Ordway family papers, 1887/1902

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:

Ordway Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Summary

Extent:
0.6 Linear Feet
Language:
English Spanish; Castilian
Preferred citation:

Ordway Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

Diaries, letters, and photos of Ordway family members Grace Lincoln Shannon (born 1865, also Grace Shannoon Ordway) and Maria Victoria Diaz (1950-2012).

Diary contains newspaper clippings, letters and programs.

A photo, Oakland Theater brochure, Estey Organ brochure, theater tickets, various programs, and newspaper clippings are held between diary pages.

There are newspaper clipping and a menu held in the diary pages.

Newspaper clippings are nestled between diary pages.

This diary holds three telegrams, as well as an announcement, and a menu in German.

Thirteen telegrams and seven letters.

Eleven telegram, twenty-one letters.

Fifteen letters and eleven telegrams.

Thirteen undated letters and one telegram.

Two photographs of men, the larger one has cut off writing on the back, the smaller is signed "Carlos" and dated. Three newspaper clippings, and eleven poems are also in this folder.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Marisol Lambert.
Processing information:

The diaries are all in rough shape, with the pages chipping, covers detached, stains and other damage throughout. They have been digitized! Patrons should be pointed to the digital copies before the physical.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard