Vintage Ladies of Williamsburg 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:

The 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:

Vintage Ladies of Williamsburg records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
1.71 Linear Feet One half Hollinger and one oversized box.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Vintage Ladies of Williamsburg records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains newsletters from the Vintage Ladies of Williamsburg as well as two scrapbooks containing photographs and ephemera.

Biographical / historical:

The Vintage Ladies of Williamsburg, Inc. is a club founded in 1992 by Bettie Wright and friends in northern Virginia. Their mission is to exapnd their knowledge of and interest in antiques. The club transitioned to Williamsburg when Wright moved to Williamsburg, Virginia and found a common interest in antiques with Barbara Shamsey and Judy Reinsberg in 1999. The club had fifty members at its start.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Faith Boggio on behalf of the Vintage Ladies of Williamsburg, Inc.
Arrangement:

The Vintage Ladies of Williamsburg records are arragned by accession.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard