Title:: Courtney Sharpe Ward Papers 1950-1969

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 Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Courtney Sharpe Ward Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
6.00
Creator:
Ward, Courtney Sharpe arrangement
Abstract:
Correspondence, notes, papers, newspaper clippings, drafts and published articles belonging to Courtney Sharpe Ward. Much of the information is information she found while researching for an article. Many of her articles had a historical connection. She was a writer for the Richmond News Leader in Richmond, Virginia.
Language:
The papers are in: English
Preferred citation:

Courtney Sharpe Ward Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, notes, papers, newspaper clippings, drafts and published articles belonging to Courtney Sharpe Ward. Much of the information is information she found while researching for an article. Many of her articles had a historical connection. She was a writer for the Richmond News Leader in Richmond, Virginia.

An addition to the collection (Mss. Acc. 2008.106) is incorporated into the collection as Box 6. This addition mostly consists of material on the 1957 350th Anniversary of Jamestown. Includes photograph and 1957 Press Card of Courtney Sharpe Ward.

An addition to the collection (Mss. Acc. 2008.106) was incorporated into the collection as Box 6 in 2009.

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Mostly material concerning articles about Jamestown and the Williamsburg area, particularly about the British Royal Visit to Jamestown and Williamsburg on October 16, 1957. Some letters are from a woman who lived on Jamestown Island and others from the State of Virginia Departments about the Indian Lodge.

Daily Press newspaper edition on Jamestown Anniversary. Newport News, Virginia.

Newspaper articles by Courtney Ward on Jamestown. News Releases.

Biographical / historical:

Courtney Sharpe Ward was a writer for the Richmond News-Leader in Richmond, Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.
Processing information:

An addition to the collection (Mss. Acc. 2008.106) was incorporated into the collection as Box 6 in 2009.