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William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterFinding Aid Authors: Anne T. Johnson, SCRC Staff.
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Lee Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Mss. Acc. 1993.06-01, 1993, gift of Cynthia Barlowe and Raymond Kimbrough, Jr. Mss. Acc. 1995.27, 5/10/1995, gift of Edward M. Lee. Gift through the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
Edward Lee lived in Williamsburg, Virginia and was the father of Edward M. Lee (1900), Elizabeth M. (1902), Peticolas (1904), Richard Henry (1907), Mary King (1916).
Mss. Acc. 1993.06-01, Series 1 - 4: Papers and photographs of the Edward Myers Lee Family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Lee graduated from the College of William and Mary, as did many of his children. An album has photos of a May Pole in front of the Williamsburg Court House on Duke of Gloucester St. The papers include material for some of his children, particulary Elizabeth Mallory Lee (Mrs. John Walston Henderson), Peticolas Lee (Mrs. Robert Edward Lee), Mary King Lee, and Edward M. Lee. Mrs. Victoria L. Lee, Mrs. Carrie Lee and Richard Henry Lee are also mentioned.
Mss. Acc. 1995.27, Series 5: This series includes photographs of family members from late 1800's to early 1970's and photographs of houses where various family members lived, a small drawing book of William D. Powell, an architect relative of the family, and the birth certificate and passport of Edward Lee.
Videocassettes from this collection have been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.
Mss. Acc. 1993.06-02 was moved to the Tucker Coleman Collection, but has not been processed as of April 2009. This group deals with more personal material and correspondence of Janet Kimbrough, particularly with her participation in the Old Williamsburg reunions.
Audiovisual material has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.
Given to Rare Books: Partial and complete issues of Codey's Lady's Book: February 1870, February, March and April 1873, March, May and June 1874, November 1875 and April 1878.
Items related to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
August 5, 1932 issue of the Virginia Gazette about the restoration of Williamsburg. Reprint of the Vogue September 15, 1935 articles, "Williamsburg Restored" by Grace Hegger Lewis. April 1936 issue of The Richmond News Leader on Garden Week in Virginia. April 3, 1940 booklet, "Remarks of the Retiring Chairman Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. at the meeting of The Rockefeller Foundation" published by the Rockefeller Foundation. Signature of George P. Coleman on top. Other newspaper clippings and articles from the 1950's and 1976. Small blueprints of rooms in the Governor's Palace. 14 items.
Pamphlets and newspaper articles about Colonial Williamsburg, booklet "Some Williamsburg Memories, Consisting of Articles Solicited from the Writers and Printed for the Williamsburg before 1936 Reunion," correspondence with Bill Kelly and Dr. Janet C. Kimbrough, copy of early map of Williamsburg and a typescript of "Williamsburg in 1861 by Mrs. Victoria Lee with Peticolas Lee.
Hostess material from Colonial Williamsburg, including the Restoration News from 1940 to 1942, letters, poems, memos, cards, hostess coat of arms and photographs. Individual and group photographs of Elizabeth Mallory Lee Henderson and possibly Peticolas Lee as hostesses.
Photographs of Colonial Williamsburg Employees at the beach and on a picnic in Virginia and Maine. Though unidentified, employees include Mildred Layne, Elizabeth Lee Henderson and Sing Moorehead.
Calendars, programs, The Quill literary magazine, Senate Bill No. 4 (undated), paper on interpreting landmarks and historic sites and Williamsburg Community Council Directory for 1959. 18 items.
Lee and Kirby family genealogy notes and correspondence, certificates, wedding invitation, marriage certificate and Marriage Service Book of Elizabeth Lee to John Henderson in 1926, Marriage Service Book of Peticolas Lee to Robert Edward Lee, data sheet on Mary King Lee, news clippings from Williamsburg area papers, "The Lees of Virginia" published by The Society of the Lees of Virginia in 1967, letter from Pat Gibson about selling property and letter from Thomas Barlow to Miss Todie dated March 21, 1862.
letter from Thomas Barlow to Miss Todie dated March 21, 1862
Material directly relating to the Lee Family.
Unidentified and identified photographs of Lee Family members in and around Williamsburg. 13 items.
Unidentified and identified photographs of Lee Family members. Some are tintype. 17 items
Handwritten poems by Victoria Lee in two small notebooks. Most poems concern the Civil War.
Notebook of newspaper clippings of poems and handwritten poetry and short stories.
Latin exercises written in a Poll Book.
Scrapbook of Peticolas Lee of Williamsburg, Virginia. Scrapbook was made from a partially used ledger belonging to an unknown person. Scrapbook contains poems from newspapers, clippings of pictures from different sources.
Inscription on inside front cover, "Victoria L. Lee's Scrapbook from her beloved Husband. 1870." Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, loose pages from newspapers, and pencil drawings. Dates range from 1858 to 1931 though many items are undated. Some loose clippings and printed material at the end of the book are dated 1923, 1930 and 1931. The spine of the scrapbook says "Register of the Eastern State Lunatic Asylum 1858-1859. Notes from the register are shown for some patients, but most have been covered over by the glued newspaper clippings. There is a general index to the Eastern State Lunatic Asylum in the back which is not covered.
Photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia Before and During Restoration. Most photographs are 8 x 10 and appear to be blow-ups of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation photographs. 24 items.
Unidentified and identified photographs of Lee Family members and friends in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes some negatives. 63 items.
Red Flag (window flag) with white center containing two blue stars, one hand sewn and the other dyed. 16.5" x 11" and palm shaped fan with advertisement for Peninsula Bank and Trust in Williamsburg, Va. stamped on it. These two items have been removed and placed in the artifact collection.
Many items are rolled as scrolls and oversize.
1915 Certificate of Graduation for Elizabeth Lee from 7th grade at Williamsburg High School. November 18, 1935 Membership certificate of Mary King Lee in the Theta Alpha Phi National Honorary Dramatic Fraternity. April 28, 1922 certificates for Elisabeth Mallory Lee and Peticolas Lee as initiated into the Beta Lambda Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity. Note on back of certificates say they were charter members.
Photograph of school group of boys and girls in front of a home. Possibly late 1880's. Photograph entitled "Williamsburg High School Parade" with teachers and students in uniform. Note on back of photograph, "William Gardiner Tyler, evidently a parade forming in front of the Old Williamsburg High School on Nicholson Street. Undated. Scroll consisting of photographic copies of diplomas and certificates of Edward M. Lee. Undated. 1922 diploma of Elizabeth Lee of Williamsburg from The College of William and Mary, with seal. 1938 diploma of Mary King Lee from The College of William and Mary, with seal.
Elizabeth Lee Henderson as a hostess at Colonial Williamsburg. (1938)Unidentified portrait of a man. Appears to be a colorized copy of a photograph. Undated.Coleman House Back Garden in 1900. "Boyhood Home of George Preston Coleman." 1900.Photograph of house in Williamsburg where Lyon G. Tyler stayed when he first became President of the College of William and Mary. Ca. 1907. Photograph taken by Harry Mann of Norfolk, VirginiaUnidentified portrait of a woman. Appears to be a colorized copy of a photograph. Undated.
Mss. Acc. 1995.27. Grouped as Box 3, Series 5 with Mss. Acc. 1993.06-01.
Edward V. Lee of Silver Spring, Maryland. Carey Attkisson and Edward Lee, August, 1990 Victoria King Lee. Edward M. Lee and Virginia Hall Walker, second wife. Edward M. Lee, Edward V. Lee and Alice Lee. Edward Myers Lee I (Grandfather Lee from Richmond of which we know very little). Peticolas Lee as hostess, in front of Governor's Palace. Peticolas Lee as hostess, in front of Colonial Williamsburg building. Richard Henry Lee. Ed Lee at an early age, taken at ice factory. Elizabeth V. Lee, No. 1 Hostess-CW. Grandmother Barlow and Charles with his family (Mary, Uncle Charles, Lyle, Aunt Betty, Moncure and Grandma. Peticolas Lee Powell, Todie - Victoria K. Lee in Ed's 1932 Plymouth. Edward M. Lee and Jonise, his first wife. Edward V. Lee, son of first wife. David M. Arniot, Caroly Engel Arniot and David Engel Arniot.
"House built by my Father for Mother", 108 Jefferson Street, September 1940. Moving the Galt Cottage, circa 1929 Waterman House, Williamsburg, Va., pencil marks show where children were born. Bruton Church. Victoria Lee home, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia. Pages from "The City That Turned Back Time" with Lee Homes marked.
Small brown book with pencil and ink drawings of places visited by William D. Powell and people doing their work, such as sailing.
Notarized document confirming the birth of Edward M. Lee in 1900, signed by Carrie Barlow Lee, March 13, 1943. Passport of Virginia Walker Lee. Department of Health certificate of Birth for Virginia Haseltine Walker, dated August 5, 1952. Voting Certificate for Mrs. Virginia Walker Lee of Topping, Virginia. Traveler's checks receipts. undated. Passport of Mr. Edward Lee with International Certificate of Vaccination.
Video tape, The Once and Future Camelot, with an inserted Introduction written on Fed L. Fechette's letterhead. Possibly made by the Williamsburg Reunion . A history of Williamsburg 40 years ago. Transferred to the Manuscript Audio-Visual Collection.