College of William and Mary
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Eleanor Harvey Rennie Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.055
Scope and Contents
This collection includes material gathered by then William and Mary student Eleanor Harvey related to the christening of the SS William and Mary Victory on April 20, 1945. Photographs, news clippings, scrapbook, and the wooden chest holding the broken champagne bottle used in the launch are available. Miss Harvey was the sponsor at the launch and Edith Harwood was the maid of honor.A photo of the champagne bottle can be seen on Flickr:...
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Special Events Records
Collection
Identifier: 00/UA 56
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1991.098 contains files from various special events at William and Mary, mostly from 1976-1986.
Acc. 1992.013 is a scrapbook containing laminated sheets of photographs, newspaper clippings, and invitations for 1975-1976.
Acc. 1998.035 contains the files of Donald Ball.
Dates:
1968-1986
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Vergilian Bimillennium Celebration Records
Collection
Identifier: UA 300
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1980.022 contains a scrapbook from the Vergilian Bimillennium Celebration held at the College in 1930. Includes photographs, clippings, a program, a script, and correspondence. The scrapbook measures 9" x 11".
This collection also includes programs from the celebration of the classical Roman Poet Vergil's 2000th birthday at the College of William & Mary. The inventory for these records is available in the box list section of this finding aid.
Dates:
1930; Majority of material found in 1930
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center