Company G, 9th Quartermaster Training Regiment at Camp Lee, Virginia, photographs
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
- Contact for questions and access:
- Email: spcoll@wm.eduPhone: (757) 221-3090Fax: (757) 221-5440Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
- Preferred citation:
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Company G, 9th Quartermaster Training Regiment at Camp Lee, Virginia, photographs, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1.83 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Company G, 9th Quartermaster Training Regiment at Camp Lee, Virginia, photographs, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Two panoramic photographs of African-American training units at Camp Lee, Virginia, in the 1940s. The first is a group photograph of "Company "G", 9th Quartermaster Training Regiment" stationed at Camp Lee, with the names of all members of platoons 1st through 4th listed along the bottom of the image. The second panoramic photograph was taken in front of the 1st platoon building and features five rows of unnamed soldiers.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from William Reese Company with the assistance of the Nelle Richardson Tonkin Fund.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- African Americans -- Virginia
African Americans--Virginia--History--20th century
African Americans--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans
Education, Military
Military education
Military basic training - Names:
- Purchase from William Reese Company.
- Places:
- African Americans--History.
Camp Lee (Va.)--History--20th century
Camp Lee (Va.)--Photographs