Special Collections Research Center
Ordway family papers
MS 00328
/repositories/2/resources/9291
0.6 Linear Feet
circa 1800-2000
English
Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Diaries, letters, and photos of Ordway family members Grace Lincoln Shannon (born 1865, also Grace Shannoon Ordway) and Maria Victoria Diaz (1950-2012).
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Preferred Citation
Ordway Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Marisol Lambert.
Processing Information
The diaries are all in rough shape, with the pages chipping, covers detached, stains and other damage throughout. They have been digitized! Patrons should be pointed to the digital copies before the physical.
United States--Women--History
Women--Diaries
Grace L. Shannon Diarycuid480/repositories/2/archival_objects/498082Ordway, Grace L. Shannon0.1 Linear Feet1887-1888EnglishMS 00328 Box 11Scope and ContentsDiary contains newspaper clippings, letters and programs.
Grace L. Shannon Ordway Diarycuid481/repositories/2/archival_objects/498083Ordway, Grace L. Shannon0.1 Linear Feet1891-1893EnglishMS 00328 Box 22Scope and ContentsA photo, Oakland Theater brochure, Estey Organ brochure, theater tickets, various programs, and newspaper clippings are held between diary pages.
Theater--19th centuryGrace L. Shannon Ordway Diarycuid482/repositories/2/archival_objects/498084Ordway, Grace L. Shannon0.1 Linear FeetOne legal sized folder.1898-1902EnglishMS 00328 Box 23United States--Women--HistoryWomen--DiariesGrace L. Shannon Ordway Diarycuid483/repositories/2/archival_objects/498085Ordway, Grace L. Shannon0.1 Linear FeetOne legal sized folder.1904-1913EnglishMS 00328 Box 24Scope and ContentsThere are newspaper clipping and a menu held in the diary pages.
Grace L. Shannon Ordway Diarycuid484/repositories/2/archival_objects/498086Ordway, Grace L. Shannon0.1 Linear FeetOne legal sized folder.1927EnglishMS 00328 Box 25Scope and ContentsNewspaper clippings are nestled between diary pages.
Grace L. Shannon Ordway Diarycuid485/repositories/2/archival_objects/4980870.1 Linear Feet1930EnglishMS 00328 Box 26Scope and ContentsThis diary holds three telegrams, as well as an announcement, and a menu in German.
Maria Victoria Diaz Letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/498088Spanish; CastilianMS 00328 Box 3Maria Victoria Diaz Letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/5770680.1 Linear Feet1941-1944Spanish; CastilianMS 00328 Box 37Scope and ContentsThirteen telegrams and seven letters.
Maria Victoria Diaz Letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/5770790.1 Linear FeetOne legal sized folder.1945Spanish; CastilianMS 00328 Box 38Scope and ContentsEleven telegram, twenty-one letters.
Maria Victoria Diaz Letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/5770800.1 Linear Feet1946-1967Spanish; CastilianMS 00328 Box 39Scope and ContentsFifteen letters and eleven telegrams.
Maria Victoria Diaz Letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/5770660.1 Linear FeetSpanish; CastilianMS 00328 Box 310Scope and ContentsThirteen undated letters and one telegram.
Maria Victoria Diaz Poems and Ephemera /repositories/2/archival_objects/5770670.1 Linear FeetOne legal sized folder1941-1965Spanish; CastilianEnglishMS 00328 Box 311Scope and ContentsTwo photographs of men, the larger one has cut off writing on the back, the smaller is signed "Carlos" and dated. Three newspaper clippings, and eleven poems are also in this folder.
Poetry