Series II. Personal Papers

Scope and content:

This series consists of business papers, photogrpahs, newspaper clippings, and various other materials that detail Adele Blow Chatfield-Taylor's life. The newspaper clippings commemorate her grandfather, Frederick Matthiessen, as a key builder of La Salle-Peru Township school. Personal notes includes a list of kin, hand-drawn maps, and sheets of stationary. Colored photographs depict unidentified children, an older couple and young children, and a bride. The series contains both Wayne Chatfield-Taylor's personal writings and unidentified wrtitings, along with Yale records.

Access and use

Location of collection:
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
Parent 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.
Parent 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.

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