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Preferred Citation:

Rice Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased, 2011 February 18

Processing Information

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in February 2011. Further processed by Leigh Soares, SCRC student, in May 2011.

Scope and Contents

Contains letters, publications, and photo negatives collected by the Rice family of Staunton, Virginia, from 1905-1966. Betsy Rice was involved with the local American Youth Hostels, and many of the booklets relate to hostels in the 1940s. A more detailed description is provided at the series level..

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• American Youth Hostels, inc
• Booklets
• Letters (correspondence)
• Negatives
• Newsletters
• Virginia--Description and travel
• Virginia--Social life and customs--20th century