Series 2: Recreation Committee

Scope and content:

Mrs. John Garland Pollard served as Chairman of the Recreation Committee of the Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy, 1947-1956. The Advisory Council recommended that the state create an Inter-Agency Committee on Recreation, and Governor Battle did so in 1953. Pollard was unanimously elected chairman at its first meeting, and continued to serve as chairman until she retired from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1956. She remained on the committee until 1962. The series contains published materials, meeting minutes, and some correspondence. It is divided into three subseries: the Advisory Council, its Recreation Committee, and the Interagency Committee.

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
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.

Collection is stored off-site. Please allow a minimum of 3 business days for retrieval.

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.

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