Bodleian Plate Discovery

Containers:
Box 4, Folder 3
Scope and content:

Account of, and copies of, letters concerning the history and rediscovery of the Bodleian Plate. January 1, 1930 telegram from Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin to Mary Goodwin: "Woods and Perry here join in congratulations considered greatest find in American Research Pictures Received Today Invaluable." Typed transcripts of January and February 1930 letters between Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin's Office and Mary F. Goodwin about the discovery of the Bodleian Plate. Typed draft of an account by Mary F. Goodwin entitled, "Researching in England, 1929-1930" where she relates the history of the Rawlinson Collection, the history of the beginning of Colonial Williamsburg and the trail of her research that led to the discovery of the Bodleian Plate.

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.
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.