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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
URL: https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections
Finding Aid Authors: Amanda Perkins and Anne Johnson.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. 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:
United Daughters of the Confederacy Records, Williamsburg (Va.), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
The materials in this collection were donated in batches by Grace Tuggle (acting President 
), Mrs. Hart (acting 
President ), Bonnie S. Shelton, and Mrs. Charles M. Hunter between 1992 and 2004. Accession numbers: 1992.04, 2000.51, 2003.18, 2003.38,
2004.18 and 2005.30.
Processing Information:
Processed by Amanda Perkins in 1993.
Historical Note:
Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook material from the Williamsburg Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) consisting of newspaper clippings on the Civil War, veterans still living, battle reenactments, correspondence, yearbooks, programs, and other. Also included are papers concerning Confederate monuments in Williamsburg, as well as dealing with the Cross of Honor. One copy of "A History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy" is included.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Agendas (administrative records)
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Minutes
- Notebooks
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- United Daughters of the Confederacy
- United Daughters of the Confederacy, Williamsburg (Va.) Chapter
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/92_U9_United_Daughters_Confederacy_Scrapbooks.pdf
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id157398
Newspaper Articles and Yearbook1952-1992Scope and Contents
Folder of items from the United Daughters of the Confederacy Williamsburg Chapter from 1952-1992 consisting of: "Virginia Gazette" May 2, 1952, newspaper article on UDC Ceremony, article on Williamsburg in the Civil War, and chapter 1991-1992 yearbook.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id157399
Notebook - MsV 11930-1932Scope and Contents
Scrapbook on General Robert E. Lee contains pictures, newspaper articles, and other material from 1930-1932 covering his life and service in the CSA as well as a little material on the history of the Lee Family and the family home of Stafford in West Moreland County.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id157400
Notebook - MsV2.1906-1969Scope and Contents
Notebook containing receipts, newspaper articles, pictures, correspondence, petitions, and other material concerning the Daughter of the Confederacy's monuments to the fallen soldiers of the Confederacy that were placed in Williamsburg. Material date from 1906 to 1969. MSV 2.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id157401
Notebook - MsV 31916-1942Scope and Contents
Notebook containing newspaper articles, correspondence, and records concerning those buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery and in Bruton Parish Churchyard from 1916 to 1942. MsV 3.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id157402
Ledger - MsV 41902-1904Scope and Contents
Ledger of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Williamsburg Chapter containing a list of the members and minutes of the meetings from 1902 and 1904. MsV 4.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id157403
Ledger - MsV 51904-1913Scope and Contents
Ledger containing lists of members and minutes of meetings from 1904-1913. MsV 5.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id157404
Ledger - MsV 61906-1907Scope and Contents
Ledger containing cross of Honor List from 1906 to 1907. MsV 6.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id157405
Scrapbook - MsV 71890-1932Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing newspaper articles, pictures, postcards from 1890-1932 and mainly consists of articles and pictures of the life of and memories to Robert E. Lee.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id157877
Scrapbook - MsV81890-1978Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing newspaper articles, photographs, programs, correspondence, and receipts. Included are articles commemorating the 50th anniversary of the UDC, articles about the civil war, and articles about the remaining Confederate veterans still living. Scrapbook covers from 1890 to 1978.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id157879
Scrapbook - MsV. 101934-1967Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing correspondence, newspaper articles, programs, postcards, and pictures from 1934 to 1967. Scrapbook includes articles on Confederate veterans still living, chapter news, Jefferson Davis, "Stonewall" Jackson, J.E.B. Stuart, Robert E. Lee, and Appomattox.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id157881
Scrapbook - MsV. 111934-1969Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing pictures, newspaper articles, invitations, yearbooks, stamps, envelopes, correspondence, and a certificate from 1934 to 1969. Scrapbook includes articles concerning the UDC and preservation of monuments and memorials to the Confederacy. MsV. 11.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id157883
Scrapbook - MsV. 131977-1981Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing pictures, yearbooks, newspaper articles, maps, and programs from 1977-1981. Includes articles on restoration of citizenship to Jefferson Davis by Carter and articles about preserving sites of the Civil War. MsV. 13.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id157884
Scrapbook - MsV. 141981-1984Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing invitations, pictures, newspaper articles, programs, correspondence, maps, postcards, and other memorabilia from 1981-1984. Includes many articles on battle reenactments, articles commemorating J.E.B. Stuart, articles on Williamsburg during the Civil War, and articles from 1950 on confederate dead in Arkansas. MsV. 14.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id157885
Scrapbook - MsV 151984-1985Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing newspaper articles, pictures and programs from 1984-1985. Includes pictures of reenactments, articles on the UDC, and articles on Williamsburg during the Civil War. MsV 15.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id157933
Scrapbook - MsV. 161985-1989Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing yearbooks, newspaper articles, photographs, and other memorabilia from 1985-1989. This scrapbook mainly focuses on the UDC itself and things they have done. MsV. 16.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id157934
"The History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy"1938Scope and Contents
"The History of the United Daughters of the Confederacy" by Mary B. Poppenheim, Maude Blake Merchant, May M. Faris McKinney, Rassie Hoskins White, Eloise Welch Wright, Anne Bachman Hyde, Susie Stuart Campbell, Charlotte Osbourne Woodbury, Ruth Jennings Lawton, Garrett and Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia. 1938.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id301806
Scrapbook on Robert E. Lee - MsV 91930-1932Scope and Contents
Scrapbook on General Robert E. Lee contains pictures, newspaper articles, and other material from 1930-1932 covering his life and service in the CSA as well as a little material on the history of the Lee Family and the family home of Stafford in West Moreland County.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id301804
Scrapbook - MsV 121950-1961Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing newspaper articles, pictures, cards, invitations, and postcards from 1950-1961. Scrapbook includes articles on Robert E. Lee, highlights of the Civil War, reenactments, old Civil War Veterans, and Celebrations of the Centennial, which marked the 100 year anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id157967
Scrapbooks1983-1985Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks, 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 of the Virginia Division of the UDC. 2004.18 addition.
Additions 2000.51, 2004.18, 2005.30
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id157959
Unveiling exercises of the Confederate monument1908 May 5Scope and Contents
Unveiling exercises of the Confederate monument... May 5, 1908.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id157960
Williamsburg monuments to the ConfederacyScope and Contents
Williamsburg monuments to the Confederacy
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id157961
Williamsburg City Council minutes, May 11, 20002000 May 11Scope and Contents
Williamsburg City Council minutes, May 11, 2000. (On page 9, minutes grant permission for the Confederate monument to be relocated to Bicentennial Park.)
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id157962
Deed between the City of Williamsburg and Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated1931 December 21
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id157964
Handbook, UDC, compiled 19881988Scope and Contents
Addition 2003.38
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id157965
UDC Virginia Division Minutes, 1988-1992, 1998.1988-1992, 1998Scope and Contents
Addition 2003.38
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id157937
Minute book1913-1927Scope and Contents
Minute book of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. 180 pp. MsV. 1.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id157938
Minute book1927-1936Scope and Contents
1927-1936. Minute book of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. 126 pp. MsV 2.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id157939
Minute Book1936-1943Scope and Contents
1936- 1943. Minute Book of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. 200 pp. MsV 3.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id157940
Minute Book1948-1953Scope and Contents
1948-1953. Minute book of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. MsV 4.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id157942
Minute Book1954-1958Scope and Contents
1954-1958. Minute book of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. MsV 5.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id157943
Minute Book1958-1969Scope and Contents
1958-1969. Minute book of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. MsV 6.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id157944
Minute Book1966-1969Scope and Contents
1966-1969. Minute book of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. MsV 7.
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id157946
Roll Book1914-197Scope and Contents
1914-1917. Roll book of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. 29 pp. MsV. 8.
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id157947
Treasurer's Book1932-1945Scope and Contents
Treasurer's book of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. 186 pp. MsV. 9.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id157949
Correspondence1914-1974, undatedScope and Contents
Letters between members of UDC, a letter from the White House, business letters, letter from George Grayson, letters from other UDC chapters, etc. 23 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id157950
Organizational Papers1865-1970Scope and Contents
Organizational papers: members rosters, minutes of meetings, miscellaneous notes. 41 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id157951
Organizational papers1976-1978, undatedScope and Contents
Organizational papers: members rosters, minutes of meetings, miscellaneous notes. 27 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id157952
A brief history of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy1958 October 2Scope and Contents
A brief history of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5 id157953
Declarations of the tribute for deceased members1951-1961, undatedScope and Contents
Declarations of the tribute for deceased members of the Williamsburg chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. 12 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6 id157954
Newspaper clippings1958-1979, undatedScope and Contents
Newspaper clippings: article about school desegregation, the Civil War, and the UDC. Also, obituaries of UDC members. 7 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 7 id157955
Printed Material1931-1965Scope and Contents
Printed material: instruction booklets for the UDC, programs, music for the UDC theme song, miscellaneous pamphlets, annual report, advertising manual, etc. 37 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 8 id157956
Information concerning Confederate soldiersundatedScope and Contents
Information concerning Confederate soldiers. 5 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 9 id157957
Miscellaneous Papers1948 and undatedScope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers: by-laws of the Williamsburg Community Council, receipts, essay about a garden. 3 items.