Virginia Bar Examination Papers, 1900/1923

Access and use

Location of collection:
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. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. 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.

Preferred citation:

Virginia Bar Examination Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
2 Linear Feet 4 Boxes
Creator:
Hughes, Robert Morton
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Virginia Bar Examination Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence of Robert M. Hughes relating to Virginia Bar examinations. Includes examination questions. Also includes examinations, 1900-1906, in admiralty law given by Hughes at Columbian University (now George Washington University). Robert Morton Hughes (1855-1940) was chairman of the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners from 1910-1923.

Biographical / historical:
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Gift

Processing information:

Box and Folder List compiled by Kelsey Kavanagh, SCRC student, in October 2011.

Physical facet:
1,306 items
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Bar examinations
Correspondence