Sallie and Stephen Fisher Travel Diaries, 1940/1950

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:

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:

Sallie and Stephen Fisher Travel Diaries, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Sallie and Stephen Fisher Travel Diaries, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

The following description was provided by the seller:

"These two manuscript travel diaries present detailed information about Amish communities throughout the United States in the 1940s and 1950. The diaries were written by a middle-age Amish couple from Honey Brook and Ronks, Pennsylvania: Stephen King Fisher and Sallie L. Fisher.

Biographical / historical:

Sallie Fisher and her husband Stephen are listed in the Amish genealogy book "Descendants of Christian Fisher and Other Amish Mennonite Pioneer Families." Stephen Fisher was born in 1890 and died in 1976. He was the son of Elias M. Fisher and Malinda King. The wife, Sallie Zook, was born also born in 1890 and she died in 1970. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Purchase.
Physical description:
2 volumes.