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

Carlton Casey Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Acquisition Information:

Gift through the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Acc. 1999.48 and Acc. 2004.39 Acc. 1999.41 is a gift of the estate of Dr. Carlton Casey through Betty Lane Robins. Acc. 2002.18 Twenty-five postcards and H.D. Cole booklet on Williamsburg and Jamestown, 1930s. Originally left by Dr. Carleton Casey with CW. Returned to his collection in the WHRA after his death.

Processing Information:

Processed by Brad Glasebrook. Accessions 1999.41 and 1999.48 were combined when processed. Acc. 2011.357 integrated into the collection when it was reprocessed by Priscilla Wood in 2011.

Scope and Contents

The inventory is a guide to Mss. Acc. 1999.48 which is the postcard collection documenting pre-restoration Williamsburg, restored Williamsburg, Jamestown, the College of William and Mary, the University of Virginia, and cities, towns, and holidays in Virginia. Also includes clippings, articles, photographs, programs, and souvenir publications.

Additions to the collection are described individually.

Arrangement of Materials:

Accession Number order.

Mss. Acc. 1999.48 is in order by subjects and type of material.

Mss. Acc. 2004.39 has not been thoroughly processed or inventoried.

Related Material

Acc. 1993.15 - Williamsburg Reunion material was transferred to the Williamsburg Reunion Collection.

Acc. 1999.48 - USS Enterprise Commemorative Medal (1999.48.01) and Yorktown Bicentennial Commemorative Medal (1999.48.02)  were separated from Box 16 of the Carlton Casey Papers and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03) on 6/29/2011.

Separated Material

Acc. 1993.15 - Williamsburg Reunion material was transferred to the Williamsburg Reunion Collection.

Acc. 1999.48 - USS Enterprise Commemorative Medal (1999.48.01) and Yorktown Bicentennial Commemorative Medal (1999.48.02)  were separated from Box 16 of the Carlton Casey Papers and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03) on 6/29/2011.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Clippings (information artifacts)
• College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• Colonial Williamsburg Foundation--History
• Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.)
• Correspondence
• James City County (Va.)--Tercentenary
• Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century
• Literary Societies--Philomathean Literary Society
• Marshall, John, Pageant (Williamsburg, Va.)
• Nicholson High School (Williamsburg, Va.)
• Obituaries
• Photographs
• Postcards
• Postcards--Virginia
• Printed ephemera
• Programs
• Publications
• Pulaski Club (Williamsburg, Va.)
• Scrapbooks
• University of Virginia
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century