Virginia Beach Infant Sanitarium postcard

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
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Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Virginia Beach Infant Sanitarium postcard, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet One legal size folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Virginia Beach Infant Sanitarium postcard, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Postcard to Mrs. R. R. Miller from "Rita." The postcard itself contains an image of the Virginia Beach Infant Sanitarium.

Biographical / historical:

The Virginia Beach Infant Sanitarium took care of sick children, treating them with ocean air. The sanitarium was founded by Kate Barton Myers, wife of the Norfolk mayor, Barton Myers in 1888. The Sanitarim was located on Atlantic Avenue at 18th Street in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It closed in the 1940s.

Information from The Virginian-Pilot (October 4, 2010 article).

Arrangement:

The Virginia Beach Infant Sanitarium postcard is arranged by item.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard