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
Start Over Repository College of William and Mary Date range 1747

Folder 19, 1676/1938 Box 11, Folder 19

Includes rubbing from binding of a Middlesex County record book; copy of orders, 1676, concerning provisions for soldiers to be sent out against Native Americans; copy of petitions, 1700, presented by the freeholders of Middlesex County to the House of Burgesses (from court record book); and copy of receipt, 1781, for supplies furnished by Philip Ludwell Grymes for public use. 4 items. Copies of blueprints of suggested original arrangement of the interior of the second Christ Church as built in 1714. 2 copies. 1938. Three articles on Middlesex County history by Carroll C. Chowning. 1932, 1934 and 1935. Notecard with a pencil sketch of the Christ Church altar.

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  2. Virginia Counties Collection, 1600/2000, bulk 1730/1890
  3. Middlesex County, 1676/1938

Fragment of the will of Clayborne, 1705/1863 Box 11, Folder 9

Fragment of the will, 1705, of [?] Clayborne; typed extracts from a tax book, 1815 (65 typed sheets); copy of petition, 1843, from citizens of county to General Assembly of Virginia concerning the disposal of land in the county and a memorandum, 1863, signed by John Letcher concerning the arrest of a slave charged with attempted murder. 4 items.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Virginia Counties Collection, 1600/2000, bulk 1730/1890
  3. King William County, 1705/1995

Francis P. Lee Papers, 1727/1930 11.00 Linear Feet

Lee, Francis P., 1814-1847

Papers, 1727-1866, of Francis Prioleau Lee, his wife Sara Ann (Cooper) Lee, and her family. Chiefly papers, 1830-1850, of Francis P. Lee and concerning his estate. The papers reflect his education at Princeton University and at the General Theological Seminary, New York, New York. They cover his career as an Episcopal minister serving churches in Camden, New Jersey; Tallahassee, Florida; Camden, South Carolina; and Mobile, Alabama (Christ Church); and his trying to obtain an appointment to the faculty of the College of South Carolina. A major portion of the papers consist of manuscript sermons by Lee. The collection also includes wills and estate papers of Joseph Cooper and Benjamin Cooper; correspondence concerning lands in New Jersey and Pennsylvania inherited from Benjamin B. Cooper; and the financial problems of Sarah Ann (Cooper) Lee's brother, Ralph V. M. Cooper.

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Galt Papers (I), 1745/1892 129.00 Linear Feet

Galt family

Professional and personal papers, 1745-1892, of the Galt family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Papers primarily concern the Galt family's work at the Eastern State Hospital, including apothecary shop daybooks, account books, medical daybooks, clinical notebooks, weather diaries, commonplace books, reports, medical notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and other. The personal papers consist of diaries, letters, scrapbooks, school notes, financial papers, memoirs, and other material.

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