Collections : [University of Mary Washington]

University of Mary Washington

Special Collections and University Archives
Simpson Library
University of Mary Washington
1801 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401-4665
Primary Collecting Areas:
The history of the University of Mary Washington
James L. Farmer, Jr., Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), and the early Civil Rights movement
Education of K-12 teachers in Virginia
Description:
Special Collections and University Archives collects and makes accessible the history of the University of Mary Washington, serving as the repository for materials from all departments and divisions of the University. Key collections include those of James L. Farmer, Jr., one of the foremost leaders in the Civil Rights movement, and materials related to the early education of teachers in Virginia. The unit also includes a rare books collection of over 1,500 volumes dating from the 16th century to the present and a large collection of WWI posters.
POC: Sarah Appleby
Phone: (540) 654-2045
Fax: (540) 654-1067
Start Over Repository University of Mary Washington

University Relations and Communications, James L. Farmer Records 3.75 Linear Feet 5 boxes: one record storage box, 2 legal-size document storage boxes, and 2 flat boxes.

University of Mary Washington. Office of University Relations and Communications

The collection consists of materials that have been transferred to UMW Archives from the Office of University Relations and Communications, dating from 1984-2008. The majority of the collection's content includes public media materials such as television and radio appearances, and newspaper and magazine articles. The collection also includes correspondence, secretarial notes, speeches written by James Farmer, and documenation of some of Dr. Farmer's many awards and honors. These materials document James Farmer's career at the University of Mary Washington so the bulk of the contents pertain to the late 1980s and 1990s. This collection offers insight into the life of James Farmer's career as an educator and public figure later in his life.

  1. University of Mary Washington

Unknown creator Box 2

The pages depict student life on campus in the earliest years of the Fredericksburg Normal School. The photos show students playing in the snow, participating in May Queen events, going to class, and posing in different locations around the original three campus buildings. They also include Professor William Hamlet at his house (now Hamlet House) tending to his chickens that lived around back.

  1. University of Mary Washington
  2. Scrapbooks
  3. Individual students and alumni

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