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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.

The fragile nature of the scrapbooks may limit handling.

Preferred Citation

Dorothy E. Howe Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase.

Scope and Contents

Two scrapbooks, 1923-1924 and 1925-1927 of high school student Dorothy E. Howe of Omaha, Nebraska, where she attended Edward Rosewater South High School. Scrapbooks contain photographs, invitations, letters, written entries by friends, printed programs and ephemera.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Invitations
• Letters (correspondence)
• Photographic prints
• Programs
• Scrapbooks
• Teenagers--Social life and customs