<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Sara-Spotswood-Royall-Papers</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Royall, Sara Spotswood, Papers</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Sara Spotswood Royall Papers <num>Mss. Acc. 1996.27</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Ellen Strong.</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2007-07-11</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 12:22:02 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>The collection description/finding aid is written in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Sara Spotswood Royall Papers</unittitle>
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      <persname source="lcnaf">Royall, Sarah Spottswood, 1888-1983</persname>
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    <unitid>Mss. Acc. 1996.27</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.30 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1900/1983" type="inclusive">1900-1983</unitdate>
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    <head>General</head>
<p>Other Information:</p><p> A PDF document of this inventory is available online.</p><p> Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/1996_27_Royall_Papers.pdf</p>  </odd>
  <bioghist id="aspace_25b1015b41803b136674d5908e7ced2d">
    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>Sara Spottswood Royall was president of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Petersburg, Va., and worked as an agent for the Northwest Mutual Life Insurance Company. She served in World War I. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <extref xlink:href="http://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Sarah_Spottswood_Royall" xlink:title="Sarah Spottswood Royall"/>.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Acquisition Information:</head>
<p>Gifts</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Processing Information:</head>
<p>Processed by Ellen Strong in 1996.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Separated Materials:</head>
<p>"Blue Jackets Manual, U.S. Navy" 1917 from Accession 1996.37 transferred to Rare Books.</p>  </separatedmaterial>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use:</head>
<p>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.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <prefercite id="aspace_0c4a28375f86122fb50be21ee362e87a">
    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>Sara Royall Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Arrangement of Materials:</head>
<p>Accession Number order.</p>  </arrangement>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Notebook of newspaper clippings and jottings of Sara Spottswood Royall of Petersburg, Va. Clippings pertain to the Business and Professional Women's Club of Petersburg, Va. Collection includes correspondence, speech, photograph, copies of her obituary and materials relating to Samuel F. Royall's service in World War I in the United States Army. Additions to the collection are the obituaries of Samuel F. Royall, Jr., a Williamsburg, Va. printer, correspondence, clippings, publications, and two yearbooks of the American Association of University Women.</p><p> "Blue Jackets Manual, U.S. Navy" 1917 from Accession 1996.37 transferred to Rare Books.</p><p> Original Accession and additions physically and intellectually combined in 2009.  Descriptions and inventory of all accessions are on the Inventory/Finding Aid.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Notebooks</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Photographs</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Receipts (financial records)</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Petersburg (Va.)--History--20th century</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Women--History--Virginia</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1914-1918</subject>
    <corpname source="local">Business and Professional Women's Club, Petersburg, Va</corpname>
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Acc. 1996.27</unittitle><unitid>id145350</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/149345</unitid></did><c id="aspace_8d60e3429263022cfc6589f7bd7db970" level="file"><did><unittitle>Notebook of Sara Spottswood Royall</unittitle><unitid>id145351</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/149349</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1926</unitdate><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_00431ffb98f85c82f268aabece6ce61b" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_926793ff595cdc60acbba0ecfe14d00c" parent="aspace_00431ffb98f85c82f268aabece6ce61b" type="Folder">1</container></did></c><c id="aspace_374759a0624a64c904be744835226606" level="file"><did><unittitle>Newspaper clippings removed from the notebook</unittitle><unitid>id145352</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/149350</unitid><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_8e3f50a83c08cf682e54d3ed64c39cb3" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_5b8997f004dd9262afe98faa9f5fc49d" parent="aspace_8e3f50a83c08cf682e54d3ed64c39cb3" type="Folder">2</container></did></c><c id="aspace_7180cebe11cd1356ffd144473b188a77" level="file"><did><unittitle>Correspondence of Sara S. Royall with businesswomen and speech about businesswomen</unittitle><unitid>id145353</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/149351</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1938-1943</unitdate><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_481a3f2c012bd7ece34cb2ab11f42c81" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_9519f432c01464f81d7405dadc034615" parent="aspace_481a3f2c012bd7ece34cb2ab11f42c81" type="Folder">3</container></did></c><c id="aspace_ddeab585afe452fc3c55a483fcb2bf03" level="file"><did><unittitle>Miscellaneous papers collected by Miss Royall</unittitle><unitid>id145354</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/149352</unitid><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_308f5b2e88fdf7b8fcfe9fbc95175793" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_1f069e8231086c6d2dd70cabfa125b9a" parent="aspace_308f5b2e88fdf7b8fcfe9fbc95175793" type="Folder">4</container></did></c></c><c id="aspace_c5c4e7daf218b3af0f51c61762bf0850" level="series"><did><unittitle>Mss. Acc. 1996.37</unittitle><unitid>id145355</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/149346</unitid><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_3e52a623cce4150626ba0724687227e4" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_b9353ac8aed0ec8e454d8e7a920ec072" parent="aspace_3e52a623cce4150626ba0724687227e4" type="Folder">5</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_49dde7e267bed386232010374db8a27d"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Additional material relating to Sara Royall including: black and white photograph, 5x7", of Sara Royall; copy of obituary of Sara Royall (25 February 1983); copy of a memorial to Sara Royall in the Hilton Village Voice, (March '83); copy of a receipt for a subscription to the Virginia Anti-Saloon League (1907); copy of letter from President of the National Business and Professional Women's Clubs on the occasion of Miss Royal's leaving the Presidency of the State Federation; copy of material relating to Samuel F. Royall's service in World War I including his honorable dischage from the United States Army; 1954 program of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Miss Royall's copy of The Bluejackets' Manual United States Navy, 1917.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_d4d5c794bb7af62f752a6c02b6229690" level="series"><did><unittitle>Mss. Acc. 1996.44A</unittitle><unitid>id145472</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/149347</unitid><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_b8f261e4d10640a4535e8f74c229af6b" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_5071277ce31ee503089a1768e5e42999" parent="aspace_b8f261e4d10640a4535e8f74c229af6b" type="Folder">6</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_278b7ffed136addad1915b18c9d5553a"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Additional material relating to Sara Royall including: copy of Royall genealogy; copy of newspaper photograph about Sara Royall (Daily Press, April 8 1975); copy of newspaper article "Sara Royall - Hilton Matriarch"(Daily Press); copy of newspaper photograph and article "Petersburg's Prizewinning President"; copy of newspaper photograph and caption "Elected State President" (2 copies); copy of Bureau of the Census report of 1900 of the family of W. W. Royall; copy of the newspaper article "Miss S.S. Royall is Made Member of Bank Board"; copy of obituary of Sara S. Royall (Times Herald, February 25, 1983); copy of typewritten letter from Sam to "precious mother" (Feb. 3, 1941) copy of map of Blandford Cemetery copy of Spottiswoode coat of arms; Williamsburg Chapter, Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution yearbook (1971-1973)</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_7a8efda59050ce45c22bb84d7cc7c50e" level="series"><did><unittitle>Mss. Acc. 1997.25</unittitle><unitid>id145473</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/149348</unitid><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_858a991643bc3f730aea004f6bc585e6" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_9805ef79e336a1fa1c4eb4dfe9a10054" parent="aspace_858a991643bc3f730aea004f6bc585e6" type="Folder">7</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_c0afb2cfd09def81a7b6eeb8ab60ed8a"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Two yearbooks of the American Association of University Women, Newport News, Va. Branch, 1944-1945 and 1947-1948, listing the donor's aunt as a member (Sara Royall)</p></scopecontent></c></dsc>
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