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College of William and Mary--History--21st century

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

50th Anniversary of African American Students in Residence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 37
Scope and Contents

This collection contains material produced during the 2017-2018 academic year, which celebrated and commemorated 50 years of African American students in residence at William & Mary. Included are printed material and artifacts, the event's website, as well as email correspondence between committee members and digital files sent as email attachments. Digital material requires at least 72 hours advanced notice for access.

Dates: 2017-2018

Acropolis Magazine records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 7.106
Content Description

The collection contains printed materials including 3 proof sheets from Acropolis Art + Art History journal entitled "Light."

Dates: undated

Africana Studies Program Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 182
Scope and Contents

The collection includes fliers, catalogs, and other material created by the Africana Studies Program at the College of William and Mary. The collection also contains records concerning the Black Studies Program, from which Africana Studies grew out of.

Dates: 1997-2014

Bishop James Madison Society records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 331
Scope and Contents

The Bishop James Madison Society records contains correspondence, printed materials, photographs, scrapbooks and audiovisual materials documenting the activities of the Bishop James Madison Society, a secret society on the campus of William & Mary founded in 1812. Materials include posters, fliers and ephemeral material related to the daily activites and members of the Bishop James Madison Society.

Dates: 1996-2021

Board of Visitors records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1
Scope and Contents The records of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary includes meeting minutes, financial reports, photographs, agendas, matriculation books, correspondence, material from Board of Visitors Rectors Oscar L. Shewmake and Roy Harvey Chappell, Jr., publications, and audio recordings of meetings from 1961-1999. An index to Board of Visitors meetings for the period 1947-1984 is available in the Special Collections Research Center. Researchers are also encouraged to...
Dates: 1757-2023

Karla K. Bruno Papers, 2007-2010

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.128
Scope and Contents

Material collected and created by William & Mary alumna Karla K. Bruno, ranging from 2007-2010 and related to the organizations 'Save the Wren Cross,' 'ShouldNicholBeRenewed.org,' and 'The Society for the College.' Also included are: copies of material related to the Department of Philosophy (2007), an interview with Gene Nichol on PBS's "What Matters" (January 2008; VHS tape) and a Fox News piece "Wren Cross" with Brit Hume (circa 2006-2007, VHS tapes.

Dates: 2007-2010

Department of Classical Studies Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 158
Scope and Contents

The collection includes subject files from 1963-1976 related to language placement, summer sessions, and a self-study of the Department of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary. It also contains publications such as fliers and brochures from the Summer Institute in Latin and the Humanities. The collection also includes questions from William and Mary classes dated to 1840-1841. Most of the material was accessioned as Acc. 1998.045.

Dates: 1840-2007; Majority of material found in 1937-2007

Colonel Ebirt t-shirts

 Collection
Identifier: UA 423
Content Description

Two Colonel Ebirt T-shirts, with an illustration of William and Mary's unofficial mascot, Colonel Ebirt. Colonel Ebirt is tribe spelled backwards and was the unofficial mascot for William & Mary from 2001-2006.

Dates: Circa 2001-2006

Commencement Exercises collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 314
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1831-2023

Department of Athletics records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 181
Scope and Contents

The Department of Athletics records includes files of the Athletic Association, publicity, printed material, publications, statistics, schedules and ephemera.

Dates: 1915-2013

P. Geoffrey Feiss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 6.105
Scope and Contents

Personal memoirs and related materials of P. Geoffrey Feiss, Provost emeritus at the College of William & Mary.

Dates: circa 2007-2010

Hearth Memorial to the Enslaved collection

 Collection — UA 398 Box 1
Identifier: UA 398
Content Description A collection of materials from the Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved, part of William and Mary's Lemon Project.This group contains goggles and gloves worn by Jody Allen (Assistant Professor of History, Robert Francis Engs Director of the Lemon Project) at the Hearth groundbreaking event on May 26, 2021. A program from the memorial dedication on May 7,2022. Images of two commemorative cookies served at the Hearth dedication (originals not retained), and images of floral tributes...
Dates: May 26, 2021 and May 7, 2022

David L. Holmes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 6.070
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, remarks at events such as commencements and award dinners by Professor David Holmes, material related to the Bishop James Madison Society, a draft of a paper related to the 1970s-early 1980s stadium expansion controversy at William and Mary, and projects by students of College of William and Mary Professor David Holmes. Acc. 2011.370: Contains on-site research papers and a videocassette concerning the colonial countryside and Victorian towns and...
Dates: 1974-2011

House Joint Resolution No. 377, Honoring William & Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

 Collection
Identifier: UA 171
Scope and Contents

House Joint Resolution No. 377 recognizing the hospitality of both William & Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Dates: 2004 February 13

I. T. (Improvisational Theatre) Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 7.076
Scope and Contents

Fliers, photographs, notes, and set lists for I. T. (Improvisational Theatre) at William & Mary.

Dates: 1986-2017

Kappa Kappa Gamma (Gamma Kappa Chapter) Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 7.075
Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs, scrapbooks, publications, and administrative records of the Gamma Kappa Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at William & Mary. Some of the material is restricted, per donor request, and is available with the permission of the Chapter President.

Dates: 1923-2014

Lavender Graduation Ceremony collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 143
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the 2018 Lavender Graduation Ceremony program and printed remarks from the speakers. May 2018 marked the first inaugural Lavender Ceremony at William & Mary. The collection also includes the 2018 stole presented to graduates.

Future accruals are expected.

Dates: 2018-2019

Living Wage Campaign Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 253
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials on the Tidewater Labor Support Committee (TLSC), TLSC's Living Wage Campaign, and the Living Wage Coalition (LWC). Much of the collection consists of material collected by James Spady including correspondence from 2000-2001, articles, reports, studies, and other resource materials related to labor relations in the U.S., Virginia, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and the College of William and Mary. The first box contains meeting notes,...
Dates: 1991-2012; Majority of material found in 1999-2002

Musical Score of "Messages of the Human Heart," composed by Jeraldine Saunders Herbison

 Collection
Identifier: UA 140
Scope and Contents This score is signed by the composer, Jeraldine Saunders Herbison. It was commissioned by the 50th Commemoration Committee in honor of the 50th anniversary of African Americans in Residence at William & Mary. It officially premiered at Commencement on May 12, 2018, sung by the W&M Choir. To prepare, the Choir performed the work during their Spring Tour and again at the Spring Choral Concert. A CD featuring two Choir recordings of the piece was transferred to the...
Dates: 2017

President Gene R. Nichol Resignation and Response Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 340
Scope and Contents This collection includes material related to the resignation of President Gene R. Nichol of the College of William and Mary on February 12, 2008, and the response of the campus, alumni, and public. Material in the collection was created by a variety of formal and informal organizations and individuals and includes correspondence, fliers, videos, images, websites, news clippings, armbands, stickers, and a variety of other formats. Much of the collection is material produced in response to...
Dates: 2006-2008

Office of Academic Advising records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 193
Scope and Contents

This collection includes printed materials including course selction guidebooks at William & Mary.

Dates: 1989-2002

Office of First Year Experience records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 160
Scope and Contents

The collection currently includes publications created by the Office of First Year Experience for new students at William & Mary. Included are New Student Guides, Orientation Aide manuals, and orientation schedules.

Dates: 2015-2020

Office of the President. W. Taylor Reveley, III records

 Collection — Box 1-30
Identifier: UA 2.23
Scope and Contents

The Office of the President. W. Taylor Reveley III records includes correspondence, subject files, prepared remarks, and other papers from the administration of William & Mary's twenty-seventh president, W. Taylor Reveley, III.

Dates: 2008-2018

Office of the President. Gene R. Nichol Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 2.20
Scope and Contents

The collection includes subject files, speeches, and other material from the administration of College of William and Mary President Gene R. Nichol, with some overlap with his successor W. Taylor Reveley, III.

Dates: 2005-2008

Programs and Pass, 2017 February 23-26, 2018 February 15-18, 2019 January 31st - February 3rd.

 File — Box 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Five programs and one all access pass for the William & Mary Global Film Festival. Two of the programs and the pass are from the 10th anniversary in 2017. Two programs are from 2018, and the last program is from 2019.

Dates: 2017 February 23-26; 2018 February 15-18; 2019 January 31st - February 3rd.