Historical Pageant of Colonial Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Inc. Records

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:

Historical Pageant of Colonial Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Inc. Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Creator:
Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Historical Pageant of Colonial Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Inc. Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Plans, correspondence, pictures of a proposed historical pageant planned by the "Historical Pageant of Colonial Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Inc." in 1939. The pageant never happened. Correspondence with Clark Robinson of New York, President General of the SAR, and others. Includes prospectus which explains the object of the pageant. Pageant script called "Symphonic, Out-door Play, Depicting the Colonial Days of Jamestown and Yorktown, Virginia" by John C. Temple. Copies.

Biographical / historical:

Historical Pageant of Colonial Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Inc. attemped to finance a pageant in the Williamsburg area in 1939, but was not successful. Script written by John C. Temple. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Gift