Businesses - Newspapers
- Containers:
- Box 18, Folder 7
- Scope and content:
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Scope and Contents Mostly pamphlets and advertisements published by the Virginia Gazette. Includes booklet "Catalog of Type Speciments," "A brief History of the Virginia Gazette," photostat of December 20, 1867 "Prospectus of the Virginia Gazette" by E. H. Lively, Editor and R.A. Lively, Publisher, photostat of "Two Hundred and Fifty Houses in Richmond and Norfolk who regularly advertise in the Gazette...," with handwritten date 1858, photostat of an advertisement of a new publication, "American Palladium and Eastern Virginia Advertiser," August 30, 1865 and "Extracts and Anecdotes from Williamsburg's Own Newspaper During 1772-1775." The originals of these photostats are owned by the American Antiquarian Society (as of 1951).
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
- Contact for questions and access:
- Email: spcoll@wm.eduPhone: (757) 221-3090Fax: (757) 221-5440Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc
- Parent 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.
- Parent 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.