James and Barbara Smith Collection, 1932/2005

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:

This collection is restricted. Consult a staff member for details. 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:

James and Barbara Smith Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
9.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Smith, James and Smith, Barbara
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

James and Barbara Smith Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is restricted and not available to the public.

Materials related to Dr. James Douglas Smith's work for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Smith began at Colonial Williamsburg as the Director of Exhibition Buildings in 1962, became Director Historic Area administration in 1983 or 1984, and retired in 1994. The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, personal files, research materials, drafts and publications related to Colonial Williamsburg programs, exhibition buildings, and historical interpretation (especially the training of "hostesses" and "hosts"), and to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's joint graduate program with College of William and Mary in museum management, in which Dr. Smith participated.

Biographical / historical:

Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Acc. 2007.060 was received by Special Collections from the donor in June 2007.
Processing information:

Finding aid completed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in July 2013. Box and folder list compiled by Mikaela Spruill, SCRC staff, in July 2013.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard