Herbert H. Bateman Congressional Records

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:

Herbert H. Bateman Congressional Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
230 Linear Feet 230 Boxes
Creator:
Bateman, Herbert Harvell, 1928-2000
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Herbert H. Bateman Congressional Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Congressional records of Herbert Bateman, William & Mary Class of 1949, House of Representatives, 1982-2000, First Virginia District. Includes records relating to congressional sessions such as budget, appropriations; local subjects including NASA, King William Reservoir, wetlands; weekly columns; speeches; schedule books, press releases, briefing books; campaign papers and other papers relating to his work in the House of Representatives. Herbert Bateman served on the Armed Services and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees.

Biographical / historical:

Herbert Harvell Bateman was born in 1928 at Perquimans County, North Carolina. He graduated from the College of William and Mary and received his law degree from Georgetown University. He served in the Virginia Senate from 1968 until 1983 when he was elected to Congress. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Herbert Harvell Bateman.

Acquisition information:
Gift.
Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Accession 2003.18 is Series 88, Herbert H. Bateman Trips, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1980, 1983, January – March 1985.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. Please allow at least 72 hours for retrieval. Boxes mistakenly labeled as 2001.03. Boxes 1-107: start at 19 A; Boxes 108-207 start at 241 A; Boxes 208-230 start at 137 A.