Robert Reid Howison 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 Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Note: Even though permission was given to publish and copy this manuscript, check to see if the original manuscript has been given to another library or research center.

Preferred citation:

Robert Reid Howison Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
1.00 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robert Reid Howison Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Photostat copy of handwritten manuscript and copy of typed transcript of "Twice Forty Years" an autobiography by Robert Reed Howison. This manuscript is sometimes called "Twice Forty Years in American Life."

Biographical / historical:

Robert Reid Howison (1820-1906) was a historian who lived in Fredericksburg, Virginia at present day (2008) Lee Drive in Fredericksburg Battlefield Park off Lafayette Boulevardis. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Original manuscript was lent to Special Collection in 1922 by Mary Graham Howison, with permission to publish, and returned to her in 1978. Before returning the manuscript, she gave permission for a copy to be made. The original manuscript was deposited with The College of William and Mary by Mary Graham Howison in 1922 when she graduated from William and Mary. She gave William and Mary permission to publish parts of it at any time. Chapter 2 and Chapter 6 did appear in the William and Mary Quarterly. In 1978, she requested the original document, giving William and Mary permission to "xerox the manuscript."

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Manuscripts (document genre)