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Machine-readable finding aid derived from Archon, created by Wendy Korwin, 7/29/2011 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Whaling Photo Album, circa 1900 A Collection in theManuscripts and Rare Books Department Acc. 2010.103

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2006 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Descriptive Summary Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Whaling Photo Album circa 1900 2010.103 Special Collections Research Center .02 Cubic Feet English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions

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.

Preferred Citation

Whaling Photo Album, Accession #Acc. 2010.103, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased in February 2010.

Processing Information

Accessioned and minimally processed in February 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.

Scope and Content

Photo album, containing 12 photographs (2"x3") depicting whales, their slaughter and processing on a New England beach around the turn of the century. It is not clear whether the whales were hunted or stranded.

Index Terms Subjects: Whales--New England Whales--Stranding Whaling--New England--History--Pictorial works Whaling-1890-1910 Genre and Form Terms: Photographs