Galt Papers (I), 1745/1892

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
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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:

Galt Papers (I), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
129.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Galt family, Galt, Alexander D. II, 1827-1863, Galt, Elizabeth Judith, 1816-1854, Galt, John Minson, 1744-1808, Galt, John Minson, 1819-1862, Galt, Rogers Harrison, and Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Galt Papers (I), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Professional and personal papers, 1745-1892, of the Galt family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Papers primarily concern the Galt family's work at the Eastern State Hospital, including apothecary shop daybooks, account books, medical daybooks, clinical notebooks, weather diaries, commonplace books, reports, medical notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and other. The personal papers consist of diaries, letters, scrapbooks, school notes, financial papers, memoirs, and other material.

The collections documents life in colonial, revolutionary, antebellum, and post-Civil War Williamsburg, Virginia. Papers also concern wider Virginia issues and relations with England, such as the Alexander D. Galt Diary (Msv 14a) which was written while in London during 1792-1793.

Additions, filed in first folder of Galt Papers (1):

Acc. 1938.28 "Verses for the Year 1900", handwritten poem from the January 18, 1855 Virginia Gazette which was also published in the September 13, 1937 Virginia Gazette. Author unknown.

Acc. 2008.285 Miniature photograph of a seated man found in Galt Books Collection, QA37.H99 1818 v. 2.

Letter from Aunt Emily to Miss Sue Galt; mentions Ella, Estelle and Emona. Aunt Emily is caring for a family. Undated.

Biographical / historical:

The Galt family of Williamsburg, Virginia operated the Eastern State Hospital. Galt family members include John Minson Galt II, A. D. Galt, Jr., Sarah Maria Galt, Elizabeth J. Galt, and others.

Acquisition information:
Gift; ca. 10,000 items, March 1978, Anne G. K. Black. Purchase, 1 item, June 1, 1979, John Curtis Book Press. 1983-31 purchased on 6/16/1983; 1989-27 transferred on 5/25/1989.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard