<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Jane-Ayers-Davis-Collection</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Davis, Jane Ayers, Collection</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Jane Ayers Davis Collection <num>SC 01256</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2009-07-24</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-10-04 07:02:01 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>The collection description/finding aid is written in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Jane Ayers Davis Collection</unittitle>
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      <corpname source="lcnaf">Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)</corpname>
    </origination>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.02 Linear Feet</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1909/1932" type="inclusive">1909-1932</unitdate>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="bulk">1909, 1920, 1922, 1932 and undated</unitdate>
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  <bioghist id="aspace_65eb833cac7b02c198607a12c447ac3d">
    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>Jane Ayers Davis was a resident of Williamsburg, Virginia. Full name; Emily Jane Ayers Davis was born on Neck-o-Land Farm in James City County, 1915 and was the daughter of Floyd and Bessie Ayers. She graduated from Matthew Whaley School and the College of William &amp; Mary. In 1938, she married Donald Walton Davis Jr. of Williamsburg, together they had five children.</p>  </bioghist>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_e67668d653f5ed7a4dff6c4478cb55be">
    <head>Acquisition Information:</head>
<p>Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <userestrict id="aspace_811fa2505a0a1041655819949bb80b23">
    <head>Conditions Governing Use:</head>
<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_0460db3a8eb6faa9a1446b5cde5553b7">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>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.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <prefercite id="aspace_9cd8e05b71e30c5b92dcf7a613d1dd7d">
    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>Jane Ayers Davis Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary</p>  </prefercite>
  <arrangement id="aspace_34cdfdd746d31ff32b84f49985c6c2bb">
    <head>Arrangement of Materials:</head>
<p>Loose.</p>  </arrangement>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Obituaries and the story of Williamsburg residents Edwin A. Gilley and Comer C. Jackson who died when their car fell through the open draw on the Chickahominy Bridge, undated, obituary of murdered Harry Burleson of James City County in 1922, photograph of woman in a canoe with a note that it might be Virginia Waltrip,  Notebook of handwritten stories by Ellsworth Ayers, dated 1909. There are also photographs of students from the Five Forks School.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <controlaccess>
    <genreform source="aat">Newspapers</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Obituaries</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Photographs</genreform>
    <geogname source="local">Chickahominy Bridge</geogname>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century</geogname>
    <corpname source="local">Boy Scouts of America</corpname>
    <persname source="local">Burleson, Harry</persname>
    <persname source="local">Gilley, Edwin A</persname>
    <persname source="local">Jackson, Comer Clarke</persname>
    <persname source="local">Waltrip, Virginia</persname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_2a6e4ef9343e7e8a5f71f921b0d3e3da" level="file"><did><unittitle>Papers</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/263279</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1909/1922" type="inclusive">1909-1922</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_787136b76faec853a22546b754e670cb" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">Small Collections Box 91</container><container id="aspace_c0881461bbf21363f22cbd3707adebd6" parent="aspace_787136b76faec853a22546b754e670cb" type="folder">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_10b592de8e47d8ab0865f0c3d3a8dba0"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>    Obituaries and the story of Williamsburg residents Edwin A. Gilley and Comer C. Jackson who died when their car fell through the open draw on the Chickahominy Bridge, undated, obituary of murdered Harry Burleson of James City County in 1922, photograph of woman in a canoe with a note that it might be Virginia Waltrip, Notebook of handwritten stories by Ellsworth Ayers, dated 1909.</p><p>Sketch of animals on prescription pad drawn by Dr. David J. King of Williamsburg, Virginia. Ca. 1920.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_5d22192aba4fad751b6d8e6b435a925c" level="file"><did><unittitle>Photographs</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/263280</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1923-1928, 1932</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_4ddeabde6f22f0d157a976248653e28a" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">Small Collections Box 91</container><container id="aspace_55b3c1ce5cb3a424bd30f1bd57fcad99" parent="aspace_4ddeabde6f22f0d157a976248653e28a" type="folder">2</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_41358c2da7fca4623adda86acf8bcfc3"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Photographs of students from the Five Forks School, with some of the students identified by name. 1923-1928</p><p>Photograph of Boy Scout Troop 103 in Williamsburg, Virginia.  February 1932.</p></scopecontent></c></dsc>
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