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Matthew Whaley School Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Gifts via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Mss. Acc. 1990.42 Gift of Mrs. Thelma Pedersen. Mss. Acc. 1990.43 Gift of Jeanne Etheridge Mss. Acc. 1993.14 Gift of James W. Clark. Mss. Acc. 1994.50 Gift of Lola Creasey. Mss. Acc. 1994.61 Gift of Jeanne Etheridge. Mss. Acc. 1996.04.01 Gift of Julia Oxrieder. Mss. Acc. 1998.55 Gift of Nell Gilley Taft. Mss. Acc. 2001.20 Gift of Jane Ayers Davis. Mss. Acc. 2003.11 Gift of Mary Lib Geiger (through Frances Robb). Mss. Acc. 2003.31 Unknown. Mss. Acc. 2003.49 Gift of Helen Langton. Mss. Acc. 2005.61 Gift of Mary McGinnis White. Mss. Acc. 2007.95 Gift of Sue Godson. Powder Horns: Transferred from many WHRA Collections, but also include the following accessions: Mss. Acc. 1990.42 Gift of Mrs. Thelma Pedersen (1925-1939 issues) Mss. Acc. 1996.19 Gift of S.F. Royall (1928-30, 1938) Mss. Acc. 2002.51 Will Molineux for donors including Turner Richardson and Linda Bowe. Mss. Acc. 2006.43 Merle Kimball, 3 issues, 5/53, 1/55 and 11/55.
Future accruals are expected.
Williamsburg High School became the Matthew Whaley School in 1931, named after the son of a colonial woman who, after his death at age nine, financially supported a free school named in his honor. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
This is an artificial collection of material from and about Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia including material from the annual fifty year reunions. The school newspaper, The Powder Horn, 1930-1937 and 1946-1948, is available in Rare Books call number AN47 .W54 P68.
Arranged by accession number additions.
See also: Mss. 1.01 Williamsburg Reunion Collection.
Robb-Bernard papers (Mss. 65 R54), Series 24 (Acc. 2010.353) contains Matthew Whaley high school yearbooks, 1948-1950.
Issues of the school newspaper, The Powder Horn, have been transferred to the Newspaper Collection in Rare Books, under AN47 .W54 P68.
Newspaper clippings, copy of poetry, 1933 graduation invitation, newspaper photograph of Class of 1933, photograph of students on stage and program of two plays, "The Knave of Hearts" and "Two Crooks and a Lady."
Publications, class material, newspaper articles and photographs. Part of this accession that deals with other areas of the Williamsburg community is filed under the Accession Number 1990.42. "Growing Up in Williamsburg: from the Depression to Pearl Harbor" by Ed Belvin (1981)was transferred to Rare Books.
Programs to school events, histories about Matthew Whaley School and teacher instruction items.
Clippings about overcrowded school conditions in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Class pictures of students from Matthew Whaley School. Some photographs have names of students written on the back side.
Newspaper clippings, school projects and photographs of and pertaining to Matthew Whaley School of which Miss Etheridge was teacher and later principal. 150 items.
Scripts and programs for "Bring Them to Justice" written and performed by Matthew Whaley School students.
Newspaper clippings and articles about activities of students and teachers at Matthew Whaley School. 51 items.
Newspaper articles about Matthew Whaley school students involved in international activities, such as pen pals in Vietnam, meeting Idina Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and meeting Nigerian president Hamani Diori. 18 items.
Photographs of Matthew Whaley School students and teachers doing various school activities.
Photographs of teachers and students showing class projects and activities. 133 items.
Photographs of class projects on Africa, meeting Nigerian President Hamani Diori and a newspaper article about the meeting. 11 items.
"Myths and Poems of Ancient Greece" booklet made by the Upper C and homemade programs for the student production of "Aida." 6 items.
Newspaper articles and "Grammar and Mattey Practice and Model School" on the history of Matthew Whaley School. 13 items.
Copy of "A History of the Matthew Whaley High School Class of 1937" by James W. Clark.
Programs for Matthew Whaley Dramatic Club presentations, 1931-1933, Graduation Program dated June 2, 1933 and John Stewart Bryan inauguration program, October 20, 1934.
Copy and original of "My Forty-two Years at Matthew Whaley School: A Brief Review" by Jeanne Etheridge.
Matthew Whaley School Graduation Program for 1952. Gift of Mrs. Julia Oxrieder.
Matthew Whaley School, Williamsburg, Va., Self Study 1976-1977.
Grades 7-12, "Grand Prizes for Best Costumes" flyer with hand drawn picture of a man with a pipe.
Photographs and programs of the activities of Matthew Whaley Class of 1932. 1931-1932 Handbook of Matthew Whaley School.
Matthew Whaley Student Handbook for 1954-55, 1955-56 and 1956-57. Stapled printed handout, "Superintendent Sammy Says," a behavioral handbook for industrial arts and shop students. Undated.
Program for the Junior Class play, "Don't Take My Penny" in March [1942].
Program for Matthew Whaley Junior Senior Banquet, "What's Next" in 1949.
Minutes of the Class of 1943 activities from 1940 to 1943 by Helen Langton. Blue United States Air Force armband received with this accession has been transferred to the Artifact Collection in 2009.
50th Anniversary of Matthew Whaley photographs, 1938-39 photograph of Matthew Whaley Girl Scouts, 1944 Matthew Whaley invitation and commencement, Memories Book of Mary McGinnis and play program, "Cinderella in Flowerland" presented by 7th and 8th grades.
Photocopies of a photograph of Jeanne Etheridge, who was the principal at Matthew Whaley for 23 years. Article about Jeanne Etheridge, after her death in 2009, added to accession.
Contains cards, invitations, programs, and invitations relating to the Powder Horn, the school newspaper of Matthew Whaley High School.
Senior class booklet.
Program for the 1943 play "What A Life," put on by the seniors at the Matthew Whaley School, and a 2012 speech about Helen Young Langton.
1 vol., 31 pp. (all photocopies!). Includes reminiscences of class members as well as photocopies of the following: photographs, pages of the Powderhorn, news clippings, certificates. Probably compiled on the occasion of the 50th reunion, 1995 or shortly thereafter.
1970 souvenir prints of the front page of the 1940 Powder Horn, a newspaper of Matthew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes copies of the newspaper and a negative. Picture of the 1940 graduating class on the front page. See acquisition entries for accession information.
Issues of the school newspaper, The Powder Horn. These issues have been transferred to the Newspaper Collection in Rare Books, under AN47 .W54 P68.
Items transferred from the W&M College Papers. Includes a 1850s transcription Copy of Mary Whaley's 1741 will; Copy of bill of chancery, 1750, amended 1751, concerning the disposition by her executor of certain funds bequeathed by Mary Whaley to the Mattey School, 9 pp., 1751, and reply, 3 pp. Copy of court order, 1752, for the settlement of the estate of Mary Whaley, 22 pp. Clipping concerning the legacy left by Mary Whaley for the Mattey School. Copy of court order, 1866, transferring certain annuities to the College, 3 pp. Supplemental report on the Whaley legacy, by Benjamin S. Ewell, 1866, 2 pieces. Incomplete script of a pageant depicting a meeting of the faculty, 1866, with information on the Mattey fund, 1 piece. Broadside advertising the Mattey School, 1868. Lease of the grammar school building and lot to the city of Williamsburg, 1884, 1 piece. Copy of proposition made by the College to the school board of Williamsburg concerning a model school in connection with the Mattey School and the reply, 1889, 2 pieces. Outline of the course of study of the model school, 1899, 65 pp., 26 cm. Article: "Hoary old Williamsburg builds a modern school," by Helen Foss Weeks, undated, 1 piece. Lyon G. Tyler, "The Mattey Whaley model and practice school of the William and Mary College," Richmond, printed by Whittet and Shepperson, 1895, 18 pp., 23 cm
Before being named the Matthew Whaley School, it was referred to as the Model School or Mattey School.
This series contains a scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and programs featuring the Matthew Whaley football team. The bulk of the scrapbook is from the first football season in 1946 but the scrapbook also contains material from 1947 and 1948.