Ada E. Boyle Photograph Album

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:

Ada E. Boyle Photograph Album, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.02 Linear Feet
Creator:
Boyle, Ada E.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ada E. Boyle Photograph Album, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

46 page photograph album containing 132 black and white photographs and seven cyanotypes mounted on black construction paper. Some names are captioned within this album. The photographs depict friends posing with various props and in multiple poses indicated that perhaps, Ada Boyle was herself the photographer. The photographs also feature many women posing in a jovial manner as well as men playing ice hockey on a frozen pond.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Langdon Manor Books with funds from the Lyon Gardiner Tyler Library Endowment, 2018.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Photography