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Preferred Citation:
University Archives Greetings File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
The University Archives Greetings File Collection includes greetings sent by the College of William and Mary to other institutions
as well as those received by the College.
A card catalog located in the SCRC indexes the items available in this collection. The card catalog was maintained and added
to through January 2007. All items added to the collection in 2007 and forward are inventoried in this finding aid.
Six cards to the College of William and Mary from the Altanta, Georgia College of William and Mary Alumni Chapter. 2 x 4 cards,
created for Homecoming 1993. Acc. 1996.006.
Mixed Materials Series 1 Box 1 id2767
Tercentenary Greeting Card
1993
Scope and Contents
Tercentenary Greeting Card from the Hollywood, California College of William and Mary Alumni Chapter. 3 x 5 box shape with
scenes from Hollywood including a palm tree, the ocean, framed Hollywood sign; autographed by the chapter. Acc. 1996.003.
Mixed Materials Series 1 Box 1 id2768
Tercentenary Greeting Card
1993
Scope and Contents
Tercentenary Greeting Card from the San Diego, California College of William and Mary Alumni Chapter. 3 x 5 in shape of a
sail for a sailboat; autographed by chapter and created for Homecoming 1993. Acc. 1996.002.
Mixed Materials Series 1 Box 1 id2805
Greeting from Oxford University
1954
Scope and Contents
Greeting on occasion of the Marshall-Wythe-Blackstone Ceremony. No Acc. number listed.
Mixed Materials Series 1 Box 1 id2789
Certificate from the Newcomen Society in North America
1976
Scope and Contents
Certificate, 10" x 14", honoring the College of William and Mary and President Thomas A. Graves for contributions to "business,
industrial, and institutional history and achievement." Acc. 1981.010.
Mixed Materials Series 1 Box 1 id68514
Tercentenary Greeting Card
1993
Scope and Contents
Tercentenary Greeting Card from South Bank University, London England. 6" x 8 1/4" with a man and women in academic regalia,
and another man in minister's robe. Acc. 2010.198
Miscellaneous greetings from and to universities/institutions.
Mixed Materials Series 2, Box 1 id226912
Series 2, Box 1
Mixed Materials Series 2, Box 1 Folder: 1 id226913
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
1960 April 28
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.026 Extends to W&M and Colonial Williamsburg its warmest appreciation for the use of their magnificent facilities,
for their generous cooperation and for their gracious welcome to the directors, officers, and more than two thousand shareowners
who attended the annual meeting here today in observance of the anniversary year of George Washington's Railroad and 175 years
of transportation progress.
Mixed Materials Series 2, Box 1 Folder: 2 id2779
Blank Greeting Forms
1970-1979
Scope and Contents
2 blank forms reading "The Board of Visitors, the President, the Professors, and students of the College of William and Mary
in Virginia Extend Greeting and Congratulations to [blank space] and express their best wishes for continual distinguished
achievement in the field of higher education." Acc. 1988.080.
Mixed Materials Series 2, Box 1 Folder: 3 id2784
Greetings on the John Marshall Bicentennial
1954
Scope and Contents
Two 8.5" x 11" certificates, one signed by Lawrence A. Kunpton [?] of the University of Chicago, naming Jo Desha Lucas as
delegate to the bicentennial celebration. The second signed by Rufus Carrollton Harris of Tulane University, naming Julian
Payne Freret as delegate. Acc. 1984.023
Mixed Materials Series 2, Box 1 Folder: 4 id2806
Resolution from Christopher Newport College
1977 July 1
Scope and Contents
Framed, matted resolution from Christopher Newport College acknowledging the leadership and support it had from the College
of William and Mary from its beginning, 11" x 14". Acc. 1977.027.
Mixed Materials Series 2, Box 1 id2775
Greetings from Prince Charles
1989
Scope and Contents
Typed greetings signed "Charles" sent to the the College of William and Mary for Charter Day ceremonies in honor of the Glorious
Revolution Tercentenary. Acc. 1989.021.
This series includes certificates of greeting from colleges, universities, and learned societies to the College of William
and Mary on the occasion of President Paul R. Verkuil Inauguration, July 1, 1985 Acc 1990.030
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 id226329
Series 3, Box 1
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 1 id226330
Oregon State University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 2 id226332
Brandeis University (2 greeting folders)
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 3 id226333
Liberty University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 4 id226334
University of Mississippi
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 5 id226335
St. John's College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 6 id226337
University of Connecticut
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 7 id226338
Vanderbilt University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 id226339
Series 3, Box 2
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 1 id226340
Tuskegee University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 2 id226341
Middlebury College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 3 id226344
Princeton University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 4 id226345
University of Oxford
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 5 id226346
Oberlin College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 6 id226348
Northern Illinois University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 7 id226352
Iowa State University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 8 id226354
Lehigh University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 9 id226355
Longwood College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 10 id226357
McGill University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 11 id226358
Mississippi State University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 12 id226360
Mount Holyoke College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 13 id226361
Howard University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 14 id226362
Harvard College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 15 id226363
Goucher College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 16 id226364
Fisk University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 17 id226365
Florida State University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 18 id226366
Davidson College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 19 id226367
East Carolina University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 20 id226368
Dartmouth College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 21 id226369
Dalhousie University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 22 id226370
Columbia University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 23 id226371
The Citadel
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 24 id226372
Bucknell University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 25 id226373
Arizona State University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 26 id226374
American Philosophical Society
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 27 id226375
Sweet Briar College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 28 id226376
State University of New York
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 29 id226377
Washington University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 30 id226378
Yale University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 31 id226382
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 32 id226385
Vassar College
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 33 id226387
Washington and Lee University
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 2 Folder: 34 id226389
University of Virginia
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 id226395
Series 3, Box 1
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 1 id226396
University of Missouri
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 2 id226399
University of New Mexico
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 3 id226400
University of Oregon
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 4 id226401
University of Pittsburg
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 5 id226402
University of Minnesota
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 6 id226403
United States Military Academy
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 7 id226404
University of Arizona
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 8 id226405
University of California
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 9 id226406
University of Chicago
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 10 id226407
University of Florida
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 11 id226408
University of Kansas
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 12 id226409
University of Kentucky
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 13 id226410
University of Maine
Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1 Folder: 14 id226847
This series includes certificates of greeting from colleges, universities, and learned societies to the College of William
and Mary on the occasion of President Timothy J. Sullivan's inauguration on October 16, 1992. Acc 1993.013
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 id2772
Series 4, Box 1
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 1 id226223
Harvard College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 2 id226224
University of Connecticut
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 3 id226225
Princeton University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 4 id226226
Dartmouth College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 5 id226227
St Paul's College, Lawrenceville, VA
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 6 id226228
University of Virginia
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 7 id226229
Columbia University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 8 id226230
Guilford College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 9 id226231
University of California
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 10 id226232
Northeastern University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 11 id226233
University of Pennsylvania
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 12 id226234
Washington College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 13 id226235
Washington and Lee University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 14 id226236
University of Chicago
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 15 id226237
University of London
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 16 id226238
University of Aberdeen
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 17 id226239
Tufts University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 18 id226241
Syracuse University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 19 id226242
Florida State University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 20 id226243
University of Rhode Island
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 21 id226244
Wake Forest University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 22 id226245
Association of American Colleges
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 23 id226246
Smith College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 24 id226247
Goucher College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 25 id226248
Fisk College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 26 id226249
Vassar College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 27 id226250
Florida Atlantic University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 28 id226251
Sweet Briar College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 29 id226252
Virginia Military Institute
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 30 id226253
Roanoke College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 id226260
Series 4, Box 2
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 1 id226261
Brigham Young University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 2 id226262
Vanderbilt University
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 3 id226263
University of London
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 4 id226264
University of New Orleans
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 5 id226266
Emory College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 6 id226267
Bluefield College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 3 id226269
Series 4, Box 3
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 3 Folder: 1 id226270
University of South Florida
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 3 Folder: 2 id226271
Mary Washington College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 3 Folder: 3 id226272
Centre College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 3 Folder: 4 id226274
Western Maryland College
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 3 Folder: 5 id226275
University of North Carolina
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 3 Folder: 6 id226276
Eastern Mennonite College & Seminary
Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 3 Folder: 7 id226277
This series includes greetings from other colleges and universities to the College of William and Mary on their Three Hundredth
Anniversary on Charter Day in 1993. Acc. 1994.002
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 id226220
Tercentenary Greetings
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 1 id2770
University of Connecticut
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 2 id226160
Vanderbilt University
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 3 id226161
University of Pennsylvania
Scope and Contents
Delegate: David S Cohn, Associate tgrustee
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 4 id226217
University of Pennsylvania
Scope and Contents
Delegate William F Harris II, Associate Professor of Political Science
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 5 id226162
University of Montana
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 6 id226163
University of Adelaide
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 7 id226164
University of Chicago
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 8 id226165
Princeton University
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 9 id226166
University of New Mexico
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 10 id226167
University of Michigan
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 11 id226168
University of Oregon
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 12 id226169
University of Minnesota
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 1 Folder: 13 id226170
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 2 id226221
Tercentenary Greetings
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 2 Folder: 1 id226171
American Philosophical Society
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 2 Folder: 2 id226172
Goucher College
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 2 Folder: 3 id226173
University of St Andrews
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 2 Folder: 4 id226174
Vassar College
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 2 Folder: 5 id226175
Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 2 Folder: 6 id226176
Harvard College
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 2 Folder: 7 id226177
University of Mississippi
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 2 Folder: 8 id226178
University of Toronto
Mixed Materials Series 5, Box 2 Folder: 9 id226179
This series includes greetings from other colleges and universities to the College of William and Mary on the inauguration
of President Thomas A. Graves Acc. 1984.024
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 id226767
Series 6, Box 1
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 1 id226768
University of Oklahoma
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 2 id226769
Wayne State University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 3 id226770
Fisk University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 4 id226771
Indiana University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 5 id226772
University of Mississippi
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 6 id226773
Bentley College
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 7 id226774
Bucknell University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 8 id226775
Central Michigan University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 9 id226776
Colgate University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 10 id226777
College of Charleston
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 11 id226778
Columbia University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 12 id226779
Darthmouth College
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 13 id226780
Dickinson College
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 14 id226781
Georgia Southern College
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 15 id226782
Harvard College
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 16 id226783
Hollins College
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 17 id226784
Loyola University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 18 id226785
Mary Washington College
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 19 id226786
Princeton University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 1 Folder: 20 id226787
Purdue University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 id226794
Series 6, Box 2
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 1 id226795
St John's College
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 2 id226796
Temple University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 3 id226798
Tufts University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 4 id226799
Tulane University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 5 id226800
Tuskegee Institute
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 6 id226802
United States Military Academy
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 7 id226803
United States Naval Academy
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 8 id226805
University of Chicago
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 9 id226806
University of Florida
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 10 id226807
University of Kentucky
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 11 id226808
University of Oxford
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 12 id226810
University of Pennsylvania
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 13 id226811
University of Virginia
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 14 id226812
Vassar College
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 15 id226814
Virginia Military Institute
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 16 id226815
Washington and Lee University
Mixed Materials Series 6, Box 2 Folder: 17 id226816
This series includes certificates of greeting from colleges, universities, and learned societies to the College of William
and Mary on the occasion of President Alvin Duke Chandler Acc 1984.020
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 id226817
Series 7, Box 1
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 1 id226831
Brown University
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 2 id226832
The White House
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.020
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 3 id226833
Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.020
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 4 id226834
Columbia University
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 5 id226835
Dickinson College
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 6 id226836
Harvard College
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 7 id226838
Hollins College
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 8 id226839
Princeton University
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 9 id226840
University of Virginia
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 10 id226841
Yale University
Mixed Materials Series 7, Box 1 Folder: 11 id226843
Charter Day greetings from universities,institutions and people for various years
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 id226849
Series 8, Box 1
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 1 id226850
University of Florida
1980
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1980.014 Certificate of congratulations from the University of Florida, January 16, 1980. Typed certificate with the
seal of the University of Florida, signed by President Robert Q Marston
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 2 id226851
Columbia University
1979
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1980.009 Greetings from Columbia University, February 10, 1979. Congratulations to the College of William and Mary on
two important occasions, conveyed by John Mullaney, M.D., distinguished alumnus of that institution
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 3 id226852
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1977
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1977.009 Greetings on Charter Day, February 1, 1977. Official typed greeting certificate on large card and regrets that
no one will be able to attend the Charter Day ceremony.
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 4 id226902
St John's College
1973
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.022 Certificate, typed, with gold seal of the college, signed by Paul D Newland, Provost, greeting the College on
Charter Day on the 280th anniversary of the College
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 5 id226903
Yale University
1971
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.021 Greeting certificate with seal and signed by secretary on the College of William and Mary's 278th anniversary
and dedication of Physical Education-Convocation Hall (William and Mary Hall)
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 6 id226904
Henricus College
1993
Scope and Contents
Certificate of Appreciation from Henricus College, Inc, March 27, 1993 2 Certificates of Appreciation in recognition of the
300th anniversary of the 1693 Charter which picked up the torch of Judeo-Christian education first lit 74 years earlier by
"it's antecedent at Henrico"
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 7 id226905
Mary Washington College
1974
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.045
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 8 id226906
Moravian College
1974
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.045
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 9 id226907
Yale University
1974
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.045
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 10 id226908
American Academy of Arts & Science
1974
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.045
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 11 id226909
Columbia University
1974
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.045
Mixed Materials Series 8, Box 1 Folder: 12 id226910
Columbia University
1973
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1984.025 One folder, 10" x 13" containing certificate, 10" x 12, designating Herbert A. Johnson as Columbia's representative
"on this important occasion", presumably Charter Day [?].
Mostly extra large signed homemade cards from alumni chapters for the 1993 Tercentenary Charter Day. Cards from Alumni Chapters
in: Norther New Jersey, Triangle Area, Kansas City, Greater Charlotte, Hawaii, New Orleans, Lower Norther Neck. Lynchburg
College no accession numbers assigned
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