Ann Coffey Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

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:

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:

Ann Coffey Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Creator:
Coffey, Ann
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ann Coffey Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Contains one typed transcript of a diary as well as a scrapbook of photographs entitled "The Coffey Pot" by Ann Coffey for her daughter Ann Elaine Coffey. The diary gives an account of the daily life of Ann and Ann Elaine, from large events like Ann Elaine's birth, her first day of school, her adventures at camp, moving to different towns, and a family trip to Niagara Falls, to everyday occurrences including being bitten by the neighbor's scottie dog and getting a perm for her hair. The diary ends in 1940 on Ann Elaine's sixteenth birthday.

The scrapbook contains a copy of the diary along with photographs of Ann Elaine as a child, her family and friends, summer camp, and trips the family took. Also included in the collection is "Why the Jew", a November 27, 1940 research paper written by Ann that discusses why Joseph Stalin and Adolph Hitler discriminated against the Jews and defends the population, positing that the Jews have contributed more to society than any other race. For excerpts from the diary provided by the seller, see the Finding Aid/Box List link below.

Acquisition information:
Acc. 2011.634 was received by the SCRC via USPS in September 2011.