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Pamphlets for Williamsburg Glass Company Butts Furniture Company, Old Chickahominy House pottery, Shirley Pewter House, Galleries of Bozarth and more. Copy of a flyer advertising the William Rouse Cabinet Manufacturer in Smithfield, Virginia which describes his other goods, such as repaired furniture and undertaking business (1859). Most items are undated.

Scope and Contents Newspaper articles about the history of Williamsburg. Includes remembrances of local citizens, stories about businesses and neighborhoods, current events and the changes brought to Williamsburg by national, international and local events. Includes newspaper article "Liberalism and Broad Humanity" [for the Whig] with a byline, Williamsburg, VA., October 6, 1882. Initials at end of editorial are A.D. (2 copies).

Flyers, advertisements and programs for different clubs and organizations in the Williamsburg area. Includes material on the Middle Plantation Agricultural Society for the City of Williamsburg and the Counties of York, Warwick and James City (Agricultural Exhibition, note says "This society, the first of the kind ever held in Williamburg.") 1860, program of the Educational and Civic Association, Williamsburg, Virginia for 1911-1912, The Junior Woman's Club, Williamsburg Garden Club, Rotary Club, Confederate Veterans Memorial Service Programs, Bravo Transportation, James City-Williamsburg-York TB Association, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Club of Williamsburg, Extension Homemaker's Club, Isle of Wight Historical Society, Colonial Hunt Club, Kiwanis, Ruritan, Soroptimist Club, Golden Horseshoe Club, Williamsburg Bar Association and others.

Programs for the presentations of The Virginia Comedians, given at Cameron Hall with Williamsburg cast members. Some cast names are Miss Estelle Smith, Mrs. J.A. Pleasants, Mr. C.W. Coleman, Miss Bessie Scott, Miss Coleman, Mrs. Spencer, Miss Wise, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. J.B. Cabell, Mr. J.E. Harris, Mr. J.D. Moncure, Miss Booth, Miss Trevilian, Mrs. Peacher and others.

Scope and Contents 1905 map of Newport News and Yorktown, Virginia; "Master Plan of Kingsmill on the James" map (undated); souvenir maps of Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg, William and Mary; geological survey maps of the Williamsburg area (1984); photocopy of "map showing approximate location of 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699;" photocopy of Williamsburg area portion of "atlas to accompany the office records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865;" photocopies of maps from the 18th and 19th centuries; Map of Tidewater, Virginia; Williamsburg; map published by Amoco; Williamsburg Map and Visitor's Guide and two ADC city street maps of Williamsburg. Flood insurance rate map of the City of Williamsburg, Virginia by Federal Emergency Management Agency, revised March 2, 1994.

Scope and Contents Six photographs of Williamsburg, probably reproduced about 1984 from originals. Duke of Gloucester Street Scene (1890), Duke of Gloucester Street - The Same View about 35 years later (undated), Grammar and "Mattey" School (undated), Matthew Whaley Student Representative Committee with names listed (December 18, 1936), Class Picture of Class of 1942, probably Matthew Whaley School, with names listed (1942 or earlier) and Matthew Whaley class officers sitting on wall with names listed (June 10, 1938).

Scope and Contents Reproduction map of "Yorktown et Williamsburg (Virginie)" with insert "Environs de Yorktown," Michel Levy Freres Editeurs, undated. Reproduction prints by Casey Holtzinger, "The Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia 1890" and Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia 1892." 1917 reprint of a 1906 map of the topography of the Williamsburg Quadrangle by Albert Pike and Robert Coe for the Department of the Interior.

Scope and Contents "Wednesday Lunch Group, A Brief History" By Wayne Kernodle (October 2003, 4 pages); Williamsburg Historic Records Association description (Swem Library website, 1999); William and Mary Society of the Alumni pamphlet (undated); "Herein is set forth a true and accurate account of the history of the heroic Indian fighter or Spottswood 1713 - a most distinquished member of the College Community" (undated); William and Mary Special Faculty Minutes, September 17, 1951, stating they are "deeply troubled by the recently disclosed academic irregularities in the physical education and athletic departments..."; "William and Mary Underground" (Online blog, Pipeline Valley, 2001); "Williamsburg Cultural Resources Map Project" by Martha W. McCartney and Christina A. Kiddle (Colonial Williamsburg Archaeological Reports, 1996/2001, 46 pages); "Williamsburg in Old Postcards" by Kurt Reisweber (Colonial Williamsburg, June/July 1999, 6 pages); "Williamsburg in Wartime" by Vernon M. Geddy (House and Garden, September 1942); "A Woman's life-work: labors and experiences of Laura S. Haviland (excerpt, Cincinnati: L.S. Haviland, 1881, p 404-413); Women's Missionary Society reports and notes (1926-1932, 24 pages) and "York County History" by the York County Historical Committee (1996 and undated).