospital (Va.) 3
Kimbrough, Janet C 3
Pulaski Club (Williamsburg, Va.) 3
Williamsburg Baptist Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 3
Williamsburg Reunion (Va.) 3
Woman's Club of Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) 3
American Red Cross 2
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities 2
Barlowe, Cynthia Beverly Tucker Kimbrough 2
Boy Scouts of America 2
Bozarth family 2
Cole, Henry Denison, 1856-1938 2
College of William and Mary. School of Education 2
Colonial National Historical Park (Va.) 2
Hickory Neck Church (James City County, Va.) 2
Jackson, Comer Clarke 2
Jamestown Church 2
King's Daughters (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Molineux, Will 2
Pedersen, Thelma 2
Peninsula News (Toano, Va.) 2
Shiflett, Glenna Graves 2
Temple Beth-El (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
United States. National Park Service 2
Williamsburg Community Council (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Williamsburg Female Institute (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Williamsburg Garden Club (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
American Association of University Women 1
American Chemical Society 1
Armistead Family 1
Army Nurse Corp 1
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities--History. 1
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Jamestown Rediscovery 1
Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964 1
Beale family 1
Bell Hospital (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Bell, Baxter I. (Dr.) 1
Belvin, Edward 1
Bennett, Henry Eastman, 1873-1941 1
Berkeley Garden Club (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Bernard Family 1
Bird family 1
Board of Supervisors of James City County (Va.) 1
Boelt Family 1
Bowden, Lemuel Jackson. 1
Bowen family 1
Bradbury, Lilly Harrison Hill Smith 1
Braithwaite family 1
Braithwaite, Adelia Bucktrout 1
Bright, Robert Southall, 1872-1947 1
Bucktrout family 1
Buildings and Grounds--Fires 1
Bundles for Britain, Inc 1
Burleson, Harry 1
Busch Gardens (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Byrd family 1
Calkins, Emily Eleanor 1
Casey, Carlton 1
Charles family 1
Christian family 1
City Council of Williamsburg (Va.) 1
Clark, James W. 1
Coleman family 1
College of William and Mary. Board of Visitors 1
College of William and Mary. Dept. of Mathematics 1
College of William and Mary. Historic Campus 1
College of William and Mary. Swem Library 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 24th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Volunteer Regiment, 32nd 1
Crozer Theological Seminary 1
Daily Press 1
Daley, Thomas R., 1862 - 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Davenport, Matthew 1
Dept. of Mathematics 1
Dept. of Philosophy 1
Dept. of Psychology 1
Dula family 1
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
Eastern Lunatic Asylum (Va.) 1
Educational and Civic Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- 1
Elliott, Albert Pettigrew 1
Equal Suffrage League of Virginia 1
Etheridge, Jeanne 1
First Night Williamsburg 1
Fischer, Bernice 1
Fischer, Emeric 1
Frechette, Fred, 1925-2009 1
Geddy family 1
Geddy, Vernon M., Jr 1
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