Hart Papers I and II

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:

Hart Papers and Hart Papers (II), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
4.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Hart, John, 1860-1937, Anderson Gallery, Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958, Hart, Katherine McCowan, 1863-1948, and Lee Gallery
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Hart Papers and Hart Papers (II), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1847-1934, including correspondence, essays, articles, and poems by John Hart, a Richmond book seller and poems, short stories, and a novel by his wife, Katherine M. Hart. The papers of John Hart include letters concerning the sale of books and two letters by James Branch Cabell. The collection includes diplomas and certificates awarded by the University of Virginia to his [father ?] John Hart of Louisa County, Va.

The Hart Papers (II) series contains 200 nineteenth-century photographs (stereographs, cabinet, cartes de visite), mainly taken by studios in Richmond, Virginia. The subjects of these photographs are men, women, children, families, soldiers, statues, monuments and paintings.

Biographical / historical:

John Hart was an educator having served on the faculty of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and as a book dealer in Richmond, Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Purchase. 1926.02 - some of the Cartes de Visite photographs acquired in 1926.
Processing information:

Box and folder list inventory completed by Zach Woodward, SCRC staff, in February 2011.

Arrangement:

Series One contains the family papers of John Hart and Series Two contains the 19th century photographs collected by John Hart.

Physical description:
382 items.