Inventory of the Virginia B. Haughwout Papers 1951-1955
A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 1997.17
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Special CollectionsEarl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794
USA
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Funding: Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Processed by: Ellen Strong, 1997.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Publication Rights/Restrictions on 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.
Preferred Citation
Virginia B. Haughwout Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
Acc. No. 1997.17; Gift: ca. 75 items, 11 April 1997.
Scope and Content Information
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.
Arrangement
OrganizationThis 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.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Armistead, Robert T.
- Kenneth Chorley,
- Robert T. Armistead,
- Virginia B. Haughwout.
Contents List
- Folder 1
Papers, 1951.
- Folder 2
Papers, 1952.
- Folder 3
Papers, 1953.
- Folder 4
Papers, January-June 1954.
- Folder 5
Papers, July-December 1954.
- Folder 6
Papers, January-May 1955.
- Folder 7
Papers, June 1955.
- Folder 8
Papers, July-December 1955.
- Folder 9
Papers, n.d.