Photographs
- Scope and content:
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Photographs of the Broome Family, mostly from the period 1867 to 1930. Includes studio portraits of children and adults plus photographs of family, friends, animals and homes. Sizes range from 1" square to 8"x10";. Very few photographs are labeled, but some locations mentioned are Richmond, Norfolk, Sarasota, Belgrade, Craigville, Tampa Leo, Bethel, Savanna and Kimberley. Names written on the reverse of some photographs include William Theodore Bloome, Ellie Adele Williams (Bloome), Talbott Dornin Broome, Ellie Broome, Emma Dornin Broome, William Broome, Edith Livingston Broome, Ellie Montclair, Alice Newkirk (Elliott), Ruth Searing and Miss Cary. Two 8"x10" group photographs of the Commonweath of Virginia, Purchases and Supply department for 1966 and 1971, a wedding picture from Bee Allen's wedding and a group photograph of girls from their graduation from Kimberley. There are duplicates of many photographs, scattered among the different sizes. The photographs are filed loosely by size.
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
- Parent 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.
- Parent 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.