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.

Content Description

Collection includes glass lantern slides primarily documenting images found in everyday life of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, Virginia. Other slides includes those documenting life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Images includes those found at William & Mary alumni, the custom house in America located in Yorktown, Virginia and the old church tower found in Jamestown, Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Jamestown (Va.)
• Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions
• Photography
• Slides (photographs)
• Williamsburg (Va.)
• Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
• Yorktown (Va.)