Eleanor Calkins Papers

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:

Eleanor Calkins Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
0.40 Linear Feet
Creator:
Calkins, Emily Eleanor, Dept. of Mathematics, and Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Eleanor Calkins Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is composed of College of William and Mary Professor of Mathematics Eleanor Calkins' 32 gradebooks from 1927-1961, a notebook with A-Z listings of her favorite musical recordings (the exceptional ones noted in red), and three yearbooks, 1915-1917, entitled Mossoks, from Columbia College in Lake City, Florida.

Notebooks and yearbooks

Biographical / historical:

Emily Eleanor Calkins graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1927. She also attended Columbia College in Florida, 1915-1917. She was a math instructor and professor at the College of William and Mary from 1927 to 1961. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Gift of donor through the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.