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College of William and Mary. Dept. of English

 Organization

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

University Archives Bound Volumes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 15
Scope and Contents

This collection contains information about the College of William and Mary from the Eighteenth Century to the present. Included in the collection are faculty lecture notes from a variety of classes, scrapbooks, research notes, correspondence, textbooks used at the College of William and Mary, minute and account books, poetry books, student notebooks, a literary manual, and various other miscellaneous bound volumes.

Dates: 1739-1993

Christopher Bram Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 99 B73
Scope and Contents The Christopher Bram papers largely encompass Bram's career as a novelist and writer but also include personal papers, audiovisual material, and artifacts. The first 12 series comprise materials relating to each of the major book length works Bram has produced during his career. Series 1 contains materials relating to Bram's first novel, which remains unpublished. Subsequent series are organized chronologically by publication date. Series 13 and 14 contain Bram's shorter works, including...
Dates: 1968-2014; Majority of material found in 1975-2000

Office of the Dean of Graduate Students Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 38
Scope and Contents Acc. 1985.010: Graduate Program Evaluations, 1975-1990. This accession includes evaluations conducted by a Review Committee and external consultants, along with comments from the departments under review. Acc. 1987.008: Minutes of the Committee on Faculty Research, 1968- Acc. 1991.056: Graduate Student Surveys, 1990. This accession contains a blank copy of the survey form given out by the Dean of Graduate Studies, a copy of the final report, and forms filled out...
Dates: 1968-1992

Department of English records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 205
Scope and Contents

This collection includes administrative records, publications, and other material from the Department of English at the College of William and Mary.

Dates: 1922-2013

Carl R. Dolmetsch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00/06/UA 6.111
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, publications, and other material kept by Carl R. Dolmetsch, a professor in the Department of English at the College of William and Mary. Included in the collection are publications, a drawing, and a poster related to author H.L. Mencken; correspondence concerning potential visiting lecturers to events in the Department of Engllish; and letters written to Carl R. Dolmetsch by persons who had contributed material to Smart...
Dates: 1751-1990

Jess H. Jackson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 6.110
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1920s to 1950s, of Jess H. Jackson, an English professor at the College of William and Mary from 1929 until his death in 1957. Includes books on Scandanavian literature, diaries, correspondence, notes, booklets from the Wednesday Morning Music Club, and other printed material.

Dates: circa 1920-1950

Grace Warren Landrum Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 6.013
Scope and Contents

This collection contains biographical materials, correspondence, notebooks, scrapbooks, and other material related to former College of William and Mary Dean of Women Grace Warren Landrum from 1890-1995. Also included in the collection are dance and banquet programs; information about the dedication of Landrum Hall; and programs, news clippings, and photographs relating to the Matthew Whaley School from 1931-1932.

Dates: 1890-1995

Cecil McCulley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 6.014
Scope and Contents

The collection contains papers pertaining to Professor Cecil McCulley's research, teaching, and administrative work at the College of William and Mary. Box 1 contains office files and play reviews. Box 2 contains lecture notes. Box 3 contains Professor McCulley's writings, including articles and a copy of his Ph.D. dissertation. Boxes 4 and 5 contain bibliographic notes. Boxes 6 and 7 came from Professor McCulley's office in International Studies.

Dates: 1945-1977; Majority of material found in 1945-1977

E. Strother Murray Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.049
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a student ID card, a button from Family Weekend, as well as E. Strother Murray's personal papers. The papers include notebooks from courses in History, English, Anthropology, and German. The collection also contains orientation materials and a program from "EC 1992 and Beyond," a Public Policy conference at William and Mary in September of 1992. T-shirts that belonged to Murray are part of the University Archives Artifact Collection.

Dates: 1989-1993

Phi Beta Kappa Records of John Lesslie Hall and Charles Washington Coleman

 Collection
Identifier: UA 6.022
Scope and Contents

Primarily Phi Beta Kappa correspondence of Charles Washington Coleman and John Lesslie Hall, both of whom served as Secretary of the Alpha of Virginia chapter. Also includes some meetings of minutes, poems, addresses, and bylaws; a notebook listing "Distinctions awarded in English and in History;" obituaries of Hall; English examinations (questions only)' documents from George Willis Guy about his high school and college course work.

Dates: 1888-1928; Majority of material found in 1888-1928

Reetika Vazirani papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.122
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Reetika Vazirani.  It includes a number of poems, manuscripts, photographs, floppy disks, correspondence and publications that relate to her work as a published writer and instructor.  The collection also holds personal correspondence, a sketchbook, and legal documents, as well as materials regarding Vazirani's death and legacy. There are also books from her library in Rare Books.

Dates: 1967-2008; Majority of material found within 1982-2003

Self Study Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 53
Scope and Contents Acc. 1983.046 contains guidelines for specific schools about how to conduct a self study; reports of departmental self studies; correspondence about the 1974 self study.  Begins with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Manual for Self Study, then is arranged alphabetically by department/school and spans the years 1972-1974. A PDF inventory of Acc. 1983.046 is available online at ...
Dates: 1972-1984

Tiberius Gracchus Jones Literary Prize Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 31
Scope and Contents

This collection contains student essays, stories, and poems submitted for the Tiberius Gracchus Jones Literary Prize. Some entries have judges' notes attached.

Dates: 1947-1958

University Archives Poster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 12
Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection of posters acquired by the University Archives. It consists predominantly of advertisements for events organized by departments and students at the College of William and Mary including concerts, plays, musicals, recitals, exhibits, athletic events, rallies, lectures, etc.

Dates: 1926-2014

University Communications Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 61
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, reports, and other material pertaining to the Office of University Communications at the College of William and Mary. The bulk of the records consist of press releases and newspaper clippings related to faculty, staff, students, and alumni at the College from the 1940s to the 1980s. Please see the Finding Aid/Box List section below to learn more about each series.

Dates: 1938-2005; Majority of material found in 1969-1983

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College of William and Mary--History--20th century 7
Correspondence 7
College of William and Mary--Students 4
Class materials 3
Lecture notes 3
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Manuscripts (document genre) 3
Minutes 3
Notebooks 3
Photographs 3
Athletics 2
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 2
English literature--Study and teaching--United States--History 2
Posters 2
Publications 2
Reports 2
Scrapbooks 2
Self Study--1974 2
American literature--20th century 1
American periodicals--History 1
American poetry--19th century 1
Artifacts 1
Athletics--Basketball 1
Athletics--Football 1
Audiocassettes 1
Authors, American--20th century 1
Awards and Scholarships--Jones, Tiberius Gracchus, Prize 1
Buildings and Grounds--Landrum Hall 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
Certificates 1
Charter Day 1
College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff 1
College of William and Mary--Graduate Students 1
College of William and Mary--History--18th century 1
College sports--United States--History--20th century 1
Course work 1
Curriculum 1
Diaries 1
Drawings (visual works) 1
East Indian Americans--Poetry 1
English language--Study and teaching--United States--History 1
Essays 1
Fliers (printed matter) 1
Graduate Program 1
Homosexuality and art 1
Homosexuality--Fiction. 1
Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Natural and Experimental Philosophy 1
Newsletters 1
Orientation 1
Photostats 1
Plays (document genre) 1
Poems 1
Postcards 1
President's House (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Press releases 1
Programs 1
Resident assistants (Dormitories) 1
Satire, American--18th century 1
Screenwriting 1
Self Study--1984 1
Short stories 1
Speeches 1
Student Government 1
Student Organizations 1
Student Plays 1
Summer sessions 1
Surveys (documents) 1
T-shirts 1
Textbooks 1
Theses 1
Typescripts 1
Universities and Colleges--Virginia--Faculty 1
Video recordings 1
Virginia--History--18th century 1
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
Women college students 1
Women--Education--Virginia 1
Women--Education--Virginia--History 1
Women--United States--Poetry 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
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