Title:: School of Arts and Sciences Records 1926-[ongoing]

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 contains material which may be restricted related to personnel matters, student records, or other reasons. A Special Collections Research Center staff member must review the collection for restricted material before any researchers may use the collection. Consult a staff member for assistance.

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:

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

Summary

Extent:
32.60
Creator:
School of Arts and Sciences College of William and Mary. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences arrangement
Language:
The records are in: English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains minutes, by-laws, correspondence, and subject files from Arts and Sciences. Included in the collection are Faculty Minutes from 1926 to the present; American Culture Cluster lectures; by-laws; and material from various committees. <p> Also present in the collection is correspondence from the Dean, as well as subject files on degree requirements, the Sharpe Community Partnership Program, and other topics.<p> Acc. 2010.434: Contains correspondence from the Dean of Arts and Sciences to various professors in departments at the College of William Mary from 1964 to 2004.<p> Acc. 2010.435: Contains correspondence from the Dean of Arts and Sciences to various departments in the School of Arts and Sciences at the College of William and Mary from 1988 to 2008. <p> Acc. 2010.632: Contains correspondence between the Dean of Arts and Sciences and various faculty members; minutes from meetings of the faculty of Arts and Sciences; and subject files related to strategic planning from 1994 to 1996. A box list inventory for this accession is available in the digital content line below. <p>

Biographical / historical:

The arts and sciences comprise humanity's most fundamental and esoteric knowledge, and embrace the creative, reasoning, and analytical processes that are central to shaping our future.Arts & Sciences is the College's largest academic unit, with several dozen departments and interdisciplinary programs. Further 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/School of Arts and Sciences">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/School of Arts and Sciences</a>.

Custodial history:

This material was previously part of the University Archives Publications Collection.

Processing information:

A box and folder list was created by Patricia Sanabria, SCRC Staff, in August 2009.