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College of William and Mary.

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Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:

Milton Richard Morgan Pledge to Teach Fulfillment Form

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.241
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one form, completed by Milton Richard Morgan, reporting how he fulfilled his pledge to the State Male Normal College and William & Mary to teach.

Pledges such as this were required of Virginia students who attended William and Mary receiving financial assistance with the understanding they would teach in Virginia upon graduation.

Dates: 1905 April 18

Lucian Minor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 6.085
Scope and Contents The collection includes a letter written by Minor to an unknown person on August 2, 1857. In addition to personal news, he disucsses an abolitionist paper, "The Kentucky News." He further describes living in Williamsburg since 1855 to chair the law department. He states that it is a "pleasant place to live in: abounding in people both polite and kind." The collection also includes a copy of Minor's "Reasons for Abolishing the Liquor Traffic Addressed to the People of Virginia"...
Dates: 1853-1854, 1857

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 Includes correspondence, speeches, lectures, radio scripts, published and unpublished essays, articles, and novels, books from his personal library, certificates and awards, photographs, and framed prints.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

NASA Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 135
Scope and Contents The collection covers the September 12, 1993 launch of the space shuttle Discovery, on which the College of William and Mary put into orbit school artifacts in celebration of its tercentennial anniversary.  After the space flight Captain Kenneth S. Reightler of NASA visited the College to speak and present artifacts from the Tercentenary Package's space shuttle journey. This collection includes a tercentennial banner similar to one launched on the space shuttle, photographs of...
Dates: 1988-1994; Majority of material found in 1993

National Institute of American History and Democracy (NIAHD) Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 262
Scope and Contents

This collection contains fliers and booklets from the National Institute of American History and Democracy (NIAHD) at The College of William and Mary.  The collection includes a booklet for a Summer Program in Early American History for High School Juniors and Seniors conducted by The College of William and Mary.

Dates: 2002-2006

Naval Chaplains School Records, 1944-1945

 Collection
Identifier: UA 170
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence and recital schedules from the Naval Chaplain's School at the College of William and Mary from 1944-1945.

Dates: 1944-1945

Frances C. Cosby Nettles Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.012
Scope and Contents

This collection contains college catalogs, commencement programs, form letters about registration, and other college publications; receipts for post office box and tuition; membership cards for Women Students' Cooperative Government Association and student activities; buttons with busts of George and Martha Washington honoring the bicentennial of Washington's birth; and other material from Nettles' college years.

Dates: 1931-1935

Elizabeth Nunn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1991.51 and 2000.33
Scope and Contents

Papers of Elizabeth Nunn, an elementary school teacher in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1931-1975

Office of Academic Advising records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 193
Scope and Contents

This collection includes printed materials including course selction guidebooks at William & Mary.

Dates: 1989-2002

Office of Information Technology Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 236
Scope and Contents

This collection contains memos about faculty web services, a learning tree, an Informational Technology Task Force, and a strategic plan for the Office of Information Technology at the College of William and Mary.

Dates: 1997-2009

Office of the President Timothy J. Sullivan records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 2.18
Scope and Contents Portions of this collection are stored off-site. At least 72 hours advanced notice is required for retrieval. Please consult staff for assistance. This collection includes subject files, speeches, and other material from the administration of College of William and Mary President Timothy J. Sullivan. For the most part, headings assigned to folders in their office of origin have been maintained in the box list inventories available here. Consult a...
Dates: 1992-2005; Majority of material found in 1992-2005

Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 27
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, lists of articles, reports, and book reviews published in the William and Mary Quarterly about the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture at the College of William and Mary. Also present in the collection are fliers, announcements, programs, and conference lectures, and papers presented at Spring and Fall Colloquiums of the Institute. The Institute's constitution, meeting agendas and reports, newsletters, Uncommon Sense...
Dates: 1944-ongoing; Majority of material found in 1950-2000

Parking Services Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 267
Scope and Contents

This collection contains rules and maps for parking on The College of William and Mary campus.

Dates: 1970-2007; Majority of material found in 1970-2007

Pen and Ink Drawing of Fort Magruder and the College of William & Mary

 Collection
Identifier: UA 380
Scope and Contents One pen and ink drawing of Fort Magruder with an inset showing the College of William & Mary, which was used as a Union hospital during the Battle of Williamsburg. The inset shows the Wren Building and the President's House. The drawing was done by Charles A. Vanderhoof "from sketches made May 6, 1862," presumably by another artist for "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" (volume II, page 207). The drawing of Fort Magruder is approximately 7.5" x 10.75" and the inset of William &...
Dates: circa 1887

Peter Eppes Permission to Board Off-Campus

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.250
Scope and Contents

This item was written by Edmund Wilkins, guardian of William & Mary student Peter Eppes, to the faculty of the university, giving his permission for Eppes to board off-campus.

Dates: 1832 October 28

Thomas Pinckney Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 49
Scope and Contents As Director of Public Relations, Pinckney worked in a two-person office with office assistant Emily Sneed and includes much about campus experience from 1938-1942. The office did not cover sports publicity, which was handled by the Athletics Department. Pinckney and Sneed also oversaw the Wren Building Guides, a group of male students who interpreted and gave tours of the Wren Building. Pinckney’s records include correspondence with Deans Grace Landrum, J. Wilfred Lambert, and James W....
Dates: 1932-1942

John Garland Pollard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 70 P76
Scope and Contents Letters, clippings, manuscript volumes, business papers, pamphlets, genealogical material, family papers, reports, memos, campaign literature, photographs of John G. Pollard (1871-1937), lawyer, educator, statesman, humanitarian, and governor of Virginia, 1930-1934. Prominent correspondents include Henry Watkins Anderson, Lady Astor, Frederic W. Boatwright, David K. E. Bruce, John Stewart Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, Harry F. Byrd, James Cannon, J. A. C. Chandler, Calvin Coolidge,...
Dates: 1683-1968; Majority of material found in 1856-1937

Postal Services Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 272
Scope and Contents

This collection contains memos regarding various postal services at The College of William and Mary. Also included is Acc. 1998.054, a stamp register, 1938-1966.

Dates: 1930-1993; Majority of material found in 1987-1993

Office of the President, John Augustine Smith Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 2.24
Scope and Contents Contains a letter, photostats of letters, a photograph of a portrait, and biographical information about John Augustine Smith, President of the College of William & Mary from 1814 to 1826. Includes a letter, 20 December 1815, from John Augustine Smith of Williamsburg, Va., to Richard Bland Lee of Washington, D.C. There are also photostats of letters, 1818-1825, of John Augustine Smith. Finally, there is a photograph of a portrait and biographical material collected by librarians at the...
Dates: 1814-1944; Majority of material found in 1814-1826

Office of the President. Gene R. Nichol Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 2.20
Scope and Contents

The collection includes subject files, speeches, and other material from the administration of College of William and Mary President Gene R. Nichol, with some overlap with his successor W. Taylor Reveley, III.

Dates: 2005-2008

Edmund Randolph Letter to Rev. S. S. McCrosky

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.047
Scope and Contents

One-page letter from Edmund Randolph to the Reverend S.S. McCroskey regarding Randolph mortgaging land to the College of William and Mary for 500 pounds. A typescript is also included.

Dates: 1790 June 28

Richard Randolph Letter to William B. Randolph, 1855 May 21

 Collection
Identifier: UA 345
Scope and Contents Letter written by Richard Randolph to William B. Randolph of Chatsworth (near Richmond, Va.), dated May 21, 1855. Richard Randolph introduces himself as being selected by William & Mary faculty as their agent to solicit financial aid for the College, "an unpleasant task, which I could not decline." He appeals to William Randolph by comparing Plymouth and Bunker Hill, Massachusetts to Jamestown and Yorktown, Virginia ("the provident Yankee and the 'chivalrous Virginian'"), mentions that...
Dates: 1855 May 21

Robert Gilchrist Robb Certificate of Distinction

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.276
Scope and Contents

Certificate of Distinction presented to Robert Gilchrist Robb on July 4, 1892, stating he passed his required exams in the "Junior class of English." It is signed by John Lesslie Hall and Hugh S. Bird. Robb attended William & Mary from 1891-1893.

Dates: 1892 July 4

Robert M. Gates papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00069
Scope and Contents The Robert M. Gates papers primarily cover his professional life, from his work with the Central Intelligence Agency, to his presidency at Texas A&M University, to his retirement as Secretary of Defense.  Also accounted for in this collection are papers associated with his three books: From the Shadows, Duty, and A Passion for Leadership, in addition to items from his high school and higher...
Dates: 1946-2015; Majority of material found within 1966-2014

Robert Strachen Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.243
Scope and Contents

This collection includes Jones' 1872 William & Mary diploma and a letter he wrote to his brother on June 8, 1871. In the letter, he inquires as to the whereabouts of the suit he requested, speaks of impending examinations, and asks for money to pay his debts and last him up to July 4th.

Dates: 1871-1872

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Type
Collection 124
Archival Record 1
 
Subject
College of William and Mary--Students 30
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 27
Correspondence 27
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 21
Reports 15
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Fliers (printed matter) 12
Minutes 12
Photographs 11
College of William and Mary--History--18th century 10
Scrapbooks 8
Booklets 7
Charter Day 7
Invitations 7
Memorandums 7
Pamphlets 7
Programs 7
Announcements 5
College of William and Mary Anniversaries, etc 5
Newsletters 5
Notebooks 5
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 5
College of William and Mary--History--21st century 4
Financial records 4
Graduation (School) 4
Newspapers 4
Agendas (administrative records) 3
Athletics 3
Buttons (information artifacts) 3
Certificates 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 3
College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 3
College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff 3
College of William and Mary--History--17th century 3
College of William and Mary--Presidents 3
Fundraising campaigns 3
Homecoming 3
Manuscripts (document genre) 3
Printed ephemera 3
Receipts (financial records) 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs 3
World War, 1939-1945 3
Athletics--Football--Scandal of 1951 2
Awards and scholarships 2
Banners 2
Buildings and Grounds 2
College students 2
Diplomas 2
Education, Higher--Virginia--History 2
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 2
Essays 2
James City County (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Jamestown Festival (1957) 2
Maps 2
Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Plays (document genre) 2
Registration instructions and schedules 2
Report cards 2
Universities and Colleges--Finance 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 2
Women college students 2
Women--Education--Virginia--History 2
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Abolitionists--Periodicals 1
Advertising 1
African Americans--Education 1
African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg--History 1
Albums 1
Alumni and Alumnae 1
American Literature--20th century--Periodicals 1
American Red Cross--History--World War II period 1
American poetry--19th century 1
Anniversary Celebration--1968 1
Apprentices--United States--History 1
Apprenticeship programs--Virginia 1
Athletics--Football 1
Authors, English 1
Awards and Scholarships--Jones, Tiberius Gracchus, Prize 1
Baptists--Virginia--History 1
Beanie cap 1
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
Broadsides 1
Buildings and Grounds--Jefferson Hall 1
Buildings and Grounds--Phi Beta Kappa Hall (1957) 1
Buildings and Grounds--Tucker Hall 1
COVID-19 (Disease) 1
Cartoons 1
Catalogs 1
Chaplains, Military--United States--20th century 1
Charter 1
Charter Day--1968 1
Church bulletins 1
Class materials 1
Clubs--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
College campuses -- Virginia 1
College of William and Mary--Commencement 1
College of William and Mary--History 1
College of William and Mary--Students--Sanitary Affairs 1
College of William and Mary--Students--Social life and customs 1
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