Person Family papers, 1872/2002

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:

Person Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1.50 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Person Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains papers ranging in date from 1872 to 2002 documenting the Person family. Materials includes account books including those of both Charles Person and William Person, Sr. Other papers and photographsd illustrate family life in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia in the early-to-mid 1900s. Artifacts, including fans, Williamsburg Laundry thermometer and a charcoal drawing of a residence are also included.

Box 5 (oversize) includes material from the addition 2006.44:

November 23, 1987 Commonwealth's Attorney certificate for William L. Person, Jr.

Photograph of "Emily getting out of Carriage" in front of the Governor's Palace and beside a tour bus, Peninsula Lines. undated.

High School graduation photograph in front of Matthew Whaley. Undated. (3 copies).

Photographs of two women together, a cannon in the Wren Yard and a basketball team of women, holding a ball, "Champions, 1818-19."

Biographical / historical:

Williamsburg, Virginia resident in the early to mid-twentieth century.

Acquisition information:
Gift in 2005 and 2006.
Arrangement:

This collections is currenlty being processed. Please consult SCRC staff for more infornmation.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard