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Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

 Organization

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

University Archives Audiovisual Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 58
Scope and Contents The University Archives Audiovisual Collection is an artificial collection of various audio and visual formats documenting the College of William and Mary campus, events, people, etc. The collection contains analog, magnetic, and digital media and while not comprehensive, it does include material from a variety of time periods and types of events including commencements, Charter Day, building dedications, lecture series, Raft Debates, visiting scholars and distinguished guests, athletic...
Dates: 1930-2015; Majority of material found in 1985-2005

Lester J. Cappon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 90 C17
Scope and Contents Materials relating to the career of Lester Jesse Cappon (September 18, 1900-August 24, 1981), historian and formerly the Archivist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, Director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, and Senior Research Fellow at the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Professional papers (1909-1981) include primary source material, typescripts, notes, drafts of articles, critiques, maps, and historical journals....
Dates: 1809-1981

Richard Lee Morton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 90 M84
Scope and Contents Papers, chiefly 1930-1969, of Richard Lee Morton, professor of history at the College of William and Mary from 1919 to 1959. Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds,...
Dates: 1756-2006; Majority of material found in 1930-1969

Office of the President. Paul R. Verkuil Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 2.17
Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of files from the College of William and Mary Office of the President during the administration of Paul Verkuil. For the most part, headings assigned to folders in their office of origin have been maintained in the box list inventories available here.

Dates: 1984-1992

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

Office of the President. Thomas A. Graves, Jr. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 00/02/UA 2.16
Scope and Contents

The collection includes subject files, speeches, and other material from the administration of College of William and Mary President Thomas Ashley Graves with some overlap with his predecessor Davis Y. Paschall and his successor Paul Verkuil. For the most part, headings assigned to folders in their office of origin have been maintained in the box list inventories available here.

In addition, there are two unprocessed boxes. Consult a staff member for assistance.

Dates: 1940-1985; Majority of material found in 1971-1985

Office of the President. Davis Young Paschall Records

 Collection
Identifier: 00/02/UA 2.15
Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of records from the Office of the President during the administration of Davis Young Paschall at the College of William and Mary. For the most part, headings assigned to folders in their office of origin have been maintained in the box list inventories available here.

Dates: 1942-1974; Majority of material found in 1960-1971

Office of the President. John Edwin Pomfret Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 2.11
Scope and Contents Due to the fragility of this collection, patrons must use the microfilm copy. The microfilm and microfilm readers can be found on the Ground Floor of Swem Library (call number LD6051 .W517 1942 P66, reels 1-28). Acc. 1982.055: Records of College President John E. Pomfret (1942-1951). For the most part, headings assigned to folders in their office of origin have been maintained in the box list inventory available here....
Dates: 1942-1951

Shelton H. Short III Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 91 Sh9
Scope and Contents Dates, 1970-1990, professional and research papers of Shelton H. Short III, a William Osborne Good Scholar-in-residence at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, 1987-88. Professional papers consist of correspondence, articles, and other papers that concern the Marshall-Wythe School of Law and the Institute of Early American History & Culture. Bulk of the collection consists of Short's research papers on his ancestor William Osborne Goode (1798-1859), a prominent 19th century Virginia...
Dates: 1970-1990

Thad W. Tate papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00356
Content Description

This collection contains the papers relating to Thad W. Tate including transcriptions of oral histories and certificates of accomplishments from Phi Beta Kappa, the College of William and Mary, and the United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School. The collection also includes correspondence with the African American Episcopal Historical Collection. Also included are photographs of Tate and colleagues.

Dates: 1949-2009

University Archives Web Archive Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 392
Overview

A collection of harvested websites for the institutional history and records of The College of William and Mary.

Dates: 2015-ongoing

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

William and Mary Quarterly Records

 Collection
Identifier: 00/02/01/07/UA 64
Scope and Contents Acc. 1988.001 consists of two boxes of correspondence arranged alphabetically.  The correspondence is primarily about business aspects of publishing the Quarterly, but also includes genealogical information, editorial comments, some article manuscripts, a list of advertisers (1910-1913), and some fliers. Acc. 1988.113 consists of one box of correspondence between Earl G. Swem and various  printers, authors, and others about the William and Mary Quarterly (2d Series)....
Dates: 1893-1944

Additional filters:

Subject
Correspondence 9
Reports 7
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 6
Charter Day 5
Graduation (School) 4
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Speeches 3
Summer sessions 3
Athletics 2
Burgesses Day 2
Genealogy 2
Legal documents 2
Manuscripts (document genre) 2
Memorandums 2
Photographs 2
President's House (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century 1
Archivists 1
Associated and Branch Campuses--Christopher Newport College 1
Athletics--Football--Scandal of 1951 1
Buildings and Grounds--Adair Gym 1
Buildings and Grounds--Lake Matoaka and Matoaka Woods 1
Buildings and Grounds--Landrum Hall 1
Buildings and Grounds--Phi Beta Kappa Hall (1957) 1
Buildings and Grounds--Swem Library 1
Class materials 1
College of William and Mary--Presidents--Dwellings--History 1
College of William and Mary--Students 1
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation--History 1
Curriculum--History 1
DVDs 1
Degrees--Honorary 1
Diaries 1
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 1
Financial records 1
Football--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Minutes 1
Motion pictures (visual work) 1
Newsletters 1
Press releases 1
Publications 1
Self Study--1974 1
Slavery--Virginia--History 1
Sound Recordings 1
Tercentenary of the College--1993 1
Transcripts 1
Typescripts 1
United States--History--Prohibition 1
Video recordings 1
Virginia--Genealogy 1
Virginia--Politics and Government 1
Visitors to Campus--Charles, Prince of Wales (1981) 1
Visitors to Campus--Ford, Gerald R. (1976) 1
Visitors to Campus--Queen Elizabeth II (1957) 1
WCWM (radio station : Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Women college students 1
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
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