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Frances Robb Oral History Interview

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dc.contributor.author Robb, Frances
dc.date.accessioned 2010-07-27T21:15:55Z
dc.date.available 2010-12-03T05:01:15Z
dc.date.issued 2001-09-13
dc.identifier.citation University Archives Oral History Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10288/2117
dc.description This interview of Frances Robb was conducted under the auspices of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives. The researcher is asked to 1) credit the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives as the original source and copyright holder of this oral history; 2) permit the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives and Records Department, or any other designated Foundation employee, the opportunity to review a pre-publication draft of your manuscript for the purpose of protecting any information that, in the Foundation's opinion, represents a proprietary business interest or other confidential matter, and to modify or delete such information upon the written request of the Foundation, prior to publication (or other exhibition); and 3) send one gratis copy of your publication (if applicable) to the Colonial Williamsburg Archives and Records Department. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives may be contacted at: Director, Archives and Records Department, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, P.O. Box 1776, Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776. Telephone: 757 220-7249. en_US
dc.description.abstract This interview of Frances Robb was conducted under the auspices of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archives. The interview includes information about Robb's family, the restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and the College of William and Mary in the 1930s. An original copy of this interview is available in the University Archives Oral History Collection in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. The paper version includes the following not available in the digital version: Color portrait of Frances Robb in 2007; photograph of Elizabeth Hayes holding the baby Frances Robb, 1929, on the steps of the Ludwell-Paradise House; two letters written in 1974 by Julia Oxrieder about background of Robb’s father; a card with a photograph and signature of Shirley Temple; a drawing of W.A.R. Goodwin by Robb in 1936; Robb’s notes for a Christopher Wren class about her remembrances of the restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Colonial Williamsburg Foundation en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Colonial Williamsburg Foundation en_US
dc.subject Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century en_US
dc.subject Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) en_US
dc.subject College of William and Mary--History--20th century en_US
dc.subject Buildings and Grounds en_US
dc.subject President of the College--Chandler, Julian Alvin Carroll en_US
dc.title Frances Robb Oral History Interview en_US
dc.type Oral History en_US
dc.identifier.collectionId UA 43
dcterms.isPartOf University Archives Oral History Collection

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    The University Archives Oral History Collection consists of transcripts and recordings of oral history interviews conducted with College of William and Mary faculty, staff, alumni, and others connected to the university.

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