Special Collections Research Center
spcoll@wm.eduFinding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
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:
Boelt Family Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Acquisition Information:
Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
Family History:
The Boelt Family are from Williamsburg, Virginia and were and are participants in many community affairs. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
The collection includes programs, leaflets, and other material of various Williamsburg events and organizations of the 20th century including the Williamsburg Festival, Heritage Inn, and others.
Separated Material
Three Matthew Whaley handbooks from 1954 to 1957.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Business records
- Financial records
- Heritage Inn and Regency Dining Room (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Hickory Neck Church (James City County, Va.)
- Minutes
- Newspapers
- Pamphlets
- Printed ephemera
- Restaurants--Virginia--Williamsburg
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Hotel
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Hotel
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 id60356
Festival Williamsburg - Contracts1986
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2 id60357
Festival Williamsburg - Printed Material1986
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3 id60358
Festival Williamsburg - Working Papers1984-1986
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4 id81605
Acc. 2010.724: Programs, Brochures, and Newsletters
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1 id60393
Newspapers1851:1991-1903Scope and Contents
Daily Dispatch and Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) editions from 1851, 1881-1903. Scattered years, approximately 20 newspapers. Two editions of the New York Herald, 1887.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1 id60380
Hickory Neck Material1948-2002Scope and Contents
Transferred to the Hickory Neck Church Records, Mss. Acc. 1994.57, in February 2011 as Acc. 2011.065.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2 id60359
Heritage Inn1963-1971Scope and Contents
Menus, advertisements, newspaper articlesand event programs of the Heritage Inn and Regency Dining Room in Williamsburg, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3 id60360
Home Building Publications1939 and undatedScope and Contents
Advertisement booklet for fireplace mantels (undated) and a 1939 edition of "The Home Idea Book."
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 id60361
News Clippings - Williamsburg1957 and undatedScope and Contents
Newspaper clippings mostly concern "The Founders" and "The Common Glory."
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5 id60379
Newspapers1882-1895Scope and Contents
Six newspaper from Richmond, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6 id60362
Williamsburg Ephemera1960-1971Scope and Contents
See inventory in box for specific items, but folder does include brochures for the 1958 Williamsburg Lion's Club annual meeting and for the 1964 and 1965 annual meetings of the Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce.