Collections : [College of William and Mary]

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
Primary Collecting Areas:
Williamsburg and surrounding area Virginia; Southern United States; African American life and culture; Hip Hop History; Movies and film studies; Travel, exploration, and adventure; Veterans papers; Distinguished alumni papers; College of William & Mary; Dogs
Description:
The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) houses one of the largest and most significant collections of rare and unique materials of any educational institution of comparable size in the United States. Focused on Virginia history but with nationally and internationally important collections, the Manuscripts Collection includes letters, diaries, journals, scrapbooks, business records, organizational minutes, and other items that provide evidence of events great and small and the daily lives of Americans of all backgrounds. The Rare Books Collection, with volumes dating from the 15th century to the present, is strong in dogs, Virginia-related items, early Virginia family libraries, gardening and natural history, religion, book arts, printing history, travel, science, and medicine. The University Archives documents the history of William & Mary from 1693 to the present, including a wide range of materials from administrative records, student organization records, and alumni papers to photographs, audio-visual materials, and artifacts.
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Start Over Repository College of William and Mary Collection Ritchie-Harrison Papers, 1807/1938, bulk 1830/1870

W.D. Wallach, Washington, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington, 1847 Box 9, Folder 532

Election in Indiana between Dobson and Davis; predicted defeat of Stanton in Tennessee; possible Whig majority in the U.S. House; establisment of a Southern paper under Calhoun's direction; Clay's Northern tour as prelude to becoming a possible Presidential candidate; question of abolitionism. 3 pp. ALS.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Ritchie-Harrison Papers, 1807/1938, bulk 1830/1870
  3. Series 2: Professional Papers of Thomas Ritchie, 1829/1856
  4. Box 9

W. H. Foushee, Red River Country, Texas, to William Ritchie, 1868 Box 4, Folder 261

Readmission of the South into the Union; Foushee's investment in enslaved persons and financial loss due to emancipation; effect of the war on Brandon; Foushee's desire to acquire a government position in Washington or Virginia; influence of Thomas Ritchie in Presidential politics; rights of the South in the coming presidential election; "Johnson's Veto of the Joint Resolution"; possibility of another Civil War; "nomination of Seymour and Blair"; right of Black population to vote. 4 pp. ALS.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Ritchie-Harrison Papers, 1807/1938, bulk 1830/1870
  3. Series 1: Family Papers
  4. Papers of William Foushee Ritchie
  5. Box 4

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