Special Collections Research Center
spcoll@wm.eduWilliam & Mary Special Collections Research Center staff
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, 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
Daughters of the American Revolution, Williamsburg Chapter records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Williamsburg Chapter
Processing Information
Original order has been maintained, materials are minimally processed.
Scope and Contents
Includes chapter history albums and scrapbooks, special reports, Virginia DAR proceedings, Williamsburg DAR regular and executative meeting minutes, awards, commemorative banners.
General
Regular meeting minutes are restricted for 20 years except to current members in good standing of the Williamsburg chapter. Permission for current members in good standing to access minutes from the last 20 years must be granted in advance in writing or email to spcoll@wm.edu by the current Regent or Recording Secretary. A current roster of Board members shall be provided by the Regent to the library at the change of each office term or when updates occur.
Executive Board Minutes may only be accessed by the current Regent or Recording Secretary.
The current chapter Regent may make a written request to borrow material from the Williamsburg DAR collection two (2) times in a calendar year and/or at the new officer's induction meeting. Requests for a private viewing of materials in the Special Collections area of the library for special chapter events may be made in writing by the chapter regent to the Director of the Special Collections Research Center.
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1
Event Binders2010-2016English.Scope and Contents
Event binders for the following date ranges: 2000-2009; 2010-2015; and 2015-2016. Materials include newspaper clippings, programs, letters, photographs, invitations, event scripts, and other commemorative materials.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2
Event Binders and Constitution Week Scrapbooks1974-2014English.Scope and Contents
Event binders for the following date ranges: 1974-1983; and 1984-1999. Materials include newspaper clippings, programs, letters, photographs, invitations, event scripts, anc other commemorative materials.
Constitution Week scrapbooks for 2010, 2013, and 2014. Material includes programs, photographs, official proclamations, pamphlets and certificates.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3
Constitution Week Scrapbooks1987-2009English.Scope and Contents
Constitution Week Scrapbooks for the following date ranges: 1987-1990; 1990-1994; 1994-2000; 2000-2005; 2002; and 2005-2009.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4
Commemorations and Chapter Histories1925-2019English.Scope and Contents
Materials include 2017-2019 Memorial Book (containing obituaries for chapter members); 2015-2016 Commemorative Events Committee; 2016 National Park Service 100 Anniversary; 2015 Commemorative Events Report; 2015 National Program Winner; 2014 Vietnam War Certificate; Vietnam War Commemoration Materials; 2012 State of Membership report; 2011 Flag of the United States report
Chapter History 2009-2010 Chapter History 1925-1998
- Mixed Materials Box: 5
Chapter Histories2010-2015English.Scope and Contents
Chapter History, 2014-2015 Chapter History, 2014-2016 Chapter History, 2014-2017
- Mixed Materials Box: 6
Awards, Additional Commemorative MaterialsEnglish.Scope and Contents
Chapter and State Awards, 1980-1988, 2002-2013 State Awards and Certificates, 2014-2015 Commemorative Event Binders, 2011, 2013, 2016 Cedar Grove Cemetery The Cemeteries of Colonial Williamsburg and Cedar Grove Cemetery, Part II Profiles of Patriots: A Biographical Reference of American Revolutionary War Patriots and their Descendents, Vol. II Bruton Church: Historical Notes by W.A.R. Goodwin Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine A Century of Service to the Nation, 1890-1990 (2 copies) Letters, documents and pictures from 1971-present Personal Account of San Franscisco earthquake Accounting of DAR items in Swem Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine July 1921 and February 1922 State and City Proclamations for Constitution Week
- Mixed Materials Box: 9
Ceremonies1971-2018English.Scope and Contents
Naturalizations, 1973-2018; Jamestown Youth Ceremony, 2012-2018; 4th of July Ceremony, 1971-2018
Virginia DAR Yearbook and Proceedings of Annual State Conferences, 1990, 1993, 1996-2016
- Mixed Materials Box: 8
NSDAR Virginia Junior Membership Award1977-1983Round silver tray engraved to honor Marion Moncure Duncan and Dr. Elisha Dick (1977-1978), followed by Princess Anne County (1978-1979), Bill of Rights Chapter (1980-1981), and the Williamsburg Chapter (1981-1983)English.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8
Korean War 50th Commemoration banner1950-2003Large blue, red and white banner commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Korean War (1950-1953), with "Freedom is not free" in yellow ink and written in both English and Korean.English.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8
Vietnam War 50th Commemoration bannerLarge blue banner with grean, yellow, red and white seal, surrounded by green laurel, noting "Service, Valor and Sacrifice" and "A Grateful Nation Thanks and Honors You" in yellow printEnglish.
Regular meeting minutes are restricted for 20 years except to current members in good standing of the Williamsburg chapter. Permission for current members in good standing to access minutes from the last 20 years must be granted in advance in writing or email to spcoll@wm.edu by the current Regent or Recording Secretary. A current roster of Board members shall be provided by the Regent to the library at the change of each office term or when updates occur.
Executive Board Minutes may only be accessed by the current Regent or Recording Secretary.
The current chapter Regent may make a written request to borrow material from the Williamsburg DAR collection two (2) times in a calendar year and/or at the new officer's induction meeting. Requests for a private viewing of materials in the Special Collections area of the library for special chapter events may be made in writing by the chapter regent to the Director of the Special Collections Research Center.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10
Regular Meeting and Executive Board Minutes - RESTRICTED1931-1983, 2005-2013, 2006-2011English.Scope and Contents
Four boxes of microfilm, 1931-1983
Four discs of regular meeting minutes, 2005-2013; executive board minutes, 2006-2011
GeneralRegular meeting minutes are restricted for 20 years except to current members in good standing of the Williamsburg chapter. Permission for current members in good standing to access minutes from the last 20 years must be granted in advance in writing or email to spcoll@wm.edu by the current Regent or Recording Secretary. A current roster of Board members shall be provided by the Regent to the library at the change of each office term or when updates occur.
Executive Board Minutes may only be accessed by the current Regent or Recording Secretary.
The current chapter Regent may make a written request to borrow material from the Williamsburg DAR collection two (2) times in a calendar year and/or at the new officer's induction meeting. Requests for a private viewing of materials in the Special Collections area of the library for special chapter events may be made in writing by the chapter regent to the Director of the Special Collections Research Center.
- Mixed Materials Box: 11
Executive Board Minutes - RESTRICTED1977-1999English.General
Regular meeting minutes are restricted for 20 years except to current members in good standing of the Williamsburg chapter. Permission for current members in good standing to access minutes from the last 20 years must be granted in advance in writing or email to spcoll@wm.edu by the current Regent or Recording Secretary. A current roster of Board members shall be provided by the Regent to the library at the change of each office term or when updates occur.
Executive Board Minutes may only be accessed by the current Regent or Recording Secretary.
The current chapter Regent may make a written request to borrow material from the Williamsburg DAR collection two (2) times in a calendar year and/or at the new officer's induction meeting. Requests for a private viewing of materials in the Special Collections area of the library for special chapter events may be made in writing by the chapter regent to the Director of the Special Collections Research Center.
- Mixed Materials Box: 12
Executive Board Minutes - RESTRICTED2000-2014English.Scope and Contents
Regular meeting minutes are restricted for 20 years except to current members in good standing of the Williamsburg chapter. Permission for current members in good standing to access minutes from the last 20 years must be granted in advance in writing or email to spcoll@wm.edu by the current Regent or Recording Secretary. A current roster of Board members shall be provided by the Regent to the library at the change of each office term or when updates occur.
Executive Board Minutes may only be accessed by the current Regent or Recording Secretary.
The current chapter Regent may make a written request to borrow material from the Williamsburg DAR collection two (2) times in a calendar year and/or at the new officer's induction meeting. Requests for a private viewing of materials in the Special Collections area of the library for special chapter events may be made in writing by the chapter regent to the Director of the Special Collections Research Center.
- Mixed Materials Box: 13
Regular Meeting Minutes - RESTRICTED1977-1999English.Scope and Contents
Regular meeting minutes are restricted for 20 years except to current members in good standing of the Williamsburg chapter. Permission for current members in good standing to access minutes from the last 20 years must be granted in advance in writing or email to spcoll@wm.edu by the current Regent or Recording Secretary. A current roster of Board members shall be provided by the Regent to the library at the change of each office term or when updates occur.
Executive Board Minutes may only be accessed by the current Regent or Recording Secretary.
The current chapter Regent may make a written request to borrow material from the Williamsburg DAR collection two (2) times in a calendar year and/or at the new officer's induction meeting. Requests for a private viewing of materials in the Special Collections area of the library for special chapter events may be made in writing by the chapter regent to the Director of the Special Collections Research Center.
- Mixed Materials Box: 14
Regular Meeting Minutes - RESTRICTED2000-2014English.General
Regular meeting minutes are restricted for 20 years except to current members in good standing of the Williamsburg chapter. Permission for current members in good standing to access minutes from the last 20 years must be granted in advance in writing or email to spcoll@wm.edu by the current Regent or Recording Secretary. A current roster of Board members shall be provided by the Regent to the library at the change of each office term or when updates occur.
Executive Board Minutes may only be accessed by the current Regent or Recording Secretary.
The current chapter Regent may make a written request to borrow material from the Williamsburg DAR collection two (2) times in a calendar year and/or at the new officer's induction meeting. Requests for a private viewing of materials in the Special Collections area of the library for special chapter events may be made in writing by the chapter regent to the Director of the Special Collections Research Center.
Framed charter of the Williamsburg Daughters of American Revolution.
Yearbooks are restricted from the public. Please refer to William & Mary Special Collections Research Center Staff at spcoll@wm.edu for more information.
This series includes applications, a certificate of recognition signed by former Virginia governor (2018-2022), Ralph Northam and a proclamation signed by Williamsburg Mayor Paul T. Freiling. Other papers include correspondence and brochures related to the Youth Citizenship ceremony, Virginia Thanksgiving festival, as well as the naturalization ceremony and the July wreath laying ceremony. Reports on Americanism are also included. Yearbooks in this series are restricted from the public.
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Applications and certificatesCirca 1919-1953Scope and Contents
2 albums containing application records and 1 folder containing certificate and proclamation
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Reports correspondence and certificates2001-2019Scope and Contents
Contains 4 legal size folders of correspondence and reports related to various DAR ceremonies.
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Yearbooks (restricted)1990-2021Conditions Governing Access
Yearbooks are restricted from the public. Please refer to William & Mary Special Collections Research Center Staff at spcoll@wm.edu for more information.
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Historian recordsScope and Contents
four binders
- Mixed Materials box: 19
Americanism yearbook, Citizenship ceremony papers and historian's bookCirca 1995-2017
- Mixed Materials box: 20
Junior American Citizens and Commuity Classroom committee reports2016-2017
- Mixed Materials box: 21
Junior American Citizens and Commuity Classroom committee reports2017
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Regular and executive board meetings (restricted)2015-2021
- Mixed Materials box: 23
Williamsburg Chapter bylaws and program logistics (restricted)Circa 2001-2021