Blanche Potter Photograph Album

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

Preferred citation:

Blanche Potter Photograph Album, 1914, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet
Creator:
Potter, Blanche and Carmen D. Valentino: American Historical Manuscripts
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Blanche Potter Photograph Album, 1914, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

181 black and white photographs from a trip to Japan in 1914. Blanche Potter was the daughter of New York Congressman and capitalist, Orlando Potter. She traveled to Japan with a group of American friends. They visited Kyoto, Tokyo, Yokahama, Miyajima, Miyanoshita. Each photograph contains a caption and the album portrays varied landscape and architectural scenes such as lakes, valleys, and trees as well as temples, pagodas, fountains, and bridges. The album also features photographs of Blanche and her travel companions as well as Japanese locals.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Carmen D. Valentino with funds from the Frances Randolph Howard endowment, 2018.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard