Collections : [College of William and Mary]

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
Primary Collecting Areas:
Williamsburg and surrounding area Virginia; Southern United States; African American life and culture; Hip Hop History; Movies and film studies; Travel, exploration, and adventure; Veterans papers; Distinguished alumni papers; College of William & Mary; Dogs
Description:
The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) houses one of the largest and most significant collections of rare and unique materials of any educational institution of comparable size in the United States. Focused on Virginia history but with nationally and internationally important collections, the Manuscripts Collection includes letters, diaries, journals, scrapbooks, business records, organizational minutes, and other items that provide evidence of events great and small and the daily lives of Americans of all backgrounds. The Rare Books Collection, with volumes dating from the 15th century to the present, is strong in dogs, Virginia-related items, early Virginia family libraries, gardening and natural history, religion, book arts, printing history, travel, science, and medicine. The University Archives documents the history of William & Mary from 1693 to the present, including a wide range of materials from administrative records, student organization records, and alumni papers to photographs, audio-visual materials, and artifacts.
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Start Over Repository College of William and Mary Subjects College of William and Mary--Students Level Collection

Abner K. Pratt, II student papers 0.1 Linear Foot

Pratt, Abner Kingman, II

Two papers written by Pratt for Professor Warner Moss' Government class. One is titled "The Influence of Ethnic Groups in Boston Politics" (Jan. 15, 1947), and the other one is titled "Republican-Democrats in a Boston Ward with a Consideration of the Effects of Improved Economic Status on the Political Preference of the Boston Irish" (May 19,1947).

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Africana Studies Program records 0.20 Linear Feet

Africana Studies Program

The collection includes fliers, catalogs, and other material created by the Africana Studies Program at the College of William and Mary. The collection also contains records concerning the Black Studies Program, from which Africana Studies grew out of.

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Alan V. Briceland Papers 0.20 Linear Feet

Briceland, Alan V.

This collection contains class schedules, syllabi, exams, and other material related to Alan V. Briceland while a student at the College of William and Mary from 1957-1961. Included in the papers are activity and meal cards, laundry lists, and material related to the Circle K club. The class material includes courses from the History, Government, English, Philosophy, and Education departments.

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Albert Pettigrew Elliott Photographs 0.01 Linear Foot

Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)

Two copyprints, made circa 1986, of photographs of Ms. Alice Cooper Elliott's father, Albert Pettigrew Elliott. He was in the class of 1919, at the College of William and Mary. The originals retained by Ms. Elliott. Copies provided by the Educational Media Dept.

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Alfred Lynch Terrell Essay 0.01 Linear Foot

Terrell, Alfred Lynch

Alfred Lynch Terrell's degree essay titled "Steps in the Realization of the Ideal Rational Self."

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Alfred R. Armstrong Papers 0.20 Linear Feet

Armstrong, Alfred R.

This collection consists of three notebooks containing lecture notes taken by Alfred R. Armstrong in Roscoe C. Young's advanced physics classes, 1932-1933, at the College of William and Mary.

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Alma Mater Productions (AMP) records 0.25 Linear Feet

College of William and Mary. University Center

AMP (Alma Mater Productions), the primary campus-wide programming body at the College of William and Mary, strives to provide diverse, high-quality entertainment at a low cost to the college community and serves as a resource to AMP's members and other organizations. The collection includes fliers and other material documenting AMP's activities.

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