Young Family photograph album (Germany)

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 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:

Young Family Photograph Album of Germany, 1935-1936, Special Collections Research Center, Wiliam & Mary Libraries.

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Young Family and Read 'Em Again Books
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Young Family Photograph Album of Germany, 1935-1936, Special Collections Research Center, Wiliam & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Small-size tourist photo album with 50 b&w photographs, depicting various locations the Young family visited on their travels through Germany and France. Includes images of the Rhine, as well as Strasbourg, Cologne, and Leipzig, where the Youngs visited relatives. Nine images are of Hitler's re-militarization of Cologne in early March. One image depicts a large Nazi flag hung from an upper floor window in support of the regime.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Read 'Em Again Books with funds from the Maurine and William Dulin fund, 2018.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard