John Womack Wright Collection of Maps, 1675/1918

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

Preferred citation:

John Womack Wright Collection of Maps, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
3.30 Linear Feet
Creator:
Wright, John Womack, 1876-1953, Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638, Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724, L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726, Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777, Saint Helene, Placide de, Senex, John, d. 1740, Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756, and Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702
Language:
English French German Italian Dutch; Flemish
Preferred citation:

John Womack Wright Collection of Maps, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Printed maps, circa 1675-1918, collected by Col. John Womack Wright pertaining to his interest in military events in Europe chiefly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The collection primarily concerns the cartography of areas in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Italy. The collection includes examples of the work of Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Guillaume de L'Isle, Johann Baptist Homann, Tobias Conrad Lotter, Placide de Saint Helene, John Senex, George Mattheus Seutter the Older; and Nikolaus Visscher II. Also includes notebook, 1919; and a publication of the American Geographical Society, 1924.

Acc. 1931.122 Addition filed in Box 1.

Manuscript copy of a letter from the King of Spain to the Governor Captain General in Cuba to end the practice of Cubans receiving education in America. Copy prepared by Sec. Dom Betancourt. Translation included.

Biographical / historical:

William and Mary student from 1892 until 1895.

Acquisition information:
Gifts include accessions from 1946 to 1947, and one in 1931.
Arrangement:

Organized into 6 series. Acc. 1931.122 letter filed with Box 1.

Physical description:
240 items