Commencement Exercises collection Guide to the Commencement Exercises collection UA 314
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William & Mary Special Collections Research Center staff
Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification UA 314
Title Commencement Exercises collection 1831-2024
Quantity 4.51 Linear Feet
Creator
College of William and Mary. University Archives.
Language
English
Conditions Governing Use:
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.
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open to all researchers. 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.
Custodial History:
Portions of this collection were previously in the Publications Collection.
Preferred Citation:
Commencement Exercises Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 1933.25 received 5/3/1933. For further information please contact Special Collections Research Center staff.
This collection includes programs, scripts, remarks, addresses, speeches, invitations, and other related material from commencement
exercises at the College of William and Mary. Events and ceremonies related to graduation would also include the baccalaureate
service and other events.
University Archives Subject File Collection (UA 9); University Archives Photograph Collection (UA 8); Records of the Office
of the President (various collection numbers); University Archives Audiovisual Collection (UA 58); Vice President for Student
Affairs (UA 128).
College of William and Mary--Commencement
College of William and Mary--History--19th century
College of William and Mary--History--20th century
College of William and Mary--History--21st century
College of William and Mary--Students
Invitations
Programs
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Student Activities
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1
Commencement
1831
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2
Commencement (typescript)
1857
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3
Commencement
1858
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4
Commencement (Hugh Grigsby's oration only)
1859
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5
Commencement
1860
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 6
Commencement (Benjamin Ewell's address only)
1873
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 7
Commencement (Rev. A. M. Randolph's address only)
1875
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 8
Commencement (Rev. O. Sievers Barten's address only)
1876
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9
Commencement (Beverley B. Munford's address only)
1889
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10
Commencement
1890
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11
Commencement
1891
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 12
Commencement
1892
Scope and Contents
(includes Robert M. Hughes address
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13
Commencement
1893
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14
Commencement
1894
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15
Commencement
1895
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 16
Commencement
1896
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 17
Commencement
1897
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 18
Commencement
1898
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19
Commencement
1899
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 20
Commencement
1900
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21
Commencement
1901
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22
Commencement
1902
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23
Commencement
1903
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 24
Commencement
1904
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 25
Commencement
1905
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 26
Commencement
1906
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 27
Commencement
1907
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 28
Commencement
1908
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 29
Commencement
1909
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 30
Commencement
1910
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 31
Commencement
1911
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 32
Commencement
1912
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 33
Commencement
1913
Scope and Contents
includes Samuel Black McCormick address
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 34
Commencement
1914
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 35
Commencement
1915
Scope and Contents
includes Clarence Winthrop Bowen address
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 36
Commencement
1916
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 37
Commencement
1918
Scope and Contents
includes Clarence Hudson's address
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1
Commencement
1919
Scope and Contents
includes Lyon G. Tyler's farewell address
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 2
Commencement
1920
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 3
Commencement
1921
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4
Commencement
1922
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 5
Commencement
1923
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 6
Commencement
1924
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 7
Commencement
1925
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 8
Commencement
1926
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9
Commencement
1927
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 10
Commencement
1928
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 11
Commencement
1929
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 12
Commencement
1930
Scope and Contents
includes Gilbert H. Grosvenor's address
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 13
Commencement
1931
Scope and Contents
(includes James Southall Wilson's speech
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 14
Commencement
1932
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 15
Commencement
1933
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 16
Commencement
1934
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 17
Commencement
1935
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 18
Commencement
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 19
Commencement
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 20
Commencement
1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 21
Commencement
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 22
Commencement
1940
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1
Commencement
1941
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2
Commencement
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3
Commencement
1943
Scope and Contents
(includes William O. Douglas address
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4
Commencement
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5
Commencement
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6
Commencement
1946
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7
Commencement
1949
Scope and Contents
includes John Lesslie Hall, Jr. address
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8
Commencement
1950
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 9
Commencement
1951
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 10
Commencement
1952
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 11
Commencement
1953
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 12
Commencement
1954
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 13
Commencement
1955
Scope and Contents
(includes General Carlos P. Romulo's address
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 14
Commencement
1956
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 15
Commencement
1957
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 16
Commencement
1958
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 17
Commencement
1959
Scope and Contents
(includes J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.'s address
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 18
Commencement
1960
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 19
Commencement
1961
Scope and Contents
(includes Baccalaureate Sermon of Rev. Vernon B. Richardson
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 20
Commencement
1962
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 21
Commencement
1963
Scope and Contents
includes Rt. Rev. Frederick J. Warneke's sermon and Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.'s address
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 22
Commencement
1964
Scope and Contents
includes Rev. Frederick Brown Harris sermon and C. Vann Woodward's address)
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 23
Commencement
1965
Scope and Contents
includes Rev. Ernest Gordon's sermon and A. Willis Robertson's address
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 24
Commencement
1966
Scope and Contents
(includes Rev. Peyton Randolph William's sermon and Henry Hamill Fowler's address
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 25
Commencement
1967
Scope and Contents
includes Rev. Dr. Robert E. Cushman's sermon and Robert D. Calkins' address
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 1
Commencement
1968
Scope and Contents
includes letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to graduates (stamped signature)
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 2
Commencement
1969
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 3
Commencement
1970
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 4
Commencement
1971
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 5
Commencement
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 6
Commencement
1973
Scope and Contents
Includes remarks by Warren E. Burger.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 7
Commencement
1974
Scope and Contents
includes Walter Muir Whitehill's address
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 8
Commencement
1975
Scope and Contents
includes Kingman Brewster, Jr.'s address
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 9
Commencement
1976
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 10
Commencement
1977
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 11
Commencement
1978
Scope and Contents
includes Barbara Jordan's address
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 12
Commencement
1979
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 13
Commencement
1980
Scope and Contents
includes Art Buchwald's address
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 14
Commencement
1981
Scope and Contents
includes William F. Buckley, Jr.'s address
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 15
Commencement
1982
Scope and Contents
includes Gary Trudeau's address
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 1
Commencement
1983
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 2
Commencement
1984
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 3
Commencement
1985
Scope and Contents
includes Commodore Grace Murray Hopper's address and remarks of George Healy
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 4
Commencement
1986
Scope and Contents
includes Baccalaureate address from William Sloane Coffin and Jeane Duane Jordan Kirkpatrick's address
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 5
Commencement
1987
Scope and Contents
includes addresses by Arthur J. Goldberg and Roger Mudd
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 6
Commencement
1988
Scope and Contents
includes Lt. Gen. Colin L. Powell's address
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 7
Commencement
1989
Scope and Contents
includes Glenn Close's address
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 8
Commencement
1990
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 9
Commencement
1991
Scope and Contents
includes Hanna Holborn Gray's address
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 1
Commencement
1992
Scope and Contents
includes remarks by M. Schiavelli
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 2
Commencement
1993
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 3
Commencement
1994
Scope and Contents
includes George F. Will's address
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 4
Commencement
1995
Scope and Contents
Includes remarks by President George H. W. Bush.
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 5
Commencement
1996
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 6
Commencement
1997
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 7
Commencement
1998
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 1
Commencement
1999
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 2
Commencement
2000
Scope and Contents
2000 includes James D. Finn address and General Brent Scowcroft speech
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 3
Commencement
2001
Scope and Contents
includes Madeleine K. Albright address
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 4
Commencement
2002
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 5
Commencement
2003
Scope and Contents
includes John Lewis remarks and Queen Noor of Jordan's address
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 6
Commencement
2004
Scope and Contents
includes Jon Stewart's address
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 1
Commencement
2005
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 2
Commencement
2006
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 3
Commencement
2007
Scope and Contents
includes address by Robert M. Gates
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 4
Commencement
2008
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 5
Commencement
2009
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 6
Commencement
2010
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 7
Commencement
2011
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 1
Commencement
2012
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 2
Commencement
2013
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 3
Commencement
2014
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 4
Commencement
2015
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 5
Commencement
2016
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 6
Commencement
2017
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 7
Commencement
2018
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
Commencement
2019
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
Commencement
2020
Mixed Materials box: 10 Folder: 10
Commencement
2021
Mixed Materials box: 10 Folder: 11
Commencement badge
2023
Mixed Materials box: 10 Folder: 12
Commencement program
2023
Mixed materials box: 10 Folder: 13
Commencement program
2024
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