Donald M. Sweig Papers

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:

Email: spcoll@wm.edu

Phone: (757) 221-3090

Fax: (757) 221-5440

Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc

Summary

Extent:

6.00 Linear Feet

Abstract:

Professional papers of Donald M. Sweig (William and Mary B. A. 1973 Ph. D 1982

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Professional papers of Donald M. Sweig (William and Mary B. A. 1973 Ph. D 1982. Includes research notes, and correspondence regarding publication of articles in The William and Mary Quarterly, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, and Prologue. These papers include the correspondence, draft and original photographs/negatives to accompany article in VMHB on seal of the College, drafts and proofs of articles, research notes and census data tied to his master's thesis at George Mason University (M. A. 1975), as well as photocopies of primary sources concerning free Black people in northern Virginia (primarily Fairfax county, Loudoun county, Arlington county and Fredericksburg). There are also newspaper clippings of his activities as historian for Fairfax County, Virginia.

A Brief History of Fairfax County by Donald M. Sweig (Heritage Resources Information Series: Number 1) Brochure written by Sweig: The Legacy of the Constitution and Fairfax County Courts were Appointed in Convenient Places by Donald M. Sweig "The Virginia Non-importation Association Broadside of 1770 and Fairfax County: A Study in Local Participation" reprinted by the Office of Comprehensive Planning from the VMHB. "Reassessing the Human Dimension of the Interstate Slave Trade" by Sweig from Prologue Spring 1980 Moxham, Robert Morgan, The Great Hunting Creek Land Grants (1974) "A New-Found Washington Letter of 1774 and the Fairfax Resolves A New-Found Washington Letter of 1774 and the Fairfax Resolves" by Donald M. Sweig The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 40, No. 2 (April, 1983), pp. 283-291 "The Importation of African Slaves to the Potomac River, 1732-1772" by Donald M. Sweig The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Oct., 1985), pp. 507-524

Published in September 25, 1983 Washington Post. Includes typescripts and newspaper article copies.

Paper written April 24, 1974 on the Revolutionary Activity and Ideology in Fairfax County, Va. 1774-1776 (Fairfax Resolves)

Information relating to "A Capital on the Potomac" January 1979 VMHB.

Post Civil War Arlington near Pentagon site.

Information relating to "A Capital on the Potomac" January 1979 VMHB.

Information relating to "A Capital on the Potomac" January 1979 VMHB.

(Gentle Agitator: Samuel M. Janney and the Antislavery Movement in Virginia, 1842-1851)

(Flexibility and Profit in Slave Hiring System of Fairfax County, Va.)

Includes research notes and census data.

Includes research notes and census data – see citation below.

Includes research notes and census data.

Off print of article (note) in WMQ April 1983 "New-Found Washington Letter and the Fairfax Resolves". Drafts, research notes, transcripts of the letter and correspondence with the IEAHC regarding the publishing.

Publicity clippings regarding publication of Fairfax County Free Black Registers (one article includes info on West Ford

Post articles regarding project to index colonial court records for Fairfax.

Material relating to the Northern Neck map -- the Fairfax Line by Charles Morrison and 1777 statute relating to tax exemption.

Articles relating to Virginia Independence Day in June 1976.

Fowler talk on King William and Queen Mary and obit of Morton, clippings relating to Fowler Henry VIII lecture, naming of Morton Hall and J. T. Baldwin.

Draft, proofs and correspondence relating to publication of Non-Importation Broadside article.

Correspondence, draft and original photographs/negatives to accompany article on Seal of the College.

Three drafts of "and of the Unfree and Home of the Slave".

Copy of dissertation "Speculators and Slaves in the Old South; a Study of the American Domestic Slave Trade,1820-1860" by Michael Tadman of the University of Hull England).

Bills of Lading and Photos of Slave Pens.

Biographical / historical:

Donald M. Sweig graduated from William and Mary with a B. A. in 1973 and a Ph.D in History in 1982. He was historian for Fairfax County, Virginiaa.

Arrangement:

Arranged by topic.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard