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Scottish Coalition USA Archives, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acc. 2008.195 is a gift of G.A. Hamilton, secretary of the Association of Scottish Games and Festivals. Includes gift of 4 books by Duncan A. Bruce. Acc. 2009.365 is a gift of of Byron A. Adams, 105 Willoughby Dr., Williamsburg, VA 23185, received on 8/20/2009.
Additions are being made to this collection on an ongoing basis. Some accessions comprise materials collected from several different groups, so the same accession number may be found in different series.
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The Scottish Coalition USA Archives is a collection of ephemera, publications and records of the eight Scottish Heritage organizations. The 8 groups are: Association of Saint Andrew's Societies; The American-Scottish Foundation; The Caledonian Foundation, USA; Scottish Heritage, USA; International Association of Tartan Studies; The Living Legacy of Scotland, Inc. and The Association of Scottish Games and Festivals. This collection is ongoing.
Arranged into series with Series 1 for framed 1998 Proclamation, Series 2 for the Scottish Coalition and the remaining series given to each of the eight Scottish Heritage organizations when material is received.
CDs from this collection have been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.
CD of the quarterly newsletter of the Saint Andrew's Society of Williamsburg (The Spectator) was accessioned with 2009.365 and transferred to the Manuscript Audio-Visual Collection.
One framed proclamation by the United States Senate declaring April 6th National Tartan Day. Label on the reverse reads "Presented to JoAnne Phipps on Tartan Day 1998 by Bret Boyles representing the Honorable Trent Lott Washington D.C." Located in Dec Obj S2, SS3. UA 2007.044
Mss Acc. 2008.195 : February 23. 2008 material relating to the archives of The Scottish Coalition USA prepared by Miss Duncan MacDonald. Notebook. 1996-2008.
Mss. Ac.. 2008.195: Letterhead and envelope of Philip S. Smith, Jr., National History Day Project packets for 2004, 2005 and 2007. Welcome packet for the 2008 Twelfth Scottish Symposium held in Williamsburg, Virginia. List of books received that were transferred to Rare Books in SCRC.
Mailings, brochures and copies from web page received as part of group mailings. Not accessioned.
September 22, 1984 program for the Williamsburg Scottish Festival. Mss. Acc. 2011.570: Material from the St. Andrew's Society of Virginia. Book "What it Means to be Scottish in Hampton Roads," which celebrates the celebration of Tartan Day on April 2, 2011. The book contains color photographs with several explanatory captions. CD of a PDF file of the 2004-2009 "The Spectator," the quarterly newsletter of Saint Andrew's Society of Williamsburg, Virginia has been transferred to the Manuscript Audio-Visual Collection.
Mss. Acc. 2009.365 Photocopies of the Virginia General Assembly Joint House Resolutions No. 5 and 43, as well as of a photograph of a parade held in Colonial Williamsburg. St. Andrew's Society of Virginia.
SEPARATED MATERIAL: CD of "The Spectator" The Quarterly Newsletter of Saint Andrew's Society of Williamsburg, 2004-2009. Moved to the SCRC A-V Collection, 5/25/2011
Scope and Contents Mss. Acc. 2008.195: July 19, 1999 photograph of the presentation of a portrait of George Washington to Sir Philip Goodhart at Sulgrave Manor, North Hamptonshire, England. Copies of the Congressional Record for annual resolution to Scottish Americans, called Tartan Day Resolution. 1997 and 1998. Letters from U.S. Presidents with the Presidential Message for Tartan Day. 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2007. Flyers for "Celebrate Tartan Day" (1998, 1999 and undated). Resolutions, Proclamations, Citations for Proclamations for Tartan Day, State of Wisconsin, Office of the Governor, April 6, 2006, citation Honoring Robert Murdoch, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, House of Representatives, January 11, 1999 and resolution for Tartan Day, Senate of Pennsylvania, March 13, 2006.
Mss. Acc. 2008.195 National Tartan Day, H. Res. 41, U.S. House of Representatives, March 9, 2005.
Scope and Contents Mss. Acc. 2008.195: Two pamphlets: "Two Shades of Tartan: Tartan as Seen from Both Sides of the Atlantic" by James Scarlett and Philip D. Smith, Jr., 1994 and "The Proposed Wisconsin Tartan, Wisonsin's Celtic Community's Gift to the State," 2005.
Mss. Acc. 2008.195 Constitution of the Association of Scottish Games and material on the founding and history of the group.