Special Collections Research Center
William Harrison Smith Papers
Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)
Mss. Acc. 1994.14
/repositories/2/resources/3061
0.70 Linear Feet
1934-1966
500 items
English
Biographical Information:
William Harrison Smith was Superintendant of the Grounds for the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (A.P.V.A.) at Jamestown (1939-1968), Virginia which also included the position of Postmaster at Jamestown (1939 to 1971).
Acquisition Information:
Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
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Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
William Harrison Smith Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Scope and Contents
Papers of the donor's stepfather, William Harrison Smith, superintendent and postmaster at the island of Jamestown, Virginia.
Mostly business correspondence with Ellen Bagby of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (A.P.V.A.) with reports, Elbert Cox of the National Park Service and Ellen Harvie Smith of the A.P.V.A. Includes monthly general reports, financial reports, salary lists, tax forms, soil report certificates, photographs, and newspaper clippings.
Business records
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Financial records
Photographs
Reports
Technical reports
Jamestown (Va.)--History
Jamestown (Va.)--Post office
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities--History.
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Jamestown Rediscovery
Colonial National Historical Park (Va.)
United States. National Park Service
Financial Reports and Correspondence Between W.H. Smith and Ellen Bagby/repositories/2/archival_objects/5587291957-1960English11Letters to Marguerite Quarles/repositories/2/archival_objects/5931521942-194512Scope and ContentsAsking Ms. Quarles to pay the bills since she was the bookeeper of APVA and John Marshall House plus in charge of the Relic House.
Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/5931531937-194113Scope and ContentsCorrespondence with Ms. Bagby, the Post Office Department, National Park Service and Larry Dawson
Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/5931541942-194514Letters to Miss Ellen Bagby/repositories/2/archival_objects/593155195015Monthly Financial Reports for APVA Jamestown Grounds/repositories/2/archival_objects/5931561944-194916Correspondence with Ellen Bagby/repositories/2/archival_objects/5931571945-194617Correspondence with Ellen Bagby and Others/repositories/2/archival_objects/593158195618Correspondence with Ellen Bagby and Others/repositories/2/archival_objects/5931591951-195219Correspondence with Ellen Bagby/repositories/2/archival_objects/5931601953-1955110Monthly Financial Reports for Jamestown/repositories/2/archival_objects/5931611950-1956111Tax Forms, Invoices, Financial Reports, Soil Report Certificates, Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/5587301944-1959English21Invoices, Receipts, Tax Forms and Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/5931621952-195422Newspaper articles, Photographs, Salary Lists, Drawing of Jamestown Convention Center and other Administrative Items/repositories/2/archival_objects/5931631960-196623