Professor of Biology at William and Mary (1916-1950). Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Davis Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Items relating to early twentieth-century College of William and Mary, Colonial Williamsburg, and Williamsburg High School. A few items are from the Ayres family of Williamsburg, Virginia.
Invitation of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, dated 1935; brochure for Tidewater, Virginia, invitation of The College of William and Mary to address given by Samuel Black McCormick (Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh), undated; postcard of the Peninsula Bank and Trust Company, dated 1913; news clipping with photograph of Williamsburg Hostesses, dated May 1944; Williamsburg Reunion Closing Service program, dated October 30, 1994; commencement invitation of the Williamsburg High School, dated 1925 and commencement invitation of the Nicholson High School, dated 1911.