Browse Collections (53 total)

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The James Lee and Ethel M. Fisher Family Archives

Consisting of a scrapbook and fifty-one associated black and white photographs, the archives document the wartime experiences of Dr. James Lee Fisher,…

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Osborne Family Photos

Founded in 1736 by William Parks, the Virginia Gazette served as a critical instrument of communication in colonial Virginia throughout the…

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Architectural Photo Albums Collection

The Williamsburg office of architects Perry, Shaw and Hepburn began compiling this extensive collection of 367 boxes of black and white photographs in…

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Williamsburg Record Photographs

Arthur A. Shurcliff [ne Shurtleff] (1870 – 1957) was the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s first landscape architect. A student of Frederick Law…

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Donald MacDonald Millar Sketchbook

A pioneer in the fledgling field of architectural history in America, Donald MacDonald Millar contributed his expertise to some of the earliest…

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Arthur Shurcliff Bird's-Eye View Pencil Sketches

Arthur A. Shurcliff [ne Shurtleff] (1870 – 1957) was the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s first landscape architect. A student of Frederick Law…

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Robert Lowell Warner Aerial Photographs

Aerial Perspectives on Wartime Williamsburg

Today’s Rockefeller Library volunteer photographer, Wayne Reynolds, is capturing aerial footage of…

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Robert Tebbs Photograph Collection

Robert W. Tebbs was a prominent architectural photographer in the New York firm of Tebbs & Knell, 101 Park Avenue, New York, New York. He marketed…

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Vernon M. Geddy Jr. Photograph Collection

Collection of sixty-five black and white photographs donated by Vernon M. Geddy Jr., a local attorney and long-time Williamsburg resident whose…

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Arthur Shurcliff Boxwood Research Collection

Arthur A. Shurcliff [ne Shurtleff] (1870 – 1957) was the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s first landscape architect. A student of Frederick Law…

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Arthur Shurcliff's Landscape Proposals for Carter's Grove

Arthur A. Shurcliff [ne Shurtleff] (1870 – 1957) was the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s first landscape architect. A student of Frederick Law…

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Southern Colonial Places Ink on Linen Drawings Collection

Final ink on linen landscape drawings of gardens at various historic sites throughout Virginia executed by Landscape Architect Arthur A. Shurcliff and…

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Ernest M. Frank Photograph Collection

Ernest Maurice Frank, a graduate of Cornell University, rose from the ranks of Draftsman to Assistant Vice-President over the course of a three-decade…

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