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Student Activities--Dances

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Miriam Winder Bright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.023
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of photographs taken by Miriam Winder Bright while a student at William and Mary. There is also a signed copy of the college regulations and dormitory rules.

Photographs depict: the Manless Dance, women in canoes on Lake Matoaka, men standing next to the lake, Tyler Hall, Science Hall, the President's House, the Brafferton, the Library, Taliaferro Dormitory, Old Gymnasium, Ewell Dormitory, and the Dining Hall.

Dates: 1920-1921

Office of the President. John Stewart Bryan Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 2.10
Scope and Contents Due to the fragility of this collection, patrons must use the microfilm copy. The microfilm and microfilm readers can be found on the Ground Floor of Swem Library (call number LD6051 .W517 1934 B79, reels 1-24). [Originals are stored off-site.]Records from the administration of College of William and Mary President John Stewart Bryan for the years 1934-1942.For the most part, headings assigned to folders in their office of origin have been maintained in the box list...
Dates: 1933-1942

Cary Grant William and Mary Photograph

 Collection — Small Collections Box 125, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 01772
Content Description

A black and white photograph of a female William and Mary student and Cary Grant ducking under an archway of raised arms at a dance. There is writing on the back of the image that reads, "Grant + WM+Mary student (pres of German club) leading figure at club dance in Williamsburg."

Dates: 1940

DuPont Hall Dance Photo Album

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.034
Scope and Contents

This album contains photographs of College of William and Mary students at a dance in the DuPont Hall dormitory in 1984.

Dates: 1984

Hoi Polloi Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 231
Scope and Contents

Fliers for entertainment in "Hoi Polloi," also known as "The Pub," located behind the Campus Center in Old Trinkle Hall at the College of William and Mary from 1974-1983.

Dates: 1974-1983; Majority of material found in 1974-1983

Kappa Alpha, Alpha Zeta Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 7.001
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs, fliers, scrapbooks, a dance card, programs, miscellaneous material, and a guest register of the Kappa Alpha, Alpha Zeta Chapter fraternity at the College of William and Mary. The fraternity is also known as Kappa Alpha Order. Many of the photographs document the fraternity's Old South Week and Old South Ball and are from the 1950s-1970. The earliest item in the collection is a dance card from 1915. The collection also includes three issues of the...
Dates: 1915-2008; Majority of material found in 1948-2008

Mary Mackey Sainsbury Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.077
Scope and Contents

The collection includes three scrapbooks Mary Mackey Sainsbury compiled during her years at the College of William and Mary. The scrapbooks include various material related to sororities and Greek life on campus, athletic tickets, postcards, news clippings, correspondence, photographs, and related material.

Dates: 1936-1940; Majority of material found in 1936-1940

William and Mary Heritage Dancers Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 7.040
Scope and Contents This collection includes records from the William and Mary Heritage Dancers, a student group that performs reconstructions of dances recorded in historical sources and modern dances composed in the historic style. The club also became a forum for students to compose and try out their own original “English Country” dances.Acc. 2009.176 contains the student group's revised bylaws, a history of the club by graduate student Jenna Simpson who was one of the students to reestablish the...
Dates: 2000-2009; Majority of material found in 2007-2009