Woodbridge Family Papers

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:

Woodbridge Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
1.80 Linear Feet
Creator:
Woodbridge, Dudley Warner, 1896-1969 and Oxrieder, Julia W.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Woodbridge Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Papers relating to the Woodbridge and Mendenhall Families including materials of Julia Woodbridge Oxrieder, folklorist and author; her brother, Hensley Woodbridge, a bibliographer of Latin American literature; and their parents, Dean of the College of William and Mary Law School, Dudley Woodbridge and his wife. Some material relates to Williamsburg, Virginia. The collection includes diaries, scrapbooks, photographs and other materials.

Biographical / historical:

Dudley Warner Woodbridge was professor and dean of the law school at the College of William and Mary from 1927 to 1966. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:

Acquisition information:
Gift.
Processing information:

Arrangement and description of this collection by Anne Johnson, SCRC staff, in August with further processing by Alex Dodd, SCRC staff, in October 2009.