Department of History records

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:

The 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:

Department of History records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
12.60 Linear Feet
Creator:
Dept. of History and Morton, Richard Lee, 1889-1974
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Department of History records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The records of the Department of History at the College of William and Mary include course schedules, syllabi, select student papers, statistics on undergraduate course enrollments, declarations of concentrations (1975-1980), policies and procedures, material produced by various committees, lecture announcements, department newsletters,the William and Mary Historian, and other published material.

This accession contains syllabi, course outlines, copies of exams, and instructions for class assignments for History courses from freshman to graduate level. Materials are filed by course number. The list available here is not yet complete, but a PDF is available at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/UA_1982_62%20History%20Department%20Curriculum.pdf

This accession contains papers written for A.Z. Freeman's classes in medieval English history. Some of the papers have comments written by other class members.

This accession contains course schedules, statistics on undergraduate course enrollments, and statistics on undergraduate declarations of concentrations. A PDF inventory of Acc. 1988.095 is available online at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/UA_1988_95%20History%20Office.pdf

This accession contains course schedules, 1984-1992; exams; Departmental Affairs Committee Correspondence; policies and procedures, 1975-1980; Student Advisory Committee correspondence, 1969-1971; Subcommittee to Coordinate Information for Planning Report, 1979.

This series includes graduate program booklets, newsletters, lecture announcements, and other printed material.

This series contains administrative records for the Department of History at William and Mary. Included in the series are campus wide committee records such as the Faculty Affairs Committee and Self Study Committee; records related to the establishment of the graduate program; membership lists and administrative records for Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society; and a report about integrating women's studies into the curriculum at William and Mary in 1988. This series contains restricted material and needs to be reviewed by a University Archives staff member prior to being serviced.

Promotional posters, fliers for the 2023 Tyler Lecture Series Symposium, "Settler Schools Indigenous Stories: Histories and Leagues of Native American Education" featuring lectures by Dr. Buck Woodward, Dr. Brenda Child, Sandy White Hawk, and Dr. James Riding.

Acquisition information:
Acc. 1982.062 transferred from History Dept. 11/09/1982; Acc. 1988.089 gift of A.Z. Freeman, 05/20/1988; Acc. 1988.095 transferred from History Dept. 06/1988; Acc. 1990.047 gift of Louise Morton Murtagh to Manuscripts and Rare Books Dept. Transferred to University Archives 05/1990; Acc. 1992.014 transferred from History Dept. 04/06/1992. For further information on future accruals please contact Special Collections Research Center staff.
Processing information:

Acc. 2014.108 accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in September 2014.

Arrangement:

Arranged by accession.

Accruals:

Future accruals are expected.

Physical / technical requirements:

Portions of this collection are held offsite. Please consult staff for assistance.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard