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 Samuel H. Brown Diary, 1864/1869 Level File

Diary, 1864/1869 Box Small Collections Box 45, Folder 1

Listed day by day his work and the person that hired him. Example: Week days (Monday – Saturday) works at the ice house and purchases one meal. Weekdays worked for doctors and others performing handyman jobs: planting tubs, building and mending fences, grading. Workdays were 10 to 12 hour days. Sundays attends meeting (church). Sunday, January 17th – funeral for George Whitcomb. Lent money for Bibles for soldiers to the Bible Society. Attended Meetings (church) on most Sundays. June 17th did not attend and Doctor Smith examined his knee. At the end of this year's diary he has listed his clients and the amount he was paid. The following description was provided by the seller: "Samuel writes of working in the ice house, going to the Junction with the children, letters he writes, sending money to the Bible Society for Bibles for soldiers, the teacher spending the night with them, going to singing school, having his picture taken, people he works for, visiting marble quarries in Dorset, death of Edward Nutting who was killed at Sandy Pond, Hezethink Bacon killed by falling from a load of hay, Phenea's Nuttings house & barn burnt completely down. Some of the names he mentions in the diary are: J. Sanderson ~ Aunt Barnham ~ Dea White ~ Edward Nutting ~ Mrs. Wood ~ Seth Robbin ~ Dea Smith ~ Henry Robbins ~ Arabelle Childs ~ S. Nutting ~ Dea Tuttle ~ M.B. Tuttle ~ Levi Brigham ~ Jesse Wright ~ Doctor Smith ~ Joseph Fletcher ~ June Humphries ~ Charles Morrison ~ Andrew Fletcher. Some of the places he mentions in the diary are: Woodville ~ Dorset ~ Boxboro ~ Marlboro ~ Upton ~ Northboro."

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