Collections : [College of William and Mary]

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
Primary Collecting Areas:
Williamsburg and surrounding area Virginia; Southern United States; African American life and culture; Hip Hop History; Movies and film studies; Travel, exploration, and adventure; Veterans papers; Distinguished alumni papers; College of William & Mary; Dogs
Description:
The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) houses one of the largest and most significant collections of rare and unique materials of any educational institution of comparable size in the United States. Focused on Virginia history but with nationally and internationally important collections, the Manuscripts Collection includes letters, diaries, journals, scrapbooks, business records, organizational minutes, and other items that provide evidence of events great and small and the daily lives of Americans of all backgrounds. The Rare Books Collection, with volumes dating from the 15th century to the present, is strong in dogs, Virginia-related items, early Virginia family libraries, gardening and natural history, religion, book arts, printing history, travel, science, and medicine. The University Archives documents the history of William & Mary from 1693 to the present, including a wide range of materials from administrative records, student organization records, and alumni papers to photographs, audio-visual materials, and artifacts.
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
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William Cole Collection of Documents Pertaining to the Colonial-Era, 1676/1971, bulk 1730/1770

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Documents, prints, and heraldry pertaining to Virginia governors from the 17th and 18th centuries. Includes letters and documents signed by John Murray, Robert Brooke, James Wood, Beverly Randolph, Patrick Henry, Edmund Andros, Jeffrey Amherst, Norborne Berkeley, Robert Hunter, Francis Fauquier, Earl De La Warr, James Blair, and Robert Dinwiddie among others. Also included in the collection are prints, coats of arms, and commemorative coins.

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Bookplates Box 2, Folder 33

Two bookplates, for John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun and Royal Governor of Virginia from 1756-1759, and for Ralph Wormeley, Rector of William & Mary and translator of the university charter

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John Randolph of Roanoke Collection, 1806/1832

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Artificial collection of material relating to John Randolph of Roanoke.

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John Randolph of Roanoke Collection Addition, 1832 0.1 Linear Feet One legal sized folder. Box Small Collections Box 104, Folder 2

Five book plates with the Randolph family crest, two letters, and one scrap of paper with a clothing order for Randolph.

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John Randolph The Tory Papers, 1779/1840, bulk 1779/1840

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Coat of Arms bookplate of John Randolph of Middle Temple London.

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Lord Botetourt coat of arms

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Framed Coat of Arms for Lord Botetourt. A label adhered on the back reads "Finely engraved on copper and printed on hand made paper, from Joseph Edmonson's Baronagium Genealogicum, published London 1764. Edmonson was Mowbray Herald Extraordinary of the College of Arms of Great Britain. His work is one of the most authoritative and beautiful publications on Heraldry."

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Lord Botetourt coat of arms 0.26 Cubic Feet

Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de, ca. 1718-1770

Framed Coat of Arms for Lord Botetourt. A label adhered on the back reads "Finely engraved on copper and printed on hand made paper, from Joseph Edmonson's Baronagium Genealogicum, published London 1764. Edmonson was Mowbray Herald Extraordinary of the College of Arms of Great Britain. His work is one of the most authoritative and beautiful publications on Heraldry."

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