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Preferred Citation:

S. F. (Bill) Royall, Jr.  Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gifts from S.F. (Bill Royal) via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association from 1989-2000.

Processing Information:

Processed by Ellen R. Strong in 2001. Formerly identified as Mss. Acc. 1989.02.

Biographical Information:

S.F. (Bill) Royal owned Williamsburg Press, Inc. in Williamsburg, Virginia during the 1960's and 70's. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

The papers of S.F. Bill Royall, Jr. contain a variety of personal material and ephemera, much of it related to Williamsburg, Virginia. The collection includes samples of printing from Bill Royall's press relating to Williamsburg organizations and events such as tags, calendars, posters, programs, stickers, flyers, bulletins and other items.

Arrangement of Materials:

Arranged by accession.

Separated Material

Transferred to Rare Books: Directory of the City of Williamsburg, James City County, and York County (Williamsburg, 1940), Cover for child's music school book, compliments of the First National Bank, Williamsburg. Wayne Fulton Gibb's copy. "Second Year Music, Hollis Dann Music Course" by Hollis Dann and published by the American Book Company. 1915 and "The Heart of Old Virginia," by Alice Maude Ewell,New York and Washington, Neale Publishing Company, 1907. Poetry book with allusions to local area.

Matthew Whaley yearbooks and other material related to the Williamsburg Reunion were transferred to the Williamsburg Reunion Collection.

Ephemera transferred to the the Williamsburg (Va) Postcard and Ephemera Collection: Xerox of broadside advertising cabinet manufacture of William Rouse of Smithfield, Virginia. April 1859. Printed at the Day Book Mammoth Press, Norfolk, Va. Location of original unknown. One original and two copies of Williamsburg Tourist Accommodation map, 1940. Approximately 25 pieces of Williamsburg publications printed by S.F. Royall, including pamphlets for Williamsburg Players, Twentieth-Century Gallery and Temple Beth El.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary. Swem Library
• Correspondence
• Printed ephemera
• Printers--Virginia--Williamsburg
• Tax stamp
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
• World War, 1939-1945