<?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">Cynthia-Barlowe-and-Raymond-Kimbrough-Collection</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Barlowe, Cynthia and Raymond Kimbrough Collection</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Cynthia Barlowe and Raymond Kimbrough Collection <num>Mss. Acc. 1993.29</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.</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>2009-12-14</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>2026-05-09 03:01:10 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Cynthia Barlowe and Raymond Kimbrough Collection</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcnaf">Barlowe, Cynthia Beverly Tucker Kimbrough</persname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcnaf">Kimbrough, Raymond, 1889-1993</persname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <corpname source="lcnaf">Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)</corpname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>Mss. Acc. 1993.29</unitid>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.20 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1909/1966" type="inclusive">1909-1966</unitdate>
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  <bioghist id="aspace_cc9fac72187d0166d48fe2e57bdba610">
    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>Cynthia Barlowe was the daughter of Dr. Janet Kimbrough and a descendant of the Tucker Family of Williamsburg, Virginia. She lived in Mathews County, Va. and was a member of the Class of 1955 at the College of William and Mary. 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/Cynthia_Beverly_Tucker_Kimbrough_Barlowe" xlink:title="Cynthia Beverly Tucker Kimbrough Barlowe"/>.</p>  </bioghist>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_256a8a722240830d07e938b3fd9fe79e">
    <head>Acquisition Information:</head>
<p>Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <separatedmaterial id="aspace_e2c7a9cd07dad4287b647f5b036c5b44">
    <head>Separated Materials:</head>
<p>1 box and 1 bag of slides were transferred to the Audio-Visual Collection.</p>  </separatedmaterial>
  <userestrict id="aspace_5f78bed3f214a91434ddd87f38f14481">
    <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>
  <accessrestrict id="aspace_c2ba1ebd6e2fb703a09975a4eb9bdc8d">
    <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_af27c976ca1df261fa2b0bbae87c8a66">
    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>Cynthia Barlowe and Raymond Kimbrough Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
  <relatedmaterial id="aspace_1ce6fe2bbdbd9fde75d61a31bd52d373">
    <head>Related Materials:</head>
<p>Mss. Acc. 1985.50, 1991.36 and 1993.06 Dr. Janet C. Kimbrough Collection of Williamsburg History</p>  </relatedmaterial>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_5694310c503db819dc4a2f155d0afc75">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Papers, 1909-1966, relating to institutions in Williamsburg, Virginia including William and Mary, Matthew Whaley School and Bruton Parish Church collected by Cynthia Barlowe and Raymond Kimbrough.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <controlaccess>
    <genreform source="local">Booklets</genreform>
    <genreform source="local">Books</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Broadsides</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Business records</genreform>
    <genreform source="lcsh">Christmas cards</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Clippings (information artifacts)</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Obituaries</genreform>
    <genreform source="lcsh">Pamphlets</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Photographs</genreform>
    <genreform source="aat">Programs</genreform>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century</geogname>
    <geogname source="local">Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs</geogname>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs</geogname>
    <subject source="lcsh">Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.)</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">World War, 1939-1945--United States</subject>
    <corpname source="lcsh">Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)</corpname>
    <corpname source="local">Colonial Williamsburg Foundation</corpname>
    <famname source="lcsh">Coleman family</famname>
    <persname source="local">Kimbrough, Janet C</persname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_90b7379cc3af1dcaa025b31a3631adb0" level="file"><did><unittitle>Bruton Parish Church</unittitle><unitid>id64941</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158205</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1945-1949</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_1acaff72655736e5a8ffcf0a1308962d" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_91ec0f268d9c88c6726e2aaacf902aae" parent="aspace_1acaff72655736e5a8ffcf0a1308962d" type="Folder">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_fce76049fbd2a626a49ad774a76f86f0"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Pamphlet and program for Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Service.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_49a8bb112fe110ade9eda38e0d6e16d9" level="file"><did><unittitle>Joseph Bryan</unittitle><unitid>id64942</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158206</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1909</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_9551f1e0474c2fb40bbaf4bdce920b59" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_23f7d4530466d19791270a0e323edf46" parent="aspace_9551f1e0474c2fb40bbaf4bdce920b59" type="Folder">2</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_94577d23a2de0ae45849732652573638"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Programs for Memorial Service and dedication of Stained Glass Window at Emmanual Church in Henrico County, Virginia.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_ff7cc6ac1bce9ea70a393d53a37bf174" level="file"><did><unittitle>Business Papers</unittitle><unitid>id64943</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158207</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1922-1966</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_5f0dcc1858b92153f7b4644d1330769b" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_41508a1791f40e81fc69d2f88c33d3ff" parent="aspace_5f0dcc1858b92153f7b4644d1330769b" type="Folder">3</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_b62d59fd5d0c364dcb23cde480f5f4a6"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Business papers of George P. Coleman and Dr. Janet C. Kimbrough which include tax records, moth proofing guarantee from Collins Cleaning and Dyeing Company, invitations, notice from Golden Horseshoe Club about labeling personal alcoholic beverages and more.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_5428a8dab8dc396d7f715e6d5726add5" level="file"><did><unittitle>Christmas Cards</unittitle><unitid>id64944</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158208</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1964</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_dd3c503c8f5fd0deb70a39c8f9f11d70" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_28acebc576a3d8b6ba44d841adae198a" parent="aspace_dd3c503c8f5fd0deb70a39c8f9f11d70" type="Folder">4</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_9acaf5062c63976234485e722db348c1"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Christmas cards sent to the George P. Coleman Family.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_4885b0d55b6559dd87a88238c3ddcca8" level="file"><did><unittitle>The College of William and Mary</unittitle><unitid>id64945</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158209</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">circa 1935-1961</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_1824b4cff84872352e36b05b394f1112" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_c2d2a9737846379308e5b8b9abde8224" parent="aspace_1824b4cff84872352e36b05b394f1112" type="Folder">5</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_2c674460e85cd1cccfbcc1298765aede"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Obituaries, news clippings, programs and flyers.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_59a3350a3996003133248de68f2e1e00" level="file"><did><unittitle>Colonial Williamsburg Foundation News Clippings</unittitle><unitid>id64946</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158210</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1932-1950</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_d41a7134a8aa140ae415f93b2050d280" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_eaffbe7cd435b96d13f0468fd3f2e901" parent="aspace_d41a7134a8aa140ae415f93b2050d280" type="Folder">6</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_56296b424ceebc58d78b1c27a42069ed"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Colonial Williamsburg Foundation News Clippings.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_d5770f22d7b1510044380b54a6ca2ff2" level="file"><did><unittitle>Correspondence, Programs, Advertisements and Broadside</unittitle><unitid>id64948</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158211</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1923-1964</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_372466e79196c5195b71f46a8d089b9a" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_10d170d12c692e5f826cfcbac27dec88" parent="aspace_372466e79196c5195b71f46a8d089b9a" type="Folder">7</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_9af0f477d3d25f06ff9f073a074f17ba"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>1923 program "Reception tendered by the Officers of the 258th F.A., N.Y.N.G. and 132nd Ammunition Train N.Y.N.G. to the Officers and Ladies of Fort Eustis, Virginia," 1941 letter to Mrs. Watts from Mrs. John Glenesk thanking her for $5 gift, 1946 letter to Mrs. Jones from E.B. Sacrey of the Archaeological Society of Virginia about a collection of Indian artifacts, broadside for the election of Alice B. Alexander for the Williamsburg City Council, 1964 commemorative service for The Reverend Richard Bucke, thank you letter from the family of Henry Billups, 1955-56 yearbook for the Williamsburg Garden Club and advertisements for The Williamsburg Theatre, Lane and Christian and H.T. Jones, Druggist and Bookseller.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_74a6dcf8b9d9a778cd7d02f2742610ca" level="file"><did><unittitle>Newspaper Clippings</unittitle><unitid>id64949</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158212</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1945, 1951 and 1962-1964</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_987246c03f40156ab204b03add26c2ab" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_8f879207eb3a03570503ba97db2d1d3e" parent="aspace_987246c03f40156ab204b03add26c2ab" type="Folder">8</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_dfad2a768d4c6308fb3fed791acaefe3"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Clippings about people and local events in Williamsburg, Virginia.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_fc484b0818beb0bdcd78dce03c8051be" level="file"><did><unittitle>Pamphlets</unittitle><unitid>id64950</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158213</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1930-1945</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_7fb1699d2b29800a54d3c6f09d385707" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_b14e65e401f2bd55526f0525873a0de1" parent="aspace_7fb1699d2b29800a54d3c6f09d385707" type="Folder">9</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_03e9617a499a7da4fb44b7c230c4e611"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>1930 report "Fire Protection in Williamsburg, Virginia" by the Detroit Bureau of Governmental Research, Inc., Dietz Press pamphlet and a 1945 address by Kenneth Chorley "Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary."</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_d477be0062bcc1712ba6b1f09ba47473" level="file"><did><unittitle>Photographs</unittitle><unitid>id64951</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158214</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1938, 1971 and undated</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_6c9017441c0659218b96f796a76fefab" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_84aad328cacc95e77eb792cbcab81b24" parent="aspace_6c9017441c0659218b96f796a76fefab" type="Folder">10</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_8813a942bc0a5901177a96ca6d5e6e2c"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>7 photographs. Only one is labeled: "Rena Luck, Mary Wall Christian and Jeanne Etheridge."</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_216b78a62b1a7e629253f88489e36aba" level="file"><did><unittitle>Photographic Slides, 1793 and undated</unittitle><unitid>id284460</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158215</unitid><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_d0644ba6cc4bbe90d643ccf4c6fe1146" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_0561af9403764b35160a7de1b9fb3e8c" parent="aspace_d0644ba6cc4bbe90d643ccf4c6fe1146" type="Folder">11</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_002e225fc339e3a4406ede7efeee1fca"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Includes images of Colonial Williamsburg with interpreters in costume, and a children theater production. Folder also contains two acetate negatives. One nitrate negative, an informal portait of a couple, was moved to special storage and requires consultation with staff member.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_44df3830686fc5734ed949c7eaace958" level="file"><did><unittitle>Publications</unittitle><unitid>id64952</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158216</unitid><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_8dca6ad97bcc6b8855b0247bb64c7d31" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_306fc346783075d1e0bd27acae979e74" parent="aspace_8dca6ad97bcc6b8855b0247bb64c7d31" type="Folder">12</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_c106d4699e6995943885a6b045b58b58"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>"The Flat Hat Club and the Phi Beta Kappa Society," George P. Coleman, editor, 1916,  "On the Sands of Time:  in Memory of John Woodside Ritchie," privately published for World Book Company, 1944, with inscription "Montgomery from Keeble, June 1944," and William and Mary catalogue for 1952-1953.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_edd86ed9df4a1bcd1de92dec51c11aa1" level="file"><did><unittitle>George Washington Birth Bi-Centennial</unittitle><unitid>id64953</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158217</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1932</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_a2ed9ab8235daed61ad0154b7c52d7a0" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_e16e657059a69ff353f5b98065a96e29" parent="aspace_a2ed9ab8235daed61ad0154b7c52d7a0" type="Folder">13</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_2c7b04998d3eba764ff10f6276adfc72"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Invitation to celebration given for the Governor's of the United States in Williamsburg, Virginia.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_bfb59b57b15ec3fa6acbf416c8bc054c" level="file"><did><unittitle>Matthew Whaley School</unittitle><unitid>id64954</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158218</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1931, 1943, 1946</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_b705e24745e64ac2c0545ff36faa4c98" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_6558214f44384ef1caba75e94678548f" parent="aspace_b705e24745e64ac2c0545ff36faa4c98" type="Folder">14</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_0b7d30263913b508746ac61ff8883451"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Program for the 1931 Senior Banquet, 1943 photograph clipping of "What a Life" cast, and 1946 graduation program.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="aspace_929283ec44b9663a3e230e10bffcb99a" level="file"><did><unittitle>World War II</unittitle><unitid>id64956</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/158219</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1941-1945</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_1ef5ac88f951956fe5ea0598dc12ab17" label="Mixed materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_af550360304cb40b5717101646bea42d" parent="aspace_1ef5ac88f951956fe5ea0598dc12ab17" type="Folder">15</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_a782d8177fc14e8bcf864d89459a731a"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>"Rider's Digest," June 1943, "Navy Day at NSD Cheatham Annex," 1945 and news clipping on Admiral Hall.</p></scopecontent></c></dsc>
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