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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
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Anne Johnson.
Administrative Information
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Conditions Governing Access:
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Preferred Citation:
Stryker Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Acquisition Information:
Gifts from 1989 and 2004 via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
Mss. Acc. 1989.37A, 1989.47 and 2004.49
Biographical Information:
Fannie Lou Stryker was a hostess at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the wife of Henry M. Stryker, Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1948-1968.
Scope and Contents
Material about and by Mayor Henry Stryker and Colonial Williamsburg hostess Fannie Stryker including reminiscences of Mrs. Stryker, photographic album on Mayor Stryker's retirement, scrapbook, 1957, of Jamestown Festival and visit of Queen Elizabeth. Mss. Acc. 1989.37a
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Certificates
- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation--History
- Letters (correspondence)
- Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
Container List
Recognition scrapbook given to Dr. Stryker by the Williamsburg-James City County Chamber of Commerce at their annual dinner meeting on September 19, 1968. Includes photographs, letters of commendation, newspaper articles and more. Mss. Acc. 1989.37a.
Five 8x10 black & white photographs of Mayor Stryker in various scenes, 1949-1957, including scenes with Virginia Governor Stanley, Lord Mayor, President Eisenhower and the Williamsburg, Virginia City Council. Mss. Acc. 1989.47 Addition
Letters from John D. Rockefeller, Kenneth Chorley, Joyce Ackroyd, Massey Mott Heltzel and Douglas Southall Freeman. 1989.47 addition.
"That was the Town That Was!" article in the July 1965 supplement to the Virginia Gazette "The Publick Observer" by Mayor Henry M. Stryker. "The Town that Abolished Time" article in the November 1965 "Commonwealth Magazine" by Mayor Stryker and Tina Jeffrey about Polly Stryker. 1989.47 addition.
December 15, 1967 article on the retirement of Mayor Stryker in the Virginia Gazette, May 17, 1974 obituary of Mayor Henry M. Stryker in the Virginia Gazette and a program for the "1-Day Assembly of the Citizens of Williamsburg and James City County, Virginia," undated. 1989.47 addition.
Photograph of Mayor Henry M. Stryker sent by the Alumni Association of the Medical College of Virginia. 1989.47 addition.
1943 Certificate of Membership in the Matthew Whaley Victory Corps for Evelyn Cope Stryker, 1943 news clipping of the Matthew Whaley School Senior Class with Evelyn Stryker, program for "What a Life" comedy presented by the Senior Class of Matthew Whaley School in 1943 and a program for "Commencement Exercises" at Matthew Whaley School in 1943. 1989.47 addition.
"Resolution and Memorial to Dr. Henry Morris Stryker" by the United Virginia Bank on May 15, 1974 and a resolution in honor of "Polly Stryker" by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Board of Trustees on May 18, 1974. 1989.47 addition.
Collection of jokes by Fannie Lou Stryker, wife of Mayor Henry Stryker, to help Mayor Stryker with his speeches. Note by Eveyln S. Stryker, April 29, 1996. Removed from binder. 1989.47 addition.
Photographs of Mayor Stryker with Lord Ironside and photographs of other dignitaries in London, broadside on "The Williamsburg Award" and program "The Presentation of The Williamsburg Award by the Trustees of Colonial Williamsburg to the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston S. Churchill" on December 7, 1955. 1989.47 addition.
Photograph of King of Greece presenting the "Order of the Phonix" and photographs from Ambassador Lodge's visit in 1954. 1989.47 addition.
Certificate of Appreciation to Mrs. H. M. (Fannie Lou) Stryker for devoted and faithful service rendered to the Williamsburg Baptist Church..." on December 11, 1974. 1989.47 addition.
Scrapbook prepared by Mrs. Evelyn Stryker Peyton, the daughter of Henry M. Stryker, documenting with photographs his time as Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia. Photographs of Mayor Henry Stryker and/or his wife with the Queen of England, President Eisenhower, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Shirley Temple Black and other dignitaries. Includes letter from John D. Rockefeller of Williamsburg. Photographs have been removed from album, placed in acid free envelopes and filed in a folder. List of photographs included. 1989.47 addition.