President Gene R. Nichol Resignation and Response Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Gene R. Nichol Resignation and Response Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
4.40 Linear Feet
Creator:
College of William and Mary. Student Organizations, College of William and Mary. Board of Visitors., College of William and Mary. Staff, and Nichol, Gene R., 1951-
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Gene R. Nichol Resignation and Response Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

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 President Nichol announcing his resignation with a smaller amount of material from the months preceding the announcement. The collection includes material from individuals and organizations who were opposed to President Nichol as well as those who supported him. This collection does not include official College of William and Mary records produced by various offices. Those records will generally be housed with the collections for the creating office or department. Exceptions include communications from the Board of Visitors to the campus community.

When permitted by donor agreements, images and videos will be made available online through the SCRC's pages on the Digital Archive

Flicker:

Youtube:

The Special Collections Research Center continues to actively collect material documenting events prior to President Gene R. Nichol's resignation as well as responses to his resignation.

Received from Margaret Smith and Sean Walsh, February 29, 2008.

Received from Margaret Smith and Sean Walsh, February 29, 2008 and collected from across campus.

Received from Daniel Souleles, May 27, 2008.

See also the websites and blogs captured by Swem Library and available in their electronic format in the Special Collections Research Center.

See also the websites and blogs captured by Swem Library and available in their electronic format in the Special Collections Research Center.

When permitted by donor agreements, images and videos will be made available online through the SCRC's pages on the W&M DSpace Digital Repository: http://dspace.swem.wm.edu/dspace/handle/10288/605 Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrc/sets/72157603901798511/ YouTube http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=42C8F03CF2CB373D Note that a number of images and videos were posted online at websites such as http://wrengateblog.com/ and http://youtube.com. The creators of those videos may or may not have agreed to donate their work for inclusion in this collection.

Biographical / historical:

This collections consists of fliers, announcements, programs etc for the many student organizations.

Acquisition information:
Information about individual donors, when known, is available in the Special Collections Research Center. This collection as a whole was assigned the accession number 2008.63 on 6/30/2008, but the individual items were received from a variety of donors and/or collected by Special Collections Research Center staff from February 12, 2008 to this date.
Custodial history:

This collection as a whole was assigned the accession number 2008.63 on 6/30/2008, but the individual items were received from a variety of donors and/or collected by Special Collections Research Center staff from February 12, 2008 to this date.

Processing information:

Acc. 2010.578 accessioned by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, 10/2010.

Accruals:

Additional material is expected.

Physical / technical requirements:

Captured websites, video, and digital images must be used in the Special Collections Research Center using department equipment.