Jane Ayers Davis Collection

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:

Jane Ayers Davis Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

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

Jane Ayers Davis Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Obituaries and the story of Williamsburg residents Edwin A. Gilley and Comer C. Jackson who died when their car fell through the open draw on the Chickahominy Bridge, undated, obituary of murdered Harry Burleson of James City County in 1922, photograph of woman in a canoe with a note that it might be Virginia Waltrip, Notebook of handwritten stories by Ellsworth Ayers, dated 1909. There are also photographs of students from the Five Forks School.

Obituaries and the story of Williamsburg residents Edwin A. Gilley and Comer C. Jackson who died when their car fell through the open draw on the Chickahominy Bridge, undated, obituary of murdered Harry Burleson of James City County in 1922, photograph of woman in a canoe with a note that it might be Virginia Waltrip, Notebook of handwritten stories by Ellsworth Ayers, dated 1909.

Sketch of animals on prescription pad drawn by Dr. David J. King of Williamsburg, Virginia. Ca. 1920.

Photographs of students from the Five Forks School, with some of the students identified by name. 1923-1928

Photograph of Boy Scout Troop 103 in Williamsburg, Virginia. February 1932.

Biographical / historical:

Jane Ayers Davis was a resident of Williamsburg, Virginia. Full name; Emily Jane Ayers Davis was born on Neck-o-Land Farm in James City County, 1915 and was the daughter of Floyd and Bessie Ayers. She graduated from Matthew Whaley School and the College of William & Mary. In 1938, she married Donald Walton Davis Jr. of Williamsburg, together they had five children.

Acquisition information:
Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
Arrangement:

Loose.