Robert Page Waller Diaries

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:

Robert Page Waller Diaries, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
1.30 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robert Page Waller Diaries, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Diaries, 1858-1872, of Dr. Robert Page Waller of Williamsburg, Va. Although Waller was a medical doctor, these diaries do not relate to the practice of medicine. During the period from October 1862 to July 1865, Waller lived in Lynchburg, Va. The diaries concern farming, his ill-health, family, the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Note: The diaries were numbered by Waller and some volumes are not present.

Msv Ad209 Vol. 1: August 16, 1858 to October 7, 1858

Volumes 2 and 3 were not received.

MsV Ad210 Vol. 4: October 14, 1858 to March 20, 1859

MsV Ad211 Vol. 5: March 21, 1859 to June 21, 1859

MsV Ad212 Vol. 6: June 22, 1859 to February 11, 1860

MsV Ad213 Vol. 7: February 12, 1860 to September 16, 1860.

MsV Ad214 Vol. 8: September 18, 1860 to March 31, 1861.

Volume 9 was not received.

MsV Ad215 Vol. 10: October 2, 1862 to October 28, 1863

MsV Ad216 Vol. 11: November 5, 1863 to May 8, 1865

MsV Ad217 Vol. 12: May 12, 1865 to December 24, 1866

MsV Ad218 Vol. 13: December 25, 1866 to July 30, 1867

MsV Ad219 Vol. 14: July 31, 1867 to April 15, 1868

MsV Ad220 Vol. 15: April 16, 1868 to June 23, 1869

MsV Ad221 Vol. 16: June 24, 1869 to January 21, 1870

MsV Ad222 Vol. 17: March 18, 1872 to July 21, 1872

MsV Ad223 Oversize Vol. 18: November 23, 1870 to March 12, 1872

Biographical / historical:

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Robert Page Waller