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Administrative Information
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift via WHRA), acquired in 2013 (Acc. 2013. 076).
Scope and Contents
Jack Lewis Hiller's collection of mostly photocopies and carbon copies of documents relating to the 1957 Jamestown Festival. Material includes planning documents, transcripts of speeches and script content for plays and presentations. Also includes Jamestown related brochures and publications on Jamestown and Virginia History.
Jack Hiller received a bachelor's degree in history from the College of William and Mary in 1953. He served as a park ranger in Jamestown, Virginia.
Accessioned as 2013.076.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Jamestown Festival (1957)
- National parks and reserves--United States
Container List
Souvenir and other pamphlets related to the Jamestown Festival: "The Mother-in-Law Tree" by Sam Robinson, Sexton, Jamestown Church; "Old World Heritage;" "Bermuda Goodwill Tour" program of events; "The Jamestown Festival Official Program;" and others.
Copies of planning material such as "Calendar of Events of the Jamestown Festival," "Organizational Listing of the J-W-Y Celebration Commission," protocal for Queen Elizabeth's visit, "The International Naval Review" schedule, the Discovery schedule, list of North Carolina radio stations, "Operational Plan for the Celebration of the First Legislative Assembly," "AM Distribution List," "Report of the Virginia 350th Anniversary Commission," and "Jamestown Festival Events of General Interest" schedule.
Scripts for plays and presentations at various locations, plus press releases and financial documents. Includes "Outline of Talk at Phoebus," "Voice Script for The Battle of Yorktown" by Byron Hatfield, "A Historic Military Pageant" at Fort Monroe, Virginia, "Indian Lodge Exhibts" information, "List of publications for sale at Jamestown Festival Park," "Concert Appearances by the United States Navy Band," and more. Includes 1958 budgets, salary information and other fiscal documents.
Publications include: 1941 Jamestown Day brochure; "The Oldest Legislative Assemby in America & Its First Statehouse;" "Glassmaking at Jamestown;" 1960 Jamestown brochure; "First Poles in America" by Arthur L. Waldo; 1957 revised edition of the 1947 "Jamestown, Virginia, the Townsite and Its Story" by Charles E. Hatch; two issues of "The Iron Worker" (spring 1963 and Summer 1956); and two Jamestown pamphlets.