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 1928

Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1873/1957 206.00 Linear Feet

McCormick, Virginia Taylor, 1873-1957

Papers, 1887-1953, of Virginia Taylor McCormick, Norfolk, Va. poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and editor of The Lyric magazine, 1921-1929. Includes manuscript and printed poems; essays; lectures; diaries, and correspondence with other poets and writers. Correspondents include Franklin Pierce Adams, Lady Astor, Lord Beaverbrook, Gamaliel Bradford, Van Wyck Brooks, Walter de la Mare, Ellen Glasgow, Rupert Hughes, Amy Lowell, H. L. Mencken and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.

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Visits from distinguished guests, 1921/1953 Box 16, Folder 1

Visit of President Warren G Harding, October 19, 1921. Includes clippings about the visit and transcript of his speech at campus. See Also: William and Mary Literary Magazine, 1921, Nov. Address of Harding and JAC Chandler Visit of the Governor and Legislature of Virginia, 1924. Printed card of information about the visit. Visit of Pres. Coolidge, 1926. Includes a luncheon invitation, pictures, clippings. Franklin D. Roosevelt, includes clippings and papers. Original manuscript of the address made by President Roosevelt at the inauguration of John Stewart Bryan as President of the College on which occasion Mr Roosevelt was made the recipient of the honorary degree of LLD. Signed and presented by Mr Roosevelt, October 20, 1934. Letter to His Majesty, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth from John Stewart Bryan concerning their visit, 1937.

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  2. College Papers Collection, 1880/1999

Vol. 1 loose items: Newspaper clippings (articles and pictures), 1909/1933 Box 1, Volume 1

St. Peter's Church, New Kent County, St. Stephen's "The Old Brick Church," September 1909 "Old Yeocomico Church Recently Celebrated 105th Anniversary" "Historic Colonial Palace at Williamsburg" by D. R. C. "Petsworth Book to be Published", Glouchester Gazette, July 12, 1933 (Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish) "Smith's Fort is Oldest House now Standing on Virginia Soil," Richmond Times Dispatch, undated.

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  2. William Carter Stubbs Papers (II), 1786/1930
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  4. Vol. 1: "Abingdon Parish Register"

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