Collections

This collection includes records from the William and Mary Heritage Dancers, a student group that performs reconstructions of dances recorded in historical sources and modern dances composed in the historic style. The club also became a forum for students to compose and try out their own original "English Country" dances.

Acc. 1979.007. William and Mary Theatre Records, circa 1975-1979. This series contains photographs and programs that were used by Howard Scammon in his book The William and Mary Theatre: 50 Years; layout sheets for the final copy and cover; correspondence; pre-publication material about fundraising; photocopy of a typed draft of the book.

This collection contains administrative records, fliers, awards, scrapbooks and other material related to the Young Democrats, a political student organization at the College of William and Mary. Included in the records are fliers and handbooks for the Virginia Young Democrats (VAYD) Convention held at the College in April 2011; fliers for events hosted by the Young Democrats; scrapbooks containing photographs of events held by the organization from 2006-2012; and campaign literature for local, state, and national elections. See "Additional Description" and "Separated Material" for location of separated items.

The papers of William "Bill" Archer, newspaper journalist for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and historian, document Archer's research and reporting of events in Southern West Virginia, predominantly Mercer and McDowell Counties. In addition to his reporting, Archer wrote a number of local history books as well as articles for publications other than the Bluefield paper.

The William Ross Schermerhorn papers contains materials that document the personal and professional career of William Ross Schermerhorn. Papers primarily document Schermerhorn's work for Macys as well as Colonial Williamsburg. Notes and material on his involvement in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks shows, and other creative endeavors he undertook as Vice President for Macys Parade and Creative Director at Colonial Williamsburg are included. In addition, the collection contains projects he completed for Disney as well as numerous other productions, musicals and sheet music. The papers also contains photographs of his time at Macy's and Audio/ Visual material from his productions. Artifacts, pins and badges present in the collection relate to his time in New York City.

This collection includes four glass plate negatives, a sketch of Andrew Alexander, a letter signed by Andrew Alexander, and a letter dated 1796 from William C. Anderson to Francis Thomas.