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Diary (Eastern United States) 0.01 Linear Foot

Diary, 1915, titled "Seeing America First." In this diary, an unidentified couple of Worcester, Massachusetts, describes travels which includes stops in New York City; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Luray, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Montgomery, Alabama; Mobile, Alabama; and New Orleans, Louisiana. Descriptions are very detailed and list not only sights visited, but comment at length on the social life and customs of places visited. Diary includes comments on billboards, New York Symphony, Lexington Market (Baltimore), John Hopkins, Synagogues (with derogatory comment), Georgetown ("particulary dingy and unattractive"), Arlington Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Natural Bridge and many other sights. There are quite a few comments on the Civil War, the Confederacy, and economic conditions of the South, etc. mostly of a critical nature. Several statements reveal a racist attitude of the travelers.

  1. College of William and Mary

Facilities Management Records 19.00 Linear Feet

College of William and Mary. Facilities Management Department

The collection includes a number of accessions and groups of records directly from the Office of Facilities Management including publications, administrative records, blueprints, and other documents as well as blueprints and other architectural drawings that come under the administrative responsibility of the office, but may have been transferred from miscellaneous sources.

  1. College of William and Mary

Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956), Senator, Papers and Artifacts 1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 7 1/2 in. (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (11 bound volumes, 16 in.); (1 framed item, 1/2 in.)

Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956
This collection contains two eagle flag staff toppers from Senator Kilgore's Washington, D.C. office, government documents, and other printed material, including National Petroleum Council reports. See Historical Note for more information on Senator Kilgore.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marsh family collection 2.28 Linear Feet 2 oversize boxes

Collection contains materials belonging to William & Mary alumni, William Marsh, Class of 1938 and Linda Marsh, Class of 1972. Items in the collection include athletic clothing, track cleats, papers, and protest photographs.

  1. College of William and Mary

West Virginia University Flag Collection 2.17 Linear Feet 4 oversize boxes, 5 in. each; 2 oversize boxes, 3 in. each

Several historic flags connected to West Virginia University or citizens of West Virginia include parts of a 10th West Virginia regimental flag; a Spanish flag taken during the Spanish-American War in Cuba; two 46-star United States flags; and a large flag with blue and gold stars and a red border. Also includes two rolled United States flags on poles and two rolled West Virginia flags on poles.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University Memorabilia Collection 0.92 Linear Feet 1 small flat storage box, 3 in.; 1 large flat storage box, 3 in.; 1 large flat storage box, 5 in.

Chiefly textile items connected to West Virginia University or the United States, including a flag flown by the University in honor of its men in service during World War II, a 48-star United States flag, and the judicial robe and wig of Judge A. McDougall.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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