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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl 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
Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, 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:
Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Graham Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gifts via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
Biographical Information:
J. Kenneth Graham was in the class of 1931 at the College of William and Mary. He was born in Williamsburg, Virginia at 141 Richmond Road "of seafaring stock, planters and fur trappers and some colonial preachers who tried to convert Ohio River Indians." Mr. Graham lived in Newport News, Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
Collection of items relating to Williamsburg, Virginia and the personal papers of J. Kenneth Graham, particularly genealogy of his ancestor, James Graham of Pennsylvania.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
- Genealogy
- Graham family
- Printed ephemera
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
General
Other Information:
As of August 2009, could not locate the following accessions:
Acc. 1999.21
Items relating to the Virginia Society, Children of the American Revolution (4 items).
Acc. 1999.31
Pamphlets including Private Homes of Williamsburg Today; Yorktown day brochure, 1969; America's Oldest Legislative Assembly and its Jamestown Statehouse; Virginia Gazette extracts.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
Container List
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id59120
BooksScope and Contents
This accession contained three books which were transferred to either Rare Books or Swem Stacks. GEORGE
WYTHE by Alonzo Dill with inscription by William B. Spong. MODERN GOVERNMENT IN A COLONIAL CITY (1932) by Luther Gulick.
TRUE STORIES OF WILLIAMSBURG, VA. AND NEAR-BY AREAS (1989) by J. Kenneth Graham.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id59121
Ephemera1976 and 1978Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Pamphlet,
King William Courthouse, Virginia. Brochure, "The Crossroads Steptoe's Ordinary Kilmarnock, A Virginia Town and its People" by
B. Brainard Edmonds, 1976. Copies of the Publick Observer, a supplement to the Virginia Gazette, 1978. Copy of the Matthew
Whaley school publication THE POWDER HORN (May 1929) - transferred to the Matthew Whaley Powder Horn Collection. Book, WILLIAMSBURG
OLD AND NEW by Hildegarde Hawthorne (lacking t.p.) which was transferred to Rare Books or Swem Stacks. 1990.27
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id59122
EphemeraScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Typed copy of "The Evolution of the Williamsburg Tourist" by Janet Coleman Kimbrough. Six pamphlets relating to the Williamsburg Reunion, Colonial Williamsburg, and to Virginia. The pamphlets were transferred to the Williamsburg Reunion Collection. 1991.25.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 4 id59188
Ephemera1934 and undatedScope and Contents
Organization report of the Lions Club of Williamsburg, 1934, newspaper article "Old-Timers Recall Williamsburg" and a brochure, "Yorktown and the Siege of 1781" by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. Williamsburg Reunion booklet transferred to the Williamsburg Reunion Collection. Hatch, Charles, YORKTOWN, 1957. 1991.42.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 6 id59189
St. Andrews Correspondence1980-1981Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Kenneth Graham concerning the St. Andrews Society, 1979-1981, including a letter from Dr. Janet C. Kimbrough accepting the invitation to attend "Burns Night." 1993.34.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 7 id59190
Ephemera1978-1981
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 8 id59191
Ephemera1950, 1980 and 1993Scope and Contents
Wren Building 1993 Calendar; Common Glory program for 1950; pamphlet for 1980 Williamsburg Scottish Festival; "Bicentennial Minutes" by Shell; Virginia Revolutionary War Map by the Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission and an 1980 newspaper clipping on the Williamsburg Scottish Festival. 1994.36.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 9 id59195
Common Glory Program1950Scope and Contents
1996.31
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 10 id59196
Genealogy1980-81 and undatedScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Includes "Selected Bibliography of Virginia, 1607-1699" by E.G. Swem and John M. Jennings. 1996.31.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 11 id59197
Genealogy - James GrahamScope and Contents
1996.31.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 12 id59198
Genealogy - James Graham, Personal Letters Concerning1983Scope and Contents
1996.31.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 13 id59199
Genealogy - Cynthia A. Miller, Genealogist from PennsylvaniaScope and Contents
1996.31.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 1 id59200
Genealogy - NotebookScope and Contents
1996.31.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 2 id59201
Genealogy - Virginia Tidewater Genealogy Publication1977-1993Scope and Contents
1996.31.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 3 id59202
The Highlander1977-1984Scope and Contents
1996.31.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id59203
Sons of the American Revolution1979-1983Scope and Contents
Correspondence, brochures, mailings, applications, flyers and clippings. SAR line, 1982-1985 and The Virginia Bulletin, 1984 and 1986. Includes membership roster of the Virginia SAR for 1983. Correspondence, brochures, mailings, applications, flyers and clippings. 1996.31
Sons of the American Revolution Magazine
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 5 id59205
Sons of the American Revolution and General Society of the War of 18121982-1984Scope and Contents
1996.31.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id59206
Williamsburg Memorabilia
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 4 id59204
Sons of the American Revolution Magazine and The Virginia Bulletin1982-1986Scope and Contents
SAR Magazine, 1982-1985 and The Virginia Bulletin, 1984 and 1986. Includes membership roster of the Virginia SAR for 1983. Correspondence, brochures, mailings, applications, flyers and clippings.1996.31. 1996.31.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 1 id59207
Williamsburg Scottish Festival1983
- Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 2 id59192
"Influencing the Course of the Commonwealth" about Tyler Women1979Scope and Contents
News clipping, "Influencing the Course of the Commonwealth" concerning Julia Gardiner Tyler and other Tyler women by Tina Jeffery. Acc. 1998.10