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Preferred Citation:

Historical Pageant of Colonial Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Inc. Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information:

Gift

Historical Note:

Historical Pageant of Colonial Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Inc. attemped to finance a pageant in the Williamsburg area in 1939, but was not successful. Script written by John C. Temple. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Plans, correspondence, pictures of a proposed historical pageant planned by the "Historical Pageant of Colonial Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Inc." in 1939.  The pageant never happened.  Correspondence with Clark Robinson of New York, President  General of the SAR, and others.  Includes prospectus which explains the object of the pageant.  Pageant script called "Symphonic, Out-door Play, Depicting the Colonial Days of Jamestown and Yorktown, Virginia" by John C. Temple.  Copies.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Jamestown (Va.)--History--Drama
• Maps
• Prospectus
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Drama
• Yorktown (Va.)