Lee Family Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
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:

Lee Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
2.20 Linear Feet
Creator:
Lee Family, Lee, Edward Myers, Lee, Elizabeth Mallory, 1902-, Lee, Peticolas, 1904-, Powell, William Devens, and Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Lee Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Mss. Acc. 1993.06-01, Series 1 - 4: Papers and photographs of the Edward Myers Lee Family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Lee graduated from the College of William and Mary, as did many of his children. An album has photos of a May Pole in front of the Williamsburg Court House on Duke of Gloucester St. The papers include material for some of his children, particulary Elizabeth Mallory Lee (Mrs. John Walston Henderson), Peticolas Lee (Mrs. Robert Edward Lee), Mary King Lee, and Edward M. Lee. Mrs. Victoria L. Lee, Mrs. Carrie Lee and Richard Henry Lee are also mentioned.

Mss. Acc. 1995.27, Series 5: This series includes photographs of family members from late 1800's to early 1970's and photographs of houses where various family members lived, a small drawing book of William D. Powell, an architect relative of the family, and the birth certificate and passport of Edward Lee.

Biographical / historical:

Edward Lee lived in Williamsburg, Virginia and was the father of Edward M. Lee (1900), Elizabeth M. (1902), Peticolas (1904), Richard Henry (1907), Mary King (1916).

Acquisition information:
Mss. Acc. 1993.06-01, 1993, gift of Cynthia Barlowe and Raymond Kimbrough, Jr. Mss. Acc. 1995.27, 5/10/1995, gift of Edward M. Lee. Gift through the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.