Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

Sons of the American Revolution. Virginia Society. Williamsburg Chapter Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed in March 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist. Acc. 2012.251 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in June 2012.

Historical Note:

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Scope and Contents

Minutes, yearbooks, photographs, printed matter and organizational files, 1969-2017 of the Williamsburg Chapter of the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Includes 5 CDs of digital files.

Arrangement of Materials:

This collection has not been fully arranged and described. A preliminary inventory, provided by the donor can be accessed by clicking on the Digital Content link below. Please note the the "bin#" given in this inventory  are not applicable anymore, since the collection has been reboxed from 6 bins into 7 archival boxes.

Separated Material

All audiovisual material from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Fliers (printed matter)
• Journals (periodicals)
• McGuffin, Stephen
• Minutes
• Photographs
• Programs
• Sons of the American Revolution
• United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Societies, etc
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--21st century
• Yearbooks