Cremins family papers Guide to the Cremins family papers MS 00395

Guide to the Cremins family papers MS 00395


[logo]

Special Collections Research Center

William & Mary Special Collections Research Center
Earl 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

William & Mary Special Collections Research Center staff

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
MS 00395
Title
Cremins family papers 1940-1959
Quantity
1.04 Linear Feet
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all 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

Cremins family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.


Biographical / Historical

James Cremins was a graduate ofmthe University of Virginia and served in the Navy during World War II. Mary Cremins was his wife.

Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence and naval ephemera from James and Mary Louise Cremins in Norfolk, Virginia from the 1940s to the 1950s. The majority of the collection are long letters from James to Mary before they were married in the mid-1950s.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged by file into two series: Series I. Correspondence and Series II.Series II. Naval records and ephemera.

Container List

Series I. Correspondence
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1954 September 9 - 1955 January 19
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    circa 1954 - 1955
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 January 24 - 1955 March 15
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 March 18 - 1955 May 1
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 May 2 - 1955 May 13
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 May 17 - 1955 June 1
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 June 2 - 1955 June 15
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 June 16 - 1955 June 25
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 June 27 - 1955 July 8
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 July 9 - 1955 July 15
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 July 17 - 1955 July 26
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 July 27 - 1955 August 3
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 13
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 August 4 - 1955 August 17
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 14
    Letters to & from Jim & Mary Cremins
    1955 August 29 - 1955 September 21
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 15
    Letters from Jim to Mary
    1957 - 1959
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 16
    Letters to Mary & Jim
    1970Undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 17
    Correspondence from others
    1940 - 1960Undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 18
    Holiday Cards I
    Undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 19
    Holiday Cards II
    Undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 20
    Holiday Cards III
    Undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 21
    Holiday Cards IV
    Undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 22
    Wedding invitations
    1940-1959
Series II. Naval records and ephemera
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 23
    James Cremins naval records I
    circa 1942-1946
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 24
    James Cremins naval records II
    circa 1944-1946
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 25
    James Cremins naval ephemera
    1943-1946
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 26
    Notes, receipts, & ephemera
    circa 1940-1959
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 27
    Post-war Navy Publicity materials
    circa 1945