Fay Parr Papers, 1920/2002

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.

Summary

Extent:
2.50 Linear Feet
Creator:
Parr, Fay Lyonel, 1913-2008 and Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains papers documenting the lives of the Fay Parr family. The collection also includes Williamsburg ephemera and memorabilia. Other materials contained in the collection includes family photograph albums, press photographs of Williamsburg residents as well as buildings, newspaper clippings of events in Williamsburg, Virginia as well as publications from Williamsburg and other places.

No family entries. Verse handwritten by Fay Lyonel Dula.

Includes copy of Dula family tree

Includes war bonds, deeds, insurance, and pay check stubs

Includes planner, telephone numbers, and birthdays.

Includes photographs, brochures, news clippings, postcards, and advertisements

This folder includes early photographs of Williamsburg.

With note from Julia C. Armistead to Lyonel Parr Dula, 27 February 1960. Note was framed behind postcard but separated for better preservation.

Color photographic slides produced by Colonial Williamsburg

Color photographic slides produced by Colonial Williamsburg

Color photographic slides produced by Colonial Williamsburg

Color photographic slides produced by Colonial Williamsburg

These do not have entries.

This includes scripts, brochures, and descriptions.

Biographical / historical:
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Fay Parr papers, Special Collections Research Center, William Mary Libraries.

Acquisition information:
Gift.
Arrangement:

Arranged into five series: Series 1: Personal Papers, Series 2: Photographs, Series 3: Newspaper clippings, Series 4: Printed material, Series 5: Williamsburg related ephemera.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard