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Preferred Citation:
B. Floyd Flickinger Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William & Mary.
Processing Information:
Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in October 2012.
Scope and Contents
Papers of B. Floyd Flickinger, Superintendent of the Colonial National Historic Park. Letters, memos, reports, speeches, documents, photographs, and other material related to the creation and operation of the Colonial National Historic Park in Yorktown, Virginia. Material on archaeology at Jamestown and the expansion of the National Park Service. Personal papers which include Flickinger's position at the Technical Training Service at the Quartermaster School during World War II, his position as a teacher of American History and news clippings about his interest in the theater and history.
Arrangement of Materials:
Arranged in series and subseries by the focus of the material and alphabetically by subject within each series and subseries.
Related Material
See also B. Floyd Flickinger Papers at the Colonial National Historic Park, Yorktown, Virginia.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- College of William and Mary--History--20th century
- Colonial National Historical Park (Va.)
- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
- Correspondence
- James City County (Va.)--History--20th century
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century
- Memorandums
- Reports
- Speeches
- US Army Quartermaster School
- United States. National Park Service
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies.
- York County (Va.)--History--20th century
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--20th century
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- James City County (Va.)--History--20th century
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
- York County (Va.)--History--20th century
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--20th century
Container List
Personal papers of B. Floyd Flickinger which include copies of tests he used when he taught history in 1927 and a rejection letter from the William and Mary Quarterly in 1945. Material related to his employment with the Technical Training Service at the Quartermaster School during World War II. Ephemera related to his interest in theatre. Newspaper clippings which cover many subjects including history, farming and theatre.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id229098
Academic1927-1930Scope and Contents
Tests and quizzes for History 1, History C2 and History 101. Handwritten notes for chapters on American History. April 1927 issue of "Current History" with an article on Appomattox, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id229099
Britannica Home University Brochure1936Scope and Contents
Subject of the brochure is "Story of the Stars."
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id229108
Dehydrated Food Reports and Research1942-1945Scope and Contents
Reports and research on dehydrated food and other Army rations by Floyd Flickinger when he was part of the Technical Training Service at the Quartermaster School, partially in preparation for a booklet. Includes handwritten notes about importance of military supplies.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id229109
Mrs. B. Floyd Flickinger Job ReferenceundatedScope and Contents
Job reference for Mrs. B. Floyd Flickinger from J. W. Hornsby, Petroleum Products, of Yorktown, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id229110
Job Search1941 and 1945Scope and Contents
1941 letter to the Office of Production Management giving personal data and job history and a 1945 rejection letter from The William and Mary Quarterly.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id229462
Newspaper Clippings - New York Times Book Reviews1927 and 1929Scope and Contents
Reviews of books on history.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id229463
Newspaper Clippings - Civil War1928 and 1929
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id229464
Newspaper Clippings - Farming1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id229465
Newspaper Clippings - Folk Art, Early American Style
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id229467
Newspaper Clippings - Miscellaneous1932 and 1933Scope and Contents
Articles on 1933 storm, furniture and a 1933 edition of a Newport News Kiwanis newsletter.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id229468
Newspaper Clippings - Shenandoah Valley and Parks1932 and 1933
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id229469
Newspaper Clippings - Theatre1928-1931, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id229470
Newspaper Clippings - Theatre - Child DramaUndated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id229471
Newspaper Clippings - Theatre - Lafayette College1927-1928Scope and Contents
"The Little Theatre" of Lafayette College.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id229472
Newspaper Clippings - Theatre - Reviews1929 and 1930, undatedScope and Contents
Reviews for New York productions.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id229473
Newspaper Clippings - Virginia1933-1935, 1948, 1956, 1960-1961, undatedScope and Contents
Clippings about history and other subjects related to Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id229474
Newspaper Clippings - Williamsburg1931 and 1932, circa 1950Scope and Contents
Clippings related to events in Williamsburg, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id229478
Poetry, Editorial and Book Royalties1928, 1936 and 1945Scope and Contents
1928 letter from Stratford Company, Publishers about examining Flickingers's poems for publication, an 1936 editorial to "Ye Olde York Times" commending them on their first issue and a file cover with handwritten notes from 1945 about royalties and other legal issues.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id229480
Programs1934-1936Scope and Contents
Programs for events, church and theatre.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id229481
Theatre - Elizabethian Drama1928 and undatedScope and Contents
Scripts and notes on Elizabethan productions.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id229482
Theatre - Pageants1909, 1920 and undatedScope and Contents
1909 program for "The Search for Happiness" by A.C. Barnes at the Fillmore Music House, 1920 program for "The Light of the World" by H. Augustine Smith and a script for "A Pageant of Springtime."
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id229483
Williamsburg Business and Professional Association Applications1933Scope and Contents
Blank index card size applications.
- id228935
CorrespondenceScope and Contents
The correspondence files cover all aspects of the Colonial National Historical Park, particularly with the administration by the National Park Service. Topics include daily activities, administrative concerns, construction issues, land acquisition, environmental concerns, publicity and funding. Correspondents include people outside the National Park Service and inside the National Park Service, plus internal memos within the Colonial National Historical Park. Since some of the subject matter overlaps with other more specific topics, please see related series.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id228953
Correspondence1931Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the Yorktown Sesquicentennial, scripts for guides and tours (with some typed versions), research, employee schedules and the development of the Colonial National Historical Park.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id228960
Correspondence1932 January - JuneScope and Contents
Correspondence and memos with suppliers, National Park Service, other historical organizations, other National Parks, local citizens, staff and others. Topics included museum activities, tours with visitors, equipment orders, lantern slides, display ideas, memberships in historical organizations, administration and research.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id228967
Correspondence1932 July - DecemberScope and Contents
Correspondence and memos about visitors and tours, supplies, geological survey, furnishings and plans for 1933.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id228974
Correspondence1933 January - SeptemberScope and Contents
Correspondence and memos about the hurricane of 1933, visit of Governor Pollard and Fairfax Harrison, publications, expansion of park, research, slides and reports on "Development of the National Monument" and "Historical and Archival Projects under F.E. R. A." Correspondents include the Williamsburg Holding Corporation and G.G. Swem of the Library of Congress.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id229494
Correspondence1933 October - DecemberScope and Contents
Topics include debris cleanup after the big storm; support by Kenneth Chorley of Williamsburg Holding Corporation; creation of a Business and Professional Association with representatives from Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, eventually named the "Williamsburg-Jamestown-Yorktown Associaion" with related discussion and conference on programs for school children and a committee on a joint pamphlet; building projects for Yorktown and the Yorktown area; Post Office building problems and a paper presented by Dr. Harold C. Bryant on birds.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id229496
Correspondence1934 January - MayScope and Contents
Joint projects of the Williamsburg-Jamestown-Yorktown Association; Battlefield development; water and spring issues; entranceway; roads and landscape issues; development of the Fuel Oil and Cook Tract; Moore House and Administrator's Residence; report to the Director of the National Park Service with outline of proposed work projects for the four camps in Yorktown and personnel matters with Yorktown and the National Park Service,
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id229506
Correspondence1934 June - DecemberScope and Contents
Adminstrative concerns; personnel concerns; wording for publicity material; relief map of Yorktown; list of trucks used at Yorktown; invitations to historians, former Governor Pollard, President Bryan of William and Mary and others to visit Yorktown; Superintendant's Resident; road right of ways; recommendation for a volunteer fire department, Virginia Public School System; purchase of parkway tracts; recommendation that all foundations in excavated buildings be measured in Williamsburg and Yorktown and a report on proposed projects for the Colonial National Monument.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id229565
Correspondence1935Scope and Contents
Topics include Fire House addition, indian remains and relics, Warner Hall, Moore House mechanical problems, builiding a Utility Building, Swan Tavern office space, possibility of constructing the Colonial Courthouse, proposal to restore the Lightfoot House, research and acquisition of items for museum. Letters include Flickinger to Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, about recent visit to Washington, Pendleton Clark's confidential letter to Flickinger about the Government acquiring land in Appomattox, P.M. Griesenauer to Flickinger about relics found at Green Spring and other museums to Flickinger about the Yorktown work.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id231079
Correspondence1936Scope and Contents
Includes a February 21, 1836 memo to the files from Sarah C. Armistead, Assistant-Clerk-Stenographer, about seeing for the first time "Mr. Edward Riley's memorandum of November 25, 1935, to Mr. Flickinger, with reference to my suggestion that the designation Yorktown Victory Monument, rather than Yorktown Centennial Monument, be officially recommended to the Division of Geographic Names...." Correspondence on topics related to Jamestown and Yorktown. Press release to "Ye Olde York Times" with biographhy of B. Floyd Flickinger.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id228953
- id228938
Subjects, A-Z
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id229570
Artifacts - CeramicsScope and Contents
Handwritten notes on pieces of ceramics found during work in Yorktown and how to care for them.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id229571
Bicentennial Conference1932Scope and Contents
Park itinerary for the Bicentennial Conference, September 22, 1932. Typed speech/talk on fortifications.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id229572
Colonial Park Club1938Scope and Contents
Letter from Clarence E. Persons to Flickinger about the last meeting of the Colonial Park Club where they wished a chance to explain the club to employees.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id229573
Colonial Parkway1933-1938Scope and Contents
Progress blueprints of the Colonial Parkway, undated but after 1935. Abstracts of land owned along parkway route. Letter about guard rail. 1938 "Report about Inscriptions for Parkway Marker" by Flickinger.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id229574
Colonial National Historical Park Meeting Minutes1933-1935Scope and Contents
Copies of minutes from meetings of the CNHP. Many missing. Since some of the subject matter covered in these minutes overlaps with other more specific topics, please see related series and the correspondence files.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id229575
Flickinger - Speech1932Scope and Contents
Typed speech entitled "Address to be delivered by Mr. B. Floyd Flickinger, Acting Superintendent, Colonial National Monument, Yorktown, Virginia, at the Seventh Publicity and Advertising Conference, at the Virginian Hotel, Lynchburg, Virginia, October 13 and 14, 1933." Other presentations, particularly given during tours at Yorktown, can be found in Series 3, Publicity.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id229576
Flickinger - Travel1932Scope and Contents
Travel Reimbursement Vouchers.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id229577
Flickinger - Work DiaryundatedScope and Contents
Handwritten summaries of daily activities.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id229578
Guidebooks, Tour Presentations and Tour Itineraries1932 - 1934Scope and Contents
Typed versions of presentations given during tours of Yorktown. Some correspondence on guidebooks. Itineraries for various visitors to Yorktown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id229579
Historical Division1931-1934Scope and Contents
Memos and outlines for activities of the Historical Division.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id229580
Historical Notes1932Scope and Contents
Two issues of a newsletter of the Colonial National Monument, "HistoricalNotes."
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12 id229581
Historical Seminars1934Scope and Contents
Memos, notes and required reading lists for historical seminars.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13 id229612
History of Colonial National Historical Park1933-1938Scope and Contents
Typed drafts; memos about history; report by Edward M. Riley, "The History of the Development of Colonial National Historical Park;" flyer, map and newspaper articles.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14 id229615
Library and Research1930 - 1938Scope and Contents
Price lists, orders, enquiries and memos about items purchased for research purposes and the library.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15 id229625
National Park Service1933-1939Scope and Contents
Official memos, letters, reports and directives from the National Park Service that concern all National Parks. Some of these issues directly affected the operations of the Colonial National Historical Park. Discussion and implementation of some of the items covered in these directives can also be found in the correpondence files and other related series.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16 id229639
Order Numbers1932-1935Scope and Contents
Administrative Orders 2 through 52, with many missing. These are directives given by the Superintendent to Colonial National HistoricalPark employees.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17 id229640
Pageant1938Scope and Contents
1938 radio script for "America's Hours of Destiny," No. 15, Colonial National Historical Park.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18 id229641
Personnel1933-1936Scope and Contents
Memos, letters and reports on personnel. Includes lists of personnel, hiring of personnel, contractors, salaries, problems and directives from the National Park Service.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19 id229643
Personnel - Civil Works Administration1933Scope and Contents
1933 "Federal Civil Works Administration Rules and Regulations No. 1" report and two other directives.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 20 id229644
PhotographsUndatedScope and Contents
Eight 4.5" x 8" photographs by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce possibly of Yorktown Day in 1934 with nine 3" x 5" versions. Photographs of Park Service personnel, monument, speakers, parade, beach and model. One photograph of Floyd Flickinger. 5 photographs of an oven, marked "Atwood" on the back.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id229679
Reports1933Scope and Contents
Weekly and monthly reports by various members of the Colonial National Historical Park, mainly from Historical Assistants and Technicians.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id229680
Reports1934 January - AugustScope and Contents
Weekly and monthly reports by various members of the Colonial National Historical Park, mainly from Historical Assistants and Technicians.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id229681
Reports1934 September - 1935 FebruaryScope and Contents
Weekly and monthly reports by various members of the Colonial National Historical Park, mainly from Historical Assistants and Technicians.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id229682
Requests for Information1934 and 1935Scope and Contents
Requests for information from the general public about genealogy and other local history.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id229683
Signs and Markers1933 - 1935 and undatedScope and Contents
Drafts, memos, reports and correspondence about signs and markers at Yorktown and surrounding area.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id229684
"Suggestions for Yorktown Battlefield Development"1932Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft of a report, "Suggestions for Yorktown Battlefield Development," written by Floyd Flickinger and addressed to Supt. Robinson. May 6, 1932.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id229685
Superintendent's Residence Blueprint1934Scope and Contents
A preliminary study of the Superintendent's residence.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id229686
U.S. CongressScope and Contents
Senate and Congressional bills for the development of the Colonial National Monument and preservation of American Historic Sites. A typed proclaimation: "Colonial National Monument - Virginia, by the President of the United States, A Proclamation" to "provide for the creation of the Colonial National Monument in the State of Virginia..."
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id229687
Yorktown Battlefield Model1933-1934Scope and Contents
Memos about building a model of the Yorktown Battlefield.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id229688
Yorktown Waterfront Protection1933Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence about protection the Yorktown waterfront. Some correspondence also is in Series 2, Sub-series 1 Correspondence.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id229570
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id229725
Newspaper Clippings1933-1939Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings about the Colonial National Historical Park and other related Park Service news.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12 id229726
Preservation of Historical Sites1934Scope and Contents
Typescript of 1934 speech entitled "Preservation of Historical Sites" by Dr. H. J. Eckenrode, Director of the History Division of the State Conservation and Development Commission and a related newspaper article.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13 id229727
Public Relations and Educational Programs1934 - 1935Scope and Contents
Memos and reports about public relations and related educational programs and work in the Colonial National Historical Park. Memo on Public Relations Conference.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14 id229731
Publicity, Press Releases and Brochures1930 - 1939Scope and Contents
Written statements and press releases about activities and history of the Colonial National Historical Park. Memos with the National Park Service about publicity. Letter from Virginia State Chamber of Commerce to Flickinger about his participation in their conferences. 1939 brochure "Colonial National Historical Park," 1930 brochure "A Triple Shrine of History" by Virginius Dabney and undated brochure "Vital Facts about Jamestown, Yorktown, Williamsburg, College of William and Mary."
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15 id229733
Flickinger Biography1936Scope and Contents
Press release to "Ye Olde York Times" with biographhy of B. Floyd Flickinger.
Research reports and correspondence on topics relating to the history of the Yorktown area.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16 id229736
Baking1937Scope and Contents
Report by Worth Bailey, "A Jamestown Baking Oven of the SeventeenthCentury."
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 17 id229860
Battle of Williamsburg1934Scope and Contents
Report of an interview with Charles H. Brown concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, memo from C.L. Coston with his "Report on the Williamsburg Battlefield"; and sketches of the battlefield.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 18 id229866
ClergyUndatedScope and Contents
Transcription of the "Diary of The Rev. Philip Vickers Fithian and notes on clergy.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 19 id229870
Corrrespondence and Notes1933-1937Scope and Contents
Correspondence with historians and reports/memos about research for the Colonial National Historical Park.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 20 id229871
Food ItemsUndatedScope and Contents
Two slips of handwritten notes on Pemmican.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 21 id229872
French Guns1936Scope and Contents
Report and memo on French Guns.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 22 id229873
Glassmaking1934-1936Scope and Contents
Newspaper articles and pamphlets on glassmaking.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id230390
Iron Preservation1932Scope and Contents
Reports and notes on treatment of excavated iron.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id230392
Military Uniforms1932 and undatedScope and Contents
Reports, memos and correspondence about uniforms of the American Revolution.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id230393
Musuems1928Scope and Contents
Report by Laurence Vail Coleman, Director of the American Association of Museums, "Contributions of Museums to Outdoor Recreation."
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id230394
Siege of Yorktown and Colonial YorktownUndatedScope and Contents
Reports on "Colonial Yorktown" and the "Siege of Yorktown."
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id230395
Tobacco Products1936 and 1937Scope and Contents
Reports and newspaper clippings on tobacco products, including pipes. Outline of the exhibition of the New York Public Library entitled, "Tobacco, an Exhibition of Books and Prints" in 1936.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id230396
Transcriptions1846 and 1873Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typed transcriptions of 1846 letters from Andrew Carothers, Hoppers Mills to Mary A. Fickes, White house post office, Cumberland County, PA. Typescript of the Supreme Court of Arizona's resolutions for the "late ex-chief justice John Titus" in 1873
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id230397
York County and Yorktown, History1931 and undatedScope and Contents
1931 memo from Elbert Cox, Assistant Historian of the Colonial National Monument to Superintent Robinson about a file of manuscript documents he found. Report entitled "History of York County and Yorktown."
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8 id230398
Research - General1931, 1934Scope and Contents
Notes, supplemental report from February 1934 with an index of topics for D.O.W. #3 and 3 copies of an article reprint from The Military Engineer by K.W. Trimble, Topographic Engineer, United States Geological Survey, entitled "Some Old Yorktown Maps."
Letters about Archaeological Research at Jamestown Island from H Summerfield Day, Alonzo Pond, Henry Forman, W.J. Winter and others. Letters about history of Jamestown Island from Carlton Qualey, Malcolm Gardner, T.R. Schellenberg, Alvin P Stauffer and others.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9 id230400
Jamestown1934-1936Scope and Contents
Reports and memos mostly about research and work done at Jamestown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10 id230435
Jamestown - Archaeology1931-1934 AugustScope and Contents
Reports and research on archaeological work at Jamestown and Jamestown Island. Memos and minutes of meetings concerning the archaeological work and other related topics. Map of grids of archaeological investigation with proposed location of C.C.C. Camp. 2 photographs, possibly taken from an airplane.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11 id230437
Jamestown - Archaeology1934 September - DecemberScope and Contents
Reports and research on archaeological work at Jamestown and Jamestown Island. Memos and minutes of meetings concerning the archaeological work and other related topics. Grid maps with different locations marked.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12 id230439
Jamestown - Archaeology1935-1936Scope and Contents
Reports and research on archaeological work at Jamestown and Jamestown Island. Memos and minutes of meetings concerning the archaeological work and other related topics.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13 id230441
Jamestown - Markers and Memorials1935Scope and Contents
March 29, 1935 letter from Bingham Duncan, Historical Assistant, Colonial National Monument to Mr. Chatelain with an attached report of "texts of markers, memorials and monumental works on Jamestown Island."
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 14 id230445
Jamestown Pageant Proposal1937 and 1938Scope and Contents
December 31, 1937 letter from Raymond B. Bottom to Dr. Carl P. Russell, Regional Director, National Park Service about a proposal of "citizens of the Peninsula that there be presented at Jamestown during July and Augus 1938 a historical drama patterned after that presented last summer at Manteo, N.C." Confidential letter to Dr. Russell from B. Floyd Flickinger giving reasons a pageant is not a good idea at this time.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 15 id230450
Jamestown - Research1935Scope and Contents
Reports, correspondence, memos and other material concerning research in relation to Jamestown. Originally bound together.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id230460
Yorktown Day1931Scope and Contents
Newspaper articles, letter from Flickinger to Dr. W.T. Hodges, Dean of Men at William and Mary, about list of men in the college who can help with the information booths, carbon copy of a speech "Suggestions for the speech of the Secretary of the Interior, at Yorktown, on October 16, 1931" and letters concerning the event.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id230462
Yorktown Day1932Scope and Contents
Minutes of the Committee on "Plans for the Celebration at Yorktown"and a few letters about the event.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id230463
Yorktown Day1933Scope and Contents
Minutes of the Committee on "Plans for the Celebration at Yorktown," letters and memos about the event, newspaper articles and copies of address given by the D.A.R.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id230475
Yorktown Day1934Scope and Contents
Minutes of the meetings on the "Celebration of Yorktown," schedules and programs of events, script for the "Moore House Pageant," "Mrs. Dorsey's list of Pilgrimage of the D.A.R. Members, "Address of Mrs. Russell William Mega, President General , National Society Daughters of the American Revolution" and memos/letters.
- id228942
Other Historical Sites and BuildingsScope and Contents
Research material, publications and reports on historical sites not related to Yorktown. Alphabetical order by name of site or building.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id230530
Appomattox1934 and 1935Scope and Contents
Appomattox Historic Park Association creation, H.R. bill 8852 establishing Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, press release by Robert D. Ramsey, Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce, correspondence and newspaper clippings.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id230531
Bethel Methodist Church1960Scope and Contents
Colonial Homes Tour pamphlet "Benefit of Building Fund, Bethel Methodist Church, Dawn, Va"
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id230533
Big Bethel Battlefield1934Scope and Contents
Report on Big Bethel Battlefield by R.D. Meade.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id230534
Cape Henry1935Scope and Contents
Letter from Verne M. Chatelain, Acting Assistant Director of the National Park Service to Mrs. Frantz Naylor, Assembly of Tidewater Virginia Women about the study of Cape Henry by Miss Anabelle Winston.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9 id230535
Carter's Grove1934-1935Scope and Contents
Letter from Jno. Garland Pollard, Veterans Administration, to Hon. Arno B. Cammerer, Director of the National Park Service, suggesting that Carter's Grove be part of the Yorktown, Williamsburg and Jamestown project, with Cammerer's reply.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10 id230536
Green Springs1933-1934Scope and Contents
1933 letter exchange between Walter J. Sparks to Mr. Demaray, Park Service, about importance of Green Springs. Memo from Robert Meade to Flickinger about the exposed ruins at Green Springs.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11 id230538
Grave of Dr. Samuel Pond1934Scope and Contents
Correspondence about and photographs of the grave of Dr. Samuel Pond
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12 id230539
Harrison's Landing1934Scope and Contents
Report on the Field Study of Harrison's Landing with bibliography.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 15 id230541
Morristown Historical ParkUndatedScope and Contents
Informational flyer on Morristown Historical Park.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 16 id230526
National Park Service1934Scope and Contents
Letters about a survey of all historical sites in the country and proposed park sites in Virginia. News clippings about Park Service sites. Brochure on Smokey Mountain National Park.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 17 id230805
Petersburg National Military ParkScope and Contents
June 15-July 1, 1934 report on work done at Petersburg National Military Park.Undated flyer for Petersburg National Military Park.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 18 id230810
Rolfe House (Surry County, Virginia)1934Scope and Contents
Letter from Miss Benjamin Drew Edwards, APVA, Thomas Rolfe Branch of Surry County, to George W. Dean, District Forester asking that the "C.C.C. at Waverly trim and beautify the woods and road at Smith's Fort on the Rolfe Plantation" with attached resolution of the Surry Board of Supervisors requesting her to do so. Letter from Dean to Flickinger about the possibility of the Park Service being interested in the property.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 19 id230815
Warner Hall1934Scope and Contents
Memo from Joseph C. Robert, Historical Technician, Colonial National Monument to Flickinger about recommendation to not visit Warner Hall. Report on Warner Hall is attached.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id230530
- id228946
YorktownScope and Contents
Research material, publications and reports on buildings in or near Yorktown. Some folders under Lot Number and some under the name of the building or site.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 18 id230818
American Hospital1934Scope and Contents
Report on "Wills and Inventories Relating to the American Hospital" by the Historical Department, Colonial National Monument. Report on "Chain of Title to Old House Now Owned by Henry Yeatman' with a handwritten note, "American Hospital (?)."
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 19 id230820
Bellfield1934Scope and Contents
Report entitled "Wills and Inventories Relating to Bellfield" by the Historical Department, Colonial National Monument.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20 id230823
French Hospital1934Scope and Contents
Report entitled "Wills and Inventories relating to The French Hospital" by the Historical Department, Colonial National Monument.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 21 id230389
Griffin Medical Shop1935Scope and Contents
Letter from Charles E. Peterson, Deputy Chief Architect of the National Park Service to Malcolm Gardner, Colonial National Monument with questions about the Griffin Medical Shop and the proposal to restore. June 21, 1935.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 22 id230824
Lafayette's Headquarters1934Scope and Contents
Two reports on Lafayette's Headquarters by the Historical Department, Colonial National Monument entitled "Chain of Title to Land on WhichLafayette's Headquarters Stood" and "Wills and Inventories relating to Lafayette's Headquarters."
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 23 id230825
Lots 1 - 321934 and undatedScope and Contents
Individual reports for Lots 1 - 32, entitled "Wills and Inventories Relating to Lot ___." Some reports include title abstracts. No report on Lot 27. Lots 25 and 31 have separate folders.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 24 id230391
Masonic Lodge in Yorktown1932-1933, 1935Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Alexander P. Anderson, J. M. Clift and Dr. L. O. Powell, District Deputy and Grand Master, about the Masonic Lodges in the Yorktown area, historical and present, 1932 and 1933. 1935 letter from B. Floyd Flickinger, Superintendent of the Colonial National Monument to "The Director" of the National Park Service about the construction of a Masonic Hall at Yorktown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id231059
Lot 25 - Swan Tavern1929-1934Scope and Contents
Reports on wills, inventories and title abstracts, 1935 Press Release, notes, pencil drawings, research and photographs of the excavation. Includes the 1929 "Story of the Swan Tavern" by Clarence Porter Jones.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id230826
Lot 31 - Reynold's House1934Scope and Contents
Research reports and some correspondence on Lot 31, mostly concerning the Reynold's House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id230827
Lots 33 - 571934Scope and Contents
Individual reports for Lots 33-56, entitled "Wills and Inventories Relating to Lot ___." Some reports include title abstracts. No report on Lot 35.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id230828
Moore House1931-1932Scope and Contents
Memos, letters, research, notes and reports regarding all aspects of the restoration and furnishing of the Moore House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id230831
Moore House1933-1935Scope and Contents
Memos, letters, research, notes and reports regarding all aspects of the restoration and furnishing of the Moore House. Minututes of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association Committee for the Restoration of the Moore House. Includes discussion of museum space.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6 id231056
Moore House and Temple Farm1931-1938Scope and Contents
Reports, press releases and publications about the Moore House and the surrounding property, theTemple Farm. Includes reports on the history of the property plus abstract of title, wills and inventories.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id231057
Nelson HouseundatedScope and Contents
Report of the inventory of William Nelson's Estate in 1849.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 8 id231060
U.S. Navy Mine Depot1928 and 1932Scope and Contents
Report entitled "Copy of U.S. Navy Mine Depot File, containing Commander Miles' History of the Depot." Typed notation on title page, " The file was loaned, in January, 1932, to Mr. William M. Robinson, Jr., Superintentent, Colonial National Monument, by Captain B. H. Green, U.S. N., Inspector of Ordnance in Charge, U.S. Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia." Report begins with a 2 page report, "Information obtained from John A. Roberts (colored), October 16, 1928 by A.J. Forman" about the Tinsley Family, Landsdowne and the removal of the Nathaniel Bacon Stone to Bruton Parish by the Tyler Family.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 9 id231061
Various Sites1934 and undatedScope and Contents
Notes that include information about more than one lot or site.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 10 id231062
Various Sites - Insurance Record BookUndatedScope and Contents
Tissue paper carbon of report "Synopsis and Table of Contents of Insurance Record Book" about the "Declaration of Assurance with the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia for Yorktown, Virginia." Organized by Lot Number, with building/site name and description and cost of insurance.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 11 id231063
Yorktown Battlefield Roads1934 - 1935Scope and Contents
Memos to Flickinger about the construction of the Yorktown Battlefield Roads, including some history of the land involved.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 12 id231064
Washington Elm Tree1934Scope and Contents
Memo from Sarah C. Armistead to Flickinger with information on the history of the Washington Elm on the Victory Monument grounds.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 13 id231065
York County Tobacco Warehouse1937Scope and Contents
Report entitled "A Note Concerning the York County Tobacco Warehouse Before 1800" by Joseph C. Robert, Seasonal Ranger-Historian at the Colonial National Historical Park.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 18 id230818