Alice Hermione Wheaton Literature Journal

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 Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Alice Hermione Wheaton Literature Journal, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Creator:
Wheaton, Alice Hermione
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Alice Hermione Wheaton Literature Journal, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

Journal of stories and poems by Alice Hermione Wheaton (1849-1949) of New York City. It is not clear if the entries were copied or authored by Wheaton. The title on the front page is "Scraps No. 1 by Hermione Wheaton."

Biographical / historical:

Alice Hermione Wheaton (1849-1949) was born in New York City to Noah Wheaton and Amelia Ball. Her father purchased Gracie Mansion in 1857, where Alice and her husband Lambert S. Quackenbush lived for five years in the 1870's.

Acquisition information:
Purchased on eBay from Sally MacNamara Ivey, November 30, 2009.
Processing information:

Accession No.: 2009.581

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Short stories, American
Poems