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Custodial History

This collection was formerly identified as Mss. Acc. 2009.117.

Preferred Citation

Grand Oaks Daybook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase. Acquired: 03/22/2009.

Scope and Contents

Daybook for Grand Oaks (formerly Strange Acres) school and camp, probably in Virginia. No location is given in the daybook but the director, Mary Alice Ankers is with great likelihood Mary Alice Ankers (1915-1994) who was born and spent most of her life in Virginia. The daybook was kept by Ankers and assistant director Olive Louise Boggs.

Students were aged 8-12 and came for the most part from Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

The daybook records school and camp fees, personal effects of students, medical information, visits, as well as entries on behavioral issues.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Ankers, Mary Alice (1915-1994)
• Boarding schools--Virginia--History
• Boggs, Olive Louise
• Camps--Virginia