Special Collections Research Center
spcoll@wm.eduFinding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
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Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Cynthia Barlowe Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
Biographical Information:
Cynthia Barlowe was the daughter of Dr. Janet Kimbrough and a descendant of the Tucker Family of Williamsburg, Virginia. She lived in Mathews County, Va. and was a member of the Class of 1955 at the College of William and Mary. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
Collection of photographs, newspaper clippings, publications, postcards and other items relating to Williamsburg, Virginia.
Related Material
Mss. 40 T79 Tucker-Coleman Papers
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Charter Day
- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons
- Kimbrough, Janet C
- King's Daughters (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Lee, Edward Myers, Jr
- Morecock family
- Obituaries
- Photocopies
- Photographs
- Poems
- Postcards
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Barlowe, Cynthia Beverly Tucker Kimbrough
- Goodwin, William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939
- Kimbrough, Janet C
- Lee, Edward Myers, Jr
- Page, Delia Bryan
- Smith, Estelle
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
Container List
Handwritten humorous poem by Rutherford Goodwin about Colonial Williamsburg hostesses and tourists, dated April 1938; photograph of three women including Mrs. John D. Rockefeller,Jr. and Isobel Hubbard; postcards of the Hansford Residence, Governor's Palace and the Brush-Audrey House of Williamsburg, Virginia; photograph of William and Edloe Morecock as children (dated 1914), photograph of the Blair House before restoration and the Williamsburg Drug and the D(avid) P (ender) Store in Merchant's Square, photograph of Miss Cora Smith's house, photograph and obituary of Edward Lee, Jr. (1999).
- Mixed Materials Box: 1
Box 1English.
Memorabilia about Williamsburg, Virginia and the Tucker Coleman family.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id63629
"Recollections of Home"1902Scope and Contents
Photocopy of "Recollections of Home" by Delia Bryan Page.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id63630
Janet Kimbrough Christmas CardUndatedScope and Contents
Christmas card from Janet C. Kimbrough with copy of portrait of Cynthia Beverley Tucker Coleman on the front.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id63631
Newspaper Clippings1984-1988, 1998Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings on Williamsburg, Virginia area controversies, events and obituaries.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id63632
Photographs of Randolph Farm, Chesterfield County2000
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id63634
undatedPetition to Colonial Williamsburg FoundationScope and Contents
Letter from Carol Beers to Janet Kimbrough enclosing a petition to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to preserve the single family homes on Scotland, Prince George and North Henry Streets.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id63635
Printed Material1893, 1938-40, 1948, 2001Scope and Contents
February 2001 program of the Centennial Anniversary of the Frances Bland Randolph Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Petersburg, Virginia; brochure on the "Two Hundred Anniversary of the Charter of the College of William and mary, 1693-1893; May 15, 1948 partial edition of "The Techgram;"Minutes of the Forty-Fourth Annual Convention of the Virginia Branch of the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons," 1938; pamphlet "History of the Kate Curtis Circle of the King's Daughtes" by Estelle Smith, 1939 and "The Silver Cross" a publication of the International Order of The King's Daughters and Sons, February 1940.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id63642
Photographs1920-1944Scope and Contents
Class of children at Five Forks School visiting the Tucker House (1938), May Hitchens in old-fashioned dress (1923) (2 photographs), Edith M. Smith in wheelchair (1944), entrance of College of William and Mary looking toward the town during restoration (1928), Dr. Montgomery dressed as George Wythe (1927) (three photographs), Bassett Hall, Ann Chapman with Mary Haldane Coleman and another woman beside the Public Library (1933), Colonial Hotel (1939), Jamestown Wharf ("early days") and a photo album sheet with Tyler House, President's House and Taliaferro House (1920-21).