Alison Herring is researching the Powell Family Papers held at the Swem Library at the University of William & Mary. Ms. Herring has a B.S.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and a Masters Degree in Accounting from William and Mary in Williamsburg. She is transcribing and researching the Powell Family Papers, and her goal is research the people, the places they lived, their travels during the war, and the events that were witnessed as civilians.