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Preferred Citation:

The Byrd (Bird) Book and Tidewater Poems, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.

Biographical Information:

Henry E. Baker was the author of "The Byrd (Bird) Book and Tidewater Poems," "Lake of the Woods Poems" and "Kenora Bay at Eve" plus other works.

Scope and Contents

A copy of "The Byrd (Bird) Book and Tidewater Poems" by Henry E. Baker, Newport News, 1934 with inscription to Nancy Griesenauer on her graduation from Matthew Whaley by Dr. Susan Price.  Published in 1934 in Newport News, Virginia.

The book contains a photograph of Westover and "The Sign of the Unicorn Horn" in Williamsburg, Virginia.  A photocopy of a January 13, 1933 newspaper clipping of a poem by J.W. Price, M.D. of Williamsburg, Virginia entitled, "Bird Songs-Marshall Lodge."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Bird family
• Booklets
• Byrd family
• Photographs
• Poems
• Virginia--Genealogy
• Williamsburg (Va.)--Genealogy