Quo Vadis Wright Family papers, 1917/1976

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:

This 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:

Quo Vadis Wright Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
9.67 Linear Feet 18 boxes
Creator:
Wright, QuoVadis Williams, 1935-2017
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Quo Vadis Wright Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Quo Vadis Wright papers contains correspondence, photographs, financial documents and scrapbooks documenting the family of Quo Vadis Williams Wright. Quo Vadis and her family primarily settled in Williamsburg, Virginia where she worked as a concierge and in hospitality for the Colonial Williamsburg foundation, Fort Magruder Inn, Howard Johnson, Mama Steve's Pancake House and Southern Pancake House. The collection documents African American History in Williamsburg, Virginia specifically as it pertains to the Quo Vadis Wright family and immediate community.

Acquisition information:
Gift
Arrangement:

Collection arranged by file.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard