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Series 32: Williamsburg

Scope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W&M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W&M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter "Williamsburg Historic Records Association" as "Creator" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Virginia Cities Collection

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