Mary Plummer Mcllwaine diary, 1932
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
- Contact for questions and access:
- Email: spcoll@wm.eduPhone: (757) 221-3090Fax: (757) 221-5440Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc
- Restrictions:
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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:
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Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
- Preferred citation:
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Mary Plummer Mcllwaine diary, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet One legal sized folder.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Mary Plummer Mcllwaine diary, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A diary kept by Mary Plummer Mcllwaine during the year of 1932. Mcllwaine was born in 1889 in Petersburg, VA, and died there in 1973 at the age of 84. Her father worked as a medical doctor in Petersburg, and she continued to live there with her mother and sister "Becca" after his passing. This diary covers Mcllwaine's day-to-day activities over the course of a year; recounting her work with rental properties she managed or owned, church activities she attended, and various family events that occupied her time.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Katz Fine Manuscripts with the assistance of the Molly Elliot Seawell Endowment.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged at the file level.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Petersburg (Va.)--History--20th century
Petersburg (Va.)--Social life and customs
Rent--Virginia
Real property--Virginia
Single women
Older women
Women--Diaries
Women--Religious aspects
Women--Southern States--History
Women--Virginia--History
Single women--United States--Conduct of life
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs
Women--Social life and customs.
Great Depression--History--Virginia - Places:
- Petersburg (Va.)--History