Diary and Account Books

Containers:
Box 17
Scope and content:

January 1861 - December 1871 cash account book of merchants Shacklett and Gibbons of Harrisonburg, Virginia. 1867 account book of the Richmond Whig, containing 314 pages. An unidentified 1869-1870 account book. Common place book of W.R. Houston who attended school in Augusta, Georgia. A cursory review shows the book to contain many priceless comments and observations. The book is partially a diary and covers the years 1894-1898.

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
Parent restrictions:
Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. 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.