Conditions Governing Use

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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

Stella King papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Stella King papers were purchased from James Arsenault & Company

Content Description

Collection contains manuscript materials compiled before, during, and after the American Civil War (1861-1865) by a young English-born woman living in Virginia, including a war-time commonplace book and letters documenting her decline into depression during the war, which evidently led to her stay in a mental health facility by 1870.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• American Civil War, 1861-1865
• Immigrants--United States--History
• Mental illness--Treatment--United States
• Mental illness--United States
• United States--Antebellum South--History
• Women--Diaries
• Women--History--19th century
• Women--History--Virginia
• Women--United States--Poetry
• Young women--Diaries