Special Collections Research Center
spcoll@wm.eduFinding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation:
Williamsburg Area Historical Society Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. 7/5/2005 Unknown.
Historical Note:
Williamsburg Area Historical Society is in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Records of the Williamsburg Area Historical Society and six monographs on Williamsburg, Virginia related topics.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Business records
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Presbyterian Church--Virginia
- Reports
- Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs
- Williamsburg Area Historical Society (Williamsburg, Va.)
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs
Container List
Six essays prepared in 1990 under the auspices of the Williamsburg Area Historical Society on such topics as the Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg during the Civil War, Williamsburg Landing, Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, Civilian Conservation Corps, and Williamsburg Tales. Records, 1983-1993, of the Williamsburg Area Historical Society including minutes, treasurer's records and a list of attendees at meetings. 100 items.
Material relating to the Williamsburg Area Historical Society, 1987-1990. Postcards announcing meetings, a newspaper clipping concerning a meeting, monograph #1, a 1992 letter to Swem Library forwarding a monograph (not present); newsletter, 1992 and a photocopy of the title page and table of contents of Modern Government in a Colonial City by Luther Golick.