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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: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
Box 4 contains confidential information pertaining to employees and is closed to researchers until 2035. All other portions of the collection are open to researchers. 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:
Ivy House Restaurant Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Purchase
Processing Information:
Jordan Ecker, SCRC Staff, arranged and described the collection in 2007. Peter Klicker, SCRC Staff, further arranged and described the collection in May 2010 and Alex Dodd, SCRC Staff, further arranged the collection in August-September 2010.
Historical Note:
The Ivy House was opened in 1948 by David and Emily Rutledge, alumni of William and Mary. Though the restaurant originally served three meals a day, it quickly became a breakfast only restaurant with the success of the Rutledge's "astronomical" pancakes. House Restaurant (Williamsburg, VA)"/>. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
The records of the Ivy House Restaurant in Williamsburg, Virginia include business records, guest registers, customer and business correspondence, legal documents, and a variety of ephemera from the local business including menus. This mid-20th century collection documents the history of this restaurant during a time when Williamsburg was going through changes and growth in the tourism industry.
Arrangement of Materials:
This collection is arranged by series: Series 1: Correspondence; Series 2: Administrative Records.
Related Material
Artifacts transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03) include: Ivy House Cup (Mss 2007.051.01)
Separated Material
Artifacts transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03) include: Ivy House Cup (Mss 2007.051.01)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Account books
- Cookery--Virginia--Williamsburg
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Financial records
- Guestbooks
- Menus
- Printed ephemera
- Restaurants--Virginia--Williamsburg
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History
Container List
This series is composed of correspondence received by the restaurant and its owners including letters, postcards, drawings, photographs, messages inscribed on the restaurant's placemats, and other items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id72461
Box 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id72463
Addresses of Astrononomical Pancake Club Memberscirca 1950-1959Scope and Contents
Papers and cards with the addresses of the club members on them.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id72464
Notes from Childrencirca 1954Scope and Contents
Notes and letters sent to Ivy House from different children.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id72465
Complaints about the Ivy House1951-1954Scope and Contents
Letters from customers regarding complaints about the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id72466
Addressed Post Cards1955-1969Scope and Contents
Postcards sent to the Ivy House owners from around the country.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id72467
Correspondencecirca 1950-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id72468
Correspondence from Alabama1948-1953Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Alabama to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id72469
Correspondence from Alaska1956Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Alaska to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id72470
Correspondence from Arizona1956Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Arizona to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id72472
Correspondence from California1951-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from California to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id72473
Correspondence from Connecticut1950-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Connecticut to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id72474
Correspondence from Florida1949-1960Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Florida to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id72475
Correspondence from Georgia1952-1958Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Georgia to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id72476
Correspondence from Illinois1949-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Illinois to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id72477
Correspondence from Indiana1949-1957Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Indiana to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id72478
Correspondence from Kansas1954Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Kansas to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id72479
Correspondence from Kentucky1955, 1957Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Kentucky to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id72480
Correspondence from Louisiana1951-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Louisiana to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id72481
Correspondence with Maine1949, 1957Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Maine to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id72482
Correspondence from Maryland1951-1960Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Maryland to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id72483
Correspondence from Massachusetts1951-1960Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Massachusetts to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id72484
Correspondence from Michigan1949-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Michigan to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id72485
Correspondence from Minnesota1953-1956Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Minnesota to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id72486
Correspondence from Missouri1951-1957Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Missouri to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id72487
Correspondence from Nebraska1962Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Nebraska to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id72488
Correspondence from New Hampshire1951-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from New Hampshire to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id72489
Correspondence from New Jersey1949-1961Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from New Jersey to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27 id72490
Correspondence from New York1948-1963Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from New York to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28 id72492
Correspondence from North Carolina1951-1959Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous Correspondence from North Carolina to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29 id72494
Correspondence from Ohio1949-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Ohio to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30 id72499
Correspondence from Oklahoma1951-1955Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Ohlahoma to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31 id72501
Correspondence from Oregon1951-1954Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Oregon to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32 id72574
Correspondence from Rhode Island1950, 1958Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Rhode Island to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33 id72575
Correspondence from South Carolina1952-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from South Carolina to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34 id72576
Correspondence from Tennesse1954-1960Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Tennesse to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35 id72577
Correspondence from Texas1951-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Texas to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 36 id72579
Correspondence From Virginia1949-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Virgina to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 37 id72580
Correspondence from Washington D.C.circa 1950-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Washington D.C. to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38 id72582
Correspondence from Washington State1958Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Washington state to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 39 id72583
Correspondence from West Virginiacirca 1950-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from West Virginia to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 40 id72584
Correspondence from Wisconsin1956Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Wisconsin to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 41 id72586
Correspondence from Canada1950-1961Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Canada to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 42 id72589
Correspondence from Europe1955-1958Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Europe to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 43 id72588
Correspondence from the Carribean and Chile1950-1961Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from the Carribean and Chile to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 44 id72590
Correspondence From Lebanoncirca 1950-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence from Lebanon to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 45 id72591
Correspondence with AAA1950Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence with AAA to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 46 id72593
Correspondence with Ford Motor Companycirca 1950-1959Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence with Ford Motor Company to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 47 id72594
Correspondence with Gourmet Magazine1950-1953Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Miscelaneous Correspondence between Gormet Magazine and the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 48 id72595
Correspondence with Duncan Hines1949-1951Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Miscelaneous Correspondence between Duncan Hines and the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 49 id72596
Business Correspondence1952-1967Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Correspondence between multiple businesses and the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 50 id72598
Correspondence with Lawry's Seasoned Saltundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 51 id72599
Letter from Jeanne Etheridge to Emily Rutledge1973Scope and Contents
A letter sent from Jeanne Etheridge to Emily Rutledge.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 52 id72601
Postcard from the New York Worlds Fair1939Scope and Contents
A postcard from the New York Worlds Fair to David Rutledge.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 53 id72602
Artifacts sent to the Ivy House from Canada, China, and MexicoundatedScope and Contents
Artifacts sent to the Ivy House including Canadian dollars, Mexican pesos, and postcards from China.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 54 id72603
Hand Drawn Pictures1956Scope and Contents
Hand drawn picture about the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 55 id72604
Cards and Addresses from RutledgesCirca 1950Scope and Contents
Cards and saved addresses from the Rutledge family.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 56 id72605
Unaddressed PostcardsCirca 1950Scope and Contents
Unused postcards from around the country.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 57 id72844
Christmas CardsCirca 1950Scope and Contents
Christmas cards sent to the owners of the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 58 id72845
Christmas CardsCirca 1950Scope and Contents
Christmas cards sent to the owners of the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 59 id72846
Christmas CardsCirca 1950Scope and Contents
Christmas cards sent to the owners of the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 60 id72847
Christmas CardsCirca 1950Scope and Contents
Christmas cards sent to the owners of the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 61 id72848
Christmas CardsCirca 1950Scope and Contents
Christmas cards sent to the owners of the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id72463
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 id72910
Box 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id72911
Placemat Messages1951-1957Scope and Contents
Collection of messages written on Ivy House placemats.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id72913
Correspondence from Pennsylvaniaundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id72995
Texas Play Money and PhotoundatedScope and Contents
A piece of Texas play money and a photo sent to the Ivy House by a previous customer.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id72996
Photographsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id72997
Newspaper ArticlesundatedScope and Contents
A collage of newspaper articles sent to the Ivy House by a previous customer.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id72999
Postcards and CorrespondenceundatedScope and Contents
A collection of letters and postcards sent by previous customers to the Ivy House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id73000
PostcardsundatedScope and Contents
Unaddressed Ivy House postcards.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id72911
This series contains records related to the operation of the business including property documents, instructions for staff, menus, business cards, the guest register, news clippings, advertisements, and other material. The financial ledgers pertain to employees and as they include privacy-protected information, access is restricted.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 id72849
Box 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id72850
Tax Information for Employerscirca 1960Scope and Contents
Packet of papers describing tax information for businesses.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id72851
Trademark Papers and Lease Agreement1954-1960Scope and Contents
Trademark Papers for "Astronomical Pancakes" and lease information.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id72852
Bill of Sale of the Ivy House1948Scope and Contents
Bill of sale of the Ivy House to David Rutledge.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id72854
Proof of Ownership of 1336 Richmond Road1948Scope and Contents
Notarized proof of ownership form.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id72855
Lease1953Scope and Contents
Lease document for 1336 Richmond Road.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id72858
Option Agreement1960Scope and Contents
Option agreement paperwork.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id72866
Deed of Trust for Ivy House1961
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id72870
Deeds and Mortgages from Atlantic County, New Jersey1908-1935Scope and Contents
Assortment of deeds and mortgages, some under Mr. Rutledge's name.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id72880
Non-Negotiable Warehouse Reciept1931Scope and Contents
Two non-negotiable warehouse reciepts under the name of Mr. Rutledge.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id72891
Reciepts for Copies of Documents, Atlantic County, New Jersey1934
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id72892
Homemakers Club Program1964
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id72894
The Writers Guide; Secrets of Plot Building Rules for Preparing Manuscript1927Scope and Contents
Book describing how to write a manuscript.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id72895
Newspaper Clippings about the Ivy House1949-1959
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id72896
Pioneer Magazine, Winter Issue1951
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id72897
Unknown Business Cards and Addresses1953-1960
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id72898
Business Cards A-Fcirca 1950Scope and Contents
Business cards of people with the last names A-F.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id72899
Business Cards G-Kcirca 1950Scope and Contents
Business cards of people with the last names G-K.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id72900
Business Cards L-Rcirca 1950Scope and Contents
Business cards of people with the last names L-R.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id72901
Business Cards S-Zcirca 1950Scope and Contents
Business cards of people with the last names S-Z
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id72850
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 id73014
Box 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id73001
Guest Register1952
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id73002
Guest Register1940
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id73003
Guest Register1949-1951
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id73005
Guest Register1951-1952
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12 id73006
Guest Register1953
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13 id73007
Guest Register1954
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14 id73008
Guest Register1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15 id73010
Guest Register1957
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16 id73011
Guest Register1958
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17 id73012
Guest Register1959
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18 id73013
Guest Register1960
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19 id73016
Waiter Instructions and Mailing Listundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 20 id73017
Specialty Menusundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 21 id75042
Advertisementscirca 1950-1959
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id73001
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 id73024
Box 4Scope and Contents
This box contains privacy-protected information pertaining to employees and is closed to researchers at this time.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id73025
Financial Ledger1957-1958
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id73026
Financial Ledger1950-1952
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id73027
Financial Ledger1949-1960
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id73029
Financial Ledger1953-1954
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id73030
Financial Ledger1953-1954
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id73032
Financial Ledger1951-1952
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id73025
- id74986
Virginia Gazette Common Glory Supplement
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 11 Folder: 1 id75016
Menusundated