Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
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Processed by: Ellen Strong, 1997.
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Virginia B. Haughwout Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acc. No. 1997.17; Gift: ca. 75 items, 11 April 1997.
Correspondence and legal papers, 1951-1955, of Mrs. Virginia B. Haughwout of Williamsburg, Virginia., about the construction of a Virginia Gazette building on her property on the Duke of Gloucester Street. Correspondence is chiefly with her lawyer Robert T. Armistead and Kenneth Chorley, President of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Includes memorandum of argument on behalf of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., prepared by the firm of Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, 6 June 1955, entitled "Virginia B. Haughwout v. Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of Williamsburg, Virginia. "Also includes architectural drawings and photographs.
This collection is arranged into 3 series. Series 1 contains papers; Series 2 contains architectural drawings; and Series 3 contains photographs.
ArrangementThis collection is arranged chronologically.