Special Collections Research Center
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Boelt Family Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
The Boelt Family are from Williamsburg, Virginia and were and are participants in many community affairs. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
The collection includes programs, leaflets, and other material of various Williamsburg events and organizations of the 20th century including the Williamsburg Festival, Heritage Inn, and others.
Three Matthew Whaley handbooks from 1954 to 1957.
Daily Dispatch and Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) editions from 1851, 1881-1903. Scattered years, approximately 20 newspapers. Two editions of the New York Herald, 1887.
Transferred to the Hickory Neck Church Records, Mss. Acc. 1994.57, in February 2011 as Acc. 2011.065.
Menus, advertisements, newspaper articlesand event programs of the Heritage Inn and Regency Dining Room in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Advertisement booklet for fireplace mantels (undated) and a 1939 edition of "The Home Idea Book."
Newspaper clippings mostly concern "The Founders" and "The Common Glory."
Six newspaper from Richmond, Virginia.
See inventory in box for specific items, but folder does include brochures for the 1958 Williamsburg Lion's Club annual meeting and for the 1964 and 1965 annual meetings of the Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce.