Whittle-Greene 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 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.

Addition 1990.18: The original is in the Chesapeake Public Library (Virginia) and may not be reproduced, published or quoted without their permission.

Preferred citation:

Whittle-Greene Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
4.50 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Whittle-Greene Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Cloe Tyler Whittle Greene. Mostly diaries, 1855-1924, before and after her marriage to John Newport Greene. Also includes printed cards, photographs, verse, newspapers, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and prints of colonial and Civil War figures. Topics covered by the diaries include secession, Civil War, Reconstruction, travel, life in Norfolk, Virginia and marriage.

Biographical / historical:

Chloe Tyler Whittle Greene was married to John Newport Greene. She lived in Norfolk, Virginia during the mid to late 1800's and early 1900's.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Mrs. Edward Duffy (1950) and the Chesapeake Public Library (1990).
Processing information:

The collection was arranged, described, and rehoused by Matt Abel, Special Collections Staff, in September 2013.