Jefferson H. Clark Collection

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.

Summary

Extent:
1.2 Linear Feet
Creator:
Clark, Jefferson H., b. 1890 and Shade, Mary Clark, 1928-2009
Language:
English French

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the papers of Jefferson H. Clark, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania physician, who was a field surgeon in France during World War I, and of the research papers of his daughter Mary Clark Shade (1928-2009), who was working on a book documenting her father's WWI duty.

Jefferson H. Clark's papers include diaries, an officer's record book, correspondence, military orders and records, maps (one of which is labeled 'trench map'), photographs, dictionary, his helmet and embroidered ditty bag, a ration tin, and a surgical kit. Clark's papers have been digitized. The link to each folder's digital object can be found at the folder level within the container inventory.

Mary Clark Shade's research papers include notes, photographs, postcards, photocopies of articles, and related material.

Acquisition information:
Purchase.
Custodial history:

Seller obtained collection from Mary Clark Shade's husband, Jefferson H. Clark's son-in-law.

This collection was originally Mss. Acc. 2009.191.

Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by SCRC staff in May 2009.

Arranged and described by Susan Gilliam, SCRC staff, in September-October 2009, and Jeffrey Flanagan, SCRC staff, in February-March 2010.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into two series: Series 1: Jefferson H. Clark; and Series 2: Mary Clark Shade Book Research.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard