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The William & Mary Foundation records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 350

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Endowment Association and Development Office Records which includes correspondence, financial records, committee reports, ledgers, resolutions, working papers, scrapbook, architectural renderings of the Special Collections wing of Swem Library and more.

The Endowment Association of the College of William & Mary in Virginia, Incorporated, founded in 1939, changed its name to The College of William & Mary Foundation on July 1, 2006. The Foundation's mission is “to aid, strengthen, and expand in every proper and useful way the work, usefulness and objects of” the College. The William & Mary Foundation manages the College's endowments, including the Athletic Educational Foundation and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation.

The Foundation is run by a professional staff along with a board of trustees made up of alumni and friends of the College. The trustees work with alumni, faculty, staff and others to obtain funding for scholarships, fellowships, professorships, facilities, and research.

Dates

  • Creation: 1970-2018

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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 Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Extent

32 Linear Feet

Language

English

Title
The William and Mary Foundation records
Status
In Progress
Author
William & Mary Special Collections Research Center staff
Date
2023 February
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

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