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Preferred Citation:

Florence Hillyard Scrapbook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Scope and Contents

Scrapbook, 1897-1918, of Florence Hillyard which contains newspaper clippings, handbills, postcards, and pamphlets concerning civic, political and social events in Winchester, Virginia and especially concerning Charlie [Charley] Rouss Fire Company and Mrs. Charles Broadway Rouss. The volume includes family letters of the Hillyard family during World War I.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Fire extinction
• Scrapbooks
• Winchester (Va.)--History--19th century
• Winchester (Va.)--History--20th century
• World War, 1914-1918