Bray Papers
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 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:
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Bray Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 201.00 Linear Feet
- Creator:
- Associates of Dr. Bray (Organization)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Bray Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Negative photostats of papers, 1730-1817, of the Bray Associates, a division of the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, which was instrumental in providing libraries for the churches in America and setting up schools for the Christian education of free and enslaved Black children.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- African Americans--Education--Virginia
African Americans--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Church of England--History--18th century
Church of England--Virginia--History--18th century
Slavery--Virginia--18th century
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--18th century
Photostats - Names:
- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)
- Places:
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century