College of William and Mary.
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Hunt Land Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 6.012
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials relating to Robert Hunt Land's work on the history of the College of William and Mary. It includes a published description of Land's proposed history of the college, notes and correspondence about the proposed history, and biographical information about alumni (1814-1881). It also contains correspondence between Herbert Ganter, Earl Gregg Swem, and Robert Hunt Land about Ganter's research on William and Mary at the Library of Congress.
Dates:
1938-1942
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Jack Eric Morpurgo Papers
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 2001.M67
Scope and Contents
*Note to reserachers: Series 2 is stored offsite. Please allow 72 hours notice for retrieval.*Papers, 1937-2000, bulk 1950-1970, of Jack Morpurgo, writer, educator, and editor. Includes correspondence, speeches, lectures, radio scripts, published and unpublished essays, articles, and novels, books from his personal library, certificates and awards, photographs, and framed prints. Most of the collection consists of Morpurgo's personal writings and business...
Dates:
1937-2000; Majority of material found in 1950-1970
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Royal Charter Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 77
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two contemporary copies of the Royal Charter issued to the College of William and Mary by King William III and Queen Mary II in 1693. One copy was probably made for the personal reference of Sir Edmund Andros. It is uncertain for whom the second copy, known as the Harvard copy, was created. It is referred to as the Harvard copy because it was found in an attic at Harvard and subsequently given to the College of William and Mary in 1937. The Harvard copy...
Dates:
1693
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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