Board of Visitors Records, 1920/2010

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Board of Visitors Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
57 Linear Feet and 115 Hollinger document cases, two record center cartons, and 8 oversize boxes boxes
Creator:
Old Dominion University. Board of Visitors
Abstract:
The records of the Old Dominion University Board of Visitors contains office files of the board, including correspondence, resolutions, committee records, proceedings, and agendas.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Board of Visitors Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains records related to the College of William and Mary Board of Visitors in its supervision of the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary from 1920 until July 1962. Additionally, the collection contains records related to the Board of Visitors of Old Dominion College and Old Dominion University from July 1962 to the present day. Included in the collection are agendas and minutes, committee reports, minutes from the Norfolk Division's Director's Advisory Board, and general correspondence either received or generated by the board.

More information about the Board of Visitors can be found on the Old Dominion Univeristy Website at [url=https://www.odu.edu/content/odu/about/bov.html]https://www.odu.edu/content/odu/about/bov.html[/url].

Biographical / historical:

The Old Dominion Board of Visitors is the university's governing body, responsible for overseeing the university's operations, establishing policy and procedure as well as fiduciary control of the university's appropriations and expenditures. In 1919, the College of William and Mary began offering extension courses in the Norfolk area to increase educational opportunities for adults who lived outside the commonwealth's large university centers. The governing body responsible for the supervision and management of instruction conducted in Norfolk during this period was the William and Mary Board of Visitors and William and Mary President J.A.C. Chandler. As demand for classes steadily increased in the Norfolk area throughout the 1920s, an extension campus was established in 1930 known as the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary. The Norfolk Division was under administrative jurisdiction of the William and Mary Board of Visitors, but received assistance from a local advisory committee composed of Norfolk business and civic leaders who advised on matters related to infrastructure development and capital improvement. In 1947, Norfolk Division director Lewis Webb expanded the role of the advisory committee by encouraging liaison with the local community to understand how the school could meet the educational needs of the region. William and Mary's Board of Visitors relinquished administrative control of the school on July 2, 1962, when the Norfolk Division became independent of the parent school and the first meeting of the Board of Visitors of what was soon to be named Old Dominion College took place. The current Board of Visitors at Old Dominion University is a 17 member panel, appointed to a four year term by the Governor, responsible for executing all duties related to the university as outlined in the Code of Virginia. The board may delegate its authority to the University President for matters concerning day to day operations, but retains total authority and responsibility for executing its duties according to Virginia law.

Note written by Special Collections Staff

Acquisition information:

Office of the Executive Vice President and the Secretary of the Board

Transfer. Accession #A74-8. Additions have been transferred to Special Collections and University Archives from 1975 to 2010.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into three series: Series I: Agendas and Proceedings; Series II: Committees; and Series III: General Correspondence and Miscellaneous.

Accruals:

Additional accessions made from 1975 to 2010. Future accruals expected.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard