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Administrative Information
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Conditions Governing Access:
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Preferred Citation:
Margetta Doris Hirsch Doyle Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries.
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 2002.58. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.
Processing Information:
Acc. 2012.124 accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in April 2012.
Biographical Information:
William and Mary student, 1941-1945, a native of Hollis, N.Y. She was a business administration major, a member of Kappa Delta sorority and Phi Beta Kappa, and served in the U.S. Army Air Force Aircraft Warning Service during World War II. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
This collection contains diaries, photographs, and other material related to Margetta Doris (Hirsch) Doyle. The bulk of the collection consists of material related to Margetta Doyle's days as a student at Mary from 1941-1945. The collection also includes a diary, photographs, and financial information concerning a trip to China, Japan, and Hong Kong in the fall of 1984 by Margetta Hirsch Doyle, her husband, and two friends. The diaries contain summary notes compiled by Margetta Doyle.
Arrangement of Materials:
The collection is arranged into two series: Series 1: College of William and Mary; Series 2: Trip to East Asia. Within the series, the material is arranged by subject, and then chronologically within each series.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- China--Description and travel
- Diaries
- Financial records
- Japan--Description and travel
- Lecture notes
- Photographs
- Programs
- Student Life--1940's
- Women college students
- Women--Education--Virginia
- World War, 1939-1945
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- China--Description and travel
- Japan--Description and travel
Container List
This series contains diaries, academic papers, papers regarding her student and extra-curricular activities, a graduation program and photographs. The diaries contain summary notes compiled by Margetta Doyle.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 id3749
Summary comments relating to diariesundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2 id3750
William and Mary long ago memoriesundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3 id3751
Kappa Delta sorority picture1943
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4 id3752
Kappa Delta sorority picture1944
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5 id3753
Kappa Delta sorority picture1945
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 6 id3754
Blue Book Examination, Economics 300, Money and BankingJanuary 18, 1944
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 7 id3755
Course Notebook, Sociology 410Spring, 1945
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 8 id3756
Phi Beta Kappa initiation papersSpring, 1945
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9 id3757
Graduation, program and photographs1945
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 id3758
Miscellaneous pictures of sorority girls and buildingsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11 id3759
Miscellaneous William and Mary papersundated
- id3760
U.S. Army Air Force Aircraft Warning Observer ArmbandundatedScope and Contents
Rehoused with University Archives Artifact Collection. 1344 F.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Item: 1 id3745
MsV 1: DiaryJuly 1, 1942-December 31, 1942
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Item: 2 id3746
MsV 2: Diary1943
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Item: 3 id3747
MsV 2: Diary1944
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Item: 4 id3748
MsV 4: Diary1945
This series contains a diary, photographs, and financial information related to a trip through China, Japan, and Hong Kong in the fall of 1984 by Margetta Hirsch Doyle, her husband, and two friends. The diary includes detailed entries of what they did and where they traveled. The diary also contains photographs and postcards of the places they visited, including the Great Wall of China, Terracotta Army, Ryoan-ji Temple in Kyoto, and the Daibutsu statue of Amida Buddha at Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, Japan. The diary contains summary notes compiled by Margetta Doyle.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 1 id145196
Diary1984Scope and Contents
She begins her trip in Canada. She flies to Los Angeles, California where she visits old friends for a few days before flying to Tokyo. She visits Tokyo, Kyoto, Hong King, Canton, Shanghai, Suzhou, Xian and Beijing. She visits every important site during all her stops, which includes palaces, museums, Tokyo navy yard, restaurants, temples, embassies, gardens, parks, theatres, factories, schools, rivers, lakes, markets, terra cotta statues, hot springs and more. She describes in great detail what she sees and experiences, including restaurants, ceremonies, shopping areas, hotels, culture, the people, art, weather, roads, food, and transportation.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 2 id145201
Financial Information1984
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id145203
Photographs1984