Harold Sniffen Bicentennial Collection

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 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:

Harold Sniffen Bicentennial Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
2.50 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Harold Sniffen Bicentennial Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of papers, 1971-1976, concerning the bicentennial celebrations of the American Revolution held in Virginia. Some of the material deal with religious freedom in America.

Scope and Contents 18 panels, number 1-18. Series of "posters" on people and events relating to the history of religious freedom in the United States.

Correspondence, newsletters, meeting minutes.

Correspondence, newsletters.

Correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletter.

Pamphlets, correspondence, notes.

Correspondence, newspaper articles.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, newsletters, newspaper articles.

Meeting minutes, correspondence.

Correspondence, meeting minutes.

Scope and Contents Leaflets, correspondence.

Scope and Contents Newspaper articles.

Newspaper articles.

Newspaper articles.

Scope and Contents Newspaper articles.

American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Fact sheet, 1971. American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.

American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.

Name changes, 1973 July-August. Virginia Independence Bicentennial Committee.

Virginia Independence Bicentennial Committee.

1 item in medium oversize file.

2 items in medum oversize file.

Magazine titled "Religious Freedom in America" by Francis Stuart Harmon. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the US. Sponsored for National Distribution by The Interchurch Center, New York.

Religious Freedom Exhibit. 18 panels, no. 1-18. Series of posters on people and events relating to the history of religious freedom in the United States. Acc. # 1990.81.