President, Office of the, Graves Guide to the Office of the President. Thomas A. Graves, Jr. Records 00/02/UA 2.16

Guide to the Office of the President. Thomas A. Graves, Jr. Records 00/02/UA 2.16


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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
00/02/UA 2.16
Title
Office of the President. Thomas A. Graves, Jr. Records 1940-1985 1971-1985
Quantity
221.50 Linear Feet
Creator
Graves, Thomas Ashley, Jr., 1924-
Creator
Chandler, Alvin Duke, 1902-1987
Creator
Office of the President
Creator
Paschall, Davis Young, 1911-2001
Language
English

Administrative Information

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:

Accessions may require permission from the originating office or the staff of the University Archives because they contain personnel, student, or other records covered by privacy laws and regulations including the following accessions: 1978.001, 1979.084, 1980.116, 1981.084, 1982.059, 1983.059, 1984.042, 1985.035, 1986.024, and 1987.077.

Acc. 1985.036 is closed until 2060.

Acc. 1999.011 is confidential.

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.

Preferred Citation:

Office of the President, Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr. Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1978.001 received from the Office of the President 8/1978. Acc. 1979.084 received from the Office of the President 7/19/1979. Acc. 1980.116 received from the Office of the President 7/1/1980. Acc. 1981.081 received from the Office of the President 8/12/1981. Acc. 1981.084 received from the Office of the President 8/23/1977. Acc. 1982.059 received from the Office of the President 8/13/1982. Acc. 1983.038 received from the Office of the President 9/2/1983. Acc. 1983.059 received from the Office of the President 10/24/1983. Acc. 1984.042 received from the Office of the President 8/2/1984. Acc. 1985.035 received from the Office of the President 6/10/1985. Acc. 1985.036 received from the Office of the President 6/7/1985. Acc. 1985.037 received from the Office of the President 6/10/1985 and 8/6/1987. Acc. 1986.024 received from the Office of the President 7/28/1986. Acc. 1987.077 received from the Office of the President 8/6/1987. Acc. 1999.011 received from the Office of the President 1/18/1999.

Processing Information:

Inventories were normally received with the material when transferred to the SCRC. SCRC staff are rehousing the collection and adding inventories for all accessions to the database. This effort is currently ongoing (January 2010).

Biographical Information:

Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr. was the twenty-third president of the College of William and Mary. He served from September 1, 1971 until January 9, 1985. Upon his resignation George R. Healy acted as interim president until Paul R. Verkuil assumed the role of president on July 1, 1985.

Graves graduated from Yale University in 1947 with a bachelor's degree in economics, after suspending his studies after his freshman year to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He then went on to Harvard University, completing a master's in business administration in 1949 and a doctorate in 1958.

From 1950 to 1960, Graves held a faculty position at the Harvard business school. In 1960, he moved to Lausanne, Switzerland to become the director of the IMEDE Management Deveopment Institute. He was named the associate dean of the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University in 1964, and also served as the director of Stanford's International Center for the Advancement of Management Education. Graves returned to Harvard from 1967 to 1971 as the associate dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration.

Graves served on advisory boards for a variety of schools and businesses, including Transylania University, Clark University, Reynolds Metals Company, and Life Insurance Company of Virginia. He is also the author of many articles on the management of education and management education.

After leaving William and Mary, Graves became the director, CEO and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Winterthur Museum and Garden in Wilmington, Delaware until 1992. From there, he served as the director of the Grand Opera House in Wilmington as well as a member of the Educational Board of MBNA America Bank. Graves retired in 2004, and moved back to Williamsburg with his wife, Zoe.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes subject files, speeches, and other material from the administration of College of William and Mary President Thomas Ashley Graves with some overlap with his predecessor Davis Y. Paschall and his successor Paul Verkuil. For the most part, headings assigned to folders in their office of origin have been maintained in the box list inventories available here.

In addition, there are two unprocessed boxes. Consult a staff member for assistance.

Arrangement of Materials:

The records are arranged by accession, that is, the year in which they were transferred to the University Archives.

Related Material

Office of the President, Davis Young Paschall Records (UA 2.015); Thomas Ashley Graves Papers (UA 2.21).

Separated Material

Pinks have been removed to Acc. 1983.039.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Container List

id28075
Series 1: Acc. 1978.001
1951-1976
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office from 1951-1976. Some of the files date from Davis Young Paschall's and Alvin Duke Chandler's presidencies.

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id28119
Series 2: Acc. 1979.084
1940-1978
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office, mainly from 1940-1978. Some of the files date from Davis Young Paschall's presidency. Box 43 contains miscellaneous material not included in the alphabetical arrangement of the files in this series.

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id28147
Series 3: Acc. 1980.116
1948-1979
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office, mainly from 1948-1979.

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id28148
Series 4: Acc. 1981.081
1953-1982
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office from 1953-1982. Some of the files date from Davis Young Paschall's presidency.

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id51456
Series 5: Acc. 1981.084
1942-1980
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office from 1942-1980. Some of the files date from Davis Young Paschall's presidency.

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id51919
Series 6: Acc. 1981.090
1942-1978
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office from 1942-1978. The bulk of the files date from Davis Young Paschall's presidency. See Office of the President. Davis Young Paschall (UA 2.15) for more files from 1960 to 1972.

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id58339
Series 7: Acc. 1982.059
1973-1980
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office from 1973-1980.

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id58340
Series 8: Acc. 1983.038
1970-1981
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office. Most are from 1980-1981, but some date back to 1970.

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id58338
Series 9: Acc. 1983.059
1964-1974
Scope and Contents

This series contains incoming correspondence, copies of outgoing correspondence, and reports from 1964-1974. Some of the files date from Davis Young Paschall's presidency.

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id65926
Series 10: Acc. 1984.042
1980-1982
Scope and Contents

This series includes material from the Office of the President from 1980-1982.

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id65927
Series 11: Acc. 1985.035
1981-1983
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office from 1981-1983 with the bulk from 1982.

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id65928
Series 12: Acc. 1985.036
circa 1984
Scope and Contents

This series contains correspondence and other documents relating to Graves' request for a salary increase, sent to the Board of Visitors to be discussed at the 26 October 1984 meeting.

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id28109
Series 13: Acc. 1985.037
1971-1983
Scope and Contents

This series contains the texts of speeches delivered by President Graves to groups both on and off campus, 1971-1983.

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id65929
Series 14: Acc. 1986.024
1982-1983
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office from 1982-1983.

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id65930
Series 15: Acc. 1987.077
1983-1984
Scope and Contents

This series contains records from the President's Office from 1983-1984. These include correspondence and publications.

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id65931
Series 16: Acc. 1999.011
Mixed Materials Box: Series 16 1985
Scope and Contents

This series contains two bound copies of "An Age of Distinction: William and Mary's Fourth Century," a working paper presented by the Long Range Planning Commission in 1985.

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