Special Collections Research Center

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Material on William & Mary events (both on and off campus), dedications, William & Mary President inaugurations and Christmas cards, Plumeri House renovations, and Campaign for William & Mary. Includes programs and planning material. Audio-visual material on William & Mary events (DVD's, VCR tapes, cassette tapes and floppy disks), and 2 medallions.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Material on William & Mary events (both on and off campus), dedications, William & Mary President inaugurations and Christmas cards, Plumeri House renovations, and Campaign for William & Mary. Includes programs and planning material. Audio-visual material on William & Mary events (DVD's, VCR tapes, cassette tapes and floppy disks), and 2 medallions.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains stereoviews, lantern slides, and other photographic materials collected by Kelvin Ramsey. The stereoviews were distributed by various companies, including Melander and Brothers, Keystone and Company, Bell and Brother, and D.H. Anderson. The images cover various historic sites and monuments in Washington, D.C. and Virginia, such as Arlington National Cemetery, Harper's Ferry, the White House, the William & Mary, Jamestown, and Fort Monroe.The bulk of the lantern...

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Includes material on Lexington and Rockbridge, Virginia.

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Gives report of an unexpected attack by about 300 French and Indians during his troop's march to Fort Duquesne, in which heavy losses of American men were felt; includes a list of officers wounded or killed at Monongahela.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains stereoviews, lantern slides, and other photographic materials collected by Kelvin Ramsey. The stereoviews were distributed by various companies, including Melander and Brothers, Keystone and Company, Bell and Brother, and D.H. Anderson. The images cover various historic sites and monuments in Washington, D.C. and Virginia, such as Arlington National Cemetery, Harper's Ferry, the White House, the William & Mary, Jamestown, and Fort Monroe.The bulk of the lantern...

Scope and Contents Item 1: Byrd (William), 1922 Rare Book in the SCRC stacks, Call Number F232 .D7 B9. Description of the Dismal Swamp and a proposal to drain the swamp. By William Byrd of Westover. Edited by Earl Gregg Swem, Librarian, College of William and Mary. Printed by Charles F. Heartman, Metuchen, N.J. 1922. 32p. (Heartmans' Historical Series no. 38)Item 2: Dismal Swamp Canal To Be Opened Again, undated Dismal Swamp Canal To Be Opened Again. Newspaper clipping. No date. 1...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letter dated 7 January 1773, from George Washington of Mt. Vernon to Rev. Jonathan Boucher (tutor to John Parke Custis, Washington's step-son) regarding Washington's suggestions for where Custis should attend college. It includes the following comments about William and Mary: "...I cannot think William and Mary College a desirable place to send Jack Custis to -- the in-attention of the Masters, added to the number of Hollidays is the subject of general complaint... These...

Scope and Contents Wash, Robert, WM 1807/10Washington, Bushrod, WM 1775/78Washington, George, WM 1749, 1788/99Washington, George Lafayette, WM 1807Washington, Henry A., WM 1849/58Washington, William A., WM 1850/52Washington, William T., WM 1816/17Watkins, B. C., WM 1836/37Watkins, Benjamin, WM 1805, 1807Watkins, Frank Nathaniel, WM 1921/25Watkins, Hays T., LL.D '82, Rector (1987-1993)...

Scope and Contents Letters from family and friends in Ireland.Undated letter from Robert Preston, Esquire, Andrew Laird, Breahead to Robert Preston, Washington County, Virginia, North America. Addressed "Dear Cuzen" and writes about family news.May 1, 1773 bill binding John Laird of Cloughmore, city of Londonberry with bond as executorship. Signed by John Breden and John Laird.Partnership bond between William Strother Madison and Robert Preston agreeing to divide surveyors...

Scope and Contents Item 1: J. S. & C. C. Wellford, at Fredericksbrug, to William Davis, Orange [County]., December 8, 1827 Item 2: W[illiam] Davis, Orange County, Va., to Duncanson & Vaughan., September 16, 1829 Copy. On same sheet as item 3. Item 3: W[illiam] Davis, Orange County, Va., to Robert Duncanson., September 16, 1829 Copy. On same sheet as item 2. Item 4: W[illiam] Davis, Orange County, Va., to William B. Wallace, at Florence, Ala., February 17, 1831 Item 5: W[illiam] Davis, Orange [County,...

Scope and Contents William Short, Paris to [?] Donald, October 8 1789 Mentions that Thomas Jefferson is at Havre; trusts his opinion of whether the warrants should be sold at a loss to purchase certificares by Jan. 1; mentions that the market will probably be good for wheat and flour.Commission signed by President George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, New York, April 20, 1790 Appointing William Short Charge des Affaires for the United States to FranceCommission signed by Alexander...

Scope and Contents Item 1: George M. Allen, at Richmond, 15 Nov. 1819 Item 2: J. & A. Levering, at Baltimore, 13 June 1821 Item 3: Macdonald & Ridgely, at Baltimore, 25 Nov. 1823 Item 4: William P. Bayly, at Wilderness Post Office, Orange Conty VA,, 25 March 1827 Item 5: Lindsay Hill & Co. at Alexandria, 18 April 1827 Item 6: James Osbourn at Washington City, 1 Nov. 1827 Written on a printed circular entitled "Proposals for publishing by subscription a work entitled Good News From a Far county or...

Scope and Contents Item 1: 1 November, 1881 Letter from Charles Guiteau, at Washington, D.C., to D. Appleton & Co., at New York. Item 2: 1 November, 1881 Letter from Charles Guiteau at Washington, D.C., to Gen. [?] Hinckley. Item 3: 18 November, 1881 Letter from C.B. Steme, at Ft. Wayne, Ind., to Leigh Robinson. Note: This letter concerns a medical examination of Charles Guiteau made before the assassination of the President. Item 4: undated Letter from [Charles Guiteau] to Detective [George] McElflesh....

Scope and Contents The folder contains the following items: Barbour, James S., Governor of Virginia, 1812-1814J.S. Barbour to the President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, Washington D.C., 1829 December 24. Introduction of W.B. Tyler. Brooke, Robert, Governor of Virginia, 1794-1796Robert Brooke, Richmond, Virginia, to Governor Isaac Shelby of Kentucky, 1795 December 4. Asks for an immediate investigation...

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Three color photographs depicting Popes Creek, where George Washington lived; a farmer dispensing liquid manure on their fields; and view of industrial farm from window.

Scope and Contents Item 1: Benjamin E. Blackwell, Montgomery County, Tennessee, to Robert Blackwell, at Oak Grove Post Office, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 15 July 1835 Item 2: Jacob Shough, at Mount Israel, Albermarle County, Virginia, to Robert Blackwell, at Brickland, Lunenburg, County, Virginia, 6 August 1842 Item 3: Charles A. Tucker, at Warrenton, Warren County, Virginia, to Robin [i.e. Robert] Blackwell, ar Brickland, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 29 January 1846 Item 4: D. Hardy, at Grenada, Yellowbusha...

Scope and Contents Subjects: Youth Soccer, Patrick Shannon, Kiwanis, Convocation, Drew Stelljes, Mary Schilling, Heizo Takenaka, Poul Olson and Study Abroad in Ghana, Tim Sullivan, Christine Niehaus, Susanna Yunker, Zia-Ur Rahman, Swem Library Construction, Bonnie Willard, Donald Patten, Robert Roberson, Carole Chappell, Belden H. Bell, Wren Organ, Volunteer Fair, Supercomputer in Jones Hall, Students, Board of Visitors, Football, Cheerleaders, Rick Nahm, Muscarelle Museum, Leadership Award Winners, Choir...

Scope and Contents Item 1: "Birthnight Ball" Invitations, 1839 January 22 Two invitations to the "Birthnight Ball," a dance celebrating the birthday of George Washington, given by the students at the College of William and Mary, addressed to Miss McDowell and Miss Sally McDowell, Abdington, Va. On item signed by Winston Radford.Item 2: Invitation to Miss Sally McDowell, 1839 March29 An invitation to Miss Sally McDowell, near Lexington, Virginia, to attend a party given at the Ball Tavern,...

Scope and Contents Burton, Robert, WM 1772/73Burwell, Carter, WM before 1720Burwell, Carter, WM after 1720Burwell, Carter, WM, 1765/66, 1769/74Burwell, Carter, WM 1792Burwell, Edwin, WM 1792Burwell, Henry H., WM 1834/36Burwell, John, WM 1759/60Burwell, John, WM 1816Burwell, John Taylor [Tayloe?], WM 1808Burwell, Jonathan L., WM 1844/47Burwell, Lewis, WM 1693[?]Burwell,...

Scope and Contents Correspondence sorted chronologically includes name and location of addressee, sender and date of correspondenceCarl W. Stith, Mt. Pleasant,IA-B. F. Crabbe,March 16,1955E.R. Stith, Temple,TX-B.F. Crabbe,June 28,1955Clyde E. Pasley, Springfiled,IL-E.S. Crabbe,July 16,1955DeEstin L. Pasley, De Kalb,IL-B.F. Crabbe,July 18,1955Ralph E. Stith, Joliet,IL-B. F. Crabbe,July 20,1955James Bascome Stith,Lexington,KY-B. F....

Scope and Contents Item 1: J. S. Leith, Nashville, Tenn., "to whome it may concern," n.p., 29 September 1886 ALS. 1 p.Item 2: Jno. Gaius, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., to G. T. Rowland, Akron, Ohio., 11 March 1898 TLS. 1 p.Item 3: G. Mercer Adam, Akron, Ohio, to [Samuel] W. Meek, n.p., 19 May 1900 ALS. 2 pp.Item 4: John Lee Mahin, Pittsburg, [Pa.], to Sam[uel] W. Meek, n.p., 4 June 1901 ALS. 1 p.Item 5: J. C. Shaffer, Chicago, Ill., to Sam W. Weeks...

Scope and Contents Office of Community EngagementOffice of Diversity and Equal OpportunityOffice of Student Leadership DevelopmentOmohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OIEAHC)Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture – Newspaper and periodical articlesOmohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture – PublicationsOrchestraOrganizational Plan for the College ...

Scope and Contents Smith, Alvah Earnshaw, WM 1865/68, 1871/72Smith, Armistead, WM 1769/76Smith, Arthur Lillington, WM 1869/70Smith, John Augustine, WM 1800, 1811, 1814/26Smith, Joseph Hutchinson, WM 1923/25Smith, R. McPhail, WM 1853/58Smith, William, WM 1831/32Snead, Charles W., WM 1857/58Snead, Littleton Lloyd, WM 1857/58Snead, Thomas Burton, WM 1895/98Snead, Thomas Tully Lynch, WM 1852/56;...

Scope and Contents Subjects: Family Weekend, Margaret Thatcher, VIMS, Campus Buildings, Muscarelle Museum, Tim Sullivan, David Bradley, Crim Dell, James River swim in memory of John Randolph, Rededication of Tercentenary Hall as McGlothlin-Street Hall, Computer Science Group Photo, Football, School of Business, VBHEC Virginia First 2000, Busch Gardens Private Party, Sam Sadler, Alcohol Awareness Week Proclamation Signing, Chemistry Department Staff, Wren Building, Choir, Memorial Service for William Spong,...