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Finding aid created by Ute Schechter, 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Harlan H. Ballard, Jr. Papers, 1916-1946 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2009.091

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Harlan H. Ballard, Jr. Papers 1921-19461921-1946 01/Mss. Acc. 2009.091 0.30 The papers are in: English Ballard, Harlan H., Jr.Ferguson, Elizabeth A. arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

 Conditions Governing Use

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.

 Preferred Citation

Harlan H. Ballard, Jr. Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 03/09/2009.

 Processing Information

Accessioned and described by Ute Schechter in March 2009.

 Biographical Note

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Harlan H. Ballard, Jr.">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Harlan H. Ballard, Jr.</a>.

 Scope and Contents

Set of 5 journals and a few single letters, poems, postcards and photographs.The journals document vacations and visits to Harlan H. Ballard, Jr.'s  cabin, referred to in one of the journals as 'Arbutus Lodge.' Arbutus Lodge was located in Nichewaug, near Barr, both Worcester County, Massachusetts. The entries were written both by the host and guests and detail their visits and activities. Several of the volumes contain photographs.Some of the names mentioned are:  Spencer S. Dodd, A. D. Quimby, Billy Kim, Billy Dort, Chris Sheldon, Helen, Donald, and Eugene Rust, Harry J. Kane, Bert D. Comry, Howard L. Hillman, Robert Whitehill, Glady’s H., George H., Bobby, Eleanor and Pricilla Tracey, George W., Alice, and Malcolm Todd, James E. McAlpine, Alfred P., and Helen B. Whitehill, Fred W. Notman, Blanch and Bernard Farr, Shenfelder, Ed Inman, Almon McManus, Sadie Holem, Tristane Tupper, Nelson G. Cooley.One volume is a diary kept by Elizabeth A. Ferguson for parts of 1942-1943. She seems to have been a family friend.  It does not relate to vacations at Arbutus Lodge.

 Additional Information Separated Materials

Purchase in one lot with Alice W. Barker Poetry Journal, which was described separately as Mss. Acc. 2009.092.

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This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Correspondence Diaries Photographs Geographic Name: Massachusetts--Social life and customs Topical Term: Outdoor recreation--Massachusetts. Poems Postcards. Vacation homes--Massachusetts. Women--Diaries. Detailed Description of the Collection Journal and loose items id51117 1916-1930 1 Journal id51120 1930-1940 2 Journal id51122 1940-1944 3 Journal id51123 1944-1946 4 Elizabeth A. Ferguson diary and letter id51130 1942-1944 5