Communications Office records - University of Virginia School of Law

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions on access to the materials in this collection.

There are no restrictions on access to the materials in this series.

There are no restrictions on access to the content in this series.

There are no restrictions on access to the items in this sub-series.

There are no restrictions on access to the materials in this sub-series.

There are no restrictions on access to the items in this series.

There are no restrictions on access to the materials in this sub-series.

There are no restriction on access to the items in this series.

Terms of access:

This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these materials in any way that is permitted by the legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

The photographs in this series are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these materials in any way that is permitted by the legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Freelance photographers and in-house staff produced the images in this series. It is not always clear who produced which images and who owns the rights to them.

These items are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these materials in any way that is permitted by the legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Freelance photographers and in-house staff produced the unpublished images in this series. It is not always clear who produced which ones and who owns the rights to them.

These items are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these materials in any way that is permitted by the legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Communications staff created the items in this series, and they are the intellectual property of the University of Virginia.

These items are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these materials in any way that is permitted by the legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Freelance photographers and in-house staff produced the unpublished images in this sub-series. It is not always clear who produced which ones and who owns the rights to them.

These items are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these materials in any way that is permitted by the legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

University of Virginia staff created the items in this series, and they are the intellectual property of the University.

These items are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these materials in any way that is permitted by the legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Freelance photographers and in-house staff produced the unpublished images in this sub-series. It is not always clear who produced which ones and who owns the rights to them. University of Virginia staff created the other production and design files and those files are the intellectual property of the University.

These items are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these materials in any way that is permitted by the legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

University of Virginia staff created the items in this series, and they are the intellectual property of the University.

Summary

Extent:
6.08 Linear Feet 12 boxes
Creator:
University of Virginia. School of Law
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The records of the Communications Office document the department's contributions to the University of Virginia School of Law. The collection contains copies of printed matter produced by the office, including admissions information booklets, brochures, flyers, posters, reports, conference and symposium programs, postcards, and stationary. Also, it contains some of the resources used to produce the printed matter and other content. These include photographic slides, prints, and negatives; digital image files; and digital design and publication files. Finally, the collection contains two CD-ROMs and two banners.

The Communications Office collected and used the photographic prints, slides, negatives, and digital files in this series. They portray faculty, students, buildings, events, and other subjects related to the School.

The "Students for Eyewitness" file contains images of the following University of Virginia Law students from the classes of 2001 and 2002: Elizabeth R. Amory (2001), Howard Wei-How Chang (2001), Paul Henry Delaney III (2002), Cristian Myron DeFrancia (2001), Howard Hoege (2002), Leila Kashani (2001), Priscilla Lawson (2001), Amy Meyer (2001), Lisa Milot (2001), Bich-Nga H. Nguyen (2001), Lakshmi E. Paranthaman (2001), Ruth Payne (2002), Steven S. Phelan (2001), Jacqueline Sadker (2002), Sarah Shalf (2001), Daniel P. Smith (2001), Jason Trujilo (2001), and Stephen S. West (2002).

This series is divided into four sub-series:

The first sub-series consists of printed matter produced by the Communications Office including admissions information resources, brochures, flyers, posters, reports, conference and symposium programs, postcards, and stationary.

The second consists of photographic prints, slides, and negatives that the office collected for use in the content it produced.

The third consists of CD-ROMs from around the turn of the 21st century that promote the University of Virginia and its School of Law to potential student applicants.

The final subseries consists of digital files that the Communications staff created and used (e.g., word processing files, image files, publishing files, video files, web files).

The School of Law's Communications Office produced the printed matter in this sub-series to share information about the School and market it to the public. The Office served all Law School Departments, and the printed matter documents many facets of the School's work, including admissions, career services, development, conferences, symposia, and educational programs.

The bulk of the printed matter dates from 1995 to 2020. The Communications Office also shared much of the content in these materials on the Law School website.

The Communications Office employed in-house and freelance photographers to produce the images in this sub-series. Most show students, faculty, events, and buildings related to the University of Virginia School of Law. The Office selected some images for use in printed matter and online resources created for the School.

The bulk of these images date from 2001 to 2004, and they are recorded on photographic prints, film negatives, and film slides.

In the 1990s and the 2000s, the University of Virginia occasionally produced CD-ROMs to share information and promote the University. The central university communications office and the Law School's communications office produced the CD-ROMs in this sub-series. They were designed to share information with potential student applicants. The University mailed the CD-ROMS to potential applicants, and the applicants viewed the digital content offline on their personal computers.

While producing content for the School of Law, the Communications Office created digital image, text, video, and web files. Between 2000 and 2007, the office stored many of these design and production files on the optical disks found in this sub-series (i.e., CDs and DVDs).

This series consists of two banners showing University of Virginia School of Law logos.

Biographical / historical:

The Communications Office performs the following functions for the School of Law: media relations, publicity, website design, social media management, marketing, and brand management.

Acquisition information:
The Communications Office transferred records to the archives at various dates. More information about the immediate source of acquisition of particular items is noted in other parts of this finding aid.
Arrangement:

These images retain the original arrangement and order created by the Office of Communications. The Office generally grouped images according to their date of creation (e.g., Fall 2002). Inside these chronological groups, pictures and slides are usually arranged by photoshoot session (e.g., images taken for the 2002 admissions packet).

This sub-series retains the original arrangement created by the Office of Communications. The Office generally brought together the production and design files for a single project and saved them on one or more optical disks. The disks were then roughly arranged into chronological groupings (e.g., 2001-2003).

The Communications Office labeled the project names on the optical disks and often included a list of files with each disk.

Accruals:

The Arthur J. Morris Law Library expects to add materials to this collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard