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Preferred Citation:

Sara Royall Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gifts

Processing Information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 1996.

Biographical Information:

Sara Spottswood Royall was president of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Petersburg, Va., and worked as an agent for the Northwest Mutual Life Insurance Company. She served in World War I. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Notebook of newspaper clippings and jottings of Sara Spottswood Royall of Petersburg, Va. Clippings pertain to the Business and Professional Women's Club of Petersburg, Va. Collection includes correspondence, speech, photograph, copies of her obituary and materials relating to Samuel F. Royall's service in World War I in the United States Army. Additions to the collection are the obituaries of Samuel F. Royall, Jr., a Williamsburg, Va. printer, correspondence, clippings, publications, and two yearbooks of the American Association of University Women.

"Blue Jackets Manual, U.S. Navy" 1917 from Accession 1996.37 transferred to Rare Books.

Original Accession and additions physically and intellectually combined in 2009.  Descriptions and inventory of all accessions are on the Inventory/Finding Aid.

Arrangement of Materials:

Accession Number order.

Separated Material

"Blue Jackets Manual, U.S. Navy" 1917 from Accession 1996.37 transferred to Rare Books.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Business and Professional Women's Club, Petersburg, Va
• Correspondence
• Notebooks
• Petersburg (Va.)--History--20th century
• Photographs
• Receipts (financial records)
• Women--History--Virginia
• World War, 1914-1918

General

Other Information:

A PDF document of this inventory is available online.

Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/1996_27_Royall_Papers.pdf