College of William and Mary--History--19th century
Found in 155 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr. to Joseph G. Griswold
Letter written by William & Mary alumnus Claiborne replying to William & Mary alumnus Griswold's invitation to return to Williamsburg, an invitation given by the "Committee to the approaching Celebration." The letter was written eight days after the 1859 fire and speaks to its rebuilding and the perseverance of the College, its faculty, and alumni.
Henry Denison Cole Papers
Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman Papers
The collection contains the papers of Williamsburg resident Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman and includes correspondence, Coleman's personal writings, various publications, legal and financial papers, and artifacts.
College Papers Collection
This collection includes a variety of material formats and subjects from throughout the College's history.
Commencement Exercises collection
This collection includes programs, scripts, remarks, addresses, speeches, invitations, and other related material from commencement exercises at the College of William and Mary. Events and ceremonies related to graduation would also include the baccalaureate service and other events.
Benjamin Crowninshield Papers
Daguerreotype of the Wren Building
Daguerreotype of the Wren Building front, circa 1856. The image is contained within a pressboard frame, but the front cover has separated from the bottom. Please note that this image is reversed.
Daniel Hatcher Student Paper
Student paper titled "The Study of Political Science." Notations in pencil are on several pages, made by an unknown hand.
Dew Family Papers
E. G. G. Letter to Lucy Burwell Page
Letter from E.G.G. to Lucy Burwell Page, [Williamsburg] giving news of the College of William and Mary and Williamsburg, Virginia. January 16, 1827, January 27, 1827. The President introduced new William and Mary students to the town people.
Edmund Christian Letter to Robert McCandlish
Letter written by William & Mary Bursar Edmund Christian to Robert McCandlish, Rector of the Board of Visitors, Sept. 2, 1848 asking that he confirm the salary owed to professor George Frederick Holmes, who requested that $100 be deposited into an account to cover his salary.
Edward Southey Joynes Letters and Drawing
Edwin Taliaferro Collection
Adam Empie Papers
Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers
Faculty Assembly Records
Ferdinand Stewart Campbell Papers
Francis Joseph Mettauer Permission to Board
Note written by William Mettauer to William & Mary President Adam Empie, providing permission for his son, Francis Joseph, to board with a "private family if suitable accomodations can be made."
George Colt political cartoon
Print of German and English language political cartoon on newsprint by George Colt satirizing William & Mary's efforts to seek restitution from damages to campus sustained during the Civil War. In 1893 the U.S. government paid William & Mary for damages. The College is depicted as a "rebel claims monster." The print is undated, but was likely printed between 1890-1895.
George Frederick Holmes Letters
George W. Lindsay Promise with Samuel W. Murphy
A promise signed and dated between William & Mary students, George W. Lindsay and Samuel W. Murphy on November 25, 1857. The promise reads as follows: "We, the undersigned, do solemly promise never to marry without the others consent. Nothing but death shall dissolve this promise."
Susan H. Godson Papers
Mary Goodwin Papers
The papers of Mary Goodwin concern her reaction to Jack E. Morpurgo's "Their Majesties' Royall Colledge". Included is a cover letter from Mary Goodwin to Herbert Ganter, a draft chapter from Morpurgo's book (pp. 241-278) with Goodwin's marginalia, and her separate 27-page critical review of the chapter. The collection also contains five binders of Goodwin's Historical Notes about William and Mary.