S. Louise Seymour Scrapbooks

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
Restrictions:

The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

S. Louise Seymour Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.70 Linear Feet
Creator:
Seymour, Sadie Louise
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

S. Louise Seymour Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Acc. 1983.028: Loose pages of an unbound scrapbook that include newspaper clippings, theater programs and tickets, convocation programs, a ticket to a lecture given at Phi Beta Kappa Hall by Robert Frost, a handbook of the Women Students' Cooperative Government Association, a registration card for spring 1940 classes, a program from the 1943 inauguration of John E. Pomfret as President of the College, and other materials.

Acc. 1994.079: Scrapbook containing news clippings, a graduation program, and photographs. The photographs depict campus, Williamsburg, the movie set for The Howards of Virginia, Seymour, her friends and roommates, and other students. This accession also includes a collar from a 1943 graduation gown.

Biographical / historical:

William and Mary student (1939-1943). Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Acc. 1983.028 gift of Louise Seymour, 07/12/1983. Acc. 1994.079 gift of Louise Seymour, 05/26/1993.