Title:: Shaw Family Papers circa 1900-1963

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.

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:

Shaw Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.53
Creator:
Shaw familyShaw, Edna, b. 1920Shaw, HazelShaw, James arrangement
Language:
The papers are in: English
Preferred citation:

Shaw Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of the Shaw family of Skidmore, Missouri. Included are a scrapbook, 1941, of Edna Shaw (b. 1920) documenting her travels through some of the southern states where she directed the comedy "Bubbling Over," which was sponsored by the American Legion. It includes postcards and extensive handwritten descriptions by Edna Shaw, programs, and news clippings reviewing the play.Also included are a class photograph, 1900, presented to Edna's mother Hazel by her teacher, a 1904 letter addressed to Hazel Shutts, a small photo album (circa 1930s-1950s), correspondence, a wedding invitation, financial and insurance records, a Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority pledge manual, and a 1937 class will of the seniors of Skidmore High School.Also included is some genealogical information on the Shaw family (photocopies).

Biographical / historical:

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Shaw family">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Shaw family</a>.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 09/28/2009.
Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally described in September 2009 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist. Further arranged by Kimberly Bassett, SCRC staff, in February 2010.