Hilton Village Papers, 1918/1960

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:

Hilton Village Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Hilton Village Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1918-1960, concerned with the development of Hilton Village in Warwick County, Va. (now part of Newport News, Va.), the first federally sponsored housing project in the United States which opened in 1918.

July 1918: 333-334. Photostatic negatives.

Landscape Architecture (July 1918) Vol. VIII, No. 4: 157-168 Article concerning Hilton Village [Va.]

American Architect August 7, 1918. Vol. CXIV, No. 2224, pp. 157-166, Plates 42-52 Article of Hilton Village.

The Shipbuilder. (November 1918): 2-3. Photostatic Negatives.

Landscape Architecture. (January 1948) Vol. XXXVIII. No. 2: 46-60. Article as a tribute to Henry Vincent Hubbard, city planner of Hilton Village.

Seminar paper presented to College of William and Mary in Virginia on Hilton Village [Va.]

Volume XVI, No.: 41-47

"Historical Marker placed in Village." Times-Herald [Newport News, Va.] 5 September 1967 "Village's Distinction Chronicled on Marker." Daily Press [Newport News-Hampton, Va.]. 6 September 1967

Wilson, Madge. "Operation Survival...Expressway Plans Threaten Life of Hilton Village." Times-Herald [Newport News, Va.]. 16 October 1967. Wilson, Madge. "On Second Thought..." Times-Herald [Newport Nes, Va.]. 8 December 1967. 21-22.

"Hilton Celebrates Despite the Rain." Daily Press [Newport News, Va.] July 5 1968 "Hilton Opening Called 'New Era'." Daily Press [Newport News, Va.]. July 6 1968.

Greiff, John B. "Hilton Village Preservation Taking Shape In New Plan." Daily Press [Newport News, Va.]

Acquisition information:
Gifts of 1961, 1968, and 1969.