Courtney Sharpe Ward Papers

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:

Courtney Sharpe Ward Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
3.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Ward, Courtney Sharpe
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Courtney Sharpe Ward Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, notes, papers, newspaper clippings, drafts and published articles belonging to Courtney Sharpe Ward, a writer for the Richmond News Leader in Richmond, Virginia. Many of her articles had a historical connection. The addition mostly consists of material on the 1957 350th Anniversary of Jamestown. Includes photograph and 1957 Press Card of Courtney Sharpe Ward.

See portraits for teachers.

See portraits for teachers.

Mostly material concerning articles about Jamestown and the Williamsburg area, particularly about the British Royal Visit to Jamestown and Williamsburg on October 16, 1957. Some letters are from a woman who lived on Jamestown Island and others from the State of Virginia Departments about the Indian Lodge.

Daily Press newspaper edition on Jamestown Anniversary. Newport News, Virginia.

Newspaper articles by Courtney Ward on Jamestown. News releases.

Biographical / historical:

Courtney Sharpe Ward was a writer for the Richmond News-Leader in Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Gifts.
Processing information:

An addition to the collection (Mss. Acc. 2008.106) was incorporated into the collection as Box 6 in 2009.

Arrangement:

Series one is original 2007.25 accession and series two is 2008.106 addition. Original order of folders maintained.