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 1883

West Family Account Books, 1845/1901 6.00 Linear Feet

Account books, 1845-1901, of the West family, of Buckingham county, Va. Include memorandum books, account books (daybooks, ledgers, and journals) of several stores: Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute Store, Gravel Hill, Va.; West & Agee (John S. West and William C. Agee), Buckingham Court House, Va.; J. E. West and J. E. West (John Edmund West) & Bros., Dillwyn, Va. The collection includes account books of the Gravel Hill Post Office (John S. West and Mattie J. West).

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W. G. Waller, Thomasville, Ga., to "Uncle John" [Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1883 Box 16, Folder 4

Believes that he could set the paper on a "solid an profitable basis;" if he could only raise the money; asks if it would be possible for him to get a job in the civil service; discusses Tyler's account of the "obstinate attack upon the president's heart." 2 pp. ALS.

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  2. John Tyler, Jr. Papers, 1800/1928
  3. Series 1: John Tyler, Jr. Papers Group A, 1844/1899
  4. Box 16
  5. Folder 4, 1883

W.G. Waller, Thomasville, Ga., to "Uncle John" [Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C.], 1883 Box 16, Folder 4

Informs Tyler that he purchased the Savannah News in an effort to make something of his life; finds himself in financial difficulties; asks Tyler to negotiate for him a loan of $1000 in Washington. 4 pp. ALS.

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  2. John Tyler, Jr. Papers, 1800/1928
  3. Series 1: John Tyler, Jr. Papers Group A, 1844/1899
  4. Box 16
  5. Folder 4, 1883

White, C.A., 1869/1885 Box Series 3, Box 106, Folder 11

Put Me in my Litle Bed - - cover art Come Birdie Come -- cover art Poor Little Johnny -- cover art A bird from o'er the sea -- cover art Little Emily -- cover art Little Clo Baby Fingers on my Cheek -- cover art Far From Home -- cover art The Old Turnkey-- cover art Marguerite -- cover art The Widow in the Cottage by the Sea-Side He was Crucified -- cover art

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  2. Sheet Music Collection, 1827/1974
  3. Series 3: 19th Century Sheet Music

White-Garnett Papers, 1876/1893 573.00 Linear Feet

Correspondence and legal papers of William H. White (1847-1920) and Theodore S. Garnett, Jr. (1844-1915), law partners of Norfolk, Va. concerning the collection of notes due, estate settlements and Virginia politics. Among the correspondents are John Warwick Daniel, Eppa Hunton, Thomas Staples Martin, John Barbee Minor, William Nathan Harrell Smith, David Gardiner Tyler and John S. Wise.

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Whittle-Greene Papers, 1855/1995 4.50 Linear Feet

Papers of Cloe Tyler Whittle Greene. Mostly diaries, 1855-1924, before and after her marriage to John Newport Greene. Also includes printed cards, photographs, verse, newspapers, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and prints of colonial and Civil War figures. Topics covered by the diaries include secession, Civil War, Reconstruction, travel, life in Norfolk, Virginia and marriage.

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