Inventory of the Ivy House Restaurant Records 1906-1985
A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2007.51
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Special CollectionsEarl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794
USA
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Box 4 contains confidential information pertaining to employees and is closed to researchers until 2035. All other portions of the collection are open to researchers.
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.
Preferred Citation
Ivy House Restaurant Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from The Ivy House Restaurant on 00/00/2000.
Processing Information
Jordan Ecker, SCRC Staff, arranged and described the collection in 2007. Peter Klicker, SCRC Staff, further arranged and described the collection in May 2010 and Alex Dodd, SCRC Staff, further arranged the collection in August-September 2010.
Historical Note
The Ivy House was opened in 1948 by David and Emily Rutledge, alumni of the College of William and Mary. Though the restaurant originally served three meals a day, it quickly became a breakfast only restaurant with the success of the Rutledge's "astronomical" pancakes. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/The Ivy House Restaurant (Williamsburg, VA)">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/The Ivy House Restaurant (Williamsburg, VA)</a>.
Scope and Contents
The records of the Ivy House Restaurant in Williamsburg, Virginia include business records, guest registers, customer and business correspondence, legal documents, and a variety of ephemera from the local business including menus. This mid-20th century collection documents the history of this restaurant during a time when Williamsburg was going through changes and growth in the tourism industry.
Arrangement of Materials
This collection is arranged by series: Series 1: Correspondence; Series 2: Administrative Records.
Index Terms
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Financial records
- Menus
- Printed ephemera
- Account books.
- Cookery--Virginia--Williamsburg.
- Guestbooks
- Paper money.
- Restaurants--Virginia--Williamsburg.
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History.
Genre/Form of Material:
Topical Term:
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Addresses of Astrononomical Pancake Club Memberscirca 1950-1959
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Notes from ChildrenCirca 1954
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Complaints about the Ivy House1951-1954
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Addressed Post Cards1955-1969
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Correspondencecirca 1950-1959
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Correspondence from Alabama1948-1953
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Correspondence from Alaska1956
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Correspondence from Arizona1956
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Correspondence from California1951-1959
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Correspondence from Connecticut1950-1959
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Correspondence from Florida1949-1960
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Correspondence from Georgia1952-1958
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Correspondence from Illinois1949-1959
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Correspondence from Indiana1949-1957
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Correspondence from Kansas1954
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Correspondence from Kentucky1955, 1957
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Correspondence from Louisiana1951-1959
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Correspondence with Maine1949, 1957
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Correspondence from Maryland1951-1960
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Correspondence from Massachusetts1951-1960
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Correspondence from Michigan1949-1959
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Correspondence from Minnesota1953-1956
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Correspondence from Missouri1951-1957
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Correspondence from Nebraska1962
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Correspondence from New Hampshire1951-1959
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Correspondence from New Jersey1949-1961
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Correspondence from New York1948-1963
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Correspondance from North Carolina1951-1959
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Correspondence from Ohio1949-1959
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Correspondence from Oklahoma1951-1955
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Correspondence from Oregon1951-1954
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Correspondence from Rhode Island1950, 1958
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Correspondence from South Carolina1952-1959
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Correspondance from Tennesse1954-1960
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Correspondence from Texas1951-1959
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Correspondance From Virginia1949-1959
- box: 1 Folder: 37
Correspondence from Washington D.C.circa 1950-1959
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Correspondence from Washington State1958
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Correspondence from West Virginiacirca 1950-1959
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Correspondence from Wisconsin1956
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Correspondence from Canada1950-1961
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Correspondence from Europe1955-1958
- box: 1 Folder: 43
Correspondence from the Carribean and Chile1950-1961
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Correspondance From Lebanoncirca 1950-1959
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Correspondance with AAA1950
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Correspondance with Ford Motor Companycirca 1950-1959
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Correspondance with Gourmet Magazine1950-1953
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Correspondance with Duncan Hines1949-1951
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Business Correspondance1952-1967
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Correspondence with Lawry's Seasoned Saltundated
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Letter from Jeanne Etheridge to Emily Rutledge1973
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Postcard from the New York Worlds Fair1939
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Artifacts sent to the Ivy House from Canada, China, and Mexicoundated
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Hand Drawn Pictures1956
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Cards and Addresses from RutledgesCirca 1950
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Unaddressed PostcardsCirca 1950
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Christmas CardsCirca 1950
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Christmas CardsCirca 1950
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Christmas CardsCirca 1950
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Christmas CardsCirca 1950
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Christmas CardsCirca 1950
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Placemat Messages1951-1957
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Correspondence from Pennsylvaniaundated
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Texas Play Money and Photoundated
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Photographsundated
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Newspaper Articlesundated
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Postcards and Correspondenceundated
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Postcardsundated
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- box: 2 Folder: 1
Tax Information for EmployersCirca 1960
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Trademark Papers and Lease Agreement1954-1960
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Bill of Sale of the Ivy House1948
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Proof of Ownership of 1336 Richmond Road1948
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Lease1953
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Option Agreement1960
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Deed of Trust for Ivy House1961
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Deeds and Mortgages from Atlantic County, New Jersey1908-1935
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Non-Negotiable Warehouse Reciept1931
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Reciepts for Copies of Documents, Atlantic County, New Jersey1934
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Homemakers Club Program1964
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The Writers Guide; Secrets of Plot Building Rules for Preparing Manuscript1927
- box: 2 Folder: 13
Newspaper Clippings about the Ivy House1949-1959
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Pioneer Magazine, Winter Issue1951
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Unknown Business Cards and Addresses1953-1960
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Business Cards A-FCirca 1950
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Business Cards G-KCirca 1950
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Business Cards L-RCirca 1950
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Business Cards S-ZCirca 1950
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- box: 3 Folder: 8
Guest Register1952
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Guest Register1940
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Guest Register1949-1951
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Guest Register1951-1952
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Guest Register1953
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Guest Register1954
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Guest Register1955
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Guest Register1957
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Guest Register1958
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Guest Register1959
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Guest Register1960
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Waiter Instructions and Mailing Listundated
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Specialty Menusundated
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Advertisementscirca 1950-1959
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Financial Ledger1957-1958
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Financial Ledger1950-1952
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Financial Ledger1949-1960
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Financial Ledger1953-1954
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Financial Ledger1953-1954
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Financial Ledger1951-1952
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Virginia Gazette Common Glory Supplement
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Menusundated