Student Organizations collection
Scope and Contents
The Student Organizations collection contains fliers, announcements, and programs for various student organizations at William & Mary. The organizations include academic clubs, arts groups, Greek social organizations, religious organizations, student athletic associations, and other groups.
Electronic material received from student organizations can be found in the W & M Digital Archive.
Dates
- Creation: 1888-2023
Creator
- College of William and Mary. Student Organizations (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use:
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Extent
15.00 Linear Feet (34 boxes)
Language
English
Custodial History:
Parts of this collection were previously part of the University Archives Publications Collection. Material related to the Student Hip Hop Organization were transferred to the William & Mary Hip Hop Collection in March 2013. Additional materials were collected from bulletin boards in Swem Libary and other campus locations by library staff.
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 2008.48 received from The Seven Society with letter dated 4/27/2008; Acc. 2009.115 was received on 7/17/2008. Information about acquisitions received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.
Separated Materials:
Records related to the F.H.C. Society were removed and transferred to the F.H.C. Society Collection (UA 7.042) on 5/26/2009.
Records related to Theta Delta Chi were removed and transferred to the Theta Delta Chi, Epsilon Chapter Records (UA 7.022) on 9/24/2009.
Records related to the Canterbury Association were removed and transferred to the Canterbury Association Records (UA 7.052) on 12/16/2009.
Records related to Circle K International were removed and transferred to the Circle K International Records (UA 7.053) on 5/5/2010.
Records related to the Mortar Board society were removed and transferred to the Mortar Board Records (UA. 7.013) on 8/17/2010.
Records related to Alpha Delta Gamma were removed and transferred to the Alpha Delta Gamma Records (UA 7.055) on 8/25/2010.
Records related to the Meridian Coffeehouse were removed and transferred to the Meridian Coffeehouse Records (UA 7.056) on 2/1/2011.
Records related to the Young Democrats were removed and transferred to the William and Mary Young Democrats Records (UA 7.058) on 5/20/2011.
Records related to the Science Fiction Club were removed and transferred to the William and Mary Science Fiction and Fantasy Club Records on 1/23/2012.
Records related to the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) were removed and transferred to the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) Records on 4/18/2012.
Records related to Lips magazine were removed from this collection and were added to the Lips: Expressions of Female Sexualty Records (UA 7.064) on 5/16/2012.
Records related to the Student Hip Hop Organization were removed from this collection and added the William & Mary Hip Hop Collection on 3/18/2013.
Records related to Club Fencing were removed from this collection and added the Fencing Club Records on 3/25/2013.
Records related to the Christopher Wren Singers were removed from this collection and added to the Christopher Wren Singers Records on 4/19/2013.
Records related to Revielle were removed from this collection and were added to the Reivelle Records on 5/22/2013.
Records related to Psi Upsilon were removed from this collections and were added to the Psi Upsilong Records on 3/6/2015.
Processing Information:
Acc. 2011.292 and Acc. 2011.297 was accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in May 2011.
Subject
- Student Activities (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Student Organizations collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Eileen O'Toole.
- Date
- 2007-09-03
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository