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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, chiefly 1930-1969, of Richard Lee Morton, professor of history at the College of William and Mary from 1919 to 1959. Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds,...

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School grade reports, letters to parents, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Morton, college bills, passports, insurance policies, tax returns, postcards, record of her measurements. 1941-1942, 1945-1949, 1955, 1959-1960, and 1966. 89 items

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honorary degree, congratulations, procession list, Magna Carta conference. 61 items.

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Correspondence and notes on Virginia families by Mrs. Margaret H. Morton, genealogist, of Farmville, Virginia in response to inquires.  Most of her notes are transcriptions of courthouse records, though she often created family trees for clients and clients sometimes sent their genealogy history to her.

Mrs. Morton's inventory is filed in the first folder, which lists folders not received with the accession.

Includes index of family names and inquirers.

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Researchers should consult with a staff member for further information in advance of using this series. Some of the sheet music in this series has pieces of paper with braille glued to the front page. Boxes 1-111 contain single song music by composer; boxes 112+ hold sheet music from music books and are filed by Publisher.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Series 1 (Acc. 1980.123): One box containing biographical material; engravings; lectures; addresses; publications; an article about the Gardiner Manor in New York; Tyler's application for the William and Mary presidency; testimonials; a calling card; correspondence, including a letter to Mrs. Alex S. Porter (circa 1917), possibly referring to Bound Volume no. 13.Series 2 (Acc. 1984.019): For preservation reasons, researchers will have to access all materials in this series on...

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Scope and Contents Box: 14-16 Series 6 is arranged alphabetically by individual's last name.

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Correspondence, invoices, order forms, lists and bibliographies regarding maps, photographs, and images for "Colonial Virginia."

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 Correspondence and notes regarding revisions to Colonial Virginia

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Awards, interviews, and correspondence regarding "Colonial Virginia"

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Correspondence regardign the editing of "Colonial Virginia".

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Correspondence after publication

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Sale information and reviews of Colonial Virginia

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Correspondence, articles, newspaper articles, reviews regarding "Colonial Virginia". 1960-1961, 1965.

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Receipts and statements from royalties

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Maps/photographs for illustrations

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Written when Morton was 10 years old.

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This series contains records from the Office of the President under Davis Young Paschall. The bulk of the material range from 1960-1971 but some of the records may have been integrated from previous presidencies.

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Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.

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Includes letters, bank statements, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ID, biographical information, other information. 1940. 1945-1948, 1952-1956, and 1968. 28 items.

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Includes portraits, commencement, charter day, presidential dinner, honorary degree, as child, Falkland. ca. 1890, ca. 1900, 1910, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1933-1936, 1946, 1951-1953, 1954, 1958, 1959-1960, 1965, and 1968. 82 items.

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Social Security of Estelle Dinwiddie Morton , cancelled checks to Internal Revenue, Household Employer's Social Security Tax Guides. 1951-1963, 1965. 36 items

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This series contains speeches, programs, fliers, poems, and other publications produced by either the Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter or members of the chapter at the College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains administrative records for the Department of History at William and Mary. Included in the series are campus wide committee records such as the Faculty Affairs Committee and Self Study Committee; records related to the establishment of the graduate program; membership lists and administrative records for Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society; and a report about integrating women's studies into the curriculum at William and Mary in 1988. This series contains...