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Preferred Citation

Henderson Family Photographs, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William & Mary

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Arthur D. Henderson. Accession 2011.428

Scope and Contents

Photograph album, circa 1910s-1920s, of John W. Henderson of Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes photographs of his time at Williamsburg High School and photographs of pre-restoration Williamsburg. There are also photographs from his time at the College of William & Mary, including photographs of the first class of women at the College, various sporting events, and various plays put on by the Dramatic Club. There are also photographs from Gloucester Point, Virginia, Yorktown, Jamestown, and the Eastern Shore of Virginia, among other locations. Also included are other loose photographs of members of the Henderson family. Henderson later married Elizabeth Lee, one of the members of the first class of women (1918) at William & Mary.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Baseball
• College of William and Mary--Basketball
• College of William and Mary--Football
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• College of William and Mary--Students
• College of William and Mary. Dramatic Club
• Eastern Shore (Va.)--History
• Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century
• Henderson, John W.
• Jamestown (Va.)--Photographs
• Lee, Elizabeth Mallory, 1902-
• Women college students
• Women--Education--Virginia--History
• Yorktown (Va.)--Photographs