College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
Organization
Found in 246 Collections and/or Records:
William Cabell Rives Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 01267
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1824-1864, written by William Cabell Rives of "Castle Hill," Albemarle County, Va. to William MacCreery Burwell, Mahlon Dickerson, Robert Selden Garnett, Doctor Robert W. Haxall and John Milton Niles discussing his political philosophy reflecting his change from the Democratic to the Whig Party, plans for visits, and family news.
Dates:
1824-1864
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Robert Beverly Dade Student Paper
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.264
Scope and Contents
Student paper on Millet written by Dade.
Dates:
circa 1900-1903
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Robert Watson Durham Athletic Association Certificate
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.262
Scope and Contents
Certificate presented by the William & Mary Athletic Association to R. W. Durham, certifying that he has been awarded the varsity letter in track for the 1924 season.
Dates:
1924
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Moncure Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 65 R56, 77-14
Scope and Contents
Personal and professional papers of Moncure Robinson dealing mostly with management of Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in which he held controlling interest. Prominent correspondents include James Buchanan, Washington Irving, Dennis Hart Mahan, Winfield Scott and Abel Parker Upshur. Also included is the correspondence of his father, John Robinson (including letters from William C. C. Claiborne), his brothers, Cary, Edwin, Conway and Eustace Robinson and his brother-in-law John...
Dates:
1787-1889
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Michael J. Rogan Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.153
Scope and Contents
This collection contains audiotapes, correspondence, fliers, programs, and related material collected by Michael J. Rogan while a student at the College of William and Mary from 1977-1981. Included in the collection are audiotapes and programs from the student-run Sinfonicron Opera Company; audiotapes, programs, fliers, and clippings about the William and Mary Choir and other choral groups at the College; programs and correspondence about the film festival held by the William and Mary Gay...
Dates:
1977-2010; Majority of material found in 1977-1981
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Linda Louise Rogers Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.248
Scope and Contents
Linda Louise Rogers graduated from William & Mary in 1933 and took education classes in 1942 and 1951. The collection includes programs and pamphlets, such as "A Roll of Fame," the YWCA/YMCA program for 1930-1931, and the Women's Student Government Handbook for 1930-1931. It also includes correspondence she received from President J. A. C. Chandler and the graduation degree committee as well as her Kappa Delta Pi membership card, her graduation announcement and commencement program,...
Dates:
1930-1933
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
P. Burwell Rogers Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 87 R63
Scope and Contents
Papers of Powell Burwell Rogers which document his academic career as a graduate student at Duke University and at the University of Pennsylvania and as English professor at Bucknell University. The collection contains research materials on Old/Middle English (The Book of Carving and the Book of Nature) and articles published in various journals. His working papers for editing "Excerpts from the Civil War Diary of Lucien Payne Rogers" are among his professional papers as well as placename...
Dates:
1923-1978
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Robert Saunders Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 00270
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 66 letters written by Robert Saunders of Williamsburg, Virginia to his wife Lucy Burwell Saunders (60 letters) and his daughters Lucy Page Saunders (three letters) and Roberta P. Saunders (two2 letters) from 1829-1867. There is also a letter written on May 4, 1847 to Overton Bernard, the father of College of William and Mary student Jesse Talbot Bernard.
Dates:
1829-1867
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Howard Scammon Papers
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 1992.38 and additions
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, playbooks and other material collected by William and Mary Theatre professor Howard Scammon. The bulk of the material is correspondence between Scammon and his former students, but the papers also include documentation related to the William and Mary Theatre, The Common Glory, the Jamestown Festival of 1957, other Williamsburg theatre groups and famous William and Mary alumni such as Glenn Close and Linda Lavin. ...
Dates:
1917-1994; Majority of material found in 1940-1970
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Priscilla Schumacher Scrapbook, 1941-1942
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.029
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook compiled by Priscilla Schumacher from 1941-1942 while a student at William & Mary. Schumacher attended from 1940-1944. The scrapbook covers are made of wood with "William and Mary" spelled out in woodblock letters. Subjects covered include athletics, social activities, and sorority life.
Dates:
1941-1942
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Miles Selden Certificates
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.136
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two certificates presented to Miles Selden while a student at William & Mary.The first certificate is dated July 4, 1842 and was presented to Selden for his success in the studies of "Belles Lettres, Logic, Ethics, History, National Law & Chemistry." It is signed by faculty members Thomas Dew, Robert Saunders, Beverley Tucker, and John Millington.The second certificate is dated July 4, 1843 and was presented to Selden for his success...
Dates:
1842-1843
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Tobey M. Sindt Script, 1963
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.218
Scope and Contents
Script for "Humpty-Dumpty: A Small Play," written by Tobey M. Sindt for English 209. The last page of the script is stamped Jan. 25, 1963.
Dates:
1963
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William Winston Snead Papers, 1898-1899
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.188
Scope and Contents
The collection includes six Certificates of Distinction awarded to Snead. There is one dated June 23, 1898 and presented to Snead for passing his examination in the Department of Pedagogy. It is signed by Hugh S. Bird (Professor of Pedagogy) and Lyman Brown Wharton (Secretary of the Faculty). The Wren Building is engraved on this certificate. The other five certificates are dated June 22, 1899 and feature engravings of King William III and Queen Mary II. Snead was awarded these...
Dates:
1898-1899
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Claude Vernon Spratley Oration, 1948 June 5
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.212
Scope and Contents
Oration written and presented by Spratley to the alumni on June 5, 1948.
Dates:
1948 June 5
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
James N. Stubbs Papers, 1859, 1866
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.200
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three certificates of achievement presented to Stubbs while a student at William & Mary. Dated July 4, 1859, they were received for achievement in French and Latin (both signed by Edwin Taliaferro, Professor of Latin and Romance Languages) and Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy (signed by Silas Totten, Professor of Moral Philosophy). In addition, there are four copies of a program from the University of Virginia's Washington Literary Society's "Final Celebration,"...
Dates:
1859, 1866
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Thomas Jefferson Stubbs Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 St9
Scope and Contents
Collection includes a lot of genealogical notes and copies of wills compiled by Thomas Jefferson Stubbs but also report cards, class notes, and letters of different Stubbs family members. An oration delivered by Thomas Jefferson Stubbs, Sr. before the Phoenix Literary Society is also included as well as his application for the professorship at William & Mary. There are letters written William Carter Stubbs while a student at William & Mary,letters of John Catlett Stubbs while...
Dates:
1789-1933
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Charles D. Styrnbrough Letter, 1906 June 15
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.183
Scope and Contents
June 15, 1906 letter written by Charles D. Styrnbrough to William and Mary faculty member, Henry Louthan, asking for his class standing as well as his "Distinctions."
Dates:
1906 June 15
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Charles W. Sydnor Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.184
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an essay written by Sydnor titled "Realisation of the Ideal Ration-self" and a petition to the faculty of the College of William and Mary. The petition was submitted by members of the senior class to confer a diploma upon Sydnor. It is signed by nine seniors: James Hubard Lloyd, Thomas Peachy Spencer, John Baynham Terrell, Alfred Lynch Terrell, Charles Irving Carey, Herman Blankinship, Slater Clay Blackiston, Charles Franklin Counts, and W. E. McDonald.
Dates:
1905
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William Booth Taliaferro Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 T15
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1811-1954, of William Booth Taliaferro and his family of Gloucester County, Va. Taliaferro's papers consist of diaries, letterbook (while at Harpers Ferry), correspondence, speeches, memoirs and accounts. The collection also includes papers of his wife, Sally Nivison Lyons Taliaferro (including diaries), his ancestors, siblings and descendants, as well as photographs, genealogical notes and artifacts of the Taliaferro family.There are papers of other people who are not...
Dates:
1811-1954
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William Tayloe Letter
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.195
Scope and Contents
Letter dated November 1, 1858 and written by Tayloe to a woman named Lizzie. He describes his boarding situation (he was a student at the College of William and Mary at the time) and mentions the names of other students boarding with him, listing them by their surnames only (including Page, Harrison, and Robinson). He mentions one student who boarded with a Miss Galt but got homesick. Tayloe further notes that there "ought to be a large number of students, the faculty is an able one, the new...
Dates:
1858 November 1
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Taylor Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2001.42, 2004.45, 2006.35 and 2006.52
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Taylor Family of Urbanna, Virginia. Sons were graduates from the College of William and Mary.
Dates:
1903-1957
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Tazewell Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 00586
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1797-1850, of the Tazewell family. Includes letter, 1797, written by Samuel H. Smith to Henry Tazewell concerning his paper, The Universal Gazette and discussing foreign affairs; and letters, 1804-1850, written by Henry S. Foote and William Nelson, Jr. to Littleton Waller Tazewell; and one anonymous letter addressed to Tazewell and John Tyler (1790-1862) concerning army promotions.
Dates:
1797-1850
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 8
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