Title:: Department of Classical Studies Records 1840-[ongoing]1937-2007

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.

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:

College of William and Mary, Dept. of Classical Studies Records, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.40
Creator:
Dept. of Classical Studies arrangement
Abstract:
The collection includes subject files from 1963-1976 related to language placement, summer sessions, and a self-study of the Department of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary. It also contains publications such as fliers and brochures from the Summer Institute in Latin and the Humanities. The collection also includes questions from William and Mary classes dated to 1840-1841.
Language:
The records are in: English
Preferred citation:

College of William and Mary, Dept. of Classical Studies Records, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes subject files from 1963-1976 related to language placement, summer sessions, and a self-study of the Department of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary. It also contains publications such as fliers and brochures from the Summer Institute in Latin and the Humanities. The collection also includes questions from William and Mary classes dated to 1840-1841.

Biographical / historical:

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Dept. of Classical Studies">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Dept. of Classical Studies</a>.

Custodial history:

A portion of this collection was previously part of the University Archives Publications Collection. The following items were transferred from the College Papers Collection:-A 1938 letter from the Ancient and Modern Languages department to a prospective student.-The 1937 Latin Tournament questions of the Virginia Classical Association held at the College of William and Mary on April 17, 1937.

Processing information:

Box and folder list compiled by Vicki O'Brien, SCRC Staff, in April 2009.