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As of August 2009, could not locate the following accessions:
Acc. 1999.21
Items relating to the Virginia Society, Children of the American Revolution (4 items).
Acc. 1999.31
Pamphlets including Private Homes of Williamsburg Today; Yorktown day brochure, 1969; America's Oldest Legislative Assembly and its Jamestown Statehouse; Virginia Gazette extracts.
J. Kenneth Graham was in the class of 1931 at the College of William and Mary. He was born in Williamsburg, Virginia at 141 Richmond Road "of seafaring stock, planters and fur trappers and some colonial preachers who tried to convert Ohio River Indians." Mr. Graham lived in Newport News, Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Gifts via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Graham Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Collection of items relating to Williamsburg, Virginia and the personal papers of J. Kenneth Graham, particularly genealogy of his ancestor, James Graham of Pennsylvania.
This accession contained three books which were transferred to either Rare Books or Swem Stacks. GEORGE WYTHE by Alonzo Dill with inscription by William B. Spong. MODERN GOVERNMENT IN A COLONIAL CITY (1932) by Luther Gulick. TRUE STORIES OF WILLIAMSBURG, VA. AND NEAR-BY AREAS (1989) by J. Kenneth Graham.
Scope and Contents Pamphlet, King William Courthouse, Virginia. Brochure, "The Crossroads Steptoe's Ordinary Kilmarnock, A Virginia Town and its People" by B. Brainard Edmonds, 1976. Copies of the Publick Observer, a supplement to the Virginia Gazette, 1978. Copy of the Matthew Whaley school publication THE POWDER HORN (May 1929) - transferred to the Matthew Whaley Powder Horn Collection. Book, WILLIAMSBURG OLD AND NEW by Hildegarde Hawthorne (lacking t.p.) which was transferred to Rare Books or Swem Stacks. 1990.27
Scope and Contents Typed copy of "The Evolution of the Williamsburg Tourist" by Janet Coleman Kimbrough. Six pamphlets relating to the Williamsburg Reunion, Colonial Williamsburg, and to Virginia. The pamphlets were transferred to the Williamsburg Reunion Collection. 1991.25.
Organization report of the Lions Club of Williamsburg, 1934, newspaper article "Old-Timers Recall Williamsburg" and a brochure, "Yorktown and the Siege of 1781" by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. Williamsburg Reunion booklet transferred to the Williamsburg Reunion Collection. Hatch, Charles, YORKTOWN, 1957. 1991.42.
Correspondence of Kenneth Graham concerning the St. Andrews Society, 1979-1981, including a letter from Dr. Janet C. Kimbrough accepting the invitation to attend "Burns Night." 1993.34.
Printed history of St. Peter's Parish in New Kent County, a map of historic New Kent County, 1975 and newspaper clippings concerning Williamsburg and Powahatan's plantation. 1993.60.
Wren Building 1993 Calendar; Common Glory program for 1950; pamphlet for 1980 Williamsburg Scottish Festival; "Bicentennial Minutes" by Shell; Virginia Revolutionary War Map by the Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission and an 1980 newspaper clipping on the Williamsburg Scottish Festival. 1994.36.
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Scope and Contents Includes "Selected Bibliography of Virginia, 1607-1699" by E.G. Swem and John M. Jennings. 1996.31.
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Correspondence, brochures, mailings, applications, flyers and clippings. SAR line, 1982-1985 and The Virginia Bulletin, 1984 and 1986. Includes membership roster of the Virginia SAR for 1983. Correspondence, brochures, mailings, applications, flyers and clippings. 1996.31
Sons of the American Revolution Magazine
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SAR Magazine, 1982-1985 and The Virginia Bulletin, 1984 and 1986. Includes membership roster of the Virginia SAR for 1983. Correspondence, brochures, mailings, applications, flyers and clippings.1996.31. 1996.31.
News clipping, "Influencing the Course of the Commonwealth" concerning Julia Gardiner Tyler and other Tyler women by Tina Jeffery. Acc. 1998.10