Dorothy E. Howe Scrapbooks

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.

The fragile nature of the scrapbooks may limit handling.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not William & Mary Libraries.

Preferred citation:

Dorothy E. Howe Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.3 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Dorothy E. Howe Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Two scrapbooks, 1923-1924 and 1925-1927 of high school student Dorothy E. Howe of Omaha, Nebraska, where she attended Edward Rosewater South High School. Scrapbooks contain photographs, invitations, letters, written entries by friends, printed programs and ephemera.

Acquisition information:
Purchase.
Physical facet:
2 volumes
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard