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Special Collections Research Center
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Historic Campus Records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries
Acc. 1984.54 was received prior to 1984; Acc. 2007.002 was transferred to the University Archives in 2007; Acc. 2008.51 was received from Executive Director of the Historic Campus Louise Kale on 5/8/2008; Acc. 2008.104 was received from the Executive Director of the Historic Campus Louise Kale on 9/22/2008; Acc. 2009.118 was received on 3/25/2009.
The Office of the Historic Campus at the College of William and Mary oversees the university's Historic Campus including the Wren Building, the President's House, and the Brafferton as well as the adjoining buildings of the Sunken Garden campus.
This collection contains material produced by the modern College of William and Mary Office of the Historic Campus as well as selected material produced before the office was organized about the buildings of the historic campus: the Sir Christopher Wren Building (the College Building), the Brafferton, and the President's House.
Committee to Furnish the President's House Records UA 215.
Facilities Management Collection (UA 29) Architect's Drawing of the Restoration of the Wren Building (Acc. 1983.014, 1928-1930)
The Wren Building restoration plans from Perry, Shaw & Hepburn Architects from 1929-1930 are also included in this collection although they predate the existence of the Historic Campus office. Material bound together as "Specifications for Restoration of Main Building" was prepared by the architect and is dated September 12, 1930. "Tracings from the Field Book Sketches Representing measured Brick Remains Excavated at William and Mary College" provides drawings of the brick walls and foundations found in the court of the Wren Building also from the architect dated 1929. Accession 1984.054,
Accession 1994.041
Acc. 2007.002: material for the project that would become known as the "Wrenovation," the Getty Campus Heritage Initiative Grant Application (2004), and items related to the commemorative memorial service held for French soldiers killed during the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
Construction Reports by Louis Nelson, Architectural Historian. October 1998.
Program and typed version of activities.
Calendar, "The Men of the Wren" 2001 and brochure, "Behind the Construction Fence." Acc. 2012.089: A 2001 calendar of workmen renovating the Sir Christopher Wren Building from 1999-2000. The calendar was created by Louise Lambert Kale, Executive Director of Historic Campus, as a Christmas gift to the contractor's workers in 2000.
Transferred from University Archives Subject Files, Building and Grounds - Wren Building.
Transferred from University Archives Subject Files, Building and Grounds - Wren Building.
Acc. 2008.51: Material related to the Office of the Historic Campus dated 2007-2008 including the exhibit at the Muscarelle Museum of Art "Building a College: The Colonial Revival Campus at the College of William and Mary" (a PowerPoint version of the exhibit is available), the Campus Heritage Preservation Plan and Guidelines for the Sunken Garden Campus made possible by a grant from the Getty Foundation, and a copy of the resolution of the Board of Visitors related to campus master planning.
Report on the plans for the Campus Heritage Preservation Plan, Sunken Garden Campus, by Nesick Cohen Wilson Baker Architects, April 2008.
Report entitled "Campus Heritage Preservation Guidelines: The Sunken Garden Project" funded by a Getty Foundation Campus Heritage Program Grant and prepared by Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker Architects, Apri l7, 2008.
Photographs of exhibit material and news releases of the exhibit held at hte Muscarelle Museum of Art at Lamberson Hall. Includes a guide for the interpretation of the exhibit.
Overview of Getty Campus Heritage Initiative and Report for the "Campus Heritage Grant Program" submitted to Joan Weinstein, Associate Director of the Getty Grant Program.
Acc. 2008.104: Copy of "The Brafferton at the College of William and Mary: A Historic Structure Report" that was produced in Williamsburg, Virginia in 2003 by Louis P. Nelson.
Prepared by Louis P. Nelson. Report divided into 2 folders.
Prepared by Louis P. Nelson. Report divided into 2 folders.
Copy of Board of Visitors Resolution #5 for the Master Planning for the Campus Heritage Preservation Plan for the Sunken Garden, April 17-18, 2008. Class Schedule for the W&M in the Jazz Age program, Spring 2008. Virginia Gazette aretile on "Old Campus Vistas obscured by nature," undated.
Acc. 2009.118: Contains a copy of "Historic Structure Report for the Prince George Street House," located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The report was prepared by Daniel Kurt Ackermann with contributions made by Terry L Meyers of the College of William and Mary, and Edward A Chappell of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Report prepared by Daniel Kurt Ackerman with investigators, Terry L. Meyers and Edward A. Chappell, circa 2005.
Consists of a report on the Prince George Street House, also known as Brown Hall and the Dudley Digges House. Also included with the report is a letter from Terry L. Meyers dated 2009 Mar 10 indicating that Meyers is the person who converted the report to pdf format and acknowledging Ackerman's inclusion of Meyers' document titled "Further Evidence".
This accession contains the files of Valerie Hardy while Director of the Historic Campus, with the bulk of the material dating from 1985-1995. Some of the topics found in the series include the Committee to Furnish the President's House reports and minutes, tour information for the Historic Campus, publications, construction files, furniture inventories, and Christmas cards. Accession 2014.171.
These files are in no particular chronological or alphabetical order, though annual material appears to be grouped together. The original folder headings on the folders were used, even though there is inconsistency in the headings for the same subjects.
Includes personal information, such as email addresses.
Includes personal information, such as email addresses.
Includes personal information, such as email addresses.
Includes personal information, such as email addresses.
Note on folder by Louise Kale, "Found in the rubble in the Wren."
Includes brass nameplate: Maria Byrd Carter, 1727-1744, attributed to Charles Bridges, On Loan to the College of William and Mary from a Private Collection. Includes negatives of detail of the portrait. Portrait was on deposit by Mrs. Francis Otway Byrd.
This series contains bound registers noting visitors to the Wren Building from 1891-1945. The registers include the date attended, name of the attendee, and where their addresses. Accession 1981.007.
Ledger of visitors with date, names and addresses. Also known as the Wren Building Guestbook.
Ledger of visitors with date, names and addresses. Also known as the Wren Building Guestbook.
Ledger of visitors with date, names and addresses. Also known as the Wren Building Guestbook.
Ledger of visitors with date, names and addresses. Also known as the Wren Building Guestbook.
Ledger of visitors with date, names and addresses. Also known as the Wren Building Guestbook.
Ledger of visitors with date, names and addresses. Also known as the Wren Building Guestbook.
Ledger of visitors with date, names and addresses. Also known as the Wren Building Guestbook.
The plaque was removed from the Wren Building on August 12, 2015.
DVD of e-Exhibit "Building a College" the Colonial Revival Campus at the College of William & Mary" by Melisaa E. Engimarn. Dated 2007-2008. (Acc. 2008.51)
DVD with content listed as: President Sullivan's House. undated. (Acc. 2014.171)
CD-R of photographs of the Portrait of Mrs. Maria Byrd Carter, wife of Landon Carter.