The Byrd (Bird) Book and Tidewater Poems

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:

The Byrd (Bird) Book and Tidewater Poems, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Linear Feet
Creator:
Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

The Byrd (Bird) Book and Tidewater Poems, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

A copy of "The Byrd (Bird) Book and Tidewater Poems" by Henry E. Baker, Newport News, 1934 with inscription to Nancy Griesenauer on her graduation from Matthew Whaley by Dr. Susan Price. Published in 1934 in Newport News, Virginia.

The book contains a photograph of Westover and "The Sign of the Unicorn Horn" in Williamsburg, Virginia. A photocopy of a January 13, 1933 newspaper clipping of a poem by J.W. Price, M.D. of Williamsburg, Virginia entitled, "Bird Songs-Marshall Lodge."

Biographical / historical:

Henry E. Baker was the author of "The Byrd (Bird) Book and Tidewater Poems," "Lake of the Woods Poems" and "Kenora Bay at Eve" plus other works.

Acquisition information:
Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.