Kenneth S. Mink Sr. 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:

This 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:

Kenneth Stuart Mink, Sr., Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
2.3 Linear Feet 2 Hollinger boxes
Creator:
Mink, Kenneth S., Sr., 1937-2007
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Kenneth Stuart Mink, Sr., Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains multiple William and Mary Football playbooks and a sports sweater. Included in the playbooks are numerous offensive and defensive plays, William and Mary practice schedules, and scouting reports of opposing teams with team rosters.

Addition includes a single, green sweater with green and gold trim with the word "Indian" stitched on the back of the sweater.

Biographical / historical:

Kenneth Stuart Mink, Sr. was born on July 14, 1937 in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. Mink attended William & Mary where he played football, and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications in 1959. After graduation, Mink served in the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel from 1961-1989, and was stationed in Germany, Vietnam, and the United States. After retiring from the Army in 1989 as Deputy Installation Commander of Fort Ritchie, Mink worked as a facilities director for JDS Uniphase Corporation in Germantown, Maryland for 13 years. He was a member of the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Lions Club and an avid Civil War and World War I reenactor. Kenneth Stuart Mink died on February 14, 2007. He was married to Ruth Decosta Mink and had two sons, Kenneth Mink, Jr. and Eric Mink.

Acquisition information:
Acc. 2008.107, gift of Eric J. Mink was received on 10/1/2008. Accession 2025.045 donated by Eric J. Mink.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard