Jack L. Hiller Jamestown Festival 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 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.

Summary

Extent:
.25 Linear Feet
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Jack Lewis Hiller's collection of mostly photocopies and carbon copies of documents relating to the 1957 Jamestown Festival. Material includes planning documents, transcripts of speeches and script content for plays and presentations. Also includes Jamestown related brochures and publications on Jamestown and Virginia History.

Jack Hiller received a bachelor's degree in history from the College of William and Mary in 1953. He served as a park ranger in Jamestown, Virginia.

Accessioned as 2013.076.

Acquisition information:
Gift via WHRA), acquired in 2013 (Acc. 2013. 076).
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard