Virginia B. Haughwout Papers, 1951-1955.

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.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Virginia B. Haughwout Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Creator:
Robert T. Armistead, Kenneth Chorley, Virginia B. Haughwout.
Abstract:
Correspondence concerning the construction of a building on the property owned by Virginia B. Haughwout on Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes architectural drawings and photographs.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Virginia B. Haughwout Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence and legal papers, 1951-1955, of Mrs. Virginia B. Haughwout of Williamsburg, Virginia., about the construction of a Virginia Gazettebuilding on her property on the Duke of Gloucester Street. Correspondence is chiefly with her lawyer Robert T. Armistead and Kenneth Chorley, President of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Includes memorandum of argument on behalf of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., prepared by the firm of Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, 6 June 1955, entitled "Virginia B. Haughwout v. Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of Williamsburg, Virginia."Also includes architectural drawings and photographs.

Acquisition information:
Acc. No. 1997.17; Gift: ca. 75 items, 11 April 1997.
Arrangement:
Organization

This collection is arranged into 3 series. Series 1 contains papers; Series 2 contains architectural drawings; and Series 3 contains photographs.

This collection is arranged into 3 series. Series 1 contains papers; Series 2 contains architectural drawings; and Series 3 contains photographs.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Physical description:
ca. 75 items.