Mary Deyerle Guy memoir

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
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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:

Mary Deyerele Guy memoir, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet 1 legal size folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Mary Deyerele Guy memoir, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains a typed manuscript titled "Fifty Years of Living"- A Southern Woman's Life at Salem-Roanoke Virginia, 1890s-1940s.

Biographical / historical:

Mary Deyerle Guy was born in Salem, Virginia in 1893, the daughter of Hattie and Overton Deyerele. Suffering from many illnesses over the course of her life, Mary went on to have a son Richard, whom she almost lost to the flu. Following the death of her husband in 1918, Mary relocated back to her parents home. In her free time, Mary sketched, wrote poetry and books, and was employed by the Roanoke County commissioner of revenue's office. She became known as "The Walking Lady of Salem," as she never learned how to drive. Mary Deyerle Guy lived to be 103 years old, passing away in 1996.

Acquisition information:
The Mary Deyerle Guy memoirs was aquired with funds from the Molly Elliot Seawell Endowment.
Arrangement:

the Mary Deyerle Guy memoirs are arranged by item.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Illness
Biography
Places:
Roanoke (Va.)--History