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Start Over Collection Williamsburg (Va.) Area Ephemera Collection, 1858/2015 Date range 1944

Research, M - O, 1930/1974 Box 13, Folder 5

"Masonic Master's Chair" article (undated, 3 pages); Methodist Ladies correspondence between Kenneth Chorley and others (1930); "Miscellaneous Williamsburg Stuff" comprised mostly of newspaper articles grouped by the donor; "Mr. Rockefeller's Other City:..." a thesis by Roy Brien Varnado (1974, 64 pages); "A New Ancient Town" review from "The Outlook" (undated); "Norge, Virginia: The Norweigian-American Midwest Reinvented?" by Mette Lovas from "Overskrift" (circa 1996, 6 pages) and "Old Cannon on College Campus was Protector Against Indians" (article, Virginia Gazette, September 29, 1933).

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  3. Series 1: Postcard, Ephemera, and Research Collection, 1900/2005
  4. Correspondence and Research, 1881/2005

Research, P, 1923/2001 Box 13, Folder 6

"Peacock Hill Architectural Report, Block 30-31 & 36" by J.F. Waite (CWF, 1978, 10 pages); postcards - front and back - and newspaper articles grouped by the donor (photocopies); "Postcards reflect History" by Kathleen Chang (Flat Hat, 2001); "Private Land Development in Williamsburg, 1699-1748: Building a Community" a thesis by Cathleene B. Hellier (1989) and "Professor John Millington, M.D." by George F. Holmes (William and Mary Quarterly, January 1923).

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  3. Series 1: Postcard, Ephemera, and Research Collection, 1900/2005
  4. Correspondence and Research, 1881/2005

Research, T - V, 1906/1991 Box 14, Folder 2

"Tazewell Hall: a Report on Its Eighteenth-Century Appearance" by S.P. Moorehead (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, XIV, 1, 4 pages); "This War and Williamsburg" by Donald P. Bean (Publisher's Weekly, August 22, 1942, 2 pages); "Alfred Wordsworth Thompson, 1840-1896" (American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II, A Catalogue of Works by Artists born between 1816 and 1845" by Natalie Spassky (undated, 4 pages); "Three Philanthropic Pirates" by Edmund Berkeley, Jr. (The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 74, 9 pages); "To His Excellency Thomas Jeffereson, Letters to a President" selected and edited by Jack McLaughlin (1991, p 110-113); "The Town That Stopped" by Cabell Phillips (American Heritage II, February 1960, 5 pages); "Trees on the Duke of Gloucester Street in the 18th Century" (undated, 2 pages); "Lyon G. Tyler Letter, photocopy" (March 22, 1919, 2 pages); "Unlocking the Mysteries of the Wren Crypt" (William and Mary News, Fall 1995); "Views of Fortress Monroe and Vicinity" (photocopies of 4 pages of photographs) and Virginia Gazette photocopies of articles from 1906-1935 about Williamsburg history.

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  3. Series 1: Postcard, Ephemera, and Research Collection, 1900/2005
  4. Correspondence and Research, 1881/2005

Research, W - Z, 1881/2003 Box 14, Folder 3

"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).

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  2. Williamsburg (Va.) Area Ephemera Collection, 1858/2015
  3. Series 1: Postcard, Ephemera, and Research Collection, 1900/2005
  4. Correspondence and Research, 1881/2005

Series 1: Postcard, Ephemera, and Research Collection, 1900/2005

The material in this series was collected by a single donor and given as a whole collection. While the donor's identity can be found within this series, the donor requested his/her name not be made public in the finding aid. Because of the donor's wish to remain anonymous, it was decided to keep the donation in full as part of this collection. Most of the material consists of postcards of the Williamsburg area, many dated prior to 1960. Includes photographs of and ephemera from the Williamsburg area, microfilm of 19th and 20th century issues of the Virginia Gazette, correspondence and a compact disc containing Williamsburg area postcards. The donors research files, including correspondence, are also included in this series. Accession 2011.537. Subseries are: Postcards; Photographs; Ephemera; Correspondence and Research; and Artifacts and Audio-Visual Material. Accessioned microfilm of 19th and 20th century issues of the Virginia Gazette, maps, and other ephemera related to Williamsburg, Virginia has not been located as of 2015.

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Williamsburg (Va.) Area Ephemera Collection, 1858/2015 14.60 Linear Feet

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This collection covers the Greater Williamsburg Area, including Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown, James City County, York County and other nearby communities. It includes gifts and purchases whose contents are ephemeral in nature and not well-suited as stand-alone collections. The items are usually transient documents of everyday life and can include menus, flyers, advertisements, and programs but can also be postcards, games, ticket stubs, and the like.

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